Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

It has been a long time since I stepped into the No. 95 Courtyard. Except for the time before the New Year when I went back to clean the backyard, Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe basically lived in Yandaixie Street. Although it was not far from the No. 95 Courtyard.

So, the day before work, Xu Damao brought his whole family to He Yuzhu's place to pay New Year's greetings and have a meal.

He Yuzhu is now a big favorite of Director Yang. Not only does he manage the Third Canteen and the Small Canteen, but even the canteen director has to flatter him.

After He Yuzhu and Xu Damao went to the boss's house to serve him for the first time, they often went to the boss's house to cook for him. As a result, they had a good relationship and were highly valued by the factory director. Before the New Year, the factory should have discussed letting He Yuzhu serve as the deputy director of the canteen.

Xu Damao would not go to build a relationship with Director Yang. He knew very well that he had to have a clear position and could not waver. Moreover, Li Huaimin had told him before the New Year that he might be transferred to the main factory as the deputy director of the Propaganda Department this year. The position of the factory's propaganda department might fall on Xu Damao. It was even more impossible for him to take the initiative to build a relationship with Director Yang. Li Huaide could do the work.

However, there is no such scheming in building a relationship with He Yuzhu. The two were originally childhood friends, and the two families have been supporting each other and making progress together in the past few years, and they get along very well.

Today, He Yushui's boyfriend came to visit.

One can imagine how lively the main house in the central courtyard is.

He Yuzhu and Yu Li were busy in the kitchen, the three children were playing together, He Yushui was holding her niece He Jianmei and chatting with Lou Xiaoe, Xu Damao and He Yushui's boyfriend were smoking and drinking tea together, and Xu Damao knew that He Yushui's boyfriend was a police officer from the police station under the jurisdiction of the cotton mill.

He Yushui was quite discerning. He found a public official right away when he was dating, and he was a public official who could carry a gun. This gave him a sense of security. Today's trip was worthwhile. He met another trustworthy and powerful person.

During the dinner, Xu Damao also made a solemn promise to He Yushui, whom he had treated as his younger sister since childhood, "Sister Yushui, when you get married, Brother Damao will definitely give you a big red envelope."

Of course, Xu Damao also found out through He Yuzhu about things that happened in Compound No. 95 in recent years that Xu Damao didn't know about.

For example, last year, Jia Zhang instigated her grandson Banggeng to go to the food factory to find out about his mother Qin Huairu.

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Damao certainly knew that Jia Zhang's face was thicker than the walls of Kyoto, and there was nothing she couldn't do.

"Da Mao, you don't know that in recent years, the people who have the best life and the best food in our courtyard are the grandmother and grandson of the Jia family next door to my house. They often go to restaurants now, almost once a week. They are rich. I don't know how the old lady of the Jia family got Qin Huairu's address. Knowing that Qin Huairu is living a good life now, she wanted to stick to her, just to tear a piece of her flesh. Unexpectedly, Qin Huairu's man is so strong that she kicked the old lady of the Jia family and Banggeng out with just a few punches and two kicks. This incident was quite famous last year, and Jia Zhang even made a scene at the street office. Director Wang knew about Jia Zhang's situation, so Jia Zhang and Banggeng didn't succeed in their evil plan."

"Didn't the uncle participate in this matter?"

"You're talking about Uncle Yi, he doesn't even bother to take care of the Jia family's affairs now. Aunt Jia wants to take advantage of her, every time she comes to ask Uncle Yi to take care of her, Uncle Yi takes out the IOU written by Brother Dongxu and shows it to Aunt Jia, asking her to pay back the money. My goodness, Jia Dongxu has borrowed more than a thousand yuan from Uncle Yi. Uncle Yi is worthy of being Uncle Yi, he is such a victim."

Drinking and chatting, Xu Damao got a general understanding of the interesting things happening in the compound.

Before leaving, he did not forget to arrange a job for He Yuzhu.

"Brother Zhuzi, there may be a wedding banquet for an acquaintance in the second half of this year. If I need you, I will look for you then. Please don't be rude to me."

"Well, if you, Xu Damao, ask me to prepare a feast, how can I not go? After all, you call me brother."

This is what Xu Damao suddenly remembered. He thought that Pu Ju and Hu Wanxi should have a wedding this year. On the third day of the first lunar month, when he went to the Pu family to pay New Year's greetings, Pu Ju made it clear that Hu Wanxi would graduate this year. Moreover, the parents of both sides have already met to discuss their affairs. It turned out that Hu Tianhua and Pu Yulin knew each other before, but they were just not familiar with each other. Now, their children have become in-laws, and there is also a disciple Xu Damao who is familiar with each other. How could Xu Damao not pay attention to this matter?

It's time to go to the countryside to show movies again.

Xu Damao took the opportunity to ask Li Huaimin for a projectionist apprentice.

"Section Chief, when will you be promoted to the main factory this year? In the first half of the year?"

"Xiao Xu, what's the matter? Are you in a hurry? You want to take my position as soon as possible, but it's still early. Probably in the second half of the year. Actually, it's not 100% certain. Don't worry, if I go to the main factory, the position of head of the publicity department will definitely be yours. The promotion from deputy section chief to section chief is a natural thing."

"Chief, that's not what I meant. I just thought that the general tasks for this year have been assigned, and the projection task must have fallen on me. I don't want to train a projection successor for the factory. Why don't you apply for a projection apprentice from the factory for me? I promise to teach him to project movies independently within half a year, so that I can save some time."

"Do you have a candidate? This request is reasonable. OK. Write a report and I'll ask Director Li to approve it."

"There is indeed a distant relative who asked me to help his son find a job. Chief, do you think I am abusing my power for personal gain?" Xu Damao is now speaking more casually to Li Huaimin. After all, the two are now close. Last year, when Li Huaimin's daughter got married, Xu Damao gave her an imported plum watch worth more than 300 yuan. It was a big deal. Although the watch was an old watch that Xu Damao bought from a trust bank for more than 100 yuan, and it was still broken at the time. However, Xu Damao found his senior sister Liu Suhua, who not only repaired the watch, but also refurbished it, making it look no different from a brand new one. Liu Suhua is an expert in repairing old Western clocks and watches in the museum. For her, refurbishing a watch is child's play. Not only did he save money from Li Huaimin's daughter, but he also enhanced his friendship with his senior sister Liu Suhua. Where did this good thing come from?

Xu Damao originally wanted to reserve the position of projection apprentice in the factory for Chen Zhiyong. Chen Zhiyong graduated from junior high school last year, but he didn't want to go to high school. After all, his family was not well off, and as a son and an older brother, he wanted to earn money to support his family as soon as possible. So he didn't go to high school and stayed at home to work as a farmer.

Xu Damao even went to the countryside to persuade Chen Zhiyong, but he refused to listen. There was no other way, so he was allowed to go to the city to learn projection. After all, it was a skill, and it could also help him to move from rural to urban areas.

Therefore, he still had to implement the personnel quota for the projection apprentice as soon as possible. Having taken advantage of the mother for so many years, he had to shoulder the responsibility of being a father. Although Chen Zhiyong was only seventeen after the Chinese New Year, the age difference was not a big deal. With Xu Damao around, it would be no problem to recruit workers to the city.