Siheyuan: Buyers get rich from hunting

After returning to the factory, Xu Damao dragged his slightly heavy steps and slowly walked towards his home, while Liu Haizhong also walked towards his home after parting with him. However, although his body had left the forest, what happened in the forest that day was like a thorn deeply rooted in Xu Damao's heart, making him toss and turn in bed and unable to sleep all night.

The next morning, when the sun shone through the window onto Xu Damao's exhausted face, he resisted the drowsiness, rubbed his bloodshot eyes with his hands, and then stood up and went to the workshop. When he stepped into the workshop, the workers immediately noticed his obvious dark circles, and gathered around him, talking and joking.

"Hey! Damao, what were you doing last night? Why do you look like a panda?" a worker joked with a smile.

"Did he sneak out to have some fun without telling us? Haha!" another worker joined in the fun.

Facing the laughter and ridicule of the crowd, Xu Damao was in no mood to respond to them. He just walked through the crowd with an expressionless face and went straight to his workstation and sat down. All he could think about was how to continue a new round of competition with He Yuzhu, whom he hated so much.

At the same time, Liu Haizhong's behavior was completely different from Xu Damao's. He looked like nothing had happened, and he continued to do his work step by step, as if what happened in the back mountain yesterday had no effect on him. However, during a short break, Liu Haizhong quietly pulled Xu Damao to a more secluded place in the corner of the workshop when no one was paying attention.

Liu Haizhong whispered to Xu Damao, "Da Mao, regarding what happened yesterday, I think we should take a break for now. Haven't you noticed? Now the whole factory is talking about the fact that we went hunting in the back mountain together. The situation is very tense right now. If we don't restrain ourselves now, and something messes up again, I'm afraid we won't be able to clean up the situation!" After saying that, Liu Haizhong looked around, as if he was afraid that others would hear their conversation.

Xu Damao frowned tightly, as if he could pinch a fly to death. Although he was extremely reluctant, his reason told him that what Liu Haizhong said made sense.

So, he had to respond dejectedly and sullenly like a defeated rooster: "I know, Second Uncle, let's do this for now, and let's not do anything." However, He Yuzhu on the other side did not think so.

After what happened yesterday, thoughts kept turning in his clever head, and he began to have deep doubts about the behavior of Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong.

He thought to himself: These two people are always at loggerheads with me, and they don't like each other, so how could they meet by chance in the back mountain? And they even carry hunting knives with them! There must be something behind this!

The more He Yuzhu thought about it, the more he felt that there was something fishy about the matter, and that there must be some unspeakable secret hidden in it.

Therefore, in his spare time, he also became more careful and kept an eye on Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong's every move. In this way, the ordinary days passed one by one.

The rage in Xu Damao's heart never died down, but grew stronger as time went by. Seeing that the factory's attention to the hunting in the back mountain was gradually decreasing, his restless heart began to stir again, racking his brains to plan a new conspiracy.

On this day, the sun was shining and the breeze was blowing. The factory specially organized all employees to attend an important skills training lecture. In the spacious and bright conference room, everyone took their seats in an orderly manner. Xu Damao and He Yuzhu happened to be arranged in adjacent seats.

When the lecture just started, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. The two of them were concentrating on the key points of knowledge taught by the lecturer, and they were at peace for the time being. However, the good times did not last long. Before long, Xu Damao could no longer restrain his restless heart. He rolled his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and revealed a sly smile. Then, he moved the notebook in his hand slowly towards the direction where He Yuzhu was. After a while, the notebook successfully occupied part of He Yuzhu's space, making the originally spacious seat suddenly a little crowded. Xu Damao pretended to be calm, as if he was completely unaware of all this.

He Yuzhu was concentrating on listening to the lecture when he suddenly felt a pressure coming from his side and his body was pushed to the side involuntarily. He frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy. He then turned his head and looked directly at Xu Damao, trying to lower his voice and said, "Xu Damao, what are you doing? Why are you squeezing into my side?" Facing He Yuzhu's questioning, Xu Damao not only did not feel the slightest bit of guilt, but instead put on an innocent look and responded in a sarcastic tone, "Hey, silly Zhu, this place is not yours! I just put my notebooks here, what's the matter? Do you want to care about such a small matter?"

He Yuzhu was furious when he heard this, and the anger in his heart burst out like a volcano. He could no longer suppress his emotions, and his voice unconsciously rose several degrees, and he shouted loudly: "Hey! How can you be so unreasonable? It's obvious that your own place is not enough, but you insist on squeezing into mine, and you even dare to make up your mind and say that it's my fault. Do you have any shame?" For a moment, the whole conference room echoed with He Yuzhu's angry roar, attracting many people around him to look at him sideways.

As the two of them were arguing, their fierce argument instantly attracted the attention of their colleagues. People who were originally concentrating on listening to the lecture turned their curious eyes to this side, and the order of the entire lecture site suddenly became chaotic. At this time, the leader in charge of organizing the lecture walked towards them with a frown on his face. He looked extremely serious and scolded in a low and powerful voice: "What are you two doing? This is a place for holding a lecture, not a place for you to make noise and act wild! Keep quiet!"

Hearing the leader's harsh rebuke, Xu Damao and He Yuzhu seemed to be cast under a spell and immediately shut their mouths. However, even though they kept quiet, the sharp eyes they looked at each other were still as hot as a burning flame, and the strong smell of gunpowder in them seemed to be ready to trigger another fierce battle at any time.

Finally, the long lecture came to an end in a noisy and awkward atmosphere. Xu Damao snorted with contempt, then stood up abruptly and walked away without looking back, leaving behind only a proud back. He Yuzhu sat there, staring at Xu Damao's figure as he walked away, the anger in his heart burning like a volcano about to erupt.

After the two returned to the workshop, Xu Damao was secretly delighted, and even a smug smile appeared on his face unconsciously. He thought he had finally let out a sigh of relief, and even if it only made He Yuzhu a little unhappy, it was a victory for him. But as the saying goes, a wise man is always wrong, Xu Damao obviously underestimated He Yuzhu's temper - you know, He Yuzhu has never been the kind of person who swallows his anger and is willing to suffer losses and grievances. This seemingly temporarily calmed storm is actually just a brief calm before the storm...

A few days later, the factory suddenly received a message that the advanced individual of the year was about to be selected. After hearing the news, everyone talked about it, but Xu Damao was secretly delighted, because he thought that his performance at work in recent times was quite good, and this time the advanced individual should be him.

However, things did not go as Xu Damao expected. While everyone was discussing the issue, He Yuzhu vividly and exaggeratedly described the incident in the workshop where Xu Damao had disrupted the lecture. Not only that, he also exaggerated some of Xu Damao's behaviors when hunting in the back mountain, which made people feel that Xu Damao was restless and unreliable.

These words swept through the entire workshop like a storm, and the workers who had originally had a good impression of Xu Damao began to re-examine him. Gradually, Xu Damao's image in their minds plummeted, and his impression score dropped sharply. When the final selection results were announced, as everyone expected, Xu Damao missed the title of advanced individual.

After learning the result, Xu Damao couldn't believe his ears. His face instantly turned red, veins popped on his forehead, and his eyes burned with anger. He found Liu Haizhong in a rage, grabbed his arm, and said angrily: "Second uncle, please judge the matter! That idiot Zhu is really too much. He actually put such a despicable trip on me behind my back! Now I don't have a place in the advanced individual quota. How can I swallow this anger?"

Liu Haizhong also looked helpless and advised: "Da Mao, why are you doing this? We should have kept a low profile, but you insisted on provoking him. Now you've suffered a loss. But we can't just let this go. We have to think of a more comprehensive way to deal with him. We can't be so impulsive again."

Xu Damao gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely: "Second Uncle, you are right, I will definitely listen to you this time, let's plan carefully and make sure that Sha Zhu falls flat on his face!"

From then on, Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong began to secretly discuss it. They decided to start with the cooking skills that He Yuzhu cared about the most. The factory occasionally had some tasks to entertain outside guests, and He Yuzhu was always in charge of cooking. This was his proudest thing. They thought that if they could make He Yuzhu look bad in this way, it would be a great relief.

So Xu Damao started to ask around and find all kinds of connections, hoping to do something about the food supply. He asked someone to find out about Lao Wang, who was in charge of purchasing food. This person usually liked to take advantage of small things, and Xu Damao thought he could find a breakthrough through him.

Xu Damao found an opportunity and went to Lao Wang's house with some small gifts. As soon as he entered the door, he said with a big smile on his face: "Brother Wang, I came here today just to chat with you and ask you something."

Old Wang looked at the gift in Xu Damao's hand and knew that he must have something to ask for, so he smiled and said, "Da Mao, just tell me what you want. We are colleagues in the factory, and I will definitely help you if I can."

When Xu Damao heard Lao Wang say this, he took the opportunity to tell Lao Wang his plan. He wanted Lao Wang to put some not-so-fresh ingredients in when preparing ingredients for He Yuzhu. This way, no matter how good He Yuzhu's cooking skills were, the taste of the dishes he cooked would definitely be affected.

After hearing this, Lao Wang was a little hesitant. After all, if this matter was discovered, he would be in trouble. But looking at Xu Damao's eager eyes and the temptation of those gifts, he gritted his teeth and finally nodded: "Da Mao, I have to tell you, this matter must be kept secret. If anything goes wrong, I will blame you."

Xu Damao was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly assured him, "Brother Wang, don't worry, I will take care of it if anything goes wrong, and I will never let you down."

Xu Damao thought his plan was foolproof and waited for the day when He Yuzhu would make a fool of himself. But what he didn't know was that He Yuzhu was very popular in the factory. As soon as Lao Wang agreed to Xu Damao's request, someone told He Yuzhu about it.

After He Yuzhu found out, he sneered and thought to himself: "Xu Damao, ah Xu Damao, you really are not giving up. You actually came up with such a dirty trick. Humph, let me see how I deal with you."

He Yuzhu remained calm and prepared to receive guests as usual, but he paid special attention to the ingredients when cooking. As expected, he found some ingredients that were not fresh, but he did not make a fuss. With his superb cooking skills, he skillfully processed these ingredients and the dishes he made were still delicious.

When the guests finished tasting the food and praised He Yuzhu's cooking skills, Xu Damao was dumbfounded. He never thought that this trick he had carefully planned would be useless to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu looked at Xu Damao's stunned expression, walked over, and said with a deliberate smile: "Hey, Xu Damao, why do you look so bad? Are you feeling unwell?"

Xu Damao was so angry that his face turned red and white, but he couldn't say anything. He could only glare at He Yuzhu and turned away. This failure made Xu Damao even more upset, but the spirit of not admitting defeat in his heart became stronger and stronger. He didn't believe that he couldn't beat He Yuzhu, and the contest between the two continued quietly in the factory. No one knew what kind of story would happen next time.