Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Today is Sunday, no work. Xu Damao slept in for a rare time, and regained some feeling of the 21st century.

Xu Damao got up in a daze, washed up, and poked the stove that had been pressed down yesterday to make the fire burn more vigorously. He felt his hungry stomach and ate a bowl of noodles with two eggs in it. After a while, he started to eat it with slurps.

It was really cold in the city at that time. There was no greenhouse effect or global warming like in later generations. People were so cold that they didn’t want to go out. I really envy those energetic young men.

"Xiao Ling, sign in."

"Ding, sign in successfully, get 50 points and a high-level fishing rod."

How much can this system hate me lying at home? It forces me to go fishing. No, I absolutely won’t go.

"Xiao Ling, as a system, don't you have any way to help me make some money?"

"Ding, the host can exchange points for money, but it is not recommended."

When Xu Damao heard that he could exchange points for money, he immediately became excited. "What's the exchange rate? Why don't you suggest exchanging points for money?"

"The exchange rate for points to RMB is one to one, and the exchange rate for RMB to points is two to one. The main reason is that points can be exchanged for many things that RMB cannot buy, and everything is cheaper with points than with RMB plus bills."

Xu Damao was a little speechless and said, "Your system is a bit dishonest. Why didn't you tell me this before? And points can be exchanged for RMB. Can they also be exchanged for pounds and dollars?"

"Damn, it's not that I didn't tell you, but you, the host, didn't ask!"

"Hey, you think you're right, right? Then let me ask you if you have any other functions? For example, farm space, traveling frog, X-ray scanning, telekinesis and so on." Xu Damao said excitedly.

"Ding, the system can exchange pounds, dollars, etc. The exchange rate is based on the official national exchange rate and is rounded up. The current exchange rate is 1:2:5. (There is no exact information, but it is about the same, mainly because I am too lazy to calculate the decimal points.) At present, many system functions are not open, please explore and upgrade on your own."

Xu Damao was very happy to hear this. Although the exchange rate of RMB to USD was 2.5:1, the country was short of foreign exchange at that time, and it was difficult to exchange it even at the bank. The exchange rate on the black market was even more ridiculous. He didn't have to do anything, and he could make a lot of money by directly using the exchange rate difference. However, this matter had to be kept secret and could not be leaked, otherwise he would end up crying behind bars at best, and lose everything at worst.

Xu Damao wanted to go to the black market tonight, but after looking at his remaining 200 points, he had to give up the idea. "Besides exchanging currency and signing in, are there other ways to quickly earn points?"

"Ding, the host can exchange points for these two precious metals, gold and silver."

Xu Damao felt that the system said something, but it also seemed to say nothing. If I want to exchange yellow croakers, silver ingots, Yuan Datou, etc., why should I exchange them? I can just go to the black market to exchange them.

Xu Damao was complaining when he suddenly heard a commotion in the middle courtyard. Xu Damao went out to the middle courtyard and saw a lot of people gathered in front of Sha Zhu's house. Could it be that Sha Zhu was discharged from the hospital? I have to go and join in the fun.

Xu Damao pushed his way through the crowd and went in. Sure enough, it was Sha Zhu who had returned. An old man, an old woman, a deaf old lady, and He Yushui were all in the room, surrounding Sha Zhu by the bed.

"Hey, it's Shazhu who's back. How's your injury? Is it healed?" Xu Damao said sarcastically.

Seeing Xu Damao coming in, Sha Zhu instantly became furious and wanted to get up from the bed excitedly. "Xu Damao, you bastard, I'm going to beat you to death."

The uncle also yelled: "Xu Damao, don't talk nonsense here. Zhuzi has become like this because of you. Just wait for the mass criticism tonight." In fact, when he knew that Sha Zhu might become a cripple, the uncle Yi Zhonghai was a little happy. If Sha Zhu became a cripple, he would not be able to marry a wife. As long as he gave Sha Zhu some small favors to brainwash him, then Sha Zhu would surpass Jia Dongxu and become his number one choice for his old age. I believe that with Sha Zhu's temperament, he will wholeheartedly provide for his old age. It's a pity that Sha Zhu did not completely lose his fertility.

"You are still criticizing me? What right do you have to criticize me? You are just a small manager appointed by the street office. You are elected to serve the people, not to abuse your power. The main task of the manager is to guard against enemy agents, convey some arrangements and spiritual instructions from superiors, and deal with some trivial matters between neighbors, but not to manage everything. Besides, it was Sha Zhu who got beaten because he flipped the spoon for the older workers. I was just an instigator. This involves the public. It has to be handled by the factory leaders and the security department when we return to the factory, or the police can be called. This is not a small fight between the two of us in the yard. The yard has no right to intervene." Xu Damao's attitude was also very tough, and he went straight to him. "Don't you just want Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu to provide for your retirement? You even got a double insurance. Your butt is crooked for retirement."

The people watching in the yard were also talking about it.

"Yes, that was indeed the case when the chief was selected. Why do the chiefs have such wide responsibilities now? I heard that other compounds are not like this."

"Normally, the First Master handles things fairly, but once it comes to the Jia family and Sha Zhu, the First Master is really biased."

"In the past, Xu Damao and Shazhu had conflicts and fights, and the old man did take sides a lot."

"A man like this is not worthy of being a master." Someone in the crowd shouted at the top of his voice. Xu Damao glanced and saw only a figure hurrying towards the backyard.

After listening to Xu Damao's words and everyone's discussions, the uncle's face turned red with anger, but he had no good way to deal with it. He had indeed been a little biased in recent years. He had to change the subject, "Xu Damao, get out, you are not welcome here! Zhuzi needs to rest."

The deaf old lady also waved her cane to hit Xu Damao, "I told you to hit my good grandson, but I'll beat you to death."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Damao quickly slipped back. A wise man would not suffer a loss in front of him. It was still uncertain whether the old lady was really a five-guarantee household or a martyr's relative, but she was too old after all. It would not be worth it to be blackmailed by her if something really happened.

While everyone was gathering in the middle courtyard, Xu Damao walked to the second gate between the middle courtyard and the backyard and exchanged for a slingshot. The system's products must be top-notch. The quality of this slingshot is really good. Then he took out the steel ball given by the system and looked at it, but he was a little reluctant. He simply picked up a handful of small stones from the ground, aimed at the glass of the deaf old lady and started shooting. "Don't you like to knock on other people's glass? Then let you have a taste of being knocked on the glass." After doing all this, Xu Damao quickly left the yard and said hello to the three aunts at the door.

Xu Damao used to be a real villain, and now Xu Damao will avenge small grudges on the spot, and for big grudges he will slowly plot to kill you.

Xu Damao originally wanted to stay at home all day as he had no work today, but after something like this happened, he decided to go out for a walk and create evidence of his alibi. It seems that the fishing rod given by the system is still useful after all.