Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

At this time, outside the city wall of Sijiu City, Xu Damao was riding the bicycle that the factory provided for him to show movies, with the movie equipment placed on both sides, and climbing back with difficulty.

During these days, he waited outside for nearly half a month, showing a movie in 13 villages in a commune, and the car was also filled with local specialties.

The most important thing is that he had tasted all the widows in the 13 villages. As for the secret gossips in the villages, he only knew a little about them.

At this time, he didn't know that a big thing had happened in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and the Red Star Courtyard.

After finally getting to the Red Star Steel Mill and returning all the things, I hurried back.

When he arrived at the Hongxing Courtyard, everyone looked at him strangely. Li Damao thought it was because he had stayed in the village for too long this month and everyone thought he would not come back.

He returned to his backyard and knocked on his door.

"Da Mao, why are you back so late?"

Xu Damao's wife, Lou Xiao'e, opened the door and was surprised to see Xu Damao coming back so late.

You have to know that usually Xu Damao would not come back until the next day even after showing a movie at night.

Xu Damao was exhausted. When he saw Lou Xiao'e coming up, he started asking questions and got angry.

"Why, can't I come back at night? Can you still hide someone in the house?"

Originally, Lou Xiao'e was just asking out of surprise. She didn't care even if Xu Damao didn't say anything. But she didn't expect Xu Damao to slander her. How could she bear it?

"Xu Damao, you bastard, don't go to bed tonight."

Lou Xiao'e threw down a few words, then angrily returned to her room and wrapped herself in the quilt.

Xu Damao was also relieved. The main reason was that he had been fighting too hard with the widow in the village recently. Even his kidneys, which had been exercised for many years, could not take it anymore. He wished he had someone like Lou Xiao'e.

When I got home, I first looked around for food at home, but found nothing. I could only find some peanuts from the cupboard, then took out a bottle of liquor and started eating.

Although Lou Xiao'e was angry, she thought that Xu Damao was her husband after all, and he must be tired after coming back so late at night, so she took out some braised meat from the cupboard in the room, opened the door, and brought it to Xu Damao's table.

"Eat it. Things have been missing from the courtyard lately, so I put these foods in the room."

Originally, Xu Damao was quite surprised. After all, why were the braised pork and other dishes not placed in the cupboard? Why were they placed in the cupboard in the room?

After hearing Lou Xiao'e's explanation, I finally understood.

"Xiao'e, I'm sorry. I said something harsh just now."

Lou Xiao'e shook her head and sat next to him.

Xu Damao ate the stewed food and drank the wine, and asked casually:

"Nothing has ever been stolen from our courtyard, so why are things being stolen so often recently? Hasn't the thief been caught?"

Lou Xiao'e said softly:

"I'm not sure about this, but I heard everyone mention it. It seems to be the Banggen of the Jia family. However, I was at home the whole time and he didn't dare to come over, so I'm not sure if he is a thief or not."

Xu Damao's eyes were dazzled. When he thought of the Jia family, he thought of Qin Huairu.

As the saying goes, domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers. If we compare their figures, Lou Xiao'e is still a head shorter than Qin Huairu.

"If it's the Jia family's trick, then don't worry about it. You sit at home every day anyway, and this kid definitely won't come to our house to steal things. Our family doesn't need to care about this matter."

Lou Xiao'e nodded, she also felt that this was the truth.

"What happened in our compound recently? Why did I feel like everyone looked at me strangely when I came back?"

Then Xu Damao asked the doubts in his mind.

Lou Xiao'e thought about it. After all, a lot of things had happened recently, so she decided to tell her husband the most important thing.

"Jia Dongxu from the Jia family passed away a few days ago and was buried yesterday."

"Jia Dongxu is dead."

Xu Damao exclaimed, you know, Jia Dongxu was less than 30 years old, and he looked like a spirited young man, how could he die for no reason?

What’s more important is that I have only been gone for more than half a month, why do I feel that everything has changed?

"Well, I heard from the people in the yard that it seemed that the machine was not operated properly and the whole person was sucked in, and the lower half of his body was sucked away."

"Because of this incident, Jia Zhang even went to the factory to cause trouble, pinned Director Yang of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to the ground and scratched his face until it was stained with bruises. In the end, he received a 400 yuan pension and a work quota."

Lou Xiao'e told her husband Xu Damao everything she knew to prevent her husband Xu Damao from not knowing the truth of the matter.

Xu Damao took a breath.

You have to know that the leaders in the factory are more than one level stronger than the manager of Hongxing Courtyard. No matter how much trouble Jia Zhang made, she was only making trouble in Hongxing Courtyard. No one expected that she would dare to pin a factory director to the ground and scratch his face until it was covered with clowns.

Xu Damao sighed and felt a little regretful in his heart. He was the last one to know about such a big thing. The key point was that he did not even get to attend the buffet hosted by Jia Dongxu, his childhood friend. It was really a big regret in his life.

Moreover, Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu had bullied him since he was a child. When Xu Damao heard that Jia Dongxu was dead, he actually felt a little happy in his heart.

Xu Damao thought that this incident happened during the half month he was away, and he asked his wife Lou Xiao'e about it.

Seeing that her husband stopped asking her questions, Lou Xiao'e wanted to slowly tell him about what had happened in Hongxing Courtyard recently, but he no longer had the interest to listen, so she slowly held it back.

At this time Xu Damao had an idea in his mind, especially after his last meeting with Ye Wenwu in the town next to the Red Star Commune. He felt like a door had opened in his head, and it turned out that some things could be done in this way.

That was why he came back in a hurry at night this time. He planned to take a few hundred dollars of his own private money and a small gold bar from his father-in-law's house to see if he could get a good official position from Deputy Director Li.

If I get an official position, Sha Zhu will be dumbfounded then, because I can order Sha Zhu however I want.

So he planned to go to Ye Wenwu tonight to find out the truth. To be honest, he still had no idea about it and always felt that Ye Wenwu seemed to be holding back.