Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 747 Time Flies!
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it was 1966. A hurricane ravaged the land of China. During this time, Zhou Bingyi was transferred from Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill due to work requirements. Not long after Zhou Bingyi's transfer, Li Huaide, the deputy director, finally succeeded in taking over.

Over the years, Jia Dongming has become a renowned detective in the Beijing Public Security Bureau due to his successful investigation of many major cases. For this reason, the Beijing Public Security Bureau has repeatedly proposed that Jia Dongming be transferred from Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill to the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Municipal Bureau to serve as the deputy chief.

Through his years of management, Jia Dongming has gained absolute control over the security department of the steel rolling mill. Therefore, he would find various reasons to refuse any requests from the municipal bureau leaders.

Inside the courtyard, Liu Guangtian, the second son of the Liu family, Liu Guangfu, the third son of the Liu family, Yan Jiefang, the second son of the Yan family, Yan Jiekuang, the third son of the Yan family, and several other young people of the same age living in the same household, all changed later. After Yan Bugui was exposed for asking students for favors, he was assigned by the school to clean the logistics group.

The young people in the courtyard became arrogant and haughty, but after Jia Dongming dealt with them, they never dared to cause trouble in the courtyard again. As a result, the residents of the courtyard were not affected by the outside world and lived peacefully for several years.

Among them, Lin Qiuyue gave birth to a son and a daughter for Jia Dongming, Yu Li gave birth to two boys for Jia Dongming, Lou Xiao'e, although far away in Hong Kong, still gave birth to a son and a daughter for Jia Dongming, and even Lin Yuemei gave birth to a boy for Jia Dongming. Only Qin Huairu, because of her special relationship with Jia Dongming, did not give birth to any children for Jia Dongming.

Time flies, and it was 1972 in the blink of an eye. Thanks to Jia Dongming's education, Banggeng did not become a notorious thief in the courtyard, nor was he raised by Jia Zhangshi to be an ungrateful wretch who only knew how to throw tantrums. Instead, under Jia Dongming's guidance, he became a good older brother who was polite to everyone and loved his younger siblings very much.

Around 7 a.m., Jia Dongming got up and walked out of his bedroom. He saw Banggeng sitting at the dining table with his younger siblings, eating, and Jia Zhangshi eating noodles with gusto. He smiled and greeted Jia Zhangshi, "Mom! Good morning!"

Banggeng, who was eating breakfast, saw Jia Dongming come out of the bedroom and immediately stood up from the table, greeting him with a smile: "Uncle! Good morning! Today we're having noodles with soybean paste. Please sit for a while, I'll go to the kitchen and get you a bowl."

"Uncle! Good morning!" Xiao Dang greeted Jia Dongming happily when she saw him.

"Uncle! Mom's fried noodles with soybean paste were so delicious this morning!" Little Huaihua, who was engrossed in eating her noodles, immediately said happily to Jia Dongming as he came out of the house.

"Dad! Dad! Sister Huaihua is right, Auntie's fried noodles are delicious." Jia Dongming's son, Jia Yaozong, saw Jia Dongming coming out of the house and heard what little Huaihua said to Jia Dongming, and immediately chimed in.

Soon, Banggeng came out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of noodles with soybean paste and politely greeted Jia Dongming, "Uncle! The noodles are here, please sit down and eat."

Upon hearing Banggeng's words and looking at Banggeng, who was nearly 1.75 meters tall, Jia Dongming suddenly remembered that in the story, Banggeng was going to the countryside next year.

Thinking of this, Jia Dongming smiled and asked Banggeng, "Banggeng! I remember you'll be sixteen in two months. Sixteen is already an adult. Do you have any thoughts about your future?" Since school was suspended, and Jia Dongming didn't let him go out with his classmates to participate in the Little Guards, Banggeng has been staying at home for the past few years, taking care of his younger siblings.

When Banggeng heard Jia Dongming ask about his future plans, he thought of his long-held desire and said to Jia Dongming with a helpless expression, "Uncle! I originally wanted to go to a good university and contribute to the construction of our country, but now the schools have all been closed, and even if I want to study, there is nowhere to study."

Upon hearing Banggeng's answer and seeing his dejected expression, Jia Dongming smiled and asked, "Banggeng! If I were to arrange for you to take a job now, what kind of job would you like?"

Banggeng was visibly taken aback by Jia Dongming's sudden question, then a look of longing appeared on his face as he quickly asked Jia Dongming for confirmation, "Uncle! Is it true? Can I really go and get a job?"

Upon hearing Banggeng's question, Jia Dongming nodded firmly and replied, "When has your uncle ever lied to you? Think carefully about what kind of work you really want to do."

"Dongming! Banggeng stays at home every day, helping to take care of his younger siblings. Isn't that good? Why would you suddenly think of having Banggeng go to work?" Jia Zhangshi, who was eating noodles, asked Jia Dongming with a face full of curiosity after hearing what Jia Dongming said to Banggeng.

When Jia Dongming heard Jia Zhangshi's question and saw Qin Huairu coming out of the kitchen, he remembered the reason why he had arranged for Banggeng to go to work. He then introduced to Jia Zhangshi, "Mom! Banggeng will be sixteen years old soon. If Banggeng doesn't have a job, he will have to go to the countryside. So we need to find Banggeng a job before he turns sixteen."

When Jia Zhangshi learned the reason why Jia Dongming had suddenly arranged a job for Banggeng, she immediately remembered the notice that the street office had come to the courtyard a few days ago. She then realized what had happened and hurriedly said to Jia Dongming, "Dongming! I almost forgot. A while ago, the comrades from the street office came to our courtyard to inform us that there was a policy requiring young people of the right age to go to the countryside to help farmers build new rural areas. At the time, I thought that our Banggeng was not old enough, so I didn't pay too much attention to it."

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, and considering her personality, Jia Dongming reminded her, "Mom! Banggeng isn't old enough to go to the countryside yet, so if we find him a job now, he won't have to go. But you should keep this to yourself; don't let it slip in front of the people in the courtyard."

“After all, all the school-age children in the compound need to go to the countryside, but our Banggeng is the only one who doesn’t need to go because he has a job. This will definitely arouse envy from others, and they may even think that our family used our connections to arrange a job for Banggeng in order to avoid him going to the countryside.”

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's reminder, and considering the situation of the other families in the courtyard, Jia Zhangshi immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. She hurriedly asked Jia Dongming, "Dongming! If we arrange work for Banggeng now, will the people in the courtyard report this to the neighborhood committee after they find out?"

(End of this chapter)