Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

After working hard for half a day in the morning and feeling tired, Xu Damao had to take a break in the afternoon. He spent the whole afternoon wandering around the factory with Fan Sizhe and his team of inspectors, and even caught two people having sex during work hours. After a brief criticism and education, he let them go, and then he bragged with everyone in the small warehouse that served as an office until the end of the day.

Today is Saturday, and tomorrow is both a day off and New Year's Day. When Xu Damao returned to the courtyard, he felt that the atmosphere in the compound was rather relaxed.

"Da Mao, you're off work." Lou Xiao'e came out from the inner room after hearing the noise and took the two old hens that Xu Damao had exchanged for from the dragon head.

"What are you having for lunch? I happened to meet a familiar fellow villager on the road and bought two chickens from him. How about we stew a chicken in the evening?" Xu Damao said as he took off his coat and hung it on the wall.

"Let's keep these two chickens for now. They can still lay eggs. The noodles I had for lunch just didn't taste very good. Am I useless if I can't even cook?" Lou Xiao'e said somewhat aggrievedly.

"It doesn't matter whether you can cook or not. The important thing is to hurry up and give me a baby. After all, no one is perfect, and don't you have your strengths in music and literature?" When Xu Damao said this, his heart suddenly moved. Since his wife has her own interests and hobbies, it would be better to fulfill her wishes than to stay at home doing nothing all day. So he secretly contacted the system in his heart.

"Xiao Ling, can you give the exchanged skills to others?"

"Yes, host. Everyone can accept your skills. However, the maximum number of skills accepted is five. The highest skill level is advanced. The points consumed for exchanging skills are increased to five times the original. The relationship between the recipient and the host must be close or above."

Xu Damao secretly smacked his lips. This request was really too much. If he spent 200 points on the same skill, Lou Xiaoe would have to spend 1,000 points. Moreover, there were restrictions on quantity, level, and intimacy. However, Xu Damao still decided to exchange some skills for Lou Xiaoe, preferably the kind that would allow her to stay at home for a long time, so that she would not be cheated by the people in the compound.

After the meal, the two of them went to bed early to continue their unfinished plan of having a baby. More than an hour later, Lou Xiao'e fell into a deep sleep, but Xu Damao was still a little unsatisfied. So he turned on the scanning skill to see what talents Lou Xiao'e had.

"Ding, the system scan is complete. It has been detected that Lou Xiao'e has high talents in business, music and literature."

Xu Damao secretly spent five times the price, 5,000 points, to exchange for advanced literary literacy and advanced writing skills. Xu Damao planned to let his wife stay at home and write classic martial arts novels for later generations, which would not only save her time but also allow her to pass the time without having to go out. In the future, he could also hold the copyright and start an entertainment company to shoot TV series or something.

Afterwards, he spent another 1,000 points to redeem an intermediate cooking skill for Lou Xiao'e, so that he could have hot meals when he came home from get off work, and she wouldn't have to go back to her parents' house for meals often when he was not at home.

I have to say that this super rare scanning skill is really powerful. When it was turned on just now, Xu Damao accidentally glanced at the deaf old lady's house next door and found some interesting things. Xu Damao directly put them into the space.

Xu Damao scanned the small box in the space. It was an ancient jewelry box, which contained twenty small yellow croakers and some valuable jewelry and letters.

Xu Damao took out a stack of yellowed letters and began to read them carefully. These were all letters between the deaf old lady and her relatives. It turned out that the old lady was the wife of an official in the previous dynasty. She gave birth to two sons and a daughter, but they all died in the war during the great reform era.

Later, because of her good looks, she was chosen by an officer stationed in Sijiucheng in the south and became his concubine. She gave birth to two sons. When Sijiucheng was peacefully liberated, the unit her husband was in did not accept the incorporation and urgently withdrew from Sijiucheng. They did not have time to take the old lady with them, but only took her two sons in the army.

At that time, there were wars everywhere. Later, she exchanged letters with her husband and son several times until Guangtou was completely defeated and retreated to the south. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the military control committee personnel saw that she was old and childless and was really pitiful, so they gave her the treatment of a five-guarantee household.

Xu Damao muttered to himself, "I said that she is an old lady with bound feet and has never left Beijing. How could she have ever delivered shoes to the Red Army? The Red Army back then never came to Beijing. If this old deaf man comes to meddle in other people's business again, don't blame me for being rude." After muttering, Xu Damao put the letter back unopened.

Inspired by the harvest from the deaf old lady's home, Xu Damao used his scanning skills to the fullest, scanning and observing the conditions of each household with great interest.

"Wow, this second uncle's family is not good either, with less than 2,000 yuan in assets. It seems that he really loves his eldest son Liu Guangqi and gives all the money to him. It's just a pity for Guangtian and Guangfu, they are both sons, but the difference is too big."

"Oh, Yi Zhonghai's seventh-level fitter is really not bragging. He has secretly saved so much money over the years. Together with the money He Daqing mailed, it's already 7,000 or 8,000. It seems that I have to find a way to help him spend some of it."

"This idiot Zhu is really amazing. He is still busy with his craft at this hour instead of sleeping. It really makes my eyes dirty. Fortunately, Qin Huairu hasn't sucked his blood yet. He has about a thousand dollars. But poor little Yu Shui only has twenty dollars, ten of which I gave him last time."

"I know that the Jia family is rich, but are they really that rich? This old hag Jia Zhang is really a miser who only spends money but never earns it. She actually has more than a thousand yuan in pension and a gold ring. Her wealth is almost as rich as that of the second uncle. It is estimated that there are a lot of donations from people in the compound. Then this fifty-yuan bill should be Qin Huairu's private money." Just as he was about to turn his attention away from the Jia family, he discovered something unusual. It was a piece of yellowed paper, tightly wrapped in waterproof kraft paper, and sewn into the sole of Jia Zhang's shoes that was almost patinated by her.

Oh wow, Xu Damao instantly became interested. Jia Zhangshi attached so much importance to this piece of paper that she holds it in her hand every day, even more than money. This is definitely an unexpected gain. Take it!

Quack quack quack, this is simply a shocking piece of news!

The three words "Confession" were written in the middle of the paper, and the signature was Yi Zhonghai. Xu Damao immediately smelled the smell of conspiracy and read it with relish. After reading it, Xu Damao thought to himself: "No, just this piece of paper can make Yi Zhonghai lose his reputation and eat free peanuts. Such an important thing must be kept in my hands."

So Xu Damao exchanged a similar piece of paper from the system, and then spent 500 points to exchange for an advanced calligraphy skill, and then began to copy the words on the original paper, and finally put his forged copy back into the sole of Jia Zhang's shoe. After doing all this, Xu Damao smiled and continued scanning.

"Oh, Third Uncle, Third Uncle, you really gave me a big surprise! You are the one who always cries poor and takes advantage of others, but you not only have more than a thousand in savings, but you also have more than a dozen small yellow croakers. It's not unfair to classify him as a small business owner. No wonder he was the first one to buy a bicycle and a TV in the original drama, and he even had money to help Yan Jiecheng open a restaurant. You can't judge Third Uncle by appearance, and you can't judge by his wealth."

Xu Damao was really shocked by the people in the compound. They all had so much savings but they still cried poor every day. As for the other residents, he took a general look and found nothing that needed attention. Due to the excessive use of scanning, Xu Damao had consumed a lot of mental energy, so he fell into a deep sleep after a while.