Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

But later, when Lou Bancheng was having dinner with the leaders of the steel rolling mill, he happened to mention Xu Damao, so he asked about Xu Damao's situation. It turned out that a leader in the factory heard about how Xu Damao got married, and told it to Lou Bancheng as a joke.

After all, the affair between Xu Damao and Qin Jingru caused quite a stir in Siheyuan, and the people who worked in the steel rolling mill in Siheyuan spread the matter as gossip to the steel rolling mill. Xu Damao was originally a minor celebrity in the factory. He liked to tease some pretty young female workers in the factory, and had some unclear relationships with some coquettish widows in the factory.

Moreover, Xu Damao was seen many times in the factory, talking and laughing with the young widow Qin Huairu. He also put his hands on Qin Huairu and had something unclear with her. So the fact that he was forced to get married became a joke in the factory. It spread widely and even reached the ears of many leaders.

So when Xu Damao was mentioned at the dinner table this time, a leader who didn't know that Xu Damao almost became Lou Bancheng's son-in-law told Lou Bancheng the embarrassing story of Xu Damao's marriage as a joke.

When Lou Bancheng heard that Xu Damao was such a lustful man, he tricked a widow's cousin from the same courtyard into bed with her before getting married, ruining her body. Later, he was forced to marry the country girl reluctantly.

What made him even angrier was that, after calculating the time, he found that the period when he was having an affair with the widow's cousin was exactly the time when Xu's mother was begging the Lou family for marriage for Xu Damao. That is to say, at that time, Xu Damao was deceiving the widow's cousin from the same courtyard into bed while still thinking about marrying his daughter, and had no intention of marrying the country girl named Qin Jingru at all.

This made Lou Bancheng very angry. After returning home, he was furious and scolded his wife. He told her, Lou Tan, not to have any contact with Xu's mother in the future. He said that Xu's mother was not a good person either. She knew what kind of person her son was, but she still had the audacity to want her shameless son to marry her precious daughter. It was really shameless.

At first, Lou Tan didn't believe that Xu Damao was such a person, so she sent her former housekeeper to secretly help her find out about Xu Damao.

After careful inquiry, Lou's mother realized that her husband had not wrongly accused Xu Damao, so she was very angry and immediately sent someone to tell Xu's mother that the two families would no longer have any contact in the future and asked her not to go to their house in the future.

Because of this incident, Lou Xiao'e became even more disgusted with her parents' arranging of blind dates for her, so the blind dates were delayed and she still hasn't gotten married until now.

But when she met Lin Geng today, the thread in Lou Xiao'e's heart seemed to be touched. She felt that it was very interesting to talk to Lin Geng, and she liked Lin Geng's manners, his vision, and his quality of doing good things without asking for anything in return.

After watching Lin Geng leave, Lou Xiao'e returned home. Lou's father and mother were worried that Lou Xiao'e had not returned home so late. When they saw Lou Xiao'e coming back, they hurriedly asked her why she came back so late.

Lou Xiao'e told her father and mother what happened today, and told them that if Lin Geng had not helped her get her bag back, some of the documents and money in her bag would have been gone.

When Lou Xiao'e's father and mother heard that a gangster had robbed her bag and pushed her to the ground today, they were very nervous and asked her if she was injured.

Lou Xiao'e then told her father about Lin Geng's story, and her words more or less revealed that she had fallen in love with Lin Geng.

Finally, Lou's father and mother paid attention to Lin Geng that Lou Xiao'e mentioned, so the next day Lou's father went to the steel mill in person and found Director Yang to inquire about Lin Geng.

Director Yang knew Lin Geng, of course, so he didn't say anything bad about Lin Geng. He told Lou Bancheng about Lin Geng's performance in the factory this year. In short, Director Yang also thought that Lin Geng was a good young man, very capable, good at doing things, and had a good interpersonal relationship. Everyone in the factory leadership team was very satisfied with Lin Geng.

In addition, the factory workers who knew Lin Geng also said that Lin Geng was an enthusiastic person with a very good reputation.

Of course, there were also people who spoke ill of Lin Geng. After all, there were still some people in the courtyard who couldn't stand Lin Geng's extravagant diet and the money he made every day. So they were envious and jealous of Lin Geng, and would make up some gossip about him.

For example, Lin Geng had a violent temper and was very cruel when he beat people. He had beaten many people in the yard before, such as Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and the mother and son of the Jia family. He also had no respect for the elderly and even spared no effort to beat the old ladies in their seventies or eighties in the yard.

Others said that Lin lived an extravagant life, did not unite with his neighbors, did not take care of neighbors in difficult circumstances, ate meat every day, and did not know how to share some meat with the neighbors in his yard.

In fact, most of these bad words were spread in the steel mill by Liu Haizhong, Qin Huairu, Li Ergou, Gou Laosan and others, but the spreading effect was average, because the fact that the Jia family joined forces with Yi Zhonghai to snatch Lin Geng's house had already been spread throughout the steel mill by Xu Damao, including the fact that Liu Haizhong wanted to forcibly buy Lin Geng's work position, which was also well-known. Therefore, most people thought it was natural for Lin Geng to beat up these beasts.

So Lou Bancheng learned his lesson this time and did not listen to one side of the story. Instead, he personally or sent people to inquire around. In the end, he confirmed that Lin Geng was a good guy. Not only did he have a good background, but he was also the orphan of a martyr. He had also made many meritorious contributions by catching thieves. He was also good at hunting and had many connections. He was able to get a lot of supplies that were in short supply on the market and had a very strong background.

Lou Bancheng was very satisfied with Lin Geng. He felt that there was no problem with him being a good match with Lou Xiao'e except that Lin Geng was a little younger than Lou Xiao'e. If there was a problem, it was that the courtyard house where Lin Geng lived was actually the same as that where Xu Damao lived. It was said that the two had a good relationship, so this matter would definitely be a bit awkward.

However, Lou Bancheng thought that this was not a big deal. It was Xu Damao's fault that he could not control himself and hooked up with a country girl in the yard. He took her body but did not want to take responsibility. He was forced to marry that country girl and it was all his own fault. What's more, Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao had never even met, so it could not be considered a blind date.

So Lou Bancheng began to busy himself by asking someone to bring Lou Xiao'e and Lin Geng together, but Lin Geng himself didn't know about it.

After meeting Lou Xiao'e on the road that day, Lin Geng let the matter go. A few days later, he received a notice from the factory saying that the police station had informed the factory of his heroic act and asked the factory to notify Lin Geng to go to the police station to receive a reward. In addition, the factory also praised Lin Geng and rewarded him with fifty yuan.