Siheyuan: I am Banggeng’s uncle

Chapter 11 Catch the thief!

Chapter 11 Catch the thief! (Please recommend! Please collect!)
The three aunts and several other aunts in the courtyard looked at Jia Dongming’s back as he pushed his bicycle and disappeared through the moon gate, all with envious expressions on their faces.

Auntie A thought about the things on the bicycle and said to the other aunties with envy, “Since Jia Dongxu passed away, I thought the Jia family would have a hard time in the future. But I didn’t expect that Jia Dongxu passed away and the eldest brother of the Jia family came back. With the eldest brother of the Jia family around, the Jia family will definitely have a better and better life in the future.”

Auntie B, hearing Auntie A’s words, thought of the information that Jia Zhang had revealed when she was bragging, and continued with envy: “I heard from Jia Zhang that Jia Dongming is the head of the security department of the steel mill, and his monthly salary is more than 100 yuan, which is higher than the salary of the uncle in our yard.”

Jia Zhang, who was directing Qin Huairu to clean up the house in the other courtyard, saw Jia Dongming pushing a brand new bicycle into the other courtyard. She immediately showed an ecstatic expression on her face. She hurriedly walked forward and asked Jia Dongming curiously, “Dongming! Whose bicycle is this?”

When Jia Dongming heard Jia Zhang’s question, he first pushed the bicycle under the eaves and parked it, then smiled and introduced it to Jia Zhang: “Mom! Didn’t I tell you before? Deputy Director Li of the steel mill gave me some tickets, including the bicycle ticket!”

“Just now when I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to look for my comrades, I happened to see bicycles for sale there, so I simply bought one.”

After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Jia Zhang learned that the bicycle was bought by Jia Dongming. She excitedly shouted to Qin Huairu in the room, “Huairu! Come out and see! Dongming bought a bicycle.”

“Uncle! Xiaodang wants to ride a bicycle.” Xiaodang, who was playing alone in the yard, saw Jia Dongming’s bicycle. He ran to Jia Dongming with his short legs and said to him in a baby voice.

When Jia Zhang, who was standing by, heard Xiaodang’s plea, her face suddenly darkened. She was about to lecture Xiaodang, but before she could say anything, she suddenly remembered Jia Dongming’s warning to her, and quickly closed her mouth, forcing herself to swallow the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

When Jia Dongming heard what Xiaodang said, he pretended to reach into his pocket and took out a few candies from his personal space. He said to Xiaodang in a friendly manner, “Xiaodang! Eat the candies first. After uncle has packed up, I will take you for a ride, okay?”

When Jia Zhang saw Jia Dongming take out a handful of White Rabbit candies from his pocket, she immediately stopped him and said, “Dongming! You just gave candies to Xiaodang, why are you giving her candies again?”

When Jia Dongming heard Jia Zhang’s complaint, he first took out a candy and stuffed it into Jia Zhang’s mouth, then said to her with a smile: “Mom! This candy was given to me by my comrade-in-arms, you can have it too!”

Jia Zhang was very happy with Jia Dongming’s behavior. She sucked the candy in her mouth and said to Xiao Dang in a vague voice, “Xiao Dang! You can only eat one of these candies. Wait for your brother to come back and eat the rest together.”

When Xiaodang saw Jia Dongming take out the candy from his pocket, he happily wanted to reach out to take it. However, because of his deep fear of Jia Zhang, when Jia Zhang complained about Jia Dongming, Xiaodang instinctively retracted his outstretched hand and looked at Jia Zhang who was standing in front of him with horror.

It was not until Xiaodang heard what Jia Zhang had said that he reached out to take the candy from Jia Dongming again and replied in a baby voice, “Grandma! I got it. I’ll share the candy with my brother when he gets home from school.”

Just now, when she saw Jia Dongming pushing a bicycle back, Jia Zhang’s attention was all on the bicycle. It was not until she saw Jia Dongming unloading things from the bicycle that she discovered the pork belly and old hen that Jia Dongming brought back.

Seeing the pork belly and old hen hanging on the handlebars, Jia Zhang slapped her legs excitedly and asked Jia Dongming happily, “Oh! Dongming! Where did you buy such fat pork belly? How come there is pork belly for sale in the market at this time?” Jia Dongming saw Jia Zhang’s happy reaction and heard Jia Zhang’s question. He smiled and said to Jia Zhang, “Mom! This pork belly was saved by my comrade-in-arms for others. When he saw that I wanted to buy meat, he sold half of it to me. This piece of pork belly weighs three pounds.”

When Jia Dongming finished speaking, he unloaded the bags tied to the handlebars one by one, and said to Jia Zhang with a proud look on his face, “Mom! In addition to the meat and old hens, I also bought ten kilograms of rice, ten kilograms of flour, and two kilograms of eggs.”

When Jia Zhang learned that Jia Dongming had bought so many things, she was so happy that she immediately shouted to Qin Huairu who was cleaning the kitchen, “Qin Huairu! What are you still doing in there? Come out and help move the things Dongming bought to the kitchen.”

Qin Huairu, who was cleaning up in the kitchen, heard the conversation between Jia Zhang and Jia Dongming outside. She learned that Jia Dongming had bought a large piece of pork belly. She had long wanted to come out to take a look, but out of fear of Jia Zhang, Qin Huairu could only suppress the thought and continued to clean up the kitchen.

Hearing Jia Zhang’s shout, Qin Huairu quickly wiped the water off her hands and walked out of the kitchen. When she saw the bags Jia Dongming had placed on the ground, an expression of surprise appeared on her face, and she asked Jia Dongming curiously, “Uncle, why did you buy so many things?”

When Jia Zhang heard what Qin Huairu said, she said to her with a smug look on her face, “Qin Huairu! This is because my son is capable, so he can buy so many things. You should pack them up quickly, and then go home and get two cabbages. We will make dumplings tonight.”

When Jia Dongming heard what Jia Zhang said to Qin Huairu, he quickly asked Jia Zhang, “Mom! Where are the cabbages? I’ll go get them and bring my luggage back as well.”

When Jia Zhang heard what Jia Dongming said, she immediately said to him, “Dongming! I’ve asked Huairu to move your luggage to your room. Go back and pack it up, and then wait for dinner!”

When Jia Dongming learned that his luggage had been moved in, he smiled and asked Jia Zhang: “Mom! The cabbage is placed there. I will go and get it, and then I can pack my luggage.”

When Jia Zhang heard what Jia Dongming said, she immediately told him, “Dongming! The cabbage is in the kitchen cabinet. When you go home and open the kitchen cabinet, you will be able to see it.”

Jia Dongming followed what Jia Zhang said and quickly came to the Jia family’s kitchen.

“Grandma! I’m back!”

“Thief! Someone come quickly! Catch the thief!”

Jia Dongming took out two cabbages from the cupboard and was about to return to the villa when he suddenly heard a child shouting happily behind him, followed by a child’s frightened cry for help.

(End of this chapter)