Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Lou Xiao'e sat in the back seat of the car, feeling very nervous: "Dad, is it not good for us to leave it like this?"

She treated today's trip as a blind date, so she was inevitably embarrassed.

"Silly girl, what's wrong with that?" Lou Zhenhua laughed, "Let's not do anything else today but go and see Xu Damao's house, got it?"

"what?"

"What?" Tan Yali counseled her daughter, "We are just taking a look. There is nothing wrong with him. We saw him last time. Take a closer look this time. If you don't like him, let alone a platoon leader, we will ignore him even if he is a division commander."

Tan Yali's reluctant words made Lou Xiao'e feel a little relieved.

Lou Xiao'e has older brothers and sisters, and none of them decided their own marriage, so when Lou Xiao'e grew up, she knew that her future would probably be similar to that of her older brothers and sisters.

Which girl doesn’t have love in her heart and doesn’t want to choose her own man?

As the three were talking about this, the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes, almost causing Lou Xiao'e in the back seat to hit the back of the chair.

"How do you drive..." The driver made a mistake and couldn't help but curse the car in front of him that caused the accident.

Normally, the driver is stopped wherever he goes when driving his car, so he is very angry.

"Shut up!" Lou Zhenhua shouted, "Why don't you look at what kind of car this is? Go down and see if there is anything wrong. Who is the other party? Be nicer."

"Yes, sir!" The driver dared not disobey and got out of the car quickly.

Lou Zhenhua knew very well that having money was not as good as having power, and the new GAZ-69 in front of him was not something that ordinary people could ride.

There is no doubt that this is Zeng Wangcai's car.

Zeng Wangcai picked up Secretary Wang from Maihe Commune and they chatted about the experimental fields all the way.

Although Zeng Wangcai was lying flat in his previous life, he had a car and would drive out for a ride when he had free time.

People who lie down are not qualified to drive luxury cars. In his previous life, Zeng Wangcai drove a Haval that once dominated the sales charts, but he only bought compulsory traffic insurance and basic commercial insurance.

Therefore, he drove very carefully, avoided luxury cars, and parked next to trams.

Just now, Zeng Wangcai drove his car and turned right into the alley, and the car on the opposite side wanted to turn left into the alley. According to his habit, the right of way was definitely on his side in this situation, and the car on the opposite side let him go first, but he didn't expect that the car on the opposite side didn't give way at all, so the current situation became what it is.

"Dude, how do you drive?" Zeng Wangcai poked his head out of the car window, "Back up and let the right go, don't you understand?"

When the driver saw Zeng Wangcai wearing a military uniform, he dared not say anything. He didn't even ask the questions Lou Zhenhua asked him and returned to the car.

"Sir, he's a soldier." said the driver as he backed up.

Lou Xiao'e, who was behind, lifted the sunshade on the car window and saw Zeng Wangcai, with a dark face, driving past. Zeng Wangcai was much darker than before, and Lou Xiao'e only took a quick glance and did not see Zeng Wangcai's face, but she felt that he looked very familiar.

"Dad, it seemed to be Zeng Wangcai, but I couldn't see clearly." Lou Xiao'e guessed.

"It's very likely!" Lou Zhenhua looked out the window and saw Secretary Wang in the back seat, and Zeng Lao San who was flattering Secretary Wang. "He was said to be very capable, but now he's not doing so well. Why does he still need to drive for someone?"

"Could it be that the person in the car is unusual?" Tan Yali also saw the interaction between Secretary Wang and Zeng Laosan.

"No, absolutely not." Lou Zhenhua, who had met some important people, said firmly, "This person is an official, but definitely not a high-ranking official."

This made them confused, and their expectations for Zeng Wangcai began to decline.

Zeng Wangcai naturally didn't know all this. He parked the car in front of the courtyard gate, asked Secretary Wang to get off, asked Zeng Laosan to be in charge of the reception, and then drove to pick up the two old men by himself.

Secretary Wang naturally did not dare to complain, as he already knew who he was going to meet today.

Before Lou Zhenhua reached the gate of the courtyard, he saw Zeng Wangcai driving out in an empty car. This time they met face to face and the whole family confirmed that it was Zeng Wangcai.

After confirmation, Lou Zhenhua became even more confused.

"He really became a driver." Lou Zhenhua muttered in confusion.

He didn't even ask Lou Xiao'e about her opinion of Zeng Wangcai. In his opinion, what Tan Yali said just now was complete nonsense. It was important for his daughter to like it, but it should still come after the needs of the family.

After getting off the car, as he had agreed with Xu Damao in advance, Lou Zhenhua did not let the driver go in first. Instead, he asked the driver to lead the way carrying the net bag and the cow paper bag.

After entering the yard, Lou Zhenhua and his friends didn't see anyone, so they couldn't find anyone when they wanted to ask.

Lou Zhenhua had no choice but to humble himself and let the driver continue going inside, and his family of three followed.

Arriving at the front yard, Lou Zhenhua saw the flowerbed made of broken bricks and a mess of miscellaneous items in front of Yan Bugui's house, and couldn't help but frowning: "The environment of the compound is too bad."

"Yes, there is also a fishy smell!" Tan Yali echoed, "Is there really such a powerful person in a place like this?"

In the opinion of Tan Yali and Lou Zhenhua, powerful people should not live here.

However, perhaps because Lou Xiao'e had not seen many of them and was still young, she was not disgusted by the courtyard houses, but rather was somewhat curious about them.

Apart from this difference, the three people all felt the same: the smell in the courtyard was too bad.

It’s no wonder. How can killing a pig smell good?

After entering the middle courtyard, Lou Zhenhua realized where the people in this courtyard had gone. They were all here watching the fun.

The source of the unpleasant smell in the yard was also found: someone was slaughtering pigs.

"Dad, they are slaughtering pigs." Lou Xiao'e was very interested. "Didn't you say that people's lives are hard now? They can still slaughter pigs. It doesn't look like they are having a hard time."

"This..." Lou Zhenhua didn't know the inside story. Xu Damao didn't tell him, so he naturally didn't know. He explained casually, "Maybe they have a happy event. This has nothing to do with us. Let's go. It's so dirty and smoky."

He was already thinking of backing out. He really didn't like the environment and atmosphere of the courtyard, and he didn't like the way the people in the courtyard drooled over the pigs.

This is normal. In the original novel, Lou Zhenhua has expressed his dislike for Xu Damao many times, especially the courtyard house, but it was said through Lou Xiaoe's mouth.

"Please make way, please make way!" The driver led the way in front, and Lou Zhenhua followed behind with his nose slightly covered.

Lou Xiao'e even shrank behind Tan Yali to avoid the gazes of everyone in the courtyard.

"Hey, who are these people? They are not from our hospital."

"Are you here as a guest?"

"No, look at them going to the backyard. This girl is very pretty."

"Yes, a little bit, but still far behind Zhang Xiuzhi..."

Lou Xiao'e was shy at first when she heard the discussions, but when she heard people say that she was worse than Zhang Xiuzhi, she felt a little unhappy.

As for girls, which one can withstand such comparison in appearance?

Coincidentally, Lou Xiao'e knew who Zhang Xiuzhi was. Yesterday, when Lou Zhenhua and his wife were trying to get Xu Damao to tell her something in a roundabout way, she overheard it and knew that Zhang Xiuzhi was Zeng Wangcai's fiancée.

Therefore, Lou Xiao'e started to feel dissatisfied before she even met the person.

After finally squeezing into the backyard, Lou Zhenhua and the other two were again at a loss as to what to do by the situation in Xu Damao's family.

Xu Damao's family was renovating the house. The yard was cluttered with wood, tools, and a makeshift bed built by Xu Damao.

Fortunately, Xu Damao knew that Lou Zhenhua was coming, and had already cleared a space at the door and set out a square table and chairs, ready to receive him.

"Hey, Uncle Lou, let someone notify me when you guys arrive so I can pick you up." Xu Damao was overjoyed to see Lou Xiao'e coming as well, thinking that most of his work was done. He quickly greeted her, "Please take a seat. I've let the workers rest today. It's a bit messy, but it's still clean."

Lou Zhenhua nodded. Since he was already here, he might as well ask.

A few minutes later, Xu Damao prepared tea and served it to the guests.

Lou Zhenhua held the cup but didn't drink. He asked casually, "Your yard is so noisy today. Is there a happy event?"

"Oh, you mean slaughtering a pig? I forgot to tell you, Zeng Wangcai is treating us to a meal to entertain our senior leaders. If you don't like it, let's go out now and go to a restaurant..."

Entertaining a big leader?

"No, I really like killing pigs..."