Siheyuan: Since 1962

Chapter 142 Sigh
"Is it done?"

He Daqing suddenly spoke, and the room suddenly became quiet.

After picking up two pieces of meat for his daughter, He Daqing continued slowly, "You still haven't figured out the trap that Yi Zhonghai set for you. No wonder you were deceived by him for so many years. With the conditions of those girls, it would be easy for them to find a cadre to live with. Why would they like you? Is it because you are a cook, or because you haven't been promoted to a higher rank in so many years? Go ask Wei Min for leave, and move over tomorrow. If he doesn't come back, stand in the yard and wait!"

Backyard, Xu Damao's house.

"The deaf old lady is back. You can finally stay at home, right? You are really nice. You rushed to the hospital to take care of her even though she is not your real grandmother. You have never been so attentive to me."

Xu Damao was eating peanuts and drinking wine, looking at Lou Xiao'e who was resting on the bed with an unhappy look on his face.

"That's enough, just say a few words. You can't let this go, can you?"

Lou Xiao'e was already tired these two days, and Xu Damao kept nagging her, which made her angry.

"Okay, okay, okay, I won't say any more. I'm going to the countryside tomorrow and will be back the day after tomorrow morning. You don't have to wait for me to eat these two days."

Seeing that she was really angry, Xu Damao changed the subject. He just wanted to complain, but he didn't want Lou Xiao'e to run back to her parents' home to complain.

Lou Xiao'e had long been accustomed to this. She glanced at the sausages and pork she brought back from home yesterday and asked casually, "Okay, then I'll go home tomorrow. Should I bring these things to your parents?"

Xu Damao looked up and down at Lou Xiao'e in surprise, then lifted the curtain and looked up at the sky.

"I'm talking to you, can you hear me? Why are you looking around?"

Lou Xiao'e was so confused by him that she couldn't help but speak a little louder.

"The sun hasn't even risen yet, and you're actually thinking of going to my parents' place."

Xu Damao sat down again, his eyes full of mockery.

Ever since that time when she went to his parents' house and was urged to have a baby, Lou Xiao'e never mentioned going with him to his parents' house again.

Even during the Chinese New Year, Lou Xiao'e always looked reluctant, but today was really strange.

Lou Xiao'e felt embarrassed and annoyed when Xu Damao was looking at her. At the same time, she also remembered her parents' reminder and felt a little sorry for Xu Damao.

However, even though he thought so in his heart, he said unyieldingly: "It's your parents who are urging me to have a baby. This is something that can be rushed. The things you brought back from the countryside these few times were either delivered or eaten by us. If you don't go there again, your parents will probably rush to the yard to see if you are in trouble."

"Ezi, you are really thoughtful. Please take care of the things you bring. I will definitely need some things when I come back from the countryside."

Xu Damao put down his wine cup, sat down beside the bed, and changed the subject to ask, "The hospital let the deaf old lady come back. Can she speak now?"

"It's not that fast. Even if she's fine, there's no point in staying in the hospital, so the doctor let her go. It seems the old lady's ears are not working well either, and she often can't hear us calling her."

Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes, but when she talked about the condition of the deaf old lady, she no longer had the previous worry.

She has been staying with the deaf old lady these days, and she is very sure that the deaf old lady and Aunt Yi are hiding something from her.

Thinking about Yi Zhonghai again, she no longer cared about the deaf old lady as much as before.

Xu Damao sneered and said gloatingly, "Tsk, this is retribution for always siding with Sha Zhu. At her age, she is deaf and dumb, and she doesn't know why she is alive. It's better for her to be buried early."

Lou Xiao'e was unhappy when she heard this. She pinched Xu Damao's arm and said unhappily, "What are you talking about? It's not like the old lady can't recover. She's just angry. She can recover after some rest. Damao, why can't you hope for something good? It's just that the old lady helped Shazhu a few times, but you still remember it."

In the yard, the deaf old lady was the one she could talk to the most and got along best with.

Although he felt that the deaf old lady had problems, he still hoped that she would get better. Xu Damao pretended to cry out in pain and retracted his arm. After making Lou Xiaoe laugh, he said angrily, "She has helped Sha Zhu a few times. She also helped Jia Dongxu when Jia Dongxu was here. When we got into trouble, this old woman never stood on my side. What was wrong was wrong, and what was right was also wrong. Otherwise, do you think Sha Zhu dared to hit me in front of everyone in the hospital?"

"This……"

Lou Xiao'e was speechless for a moment. Thinking back on the time she had been in the yard, it was true that neither Yi Zhonghai nor the deaf old lady had spoken up for Xu Damao.

The people in the yard had already believed what the two said.

If it had been like this since the beginning, Xu Damao would have suffered so much.

She had never thought about these things before, and just thought that Xu Damao didn't like the deaf old lady and was just too narrow-minded.

Now thinking about it, she just felt that she had really done something wrong before.

Seeing that she did not refute him, Xu Damao's anger dissipated a lot. He reached out and grabbed Lou Xiao'e's hand and said, "Ezi, I'm not talking about you. If you don't want to talk about this, we won't talk about it."

"Well, let's not talk anymore."

"What are you doing? It's not even dark yet."

"It's blocked by curtains, no one can see it."

Soon, rustling sounds were heard in the room.

Two minutes later, a faint sigh was heard from the room.

……

At the same time, Zhou Weimin and Yu Guangqing had arrived at the steel rolling mill.

The first thing they saw when they got out of the car with the flowers was Li Huaide and Wu Honggang hurrying towards them from the building.

As soon as he came in front of the two people, Li Huaide said eagerly: "Secretary Yu, please make a trip."

"Deputy Director Li, you are too polite. This pot of flowers was given to you by Director Lou. You think you will like it."

Yu Guangqing didn't say hello, but smiled and handed the flowers in his hand to Li Huaide.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Duan would actually see through it. This has caused trouble for me and my leader."

Li Huaide's eyes lit up, and he looked at the flowers in his hand, smiling so hard that wrinkles appeared on his face.

Yu Guangqing looked at his watch, smiled and continued, "Then I'll go back first. The leader can't be alone. Deputy Director Zhou, you only need to water the flower the leader gave you. You don't need to take care of it specially."

"Thank you, Secretary Yu. I will remember to tell my wife."

Zhou Weimin nodded and walked a few steps to a position one step behind Li Huaide.

"Secretary Yu, I won't keep you here. Mr. Duan is more important."

Li Huaide didn't invite anyone to dinner. This was not the time to build relationships. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Yu Guangqing nodded and got into the car.

(End of this chapter)