Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

More than half an hour later, the pot in the Jia family smelled delicious food. Banggeng was eager to circle around the pot, while Xiaodang was spitting bubbles on the kang under the watchful eyes of Jia Zhang. Qin Huairu heated up the leftover steamed bread from lunch on the stove, planning to eat it later.

Yi Zhonghai, who lived next door, just went out to the toilet. He couldn't help but frowned when he smelled the meat coming from the Jia family. Jia Zhangshi was too ignorant. He had helped their family a lot, but now the whole family was hiding to eat meat. Dongxu was really something. He didn't even know to send some to his father, who was his master in name only.

Sha Zhu just came back from preparing for a banquet. His reputation has been bad recently because of the incident with the chin bean. Few people in the city want him to prepare for a banquet. Today, he went to the countryside and worked for a long time but only got three yuan. Sha Zhu's nose is even more sensitive. He had already heard the smell of meat coming from Jia's house, but he just took a sneak peek and went back. He was being punished recently, so he had to keep a low profile.

Soon, the chicken was cooked, and Qin Huairu served it on the table. Jia Zhangshi and Bang Geng couldn't wait to sit over, and regardless of the fact that the chicken was still very hot, they each grabbed a chicken leg and began to chew it impatiently, making unpleasant chewing sounds from time to time.

Qin Huairu took a bowl and put a piece of meat in it for Xiaodang to cool down first, and then she started to eat. She hadn't eaten enough for a long time. Most of the food in the house was eaten by her mother-in-law and Banggeng. She only had a bowl of cornmeal porridge and two steamed buns a day. Fortunately, Dongxu would have half or a whole steamed bun left at noon every day, and he would secretly give it to her before going to bed at night, otherwise she would wonder if she would starve to death.

"Mom, should we send some to Uncle's house? Uncle takes good care of us." Qin Huairu asked.

"We don't even have enough to eat, why should we send him anything? Dongxu went to the countryside to exchange food. I don't know if he has eaten or if any meat has been left for him?" said Jia Zhang.

"Yes, there are two chickens here. I also put a lot of potatoes in the pot. There is still a lot left."

"Mom, grandma, this chicken is so delicious." Bang Geng said vaguely. Xiao Dang's face was also covered with juice, and Qin Huairu wiped it off carefully for her.

The three were feasting, and Xiaodang was still young and didn't eat much, when the door was pushed open with a creak. The three people who were eating meat in the room were startled to see Jia Dongxu walking in with a bag on his shoulder. This time when he went to the countryside, he used some food coupons and money to exchange for some sweet potatoes, so that he could eat for a while longer.

"What are you eating that smells so good? I haven't eaten yet." Jia Dongxu said, put down the bag, washed his hands and sat over.

"Mom, Huairu, where did this chicken come from? Did you buy it from Pigeon City?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Don't worry about where it comes from, just eat it directly." Jia Zhang said vaguely while chewing meat.

Qin Huairu pulled Jia Dongxu and winked at him. Jia Dongxu immediately realized that the chicken might have a problem with its origin. When he was a child, Jia Zhangshi did a lot of stealing and swindling things to raise him. It seems that the old lady must have returned to her old ways.

Jia Dongxu is a pretty good person overall, but he was raised by Jia Zhang since he was a child, and he is used to his mother's dominance and difficulties. As the saying goes, a strong mother makes a weak son, so Jia Dongxu's character is a bit weak and he is very filial and a bit soft-hearted.

Jia Dongxu looked at his mother and son who were eating meat, and then at his thin and pregnant wife, and could only sigh helplessly, thinking that he was not capable of feeding the whole family. Then he grabbed a steamed bun, dipped it in the soup, took a big bite, and chewed it slowly. It was obviously a bowl of fragrant chicken, but he tasted it a bit bitter.

Here, everyone in the Jia family was happily eating Xu Damao's chicken, and over there, Lou Xiao'e was happily shopping with Yu Li's arm in arm, buying a lot of things, which made Yu Li beside her secretly smack her lips. Yan Jiecheng was completely reduced to a bag-carrying boy.

The three of them went shopping until after three in the afternoon before returning. Yan Jiecheng bought a lot of gifts under Yu Li's guidance. He planned to take a few days off and go to Yu Li's house to propose marriage. He was not young anymore and wanted to marry Yu Li as soon as possible.

Lou Xiao'e parked the car in the backyard, carried her things and went straight into the house. At this time, Xu Damao was almost asleep, and he woke up when he heard the noise.

"Oh, what did you buy? So many things?" Xu Damao asked.

"They are all clothes I bought for my parents-in-law and sister. The New Year is almost here, so I just bought them." Lou Xiao'e said.

"Okay, put it up first. I'm still sleepy, so it's a good opportunity for you to come up and warm up."

"Look at you, it's still broad daylight. Hurry up and tell me the story of Qiao Feng that you told me last time."

Since Xu Damao helped Lou Xiao'e exchange literary literacy and writing skills that day, he deliberately told Lou Xiao'e the stories of the protagonists in Jin Gu's novels every night. Because Xu Damao had read them sporadically before he traveled through time and did not finish them all, but he did watch many versions of the TV series, so his stories were relatively complete. (The world of film and television fusion is set to other novels written by masters such as Jin Gu.)

However, Lou Xiao'e really likes listening to the martial arts stories told by Xu Damao. She plans to organize and connect all the stories told by Xu Damao when he is at work during the day, and write them into a series of novels to publish. This will not only help her kill time, but also suit her own interests and hobbies, and allow so many wonderful stories to be seen by everyone. Isn't this killing three birds with one stone?

What made her happy was that Xu Damao also supported her idea very much, and said that he would help her when he was free. Nonsense, Xu Damao had already prepared the skills for her, just waiting for her to write. Maybe Lou Xiaoe could create a martial arts school in China, and she would have no worries about food and drink just by selling copyrights in the future. She could also set up an entertainment company to make movies and TV series by herself, and maybe she could even satisfy her desire to be a director.

Xu Damao kept telling stories until dark. He was so thirsty from telling stories that afternoon that he finally finished telling all fifteen books of Master Jin today.

"Ezi, what are we going to eat tonight?" Xu Damao drank another pot of tea.

"The lunch was too greasy, so let's have egg noodles at night. But you've worked hard telling stories, so I'll cook dinner. I feel my cooking skills have improved a lot recently." Lou Xiao'e said confidently.

Xu Damao responded but secretly laughed in his heart, advanced cooking skills, I spent a lot of points, how can I not improve! I transformed the eldest daughter of the capitalist into a writer and a cook, and I felt a full sense of accomplishment just thinking about it.

Lou Xiao'e quickly boiled water and kneaded the noodles, and soon the noodles were in the pot. "Da Mao, go outside and feed the chickens and then we'll have dinner. I forgot to feed them when we went to Yan's house for dinner today."

Xu Damao responded and scooped a ladle of cornmeal from his pocket to feed the chickens. But when he arrived at his newly built chicken coop, he saw a hole in the netting and no trace of the chickens.

"Moth, did you see our chickens when you came back this afternoon?"

"I parked the car and walked straight in. I didn't notice."

"Our chickens are missing, both of them are gone. I just repaired the chicken coop this morning." Xu Damao thought that the only family in the compound who liked to do such sneaky things was the Jia family. Banggeng is still young, so it must be Jia Zhang. Since she dared to provoke him, she must pay the price.

Lou Xiao'e also came out of the house and looked at the chicken coop with a hole in it. "It must have been stolen. Chickens wouldn't have made such a big hole and even pulled out the buried sticks."

"Don't worry, Gezi. Let's eat first. After that, I will notify the second and third uncles to hold a meeting. We must find the chicken thief." Xu Damao comforted.