Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

"The third thing is to use the remaining money to buy some meat, vegetables, rice, noodles, etc., so that we can have a good meal together during the New Year!"

"Okay, this is good, I strongly support it!"

"Let's do it this way. Everyone can benefit."

"Why don't we buy some noodles and meat and have dumplings together like we did last time when Third Master got married."

"Why not wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and we can eat Yuanxiao and dumplings together. Now every household has prepared New Year's goods, and they all have some food in their stomachs."

This sentence evoked everyone's common memories, and for a moment, the shouts of "Eat Yuanxiao! Eat dumplings!" were in unison.

Liu Haizhong puffed out his big belly, and as he listened to everyone's cheers, his face became even redder with excitement, so he shouted loudly: "Well, after the Chinese New Year, we will arrange for someone to buy a cart, and then we will eat Yuanxiao and dumplings on the 15th day of the first lunar month!"

"Oh oh oh, time to eat dumplings."

"I love eating Yuanxiao the most."

Some children were running around excitedly in the yard, including Bang Geng. The children's world is always the simplest, and delicious food can make them crazy happy.

"Okay, there's one last thing, which is tomorrow's family gathering. After dinner tomorrow morning, let's just hold a family gathering here, so we don't have to visit every household to wish them a happy new year, and we don't have to worry about conflicts over the different lucky money the children get."

"Row."

"Listen to the uncle."

"That's good too."

Now the three managers are really thinking about everyone and have done a lot of practical things. Their prestige in the hospital is rising steadily, and everyone is willing to listen to them.

Finally, Yan Bugui stood up and said, "Okay, we have finished talking about everything. Let's all go."

Everyone dispersed in groups of three or five, discussing the contents of the meeting as they walked. Qin Huairu also returned home with her two children.

Xu Damao and the two uncles did not leave either. Xu Damao asked, "Uncle No. 1, who is still in the hospital now?"

"Old Yi, Jia Dongxu and Yu Shui are all here. Yu Shui is a pitiful girl. I heard from the doctor that Sha Zhu is in danger this time. He may not wake up if things go wrong. Yu Shui almost cried to death in the hospital. Jia Dongxu is looking after his mother, and Old Yi is busy on both sides." Liu Haizhong said with a sigh.

"Hmph, both sides are his elderly relatives. If he doesn't work hard, who will? I think he deserves it. Everyone knows that Jia Zhang is a troublemaker, but he still insisted on bringing people together! Now something bad has happened, right? Let's see what he will do this time!" Yan Bugui said with some disdain.

"Okay, let's leave this matter to the public security comrades. It's time for my brother Jie Cheng to get married, right?" Xu Damao asked.

"It's only a few days away. The fifth day is a good day and it happens to be Sunday. Let's set it on that day. I would like to ask you two to come and help then." Yan Bugui said happily.

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter for you. I guarantee that you'll be able to marry your daughter-in-law smoothly." Liu Haizhong said, patting his chest while bulging his big belly.

"I will definitely arrive and give Jie Cheng a big red envelope." Xu Damao also said.

Yan Bugui was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. "You all know my family's financial situation. I originally planned not to have a banquet, but Jie Cheng is the eldest son, and I can't afford to invite everyone in the courtyard. I will set up two or three tables and invite one person from each family."

"Okay, chef, who do you plan to invite? How about I invite Nan Yi for you? But you have to pay for this!" Xu Damao said.

"Give it to me, I will definitely give it to you. Then I'll trouble you, Damao!"

"Okay, I'll ask him if he's free then."

The three of them chatted for a while before going their separate ways. When Xu Damao returned home, he saw the three women making dumplings.

"Mom, Moth, why are you making dumplings so early?"

"We have nothing to do anyway, so we can chat while making dumplings. You are not needed here, so go chat with your dad."

"Okay~"

Xu Fugui was watching TV boredly. Seeing this, Xu Damao took out a set of Kung Fu tea set from the house and placed it on the table.

"Da Mao, is this a complete set of tea sets? How come you have everything in your room?" Xu Fugui asked in surprise.

"Well, this is the Kung Fu tea performance. I got it from the trust store. Wait for me to show you." Xu Damao explained to his father while performing.

Xu Fugui also listened with great interest. He also liked drinking tea, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Dad, how about trying this tea?" After a lot of hard work, Xu Damao finally made the tea.

"Slurp," Father Xu picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Not bad, good tea should be paired with good tea sets, so that it tastes better. I'll confiscate your tea set."

?! What happened? I took it out to show off and you confiscated it. "Okay, just take it with you when you go back." Xu Damao said helplessly. This was simply like bandits entering the village. In less than a day, his lighter and tea set were gone.

The father and son were chatting when there was a knock on the door. "Master, are you home?"

"Yes, it's Guoan, come in quickly." Xu Damao responded.

Sun Guoan, who was outside the door, walked in with the welfare benefits given to Xu Damao by the factory in one hand and a cloth bag in the other.

"Master, I'm here to give you the benefits from the factory and wish you a happy new year." Sun Guoan said with a smile.

"Okay, leave it there. It's New Year's Day and you're making a trip. We as master and disciple won't talk about those empty words. Come and sit down." Xu Damao said.

Sun Guoan sat on the sofa, looking at the furnishings in the room, thinking to himself that his master was indeed a wealthy man, no wonder he was so generous and didn't ask for much tribute from him and his senior brother.

"Guoan, this is my dad, your great-grandfather, who works in a movie theater now. You didn't know because you joined the factory late, but your great-grandfather used to be a projectionist in our factory, and it was your great-grandfather who taught me my craft." Xu Damao introduced his father.

"Hello, Master." Sun Guoan bowed and said hello.

"Hello to you, hello to you, Damao, why don't you take out the gift I prepared for you!" Xu Fugui said seriously.

Xu Damao thought to himself, what a stupid gift you prepared. This cheap old man is here to cheat me! Helplessly, Xu Damao got up and continued to go to the north room. While walking, he thought about what to give to his disciples. He decided to give them lighters, one for each of the two disciples.

"Here, your grandmaster specially got them from the foreign trade store. Each of you brothers should get one. I forgot to bring them when I went to visit your brother yesterday." Xu Damao took out two small boxes and pushed them over together.

When Sun Guoan heard that it was something from foreign trade, he took it carefully and said, "Master, I came here for another matter."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"Yesterday when I went to get something, I heard Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai discussing how to deal with Master. I hurried over to report it today. Master, don't fall into their trap."

"Hehe, your master is very smart, otherwise I wouldn't let him live in this courtyard alone." Xu Fugui said.

"Dad, you are so wise and brave. You raised such a smart son." Xu Damao also joined in the fun and praised his father.

"Guoan, Shazhu won't be able to cause me any trouble for a while, and Yi Zhonghai is also very busy." Xu Damao recounted what happened in the Intermediate Courtyard just now.

"They are just biting each other, they deserve it," said Xu Fugui.

"Master, you are so amazing. You defeated the enemy without fighting."

The three of them laughed together.