Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

After Xu Damao sat down, facing everyone's surprised looks, he twisted his body restlessly for a few times, then forced a smile and said, "Well, we were just joking before."

Haha ...

The younger ones couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

Chang Baichuan shook his head and couldn't help laughing, "I remember when you two were little, if one of you was bullied by kids from other courtyards, you would fight together. How come you're fighting among yourselves now that you've grown up?"

Hearing this, Xu Damao smiled awkwardly and said, "That was when we were little..."

The implication is that people always change as they grow up.

He Yuzhu snorted coldly upon hearing this: "You are just jealous of your buddy!"

"Who is jealous of you?"

Xu Damao retorted directly. Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Chang Zhengyang coughed and said, "Let's eat, drink, drink!"

So everyone took their seats and first raised their glasses to congratulate He Yuzhu on becoming the deputy director of the guesthouse. Then He Yuzhu said affectionately that if it weren't for Uncle Chang's family over the years, he might have become a street urchin.

When it came to the touching parts, the eyes of this man, who lost his mother at the age of twelve and whose father ran away at the age of sixteen, were red.

Everyone was infected by his emotions and sighed.

Even Xu Damao was silent for a while. He asked himself, what would happen if he lost his parents to rely on when he was a teenager?

While the He family was in a warm and cozy mood, two other families were causing a commotion.

The family was the Jia family across the street. The seven-year-old Banggeng smelled the rich aroma of food and looked at the cabbage vermicelli, hot and sour potato shreds, and pickled radish on his own table. He immediately threw the steamed bread in his hand to the ground and shouted to Jia Zhang: "Grandma, I want to eat meat!"

Snapped……

Jia Dongxu slapped Banggeng on the back of his head and yelled, "Pick up the steamed bread."

The tone was so harsh that Jia Zhang, who had always doted on her grandson, did not dare to say anything. She just muttered that she had hit too hard and what if she hit her obedient grandson till he became stupid. As she spoke, she picked up the steamed bun first.

Seeing this, Jia Dongxu said helplessly: "Mom, I don't spoil my child like you do. If he throws away food today, he will dare to throw away other things tomorrow."

While comforting Banggeng, Jia Zhang said perfunctorily: "The child is still young and naive. He will understand when he grows up. Also, Dongxu, your master is an eighth-level fitter, but he doesn't help you. Our Banggeng doesn't even have meat to eat."

Jia Dongxu said helplessly: "Mom, I was promoted to Level 2 worker last year, and the next evaluation will have to wait until next year."

After he said that, he picked up a piece of vermicelli with chopsticks and gave it to Qin Huairu, who was pregnant again.

Jia Zhang was very dissatisfied when she saw this, and even said that her life was really miserable because her son had forgotten his mother after getting married.

In the backyard, Liu Haizhong's house was very quiet today. The whole family looked at the gloomy Liu Haizhong without daring to breathe, and no one had touched the food on the table.

Perhaps he was too nervous or too scared, the youngest Liu Guangfu twisted his buttocks nervously, causing the stool under his buttocks to creak harshly.

"Why are you looking at me? Eat your food, you are a bunch of losers, all you know is to eat..."

A series of curses spread throughout the yard. Even though Chang Zhengyang and the others were in the house, they could hear them clearly.

Xu Damao couldn't help but say, "Uncle Liu is just taking advantage of this issue."

As he spoke, he glanced at He Yuzhu, who was grinning and seemed to enjoy what he said.

Chang Zhengyang picked up a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth, chewing it until the bones and meat were broken into pieces.

"Old Liu is just that capable. Xu Damao, do you know why I said you can't be a leader?"

Xu Damao was shocked when he heard this. He came here today to apologize to Sha Zhu just for this answer!

He stood up, raised his glass and said to Chang Zhengyang respectfully, "I'm all ears!"

Chang Zhengyang raised his glass and clinked it, pointing at Xu Damao's demeanor and shaking his head, saying, "First of all, you are a person who fawns on people of higher status than you at the table. This is a taboo at the table. Remember, even if you need help from others, you cannot fawn on them at the table. If you do this, you will lower your own style and others will look down on you."

Xu Damao's expression froze and he sat back awkwardly.

Chang Zhengyang continued, "Don't even think about changing. As the saying goes, it's easy to change a country, but hard to change one's nature. Even if you want to change, you'll just be a weird person. Your biggest problem is that you can't hide things. Come, look at me. Can you tell what I'm thinking now?"

Hearing this, Xu Damao looked at Chang Zhengyang, who had a gentle smile on his face, for a long time, then said dejectedly, "I can't tell."

Chang Zhengyang's expression changed again, the gentle smile disappeared, replaced by a serious expression.

"how about this?"

Xu Damao looked for a while and shook his head. He looked at the others and saw that they also looked confused. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Huiying couldn't help but ask, "Son, what are you talking about?"

Chang Zhengyang then smiled and said, "What about now?"

Everyone's eyes lit up, feeling that Chang Zhengyang's smile this time was very genuine, as if they could see his emotion of a successful prank.

Chang Zhengyang looked at Xu Damao who was thinking about something and said, "Your mind is too easy to guess. Everything is written on your face. Not showing your emotions is a basic quality of a superior. If you are a leader, there is no other way to control your subordinates except to be ruthless. But if you keep being ruthless, someone will definitely hit you with a club. When you can't get any help from heaven or earth, you will know that you shouldn't be a leader."

At this moment, Xu Damao was like a deflated balloon, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Seeing him like this, Chang Zhengyang said to everyone, "Look, I just said a few lies to him, and he looks so desperate, tut tut..."

"Ah? Are you lying to me?"

Xu Damao jumped up, his face full of joy. When he saw that everyone was shaking their heads in silence, he had a direct understanding of his own nature for the first time.

So he sat down again, took a sip of wine, and said resignedly: "It seems that I will never be an official in this life. Am I going to be a projectionist like my dad for the rest of my life?"

He Yuzhu laughed, patted Xu Damao on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, buddy will protect you from now on!"

Xu Damao said with a look of disdain: "I'll go to hell with you. Your damn deputy director is just an empty title. He's just in charge of the canteen. Isn't he still a cook?"

"Hey, I have to teach you a lesson today."

He Yuzhu rolled up his sleeves in anger. Chang Baichuan glanced at the table at the right time and said to the two of them, "You two should pay attention to the occasion and drink!"

Upon hearing this, the two men quickly picked up their glasses and stood up to toast Chang Baichuan and the others.

"Excuse me, we were just joking!"

"That's right, that's right, don't mind it!"

The atmosphere at the table became warm again. Seeing that the two men's emotions had stabilized after two glasses of wine, Chang Zhengyang slowly spoke and pointed out a way out for Xu Damao.