Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

"Here comes Damao. I guess the person knocking on the door is here to tell us to hurry over to the cinema room for the screening!"

Brother Zhao, who was sitting near the door, turned to Xu Damao and said, "He stood up slowly, reached out to hold the door handle, turned it gently, and the door slowly opened.

The man standing outside the door had an anxious look on his face. When he saw the door open, he hurriedly said, "The leaders will be here soon. The factory director asked your Propaganda Department to send someone to the projection room behind the cinema to be on standby at any time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and trotted away, as if he was afraid of wasting time. It seemed that he had other urgent tasks to deal with.

"Okay, got it, we'll be there soon."

Brother Zhao responded quickly. Then he waved to Xu Damao, signaling him to join him. Then, the two began to carefully tidy up their clothes. Brother Zhao carefully straightened the hat on his head and tied the scarf around his neck more tightly.

Xu Damao also quickly put on a mask and a hat, wrapping himself tightly.

After everything was ready, they hurried out of the room and trotted along the corridor to the movie room. Along the way, the two did not communicate much, and they only wanted to reach the destination as soon as possible to complete the task.

When they arrived at the movie room breathlessly, they found that Li Huaide had been waiting there for a long time.

Li Huaide looked serious. When he saw them coming, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Comrade Zhao Gang, I'll leave this to you. I have to go to the front to welcome the leaders. The film reels are in the projection room inside."

After saying this hurriedly, Li Huaide left quickly. Xu Damao and Brother Zhao came to the screening room and saw that there was indeed a tape inside with marks on it.

"Da Mao, is this really okay?" Brother Zhao patted Xu Damao's shoulder and asked with concern.

Xu Damao smiled confidently and replied, "Brother Zhao, don't worry! There will be no problem at all. This is just a piece of cake."

"Come to think of it, this is my first time showing a movie in our factory's movie room. Before, I followed Master Wang here to learn how to show movies, and now I can finally do it on my own."

"Besides, the screening conditions here are much better than those in the villages outside the city!"

As he spoke, Xu Damao began to adjust the equipment swiftly. Seeing his skillful movements, Brother Zhao couldn't help but nod in praise.

Brother Zhao smiled and praised: "Da Mao, it is always good for young people to endure more hardships. Otherwise, how could the title of outstanding worker of our Propaganda Department fall on you? Work hard, and you will definitely have a bright future in the future!"

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and helped with the preparations before the screening.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally it was time for the official screening.

As the picture on the screen lit up, Xu Damao slowly rotated the film. The entire screening process went very smoothly without any mistakes.

When the screening was over, Xu Damao and Zhao Ge received high praise from the factory director.

The factory director nodded with satisfaction and said, "You two have done a great job and brought honor to our factory! Keep it up! Well, there is nothing else to do, so get back to work." So the two of them returned to the Propaganda Department happily.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon. After Xu Damao and Brother Zhao went to the cafeteria to have lunch, the strong wind that had been blowing outside for a long time gradually stopped.

The warm winter sunshine shines through the clouds onto the earth, bringing a rare touch of warmth to people in this cold season.

At this time, Xu Damao came up to Brother Zhao and asked carefully, "Brother Zhao, it seems that there is no important task scheduled this afternoon. Do you think I can leave a little earlier? There are some things waiting for me to deal with at home."

After coming out of the cafeteria, the sunlight sprinkled on the ground, casting long shadows.

Xu Damao and Brother Zhao were walking side by side on the road. Xu Damao carefully took out a pack of unopened Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, gently tore open the wrapping paper, took out a cigarette and handed it to Brother Zhao.

He deliberately showed an expression of wanting to say something but stopping himself, as if he was hiding something unspeakable.

Brother Zhao took the cigarette, put it under his nose and sniffed it, then nodded with satisfaction: "Well, not bad, Damao! You did an excellent job in the screening task this morning. How about this, if you want to go back early in the afternoon, you can, but don't let other colleagues in our department know."

Hearing this, Xu Damao was secretly delighted and quickly smiled and said, "Hey, I understand, Brother Zhao, don't worry! If someone asks me about it later, I will say that the wind has stopped and you specially arranged for me to post flyers outside."

After hearing this, Brother Zhao smiled without saying anything. He just patted Xu Damao on the shoulder, then turned and walked in another direction.

Looking at Brother Zhao's receding back, Xu Damao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly quickened his pace to return to the Propaganda Department.

As soon as he entered the department, Xu Damao walked to his desk with a dull expression, opened the drawer, and took out a thick stack of flyers. At this time, a colleague next to him asked curiously: "Damo, are you going out to post flyers?"

Xu Damao's heart skipped a beat, fearing that he would be discovered, but he still pretended to be calm and answered, "Yes, it's a job assigned by Brother Zhao. I have no choice. It just so happens that the wind has stopped outside, so he let me do it."

After saying this, he didn't dare stay for another second, for fear of letting something slip, so he quickly grabbed the stack of flyers, hurriedly left the office, and headed straight for the bicycle shed.

Xu Damao folded the flyers in his hand neatly and then gently put them into the basket on the back of his bicycle.

He adjusted his sitting position slightly, held the handlebars firmly with both hands, pedaled hard, and quickly left the steel mill on his bicycle.

The wheels rolled forward, raising a slight cloud of dust. Xu Damao drove along the familiar road straight towards the warehouse he had purchased.

On the way, Xu Damao met a sheep slaughtering and selling meat. He directly bought a lamb leg and lamb ribs and asked the stall owner to pile them into pieces and pack them up to take away.

In the morning, we couldn't work in the warehouse because of the strong wind.

The strong wind whistled past, raising a cloud of dust that made it impossible to open one's eyes, and directly discouraged Zhang Tietou, who still wanted to work against the wind.

Zhang Tietou had no choice but to open one of the warehouse doors and hide in the warehouse with several strong men who came to transport goods.

They sat around a copper brazier, the burning charcoal and wood emitting billowing heat, bringing some warmth to the cold space.