Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

Fatty Yu nodded in agreement, half-believing and half-doubting: "That's the only way. I'll go back and arrange someone to monitor Xu Damao." Li Weidong narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched Fatty Yu disappear into the crowd.

Xu Damao was known for his cunningness in the countryside. He looked good on the outside, but was actually very sinister on the inside. He often took advantage of the opportunity to show movies and posed as a projectionist to attack rural girls. Those girls dreamed of becoming city dwellers, but they were raped by him in the cornfield and then abandoned. In that conservative era, they dared not speak out, but could only endure silently and find an honest man to marry in a hurry.

In the original novel, Xu Damao pursued Lou Xiao'e relentlessly by relying on his relationship with Lou Xiao'e's mother Tan Liya. But he soon lost interest in Lou Xiao'e and turned to pursue Qin Jingru. After getting Qin Jingru, he ruthlessly abandoned Lou Xiao'e. After Qin Jingru got tired of him, he fell in love with Yu Haitang and ruthlessly abandoned Qin Jingru again. His indifference made him rich in the courtyard.

Xu Damao's wealth is inseparable from the support of the Lou family. It can be said that the Lou family has done him a great favor. But in order to obtain wealth, he did not hesitate to report the Lou family. In order to deal with Liu Haizhong, he sent gifts to Deputy Director Li overnight. He even instigated Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangqi to deal with Bang Geng. These are his usual means.

Li Weidong didn't mind people like Xu Damao. Xu Damao knew nothing about this, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care, because he found that he couldn't control his gaze and always stared at the buttocks of a girl on the street. He saw this girl by chance on the street, and her plump buttocks swayed with her steps, which made him feel moved. Just as Xu Damao was thinking about how to strike up a conversation with the girl, he found that the girl walked into the courtyard.

Xu Damao immediately perked up and hurried forward to block the girl's way: "Comrade, you live here too, why haven't I seen you before?"

Qin Jingru had been busy in the hospital for a whole morning and had to go home to help Banggeng cook. She was in a bad mood at the moment.

When a man with a pointed chin pulled her, she replied unhappily, "Get out of the way. I have to go back to cook."

After saying that, she walked into the middle courtyard.

Xu Damao was not angry. When he saw Yan Bugui sorting waste at the door, he had an idea in his mind and walked over to talk to him: "Uncle, you are very busy. Is there a new person in our compound?"

"Newcomer?" Yan Bugui glanced at the girl who entered the middle courtyard and said, "You are talking about Qin Jingru. She has been here for two days. She is Qin Huairu's cousin and is here to take care of Banggeng."

"Oh, so fresh and fresh." Xu Damao commented casually.

"That's right, she looks no worse than Qin Huairu." Yan Bugui said this and suddenly remembered something. He put down the cardboard in his hand and went into the house.

Soon, there was a noise in the house.

"Liberation, wake up, daddy will introduce you to someone, how about that?"

"No, I want my Yu Li and Cui Hua."

"Oh, what a silly child, Qin Huairu's cousin is here, and she's prettier than Qin Huairu."

"Ah? Where? Where?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? How can you go out and meet people like this? Wash your face first."

Hearing the noise in the house, Xu Damao felt that the time had come.

Back in the room, Lou Xiao'e was cleaning. Seeing Xu Damao coming in with a medicine bag, she hurried over to take the medicine bag and poured him a cup of tea. "Are you tired? Take a rest. I'll cook for you after you finish cleaning the table."

Lou Xiao'e was wearing a bright red sweater today, which made her face look even whiter and her chest appear fuller.

If it were any other time, Xu Damao would have been unable to contain his excitement.

However, ever since he met the younger Qin Jingru, he always felt that Lou Xiao'e looked like a yellow-faced woman.

He said unhappily, "You only know how to eat! Hurry up and make the medicine."

These words angered Lou Xiao'e, and she threw the sackcloth on the table: "I'm asking you well, if you don't want to eat, just say so. Why do this! I won't serve you!" After saying that, she turned around and went back to her room to sleep.

When he picked her up a few days ago, Xu Damao's attitude was as respectful as a grandson, but now he looks impatient.

Xu Damao was in no mood to comfort Lou Xiao'e. He took out half a piece of pork from the cupboard, put it in a canvas bag, and then came to the door of the Jia family.

After knocking on the door, Qin Jingru was a little surprised to see that it was Xu Damao.

She had just returned to the Jia family ten minutes ago when two groups of people arrived.

The first group was Yan Bugui and Yan Jiefang. They said some incomprehensible words at the door, left half a plate of peanuts and left.

Before she could put the radish into the pot, the pointy-chinned man appeared again.

Are all the people in the city so free?

Xu Damao's eyes fell on the peanuts, and a trace of contempt flashed across his lips. He said, "I am a resident of the front yard. My name is Xu Damao, and I am a projectionist at the steel mill."

Xu Damao's career, like that of later literary and artistic workers, is very suitable for attracting attention.

Qin Jingru immediately relaxed her guard: "Projectionist? Is that the one who shows movies?"

Xu Damao replied confidently, "Of course! If I am the second projectionist, no one dares to claim to be the first. Not only the projection of our steel mill, but also the film projection of every village within a radius of ten kilometers, are all handled by me." As he spoke, he patted the straw paper bag in his hand, "Look at this, this is what they gave me as a thank you for showing a movie in the countryside yesterday."

As Xu Damao spoke, he unwrapped the straw paper bag, revealing a large piece of pork belly. When Qin Jingru saw it, she couldn't help but drool.

He Yuzhu had just given her some meat yesterday, but she didn't expect that Qin Huairu would snatch it away after just one bite.

The next day, when she saw meat again, even though it was still raw, Qin Jingru's greed was obvious.

Xu Damao saw through Qin Jingru's greed, which was exactly what he wanted. If she didn't show her greed, wouldn't the pork he was so proud of be taken for nothing?

As a veteran in the love field, Xu Damao knew very well how to coax those innocent girls who had just come to the city.

"You don't just want to use this pork to show off your work, do you?"

Xu Damao smiled and replied, "Of course not. I gave this piece of meat to you specially. Your stepmother and I have been neighbors for many years. She is not at home, so I have to take good care of you."

After hearing these words, Qin Jingru was secretly delighted and instinctively wanted to accept them. However, she thought of the earnest words Qin Huairu said in the hospital yesterday and couldn't help but hesitate.

“This pork is not cheap.”

Xu Damao waved his hand casually and said, "Hey, it's nothing. I often go to the countryside, and the folks there are so welcoming. Not only pork, but they always give me many other things, such as pheasants and wild mushrooms. I'm tired of eating them."

Qin Jingru only had a vague understanding of the life of a projectionist and was not sure whether what she said was true, but she was shocked.

In their hometown, people can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. Therefore, she cannot understand the saying that people get sick of eating meat.

"Then I won't refuse?"

"You're welcome! By the way, I have something else to trouble you with."

Hearing this, the smile on Qin Jingru's face immediately disappeared and turned into a vigilant expression.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"Well, I want you to go to the market with me this afternoon to buy some cloth. It's almost Chinese New Year, and I have to prepare new clothes."

When Qin Jingru heard the word "new clothes", her heart was filled with longing. She had never worn new clothes since she was a child, and the clothes she wore now were all used by her brothers and sisters.

These patched clothes have changed color after washing, and you can barely see traces of their original colors. For a girl who pays attention to her appearance, simplicity is unbearable.

This little floral cotton jacket that I grew up with was actually given to me by my stepmother this morning.

"Do you city people get to wear new clothes during holidays?"

Xu Damao looked at her leisurely and said, "That's not necessarily true. Take our silly Zhu for example. After your stepmother passed away, he has been obsessed with her. You know how he thinks. His monthly salary is so little, and he lives in a muddle every day. How can he buy new clothes for himself like his sisters?"

Qin Jingru was full of suspicion and asked hurriedly: "No way, I think he is a nice person."

"Haha, that's all superficial. Do you know his nickname? Shazhu? Whether in the steel plant or in our compound, everyone calls him that. If he wasn't sick, no one would call him that." Xu Damao continued to express his opinion, regardless of Qin Jingru's feelings.

After hearing these words, Qin Jingru's originally calm heart began to ripple. She originally thought that although He Yuzhu was a little worse than Li Weidong, he was still okay. If she married him, at least she wouldn't have to worry about food.

But after comparing it with what Xu Damao said, she suddenly felt shaken. She felt that she would rather not marry anyone than marry a fool.

Xu Damao observed the change in Qin Jingru's expression and thought that his persuasion plan had been 80% successful.

Xu Damao secretly calculated in his mind that these ** were just trivial matters, but creating some trouble for He Yuzhu was the most important thing for him.

So for him, it would be best for He Yuzhu to live alone for the rest of his life.

"Girl, have you made up your mind? Give me an answer as soon as possible. Don't delay me and other friends who are still waiting for us in the department store!" Xu Damao urged four or five times.

Looking at the cloth in front of her, Qin Jingru's heart was moved and she immediately took action. She had heard from her stepmother before that the big shopping malls in this city were several times larger than the farmers' markets in the countryside, and the goods inside were even more abundant and varied. It was said that there was even sugar imported from Cuba.

Especially in such a big city, it would be a waste if you don’t experience big city life.

After thinking for a moment, she nodded as if she had made a decision: "Go, of course."

"In that case, let's set off." Xu Damao suggested immediately.

"Ah? We are leaving now? I haven't even started preparing lunch!" Qin Jingru looked at the man in front of her with great surprise.

Xu Damao waved his hand calmly, "You don't need to worry about lunch today, let's go to a restaurant outside to eat."

"Go outside?" Qin Jingru had never been to a restaurant outside, and had long forgotten that there were tempting pork ribs at home.