Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Xu Damao rode his bike back home. Lou Xiaoe was writing with the light on. She had already written a lot. When Lou Xiaoe saw Xu Damao pushing the door open, she asked, "Brother, have you eaten yet? How is the work going?" This was one night. Xu Damao insisted that she call him that. She thought it was good and kept calling him that.

"No, but I had some drinks with some people around three o'clock and also ate something, and the work is done. Ezi, have you eaten?" Xu Damao took off his coat and hung it on the wall.

"I've eaten first. There's hot water on the stove and in the thermos. Go take a shower first and I'll feed you." Lou Xiao'e stood up and said.

"Okay, then I'll go take a shower first. I'm freezing today." Xu Damao kissed Lou Xiao'e on the forehead.

"Hateful." Lou Xiao'e hit Xu Damao lightly and turned to cook noodles.

Xu Damao chuckled and took the hot water to the bathroom to add water for a bath.

More than twenty minutes later, Xu Damao came out of the shower. A bowl of steaming shredded pork noodles was placed on the table, and Lou Xiao'e was also sitting on a stool waiting for him.

"Eat it while it's hot. It's great for warming up your stomach," said Lou Xiao'e.

"Well. How about you eat some more?" Xu Damao picked up the noodles, blew on them, then started eating in big mouthfuls.

"Let me tell you, something new happened in our hospital today." Lou Xiao'e came over and said mysteriously, as if to say, "Just ask me, and I'll tell you if you ask me."

Xu Damao cooperated and said, "What's the matter? Tell me quickly."

Lou Xiao'e brought a plate of melon seeds and peanuts and started talking while eating.

It turned out that the second uncle's family found something in the ruins of the deaf old lady's house a few days ago, and hurried home after making a noise. However, Liu Guangfu picked up a Yuan Datou and hid it secretly. He didn't know what this thing was, so he thought it was very rare because he had never seen it before.

This morning he forgot his father's instructions and took it out to show off when he was doing odd jobs with Yan Jiefang, saying that he found it from the ruins of the old lady's house.

Yan Jiefang went home for lunch at noon and told the third uncle what it was. It was normal that Liu Guangfu and Yan Jiefang were young and didn't know each other, but the third uncle came from that era, how could he not know it? So Yan Bugui quickly organized his family to take various tools and go straight to the backyard.

As luck would have it, Jia Zhang, who was looking out the window of her house, noticed her. She said she was sick and in pain all over her body, and she kept shouting and yelling in the detention center, disturbing the peace of the detention center. The detention center called a doctor to see her. The doctor said that she did have a chronic pain in her waist and legs, and the environment in the detention center would aggravate the pain. He suggested that she go home and rest. Jia Zhang was released after being detained for two days less. She thought that the old Yan family must have a reason for taking tools to the backyard, so she also left the house and followed them.

As a result, Jia Zhang saw that everyone in the old Yan family was lifting, moving and digging at the ruins of the old lady's house, as if they were looking for something.

Looking for something? What could he find? Something valuable. Thinking of Qian Jia, Zhang Shi reacted instantly, ran back home like a fly, took a shovel and ran out again in a hurry. Qin Huairu, who was watching the children at home, was stunned by her mother-in-law's behavior, so she had to hold her belly and take the two children out to see what was going on.

When Qin Huairu arrived at the backyard, she saw the old Yan family, the second aunt, her two sons, and her mother-in-law looking for something in the ruins of the deaf old lady's house. Lou Xiao'e was eating melon seeds at the door of her house while watching the fun. Qin Huairu looked at the people frantically searching in the ruins with some confusion.

I heard a happy shout, "I found one." I saw Liu Guangtian holding a Yuan Datou coin, which was shining brightly in the sunlight.

"I have one too." Yan Jiefang also held up a silver hairpin.

Qin Huairu knew everything at this time and shouted anxiously: "Banggeng, come on, go and help your grandma find good things." But Qin Huairu didn't go. She was still pregnant, and it would be terrible if something unexpected happened.

Bang Geng ran to his grandmother's side and started searching with her. "My dear grandson, grandma has already looked over there. Go to grandma's right and look a little further."

Lou Xiao'e leaned against the door and shook her head while watching the busy figures. Perhaps this was the life of ordinary people in the market. However, given her family's conditions, she would definitely not do such a thing. It would be embarrassing. Moreover, every time she went back to her family's home, she would bring home large and small bags of things, including all kinds of gold bars, jewelry, cash and bills.

Everyone continued to be busy. Although they made some gains from time to time, the gains became less and less as time went by. Not to mention that the gold had been taken away by Xu Damao in advance, leaving only some worthless silver dollars and jewelry.

Jia Zhang was a little fat, and coupled with a long period of pampering, squatting for a long time made her extremely uncomfortable. Moreover, there were only her and Banggeng, who was still a child, in the Jia family, so she gained the least.

Jia Zhang looked at other people's gains with red eyes, and finally her emotions exploded when Yan Bugui found another silver ring. "Old Yan, put down my things. Everything here is mine, mine."

Yan Bugui stood up when he heard that and adjusted his glasses which kept falling down when he bent over to work. “Your name isn’t written on the things, so of course it belongs to whoever finds it first. It’s true that only women and villains are difficult to raise, the ancients were right.” Yan Bugui also made a pretentious remark.

Although Jia Zhang didn't understand what was said, she knew it was definitely not a good thing, so she refused to do it on the spot, sat down in the ruins and started to summon ghosts, and grabbed small stones and dirt with both hands and threw them at Yan Bugui, "Old Jia, come up and take a look, the old Yan family is bullying our Jia family, take them all away!"

"Ouch," Yan Bugui cried out in pain. His head was hit by a small stone thrown by Jia Zhang. The stone was quite sharp and Yan Bugui's head was broken. Blood was flowing from his head.

Now Jia Zhang had stirred up a hornet's nest. Second aunt Yang Ruihua yelled, "Old Yan, are you okay? Zhang Cuihua, you bastard, wait and see how I'm going to deal with you!" After that, Yang Ruihua rushed up and started fighting with Jia Zhang.

When Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang saw that their father's head was broken and their mother had already started fighting with Jia Zhang, the two brothers looked at each other and rushed forward without hesitation. Yan Jiefang helped his mother to beat Jia Zhang. Yang Ruihua, who was slightly at a disadvantage due to physical reasons, turned the situation around in an instant after getting support from his son. Jia Zhang suffered a lot for a while, her hair was disheveled, and there were many bloody scratches on her face from Yang Ruihua's scratches.

Yan Jiekuang relied on his age advantage and height, weight and other advantages to suppress Banggeng. Banggeng was smart since he was young. After suffering some losses, he ran around the yard, and Yan Jiekuang chased him.

Qin Huairu looked at the scene and wanted to help her family, but she was too pregnant to do so. She could only hold her belly and yell, "Stop hitting me, all of you, stop it, mother-in-law, please stop, second aunt, please stop too, I beg you, second uncle, please say something."

Yan Bugui took out a handkerchief from his pocket and covered his head with it. When he heard Qin Huairu's words, he turned his head away and ignored her. His head was broken and bleeding, and besides, his own family was taking advantage of him. Why should he stop it?