Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Xu Damao entered He Yuzhu's house. He Yuzhu smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, kid. Now that Yi Zhonghai and the others have left, you should be able to go back home." Xu Damao smiled and said, "Oh, no, Zhuzi, I really want you to prepare a feast for me. I plan to get married next Saturday and set up a feast in the courtyard to make everyone happy."

He Yuzhu thought for a while and said, "What scale do you want? Let me make it clear first, I must charge five dollars for each table as a service fee. This is my worth. Although we have a very good relationship as brothers, this rule must not be broken." Xu Damao nodded with a smile. Naturally, their family conditions were not bad.

In addition, his wife's family was very wealthy, so he could afford to pay ten dollars for a table, not to mention five dollars. Xu Damao nodded with a smile, and showed a flattering smile to He Yuzhu, saying, "Of course this rule is acceptable, it's just five dollars for a table. I'll trouble you next Saturday, and I want to invite you to cook."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Haha, don't you want to look for someone else who has better skills than me?" Xu Damao shook his head. He was really afraid that the things that happened at Yan Jiecheng's wedding would happen again at his wedding. He was very scared just thinking about it. Xu Damao was a very face-conscious person. If that happened, he would be too embarrassed to see anyone.

Xu Damao's face was full of flattery, and he said, "Oh, Brother Zhu. Your craftsmanship is famous not only in our steel rolling mill, but also in our city. Unless you call your master over, I really don't know who has better skills than yours. When the time comes, I will have to ask you for help with my business."

He Yuzhu nodded with a smile. Xu Damao's flattery made He Yuzhu very happy. Xu Damao looked out the door and said like a thief, "Brother Zhu, I heard that you can get beef. Can you buy more for me? I have to show up at this wedding banquet. Can you help me?"

He Yuzhu was stunned and said, "Who told you that I can buy high-quality beef? How come I don't know it myself? It must be someone else's nonsense." Xu Damao felt cold in his heart. He originally wanted to show off his skills at his wedding banquet. After all, it is very good to be able to eat pork these days, not to mention the very precious beef.

He Yuzhu wanted to laugh when he saw Xu Damao like this, and said with a grin, "But you and I grew up together, so why can't I worry about your marriage?" Xu Damao thought that there was a possibility that this matter could turn around! He looked at He Yuzhu with a very eager look, which made He Yuzhu feel sick.

He Yuzhu pretended to say, "It just so happens that your brother Zhu knows a cook, and that guy seems to know someone who sells beef. I'll ask him to leave ten kilograms for you, what do you think?" Xu Damao jumped over when he heard it, then took He Yuzhu's hands with both hands and said excitedly, "And Zhuzi, brother Zhuzi, you really helped me a lot."

Xu Damao smiled and said, "You don't know, grain production has decreased since this year, and even pork is very difficult to get. My father has already found a way to get 30 kilograms of pork, but you also know that my father-in-law is a very powerful person. If there is only pork at the banquet, my wife's family will definitely be unhappy. If there is some beef, it can also shut up their family."

He Yuzhu thought about it and asked Xu Damao, "Of course I know about the reduction in grain production. Hey, Damao, you go to the countryside every day. What is the situation in the countryside now?" Xu Damao pursed his lips and said, "Alas, the situation is really not optimistic."

"The countryside is in chaos now. Projectionists like us don't dare to go to the countryside alone. We have weapons in our hands. Purchasers are even more afraid to go to the countryside for fear of being robbed. I have been to a village called Majiadianer. The village suffered a great disaster this year. A large number of people fled to escape the famine. The rest are the old, weak, sick and disabled who can't walk, so they stay at home and wait to die."

"Some people die at home, and since there's no one to help send their films away, they just rot at home. Oh, it stinks, it's just indescribable. Now our Propaganda Department has very few screening tasks, and the people down there can't even get enough food to eat, so how can they have the leisure to watch movies? My father asked me to get married early so that I won't go to the countryside during this period."

Qin Huairu thought for a moment and said to Xu Damao, "Has the countryside already reached this point? Then how is our Qinjia Village doing?" Xu Damao said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. Qinjia Village is a big village with many people around. Although we can't say that we don't have to worry about food and clothing, at least no one has starved to death."

Knowing that his wife was worried about the situation in the village, he thought for a while and said, "Let's go to Dad's place in the south of the city tomorrow night. Dad should know something about the situation." Qin Huairu thought that this was the only way to do it. After all, it was her mother's home, and she was also very worried.

Xu Damao had dinner at He Yuzhu's house. He Yuzhu cooked dinner himself. His cooking skills were really good. The four adults ate all the food in the big pot. He Yushui wanted to go out with Xiao Qingmei, but he came back as soon as he opened the door.

Not knowing what her sister was up to, He Yushui said in surprise, "Brother, sister-in-law, big-hat brother, that old woman is back?" Xu Damao was furious when he heard it and said, "What a damn evil, she has been a scourge for thousands of years, why didn't she die in the hospital?"

Xu Damao was very angry with this old lady. When his family was preparing for their wedding some time ago, his mother fried some meatballs in the house. But this sharp-nosed old lady Long smelled it and threw a tantrum, wanting to leave most of the meatballs. This made Xu Damao very angry.

But Xu Lide didn't want his son to have a conflict with the people in the courtyard, so he could only let his son swallow his anger. Besides, Mrs. Long was the oldest in the courtyard, and if this incident caused her son's reputation to be ruined, once the Zhang family knew about it, her son's marriage would definitely be in jeopardy.

In order to ensure the smooth marriage of his son, he had no choice but to swallow this loss. But Xu Damao was so angry that he wanted to take revenge.