Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

"When almost everyone thought that Mr. Liu was finished, guess what happened? He was released intact the next day, and the rest of his assets were not touched at all."

"Later, some people said that Mr. Liu might have some relationship with his superiors, but Mr. Liu kept his mouth shut and never admitted it."

"Now Mr. Liu's business is getting bigger and bigger. He is called Liu Yi Street. It is said that there is a street in the west of the city that is owned by him..."

As Zhang Tietou spoke, he gestured with his hands and feet, his face filled with excitement, as if he was a loyal fan of Liu Erye.

"He is quite a figure. I am free the day after tomorrow afternoon. You and Genwang can follow me to pay a visit to Mr. Liu."

"Okay, big brother. I'll talk to Genwang about this when I get back." When Zhang Tietou heard Xu Damao's words, he couldn't help but feel excited, and he quickly nodded in agreement.

"By the way, I have no place to put those things. Tietou, please help me rent a warehouse. It doesn’t matter if it’s in a remote place, but it can’t be too far from where I live." Xu Damao said while thinking about the next plan.

"Okay, I'll do it tomorrow!" Zhang Tietou agreed without hesitation. He knew that this matter was very important to them.

Xu Damao nodded with satisfaction and continued to discuss the details of these matters with Zhang Tietou. They carefully discussed every link to ensure that everything was arranged in an orderly manner. As time went by, the dishes they ordered were also brought up by the waiter.

"The dishes you ordered for second are here!" the waitress shouted in a high-pitched voice, and she carefully placed the lamb stewed with cabbage and stewed pork bones on the table.

"Little brother, bring two pancakes over here." Xu Damao said to the waiter.

"Okay, I'll send it right over!" the waiter responded enthusiastically.

Xu Damao and Zhang Tietou stopped chatting. They couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and start tasting the food on the table.

The steaming lamb stewed with cabbage exudes an enticing aroma that makes people salivate.

Xu Damao picked up a piece of tender mutton and put it into his mouth. He immediately felt a rich meaty aroma spreading in his mouth. The meat was tender and juicy and melted in his mouth.

Paired with a bite of soft, sweet cabbage, the taste is rich and varied, leaving people with endless aftertaste. Stewed bones are another delicacy. The bones are stewed very well, and the delicious taste of the bone marrow is even more irresistible.

Xu Damao and Zhang Tietou ate with gusto. While enjoying the satisfaction brought by the delicious food, they continued to discuss their next plans.

In this cold winter day, a bowl of mutton soup can warm you up for the whole day.

After the two finished their meal, Zhang Tietou wanted to buy something to bring back for Huang Genwang, but was stopped by Xu Damao.

"Forget it. This place is not close to where you set up your stall. The road is so far that the food will be cold by the time you walk back. It's so cold, let Genwang go and eat something hot by himself."

"Brother is really thoughtful. I had forgotten about this."

After Xu Damao and Zhang Tietou had their fill of food and drink, they walked out of the restaurant together. Zhang Tietou returned to his stall, while Xu Damao rode his bicycle towards the steel mill.

Back at the publicity department of the steel rolling mill, Xu Damao carefully packed the projection equipment into the warehouse. After saying hello to Brother Zhao, he rode his bicycle leisurely back to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

As soon as he got home, Xu Damao couldn't wait to walk into his room and lie on his comfortable bed.

However, even though his body was relaxed, his thoughts were surging like the tide. Thinking back to the passionate battles with Lin Yue last night and this morning made it difficult for him to fall asleep.

After tossing and turning in bed for a long time, he finally decided to get up and go to the portable space.

After entering the portable space, Xu Damao began to get busy. He carefully selected some items for sale, including corn, wheat, cornmeal, flour, eggs and chickens, and took out some as samples.

This is because providing samples for buyers to inspect is a very important step in the sales process.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for buyers to be convinced by just verbal descriptions of the quantity and quality of the goods, and they would not easily believe the seller's one-sided words.

Only through actual demonstration and verification can the trust between buyers and sellers be established and the transaction be completed smoothly.

In that era, supplies were scarce and there were no modern storage tools. Xu Damao could only find the yellow straw paper usually used to wrap braised food in the kitchen and carefully wrap up the collected samples one by one.

Due to the lack of modern plastic products such as plastic storage boxes, plastic bags, sealing bags and vacuum packaging machines, he had to resort to this primitive method to preserve items.

Even this yellow straw paper was given to him as an extra gift by the owner of a braised meat shop in Beijing when he bought a large amount of pork heads and roast chickens at the shop last time.

After properly packaging all the samples, Xu Damao decided to try fishing on his own, but after just a dozen minutes, he lost his patience.

So he just snapped his fingers, got a big grass carp weighing more than four kilograms from the pond, and returned to his room.

"When Shazhu comes back later, just ask him to cook the fish. After all, there aren't many people in the capital who can cook better than him. If we don't use the ready-made chef, it will be useless!"

Xu Damao muttered to himself, found a large wooden basin, put the black fish in it, added some water into it, and no longer cared about the life or death of the black fish.

After all, this thing has extremely strong vitality and can survive for three days without water.

Then he lay on the bed. Since he and Lin Yue went to bed late yesterday and he had exerted a lot of energy in the morning, Xu Damao felt sleepy and fell asleep directly.

When Xu Damao woke up again, it was already getting dark and the room was dim. He rubbed his eyes, stretched, and then sat up from the bed.

He glanced out the window. Night was about to fall, and all around him were the sounds of various conversations coming from the neighbors.

He walked over to the bed and flipped on the light switch, instantly filling the room with bright light.

Xu Damao sat on the edge of the bed, thought for a while, and suddenly remembered the black fish.

He stood up, walked to the kitchen, and found the black fish in the wooden basin. The black fish was still alive, but looked a little weak.

Xu Damao grabbed the black fish tightly with both hands, held its gills, and walked towards He Yuzhu's house carrying the big black fish.

When they arrived at Shazhu's house, Xu Damao knocked on the door and shouted, "Shazhu, open the door!"

After hearing the sound, He Yuzhu opened the door and saw Xu Damao holding a big black fish. Although he had some guesses in his mind, he still pretended to be confused and asked, "Damo, what's going on?"