Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

Although there had been some minor frictions with each other in the past, everyone lived in the same yard and had grown up playing together since childhood. There was no deep hatred. As long as things were explained clearly, everything would be solved.

"Hey, Xu Damao, there's nothing for you to do here, go get someone to come over."

"You should know that the news of your engagement is currently only circulating quietly. If you, as the host, don't tell others in person, others might mistakenly think it's a false rumor."

"Oh, okay. I'll trouble you to take care of this. I'll go and invite the manager to come over."

After saying that, Xu Damao parked his bicycle steadily not far from his home. After a little hesitation, he finally walked towards Yi Zhonghai's home.

After all, he is a highly respected manager of the courtyard. For an important event like his engagement, he needs to go and invite him in person.

As for whether this hidden agent of the Military Control Commission is willing to honor me and attend, it's up to him. Anyway, I have already done my best to be polite.

Xu Damao walked briskly to the door of Yi Zhonghai's house, raised his hand and gently knocked on the slightly old wooden door.

"Who is it?" a voice came from inside the room, and then the door was opened a crack, revealing a familiar face - it turned out to be an old lady.

When she saw Xu Damao standing outside the door, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure and asked in a puzzled manner: "Oh, it's Damao, what's the matter?"

Xu Damao's face was full of smiles as he greeted Auntie enthusiastically, "Auntie, Happy New Year! I wish you a happy new year! Hey, well, my girlfriend and I just got engaged, and I'm thinking of setting up two tables of banquets at home to celebrate. I'd like to invite you and Uncle to come over and sit with me at noon!"

After hearing this, the aunt first opened her mouth in pretended surprise, then responded with a smile: "Oh my! Damao, you are engaged? That's great! Congratulations! OK, I got it. I will tell your uncle later and ask him to come over on time at noon."

"Don't worry, he is a highly respected manager in our hospital. How can we miss him at such an occasion?"

After getting the reply from the first aunt, Xu Damao nodded with satisfaction and then said: "Then thank you for your help, first aunt! I won't bother you for now, I have to go and invite the second uncle and the others." After that, he turned and walked towards the house of the second uncle Liu Haizhong.

However, when he was about to reach the door of Liu Haizhong's house, a loud noise suddenly came into his ears. Listening carefully, it seemed that Liu Haizhong was yelling at someone, and there were also some sounds of beating and scolding.

Xu Damao couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that Liu Haizhong was teaching his child a lesson? With full of curiosity, he quickened his pace and walked towards Liu Haizhong's house...

"Alas, the old saying 'It is hard to change a person's nature' really rings true! Look at Liu Haizhong, he finally became the team leader, but he still doesn't change his bad habits and starts messing around again..."

"Knock, knock, knock!" A series of rapid and loud knocks on the door suddenly rang out.

The noisy and bustling sounds in the room disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if they were cut off by an invisible force. After about ten seconds, the door slowly opened, revealing a figure in bangs.

He had an awkward smile on his face and said, "Hey, Damao, Happy New Year!"

"Just now I heard a lot of hustle and bustle from our place from a distance."

Xu Damao clasped his hands together, bowed to Liu Haizhong and said, "Second Uncle, Happy New Year! I wish you good health and success in the Year of the Dragon!"

Seeing this, Liu Haizhong felt relieved and quickly explained, "Hey, it's almost Chinese New Year, I wanted to improve the food for my family, so I bought a chicken."

"But who knew this chicken was so aggressive? As soon as we got home, it broke the rope and ran around the yard. Guangtian and I were just busy trying to catch it!"

As he spoke, his eyes did not evade at all, and he was able to remain so calm and composed when lying, without blushing or feeling nervous.

Xu Damao smiled and continued, "Hey, Uncle Er, don't bother killing the chicken! Just keep it and eat it later. I came to see you today because I have something great to tell you - my girlfriend and I are engaged! So I specially invite you to come to my house at noon today. There will be plenty of good wine and food!"

"Oh, this is such great news! Congratulations! Damao, don't worry, I am the manager of our hospital after all. For such a big event as an engagement, I will definitely be there to congratulate you!" When Liu Haizhong heard this, he immediately smiled and agreed without hesitation.

"Then I will wait for your visit at home!" Xu Damao said with a smile on his face and a very enthusiastic tone.

"Haha, what's the big deal? I will definitely go when the time comes." Liu Haizhong also responded with a smile.

After Xu Damao said goodbye to Liu Haizhong's home, he went straight to the remaining few households in the compound.

At each house, he would greet everyone with a smile on his face, and specifically remind them to bring their children along, because there would be white flour steamed buns and fatty pork to eat!

In this way, Xu Damao walked around the yard for a long time. Except for the Jia family, he notified almost all the other families one by one.

After completing the task, Xu Damao returned to his residence contentedly. At this time, Lou Xiao'e was standing by and watching He Yuzhu busy preparing meals.

After Xu Damao came back, he quickly walked up to him and asked, "Shazhu, is there anything we can help you with? We are both free right now, so it would be great if we could help out a little. Although we may not be able to do difficult tasks like cooking, we should be able to wash vegetables and dishes."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu, who was cutting vegetables, replied without even looking up: "No, no, I can handle it all by myself. Besides, it's so cold outside, you guys should go inside quickly, and leave the vegetables to Yushui."

Xu Damao was not happy when he heard this, "Hey, are you worried that we are secretly learning your cooking skills?"

He Yuzhu smiled helplessly and explained, "That's not the case! There's really nothing I can do to help you. It's just cutting some vegetables and cooking. I don't have any heavy work to do here. How about this, you go check if there are enough plates and bowls."

"I have already considered what you said. Look, the basket in this cart is filled with the newly purchased dishes."