Siheyuan: After I moved in, the compound became a mess

As the end of the year approaches, Xu Damao's workload in the countryside increases.

But for him, being busy and tired doesn't matter. After all, he can get a lot of benefits. Things are things and money is money.

Every time we went to the countryside to show movies, folks from all over the place would come two or three hours in advance. There would be so many people that even the roofs, treetops, and hillsides would be filled with people.

Before the movie was shown, Xu Damao would be treated to a meal by his commune, with chicken, duck, fish and meat.

Of course there would be wine, but according to the rule passed down from his father Xu Fugui, drinking was strictly prohibited before a movie. If the movie was shown very late and the commune prepared a midnight snack, then he could drink a little.

After all, if the projectionist doesn't drink, the commune leaders will think that they have not entertained him well. They are afraid of leaving a bad influence and will come less often in the future.

Similarly, wealthy communes rarely showed a film twice for the sake of reputation, so Xu Damao needed to prepare two reels of film.

Where did the film come from? It was rented by Xu Damao. After the screening, the commune paid the rent to Xu Damao. Of course, a sensible commune would not just give the rent amount!

Every time Xu Damao went to the countryside, he was treated to delicious food and drinks, and he would bring back a lot of things when he left, such as hens and mushrooms.

Of course, the crime that Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai wanted to slander Xu Damao a few days ago does not exist, and no commune dared to do that.

Xu Damao didn't dare to mess around in the countryside. Although the villagers were enthusiastic, if he did something like that, they would beat him to death with their shovels.

Even the police may not be able to do anything about it, this is no joke.

Xu Damao has recently become the manager, and his competitive mind has shifted from Sha Zhu, Jia Dongxu and others to Wang Dabao's wrist. He is thinking about buying a watch to show off.

After these days of going to the countryside, Xu Damao felt that his private money was much more abundant.

Finally, after returning to the city, I plucked up the courage to walk into the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a watch for 120 yuan.

Although it is not as expensive as Wang Dabao's watch, they both cost more than 100 yuan, so the difference should not be that big.

It was winter, and Xu Damao felt that rolling up his sleeves would be too conspicuous. Others would be able to tell at a glance that he was showing off, so he simply rolled up both sleeves to his elbows, picked up his briefcase, quickly got on his bicycle, and headed towards the compound.

As long as you make yourself sweaty when you arrive at the compound, others won't think you are deliberately rolling up your sleeves to show off your watch.

After Yan Bugui moved all the flowers back into the house, he was sitting on a chair sipping tea.

It was said to be tea tasting, but there was only a little tea foam in the cup, but the hot water was refilled cup after cup.

Seeing Xu Damao pushing his bicycle in panting, Yan Bugui hurriedly put down the cup and rushed out of the house.

"Hey Damao, where have you been? Is there a dog chasing you?"

Yan Bugui bent over, pinched the legs of his glasses with his fingers and leaned closer to his eyes, staring at the door carefully for a while, "How big is the dog? Will it bite people?"

Xu Damao was holding onto his bicycle, a little speechless. "Hey, don't look at him, there's no dog. I was just in a hurry to get back, so I pedaled hard for a while. I didn't know it was so cold and I would sweat so much just by exercising."

As he spoke, Xu Damao raised his right hand and rubbed his forehead left and right. The dazzling light reflected on Yan Bugui's lenses, almost blinding his squinty eyes.

"Oh, Damao is incredible, take it down quickly and show it to Second Uncle."

Yan Bugui's eyes were wide open, and he wished he could stick to Xu Damao's wrist. If Xu Damao didn't take it off himself, he might do it himself.

Xu Damao took off his watch and shook it when Yan Bugui reached out to take it, "Old Yan, you have to change the way you address me from now on."

"Look at my mouth, Damao, don't mind it, take it off quickly and let me, Old Yan, open my eyes."

Hearing Yan Bugui no longer calling himself the second uncle, Xu Damao handed over the watch and said, "Hold it firmly. It's worth more than a hundred dollars."

"A little over a hundred, Damao?"

Yan Bugui took it in his hand and wanted to see it with wide eyes. "That's great. Alas, compared with Dabao and the others, I, the teacher, am the one who deserves to wear a watch the most!"

Xu Damao smiled wryly, snatched the watch and put it on his hand: "Old Yan, stop crying poor. A hundred bucks shouldn't hurt you."

Having lived as neighbors for so many years, Yan Bugui kept complaining about being poor, but Xu Damao knew that the Yan family was definitely not as poor as he said.

"Oh Damao, you think too highly of me, Old Yan."

Yan Bugui almost grumbled again, but when he saw Xu Damao's expression change, he stopped talking in time, "Da Mao, you and Dabao are both young people who feed the whole family, and you are both single. It's understandable that you have money to buy a watch. But I, Old Yan, can't do that. This whole family depends on my salary to survive. How can I have the spare money to buy this when I can't even afford to eat?"

"That's true. Didn't you see that Yi Zhonghai, a millionaire in our courtyard, didn't even buy a bicycle?"

Xu Damao snorted twice, then wanted to get on his bicycle and leave.

"Da Mao, don't leave yet. I just saw Yi Zhonghai. Old Yi has been acting a little abnormal recently. He even wanted to help me move the flowers after get off work."

Sure enough, when Xu Damao heard Yan Bugui mention Yi Zhonghai, he immediately stopped.

To be honest, he snatched this position from Yi Zhonghai, and he was also afraid that Yi Zhonghai would gain power one day and take this position back, so any slight movement from the other party would make him panic.

"How is it abnormal? Old Yan, please tell me in detail."

"Da Mao, you've been away from home a lot lately because you've been showing movies in the countryside, so you may not be aware of what's going on in the hospital."

Yan Bugui shook his head and spoke slowly, "Since Lao Yi was hit with a belt last time, he has become a different person. He smiles happily to everyone he sees. I think I won't be able to wear the hat of the good guy in the compound for much longer. I will have to give it to Lao Yi soon."