Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

Facing her mother-in-law's questioning, Qin Huairu felt a surge of grievance in her heart, but she still suppressed her emotions and explained: "Alas, Mom, you don't know! There are so many people attending the dinner today, it is impossible for there to be much food left."

"Besides, the meat on the bones has already been snatched up by others at the table! I don't even have the chance to sit at the table to eat. After all, Xu Damao never invited me..."

Having said that, Qin Huairu couldn't help but sigh, with a helpless look on her face.

Hearing this, Jia Zhang felt even more upset. She glared at those lifeless bones fiercely, as if they were the culprit.

Then, she started to complain again: "Humph! This damn Xu Damao invited everyone in the courtyard to dinner, but he left out our Jia family! It's really outrageous! Just wait and see, one day I will definitely teach him a lesson! Let him know that our Jia family is not easy to bully!"

After saying this, Jia Zhang gritted her teeth viciously, as if she had already figured out how to take revenge on Xu Damao's family.

"Oh my! Forget it, please don't provoke Xu Damao! He is not a good person and will never let himself suffer easily!"

Upon seeing this, Jia Dongxu hurried forward to dissuade her. He was really worried that his mother would not know her own limits and provoke a difficult character like Xu Damao.

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang snorted coldly, "Tsk! I'll let him go for now! Is it possible that these are the only broken bones? Is there nothing else good?"

She was just saying it casually, but in fact, she knew very well that if she really faced Xu Damao, who was tall and strong as an ox, she would probably be like a frightened quail, shrinking her neck into the shell and not daring to show her head...

At this time, Qin Huairu said: "If I hadn't been quick to clear the table, we wouldn't have been able to pick up these four bones."

There was helplessness in his words.

After hearing this, Jia Zhang picked up one of the extremely thick bones, gestured a few times, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, not bad! Look at how thick this bone is, it must contain a lot of bone oil! Just split it and use it to make soup."

After saying that, he carefully placed the big bone on the table.

Jia Dongxu responded, "Okay! Then I'll go get a knife and split the bone." After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the kitchen with the bone in his hand.

"Don't use our knife! Look at this bone, it's so hard. What if the knife breaks it?"

Jia Zhang stared at Jia Dongxu closely and gave orders in a firm tone.

"Hmm... let me think about it. Oh, I vaguely remember that Old Yi's family seemed to have an axe. If he doesn't have one, then I can borrow their knife and use it to chop this hard bone."

As Jia Zhang spoke, she gestured with her hands, as if she had already seen the scene of successfully splitting the bone.

Hearing his mother's words, Jia Dongxu quickly responded, "Okay, Mom, I know everything! Don't worry, I'll go to my master's house right away to borrow an axe!"

Before he finished speaking, he hurried out the door and strode towards Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Da Mao, you are going to start working tomorrow, right?" Lou Xiao'e asked softly as she sat sideways on the back seat of the bicycle, but her voice contained a hint of attachment and reluctance that was difficult to conceal.

"Well, what's the matter?" Xu Damao responded casually while pedaling.

"It's nothing special, I just feel that the New Year holiday is too short this time." Lou Xiao'e frowned slightly, her little mouth pouted unconsciously, a look of dissatisfaction revealed on her face.

"Oh my, my Xiao'e! Don't be ungrateful. It's already great that we can have a seven-day holiday during the Chinese New Year." While pedaling hard, Xu Damao turned his head to look at Lou Xiao'e behind him and comforted her with a smile.

Then he continued excitedly: "And let me tell you, I can take a full day off every week in this job, and I can take three full days of sick leave and personal leave every month. The key is that my salary will not be deducted for these leave! How about that, isn't it good enough?"

"Besides, although my job as a projectionist is hard sometimes, and I have to be outside in the wind, sun, rain, and snow all day long, it's free, isn't it? I can do whatever I want. Who knows, maybe I can get a raise this month, and it will definitely be up to 30 yuan by then, haha."

At this point, Xu Damao couldn't help but laugh out loud with pride.

Hearing this, Lou Xiao'e seemed to feel a little better, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "That's great, congratulations in advance. By the way, you haven't told me what my dad gave you before? Tell me quickly."

Lou Xiao'e seemed to come back to her senses suddenly, as if she suddenly remembered something important. She reached out and grabbed the clothes around Xu Damao's waist tightly, shaking him gently and said.

"Hey, what your father gave me is really a treasure! He said that this thing is very precious and has always been passed down from father to son, not from daughter to daughter!"

Xu Damao showed a hint of pride on his face, and he slowly whetted people's appetite: "But, after all, it's a new era now, and he only has you as his precious daughter. There is nothing I can do, I have to pass it on to my daughter and son-in-law."

Seeing Xu Damao deliberately keeping the secret, Lou Xiaoe stamped her feet anxiously and urged, "Hey Damao, stop dawdling and tell me now!"

Xu Damao pretended to be mysterious and lowered his voice, saying, "This thing is really too valuable. I feel uneasy when I keep it at home, always worried that something might go wrong, so I always carry it with me. It's at the bottom of the basket on the right. I always carry it with me on my bike wherever I go, for fear that I might accidentally lose it."

"There's an open space not far ahead. I'll ride over there and take it out for you to have a look. It will also satisfy your curiosity." Lou Xiao'e nodded happily and said, "Okay!"

Xu Damao continued to pedal forward for about 500 meters, when a sparse forest of trees appeared on one side of the road. He turned the handlebars skillfully and drove towards the forest.