Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Xu Damao had almost finished cleaning up his house. He picked up a big bag of fruit candies and went out happily with his wife, preparing to distribute wedding candies to the neighbors in the yard.

They first came to the second uncle's house in the backyard, greeted him, and gave each of them a candy with a smile on their faces. Then, the two of them walked towards the deaf old lady's house.

"Old lady, I'm getting married, and this is my wife. Here's a piece of wedding candy for you, try it and see if it's sweet." Xu Damao said with a smile.

However, the deaf old lady seemed dissatisfied with Xu Damao and was a little reluctant to pay attention to him.

"What? Speak louder, I can't hear you!" The old lady frowned, looking impatient.

"Okay, the candy is here. We'll leave first." Seeing this, Xu Damao turned around and left the room without saying much.

As soon as he left the house, Xu Damao said to his wife, "That old lady is a five-guarantee household in our courtyard. It's best not to mess with her. Everyone in our courtyard respects her very much."

"I know. I'll remember that. I know my limits in this kind of thing." Sun Xiaoyan replied with a smile, understanding what her husband meant.

The two went to Liu's father's house again: "Uncle Liu, this is our wedding candy, let you try it." Then he took a few more, "I'll give you Qingshan's brothers' as well, I'll go to the front yard now."

The two nodded and walked out the door.

When they arrived at the middle courtyard, they went directly to Uncle Yi Zhonghai's house: "Uncle and Aunt, wow, Xiaojun has grown taller again, that's great. This is our wedding candy, give it to Xiaojun to try."

"Congratulations, Damao, that's great. Live a good life in the future. I wish you happiness." Yi Zhonghai looked at Xu Damao with a smile on his face and blessed him gently.

"Thank you! Uncle and aunt, I'm going to give out candies to other people first. Please don't send them off." After saying that, the two of them went out.

All the other families in the Central Court went, except Sha Zhu’s family!

"Da Mao, you haven't been to this restaurant yet?" Sun Xiaoyan asked with some confusion.

"The man's name is Shazhu. I have never gotten along with him since childhood. Our two families don't have any contact with each other, so you should ignore them in the future." Xu Damao introduced with a look of disdain.

"Okay, I see."

Finally, the two of them came to the third uncle's house again.

"Wife, come and meet him. This is the third uncle in our courtyard. He is the uncle in charge of the front yard!" Xu Damao introduced enthusiastically and handed over a piece of wedding candy. Then he turned to the third uncle and said, "Third uncle, you see my wedding was rather hastily planned and everything was kept simple. Please try some of the wedding candy and share in the joy!"

The third uncle took the wedding candy and stared at Xu Damao sharply, but he kept complaining: "Damo, you couldn't make it back for our family Jie Cheng's wedding yesterday, and now you're reluctant to set up two tables for the wedding? This is too unreasonable! At least invite a few uncles in the courtyard to come and have a seat." As he spoke, the third uncle's cunning and shrewd look was clearly visible, as if he wanted to see through Xu Damao.

Xu Damao felt a little scared when he was looked at. He lowered his voice and muttered, "Third Uncle, please don't embarrass me. After all, this is just my second marriage. I'm embarrassed to make a big fuss about it. It's better to keep a low profile."

However, the third uncle didn't seem to buy it and continued to ask, "You're really spoiling the fun by doing this! Back then, you didn't invite any guests when you and Lou Xiao'e got married, and it's the same this time. Do you intend to live in silence like this?" At this point, the third uncle's tone clearly contained some dissatisfaction and indignation.

After hearing this, Xu Damao's face turned ugly and he retorted with resentment: "Uncle, I just got married today, why are you talking about something else? You have to mention that Lou Xiao'e to spoil my fun!" As he spoke, he shook his head helplessly, obviously feeling quite taboo about this topic.

Sun Xiaoyan next to her didn't react much. For her, a widow with two children, marrying into the city was a good thing and she was very content.

"I was just saying it casually! Please don't take it to heart! How about this, when you are free, why don't you invite the three of us old men to have a drink at your wedding?" Yan Bugui continued calmly, completely unaware that he had just said something inappropriate.

Xu Damao didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. He secretly complained in his heart, but it was difficult to refuse directly, after all, the other party was an elder.

So, he had no choice but to agree: "Okay, let's talk about it after a few days. My house is still a mess now, and I haven't prepared anything." There was a hint of helplessness and embarrassment in his words.

"Well, okay, it's settled then." Yan Bugui was instantly happy.

Xu Damao didn't dare to say anything more, for fear that he might say something wrong and be taken advantage of by Yan Bugui again, so he quickly turned around and went home with his wife.

As soon as they arrived at the door, the two children ran over like little birds and hugged Sun Xiaoyan tightly. They shouted excitedly: "Mom! Mom!"

Sun Xiaoyan looked at the cute faces of the children, and her unhappiness immediately dissipated. However, she still couldn't help but complain to Xu Damao: "Da Mao, how can this uncle be so shameless? How can he extort money like this? It's too much!"

Xu Damao frowned and lowered his voice to warn Sun Xiaoyan: "Don't think too much, he is just a miser, try to stay away from his family, we can't afford to offend such people."

Sun Xiaoyan smiled nonchalantly and said nonchalantly: "Okay, I get it. I have seen all kinds of people in the countryside. How can I be scared by him?"

The two chatted about the things in the yard for a while, and then Sun Xiaoyan got up and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. She tied her apron skillfully and started to get busy. Xu Damao watched the scene from the side, still feeling a little emotional.

In the past, Lou Xiao'e had never had to do housework, and Xu Damao had never really enjoyed such blessings. Now, Sun Xiaoyan is indeed much more capable.

At the dining table of He Yuzhu's home in the Central Courtyard, the family was sitting together having dinner, chatting about Xu Damao while eating.

He Yushui shoveled food into his mouth while mumbling, "Brother, Xu Damao didn't come to my house. I saw that other people's courtyards were giving out wedding candies, but ours wasn't."

Hearing his brother say this, He Yuzhu felt a little strange, but showed a disdainful smile on his face: "He is too embarrassed to come here. He married Lou Xiao'e before. Although her family background is not good, she is still a daughter of a wealthy family and she is also pretty. At that time, Xu Damao felt proud. Now, he has found a widow with two children. How can he have the face to show off in our house!"

After saying that, Sha Zhu chuckled twice, as if he was gloating over Xu Damao's current situation.

Tian Xiuyun, who was standing by, frowned and glared at He Yuzhu after hearing this. She sternly warned him, "Zhuzi, be more careful with your words in the future! It's not easy for Sun Xiaoyan, a woman with two children, to marry from the countryside to the city. It's fine if you don't get along with Xu Damao, but don't always talk about Sun Xiaoyan."

After hearing what his wife said, Sha Zhu realized that what he said just now was a bit inappropriate, and nodded quickly and responded: "Oh, I know, don't worry! I'm not a petty person, and I won't deliberately provoke him. Besides, I'm a father now, why would I bother with him?" In his words, Sha Zhu revealed a sense of pride and responsibility as a father.