Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Sha Zhu rode his bike directly to the pigeon market and quickly bought a chicken at a high price. The market was still quite rich in supplies, and although he didn't buy any pork, he did buy a chicken, which was enough for his sister.

After Sha Zhu came back, he cleaned the chicken quickly. Soon, the tempting aroma wafted out from the kitchen. Sha Zhu was in a good mood and hummed a song while busying himself. He was finally getting married. His sister was about to graduate from college and had already found a job. Once his sister got married, he would be worthy of his dead mother. What he didn't know was that there was a big surprise waiting for him in the near future.

After Sha Zhu stewed the chicken, he also found time to stir-fry two seasonal vegetables while watching the stew pot, and brought them out and put them on the table. The children outside the door were also called back home by their elders.

"Yushui, it's time to eat. I'll go deliver something and be back soon." Sha Zhu took out a bowl of the fragrant stewed chicken and walked towards Liang Ladi's house.

Liang Ladi had just finished cooking, but what she made today were buns stuffed with leeks and eggs, which were already out of the pot. She was picking up the buns into an enamel basin with chopsticks.

"Da Mao, take it to your Uncle Zhuzi and Aunt Yushui, and let them taste mom's cooking." Liang Ladi also tried to please her sister-in-law in advance. She also hoped that her marriage would be smooth and recognized by Sha Zhu's family.

Da Mao ran out with the basin in his hand without even looking at the road. He was waiting to come back to eat the delicious buns! Unexpectedly, he bumped into Sha Zhu as soon as he turned the corner and fell on his butt. However, because he held the basin steady, the basin of buns did not fall out.

"Ouch, Uncle Zhuzi, it's you. You almost killed me by falling."

Shazhu picked up Damao with one hand

"Why are you running so fast? And you lowered your head and only looked at the road instead of people? You only bumped into me. If it was an old lady with bound feet, she would have been knocked over by you! You better remember this next time!"

"Uncle Zhuzi, I was wrong, but I was in a hurry to bring you buns." Damao said as he raised the basin in his hand.

Sha Zhu touched Damao's head with his free hand and said, "Da Mao is really good. He still remembers Uncle Zhuzi. Your uncle loves you well. Your Uncle Zhuzi also brought you some stewed chicken. Let's go in and talk first."

"Yes, Mom, my Uncle Zhuzi is here." Damao shouted into the house.

Liang Ladi responded directly. Actually, Liang Ladi had already come to the door after Da Mao cried out "ouch", but she didn't go out. She wanted to see more about how the person she chose got along with the children, but she was still quite satisfied with the result.

"Zhu Zi is here, come in quickly. I just asked Damao to bring you some buns, but I didn't expect to meet you halfway." Liang Ladi thought it was good for them to care about each other like this.

"I just stewed some chicken, bring some over for the kids to try. You guys eat quickly, I'll take the buns back directly, Yu Shui is still waiting for me to eat."

"Go ahead and try the buns I made. If they're not, I'll try to improve them next time."

Sha Zhu responded and went back with the buns.

“Yushui, these are the buns that your sister Liang made, specially sent to you, try them.”

Yu Shui immediately understood what Liang Ladi meant. She wanted to build a good relationship with her sister-in-law in advance. So she picked up a bun and took a bite. "Mm, it tastes good. Brother, you should try it too."

Sha Zhu had just picked up a bun and took two bites when Yu Shui had already started eating the second one.

"Hey, Yushui, eat less. This is made by Sister Liang herself, and I haven't eaten enough. There is rice over there, you can eat rice."

"Look at you!" But Yu Shui still filled a bowl of rice and picked up a chicken leg and started eating.

Soon Yu Shui finished eating and wiped his mouth, "Brother, I'm going to the backyard to find Sister Xiao'e and Sister Qiunan, and take a look at the children."

"Go ahead." Sha Zhu said in a muffled voice, and it could be heard that Sha Zhu still had some emotions in his heart.

Although he and Xu Damao had reconciled and could occasionally have a drink together, he still felt uncomfortable seeing Xu Damao living so well and becoming the deputy factory director. He was really worried about his childhood friend's hard life and also worried about him driving a Land Rover.

As for Nan Yi, he initially felt that Nan Yi had taken away his position as the chef and his apprentice, Fatty. However, it was Nan Yi's recommendation that allowed him to regain the opportunity to be the chef with his Sichuan cuisine skills. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Nan Yi had done nothing wrong to him. Sha Zhu just couldn't save face in front of Nan Yi.

Yu Shui first went back to her room to get the prepared chocolates and fruits, and then walked to the backyard.

Jia Zhang saw this scene from the window and cursed: "This money-loser took so many things to the backyard and didn't even think of sending some to our house!"

"Xu Damao helped him find his job, so isn't it normal to buy him some gifts?" Qin Huairu only said that, but she didn't think so in her heart.

Yu Shui has become more and more beautiful over the years, especially her special temperament that she can never catch up with. She doesn't believe that Xu Damao is not tempted. Maybe they are having an affair without Lou Xiao'e's knowledge.

"My grandson will surely have a bright future when he grows up. I'd better wait for him to be filial to me in the future. I'll marry these two money-losing girls off as soon as they grow up, so that I can save some food." Jia Zhang said.

Five-year-old Xiao Huaihua didn’t know what her grandmother meant, but Xiaodang was two years older after all, and she had vaguely understood many things. She knew that what her grandmother said was not a good thing, and she was so scared that she hid in the corner and trembled.

"Okay, the children are still young, why are you saying this? If you want to talk about it, you have to wait until they grow up." Qin Huairu said and touched Xiaodang's hair.

At this time, Yu Shui had already arrived at Xu Damao's house carrying things.

"Sister Xiao'e, I'm here."

It was Xu Jianfeng who opened the door. When he saw it was rain, he rushed over directly.

"Godmother, you haven't come to see me for a long time. Do you have any new stories to write?" Xu Jianfeng asked with sparkling eyes.

"Yes, but I haven't finished writing it yet. I'll bring it to you when I finish it. This is the chocolate that godmother brought. Xiaofeng will distribute it to everyone, okay?" He Yushui said.

It turned out that Yu Shui once heard Xu Damao telling stories to children, and she thought of the lack of children's enlightenment books in this era. So in addition to writing martial arts novels, she also collected and sorted out some traditional folk stories, intending to publish a children's enlightenment book. This is what Xu Jianfeng asked.

"it is good."

"Yushui, please sit down. Xiaofeng, take the sisters outside to play for a while. Mommy has something to talk to godmother about." Lou Xiao'e sent the children away. It happened that Xu Damao had a social engagement tonight and would not be back.

"Got it!" Xu Jianfeng responded, took the chocolate and went out to play with his sisters.

Lou Xiao'e and Yu Shui chatted for a long time. As for what they talked about, only the parties involved knew, but they had agreed to go to Xu Damao's parents' house together tomorrow.