Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

“Oh, how much did you sell?”

"I thought I could sell it at a good price, but the market turned out to be bad. I ended up losing some money. Sigh..."

Xu Damao took a sip of wine, reached out to pick up a piece of roast chicken and put it in his mouth, his face full of sorrow.

"Hey! Damao, you know, we agreed in advance..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Yan. I have no intention of asking you to pay me back. This is just my bad luck. I can't blame anyone."

"Yes, Damao, your luck has come. It won't be a problem for you to make a few dozen dollars from my rhino horn cup."

Yan Bugui thought it was a false alarm, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then took a roasted chicken leg to comfort himself for being almost scared by Xu Damao.

"Alas, fortunately, Mr. Yan's cup was very heavy, so I didn't lose too much and didn't get hurt."

"By the way, Mr. Yan, do you have any similar items at home? Old things are fine. I recently met a friend outside who likes this kind of things."

Xu Damao finally revealed his purpose and came to Yan Bugui's house to see if there were any other rare treasures like the Sumatran rhino horn cup from the Ming Dynasty.

"Da Mao, I'm not lying to you. I do have it, but it's not convenient to take it out now."

Yan Bugui lowered his voice, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and looked mysterious.

"How to say?"

Xu Damao also lowered his voice.

"Well, I'll take the things and go find you when you're home. You're all alone there anyway."

"Okay, come on, Teacher Yan, let's meet one!"

"After we two gave Liu Haizhong some advice that day, the family finally stopped making noises, and our compound became much quieter. You must have a solution."

"It's not a solution. It's just the way it is. You can't even control your own family, which is in chaos and chaos. How can you be a leader and manage a bunch of people? Don't you agree, Mr. Yan?"

"Yeah……"

“Eggs are coming!”

The third aunt came over with a large plate of cut eggs topped with garlic.

"Why don't you eat? Stop drinking all the time."

Seeing that the food on the table was hardly touched, the third aunt tried to persuade them in a low voice.

"Hey, Third Auntie, I've already eaten outside, so I'm here to have a drink with Teacher Yan. I can't eat anymore."

"Same, I've eaten it at home too. Come to Damao to have a drink and try the eggs made by your third aunt."

"it is good……"

……

Xu Damao walked out of Yan Bugui's house and headed towards his own home.

"This Damao must have made some money from selling it, otherwise why would he want to do business with me! This guy is so playful at such a young age..."

Seeing that Xu Damao had already walked away, Yan Bugui muttered to himself in a low voice.

When he returned to the room, he saw the roast chicken that had hardly been touched. An uncontrollable smile appeared on his face, and he picked up a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth.

"We'll eat these eggs tomorrow morning. They have garlic on them, so they can't be kept for a long time. Let's keep the roast chicken for tomorrow night. The meat and bones of the roast chicken are already tender, so we can eat it right away."

He picked up a whole chicken wing and handed it to the third aunt, and then he picked up the chicken head and carefully ate it...

At around two o'clock in the morning, Xu Damao woke up on time, got on his bicycle and went straight to pick up Lou Xiaoe.

"Da Mao, I'm here!"

After turning a corner, there is Lou Xiao'e's home. Xu Damao was about to go over when a crisp voice came from the side. Who else could it be but Lou Xiao'e?

"Hey, why are you here?"

"There are people on night duty patrolling near my home. I'm afraid of being recognized. I knew you were going to pass by here, so I had no choice but to wait for you here."

"Come on, get in the car, Xiao'e, are you cold? I feel like you're not wearing enough."

"It's okay. I put on another piece of clothing inside, and the outer clothing is also quite thick."

"Okay, let's go, the big brother is still waiting for me."

After Lou Xiao'e sat down firmly, Xu Damao rode his bicycle quickly towards Chaoyangmen.

"It's a little windy, are you cold, Xiao'e?"

"Well, a little bit."

"I'll get you a piece of clothing to put on."

"Thank you Damao..."

……

"Hey, where is this big brother? He said he would wait for me here."

Xu Damao pushed the cart and searched the place where they had agreed to meet the big man with Lou Xiao'e, but they couldn't find him.

"Brother Damao, is that what you see?"

Lou Xiao'e pointed to a man who was sleeping soundly at the base of the city wall.

Xu Damao walked over and saw that it was the boss of the roast chicken shop.

Half of his body was covered with a thin blanket, and the other half was under his body, replacing the mattress. Under his head was a mud brick that he got from somewhere...

"Brother! Brother, wake up..."

"Ah, brother is here, I overslept."

"It's still a little chilly this evening, brother, you're not afraid of getting cold."

"I'm used to it. It was the same when I pushed the cart to the city to sell chickens."

"Brother, you have worked so hard..."

Lou Xiao'e interrupted.

"Why is it so hard? Compared to the time when we were fleeing famine more than ten years ago, things are much better now. This is my brother's wife, right? She's really pretty."

"Hey, brother, don't talk nonsense. We are not married yet."

Seeing that her elder brother misunderstood her, Lou Xiao'e anxiously tried to explain herself.

"Hehe, it's only a matter of time. My brother is very capable. Bro, shall we go now?"

The man chuckled and looked at Xu Damao.

Lou Xiao'e hid behind Xu Damao in shame.

"Then let's go. I know the owner of the bicycle stall. Let's go together. You two just follow me."

Xu Damao pushed his bicycle and after a few minutes he came to an old acquaintance who was selling bicycles.

"Brother, you just got here? Do you need any help?"

Seeing the stall owner unloading goods from a mule-pulled cart, I greeted him first.

"Yeah, I just came over, can you lend a hand? There are two cars today, and this one is too heavy."

"Okay! Come on, big brother, let's go help unload the car."

"it is good!"

With the help of Xu Damao and the Shandong man, the top layer of the cart was unloaded in just two minutes.

During this period, Lou Xiao'e also wanted to help, but was stopped by Xu Damao, who told her to just watch.

"Brother, what brings you here this time?"

The stall owner gave Xu Damao and the Shandong brother a cigarette as he spoke, after all they helped unload the truck.

"I'm here to take care of your business. This guy wanted to buy a bicycle and found me. I brought him to you without saying anything."

"It doesn't matter who makes the money, so why not let you make it, big brother?"

"Hehe, thank you for taking care of my business. Since you brought this friend here directly, you didn't intend to make a profit from both ends."

"How about this? I won't make any money from you. I'll just take this 90% new bike for 130 yuan!"