Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

"Bad luck!" Xu Damao cursed inwardly, then gritted his teeth and agreed, "Okay! I promise you. But I don't have that much money on me. How about you come back to the city with me to get it?!"

The old woman hesitated. The village party secretary said, "Sister-in-law, ask him to write a confession. When he brings the money, you return the confession to him. If he doesn't bring the money within three days, I will take you directly to his workplace."

"This old Biden! How cruel! Is he trying to kill us all?" Xu Damao muttered to himself and said, "No need to go through so much trouble. Send someone to go with me to get it."

The old woman’s eldest son said, “Mom! Let me and my second brother go with him! Liu Aidi is here anyway, if he plays any tricks, just send Liu Aidi to the police station.”

Xu Damao said hurriedly: "Don't worry! I won't play any tricks!"

The old woman sighed, nodded and said, "Be careful on the road, go quickly and come back soon!"

"Hey!" The two sons responded in unison.

Xu Damao put on his clothes and left the village overnight, accompanied by two big men. The three of them walked for more than three hours and finally arrived at Sijiu City. Xu Damao was used to spending lavishly. Although he had worked for several years, he only had a little over a hundred yuan saved. This was his own money, so Xu Damao would certainly not take it out, and even if he did, it would not be enough. Xu Damao took the two of them directly to his parents' home.

"Knock, knock, knock! Knock, knock, knock!" Xu Damao arrived outside his parents' house and knocked on the door gently.

Xu Wood, who was sleeping, heard a knock on the door and suddenly opened his eyes. After listening for a while, he confirmed that it was a knock on the door. He immediately got up from the bed, walked to the door, and asked, "Who is it?!"

Xu Damao quickly replied, "Dad! It's me! Damao!"

Xu Wood frowned immediately, opened the door, and asked, "Why are you here so late?!"

Xu Damao said directly, "Dad, I'm in trouble!" Then Xu Damao didn't dare to delay for a moment, and told Xu Wude what happened like a bamboo tube pouring beans. After listening to Xu Damao's narration, Xu Wude was immediately furious, slapped Xu Damao and asked, "How could you do such a thing?!"

Xu Damao urged, "Dad! Let's talk about this later. Give me the money quickly. Otherwise, if they send me to the police station, I'll have to eat peanuts! I'm your only son. You can't just stand by and watch me die, can you?!"

"Okay! Okay! Okay! I'll save them! I'll save them!" After saying that, Xu Wude staggered back to the inner room. After a while, Xu Wude came out of the inner room with a stack of money, turned on the light, and said, "Da Mao, let those two people in!"

The two brothers standing outside the door heard what Xu Wude said and walked in. Xu Wude put the money on the table, took out a pen and paper, and said, "Here is the money, you two write a receipt."

The two brothers looked at each other and said, "Give the money to your son! He still needs to go back to the village with us. Later, in front of the village chief and others, let your son give the money to my mother."

Xu Wude had not expected that the two rural people were so smart and actually avoided the trap he set. Xu Wude sighed helplessly and said, "Da Mao, take the money and go! Remember to bring your wife back!"

"Hey!" Xu Damao responded dejectedly, took the money and walked out.

After Xu Damao left, Gu Jinlian came out from the inner room and saw Xu Wude slumped in the chair. She hurried to Xu Wude's side and asked, "Boss, what's wrong with you?!"

Xu Wood muttered to himself, "What a sin! I never thought that this kid would do such a thing?!"

Gu Jinlian asked: "Boss, what should we do now?!"

Xu Wood sighed and replied, "What else can we do? We can only hope that this matter will not be exposed to the steel mill. Otherwise, Damao might even lose his job."

Gu Jinlian said: "As long as our Damao marries that woman, what can others say?!"

After hearing what his wife said, Xu Wude calmed down immediately. After thinking for a while, Xu Wude smiled bitterly and said, "Lou Bancheng is Lou Bancheng after all!"

Gu Jinlian was shocked when she heard the words "Lou Bancheng" and asked, "What does this have to do with him?!"

Xu Wood said ambiguously: "I hope this has nothing to do with him."

Xu Damao's arrest was indeed related to Lou Bancheng. If it weren't for the anonymous letter, Lou Bancheng would have compromised. Why did he just find a family with a good background and know his family well to marry his daughter to? But when Lou Bancheng received the anonymous letter, he keenly smelled the smell of conspiracy. Although Lou Bancheng restrained himself a lot after liberation, once his family was involved, Lou Bancheng would definitely not let him go easily.

Xu Damao's arrest in the village was just the beginning. Lou Bancheng would not let Xu Wude's family off so easily.

When Xu Damao returned to the village, it was already daybreak. Arriving at Widow Liu's house, Xu Damao saw that besides Widow Liu's in-laws, even the village chief and the village party secretary were waiting. Xu Damao walked into the house, took out the money from his pocket and put it on the table, saying, "This is the money you asked for. Please ask the village chief to help write a letter of introduction. I will take her away now."

Widow Liu, who was about to commit suicide, heard Xu Damao's words, and her eyes suddenly lit up. She looked at Xu Damao in disbelief. Widow Liu asked, "Are you really willing to marry me?!"

Xu Damao replied impatiently: "Isn't that nonsense?!" After that, Xu Damao looked at the family of Liu Guafu's husband. Liu Guafu's mother-in-law snorted coldly, looked at Liu Guafu, then looked at Xu Damao, picked up the money on the table, and shouted: "I don't want to see you two dogs and bitches in the village again! Get out of here!" After that, Liu Guafu's mother-in-law took her family away.

After watching the widow Liu's in-laws leave, Xu Damao heaved a sigh of relief. The village chief took out the certificate he had already issued from his pocket, handed it to Xu Damao, and said, "I didn't expect to encounter this. We won't keep you here. I hope you will come often in the future!"

Xu Damao took the certificate and said, "I will keep your friendship in my heart."

After sending the village chief and the village party secretary away, Xu Damao urged, "Liu Aidi, pack your things quickly. When you're done, wait for me at the entrance of the village."

“Oh!” Liu Aidi responded and started packing her things.

"Hey?! Damao, who is this girl?!" Xu Damao took Liu Aidi to get the marriage certificate, and just as they stepped into the gate of the courtyard, the second aunt's voice rang out.

Xu Damao smiled and hugged Liu Aidi into his arms, saying, "This is my wife Liu Aidi!"

"Da Mao, you're getting married?!" Second Auntie muttered in surprise, and said sourly: "You did a good job of keeping it a secret!" Then she asked: "When are you going to invite everyone in our courtyard to a banquet?!"

Xu Damao said, "Second Aunt, as the wife of the man who manages the courtyard, how can you be so ignorant?! Now the higher-ups are advocating keeping everything simple. Are you going to go against them and reverse the course of history?!"