Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 1007 is too water-consuming!

At this moment, Jia Dongming was unaware of what had happened at the courtyard gate. When the uncle and nephew returned to the courtyard, the neighbors who had gathered at the gate had already dispersed. Jia Dongming pushed open the jeep and instructed Banggeng, "Banggeng! I'll go back first and have Xiaodang come out from the back door to help you carry the washing machine home. Then you can drive to pick up Yanling."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Banggeng immediately nodded and replied with a smile, "Uncle! I'll turn the car around first, and then wait for Xiaodang to come out and help me carry the washing machine."

As usual, Jia Dongming carried his briefcase into the front yard, only to find something was amiss today. Yan Bugui, the goalkeeper who was there every year, was not guarding the front gate as usual.

Upon seeing this, Jia Dongming didn't think much of it and quickly walked towards the Intermediate People's Court.

Soon Jia Dongming entered his courtyard and saw four children standing motionless under the eaves, their heads drooping.

Upon seeing the scene before him, Jia Dongming's face showed curiosity. He smiled and asked Xiao Dang, "Xiao Dang! Did you four get into some trouble? Why are you being made to stand here as punishment?"

"Dongming! Quickly tell Huairu that the children already know they were wrong, so please don't punish them anymore." Upon hearing Jia Dongming's voice, Jia Zhangshi immediately came out of the house. Seeing the children being punished, she looked at Jia Dongming with a pained expression and advised him.

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, although he didn't know what mistake the four children had made, Jia Dongming still instructed Xiao Dang, "Xiao Dang! Your brother is still waiting outside. Hurry up and go out through the back door to help him carry the washing machine back."

"Uncle! I understand. I'll go out right now and help my brother carry the washing machine back." Xiao Dang was overjoyed to hear Jia Dongming's instructions. He quickly replied and ran towards the back door.

After seeing Xiao Dang happily run towards the back door, Jia Dongming handed his briefcase to Xiao Huaihua and said with a smile, "Huaihua! Quickly put my briefcase back inside."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Xiao Huaihua felt as if she had been granted a pardon. She quickly ran to Jia Dongming, took the briefcase from his hand, and ran into the house.

Looking at his son and daughter standing there with a wronged expression, Jia Dongming smiled and asked the two children, "Anmin! Anqing! Tell me, what did you do wrong today that made your aunt punish you by making you stand there?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Jia Anming, recalling what had happened not long ago, explained to Jia Dongming with a wronged expression, "Dad! When we came back from the teacher's place, we saw the color TV you bought, so we thought we'd wait for you to come home from get off work at the gate of the yard, but we ran into Yan Bugui from the front yard!"

After hearing his son's account and learning the whole story, Jia Dongming finally understood why he hadn't seen Yan Bugui in the front yard when he returned.
Thinking of Yan Bugui's actions, Jia Dongming muttered to himself with a gloomy expression, "That stingy Yan, I didn't bother with him before, he really thinks I, Jia Dongming, have no temper. It seems I really need to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson he'll never forget." "Uncle! Where do you plan to put this washing machine?" Soon, Banggeng and Xiaodang, the brother and sister, carried the box containing the washing machine into the yard through the back door. When Banggeng saw Jia Dongming, he immediately smiled and asked him.

Upon hearing Banggeng's question, Jia Dongming immediately pointed to the water tank next to the old Jia family house and instructed Banggeng, "Banggeng! Put the washing machine under the eaves next to the water tank. The eaves there are wider, so rainwater won't easily get on the washing machine when it rains."

Qin Huairu and Lin Qiuyue, who had just returned from get off work, saw the washing machine that Jia Dongming had installed under the eaves. The two sisters-in-law quickly walked to the washing machine. Looking at the single-tub washing machine in front of them, Lin Qiuyue asked Jia Dongming curiously, "Brother Dongming! How do you use this washing machine?"

Upon hearing Lin Qiuyue's question, Jia Dongming smiled and instructed her, "Qiuyue! Do you have any unwashed clothes at home? Go and get a few pieces, and I'll teach you how to use this washing machine."

"Uncle! These are a few pieces of unwashed clothing that I deliberately left out when I was doing laundry today." Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, Xiao Dang immediately brought a wooden basin to Jia Dongming before Lin Qiuyue could get the clothes, and said to Jia Dongming with a happy face.

Upon hearing Xiao Dang's words and seeing the clothes in the wooden basin, Jia Dongming immediately instructed Xiao Dang, "Xiao Dang! Put all these clothes into the washing machine, add some laundry detergent, and then fill the washing machine with water using a hose. Once the water level reaches this red line, you can start the washing cycle."

Following Jia Dongming's instructions, Xiao Dang put all the clothes into the washing machine, poured in some laundry detergent, pulled the hose to the front of the washing machine, and then instructed Huaihua, who was standing in front of the tap, "Huaihua! Turn on the tap quickly."

After the two sisters successfully injected water into the washing machine drum using the method taught by Jia Dongming, they turned on the timer switch. The moment the switch was turned on, the drum inside the washing machine started spinning rapidly. In just over a minute, the originally clean tap water became turbid at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Auntie! Mom! Look! How can this water be so dirty? The water we use to wash clothes is never this dirty!" Xiao Huaihua looked at the dirty water in the washing machine with an incredulous expression on her face and quickly called out to Lin Qiuyue and Qin Huairu, who were watching from the side.

Hearing Xiao Huaihua's exclamation, Jia Dongming smiled and said to her, "Xiao Huaihua! The power of washing clothes by hand can't compare to that of a machine. So these clothes have produced so much dirty water after only a short time. After the countdown ends, just press the drain button. Once all the water has drained, put water back in. Repeat this three times, and the clothes will be clean."

"Dongming, this washing machine is great, but it uses too much water. This one bucket of water is enough for us to wash clothes once a day, and we have to wash them three times in a row. I estimate that our water bill will definitely increase a lot in the future." Qin Huairu said to Jia Dongming with some heartache after hearing his words and thinking about the amount of water she usually uses to wash clothes.

Upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, Jia Dongming smiled and said to her, "Huairu! It's not like we have clothes to wash every day. Besides, with a washing machine, you won't have to wash clothes by hand in winter. Compared to the suffering you endure when washing clothes, I'd rather pay a little more for water."

(End of this chapter)