Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Xu Damao rode his bike back to the courtyard, and as usual, he came to the backyard wall, put away his bike, and climbed over the wall. The door of the house was not locked, so Xu Damao pushed it open and walked in. He found Lou Xiaoe sleeping soundly, so he did not disturb her. He washed himself and went to bed.

The next morning, after finishing his meal, Xu Damao went to attend the group worship in the courtyard, then he carried some things to pay New Year's greetings to factory leaders such as Li Huaide and Wang Jinshan, and then went to burn paper at the ancestral grave outside the city with Xu's father. Fortunately, Xu's parents' relatives had long been separated in the war, and there were no relatives to pay New Year's greetings to, which saved a lot of time, otherwise there would not be enough time in the day.

In the evening, I went to Zhao Xuan's home with gifts and a ginseng that was over 80 years old, and met Zhao Xuan's husband and parents-in-law. Zhao Xuan's parents-in-law are both veteran revolutionaries, and now they both work in the Sijiu City Government. Zhao Xuan's mother-in-law's face was indeed a little pale, and she looked like she had just recovered from a serious illness. It seemed that she really needed to be recuperated.

When the family saw that Xu Damao had indeed brought ginseng, they thanked him profusely and gave him a lot of valuable bills as return gifts. They also told him to come to them if he had any problems in the future and not to be polite.

Xu Damao returned home with the sound of firecrackers. Lou Xiao'e had already finished her meal and was lying by the window watching the fireworks outside. He took Lou Xiao'e directly into the space and said, "Wife, I'll show you the fireworks of the future!"

Xu Damao directly exchanged one hundred boxes of fireworks and placed them under the villa. Xu Damao asked Lou Xiao'e to move a little further away, and then he used telekinesis to control the lighter to light the fireworks one by one.

Fireworks bloomed in the night sky, lighting up the sky and the couple's faces. The fireworks in the sky formed a line of words, "Lou Xiao'e, I love you." Lou Xiao'e excitedly pulled Xu Damao's arm, then stood on tiptoe and kissed Xu Damao.

"Da Mao, you are so nice. I have never seen such beautiful fireworks."

"That's right, I'm your man. If I'm not good to you, who should I be good to?"

After setting off the fireworks, the couple left the room and returned to the house to sleep in each other's arms.

The next morning, Xu Damao took Lou Xiao'e back to her parents' home and told his father-in-law that the time was ripe and they could prepare things in advance. Lou Zhenhua said that he would gather the family's property as soon as possible and put it in a property of the Lou family. After eating and drinking for a while, the couple settled down here. Lou Xiao'e would stay at her parents' home for a few days, and Xu Damao would go to work tomorrow.

Needless to say, it was a gentle night. Xu Damao was served very comfortably. The next morning, Xu Damao rode his bike to work in high spirits.

There was no important work today. The workers mainly cleaned up and focused their attention, while the leaders held a meeting to discuss factory expansion and recruitment.

As soon as the afternoon work started, Xu Damao slipped into Li Huaide's office carrying a bag of tea.

"Brother Li, I got some new tea and sent it to you for tasting."

"Why do you have to do this to your brother? Just say it if you have something to say." Li Huaide said affectionately.

"There is something going on. Our factory is hiring. A childhood friend of ours happened to be unemployed. When he heard that our factory was hiring, he came to me..."

"Hey, I thought it was a big deal. You also have two places in this recruitment, but they were just discussed at the meeting and haven't been issued yet. Since you mentioned this, I'll give you the place first. You just need to bring your people to report tomorrow." After Li Huaide finished speaking, he took out two blank letters of introduction with stamps and handed them to Xu Damao.

"Okay, thank you Brother Li. How did our New Year's Eve thing go?"

"The higher-ups are processing it. I heard there are still a lot of important things in it. After it's done, they will reward you based on your merits."

"Brother Li, do you have a chance to go one step further this time?"

Li Huaide stroked his slicked-back hair and said, "There is definitely a chance, but it's definitely not that big. The Yang guy has some background, but if we can get some evidence against him, we'll be safe."

"Okay, Brother Li, you go ahead and do your work. I won't bother you anymore." Xu Damao scanned Director Yang's office with his mental power as he walked. "Oh, you are such a righteous Yang Wenjing. You have received a lot of gifts. You even have an account book!"

Xu Damao returned to his office, locked the door, and took out Director Yang's account book to look through it. However, there was nothing special in the account book. It basically recorded who sent what and when. This handle was not enough to bring down Director Yang, so Xu Damao simply put the account book back.

Director Yang is a hypocrite on the surface, but he is not a good person behind the scenes. If Li Huaide is a real villain, then Yang Wenjing is a hypocrite. He is also very good at flattering the leaders, and he is also very mean and vindictive in the factory.

Li Huaide had told him before that Yang Wenjing had always wanted to remove him. If he didn't take revenge, wouldn't it be a waste of time to travel through time? To be honest, Li Huaide's situation in the factory is not very good now. Cui Yong's attitude is a bit ambiguous, and Yang Chao is just a fence-sitter. Only by overthrowing Yang Wenjing can Li Huaide take control of the factory, and these fence-sitters will come over again, but it is unknown whether Li Huaide will trust them as much as before.

Xu Damao finally got off work and went straight back to the courtyard, but Yan Bugui was not there to act as a goalkeeper in such a cold weather.

Xu Damao opened the door curtain and walked directly into Yan Bugui's house. "Is the Second Master here? There is a happy event!"

Yan Bugui was fiddling with his fishing rod in the house. The steel mill had already started work, but the school was still on winter vacation. So he planned to tidy up his fishing rod and go ice fishing tomorrow.

"Here, Damao, what's the good news? Is there any progress in Jie Cheng's job?" Yan Bugui asked expectantly.

"Hey, that's why I call you the second uncle! I have indeed received a job offer from Jie Cheng. I got a position as a regular worker from Deputy Factory Director Li. I will be an apprentice for three years, and after three years I will be a regular worker. In addition, I can take the exam during this period. As long as I pass the exam, I will be a first-class worker immediately!"

"Oh my, this is such a great relationship. I didn't expect Jie Cheng to be so lucky. Well, since you got the job, your uncle won't be out of luck either! Damao, just tell me how much money you want?" Yan Bugui looked as if he was about to sacrifice himself.

Xu Damao suddenly wanted to tease him, so he stretched out his hand and made an eight gesture.

"Oh my, eight hundred!"

Xu Damao changed his gesture again.

"Six hundred! I'm scared! I'll go get the money right away." In fact, Yan Bugui had gone to the black market to inquire about the price. The price of a fitter in the black market was indeed eight hundred, and it was hard to come by.

"Uncle, the general job is worth five hundred, but this one is specifically for fitter work. You also know that fitter work can be upgraded quickly in the early stages and has low basic requirements, so it is a bit more expensive. If it is electrician work or something like that, it takes a long time to learn, and it doesn't look like someone with that kind of physique can be a blacksmith." Xu Damao explained.

"Well, what you said makes sense. The fitter is still suitable." After saying this, Yan Bugui went back to the house to get the money.

"Come here, Damao, count it." Yan Bugui handed over a large stack of money.

Xu Damao counted and said, "Okay, Uncle, the amount is no problem. Here is the letter of introduction. Just ask Jie Cheng to report with me tomorrow morning. I have to go home quickly. See you tomorrow."

"Thank you so much for this time. When Jie Cheng gets married, let him toast you a few glasses."