Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

As soon as Xu Damao finished speaking, Zhang Tietou quickly stood up and walked towards the counter to order food. After a while, he returned and sat back in his seat.

At this time, Zhang Tietou said to Xu Damao: "Brother, according to my estimation, the carriages responsible for transporting bricks and sand should arrive in the afternoon."

"Why don't you give me the key to the gate? Once they arrive, I'll go over and arrange for someone to unload the goods into our yard."

Xu Damao nodded without hesitation, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed them to Zhang Tietou, saying, "No problem, you take these keys."

"I have a spare one here, don't worry. But I have to go to the warehouse first. You and Genwang should close the stall early today, and after you close the stall, you can come to the warehouse to help."

Then, Xu Damao added, "Tomorrow, let Genwang run the stall by himself, and you go to the warehouse to keep an eye on it. Divide the flour in the warehouse. You and Genwang each get one bag, and the rest can be distributed to the workers. Remember, don't take too much. I have plenty of food. Tell me when you've finished eating!"

Zhang Tietou quickly responded, "Okay, big brother! Everything will be up to you!"

Soon, the meal was served, and after the two finished eating, Xu Damao handed the warehouse key to Zhang Tietou. Then, he rode his bicycle and rushed straight to the warehouse.

Finally arriving in front of the warehouse, Xu Damao looked up and found that Liu Erye's men had not arrived yet.

Without saying a word, he walked straight forward, pushed open the slightly old gate, and slowly walked into the yard pushing the cart.

After entering the yard, Xu Damao quickly walked to the door of the warehouse, unlocked the door and pushed it gently, and the door creaked open.

When he stepped into the warehouse, he took out several bags of flour from his personal space with ease and placed them carefully in a corner of the warehouse.

After completing these actions, Xu Damao clapped his hands, looked around, and found that there was nothing else in the warehouse except the white flour he had just placed there, not even a piece of wood.

Out of boredom, he had to find a cleaner place, took out a small stool from his personal space and sat down, quietly waiting for the arrival of Liu Erye's men.

Time passed minute by minute, and after about an incense stick of time, the sound of horse hooves and rolling wheels came from far away.

Xu Damao, who was a little drowsy at first, suddenly became energetic. He stood up and walked quickly to the door. As expected, two carriages loaded with goods were heading towards the warehouse.

Xu Damao, who was standing at the door, hurried over and saw a burly man jumping down from the leading carriage.

The man walked towards Xu Damao with a smile on his face, saying, "Brother, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long! It's not easy for us to get here. We first went to the kiln factory outside the city to get bricks, and then we had to load the bricks onto the truck. It took quite a while! Where should we unload the things on the truck?"

Hearing this, Xu Damao's face was also full of smiles. He waved his hand and said, "Brother, you are too polite! I can still wait for this little while."

"You've had a hard time on the journey! Just unload the goods in this yard. Our gate is big enough, and the carriage can go straight in to unload the goods."

After saying that, Xu Damao took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, tore open the wrapping paper, and gave one to everyone present.

Then, the two carriages loaded with blue bricks slowly drove into the yard. The driver waved the whip skillfully, shouted, and stopped the carriages steadily in a spacious place. With a crisp whip sound, the carriages fell completely silent.

Under Xu Damao's command and signal, several strong men immediately took action, rubbing their hands and eager to try. Some climbed onto the carriage and carefully carried the heavy bricks; others supported below and neatly stacked the unloaded bricks in the designated positions. For a moment, the whole yard was filled with a busy and orderly scene.

"Brother, has the construction worker arrived?" Xu Damao asked loudly, standing aside and eagerly scanning the busy figures.

At this moment, a man who was squatting in an open space stacking bricks with great concentration looked up after hearing the sound. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and grinned, "Here he comes, the one unloading bricks from the carriage." After that, he pointed to a man who looked to be in his thirties on one of the carriages.

Xu Damao looked in the direction he pointed, then quickly walked forward and shouted to the middle-aged man, "Brother, come down first."

The middle-aged man heard the shout, stopped what he was doing, jumped off the carriage swiftly, and walked towards Xu Damao with big strides. When he got closer, he looked at Xu Damao curiously and asked, "Brother, what do you want from me?"

Xu Damao smiled and said politely, "It's like this, brother. I want to take you to see the land where we plan to build the house, and tell you roughly how big it will be. You can estimate whether these bricks are enough."

As he spoke, Xu Damao took out a Daqianmen cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man took the cigarette, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, little brother! Then wait a moment, I'll pack up and go with you right away."

I saw the middle-aged man muttering something while walking slowly in the direction he came from.

Not long after, he came back with a long wooden stick in his hand, and a bunch of thin ropes were tightly wrapped around the stick.

Behind the middle-aged man, there was a thin young man following closely. Judging from his appearance, he must be the middle-aged man's apprentice.

I saw that the young man was quite strong. In one hand he was carrying a huge wooden barrel, which seemed to be full of things; in the other hand he was holding a shovel.

Seeing this, Xu Damao couldn't help but lower his head curiously to take a look at the wooden barrel, and found that the barrel was full of white lime powder.

But what use can this little bit of lime powder be used for? Xu Damao muttered to himself.

At this time, the middle-aged man's face was full of smiles, and he asked Xu Damao enthusiastically: "Brother, now you can tell us in detail! Where do you plan to build the house? And how big do you want it to be?"