Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

After the Spring Festival, the subdistrict office officially launched the "Love Hygiene and Eliminate Four" campaign.

This time I'm busy.

Oh, Xu Damao remembered now. No wonder every village was catching sparrows when he went to the countryside this time. Sparrows may be small, but they are meat. Wrap them with big leaves and cover them with yellow mud, throw them into the fire to roast them, and then tear them apart and eat them. They definitely taste like beggar's chicken.

Every corner of the city is full of activities such as cleaning up garbage, collecting rat tails, killing flies and mosquitoes. Even schools have set rat tail targets for students, and if they fail to meet the target, they will not be awarded the mobile red flag.

He Yushui was in a terrible situation, she couldn't catch the mouse. This was what I was most afraid of when I was a kid.

Just before dinner, Xu Damao received a difficult but glorious task. The target of Lou Xiaoe, Yu Li and He Yushui's rat tail fell on him.

"My three ladies, I don't have time. I have to go to the countryside every week in all weathers. I won't have any free time until the end of April."

"No matter what, this matter falls on you and Brother Zhuzi. You can collect rat tails when you go to the countryside. There are many rats in Brother Zhuzi's warehouse. You two grown men will not ask us three women to catch rats. I am afraid of that thing." Lou Xiao'e made the final decision, and Xu Damao had to take on this difficult and great task.

The task Xu Damao received today has not yet been completed.

At night, after coaxing Xiao Huo Huo to sleep, Lou Xiao'e crawled into Xu Damao's bed and stuck close to him.

"Da Mao, look, Huo Huo is already one and a half years old. It's time to give him a sister."

In fact, this task was not in Xu Damao's schedule. He knew that starting next year, the most arduous and extraordinary suffering would continue for three years. This was a historical fact that he was very clear about. There were many people across the country who ate all the grass roots and tree barks and swallowed Guanyin soil. In some provinces, tens of thousands of people starved to death. That was not false.

He wanted to get through this difficult period peacefully before considering the plan of having a daughter with Lou Xiao'e. However, when Lou Xiao'e's fiery body approached him, he ran out of ideas. He couldn't wait until next year when food was extremely scarce and then have a daughter.

Even though Xu Damao is not sure what the situation will be like next year, he should be able to get through it.

Let it grow. Before spring comes, the land still needs to be cultivated. He still wants to cultivate the land in the countryside, not to mention his own 1.3 mu of fertile soil. It doesn't make sense.

Be a person who lives and works in moderation and has a regular schedule. Reading, practicing martial arts, going to the countryside as outdoor sports, and traveling at public expense. Be a person who pays attention to life, and life will pay attention to you.

I went to the countryside every week and came back every Saturday. I exercised and studied every day. These days really lasted as Xu Damao expected, or even later, until the end of May.

If you have a heart, you will get something. In the past few months, while learning knowledge, I have intentionally collected some old stuff during my trip to the countryside. Hard work pays off. Every week, every village receives more or less materials, ranging from various copper coins to some porcelain. The most bulky is antique furniture, such as armchairs and coffee tables. The most bulky is a large table, 55 meters long, 82 centimeters wide, and 55 centimeters high. The table is full of carvings and is very beautiful. Xu Damao studied relic archaeology and was sure that this was a large red sandalwood table that could date back to the Ming Dynasty. He fell in love with it as soon as he saw it. In the end, after much persuasion, he spent all the 50 yuan in his pocket and wrote an IOU for yuan, and then he asked the seller to ask the village's tractor to deliver it to Yandaixie Street. He went to the basement to withdraw Lou Xiao'e's savings and paid the full amount.

It's really expensive to collect things. This case directly cost him two months' salary. If it weren't for Lou Xiao'e's savings, he really couldn't do this. He has no way to make money now.

Money is spent like water. From time to time, I have to buy some chickens, eggs, and dried meat from the countryside. I have to spend money everywhere. There is only one way to make money: a monthly salary of more than 56 yuan, plus field subsidies, which means a total of just over yuan a month.

Xu Damao is really envious of He Yuzhu now. This silly Zhu is getting more and more famous now. From the Spring Festival to May, he has a banquet every week, 1.5 yuan per table, and also takes away two meat dishes. The best banquet has six tables, and he makes a net profit of ten yuan.

No wonder He Yuzhu rarely shows up in Compound No. 95 now.

The three people who show up least in the No. 95 compound are Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi from the backyard, and He Yuzhu from the middle yard. Xu Damao basically stays in the countryside from Monday to Friday. Liu Guangqi has been living in the unit dormitory since he got married, and rarely returns to the compound, not even once a month. Since He Yuzhu got married, especially now that he has a son, he has been taking private jobs everywhere and has become addicted to making money.

Making money is definitely addictive, and another addictive thing is gambling. Jia Dongxu has forgotten the pain after the wound healed. He went to gamble again in the den controlled by Niu Datou, but now he dared not ask Niu Datou for money to gamble. Niu Datou and his gang also changed their strategy towards Jia Dongxu, making him win less and lose more, boiling the frog in warm water. It's rare to have a regular money-giving stick, so we can't scare him away. At least we can make ten or eight yuan a month, which is enough for a very high-end meal.

If Xu Damao knew that Qin Huairu basically didn't let Jia Dongxu get on the bed to do things, and Jia Dongxu basically met his needs in Juer Hutong, he could really understand Qin Huairu's resentful eyes. But Xu Damao really didn't care about Qin Huairu now. He was addicted to learning antique knowledge and practicing Xingyi Baguazhang. After returning from the countryside, Lou Xiao'e was addicted to having a daughter. How could he have time to deal with Qin Huairu? Besides, Qin Huairu is not having a hard time now. Although she eats poorly in Jia's house now, it doesn't mean she is not full. Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang are sometimes a little afraid of Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu has learned to carry a kitchen knife to chop people. This is also the reason why Jia Dongxu is a little disgusted with Qin Huairu. He feels that his big man's face has been trampled under the feet of his wife. The house is small and very inconvenient. In fact, Jia Dongxu misunderstood. Since Qin Huairu and Xu Damao had been dissolute in Qinjia Village, she really disliked Jia Dongxu's little toothpick.

There is no harm without comparison. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

She just wanted to raise Xiaodang in the compound in peace and stability before asking Xu Damao to find her a job. There was no rush now. She would think about what Xu Damao said every day. She was very satisfied with her current life. As for what Jia Dongxu was doing outside, she actually knew a little bit because Yu Li had revealed some to her and asked her to pay attention to Jia Dongxu's movements.

Although Qin Huairu only graduated from elementary school, she had a high IQ. She was very aware of her man's abnormalities, but she was too lazy to pay attention. She only needed to receive 18 yuan of living expenses from Jia Dongxu every month on the day he paid his salary, which was enough for her to live a stable life with her family. As for the extra two yuan of pension money that Jia Dongxu gave to Jia Zhang every month, it had nothing to do with her.