Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Last night, Xu Damao slept in the room that Lao San and his family shared. Usually, Lao San and Li Dabao were the only ones in that room. When Chen Weiguo and Nan Yi came, they would also stay in that room.

Li Dabao has returned to the factory, and now the third brother is alone.

Letting Xu Damao live here also makes it convenient for the third brother to call him in the morning.

"Da Mao, wake up."

At six o'clock in the morning, the third brother got up on time.

In the north in winter, it’s still dark at six o’clock. The only people who can get up so early are the third brother and Chen Huwei.

Even Master Yuan, the chef, gets up at 7 o'clock every morning, washes up and starts preparing breakfast. The meal is served on time at 8 o'clock. If you miss this time, you will have to go hungry because the kitchen fire will be turned off after the meal.

"Old Three, what time is it?"

Even though the lights are on in the room, I can't tell whether it is bright outside.

"It's five minutes past six."

The third brother looked at his watch and said, "Liu Guozheng asked Li Dabao to buy the watch at a commissioned store in Sijiu City. Every young man has one."

"Ah? No, I'll sleep a little longer."

Xu Damao subconsciously tried to pull the quilt to cover his head, but the third brother lifted it up. Fortunately, there was heating in the room so it was not cold.

"Xu Damao, don't forget what you said last night. I'll give you five more minutes. If you haven't woken up by then, don't blame me for being rude."

The third brother was not unreasonable. He naturally understood that unless one developed a habit, it would be very difficult to get up.

"Third brother? Third brother, let's discuss it. Can I leave at half past six?"

Xu Damao’s idea was very simple: the longer the sleep, the better.

"I'll give you five minutes. If you still don't get up after five minutes, don't blame me for being rude."

The third brother was not trying to scare Xu Damao. In Hope New Village, except for the strengthened Liu Guozheng, no one was as strong as the third brother, not even Chen Huwei who had joined recently.

When Chen Huwei faced the third brother, he could only rely on skills to win.

When winter just started, Erlang didn't want to get up in the morning, so Lao San carried him directly into the fish pond. After three days in a row, Erlang became obedient.

You have to know that it was not too cold at that time, and most people would not be able to withstand being thrown into the water.

"Oh, get up, get up, only those who endure the most hardships can become the best."

Xu Damao encouraged himself.

"hiss.."

"It's really cold outside."

As soon as I went out, there was a gust of cold wind. It was too cold.

"Old Third, what are you doing with the basin of water?"

"Prepared for you."

Seeing Xu Damao got up, the third brother poured the water out.

"No way, you don't want to throw cold water on my bed?"

"You can try tomorrow."

The third brother glanced at Xu Damao.

"Haha, no, no, I will definitely get up on time tomorrow."

Xu Damao didn't dare to try it. Although he seldom came to Hope New Village, through the few contacts, Xu Damao knew that the third brother was the kind of person who kept his word. If he didn't get up, he would really dare to splash water.

"Third brother, isn't Brother Zheng coming with us?"

When he arrived at the training ground (basketball court), Xu Damao did not see Liu Guozheng except for the third brother and Chen Huwei.

"Brother Zheng won't get up so early."

"what?"

"Xu Damao, stop it. Let's not do the warm-up before the exercise. Let's just start running. Let's start with a jog on the first day. Follow me."

The third brother ran first.

Xu Damao jogged behind and said, since we are up, let’s start.

Chen Huwei was different from them. He practiced Xinyiquan on the basketball court, practicing over and over again at a leisurely pace.

"Old Three, shall we take a break?"

After jogging three laps, Xu Damao was out of breath and had difficulty breathing.

"Da Mao, hold on. Adjust your breathing. Try to inhale every three steps and exhale every two steps. Take it slowly. Don't rush."

The third brother slowed down his pace and walked side by side with Xu Damao, while teaching him a running breathing method.

"Okay, that's it. Yes, keep it up."

"Okay, not bad, that's seven laps already, hold on."

"Well done, last lap"

"Good, good, Damao, good job."

It’s true, the third brother is really good at teaching and encouraging people.

Xu Damao is only 19 years old now, at the age of youth and unwillingness to admit defeat. He also longs for change in his heart. He actually persisted in his first morning run.

The next step is to learn the routine.

The third brother is good at military boxing, which is a style of boxing that has been tested in actual combat. No matter whether one has a martial arts foundation or not, one can practice and learn it. It does not require practicing stances first like traditional martial arts, which takes a lot of time.

The third brother taught seriously and Xu Damao learned quite well, at least in the third brother's opinion, since it was his first time practicing after all.

In the following period of time, as long as you persevere and carry out a lot of practice, you will be able to achieve a qualitative leap.

After exercising for an hour, the three went to the bathhouse to take a bath.

The village bathhouse has hot water showers 24 hours a day, but if you want to take a bath, you have to wait until night.

Today's breakfast is a simple beef soup, pickled vegetables and fried steamed bread slices.

The children got an extra boiled egg.

After breakfast, some people study, some play chess, some play cards, and the main thing is to relax.

At noon, two acquaintances came.

Secretary Jiao of Hongqi Commune and District Chief Jiang of Jingxi Mining District.

Chen Weiguo brought back a truckload of fresh fish yesterday morning, and Secretary Jiao and District Chief Jiang knew about it in the afternoon.

The New Year is coming soon. No matter what the results are, everyone has been busy for a year.

All major government agencies and enterprises are trying their best to ensure that their employees have a good New Year and work harder to build the New Xia Kingdom in the coming year.

Before coming, both of them had calculated how many fish they would need. It would be one fish per person, by the number of fish.

When the two men came, they specifically went to the mine to borrow a truck, so that they could take away all the fish needed by the commune and the district.

Since they were already here, Liu Guozheng did not refuse.

Go directly to the fish pond to fish.

They weighed the goods and loaded them onto the truck, and said they would send someone to the commune and district to settle the bill tomorrow.

This job must be Chen Xiaolan's, because she has martial arts skills.

It was another income, and everyone was happy from the bottom of their hearts.

No matter when, being able to make money is something to be happy about.

After seeing the fish in Hope New Village, Xu Damao had the idea of ​​changing his job. If his job was a buyer, he could live in Hope New Village like Li Dabao.

In this way, I won't have to delay my work, nor will I have to delay my martial arts practice. It's a perfect way to kill two birds with one stone.

"Brother Zheng, what do you think about me changing my job?"

With such a good idea in mind, Xu Damao decided to seek Liu Guozheng's opinion.

"Da Mao, what job do you want to change to?"

"A buyer."

"Da Mao, now that you've changed your job, won't it be inconvenient for us to watch movies in the future?"

"Brother Zheng, these are all small matters. If I become a buyer, who knows, I might be able to show a few more movies every month."

"Are you serious?"

"Of course."

"Then you should think about it carefully, and go back and ask your father for his opinion."

"Yeah, I understand, brother Zheng."

My goodness, if Xu Damao really changed his job to a buyer, does that mean that Xu Damao’s fate has completely changed?

Thinking of this, Liu Guozheng shook his head.

let it go!