Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

Today is the Lantern Festival, and also Cao Xu's twentieth birthday.

So when I went shopping with Lou Xiao'e a couple of days ago, we had already decided to go to Lou's house to celebrate the festival.

After Cao Xu arrived at the Lou family, his biggest impression was that the Lou family had lost much of its capitalist atmosphere.

The luxurious items in the room have been replaced, even the vases from the previous dynasty that were originally displayed have been replaced with ordinary porcelain vases.

Especially that set of huanghuali official hat chairs, which Lou Wanshan has moved and hidden somewhere.

Seeing this, Cao Xu knew that Lou Wanshan had taken his words to heart.

After exchanging a few polite words, Lou Wanshan called Cao Xu to his study.

"Cao Xu, things seem much calmer lately. If that's the case, wouldn't it be fine if I didn't leave?"

Cao Xu was speechless when he heard that Lou Wanshan wanted to back out after he finished moving everything.

"Uncle, I think you should give up hope on this matter."

"Now that things have been arranged to a near-complete degree, let's proceed according to the original plan."

"These kinds of things can only be brought forward, not postponed."

"If you want to save the Lou family, you must leave the capital by the end of the month."

"If you want to keep watch, go to Guangzhou and take your time. If you drag this out and fail to escape the tiger's mouth, you'll end up in jail."

Lou Wanshan pondered for a moment and then asked.

“I heard that you arrested Li Huaide yesterday.”

Lou Wanshan was, after all, a former major shareholder of the steel rolling mill, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to find out some information.

In 1955, in order to ensure their safety, the Lou family actively responded to the public-private partnership system and sold the steel rolling mill to the state at an extremely low price.

The Lou family completely withdrew from the management of the steel rolling mill, leaving only Director Yang to manage things at the mill.

"You not only arrested his people, but you also pulled a fast one and had his house ransacked."

"The items handed over to the factory office alone amounted to over ten thousand yuan, right?"

After hearing these words, Cao Xu narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked at Lou Wanshan sitting in front of him and made his point clear.

"Uncle Lou, I have a question for you."

"After the public-private partnership was established, the person you stayed behind must have been Director Yang, right?"

Lou Wanshan knew what Cao Xu wanted to say, and he didn't hide it from him.

"That's right, I'm the one who helped Lao Yang get started."

"However, he only helped me with some orders from old acquaintances during the first two years of his business, and after that, we only had a personal relationship."

After hearing this, Cao Xu understood why the Lou family was being watched and why Director Yang had stepped down.

Originally, it was thought that Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide had deliberately collected materials to frame Lou, but now it seems that he was also implicated by the Lou family.

"You should stop contacting him. You should know that the redemption period has long passed and the steel mill is now state-owned."

"Since you've inquired about it, you must already know about Li Huaide's father-in-law's situation."

Lou Wanshan nodded.

"As soon as he arrived at work this morning, people from the ministry took him away from his office."

"As far as I know, Li Huaide and all his relatives in the political arena were detained and investigated by their superiors this morning."

Cao Xu nodded.

"That's right, this kind of ending will become normal in the future."

"Uncle Lou, do you know what this situation was called in ancient times?"

Lou Wanshan's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, and he uttered two words in a low voice.

"Collective punishment."

Cao Xu stood up and sighed.

"A storm is brewing, but the wind will not cease."

"What you see now is merely the calm before the storm. With the collective punishment, do you think the capital can still survive?"

"As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn; as long as the family is together, home is wherever you go."

After speaking, Cao Xu left the study, leaving Lou Wanshan alone sitting there in deep thought.

After exchanging a few words with Lou Xiao'e, Cao Xu and Lou Xiao'e left the Lou family home and headed towards the city.

After Cao Xu left, Lou Wanshan sat quietly in his study for nearly half an hour before finally letting out a sigh.

"Fine, fine, let him go. Where can't we bury people?"

"But now that I'm leaving, I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to return to Beijing, the city where I was born and raised."

It's all about timing and fate. I've already passed the age of knowing one's destiny, yet my thoughts and ideas are not as profound as those of a junior who has just turned twenty.

Talented people emerge in every generation, each leading the way for hundreds of years. Today's young people truly have remarkable vision.

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The information revealed in Cao Xu's words shows just how sharp his insight is.

Yesterday, the leaders of the steel rolling mill were coerced into decisively taking down Li Huaide, and afterwards, they used two lists to silence him.

He used the tactic of giving a slap followed by a sweet treat perfectly, which highlights his mastery of human nature.

For a high school graduate who hasn't even entered society to possess such cunning, this kid is definitely no ordinary person.

The Cao couple had been kind to the Lou family, and now that only this one son remained, he absolutely could not repay their kindness with enmity and ruin his future.

Lou Wanshan stood up and walked out of the study. He saw his daughter-in-law, Tan, drinking tea in the living room and asked her what was wrong.

Has Cao Xu left?

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Mrs. Tan smiled.

"They've been gone for a while. Xiao'e came along too, saying she was going shopping to make two sets of spring clothes for Cao Xu."

"When are these two kids going to confront us?"

Lou Wanshan sat down to the side and said in a deep voice.

"I actually hope they don't confront us about it."

Tan asked in surprise.

"Hey Lao Lou, are you running a fever?"

"That's right, it's a bit wrong of them to have been secretly doing it without our knowledge."

"Now that Xiao'e and Xu Damao are divorced, and neither of them is married, they've become a real family."

"What, you're planning to give away such a good son-in-law like Cao Xu to someone else?"

Lou Wanshan said.

"Of course I know what Cao Xu is like. I know better than anyone how good his future will be."

"But precisely because of this, the marriage is even less likely to happen."

Tan asked, looking puzzled.

"Old Lou, what do you mean? Are you planning to break them up?"

Lou Wanshan nodded.

"That's right, I, Lou Wanshan, am going to break up this loving couple."

"When Xiao'e comes back, tell her that she is not allowed to have any more contact with Cao Xu."

"I will also send a message to Cao Xu that from this day forward, my Lou family will sever all ties with the Cao family!"

Lou Wanshan's words completely shocked Tan Shi, who looked at her husband with a shocked expression.

"Lou Wanshan, are you crazy?"

Chapter 186 Xu Damao Goes to the Countryside, Qin Jingru Recommends a Miracle Doctor! [Please Subscribe]

After leaving the steel rolling mill, Xu Damao went to Hongxing Commune in Changping. He followed the same path as Guo Dapiezi.

Before Xu Damao interfered with He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu's marriage that day, he secretly asked Guo Da Piezi to find him a way to leave the workshop.

In the end, Guo Dapizi sent Xu Damao to the Red Star Commune under the pretext of mutual exchange between brother units.

Although Xu Damao didn't know the tricks of the trade in the workshop, he wasn't a useless person either. With just his silver tongue, he managed to fool the leaders below him into letting him do an inspection.

Actually, it wasn't that the leader was blind and listened to Xu Damao's hype, nor was it that he was greedy and coveted the two bottles of good wine that Xu Damao gave him.

Xu Damao used to be a projectionist, and every time he went to the countryside, he would treat them like brothers and received a lot of benefits from them.

The reason he hasn't taken the opportunity to retaliate is simply because he's afraid that this kid might rise again in the future, and then he'll be in trouble.