Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

Tea also intoxicates people, why do I need wine? Books are fragrant, why do I need flowers? Wine does not intoxicate people, but people get intoxicated by themselves; flowers do not fascinate people, but people fascinate themselves. Chanting is like white snow, and the heart is as pure as pure, and the fragrance of plum blossoms is also pure. I washed sand in the past, but I hate it today. The jade girl promised to meet me.

He Lihua was obviously drunk. Although her mind and thoughts seemed to be clear, her actions were a little out of line.

Xu Damao was curled up with a 1.68-meter-tall woman in his arms, with her long arms around his neck. In fact, it was no longer a hug, but a hanging. The body was shrinking down, and half of the weight was on Xu Damao's neck. Even though Xu Damao was skilled in martial arts, he couldn't bear it for a long time.

Xu Damao picked up He Lihua and went to the inner room and bedroom, and added more fire to the kang.

I wrung out a hot towel to help He Lihua wipe her face and burned her feet, and wanted to leave. But I heard He Lihua say, "You talk better than you sing, but in the end you still despise me. Go away, and don't come back after you leave."

Xu Damao was helpless. It wasn't that he didn't like He Lihua. She had a good figure, a pretty face, a strong family background, was a cadre, and was young. Who wouldn't like her? How could Xu Damao not like such a beauty? But he couldn't give He Lihua a happy future. Just because he was a bastard didn't mean he was irresponsible.

After thinking for a while, he went over and hugged the dazed He Lihua, "Lihua, I, Xu Damao, really love you and want to monopolize you, but I also know myself that I can't give you a future at the moment. And you are not thinking clearly now. When you are sober and have thought it through, we can talk about the future, okay?"

"I don't care. I just need you by my side right now. Yan Xiaosi abandoned me before, and my family abandoned me again during the Chinese New Year. You are going to abandon me again tonight. My life is redundant."

You, this girl is really a little emotionally unstable right now. Xu Damao knew that he probably wouldn't be able to go back tonight, so he had to hold He Lihua's hand and coax her to sleep.

He Lihua was exhausted and soon fell asleep.

Xu Damao left the bedroom, cleaned the table first, put the uneaten buns and dishes into the cupboard, washed the dishes with warm water, cleaned up, and made himself a cup of tea. While drinking tea and smoking, he thought for a while, found a pen and paper and wrote a note.

Xu Damao rolled up his sleeves and looked at the Plum Blossom watch on his wrist. It was almost nine o'clock. He looked at He Lihua who was sleeping soundly, then turned off the light in the inner room, leaving the light outside on, closed the door, found the gate lock at the courtyard gate, locked the door from the outside, and rode his bike back to Yandaixie Street.

He had to go home. Xu Damao had set a rule for himself that he had to go home overnight unless there were special circumstances, no matter how late it was.

Sure enough, Gu Meifang was waiting for Xu Damao to come home, and the gate was not locked. Xu Damao looked at the time and it was almost ten o'clock. He entered the courtyard, parked his bicycle, turned around and locked the gate again, and lifted the door curtain to go into the house.

The two daughters were already sleeping soundly. Gu Meifang was lying next to her daughters, flipping through her textbooks.

"Meifang, wait for me. You didn't even lock the door. Aren't you afraid? What if a bad guy comes in?"

"I thought you wouldn't be so late. I just put the child to bed and forgot the time while reading a book. There's hot water on the stove in the kitchen. Go and wash and warm your feet."

Xu Damao actually went to get a large basin of hot water and brought it to the inner room, "Meifang, let's soak your feet together, you will sleep better."

Without saying anything, he pulled Gu Meifang over from the edge of the kang, took off her socks, put them in the foot basin, and also pulled a small stool for himself to warm his feet.

Wipe your face, pour water, turn off the light and go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow. Xu Damao locked He Lihua in his house, so you have to go open the door for her early in the morning? !

This was the most appropriate solution I thought of while smoking yesterday: I would not disappoint my daughter-in-law Gu Meifang, nor would I disappoint He Lihua.

Life is a series of encounters, all of which are fate, without good or bad, right or wrong. When fate comes, treat each other well; when fate ends, we will separate. Since fate has not yet ended, Xu Damao must cherish it. No matter what, he must not let himself regret it later.

Early the next morning, Gu Meifang was a little surprised that Xu Damao was up so early.

I cooked porridge, boiled eggs, went out to buy some buns, put them in the steamer to warm them up, and went to the inner room to confess to Gu Meifang.

"Wife, we have to leave early today. I went to the district leader's house for New Year's greetings yesterday. She got drunk and locked the gate of her house. I have to open it in the morning."

"A single woman?"

Xu Damao did not hide it. "Yes, she is the director of the publicity department of the main factory. She encountered some problems yesterday and wanted to talk to someone. She got herself drunk. I had no choice but to lock the gate of her house. So I came back a little late yesterday."

"Then go ahead. Don't forget to bring your gloves and earmuffs. It's very cold outside. Don't catch a cold."

"Well, I've warmed up your breakfast in the steamer. You take care of the house. When I'm not at home, please bolt the door from the inside to avoid being disturbed. I'm leaving now."

Xu Damao hurried over, bought two more breakfasts and carried them into He Lihua's house.

The girl hadn't gotten up yet, and was actually snoring. Thinking it was still early, I went to the kitchen to cook some millet porridge, cut some shredded radish, changed the coal cakes, and boiled some hot water.

When the watch hand reached seven o'clock, he went into the inner room, "Hey, wake up. You're going to be late for work."

"Xu, why did I feel like you weren't on the kang yesterday?" He Lihua was really drunk and felt a little dizzy after being woken up.

"Yes, I came early in the morning. You drank too much yesterday, so I left very late. Look, I left you a note, but you slept all night and didn't see it. Are you dizzy? Get up, wash your face with hot water, drink some porridge and soup, and you'll be fine. I'll help you get up?"

He Lihua sat up slowly and saw a piece of paper on the kang, which read: You are drunk, and your drunken words cannot be trusted. Let's talk about the future after you sober up. The gate of the courtyard is locked from the outside, wait for me to open it in the morning.

"You're here so early! It's so cold outside. Ten degrees below zero, and you don't mind the trouble."

Xu Damao helped He Lihua get off the kang. After washing and dressing up, He Lihua looked radiant again. They ate warm breakfast together.

"Xu, your wife is really happy."

"Are you being sarcastic or ironic? Lihua, I'm actually a bastard. I've never told you about this before. My first wife was the hungry daughter of a big capitalist. Now I don't know where she is. My three children were also taken away by her. I don't know when I can return to Kyoto. This current wife is my former country sweetheart. We've been together for many years. Actually, I'm just a pervert. When I see a beautiful single woman, I get really bold and don't care about the consequences. That's what happened between you and me. I took advantage of her. Fortunately, you didn't report me, otherwise I don't know where I would be now. My wife gave birth to two daughters for me last year. I told myself that I couldn't let the three of them wait in the dark, so I went home no matter how late it was yesterday. This is what I should do. Otherwise, I would be a piece of shit."

"You are nothing now, coming to my place so early in the morning."

"Hey, that's not the case. My wife and I are being honest. We are here. She knows that I was here last night and you were drunk. People are like this. If you put them in your eyes, they are perfect no matter how you look at them. If you don't put them in your eyes, they are nothing no matter how you look at them. They are neither north nor south, but garbage. How do you see me now?"

He Lihua suddenly laughed, "You look like a wolf now, a pervert! Eat quickly, I really have something to do at work today."