Siheyuan: Pushing Huairu, the Prime Minister admits defeat

"Look at what you said, Weijun, you are still too polite. Damao lost because he was not as skilled as his opponent. I just taught him a lesson. He is too narrow-minded. At worst, he can just work as a projectionist in a movie theater. It's not like he has no connections."

Xu Wanjun smiled brightly and tied up her hair at the temples, giving her a graceful and charming look.

It can be seen that poverty breeds evil schemes, while wealth breeds conscience.

After Sister Wanjun married into a good family, she not only became wealthy but also generous.

Unlike Xu Damao, who only knows how to get angry, not only is his anger harmful to his health, it also cannot change the established facts.

"Sister Wanjun, isn't that a bit too distant? We are all from the same courtyard. Come and try the big bananas I just bought. They are so sweet after you peel them."

Li Weijun chuckled and skillfully put the peeled banana into Xu Wanjun's hand.

Seeing her take it readily, she kept chewing with her rosy little mouth.

Li Weijun didn't hesitate and took out a peach from the fruit basket.

It's full of juice when you take a bite, and it feels sweet to the heart.

But his eyes would occasionally glance at Xu Wanjun, and he would secretly admire that the food from the food factory was indeed nutritious.

This peach looks like a small pumpkin, very lively.

Xu Wanjun naturally noticed Li Weijun's gaze, but she was neither embarrassed nor annoyed.

Instead, she had a different feeling in her heart. She was about eight years older than Li Weijun.

My husband, a minor cadre in the food factory guesthouse, would fall asleep drunk every day.

Their bodies had long been drained by alcohol and sex, and as an old couple they were going through the seven-year itch and were tired of each other.

Now that I am at my age, I can still attract a vigorous young man like Li Weijun.

It would be a lie to say that he was unhappy, especially after Li Weijun learned Xu Damao's flattery skills.

Not only was his speech humorous and witty, but every word he said also touched Xu Wanjun's heart.

They call each other "sister" and are so affectionate.

Xu Wanjun was so delighted by Li Weijun's sweet words that it turned out that Xu Wanjun peeled the orange peel for Li Weijun and they each took half.

Li Weijun finished eating all the fruits in the fruit basket during the conversation.

Seeing his sister chatting enthusiastically and laughing like a canary in a cage, Xu Damao, who was lying on the hospital bed, noticed that something was wrong.

After coughing several times to interrupt her without success, she was furious and yelled, "Sister, can't you come downstairs and buy me some porridge? I'm hungry and need to eat."

"I know, I know. Why are you rushing me? I won't die of hunger if I don't eat."

Xu Wanjun rolled her eyes helplessly. They were just talking about something interesting, but this useless and stupid brother was just wasting time.

He looked at Li Weijun apologetically and said, "Weijun, you go ahead and chat with Damao first. I'll go downstairs to buy some breakfast. Don't worry if you laugh at me. I haven't had enough rice water yet, but I don't feel hungry."

Xu Damao, who was standing by, almost choked up and muttered in his heart, "How could you be hungry? You two have wasted a whole basket of fruits."

"It's okay, it's okay, Sister Wanjun, I'll wait for you to come up."

After happily seeing Xu Wanjun off, Li Weijun lay comfortably on the chair, crossed his legs, and looked at Xu Damao, who was looking deflated on the hospital bed.

He lied in all seriousness: "Brother Damao, you don't know. Fortunately, you fainted early last night. As soon as you were taken to the hospital, the commune called and said that a female comrade named Jiang Yingying wanted to sue you for being a hooligan."

"Pfft! What the hell?"

"That crazy woman chased me to the factory, and Ma Xuewu didn't stop her? Or are you kidding me?"

Xu Damao almost choked on the water he had just drunk and looked at Li Weijun with suspicion.

"Brother Damao, you see, what you said hurts my feelings. What good would it do for me if I lied to you? When you fainted yesterday and made such a big noise, I took advantage of Section Chief Wang not noticing and answered the phone to brush it off. But I think this girl is stubborn, so I'm afraid it's going to be difficult to deal with."

"Difficult? What's so difficult about it? She is just a naked female liar who wants to blackmail people. Anyway, I, Xu Damao, have a clear conscience."

"Then they will ask you why you were willing to follow them into the woods?"

With just one sentence, Xu Damao instantly deflated like a deflated ball.

After a long pause, he managed a smile and said, "Weijun, I know you are a good person. Just help others to the end. Pay attention to the phone calls from the department these days. I heard from Chief Wang that Director Li asked you to be a purchasing agent. When I go to the countryside in a few days, I will buy some soap, handkerchiefs and so on. Please bring some for me so that we can all live in peace."

Li Weijun tilted his head and pretended to think for a moment, then agreed reluctantly: "Brother Damao, this is a difficult matter. That family is very aggressive. Even Secretary Ma couldn't stop them. They kept chasing them to the factory. What if they chased me out with a pitchfork? What if something happens to me?"

"A bottle of Lao Baigan!"

Xu Damao gritted his teeth and stretched out a finger.

"Brother Damao, you know I can't drink that stuff. Besides, I'm not a wine lover."

"A bottle of Lao Baigan and two packs of Red Peony cigarettes!"

"Tobacco and alcohol are harmful to the body. I think this matter..."

"A bottle of Lao Baigan, two packs of premium cigarettes, a pound of soft candy, Li Weijun, I don't have any more."

Xu Damao's heart was bleeding. He could only blame himself for being so confused. How could he have been so bewitched as to go into the woods with that village woman?

Not only did you not gain any advantage, but you also suffered endless troubles.

"Deal, but you have to replace Lao Bai Gan with Wuliangye. I'm not used to the taste."

Li Weijun tried his best to get something out of it, but he unexpectedly got an unexpected reward.

I wanted to wait for Xu Wanjun to come back and chat with her while the iron is hot, but I didn't expect Xu Damao, with a sullen face, to directly turn me away.

Li Weijun felt bored and looked around at the hospital entrance. After not finding Xu Wanjun, he left in disappointment.

Although beauty is nice, you should not drink too much and neglect your work.

The department store is about to open, so I'd better queue up early to buy the bicycle tickets and big steel watches in my hand to avoid any trouble.

After Li Weijun left for a while, Xu Wanjun pushed the door open, hurriedly carrying breakfast.

Seeing that Xu Damao was the only one in the ward, Xu Wanjun was a little disappointed: "Damo, Wei Jun is gone? Why don't you stay a little longer? People came to visit you out of kindness, but you have a sullen face, as if someone owes you money."

Xu Damao felt bitter. He took the dough stick and chewed it. "Sister, you should have less contact with Li Weijun in the future. This guy is a cunning man. He has more evil ideas than me."

"Look at your character. Have you forgotten what our father said last night? It's obvious that Li Weijun was appointed by Director Li. If you want to make a living in the steel mill, you should bow your head. More friends mean more paths. Why do you have to make trouble? Aren't you asking for trouble?"

Xu Wanjun twisted her waist and sat down slowly. After putting down the soy milk and fried dough sticks she bought, she began to regret secretly that she should not have wasted so much time.

I have been thinking about going back to the Siheyuan these days.

But when Xu Wanjun thought of her father Xu Fugui's face, she felt particularly unhappy.

She doesn't get along with her natal family, and the grudge is long-standing.

Xu Fugui of the Xu family has always been a man who favors boys over girls. When Xu Wanjun was born, the country was in turmoil and war. At that time, he was not a projectionist at a steel mill. He lived in fear of his future and it was normal for him to have his belt tightening his stomach due to hunger.

He was even at risk of being drafted into the army at any time. For the sake of the Xu family's inheritance, Xu Fugui worked hard to make money. He had worked as a restaurant waiter, pulled a rickshaw, and even slept under an overpass.

He was reluctant to eat even two bowls of noodles every day, and lived frugally just to support his mother Xu who was pregnant at the time.

She never expected that after nine months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a money-losing baby. Moreover, due to the malposition of the fetus, Xu Fugui's family was almost destroyed.

Therefore, the relationship between Xu Wanjun, the eldest daughter, and her family has always been tense. After she grew up and got married to a husband who worked in a food factory, she rarely returned to her parents' home.

Even if they come back during the holidays, they usually just sit for a while and then they lose the chance to talk.

Xu Fugui didn't care about his eldest daughter's indifference. In his opinion, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and the only person who will take care of him in his old age and see him to the end of his life will be his son Xu Damao.

"Sister, you don't know how upset I am!"

Lying on the hospital bed, Xu Damao listened to his sister's nagging, feeling aggrieved and depressed.

There is resentment, self-blame and anger, as well as blaming others. It is a mixture of all kinds of emotions.

However, no matter how unwilling he was in his heart, after this incident, the projectionist of the Propaganda Department was completely confused.

Originally, Xu Damao was counting on Section Chief Wang Fuchun to find a way for him to be a little willful.

But when he heard that Li Huaide had personally taken action, he completely gave up this hope.

If you can't be a projectionist and still want to stay in the steel mill, but you don't know how to be a fitter or a forger, you can only go to the foundry workshop, which has the least technical skills.

It was dirty, bitter and hot in there, and with his thin arms and legs, it was torture.

Just as I was daydreaming, the tightly closed door suddenly opened, and then a man in his fifties, of medium build, with a long face and deep eyes walked in.

"Why are you here? Didn't you say there was an event at the factory and you couldn't leave the cinema?"

Xu Wanjun frowned slightly and glanced at Xu Fugui fiercely with a very filial look.

Xu Damao threw himself into his father's arms and cried loudly as if he had found a life-saving straw.

"Dad, you don't know, your shitty brother, the secretary of Cantou Village Ma Xuewu, is totally untrustworthy. He even said he was your uncle, but I think he must be your archenemy. He stuffed a newspaper into the letter of introduction. How could he do that? Woohoo!"

Xu Fugui sighed meaningfully and patted Xu Damao on the head lightly.

Some people said with some regret: "How could you say that? I told you to be more cautious, but you insisted on having affairs with other women, and you didn't know when to have affairs with other women. We can't afford to offend Li Weijun now, so you have to admit defeat this time."

"Dad, I want to be a projectionist. I don't want to work as a sand puller. I'll be sweating all day and get paid so little. What's more, how can I explain this to Lou Xiao'e?"

Xu Damao wiped his tears while secretly observing his father's expression, with tears and snot running down his face.

Xu Fugui was so annoyed that he lost his temper and could only say with a heavy expression, "Let me think of an idea to see if I can find a way to let you stay in the Propaganda Department. If it's not possible, Dad will retire first, and you can go to the cinema to show movies, where you won't be exposed to the sun or rain. It's better than being a foundry worker."

After hearing this, Xu Damao was overjoyed, but soon his expression became serious again.

"If I retire early, I don't have enough years of service, so what will I do with my pension? Besides, we'll have to get a house in a month or two. If Dad doesn't retire, with your seniority, you can definitely buy us a house. If you retire, and Lou Xiao'e and I get married, where will we live?"

Xu Damao was worried, and his sneaky eyes fell on Xu Wanjun next to him.

This made his sister panic. She quickly shook her head and said, "Don't bother with me. Your brother-in-law is not the director of the food factory. Besides, our factory is small. We usually go to your steel mill to borrow the machine to watch movies. We don't have a dedicated projectionist."

After all, you still can't have your cake and eat it too.

Instead, Xu Fugui glared at his son who was sighing and said, "King, your father has paved the way for you, but you still can't walk the right path. You are like a pile of mud that can't be helped. As for the house, if you really become the son-in-law of the Lou family, you are afraid that the company will not have a quota for housing allocation? I am afraid that you don't have the ability and are just bullying at home."

It was amazing to see that Xu Fugui had actually set his sights on his daughter-in-law who had not yet married into the family.

Xu Wanjun sneered, with a sneer on her lips: "Come on, you, I think you should save your energy, this fate hasn't even started yet, your precious son doesn't have the ability and skill to do it, just go to bed early, you can dream about anything!"

After saying this, without caring about Xu Fugui who was trembling with anger, he pushed the door open and left.

Left alone in the ward, the Xu father and son looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Dad, don't think too much. My sister is just like that. She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. You were not feeling well a few days ago, so my sister even got you a piece of ginseng."

Xu Damao tried to smooth things over and said a good word for his sister.

Who would have thought that it would be fine if I hadn't mentioned this? Once I mentioned this, Xu Fugui's lips trembled with anger: "What wild ginseng? They said it was from Changbai Mountain, but it's obviously just a radish stem. I treated that small piece of radish stem as a treasure, and used it to make tea in the morning and evening, just to taste it. In the end, I asked your brother-in-law and found out that it was just skimmed off the radish."

As the saying goes, people dislike each other. It can be seen that the old man has no good temper towards his eldest daughter either.

He also carefully reminded Xu Damao: When the weather is crazy, it will rain; when people are crazy, there will be disasters.

Li Weijun is now at the peak of his powers, and with the protection of the old fox Li Huaide, he can only wait and see.

Remember not to provoke trouble with Li Weijun. It is best to keep a low profile, behave yourself and wait for the situation to change.

Only after seeing Xu Damao nodded solemnly did Xu Fugui calmly leave the ward.

Different from Xu Damao who was depressed, Xu Fugui had known all kinds of people in his life and had experienced all kinds of storms, so he naturally understood the philosophy of the story. He saw Xu Fugui build a tall building, watched him entertain guests, and watched his building collapse.

So I don’t feel too much resentment about the failure of this screening.