Siheyuan: Father Yi Zhonghai and Sister-in-law Lou Xiaoe

In the evening, when Yi Bufan came back, he took two lunch boxes from an old lady.

"One lunch box contains mutton dumplings. When the weather gets cold, this will keep you warm."

"The lunch box below is egg soup. Go back and drink it while it's hot."

"Hold the net bag, be careful of burning your hands."

An old lady handed the net bag to Yi Bufan.

"Have you eaten?"

Yi Bufan held the net bag in one hand and the lunch box in the other hand and took it. It was still warm, a little bit hot.

"Not yet, I'll eat it later."

"By the way, Xu Damao and his wife had another quarrel in the backyard. They said it was quite fierce."

An old lady said in a low voice.

"is it?"

"Then I'll go over and take a look later."

Yi Bufan glanced at the backyard, feeling a little curious.

Could it be that Lou Xiao'e is making a fuss again because Xu Damao didn't go to the hospital for a check-up?

Or was it that Xu Damao couldn't control himself and was caught cheating outside again?

In any case, since he is Xu Damao's brother-in-law, it would be bad to just ignore it.

After returning home, he drank a few sips of egg soup, ate a few dumplings, then picked up the bottle of wine and walked towards the backyard.

It's getting dark.

On the way, I took some time to open the Emotion Mall and exchanged two cans of meat and two bags of peanuts.

You can't just show up and say, I'm here to see you guys having a fight.

That's just asking for trouble.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm here to have a free meal."

Yi Bufan didn't knock on the door, he just shouted at the same time as he opened the door.

When they entered, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e both looked a little embarrassed.

Judging from the positions of the two people, they were definitely not caught doing something intimate.

It seems like he is hiding his emotions.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? We haven't even started cooking yet."

Xu Damao threw the half-smoked cigarette in his hand to the ground.

"Then sister-in-law, you..."

Yi Bufan turned his head to look at Lou Xiao'e, and seemed to see that there was some imbalance between the left and right sides of Lou Xiao'e's face.

"Bufan, I have to go home. My mother is not feeling well. I'll go back to see her. You guys drink first."

"There are steamed buns in the cage. You just need to heat them up later."

Lou Xiao'e turned her face away, took her bag and left.

Yi Bufan was not given any chance to speak more.

"Oh, okay, then go slower."

When Yi Bufan gave his response, Lou Xiao'e had already gone out and closed the door.

"Bufan, please sit down. I'll go fry some eggs. You take out the canned meat and put it on the plate. Pour the wine."

Xu Damao didn't say much and walked straight towards the kitchen.

"It seems that this problem is quite serious."

Yi Bufan muttered and started to act.

Now that Lou Xiao'e is gone, let's ask Xu Damao what happened.

I'll be alone on my way back anyway, so why not have a drink with him?

"in argument?"

Yi Bufan saw Xu Damao bringing over the scrambled eggs and sitting down and asked.

"Ah."

Xu Damao answered without hesitation.

"Still fighting?"

Yi Bufan asked again.

Xu Damao picked up the wine cup and clinked it with Yi Bufan's before swallowing it down in one gulp: "I couldn't help it!"

"As a man, you can't help swearing, you can't help drinking, you can't help using the weapons of your lower body, it's all fine."

"But beating a woman is really inappropriate!"

Yi Bufan and Xu Damao also drank it in one gulp.

"Ugh--"

Xu Damao sighed.

"why?"

Yi Bufan picked up a piece of scrambled egg and ate it.

"Bufan, I regret marrying Lou Xiao'e!"

"When Lou Xiao'e and I got married, many people envied us."

"She's a rich girl, the daughter of Mr. Lou from Lou Bancheng. She's pretty, rich, and a lady from a noble family."

"I like it too. My mother worked as a servant here for someone else, so I can say that I am close to the water and get the moon first."

"Honestly, I was really proud!"

Xu Damao seemed quite excited when recalling the past. He drank two cups of wine in a row without even taking Yi Bufan with him.

"Yeah, I heard a lot of people say that after I moved in."

"At least, compared to others, I have no worries about food and clothing."

"I guess your family has the best food in this yard."

"Desserts and fruits, etc., are things that other people don't see all year round, but you have them every now and then."

Yi Bufan naturally expressed his envy, and he was also envious on behalf of most of his neighbors.

"But what good would that do?"

"I want a promotion? I want a raise!"

"I also want to climb up and become an official!"

"Who wants to go to the countryside all day long, carrying a projector?"

“At that time, I really thought that Lou Bancheng could help me.”

"But I was wrong!"

Xu Damao was silent. He ate a few pieces of meat in a row, watched Yi Bufan fill his glass with wine again, and drank it directly.

"Why, Mr. Lou won't help you?"

Yi Bufan naturally asked the question even though he knew the answer.

"Huh, he wants to help, but I guess he's powerless."

"You know about Jia Dongxu's death this time, right?"

"pitiful!"

"Although the accident was caused by Jia Dongxu, he is still dead after all."

"What about the elderly, weak women and children at home?"

"The factory didn't provide any pension. When Zhu Xiaoming told me this, I was shocked."

When Xu Damao said this, Yi Bufan interjected.

"Zhu Xiaoming? Did you run to the wrong venue?"

Yi Bufan heard it suddenly and was a little surprised.

"Zhu Xiaoming is the director of our publicity department."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he took a bite of meat and continued, "In fact, Lou Bancheng did offer to help the Jia family. At least they should give them 500 yuan in compensation."

"After all, Jia Dongxu's father died in the factory."

"Now that Jia Dongxu is gone, we can't let his family live without a guarantee of security. That would discourage other workers."

Xu Damao talked leisurely and the wine never stopped flowing.

Fortunately, what Yi Bufan took out from his drawer was a small wine cup, otherwise, he would probably have fallen down now.

"Boss Lou is a good man!"

Yi Bufan followed with a sigh.

"Good man, what good is that!"

"The leader disagrees. He is a director in name only, but in reality, he has no rights at all."

"Not to mention four or five hundred, I can't even make a decision on fifty dollars."

"Zhu Xiaoming said that Lou Bancheng is just an empty shell, without any power or money."

"Besides, he also said that since I became Lou Bancheng's son-in-law, I would never get a promotion."

When Xu Damao said this, he slammed the table.

Obviously very angry.

"So, you beat Lou Xiao'e when you came back?!"

Yi Bufan finally understood that Xu Damao really regretted marrying Lou Xiaoe.

At this moment, Lou Xiao'e did not go home, but was eating mutton dumplings and drinking egg soup...