Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

"No."

Yan Bugui said no in great humiliation.

"Hmph! Go home, it's hot outside."

The crowd dispersed, and Yan Bugui was utterly embarrassed today. They had watched another good show.

When Yan Bugui returned home, he threw his teacup on the ground as if possessed by Yi Zhonghai, and then picked it up with heartache.

When Yan Jiecheng got home, he heard that his bicycle was missing. "Dad, what happened? Our bicycle is missing?"

"lost!"

"I told you long ago, don't hold on to your car like it's your treasure. Give it to me so I can find a job."

Yan Jiecheng felt a little sad, but when he thought about the fact that he didn't spend a penny on the car, he felt a little happy.

"roll roll roll!"

For a period of time afterwards, Yan Bugui went to the police station every day to ask if the car had been found. Of course, the police station couldn't find it. Yan Bugui was so anxious that he had blisters on the corners of his mouth for several days.

……

It’s August in the blink of an eye.

The weather was still hot, and there was still no rain. The news of the drought had reached everyone in the city.

Some wise people were already stockpiling food, ensuring that even the city's rationed food would be distributed. After decades of turmoil, no one understood better than them the saying that having food at home meant peace of mind.

But they didn't realize that the food they stored was not enough to cope with the next three years.

Jiang Yu also passed the entrance exam to a technical secondary school this year. Instead of going to high school, she studied nursing at a medical school in Beijing.

Jiang Fan thought it was better to be safe. (After hearing the comments) "I can just take the college entrance exam later."

Sitting in the office, Jiang Fan read the newspaper.

His job was easy; as long as the machines didn't break down, he was fine. As for innovating the machines, his skill lay in maintenance, not innovation, and with his current industrial knowledge, innovation was a difficult feat.

"Jiang Fan, our factory's projectionist Xu Damao is looking for you outside."

Ding Lei came back from the bathroom and gave Jiang Fan a message.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Ding."

Jiang Fan put down the newspaper and saw Xu Damao as soon as he went out.

"Brother Damao, what do you want from me? Haven't you finished taking all your medicine? Is Pengpeng's not strong enough?"

Seeing Xu Damao, Jiang Fan couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, my brother, please stop laughing at me. I was really exhausted those few days."

Xu Damao smiled bitterly, remembering the days when he took the medicine and the taste.

vomit.

Xu Damao couldn't help but dry heave again.

"That's almost enough. It's been so long, why are you still reacting so strongly?"

Jiang Fan glanced at Xu Damao with disdain, then quietly took a step back, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Come on, let's go out and talk about business. It's lunchtime now, so let's have lunch."

Xu Damao thought about what he had to do today and quickly pulled Jiang Fan away.

Jiang Fan broke free from Xu Damao and followed him out of the factory and into a state-owned restaurant.

They ordered two dishes, no wine, and each of them ordered a bowl of noodles.

Halfway through his meal, Xu Damao took a sip of water.

"Brother, do you still remember the Thirty-Six Stratagems you gave me?"

"Yeah, remember, didn't you say you were going to deal with Sha Zhu? It's been so long, and you haven't taken any action. I thought you forgot about it."

Jiang Fan nodded. He still remembered this incident.

"Oh, don't mention it. For the past six months, I've been busy curing this illness of mine and never had the chance to take action against Sha Zhu. Now that I'm cured, I'm going to take action."

Xu Damao smiled sinisterly and didn't look like a good person.

"Do it? You found a beautiful widow with three children who's willing to marry Sha Zhu?"

Jiang Fan's eyes lit up and he became interested.

"That's not it. I mean the first step of the plan, the one that consumes the idiot's energy and blood."

Xu Damao seemed to have thought of something and laughed, "Hehehe", which gave Jiang Fan goosebumps.

"You're planning to make Shazhu... then aren't you rewarding Shazhu? He's already in his twenties and still hasn't done anything, and you're taking him to find a girl?"

Jiang Fan was stunned. He didn't expect Xu Damao to take Sha Zhu to do such a thing.

"That's not right. The last time you fought with Sha Zhu, it ended in a draw. Now your body has almost recovered. There's no way you'd need this move anymore."

Jiang Fan's idea to use up Sha Zhu's strength was because Xu Damao was weaker, so he used this method. And now Xu Damao and Sha Zhu were fighting evenly. There was no need to use this method again.

"Hey, do you still remember why Shazhu's father left?"

Xu Damao smiled mysteriously and mentioned another person, He Daqing.

"Well, it was because He Daqing found a widow and eloped with her to Baocheng for love, leaving behind Sha Zhu and He Yushui.

There was a lot of commotion in the yard at that time. I still remember that you were so mean and got beaten up by Sha Zhu."

Jiang Fan recalled and thought of this event that happened a few years ago.

"Hey, I knew you would say that. I asked my dad, and there's something fishy going on with He Daqing and the widow."

According to Xu Wude, with the He family's three large tiled houses and He Daqing's job as a chef, it would be easy for He Daqing to marry a widow as long as he was willing.

But why did he meet his true love, the White Widow? He even had to abandon his two children and elope with the White Widow. It would have been fine if he was just a fool, as he was an adult at the time, but how heavy was the rain?

Six years old.

This is simply beastly.

Chapter 83 Xu Damao's plan goes bankrupt

Xu Damao continued, "So my father said that He Daqing's departure was definitely planned by someone. Otherwise, He Daqing would never have left without saying a word."

"Yi Zhonghai and that old deaf man?"

Jiang Fan replied that this was a common guess from his reading of the novel. Living in the courtyard over the years, he also felt that this was a plot by these two people.

"According to my father's guess, it must be these two."

Xu Damao slurped another mouthful of noodles. "But my father doesn't know what leverage Yi Zhonghai has that could make He Daqing admit defeat. He Daqing is a ruthless man."

"What else could it be? The White Widow and I were caught in the act. To save my life, I had no choice but to follow the White Widow. It's a good opportunity to spend the rest of my life with her."

Jiang Fan unhesitatingly revealed the truth that many netizens had speculated about. He didn't believe Xu Wude couldn't guess it, and probably just hadn't told Xu Damao.

"It makes sense!"

Xu Damao's eyes brightened, as if he had suddenly figured something out, and he stayed there alone.

"Don't even think about it. You haven't told me how you're going to deal with that stupid guy yet."

Jiang Fan waved the chopsticks in front of Xu Damao to get him back to his senses. He talked for a long time without saying a single serious word.

"Yes, yes, let's get down to business. Sha Zhu and I are childhood friends, and I know so many good girls. I plan to find a wife for Sha Zhu."

Xu Damao said this with a serious face, which looked a bit righteous.

"Send a wife? Are you crazy? You don't even have a wife yourself? And you want to give one to Sha Zhu? If you have such a good girl, you...oh~."

Jiang Fan suddenly stopped and looked at Xu Damao with a strange look. He already understood in his heart that there was no way Xu Damao could meet any good girls. They all made a living by talking.

"You're really good. Got a plan?"

Jiang Fan paused and asked. His conscience was uneasy for a moment, but then it calmed down.

After the Eight Great Hutongs were abolished, those poor girls lost their jobs, and the authorities encouraged them to find new jobs and start a new life.

But this is easier said than done.

Not to mention the current concept, even if someone told Jiang Fan such a thing in his previous life, Jiang Fan would chase and chop the person for three blocks with a knife.

You can watch and click, but if you want to spend your whole life with it, I'm sorry, but God knows, I will never reconcile myself with drugs and gambling in this life!

Not to mention now, let alone someone from that place, even if a young man marries a divorced woman without children, he will be looked down upon.

If people knew that Sha Zhu married a girl from the Eight Great Hutongs, He Daqing would come back from Baocheng and strangle Sha Zhu to death.

"There's no need for any plans. You don't know Shazhu. As long as Shazhu and that girl have sex, Shazhu will feel guilty without any further action. Not to mention that the girl has a 'brother'."

Xu Damao was very confident because he knew Sha Zhu too well.

"What about the candidate? Have you found someone who is willing to do this? And I won't get involved in this matter. If you want me to beat the fool with a club, I have no problem with that.

But forget about getting involved. You know, I can't possibly have anything to do with anyone from the Eight Great Hutongs. Besides, you have to make sure there won't be any problems later.

You must always keep that girl in your hands, otherwise you might be the one being controlled in the future.

And if this thing succeeds, and Shazhu finds out that you were the one who plotted against him, he will really fight you to the death."

Jiang Fan's words made Xu Damao silent. He thought the matter was simple and only thought about how to trick Sha Zhu, without thinking about what to do in the future.

He even wanted to expose this matter when Sha Zhu got married, so that Sha Zhu would be humiliated. Anyway, Sha Zhu couldn't beat him now. The worst that could happen was that he would get beaten up, he had been beaten before.

"Brother, I oversimplified this matter. I only thought about how to deal with Sha Zhu, but didn't think about how it would end after doing it. My calculation ability is still a bit lacking."

Xu Damao smiled self-deprecatingly, feeling a little depressed. He thought he could trick Sha Zhu this time, but he didn't expect that the plan would have such a big loophole.

Or maybe the plan wasn't going to work from the beginning, but he was so happy that he subconsciously ignored it.

"Okay, don't be discouraged. It's just that this plan isn't perfect. We can improve it slowly in the future. It's no big deal. And you don't have to teach Sha Zhu a lesson this way. There are many other ways."

At first, Jiang Fan didn't care whether Xu Damao and Sha Zhu's fight would succeed. If it were more than a year ago, Jiang Fan would definitely support Xu Damao to do it instead of telling him the loopholes in this plan.

He would just stand with his hands behind his back and watch the two people fight, then laugh out loud.

But he had been getting along well with Xu Damao for more than a year. Every time Xu Damao came back from the countryside, he would bring back a lot of mountain products for Jiang Fan.

It is impossible for Jiang Fan to act as if nothing happened and watch Xu Damao suffer misfortune with peace of mind.

Men are so complicated and simple. They may dislike each other one day, but call each other brothers the next day.

The reason may be that both of them like to eat sweet tofu pudding.

"Brother, I'd like to hear the details!"

When Xu Damao heard that he could teach Sha Zhu a lesson, his decadent look disappeared and he became excited again.

"Brother Damao, I remember Shazhu is two years older than you."

"Well, he's 35, I'm 37."

Xu Damao nodded.

"So how old do you think Shazhu looks like?"

"Over thirty, some people would believe me if I said I was forty."

Xu Damao blurted out without hesitation.

"That's it. Shazhu looks like a man in his thirties, nothing like us young people. You win on this point."

Not to mention your jobs, you're the projectionist and Shazhu is the waiter. You win again on this point."

"Brother, what you said makes sense!"

Xu Damao suddenly realized that he had already won so much over Sha Zhu?

"Also, Shazhu has lost his parents. He's already 24, 25, and 26. So, he's already 30, and he's still single. What a shame!"

"You're right! Shazhu is a complete negative example!" Xu Damao was in high spirits and full of energy.

"So what should you do now?"

"What to do?" Xu Damao wondered.