Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

Xu Damao stood quietly aside, looking at Lou Xiao'e's shy and lovely appearance, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Xu Damao spoke so arrogantly that even Lou Xiao'e was amused.

“Look, there are cats and dogs for sale in front, as well as all kinds of beautiful birds!”

Lou Xiao'e pointed excitedly at a few stalls not far ahead, then turned around and said to Xu Damao beside her with anticipation, "Why don't we go over and take a look? Maybe we can see some animals that catch our eye!"

Xu Damao looked at Lou Xiao'e's excitement, smiled slightly, nodded, and agreed. Then the two of them walked forward hand in hand.

After approaching the stall, Xu Damao was attracted by the lively and cute puppies in front of him. He squatted down, carefully observed the puppies in the basket, and asked the stall owner about the price: "Boss, how much are these puppies?"

The stall owner replied enthusiastically: "Two dollars each. Look at how lively these little guys are. They are full of energy and vitality!"

Hearing the stall owner's words, Xu Damao reached out and gently stroked a puppy that was trying to climb, his eyes full of love.

There were a few big dogs tied to trees with ropes, lying on the ground bored.

At this time, Lou Xiao'e on the side could not help but remind him: "Da Mao, this is just a dog used by the village to guard the house. What do you want to buy it for?"

Xu Damao smiled nonchalantly and retorted, "I think they are pretty good! Look at this little yellow dog, how clever it is, especially those big watery eyes, which are simply adorable."

Then, Lou Xiao'e remembered that her father had mentioned that there were people selling those small, charming, foreign breed dogs on the black market.

So I suggested, "My dad told me that there are some very beautiful foreign puppies for sale there, and they usually don't grow up very big, so a small one is so cute! Why don't you go there and pick one out when the time comes?"

However, Xu Damao shook his head and said firmly: "I don't want it! In comparison, I prefer our native Chinese rural dogs. Boss, I want that little yellow dog!"

After saying that, Xu Damao took out two crumpled one-yuan bills from his pocket, handed them to the stall owner, then turned around and left with his newly bought puppy.

"Da Mao, are you planning to give this puppy to me?"

A clear and pleasant voice came from behind.

"No, but if you like it, I can give it to you."

Xu Damao smiled and said.

"Ah, no, no, no, that's not what I meant. I just thought that you have to rush to work and show movies every day, and you're out all day. I'm afraid you don't have much time to take care of this puppy, right?"

"Don't worry, I'll take it with me when I go to and from get off work, so it won't starve." The man patted his chest and assured.

"But won't this be too much trouble?" The woman was still a little worried.

"It's not a big deal. If it doesn't work, I'll just ask Aunt Yang next door to take care of it. Didn't I ask Aunt Yang to take care of my chickens before? Don't worry, Aunt Yang is a very good person and will definitely take good care of it."

Xu Damao said with a relaxed look on his face.

After hearing his words, Xiao'e finally felt relieved. She nodded gently and said, "Oh, so that's the case...Okay then."

Then Xu Damao asked again: "We are going to the ghost market early tomorrow morning. Xiao'e, will you go with us?"

"Are you still going?"

Lou Xiao'e's face changed slightly. Recalling the last time they encountered robbers in the ghost market, she couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Xu Damao seemed to see through her thoughts and smiled and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here! You just saw my ability."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and suddenly a chopstick appeared in his palm, as if by magic. The chopstick spun flexibly in his hand, leaving a series of blurry shadows, but it could not escape his control.

Lou Xiao'e stared at the incredible scene with her eyes wide open, her mouth wide open in surprise. After a long while, she came back to her senses and said softly, "Well, you can just pick me up at the old place when the time comes."

"Okay! That's settled then." Xu Damao nodded with satisfaction, then took Lou Xiao'e's hand and said, "Let's go, let's go have a meal first and rest early today."

"Well, you should wear something thicker tomorrow. The weather has been very cold these days."

Lou Xiao'e warned with concern.

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"Look, there's a circle in front, they should be performing artists, let's go and take a look." Xu Damao excitedly pulled Lou Xiao'e into the crowd.

After finally squeezing to the front row, Xu Damao took a closer look and immediately knew what was going on: "Isn't this the kind of charlatan who sells powerful pills or medicinal wine for injuries and sprains?"

There were two huge stone locks on the ground, which looked very heavy, as if they could press a hole into the ground at any time. A burly man stood upright beside the stone locks, bowing to the surroundings.

"Dear fellow villagers, brothers and sisters! My brother and I have just arrived in your precious place today. I never thought that the money in our pockets has been almost spent! There is no other way, we can only perform here to make a living! I sincerely ask for your support! If you have money, please give us a reward, and if you don't have much money, please help us stand and cheer! Thank you all!"

I saw the burly man shouting at the top of his voice.

His voice was as loud as thunder, making people's ears buzz.

Then the big man continued to shout: "If you guys here don't trust me, you can come up and try the weight of this stone lock yourself. That way, you can know if I'm lying to you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several strong young men in the crowd could not suppress their curiosity and squeezed into the circle, eager to try to lift the pair of stone locks.

One of the sturdy young men walked up to the stone lock first, stretched out a pair of strong and powerful hands to firmly grasp the handle, took a deep breath, and suddenly exerted all his strength, and actually lifted up the extremely heavy stone lock, and lifted it more than 20 centimeters off the ground!

In an instant, thunderous cheers and warm applause broke out all around.

However, less than three seconds later, his hands suddenly softened, and the stone lock that lost control fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. The surrounding ground also shook slightly.

"This is a real piece of stone! It must weigh more than 100 kilograms!"