Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

A hint of disappointment quickly flashed across Yan Fugui's face, but in order to find out Xu Damao's way of making money, he still said it shamelessly.

"Row……"

"If you're not free tonight, I'll treat you to dinner later. Anyway, we live in the same courtyard, so there will be plenty of opportunities."

"I'll buy some good wine and pork and treat you to a meal someday..."

After saying this, Yan Fugui returned to his home in a dejected manner, then slammed the door shut, not wanting to have any more contact with the neighbors who were mocking him outside.

Seeing Yan Fugui leave, the neighbors who were watching the fun gathered around Xu Damao.

It was really because Xu Damao's outfit was so attractive that one could tell at a glance that it was worth a lot of money. In addition, Xu Damao himself admitted that the coat he was wearing was worth dozens of dollars. Everyone around him thought that Xu Damao had made a fortune after leaving the steel mill.

He wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to Xu Damao and see if he could take advantage of him.

Faced with the neighbors flocking to him, Xu Damao was already very happy.

Enjoy saying hello to every neighbor.

When his neighbors asked him what he did outside and how he made his fortune, Xu Damao didn't say a single useful word, leaving his neighbors to imagine.

Tang Dashan and Yu Li also saw Xu Damao surrounded by the crowd.

Seeing a trace of envy on her husband's face, Yu Li, the wife, couldn't help but tease: "Da Shan..."

"Why don't you go ask Xu Damao how he made his fortune?"

Tang Dashan shook his head: "Forget it then..."

"Xu Damao and I have always been ordinary neighbors. He won't tell me if I ask him..."

"Even if he said that, I'm not the type of person who does business. I prefer to work steadily in the restaurant run by my master."

Yu Li was very satisfied with her man's performance.

When she married into the Siheyuan, Xu Damao had not yet been fired by the steel mill. She had had a lot of contact with Xu Damao and was quite familiar with his character.

In her opinion, Xu Damao was not an honest man at all.

Even if you really make a fortune outside, it is probably not a legitimate business.

Besides, if money was really that easy to make, there wouldn’t be so many people in Beijing who can’t even find a job.

Now the combined monthly salary of myself and Tang Dashan is more than 500 yuan. As the restaurant business is getting better and better, it will soon exceed 600 yuan.

This kind of income and life is no worse than Xu Damao making a lot of money outside.

Seeing that his wife did not respond and her brows were sometimes relaxed and sometimes frowned, Tang Dashan thought that Yu Li wanted to follow Xu Damao to go out and make a lot of money, so he quickly reminded her.

"young married woman……"

"Xu Damao is a bad guy. I don't think the money he earns will be clean. Don't be impulsive..."

"The prices in the city are getting higher and higher. I heard from my master that he is going to increase the prices of the restaurant's dishes and raise our wages."

"If the chef raises the restaurant's dish prices by 10%, our monthly commission bonus will increase by 10%, plus the chef's increased basic salary."

"Our monthly income will definitely be more than 600 yuan, which is much better than Xu Damao's business outside."

Yu Li rolled her eyes at her husband and replied, "What are you thinking about..."

"I'm not the kind of person with long hair and short knowledge..."

"It's good to work in a hotel. I can also take care of the children. No matter what, I will never follow Xu Damao to take risks..."

"Besides, no one knows whether the money Xu Damao earns outside is clean or not..."

"If it's not clean, and we follow Xu Damao to make money outside, that would be illegal..." "Let's go find the master..."

"He probably doesn't know that Xu Damao has returned to the courtyard yet."

"Master has a wide network of contacts and knows more information than us. He might know what Xu Damao did to make his fortune."

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The central courtyard of a quadrangle.

After dealing with the neighbors in the front yard, Xu Damao just stepped into the gate of the middle yard and saw Qin Huairu squatting beside the faucet washing clothes as usual.

Compared to when she left the courtyard, Qin Huairu now looks much older.

If Xu Damao were given another chance to choose, he would definitely not have any interest in Qin Huairu as he is now.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

Ever since Qin Huairu married Yi Zhonghai, all household chores have become her job.

After years of hard work, and with her family having no money to buy her cosmetics, maintenance and dressing, it is hard for her to stay young.

But in order to gain benefits from Xu Damao, Qin Huairu deliberately did not follow the crowd to the front yard after hearing the news that Xu Damao had returned. Instead, she ran home, dressed up, and sat by the faucet, washing clothes while waiting for Xu Damao.

Seeing Xu Damao enter the central courtyard, he focused his attention on her. Qin Huairu thought that he was attracted by her lingering charm and quickly greeted him.

"Da Mao..."

"Where have you been these past few years? Why didn't you even come back to Siheyuan... Have you forgotten Sister Qin?"

"Look at the way you're dressed... you must have made a fortune out there..."

"Don't forget to take care of the stick..."

"He is working outside now, earning only 30-odd yuan a month, and can't even find a wife."

"As his uncle, you must help him."

"correct……"

"Your house has not been cleaned for a long time. It is definitely uninhabitable. My clothes are almost done. Would you like me to help you clean it?"

After saying that, without waiting for Xu Damao to speak, she twisted her hips and walked towards the backyard, not giving Xu Damao any time to refuse.

Xu Damao had been hanging around outside for several years and had seen all kinds of beautiful women. How could he possibly fall for Qin Huairu, who was almost fifty years old? He subconsciously refused and didn't want to have anything to do with Qin Huairu anymore.

Of course, if she had money, that would be a different story, but the key is that she doesn’t have money.

But when he thought that his house really needed someone to clean up, and it would be a waste not to use Qin Huairu's free labor, he swallowed the words of refusal that were on the tip of his tongue and followed Qin Huairu to the backyard.

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhang saw the scene happening in the yard.

But at this moment, Jia Zhang was almost seventy years old and still had to rely on Qin Huairu for her retirement. Even though she knew that Qin Huairu was seducing Xu Damao and wanted to gain benefits from him, she did not dare to stop him.

As for Yi Zhonghai...

I'm even more lazy to care.

He is old now, and all he wants is for Qin Huairu to take good care of him and allow him to spend his old age in peace. Other things have nothing to do with her.

As for whether Qin Huairu, his daughter-in-law, would cheat on him, Yi Zhonghai no longer cared about it at the moment.

After all, he is no longer the proud old man in the courtyard. (End of this chapter)