Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Xu Damao?

Liu Guozheng blurted out.

"Comrade, do you know me?"

It seemed that someone called out his name. Xu Damao's eyes lit up and he felt happy in his heart. He was very famous. Even people in this remote village knew him. It seemed that the accommodation problem for today was solved.

Sure enough, this is Xu Damao.

Looking at the somewhat embarrassed Xu Damao, Liu Guozheng said, "I can't say I know him, but I've heard of him."

"Comrade, how do others talk about me? Do they all give me a thumbs up when they mention me?"

When it comes to this question, Xu Damao is a little anxious. He is eager to know his reputation among the people.

"hey-hey."

"I don't know whether they give a thumbs up or not, but I heard that there was a big-faced man who took advantage of the situation by showing movies and ate and took things, but the villagers dared not say anything, for fear of angering him and not letting them show movies."

"What's worse, they say that you, Xu Damao, not only cheated people for food and drink in the countryside, but also cheated people for sex."

"The main problem is that as a projectionist, my projection skills are not very good. I always interrupt the film. A one-hour movie takes two hours."

After hearing what Liu Guozheng said, Xu Damao's face turned pale and his body began to tremble.

"Defamation, absolutely defamation."

"Comrade, don't believe hearsay. Someone must be jealous of me. Yes, jealous."

"Jealous that I have a good job and jealous that I am handsome."

What was surprising was that as Xu Damao was talking, he stood up straight unconsciously, his body stopped shaking, and his face became red again, as if he was injected with some kind of energy, and his whole body became radiant.

Liu Guozheng was stunned.

I'm crazy.

How is this going?

Self-hypnosis?

Blind confidence?

If I hadn't read the fan fiction of Siheyuan on various platforms in my previous life, I would have thought this guy was a Korean?

"hehe."

"Da Mao, do you believe what you said?"

Liu Guozheng stared at Xu Damao and said.

"Believe it, of course I believe it."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he straightened his chest.

Liu Guozheng: “Haha.”

"Comrade, what do you mean, do you not trust me?"

Seeing Liu Guozheng chuckle twice, Xu Damao became anxious.

"hehe."

This again.

"Comrade, don't disbelieve me. Today I will let you see my projection skills."

"Come on, comrades, I'll show you a movie. I, Xu Damao, am not bragging. In the whole city, my projection skills are second to none. No one dares to say they are first."

Xu Damao rolled his eyes and didn't mention the matter of staying overnight. He said, "It's already midnight after the movie. You can't chase me away, can you?"

Liu Guozheng pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Okay, let's make it clear that we are only here to verify your projection technology. Our village doesn't have anything to give you."

"Comrade, are you slapping me in the face? I don't know who is spreading rumors, but I, Xu Damao, never ask for anything from my fellow villagers."

Xu Damao rolled his eyes and thought to himself: It’s a gift from my fellow villager, so of course I have to accept it.

Liu Guozheng brought Xu Damao to the village canteen.

"Oh, comrade, this is a coincidence. It seems like there is a happy event in our village. We must show a good movie today to celebrate the newlyweds."

I have to say that Xu Damao is very good at dealing with people and speaking. Just a word like "our village" can bring people closer together. He is indeed a talent, but a little lustful. Compared with other people in the courtyard, he is a normal person.

"Okay, let me see your projection skills today."

"If you do it well, you will get wine and meat. If you do it badly, you will be kicked out."

Hearing Liu Guozheng say this, Xu Damao was embarrassed. These three words touched his heart.

Today he was beaten up by someone's husband. He still felt some pain. If the village chief hadn't stopped him, his third leg would have been cut off. He was scared just thinking about it. He was only 20 years old, not married yet, and had a bright future, but it was almost ruined in this mountain valley. It seems that he should be more careful in the future.

(This book is set in 60, when Xu Damao was 20 years old, unmarried, and an intern projectionist at a steel mill.)

"Brother Zheng, hurry up, I'm waiting for you."

Everyone here is seated, just waiting for Liu Guozheng.

He briefly introduced Xu Damao to everyone and said he was the one showing movies. Everyone was very happy. They were all refugees from the countryside and had only heard about movies from others but had never seen one. They didn't expect that they would have the chance to see a movie today. It was exciting just thinking about it.

Of course, Xu Damao was arranged to sit at Liu Guozheng's table.

When Erlang and Li Xiujuan toasted to Liu Guozheng, Xu Damao's eyes widened at Li Xiujuan's beautiful face. He didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful woman in this remote place. It was a pity that he came too late, otherwise he would definitely get her.

"Snapped."

Xu Damao was thinking about entering Feifei's room, but ended up getting slapped in the face.

"If you keep staring at my wife, I'll gouge your eyes out."

Seeing Xu Damao's stupid look, Erlang took action right away.

"Brother, brother, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I have an eye cramp, it's an old problem."

After being slapped, Xu Damao was also smart and made up an excuse to get through this hurdle. This was also Erlang's wedding day, so naturally he couldn't care too much about it.

Liu Guozheng kept shaking his head as he watched. It seemed that he would have to give this guy a lesson when he had time.

Generally speaking, at weddings in the countryside, people usually drink until around ten o'clock, and then they start to make trouble in the bridal chamber.

Today, it's not possible. Everyone is thinking about watching movies, so they don't drink much. After all, there are not many opportunities to watch movies. Wine is different. Anyway, there is nothing to do now. You can drink three times a day as long as you can bear it.

After the wedding banquet, everyone moved to the student classroom and played a movie in the classroom.

Movies in the 1950s and 1960s were basically in black and white, and most of them were red movies.

Xu Damao brought two films, one was The Eternal Wave, released in 58, and the other was Tiger's Lair, released in 56. Both were the most popular films of that era.

The movie lasted until after ten o'clock and officially ended.

Everyone was so busy discussing the movie that they forgot to make trouble in the bridal chamber, allowing Erlang to escape.

While others lived in tiled houses, Xu Damao lived in a cave with Liu Guozheng.