Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

When leaving, I also gave Xiao Yuanchao a dollar and told him not to tell anyone and to buy something he liked and use it as he pleased.

Walking on the street, Xu Damao wandered around and bought some peanuts and dried tofu. Unable to find a place selling flatbreads, he simply found a stall selling sesame cakes and bought more than a dozen of them in one go to take back.

After all, Yan Jiecheng is a teenager and is at the age when he can eat. If I buy more and there is not enough for himself when the time comes, I will be the one who will be embarrassed.

Calculating the time, I have been out for about an hour, and the chicken coop is almost ready.

Just in case, Xu Damao rode his bike for another half an hour and bought some fruits, cakes and other things and put them in his personal space so that he could eat outside when he asked Lou Xiaoe out tomorrow.

Feeling that the time was about right, Liu Haizhong and Yan Jiecheng should have almost finished setting up the chicken coop, so Xu Damao rode his bike back.

"Oh, you finished it so quickly. Brother Jie Cheng, where's your dad?"

This wooden chicken coop is really well made. It has two floors and a pointed ceiling on top. One side is against the wall and there is a big tree next to it, which can block the scorching sun in the summer.

There is a row of chicken coops above and a narrow open space below for the chickens to move around. Yes, it really works. Let's not say anything else. The craftsman is really good at it. Xu Damao secretly gave him a thumbs up in his heart.

"It hasn't been long since I went back with Second Uncle. Brother Damao, you're finally back!"

Yan Jiecheng said this as he picked up the broken wood pieces on the ground.

"Alas, I met an acquaintance on the road. Something happened at home, so I went to take a look. I didn't even eat the meal he left for me. I hurried back in a hurry."

"Well, go call Second Uncle and your father over and tell them that Damao is back."

As Xu Damao spoke, he took out several packages of packaged vegetables from the basket on the back of his bicycle.

Yan Jiecheng seemed to smell the fragrance inside and ran to call his father Yan Bugui.

Xu Damao was too lazy to put the packed dishes on plates, so he just opened them and put them on the table to save himself from having to wash the dishes later...

As soon as everything was arranged, Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong entered the room.

"Hey, Damao, you're back? Come and see how the chicken coop is doing?"

"Teacher Yan and Second Master are really extraordinary!"

Xu Damao raised a thumb and showed admiration on his face.

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, he turned around and saw Yan Jiecheng acting sneakily at the door. He couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

"What are you doing there? Go home!" Yan Bugui shouted.

"Hey, Mr. Yan, Brother Jie Cheng also put in a lot of effort just now, come in and have something to eat."

Xu Damao walked to the door and walked in holding Yan Jiecheng's hand.

"Go back quickly when you're full!" Seeing Xu Damao pulling people over, Yan Bugui said again in an unpleasant tone, then sat down carelessly.

"Da Mao, just get a chicken coop. You made such a sumptuous feast with roast chicken and shredded chicken. It's too expensive. It makes Teacher Yan and I feel embarrassed."

Liu Haizhong sat down with a smile and touched the dishes on the table.

"Huh, I brought some wine, but you came empty-handed."

Yan Bugui joked as he opened the bottle and poured wine into three cups. However, since there was only half a bottle of wine, each cup was only half full.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes... the wine in the glass was finished, and Yan Jiecheng ate three sesame cakes with the dishes on the table, and was sent home by Yan Bugui.

When he left, Xu Damao asked him to take a sesame seed bun with some vegetables in it and asked him to take one back for his brother Yan Jiefang.

"Teacher Yan, Damao, I listened to your opinions. Now I don't have so many things to do at home, and I don't act so arrogantly at the factory. It seems to be having some effect. I heard that the superiors want to observe me for a period of time, and then let me lead a team."

"Thank you two so much, Teacher Yan. I'll offer you a glass of tea instead of wine!"

"Okay, okay. It's just that bystanders see more clearly than those involved. Old Liu, you know your family's past situation very well."

"Oh, the child is disobedient, which really makes me upset! I can only hold this anger in my heart and not vent it. However, I have gradually gotten used to it in recent times, so I just let him be."

"Teacher Yan, you also said that those involved are confused, but those who are on the sidelines can see things more clearly. I have to say something to you. Don't be so stingy with your own children. You still have to buy them the necessary things."

Liu Haizhong's mouth was full of alcohol. He grabbed a chicken claw and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it slowly, while constantly muttering about Yan Bugui's faults.

"Hmph! You are talking without any hesitation! Old Liu, you don't know how to appreciate your good fortune. My whole family depends on my salary to make ends meet. If I don't spend lavishly and not be prudent, how can we live?"

"I know how people in the hospital view me, but I have no other choice! My salary is lower than yours, but I have more people to support. Tomorrow, I will let Jie Cheng do odd jobs to earn money to supplement the family income!"

Yan Bugui closed his eyes, glared at Liu Haizhong and continued to pretend to be poor. However, Xu Damao knew very well that this old guy had a lot of money!

"Da Mao is still the best! He earns his own money and spends it on his own. Seeing him live such a simple life is really enviable."

Liu Haizhong shifted the topic to Xu Damao. After listening to him, Yan Bugui picked up a piece of food, put it into his mouth, and nodded in agreement.

"You two! You were just chatting about your own things, why did you bring me up again..."

After eating and drinking, Xu Damao went straight to sleep after seeing Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong off. After all, he had made an appointment with Lou Xiaoe this morning to go to the ghost market together.

I don’t know why, but Lou Xiao’e is particularly interested in the Ghost Market. When they chat, she often asks about things in the Ghost Market. Look, tomorrow she asks Xu Damao to pick her up to go shopping in the Ghost Market.

At around two o'clock in the morning of the next day, Xu Damao got up early in the dark, tiptoed out to unlock his bicycle, pushed it out of the yard like a cat, and went to pick up Lou Xiaoe.

"Oh my god, it's so cold in the middle of the night that it feels like falling into an ice cave."

While muttering to himself, Xu Damao fastened the collar of his coat, got on his bike, and drove non-stop towards where Lou Xiao'e lived.

When they arrived at the agreed place, Lou Xiao'e trotted out from under a dark eaves, wrapped tightly like a dumpling.

"Da Mao, aren't you cold wearing so little?"

"It's not cold. I'm wearing two shirts. It's OK."

"Wow, you're amazing. I feel better wearing so many clothes."