The Happy Life of Xu Damao in Siheyuan

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was just dawn.

He Yuzhu was pulled out of the warm quilt by the three Banggen brothers and sisters. A burst of cold air hit his face, which made Silly Zhu tremble. The fire in the stove was extinguished last night. Now the room is colder than outside. Only the quilt can provide warmth.

A hint of warmth.

"What are you doing? You're not letting anyone sleep anymore."

"Uncle Silly, didn't you say yesterday that you would ignore you on New Year's Eve and kill you on New Year's Day? We have all memorized the words and are waiting for you," Banggeng shouted.

Silly Zhu suddenly woke up and jumped up on the spot: "Yes! Now that the New Year's Eve has passed, the third uncle, Xu Damao, it's time for us to settle the accounts!"

He Yuzhu got up from the bed with strong perseverance, put on his clothes despite the biting cold air, Bang Jian, Xiao Dang, and Sophora japonica followed furtively behind him.

The first goal is to deal with the enemy who made him lose face last night. The third uncle had to step aside. He Yuzhu took out an iron piece from his pocket and opened the latch in front of the main door.

But I found that the door was unlocked, which was better and just what I wanted.

Following his order, three little loaches came in, tapped the bowl with their chopsticks, and knelt on the ground to sing.

"Uncle Damao, Uncle Damao, the Chinese New Year is here! Give me some New Year blessings and let's live together!"

"One yuan is less, two yuan is less, three or four yuan is just right. If you don't give it, I don't want it, and you won't be able to hold the baby!"

He Yuzhu, who was leaning against the window, smiled like a mouse falling into a rice vat. He was secretly proud of himself. I am such a genius!

"Silly Zhu, why are you laughing?" A voice suddenly sounded next to him.

"Go away, brother, I'm here to mess with you!"

"Who are you pranking so early in the morning?"

"Who else could it be? Xu Damao...uh??"

He Yuzhu laughed for a long time, and suddenly felt that the voice sounded familiar. Looking back, he saw Xu Damao standing in front of him in his spare time, with heat rising from his forehead, as if he had just come back from morning exercise.

"Why are you here?" Silly Zhu's eyes widened.

Xu Damao said calmly: "I want to ask you, why are you standing in front of my house so early in the morning? Yes, you seem to be covering the whole hospital's hygiene for a month. Why, are you helping me clean the door of my house?"

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He Yuzhu's face turned dark when he mentioned this.

He felt depressed. He hadn't looked at the almanac in the past two days. Why was he having bad luck one after another? In the past, he was riding on Xu Damao's head and crushing him, but in the past two days, he was being played around by Xu Damao.

At this time, the three little ones in the room also realized that there was no one in the room, so they rushed out, looked at Xu Damao, then looked at Silly Zhu, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.

He Yuzhu quickly winked at Banggen, who immediately understood and pulled his two sisters to kowtow. Just as he was about to sing the lyrics while tapping the bowls and chopsticks, Xu Damao interrupted lightly: "No need to sing. I, as an uncle, will be celebrating the New Year."

You can’t show anything at all.”

So wise?

Bang Gang's eyebrows were filled with joy, and Silly Zhu's face also showed a proud look. He said to himself, "Xu Damao lets you act like a ghost, but you still have to drink my foot-washing water. See if you don't lose three or four yuan."

"But our courtyard is all about new people, new things, and new looks. I also have to ask for the children's suggestions, okay? Bangge, do you brothers and sisters want New Year's money or White Rabbit toffee?" Xu Damao asked democratically.

He took out a handful of White Rabbit toffee from his pocket.

Almost at the same time, Banggan, Xiaodang, and Huaihua swallowed hard and looked eagerly at the toffee in Xu Damao's hand, unable to take their eyes away.

"Xiao Dang wants toffee!"

"Sugar! Sophora japonica has never eaten toffee in her life!"

Xiaodang Huaihua shouted on the spot, Banggeng struggled internally, and finally reason prevailed: "I want money..."

"The minority obeys the majority! Then milk candy!" Xu Damao ignored Bangge's weak right to speak.

He Yuzhu exhorted from the side: "Silly boy! Of course money is important. If you have money, you can buy candies and firecrackers..."

Xu Damao glanced at him: "You either shut up, or you kneel down and kowtow to me, and it counts as your vote."

He Yuzhu closed his mouth knowingly, feeling aggrieved in his heart. He felt that Xu Damao had become smarter, as if he had seen through his own thoughts.

In the end, Xiaodang and Huaihua defeated Banggeng with an advantage of two to one.

The three children looked expectantly on their faces, but they saw Xu Damao put away the handful of White Rabbit toffees without haste, took out only one, and threw it to the stick under the bewildered gaze of eight pairs of eyes.

in the bowl.

The solitary toffee made a crisp sound in the empty bowl, like a beggar under an overpass begging for a penny.

"Just one?!" He Yuzhu's eyes widened.

"Otherwise? I didn't say how much," Xu Damao said confidently, laughed, and proudly rode his bicycle out of the courtyard, leaving He Yuzhu and the three little ones looking at each other.

"Uncle Damao is going out now, so don't send him away!"

There was once a difficult question: how could a circus keeper reasonably allocate four apples to five monkeys without arousing their dissatisfaction and leading to a strike?

Some people say that killing a monkey will ensure equal distribution, but in recent years, a better answer has been released.

That is, the keeper eats three apples and throws one apple to four monkeys, letting them fight for it. This is called transferring class contradictions.

When Xu Damao saw this answer, he was so impressed that he was the old chairman.

And Xu Damao used this trick to easily take care of the three troublemakers. With their limited knowledge, they could never think of going to Xu Damao to kowtow and sing for New Year's Eve. Instead, their attention was completely diverted to consider the ownership of this toffee.

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"Huaihua is the youngest, and she has never eaten toffee in her life!" Sophoraia spoke first, and her laughter flowed all over the floor.

"You are only so young and you have a lifetime! Xiao Dang sang the most energetically just now, Xiao Dang should be the one to eat!" Xiao Dang was not to be outdone.

"Stop arguing, I am the elder brother, I should eat it!"

He Yuzhu had a headache after hearing this. Xu Damao was so wicked, playing such a trick!

In the end, he came forward to solve the problem with a dark face: "Let's not hang around here. The third uncle will wake up in a while. Let him react and attack again, but it will have no effect! I will give you each a toffee later and it will be over!"

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The three little ones then beamed with joy, sharpened their knives, and rushed towards the third uncle's house. Five minutes later, the third uncle's house let out mournful wails.

According to the rules, Xu Damao went home on the first day of the new year.

Xu's father and Xu's mother smiled from ear to ear when they saw the large and small packages of gifts that Xu Damao brought back. Xu Damao didn't hide anything and told what he was about to do. Xu's father said happily: "Our family is going to have a wedding.

What a leader!"

Xu's mother also asked excitedly: "Then if you become a cadre, will you be able to enter the special supply store in the future?"

"It's still early!" Xu Damao smiled and shook his head.

In this era, the special supply store was modeled after Big Brother's small birch tree store. It was not open to ordinary people and was only available to cadres. It provided rare goods that were difficult to buy outside, such as Maotai liquor, Huazi, perfume, and whiskey.

Caviar and foie gras are commonplace and very cheap.

Xu Damao had heard someone say that the plump yellow croaker there was only 0.5 yuan per pound. Unfortunately, even at the level of deputy director Li, he might not be able to get in.

As famous as the special store is the Friendship Store in Donghuamen. It just opened last year, but it is famous far and wide. The slogan of the Friendship Store is: "We want the best products for the products on the market; for the products that are lacking in the market

, we must have it; whatever is fashionable in foreign countries, we must also have it!"

The signboards made in this era are waterless. In comparison, the department store in Wangfujing can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. However, even so, it is also a high-end place that countless ordinary people cannot afford.