Siheyuan: I stand for Xu Damao because he is my brother

But in fact, Xu Damao’s father’s real name is Xu Fugui.

The eldest is called Xu Fugui, and the second is called Xu Hang. Are they still brothers? This time they are embarrassed...

But in fact, this is because Xu Dacan’s great-grandfather lost the family tree when he fled from Shandong to escape famine.

What's more, his grandfather was uneducated, so he just followed the crowd and called the eldest son Fugui and the second son Goudan, and even said that humble names make it easier to raise children!

Xu Dacan's father was very angry because he had been ridiculed for this name since he was a child.

Later, his father returned to his hometown in Shandong and found the family tree from a relative. He then decisively went to the police station to change his name to Xu Hang. He also gave his eldest brother Xu Fugui a new name, Xu Fan.

The eldest is called Fan and the second is called Hang, which means "set sail to cross the vast ocean".

But unfortunately, Xu Fugui has been called this name for more than 20 years and is unwilling to change it, so the current situation has arisen.

After the greetings, Xu Fugui greeted his daughter-in-law and asked everyone to go into the house and sit down.

Xu Damao's mother was away visiting relatives. As soon as he sat down, Xu Fugui said to him, "Your mother is at Aunt Wu's house. Go and call her and tell her that Dacan is here. Ask her to come back and cook!"

After sitting down, Xu Fugui asked a lot of questions about Dacan's family's recent situation. Hearing that his parents and sister were doing well, Xu Fugui couldn't help but feel relieved.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and said, "It's been almost 20 years since your father and I last saw each other. Dacan, work hard. When you earn a salary in the future, bring them over so that we can meet each other!"

It's rare for a man as shrewd as Xu Fugui to show his true feelings like this.

In this era, the carriages are slow and the letters are far away. He is already this old, and the next time we meet may be the day when he closes his eyes.

This was all as it should be. Xu Dacan accepted it and took out the gift.

Xu Fugui looked displeased: "You brought things to your uncle's house. Isn't this a slap in my face?"

Xu Dacan said hurriedly, "My father asked me to give this to you. He said it's cold here in the winter, so I asked you to keep it and make a scarf or a hat out of it."

Xu Fugui accepted the mink fur with a smile, and pointed at the pile of things on the table and said to Lou Xiaoe, "Did Damao steal these again?"

Lou Xiao'e said helplessly: "Yes, he won't listen even if I tell him."

Xu Dacan discovered that the relationship between his uncle and Lou Xiao'e was not as bad as rumored in the courtyard. At least they had the same opinion about Damao.

As for Xu Damao's mother, the old lady was anxious to have a grandson, so when she saw Lou Xiao'e, she asked her "Are you pregnant?" and "Do you want to eat something sour?" This is also human nature.

This made Lou Xiao'e feel very disgusted, as if it was her fault that she couldn't get pregnant.

In front of Xu Dacan, Xu Fugui and Lou Xiao'e didn't say much, but instead kept chatting with him.

Lou Xiao'e also interjected at the right time, playing the role of a perfect listener.

The harmonious atmosphere lasted until Xu Damao's mother came in.

As soon as Lou Xiao'e saw her, the smile on her face quickly faded; Xu Dacan saw this and hurried over to her: "Auntie, are you okay?"

Xu Damao's mother, Xu Tao (I made this up), was surprised and shocked. She held Xu Dacan's arms with both hands and looked him up and down.

While looking at you, he praised: "You are so handsome! When I first saw you, you were only this tall, and now you have grown into a big boy in the blink of an eye."

After returning home, Xu Fugui went to the east end of the village to buy a pound of white wine.

Xu Tao used the vermicelli and pork that Mao brought home and added a large cabbage to stew a big pot of pork and vermicelli.

While cutting the meat, he still scolded Xu Damao with a distressed look on his face: "What? You bought so much meat during a festival like this."

Xu Damao now gets a headache whenever he sees meat: "Mom, that's not the case. Well, it's hard to explain in a few words. Meat is in such a short supply in the city right now. Our factory has held a mobilization meeting and all employees have to buy meat! Buying meat means helping the government solve its problems."

Xu Tao was skeptical when she heard this. How could meat become a disaster one day?

Xu Dacan also chimed in: "Auntie, don't say you don't believe it. I didn't believe it at first! But guess what? Recently, we have been eating meat every day in that courtyard. Even the stingiest widow bought two pounds of meat. It's like Chinese New Year."

When Xu Tao saw so much meat, she decided to go for it and poured half a bottle of soy sauce into the pot.

Xu Damao was so excited: "Mom, that's right! You have to add soy sauce. It tastes better with soy sauce."

Xu Tao slapped him in anger and said, "Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat! Why don't you go and see your wife? I, as the mother-in-law, am cooking in the kitchen, but she is just sitting in the room like a queen, letting you two brothers hang around the stove. She really has a good conscience!"

Xu Damao and Xu Dacan pretended to fill the firewood while the other kept coughing. Xu Tao was so angry that she poked Damao with a finger and said angrily, "Look at you, you are such a mess!"

Seeing this, Xu Dacan quickly interrupted and said, "Auntie, please don't let my sister-in-law enter the kitchen. She can cause too much damage."

Xu Tao looked puzzled: "Too big?"

Xu Dacan coughed twice. "Just last time, two days ago, my brother went to work. When I came back from outside, I saw thick smoke in the kitchen. I was so scared that I rushed in with a basin of water. Guess what happened?"

Xu Tao subconsciously asked him: "What's the matter?"

"The pot is burning red!" Xu Dacan said excitedly with an exaggerated expression.

"Wait till I open the pot and take a look..."

Xu Dacan looked scared: "After I cleaned up the kitchen, I asked my sister-in-law, are you going to learn alchemy? My sister-in-law blushed and said I just wanted to boil two eggs."

Xu Tao was dumbfounded. Damao was listening to his serious nonsense. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. His face turned purple from trying to hold it in.

"I asked my sister-in-law why she didn't add water when she boiled the eggs. She blinked her eyes and asked me, 'Shouldn't you wait until the eggs are cooked before adding water? '"

Cut off, ah, cut off life? !

This time, not to mention Xu Damao, even Xu Taoshi couldn't stop laughing.

She kept patting her legs and said, "Forget it, forget it. It's really hard for her as a grown-up girl. How could she have ever cooked?"

The crisis was resolved. When the two of them walked out of the kitchen, Damao gave Xu Dacan a grateful look, thanking him for helping Lou Xiao'e out of the predicament.

Everything was fine at first, but Xu Dacan couldn't tell why, he always felt that there was danger in Lou Xiao'e's eyes when she looked at him.

After lunch, Xu Dacan also drank almost four taels of white wine and was already a little dizzy.

Lou Xiao'e asked him to help soak the dishes and chopsticks in the wooden basin in the yard.

He didn't take it seriously and took them all out quickly.

When they were left outside the house and it was just the two of them, Lou Xiaoe suddenly came up to him and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I want to learn how to make alchemy?"