Siheyuan: After I moved in, the compound became a mess

Except for Wang Dabao, everyone else was wearing uniforms and was noticed by the waiter as soon as they entered the door.

Waiters and salesmen these days are very arrogant, and their attitude towards customers is very arrogant. If you are in a good mood, the dishes you ordered are available, but if you are in a bad mood, they will tell you that the dishes you ordered are not available, and you can choose whether to eat them or not.

The restaurant is not far from the police station, and judging from the looks of those people, they don't look like ordinary police officers. The waiters are very good at reading people's expressions and of course they will also serve them according to the people they serve.

Two young waitresses came closer and stared at Wang Dabao for a long time before asking Director Zhao.

"Comrades, what would you like to eat?"

Director Zhao and others immediately turned their eyes to Wang Dabao. After all, the purpose of today's meal was to welcome him, so it would be unreasonable for them to order the dishes first.

Wang Dabao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I joined the army when I was sixteen, and just got discharged. I haven't had the chance to come here. It's better for Chief Zhao to choose."

"Comrade, you just got transferred back from the army? Which unit were you assigned to?"

Before Director Zhao and the others could say anything, the older waitress, estimated to be around 30 years old, spoke first, "It seems that you don't have a partner yet?"

The waitress's words completely confused Wang Dabao.

It was Director Zhao who came to his rescue, "Comrade, let's order the food first. We can talk about my little brother's girlfriend after we have dinner."

There were six dishes: sweet and sour pork, vinegar and wood sticks, stir-fried double-cut pork, braised beef in soy sauce, and braised pork elbow, plus a bowl of spinach and egg soup. They also ordered four pounds of rice. Because they had to work in the afternoon, none of them drank any alcohol.

When the dishes were served, Wang Dabao realized that what Director Zhao said was true.

You can smell the fragrance from far away, the color is authentic, and you can tell it is made by a master chef. Take a bite and it is just the right amount of saltiness and the taste is amazing.

After the meal, Wang Dabao just watched the few people wolfing down their food.

Director Zhao was fine. While he was eating, he did not forget to pick up a few slices of braised beef with soy sauce for Wang Dabao.

By the time everyone put down their chopsticks, the food was basically gone.

When I checked out, it cost fourteen dollars and eighty cents.

The money was supposed to be spent by the two deputy directors, but Director Zhao and the instructor also shared a lot. Seeing this, Wang Dabao took out the bill from his trouser pocket and paid the bill issuer with three catties and two taels of meat coupons and two catties of fine grain coupons.

Wang Dabao did this because, firstly, he didn't want to owe favors to others, after all, there might be friction at work in the future. Secondly, it was not easy for everyone, and he was the only one who could feed the whole family, while others might have a family of five or six people who depended on this one person's salary to survive.

Seeing that the waitress was about to come over again, Wang Dabao hurriedly pulled Director Zhao and others out of the state-owned restaurant.

Wang Dabao went back to the police station to get the big cloth bag. Just as he was about to say goodbye to the others, he saw Director Zhao pushing a 28-inch bicycle over to him. "Deputy Director Wang, you can just ride this bicycle for now. I'll get you a motorcycle when I have the chance."

"Got it."

Seeing the 28-inch bicycle, Wang Dabao smiled. He thought, “Don’t complain about the brokenness of this bicycle that you got for free.”

After saying goodbye to several people from the police station, Wang Dabao rode a 28-inch bicycle with a large cloth bag on the back seat, humming "Sister" while sitting at the bow of the boat, and returned to the courtyard.

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I happened to meet Xu Damao who was also returning on a bicycle.

"Oh, you're riding a bicycle now?"

When Xu Damao saw Wang Dabao riding a bicycle, he felt a little jealous. After all, his bicycle was provided by the factory and did not belong to him.

"I borrowed it from a friend."

Wang Dabao said casually, "Are you off work?"

Xu Damao is a projectionist and works in the Art and Propaganda Department of the steel rolling mill, but he is also under the management of the projection station. His working hours are relatively flexible compared to those of ordinary workers.

He also needs to go to the countryside frequently to show movies, which is a job arranged by the projection station.

Going to the countryside to show movies was a good job. Although the villagers didn't have enough food to eat in those days, the commune was not poor, so Xu Damao could at least make some extra money.

At the age of 25, although he was the lowest-level projectionist, his monthly salary was 35.5 yuan.

Apart from going to the countryside, I basically have free time. With the help of Wai Laoer who goes to the countryside to show movies every time, life in this compound is pretty comfortable.

Of course, compared to myself, it is definitely not that good.

He had just gotten off his bike and taken a quick glance at it, and when he looked over again this time, Wang Dabao was stunned.

Wow, Xu Damao is dressed very smartly.

The white short-sleeved shirt had not a single wrinkle on it, and he wore navy blue trousers. His leather shoes were polished to a shine, and his big side-parted hair looked like it had been licked by a dog in a kennel. If you got closer, you could smell a hint of fragrance.

Look at the items on the bicycle, there are several net bags.

Chicken, pork, eggs, cucumbers, tomatoes, a fish and two bottles of wine hanging on the handlebars of the bicycle.

Inside a net bag were two packages of cooked food wrapped in brown paper, which looked like braised beef, pork head or fried peanuts.

This is incredible. Nowadays, walking on the street with these things is like walking around the streets with hot girls in the future. You need seven or eight big blackjacks to buy these things.

Now we have a controlled economy. It’s not enough to just have money, you also need tickets.

"Hey, you're going to celebrate the New Year! How much does it cost to buy such a nice thing?"

Wang Dabao pushed his bicycle and entered the gate with Xu Damao.

"Well, it's only a small amount of money. The main thing is that I'm happy and it feels good to spend the money." Xu Damao raised his chin and began to brag to Wang Dabao. The main reason was that Wang Dabao's house decoration in the past few days really made everyone in the compound envious.

"Brother Dabao, to tell you the truth, your brother Damao is going on a blind date today. Aunt Li from the Central Courtyard introduced her to us. I heard she's the daughter of a wealthy family, so we have to invite her to dinner."

"That's right. With your conditions, I'm not saying this, this is absolutely the case in our compound."

Wang Dabao gave a thumbs up and said, "He is much better than that idiot Zhu from the middle courtyard. I think your marriage will be successful."

Wang Dabao made Xu Damao happy with just a few words.

"Okay, Dabao, I like what you said. We must have a drink together someday."

"Since we get along well, we should drink a little when we have the chance. I wish you a successful blind date and a happy wedding soon. We can drink at your wedding then."

Wang Dabao secretly thought that Xu Damao's blind date today might be Lou Xiao'e, so should he intercept her? Pah, what was he thinking? It was all because of his fan fiction in his previous life. When he heard someone was going on a blind date, his first thought was to intercept her.

Speaking of which, Xu Damao is the real male protagonist in the TV series. Although he is a villain, he is playing the script of the protagonist.

Wang Dabao's skills in picking up girls and striking up romance with women are top-notch. He remembers that when he was watching TV series in his previous life, there was an episode where Xu Damao exchanged a few steamed buns for Qin Huairu to go to the small warehouse.

Now that I think about it, Qin Huairu must have gone there, otherwise with Xu Damao's personality, would he just let it go? !

Speaking of Qin Jingru, we have to talk about Xu Damao's eloquence, which is really effective.

He got what he wanted with just a set of clothes and a lot of deception. Isn't that infuriating?

Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Xu Damao often goes to the countryside to show movies and needs commentary. In any case, he just has a good speaking skill. It seems that being a scumbag does require talent.

This does not include the later factory beauties Yu Haitang,

Wang Dabao was secretly surprised. Lou Xiao'e, Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru, Yu Haitang, wow, if you don't count them, you won't know, it turns out that Xu Damao is collecting stamps!

There is another awesome person in this compound, the Thief of the Stick, who has done nothing in his life, but is now worth tens of millions when he is over 50 years old!

Silly column?

He is just the first supporting role, so let’s not mention him.

The two chatted and walked into the front yard.

Uncle Yan Bugui and aunt Yan were carrying honeycomb coal under the sun.

"Hey, Old Yan, you are pouring coal."

Wang Dabao said something in a hoarse voice.

"It's too damp to burn."

Yan Bugui wiped his sweat, then reacted, and immediately frowned and looked at Wang Dabao, "Dabao, I'm not saying anything bad to you, but look at what you are saying..."