Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Li Qinglin had a dream. In the dream, the plot of the original play flashed for a while, and then it was Xu Damao's memory of the past twenty years. In Xu Damao's mind, a large ball of gray fog was constantly entangled with a small ball of fog, and finally swallowed up the small ball of fog and merged. Only then did the souls of the two people merge perfectly together. (From now on, they are uniformly called Xu Damao)

Buzz

Xu Damao was awakened by a sound in his mind similar to the sound of a computer starting up. He saw a blue light screen in his mind, and there was a virtual image of a two-dimensional girl on the light screen. Then he heard a pleasant electronic synthesized voice, "Welcome to the host, I am the guide elf of the perfect life system."

Xu Damao thought to himself that my system is finally here. "Can the system introduce its functions?" Xu Damao said in his mind. "Okay host, this system is designed to assist the host to succeed step by step, including sign-in function, redemption function, storage function, achievement function, etc. The specific functions will be updated as the system is upgraded. The host is requested to explore the specific usage by himself. Now I am distributing a novice gift package. Would the host accept it?"

"Receive," Xu Damao said silently. "Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining five Great Unity cards, 20 kilograms of rice, five kilograms of pork belly, and 100 points. The supplies have been automatically stored in the system warehouse." Xu Damao thought that this system was okay. It directly gave him more than a month's salary, as well as food and meat. But what are these points? "Points are the special currency of this system. They can be used to exchange various items and upgrade the system, unlock functions, etc. They can be obtained by signing in, completing various tasks, and achievement rewards," the system responded. "Okay, I'll take care of you in the future. I'll call you Xiao Ling in the future. Calling you the system is too distant." "Okay, host."

Xu Damao browsed the system carefully and saw the two big words "Sign in" were shining. If you want to sign in, just say it in your mind. It is limited to once a day, and there are special rewards for special dates and places. The redemption function is a system mall with a wide variety of items, but only a small part of the icons are lit, and the others are gray and show that they are not unlocked. The achievement function has not been unlocked yet.

"Sign in"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for getting 10 points, half a pound of White Rabbit candy." Xu Damao was a little speechless. This system was a bit stingy. He closed the system and went back to sleep.

At seven in the morning, Xu Damao got up on time to wash up. His biological clock was quite punctual, but his legs and feet were still a little painful, but it didn't affect him much. Xu Damao's family was the only one in the compound with running water. The other one was the family of an old man named Yi Zhonghai. In the middle of winter, he didn't have to go to the pool in the middle courtyard to wash up. Xu Damao was too lazy to cook, so he moved the projector onto his bicycle and put it away, and then pushed the bicycle out of the compound. He said hello to an old man who was washing up in the middle courtyard, and then went straight to the breakfast stall at the entrance of the alley. The breakfast stalls of that era were also public-private joint ventures. A bowl of wontons and two cabbage-stuffed buns only cost thirty cents and two taels of food coupons. I couldn't help but sigh that the prices were really cheap.

I greeted my fellow workers from time to time on the way, and it only took me a little over ten minutes to reach the gate of the steel rolling mill.

"Hey, Brother Damao is back from the countryside."

Xu Damao looked up and saw that it was Xiao Wang from the security department. "Hey, I came back a little late because of the heavy snow and the road was blocked. Otherwise, I would have come back yesterday." He took out half a box of Daqianmen and handed it over.

"Brothers, take it and smoke it."

"Heh, Brother Damao, you are very generous."

"Da Qianmen, also known as Damao, costs 40 cents a pack. Most small leaders can't afford this kind of cigarettes."

"Let's not talk about that for now. I have to report to our section chief." After saying that, Xu Damao pushed the cart into the gate.

Arriving at the office building where the Propaganda Department is located, I parked my bicycle first, then moved the projector and film into a dedicated storage room. This storage room is not small, with two rooms inside and outside. The larger one inside has shelves on all four sides, and various boxes with labels are placed on three sides. Due to technical reasons, a movie often has three or four films or even more. The projector, screen, wires, etc. are placed against the south wall. In the small room outside is a single bed that Xu Damao asked his co-workers to weld. There are tables and chairs by the window. It is the place for daily maintenance and repair of equipment, and of course it is also the place where Xu Damao is lazy.

After finishing all this, I returned to my office. Of course, it was not just me, there were six or seven other people working together. I came early today and there were not many people in the office. I put my bag on my desk and thought about it and decided to go to the section chief's office first. I took out the key from the door frame and opened the door. I cleaned up first, then went to the water room to get two pots of water and put them in the office.

Xu Damao entered the system interface with a thought and searched for tea on the redemption page. Jasmine tea, Biluochun, West Lake Longjing, Xinyang Maojian, Wuyishan tea, Dahongpao, a large number of tea icons popped up.

I spent fifty points to exchange for a pound of Biluochun tea, and found a piece of newspaper in the office to wrap up half a pound. I went back to the section chief's office, made a cup of Biluochun tea, and sat in a chair waiting.

Soon, footsteps and voices began to be heard in the corridor, and the head of the publicity department, Yang Chao, also walked into the office with a briefcase under his arm.

"Hey, Damao is back."

"Yes, Chief, I'm back," Xu Damao stood up quickly. "We encountered heavy snow this time. Otherwise, I should have returned the day before yesterday. But I fell into a ditch and almost couldn't come back."

"Come here, Chief, have a sip of tea to warm yourself up. I asked my friend to make this good tea, and I sent it to you specially for you to try."

"Oh, I'd like to try it," Zhang Dongliang sat down on the chair and put his bag away. He picked up the teacup with one hand and the lid with the other. The tea soup was clear green, and the leaves were soft and even. A light sniff of the elegant and fragrant taste made people salivate. A light sip was astringent at first and then sweet, which made people linger.

"Good tea, this is Biluochun, right? I have drunk it a few times from Deputy Director Li. You are really capable, but it's a bit of a waste to give me such good tea, and I'm afraid I won't be able to taste it again in the future."

"How could that be? I specially got half a pound of it. It's all here. Please taste it," Xu Damao said, and then he took out a small bag wrapped in newspaper from his arms and gently placed it on the table.

"Okay, kid, you think of me when you have good stuff. I have a few tickets here for you." He took out a dozen tickets from the drawer and handed them over.

"Hey, Chief, you are being too polite. We are not close friends. I will need your continued care in the future."

The two of them kept trying to shirk responsibility, but in the end Xu Damao accepted the ticket tacitly. If someone were to investigate, it would not be a bribe, but an exchange.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Xu Damao said, "Then you go on with your work, Section Chief. I'll go back first. My projector still needs maintenance."

The section chief waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, go ahead. I have to attend a meeting soon. Recently, the factory intends to promote a deputy section chief in our section."

Seeing this, Xu Damao nodded and walked out, thinking that only the last sentence was interesting, and his good tea was not wasted.

When he returned to his office, everyone was already there, drinking tea, chatting, reading newspapers. If the Propaganda Department is busy, there will always be work to do. If it is not busy, you can still spend the day with a newspaper and a few cups of tea. It all depends on personal choice. When everyone saw him come in, many people greeted him.

"Hey, Damao is back."

"Da Mao's time in the countryside is quite long this time."

"Is there anything new this time?"

Xu Damao also responded with a smile, and returned to his seat and took out the half pound of White Rabbit candy from his bag. "Come on, Brother Chen, Sister Li, Sister Zhang, everyone, have a piece of candy to sweeten your mouth."

Sister Zhang was famous for being outspoken and was the first to respond, "Hey, is this a happy event? I didn't hear that you have a partner."

"Hey, I just got a ticket, and I can't finish it myself, so I brought it to everyone to try. I'm single, so I hope you can introduce me to someone."

"Go to hell. Everyone in our department knows you, Xu Damao. You're the only one who needs someone to introduce you to a date."

After chatting with everyone for a while, Xu Damao said that he had just come back and had to go to maintain the equipment and walked out. Everyone was not surprised to see this, thinking that he was being lazy again.