Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

"Brother, we agreed that you can only pick one thing. If you add this to my cup, that makes two things."

"Okay, I'll put the yellow mud back? I'm not saying this to you, brother, but you're too stingy. I bought something worth more than a hundred dollars from you."

Xu Damao said this unhappily, with a hint of emotion in his words.

"Okay, okay, brother, I'll do as you say, but let's be honest. Didn't we agree to pick one just now? Why are you taking two? We can't go back on our word, right?"

Although the stall owner said so and allowed Xu Damao to take the two items, his expression obviously turned unhappy. He frowned tightly and his lips were tightly closed.

"Hey, brother, you just said that I'm a straightforward person, why are you so upset with me now? I won't let you suffer any loss, take it!"

As Xu Damao spoke, he put the stall owner's drinking cup and the jade belt buckle wrapped in yellow mud into the back basket of the bicycle, then took out a pack of Daqianmen and a pack of Hardemen and threw them to the stall owner.

"What the hell?"

A question popped up in the stall owner's mouth, but his body naturally stretched out his hands to take it.

After seeing the two packs of cigarettes in his hand clearly in the light of the lantern, his face immediately turned from cloudy to bright, his brows relaxed, and he smiled happily.

"Hey, brother, please don't mind it. You know I'm a straightforward person and I say whatever I want without thinking."

"Although these miscellaneous items are not valuable, I bought them from my fellow villagers at my own expense. Even if they are cheap, it still costs me a lot of effort to get them."

"Come to me to get your car repaired in the future. It's free!"

The stall owner shouted loudly to Xu Damao who was pushing his bicycle away.

Xu Damao did not turn around either. He just stretched out his left hand and waved it a few times as a response.

Only when Xu Damao's figure pushing his bicycle disappeared into the long night did the stall owner toss the two packs of cigarettes in his hand a few times and happily put them into his pocket.

On the way back, Xu Damao also bought some things at different stalls, including snacks, cigarettes, clothes, and some cultural relics and miscellaneous items.

One of them even bought a genuine Tianhuang stone seal from a stall without a lantern.

Judging from the stall owner's attire, he should be the son of a former official who was in poverty. Perhaps because his family was in financial difficulty, he was selling some valuable items in his home.

The items on this stall were all very expensive, only slightly lower than the prices he offered, so there was no joy of finding a bargain at all. However, Xu Damao still spent a high price to buy the Tianhuang stone seal.

In ancient times, there was a saying that one tael of Tian Huang was worth ten taels of gold. And according to his memory from his previous life, Tian Huang stone was no longer in production. So even though this small seal was priced at one hundred and twenty yuan, Xu Damao bought it without hesitation!

Its height reaches ten centimeters, and the area at both ends is one inch by one inch. It is crystal clear and delicate throughout, and is a rare top-quality product.

One end of the seal was artificially ground away, and both ends became very smooth. If Xu Damao wanted to engrave his own name on it, he could ask Gao Yang to help him engrave it.

After putting the purchased items into the portable space, Xu Damao rode his own bicycle, holding the other bicycle with one hand, and walked towards the courtyard.

Since I had to ride two bicycles at the same time, I went very slowly, and by the time I was about to reach the courtyard, it was almost light.

"By now, Yan Bugui should be waiting for me at the front gate, right?"

Xu Damao was thinking about it, but he found a shop selling breakfast, parked the car and sat down at the stall at the door.

"Give me a fried pie and a bowl of tofu!"

Xu Damao didn't care whether Yan Bugui was waiting at the gate or not, he just wanted to fill his stomach first.

After finishing his meal, Xu Damao came to the entrance of Yuer Hutong in Nanluoguxiang, stopped and locked his two bicycles under the wall, and then walked quickly towards the courtyard where his home was located.

When they were almost at the gate of the courtyard, they found Yan Bugui standing outside the gate, looking around, looking like an enemy spy.

When Xu Damao discovered that Yan Bugui saw him, he waved to him to follow him, turned around and walked back quickly without saying anything.

Upon seeing this, Yan Bugui trotted after him.

"Da Mao, is that matter done?"

Yan Bugui trotted to catch up with Xu Damao, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and felt a little excited.

"I definitely took what the Third Uncle told me to do to heart. I've already ridden my bike back. It's at the entrance of the alley ahead."

Xu Damao said as he walked quickly.

"Oh, hurry up, don't lose it!"

When Yan Bugui heard this, he exerted force with both feet and actually surpassed Xu Damao and ran forward.

Xu Damao didn't care about him. After all, he was also worried about losing his car.

When I walked near the two bicycles, I saw Yan Bugui circling around the bicycles, making a "tsk tsk!" sound with his mouth.

"Uncle, here are the car keys. The one without the basket is your car. It's one hundred and thirty. I paid a few dollars more!"

"Teacher Yan, you also said that bills will become popular in the future. If I hadn't had some friendship with the bicycle seller, this bicycle would have been stolen by someone else, not to mention the 130 yuan, but the 140 yuan!"

Xu Damao seemed to be taking credit for it, and he talked about how difficult it was to buy this bicycle...

"Okay, Damao, I know you've worked hard. I have some good wine at home. I'll bring you a bottle tonight."

"Okay, I knew that the Third Master wouldn't let me suffer any loss."

"Da Mao, you go back first. I'll be back in ten minutes. Let's not walk together. By the way, I'll ride my bike for a few laps during this time."

"Okay, that's it. I've tried this bike and it's fine. Uncle, ride it for a few laps. If you find any problems, be sure to tell me and I'll go find him to replace it!"

"Okay, Damao, you go back first. If anyone asks, just say you didn't see me."

Xu Damao rode his bicycle back home. While it was still early, he sat on the bed and took out the two things he got from the bicycle seller from his personal space and started to check them.

Why are these two things called "things!"? The main reason is that one was given as a gift when buying a car, and the other was exchanged for two packs of cigarettes.

And in the eyes of the stall owner, the two packs of cigarettes that Xu Damao threw to him were obviously much more valuable than the cup he used to drink water.

After fetching a basin of water, Xu Damao first carefully washed the cup several times with the water. After all, the stall owner had used it to drink water...

Then he put the jade belt buckle, which was almost covered with yellow mud, into the water to soak.

After wiping the cup clean inside and out with a towel, Xu Damao went to find a pig-bristle brush and began to carefully scrub the yellow mud off the jade belt buckle.