Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

I took four eggs to make breakfast for tomorrow and then went to bed.

Early the next morning, mix two eggs evenly and put them in a bowl, add some water and salt, stir them a few times, put them in the pot and steam them together with two white flour buns.

Take out two eggs and two bright red tomatoes and set them aside.

After steaming over high heat for more than ten minutes, Xu Damao took out the steamed buns and steamed eggs and made a serving of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

First fry the eggs, take them out and add the tomatoes and stir-fry, then add some salt. When the tomatoes soften in the pan, add the eggs, stir-fry twice and serve!

Xu Damao ate his breakfast happily, feeling lucky that his cooking skills in his previous life were pretty good, just a little worse than Sha Zhu's, after all, the latter was a professional chef.

The fragrant aroma of lard fried eggs filled the entire yard, causing some people who had just woken up to have a greatly increased appetite after smelling it. Their saliva filled their mouths and their stomachs began to growl.

After eating and drinking, Xu Damao walked directly to the steel rolling mill to work.

"Da Mao, we're going quite far today, so be careful on the road and don't knock these things over!"

"I won't break these treasures even if I fall!"

"You can't fall down either. If you fall down, this thing will roll out of the basket, and if it breaks, you're done for!"

"Okay, I'll ride slowly on the road."

Xu Damao packed up his things, got on his bike and left.

When I make enough money, I will definitely buy a bicycle! Then I can put two big baskets on it and go to the village to collect some things and sell them in the city. This way, I can also take the opportunity to sell the things in my space.

By the way, I can sell the dowry box from Sister Li to Director Li and get some money to spend.

Xu Damao rode his bicycle and this time he went to a place which was a bit far away, a place called Longnuqi.

Xu Damao calculated the distance and found it was more than ten kilometers. Even if he rode faster, it would take at least half an hour to get there.

After putting the money away, Xu Damao rode slowly for safety reasons and enjoyed the scenery along the way.

Ten minutes later, Xu Damao discovered a stream not far from the roadside, and he thought of replenishing the pond in his space with water.

After taking off all his clothes and jumping into the slowly flowing stream, Xu Damao opened a hole and the stream water flowed into the pond inside the space.

Because the opening was very large, after just a few minutes, the pond in the space was almost filled with stream water.

"Put some daily necessities and food in it, and you can live in the space yourself. Hehe, this is a good idea."

After getting dressed and riding his bicycle, Xu Damao happily imagined his wonderful life in the future.

"Little comrade, what movie is playing today?"

"The earth is shining again!"

"Oh!"

The old village chief didn't understand either, he just asked casually.

After the movie ended, the old village chief came over carrying some things.

"Young comrade, you have worked hard today. These are small gifts from our fellow villagers. You must accept them."

The village chief came over carrying a chicken and some dried wild vegetables.

"No, no, it's not easy. I can't accept these."

Xu Damao declined repeatedly.

However, the old village chief insisted that Xu Damao accept it.

"Then I'll accept it."

Xu Damao had no choice but to accept it. He then took out a large black carp weighing about four pounds from the back of his bicycle and handed it to the other party by picking up the fish's mouth.

"It's impolite not to reciprocate, Village Chief. This is a fish given to me by a friend. I don't know how to cook it, so I'll give it to you."

"How can this be possible? How can I accept your things? No!"

"Father-in-law, just keep it. I actually have something to ask of you. Let's go to your house and talk in detail."

Xu Damao forced the fish onto the village chief and was then taken to his home.

"Village chief, let's not beat around the bush. I came to you for some selfish reasons. Do you have any special products in the village that I can buy and then sell in the city? After all, it would be a shame not to use a public bicycle."

"Yes, yes, but..."

"I know. Don't worry. The purchase price will not be lower than that at the market. We will never let our fellow villagers suffer any loss."

"The village is poor, and we don't have much. We just have some chickens, ducks, and geese that we raise, and the eggs they lay. But do you want to buy wild dried vegetables, mushrooms, and fungi?"

"Of course I will, especially those mushrooms. People in the city like to eat them. After soaking them, they taste great whether they are stir-fried or stewed."

Xu Damao's eyes lit up, and he was obviously moved by the village chief's words.

"These... those chickens, ducks and geese may not be easy to collect, after all, they are still laying eggs. But we can collect quite a few chicken, duck and goose eggs. And I also know a family that specializes in collecting wild mushrooms."

"That's great, take me there, I want to see what the goods are like."

"They were all made in the woods. It's good enough that they're edible."

"It won't be poisonous, right?"

"No, that family used to be hunters. It is said that they came from the south and hunted and gathered in the mountains. The things they picked must be correct. Several of our families have eaten the mushrooms they picked. It's nothing serious."

After the old village chief finished speaking, he waved to Xu Damao, indicating that Xu Damao should follow him, and then he went out on his own.

"Is it far? How about getting in the car?"

"No, no, it's not far anyway. It won't take long to walk there."

The old village chief said no, but his walking pace slowed down.

"Old village chief, get in the car!"

Seeing this, Xu Damao tried to persuade him again.

"Okay, I've never ridden a bicycle before, how do I ride one?"

"Just ride on it, or sit sideways with your feet in the basket."

Xu Damao stopped his bicycle and taught the old village chief how to get on it.

"This thing runs fast, but it's so awkward to sit on. Although a flatbed cart is slow, it's much more comfortable than this."

"Haha, a cart can't go that fast, unless it's pulled by a donkey."

"Let's go to the family in the west of the village first and see how they are doing. To be honest, this family is in a very difficult situation. The man died, and the woman couldn't stand the poor life and ran away with a peddler who came here to walk the streets."

"I am left with an old man and two half-grown children to support the family. Things are much better now. If it weren't for the village's relief a few years ago, I think everyone in the family would have starved to death."

The village chief also saw that Xu Damao wanted to spend money to buy some things, and wanted to help him, so he took Xu Damao to the poor families in the village first.

"This is it. There may be no one at home right now. They may all be out picking mushrooms on the slope."

The old village chief pointed to a fenced yard in front of him that was surrounded by branches of varying thicknesses.

There is a low adobe house in the yard, and some vegetables are planted inside the fence, which looks lush and green.