Courtyard House: New Life, New Silly Zhu

Chapter 69 Watching a Movie

When He Yuzhu and his sister returned to the courtyard house, Yan Bugui was already waiting at the door.

"Hey, Zhu Zi, you and your sister have been back for quite a while now," Yan Bugui said with a smile, putting away his fishing rod.

He Yuzhu answered the question, but instead asked, "Third Uncle, what are you doing? Why are you putting away that fishing rod when it was perfectly fine?"

Yan Bugui gets angry whenever this is mentioned: "Don't even mention it. The district has pulled out fish several times, and now there are no fish left in the river."

He Yuzhu had originally planned to leave, but upon hearing this, he stopped and asked curiously, "Uncle, what's going on? Is the district catching fish again?"

Yan Bugui nodded and sighed, "That's right. We've pulled it out several times. There used to be a few fish in the river, but now there aren't any left."

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. I heard before that someone had fished out a silver dollar from the river!" He Yuzhu said regretfully.

"Oh my," Yan Bugui laughed as if he had heard a joke, "Silver dollars, huh? You're really joking. Back when they were dredging the river, they pulled out everything. Where would you find anything now?"

Seeing Yan Bugui's grinning face, He Yuzhu couldn't help but say, "Since that's the case, then Third Uncle, whenever you have a little free time, you go out fishing. What's the point of fishing then?"

Yan Bugui was taken aback upon hearing this, but he wasn't angry. Instead, he looked at He Yuzhu mysteriously and said, "Hey, Zhuzi, let me tell you. Although the district has already caught fish a few times, there are still many big fish in the water."

"A big fish?" He Yuzhu was genuinely puzzled. There were no small fish left, so how could there be a big fish?

"Yes, it's a big fish. The last few times I went fishing, I only caught small, ordinary fish. The big fish are very clever; they escape as soon as you try to scoop them up with the net, and you can't catch them at all."

"Really? There's such a thing? That's interesting. I've really learned something new," He Yuzhu said with a smile, as this had indeed touched on a blind spot in his knowledge.

Seeing He Yuzhu's expression, Yan Bugui smiled smugly, but then sighed, "Alas, what a pity. Once you start fishing in this group, the big fish will definitely run to the bottom of the river and won't come to the shore at all."

Seeing Yan Bugui's expression, He Yuzhu smiled, shook his head, and turned to go home.

As for Yan Bugui, he was thinking with his head down. A man like him could never be idle. Since he couldn't fish now, he had to think of another way to earn more money.

On Sunday, He Yuzhu was drinking tea in the kitchen. He had left two of the other kitchen helpers behind to wash vegetables when suddenly footsteps came from the cafeteria door. He Yuzhu looked out.

Xu Damao leisurely swung the keys in his hand and walked to the cafeteria.

"Hey, isn't this Master He? They're showing a movie today, aren't you going to watch it?" Xu Damao's smug voice came over. He Yuzhu glanced at him, ignored him, and continued drinking his tea.

Xu Damao saw that He Yuzhu didn't step on him and wasn't angry. He squatted down next to him and continued, "Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. Today I was going to show 'Railway Guerrilla,' that movie has been very popular lately."

Seeing Xu Damao continue to ramble on, He Yuzhu said helplessly, "Alright, Xu Damao, I know, okay?"

"Hehe, good to know. You're a chef, you're just different from everyone else. While everyone else is watching a movie, you're cooking. While others are playing, you're still cooking." Xu Damao finished speaking and prepared to stand up.

At this moment, He Yuzhu looked at Xu Damao and said calmly, "Wait a minute, Damao. I remember you went to the countryside on Monday, didn't you? Why are you showing a movie as soon as you get back?"

Xu Damao's face stiffened when he heard He Yuzhu say that. After all, normally, someone like him who received an assignment to show movies in the countryside would get a couple of extra days of rest before being assigned another task.

But this time was different; they simply let him continue showing movies, which didn't conform to some of the previous unspoken rules.

Xu Damao had only vaguely heard some rumors and didn't know the details. He only knew that his father's original boss, Boss Lou, had made some divisions with the steel rolling mill, and that people like him who had some connections with the original Boss Lou were being targeted.

It's alright, though. It's just showing one more movie, so it's not a big deal, just a little tiring.

"Silly Zhu, you don't understand, do you? Master Mao is serving the revolution." Xu Damao said to He Yuzhu with some dissatisfaction.

He Yuzhu scoffed, "Revolution? Give me a break!"

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao instinctively wanted to continue refuting. However, He Yuzhu interrupted him, saying, "Xu Damao, that's enough. It's almost time. Aren't you going to get busy?" As he spoke, He Yuzhu pointed to a clock hanging on the wall inside the cafeteria.

Xu Damao looked up and realized it was already quite late. He snorted at He Yuzhu and turned to leave the cafeteria.

At that moment, He Yuzhu called out to him.

"By the way, Sha Mao, here's what we're saying: my sister and your sister are coming over to watch the movie soon, so please get them a chair in the front."

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao frowned, turned to He Yuzhu and said, "He Yuzhu, you know perfectly well that the propaganda department has a limited number of chairs, all for the leaders. There aren't any extra chairs to take over."

"I told you not to be stupid, but you didn't believe me. Why don't you just grab a long bench from the cafeteria and go over there?" He Yuzhu said, pointing to a long bench inside the cafeteria.

Xu Damao glanced at the stool, walked over, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and prepared to leave. Just then, he suddenly realized something and said to He Yuzhu, "Wait a minute, He Yuzhu, since you have stools in the cafeteria, why don't you move them outside? Are you going to wait for me to bring them over?"

Hearing Xu Damao's complaints, He Yuzhu sat leisurely on the stool and smiled at Xu Damao, saying, "Since you're showing movies for the revolution, isn't my cooking for the revolution too?"

Hearing He Yuzhu's shameless words, Xu Damao glared at him, picked up his stool, and walked towards the square without saying a word.

Watching Xu Damao's departing figure, He Yuzhu checked the time, stood up, and walked to the sink to wash the vegetables.

Today is Saturday, and he has to prepare special lessons for his children, so movies are completely irrelevant to him.

Xu Damao carried a bench to the square, where there were already quite a few people.

There were adults and children. The children ran around, while the adults took stools and sat down with familiar people, chatting and waiting for the movie to start.

At the same time, Xu Damao's colleagues were busy pulling wires and setting up the screens in the square.

Upon seeing Xu Damao approaching, a colleague from the same film projection team called out to him.

"Da Mao, where did you go? Time's almost up, and the stuff isn't set up yet."

Xu Damao, carrying a stool, hurriedly said, "Coming, coming right away."

As he spoke, he quickly looked at the place where the chairs were placed and found that his colleagues had already arranged all the seats for the leader.

Xu Damao looked at the curtain, then at the positions on the stage, and finally placed the stools in a spot that was neither too close nor too far.

Xu Damao nodded and smiled with satisfaction, clapped his hands, and was just about to help his colleague.

Just then, he saw his younger sister walking towards the factory gate, and he waved to her to come over.

"Xiao Ling, come here," Xu Damao called out.

Xu Xiaoling, who had originally come with Yu Shui and Yang Lifang, heard her brother's voice and looked in the direction of the sound, only to find her brother waving.

"Let's go quickly, my brother must have already set up the chairs," Xu Xiaoling said to the two of them with a smile.

Yang Lifang had been wanting to watch a movie for a long time, and when she heard that there were chairs available, she smiled and nodded.

When she arrived, she was planning to bring a stool, but when she heard He Yushui say that her brother had prepared a stool, she didn't bring one.

At this moment, Xu Damao noticed Yang Lifang next to He Yushui.

It was getting dark, and he couldn't see the woman's face clearly, but he could still make out from the blurry image that she was a very beautiful woman.

This piqued Xu Damao's curiosity, as it was clear from their demeanor that they had come with He Yushui.

Not to brag, but he knew all the relatives in the He family, but he had never seen this woman before.

Xu Damao instinctively wanted to greet the other person, but at that moment, Xu Damao's colleague pulled him back.

"Xu Damao, what's wrong with you today? Why are you spacing out?"

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