Courtyard: Complain first at the beginning

Chapter 65 Persuasion

Speaking of Lou Bancheng, Zhao Xiaotang remembered the bad relationship between Xu Damao and the Lou family.

Before they got married, who would have thought that the daughter of a daughter who had been pampered since she was a child would marry the son of a servant in the family because of the times.
Later, due to various relationships, she got divorced and was reported by her son-in-law. The family fled in embarrassment. Later, Lou Bancheng even died in a foreign land.

Zhao Xiaotang's eyes were a little strange. When Xu Damao saw the other person's eyes as he was talking, his heart suddenly jumped.
"No! Sister Xiaotang, what are you looking at?"

Xu Damao was puzzled by what he saw. He put down his chopsticks and touched his shoehorned face with his hands.
"This is the way you look at a scumbag."

Zhao Xiaotang didn't expect what he was thinking, but when the other party asked him, he blurted out,

"What do you mean by scumbag?"

"The word 'z' in 'scumbag' refers to what is left after extracting the essence or juice, which means useless garbage."

The third uncle deserves to be a teacher. Even if he doesn’t know Internet slang, he can directly analyze the meaning of a word just by using it.
"Hey! What are you talking about? You're not Miss Xiaotang, what do you mean? You're such a good person, why are you scolding me?"

Xu Damao felt that he was wronged, why did he scold him even after having a meal? Did he offend Zhao Xiaotang?

Xu Damao thought about the past in his heart and didn't find out where he offended the other party. His eyebrows were wrinkled.
"I didn't mean that. I was just thinking about other things. When you asked, I blurted out, not about you." That's weird!
Zhao Xiaotang explained awkwardly, what should she say about something that didn't happen?
"I made this dumpling myself. Do you want to try it and see if it tastes good? I also added coriander powder in it."

Zhao Xiaotang scooped one for each of them into a bowl with a small slotted spoon and said hurriedly,
When Xu Damao heard Zhao Xiaotang's explanation, he didn't think much about it. He picked up the meatballs in the bowl with chopsticks and was about to eat them, but because they were too hot, he quickly blew in a few breaths.

I took a bite when I realized it wasn't too hot. The third uncle did the same, but before eating, he took another sip of the white wine he brought.

"This meatball is really well made. It feels very elastic. It must have taken a lot of effort. As the saying goes: the top is round, the bottom is a plate, and the middle is filled with silly white meatballs..."

The third uncle ate to his heart's content, and he never stopped saying good things. Occasionally, he even added a sentence or two from ancient Chinese prose.
Xu Damao would occasionally give a compliment or two, and Zhao Xiaotang would nod aside if he understood or didn't understand.
Xu Damao was happily eating when he suddenly thought of something? He slapped his head and looked at the third uncle and Zhao Xiaotang with confused expressions.
"Hey! I'm sorry. I remembered it when I first came here, but I forgot about it after eating something good. Look at my memory. What do you think this is?"

As he spoke, Xu Damao dug around in his bag with his left hand for a long time and took out a money clip. He opened it and found some loose money and a few tickets. He took out one from the middle.
"Look what this is? I got it for you. When are you going to buy it? Do you want me to help you carry it back?"

Xu Damao said with a proud look on his face and handed the ticket to Zhao Xiaotang. The third uncle put down the bowl curiously and looked over. He even pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose to take a closer look.

"Thank you, Brother Damao. No, I'll just buy it myself tomorrow. You've already helped me a lot, so why do you need to work hard? How did you get this? How much does it cost in total? You can tell me the number. "

Zhao Xiaotang took the ticket from the other party's hand and looked around. It was just a ticket with a sales coupon and the year, month, and day written on it. Fortunately, there was no date written on it.

"This thing is really hard to do. If it hadn't been for your few apples to clear the way and my brother's two bottles of good wine, I really couldn't have pried open the door of my brother's house. I asked a leader in the factory to change it. , so you can use it with confidence, then Lai Li will be innocent."

Xu Damao said this, but Zhao Xiaotang still saw a hint of pain on his proud face.
What a man! In order to save face, Zhao Xiaotang would do anything. He did not expose the other party. He smiled and put the tickets into his pocket. He took out ten pieces of money and placed them in front of Xu Damao on the opposite table.
"You must have gotten a lot of favors and a little bit of affection into this matter. If you treat me as a girl, just accept it."

"What do you think you're talking about? Yes, I'll take the money."

What else does Xu Damao want to say? Looking at the other person's face, he knew it was useless, so he just smiled, nodded and took the money.

"What are you doing?"

The third uncle waited for the other party to finish his action, then asked curiously, Xu Damao told the story, and of course he couldn't help bragging about how many friends he knew?
"Well! It sounds good, but Xiaotang, I have lived decades longer than you, and I am also your elder. Your parents are no longer here. We are neighbors and we can't just watch. Some words may It's not pleasant to hear, but it's really for your own good.

I know your parents left you a lot of money, but the world is difficult, especially since you are a girl, so money should be spent wisely. Look, you have spent a lot of it in recent times! I heard that you are planning to go to college. Although the school provides subsidies, it is only a drop in the bucket.
If you have money, you should save more. This will be useful if something happens. You won’t be so anxious.
Um! Having said that, I will tell you that today’s meal was the best meal I have ever had in my life. I, the third uncle, took advantage here. Thank you very much!

The truth is: there will always be days when there will be no days, don’t wait until there is no time and think about the days when there will be no days. "

The third uncle said earnestly. After thinking for a while, some words were still left unsaid, and finally he said, "Thank you!" Then he got up and said goodbye, but he still didn't forget to take the remaining half of the bottle of liquor when he left.
The one who left was so quick and tidy that he didn't even wait for Zhao Xiaotang to reply. Only after they left did Xu Damao come back to his senses and glanced at the door with a curious look on his face.
"Hey! As expected of a teacher! It's different when he talks about it, but then again, what he said is not bad."

Xu Damao said with a look of approval. He glanced at Zhao Xiaotang when he said that.

"Have I spent so much recently? Why is that look in your eyes? I'm not a spendthrift."

Zhao Xiaotang said angrily. She was not a ungrateful person. Of course she understood what the other party meant.
It's just that when it comes to the third uncle, why do I always feel that he said this because he felt shameful after eating and drinking enough.

After all, there are rumors that these three uncles would even stop the dung truck passing by the door and ask for a spoonful of fertilizer to fertilize his flowers.

Moreover, his family was the one who took advantage before, but now that he says something like this, it’s really annoying!
Zhao Xiaotang glared at Xu Damao angrily,

"If you've eaten well, leave if you haven't! It's not good for a grown man to stay at home with a single woman for a long time. Don't ruin my reputation."

Zhao Xiaotang put away the dishes and chopsticks as he spoke. Xu Damao's eyes widened in shock.

"You, me, okay, you are really good. When you use people, just call me brother. If you don't need people, you will be a big man. I'm afraid of getting a bad reputation. Okay, you can take your time to clean up. I just happened to be full. See you later." Come on you."

Zhao Xiaotang's words made Xu Damao not know what to say for a moment.
The key point is that what the other party said was reasonable. He immediately emptied his bowl angrily and left angrily.

(End of this chapter)