Siheyuan: Starting from the driver

Chapter 662 Misaligned Calculation
Saturday arrived in the blink of an eye.

After getting off work, Xu Damao went straight to Li Kailang's house.

"Li Kailang, you can't just not come today since you're free, can you?"

"Don't worry, I'll keep my word. I'll be there in a bit. Let me get ready."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao laughed and said, "Why bother packing? Just go. There's no need to pack anything between us brothers."

"What, you think I won't go? You'd better go back and prepare a meal. If you can't cook two good dishes, I won't go next time."

"Wait here, I'll go back and cook two good dishes right now."

Having his attention diverted, Xu Damao didn't bother chatting anymore and immediately went back to cook.

When Sai Fengxian saw Xu Damao return, she asked, "How did it go? Did Li Kailang come?"

"Come on, I'll be there in a minute. Stop talking nonsense and get to work. Today I'll show Li Kailang my cooking skills."

"Come on." Upon hearing this, Sai Fengxian couldn't help but smile.

Xu Damao didn't notice anything unusual: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and help me out. Today I'll show you my skills."

Not long after, Li Kailang came to the Xu family with several items.

"You, you've already come all this way, why did you bring anything? Isn't that too much to ask?" Xu Damao complained. "What did you bring?"

"How about boiled pork?"

Li Kailang opened the lunchbox, revealing a box full of pork.

Boiled pork is simple to make, and most importantly, it doesn't have a strong odor, unlike braised pork, which smells delicious throughout the whole yard.

"Since you've already come all this way, what's the point of me cooking if I make you spend money to bring meat?"

Compared to meat, Xu Damao felt that his cooking was completely useless and incomparable.

"Look at what you're saying! There's only meat and no vegetables, so the food is tasteless. Hurry up and cook it. I even brought some wine, homemade."

As he spoke, Li Kailang picked up the wine pot.

"Okay, wait for me, I'll be done soon. Honey, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and prepare the dishes!"

"Huh? Ah!" Sai Fengxian stared at Li Kailang for a while before being reminded and then busied herself with her work.

While Xu Damao was cooking, Sai Fengxian and Li Kailang were alone for a while, and she kept secretly watching Li Kailang.

But she found that Li Kailang's expression remained unchanged, chatting casually with Xu Damao without even glancing at her.

A sudden pang of sadness welled up in my heart; it turned out that Li Kailang had long since put the past behind him.

This made Sai Fengxian feel both relieved and inexplicably lost.

After a while.

Xu Damao, Li Kailang, and Sai Fengxian sat around a round table, which was laden with sumptuous dishes and fine wine.

"Come on, let's have a drink without further ado!" Xu Damao raised his glass and invited.

The two of them naturally raised their glasses and drank them down in one gulp.

"Cough cough cough~" Xu Damao choked as expected: "Your wine is good."

"That's right, how could it be bad if I brewed it myself?"

"Come on, eat! You've had a long day, have some vegetables first," Li Kailang said.

As the drinks flowed, the atmosphere at the table reached its climax.

Sai Fengxian and Xu Damao clinked glasses and chatted amiably, especially Li Kailang, who was always talking to Xu Damao, while remaining indifferent to her.

He took a moment to say a few words to her, then turned to continue talking to Xu Damao.

All signs indicate that Li Kailang has truly forgotten what happened back then.

"That's true, they're college students, after all. They're likely to forget things from back then."

Sai Fengxian's eyes flickered as she clattered the wine glasses, secretly plotting a plan she had been brewing for days.

While pouring the wine, Sai Fengxian unconsciously stroked her abdomen and sighed inwardly.

She had been married to Xu Damao for almost a year, and although she longed to conceive day and night, she was still unable to get pregnant.

Naturally, Sai Fengxian had a bold idea.

"She hasn't conceived this year. Is there something wrong with Da Mao's health? If we could take this opportunity to talk to Li Kailang, perhaps we could prove that the problem lies with Xu Da Mao."

'It would be even better if she really got pregnant, then Da Mao would have an heir.'

Once the thought popped into her head, it grew wildly in her heart like weeds.

Seeing that Xu Damao was slightly drunk, Sai Fengxian began to urge him to drink more, and also offered a toast to Li Kailang.

She drank a few more small cups, and her cheeks flushed.

Not long after, Xu Damao slumped onto the dining table, half asleep. Sai Fengxian secretly gloated, thinking, "I can't get you drunk."

"Da Mao, Da Mao." Sai Fengxian gently nudged him, and seeing that he was still unconscious, she couldn't help but smile.

Although Li Kailang had also drunk quite a bit, he remained relatively clear-headed.

Upon seeing this, Sai Fengxian's heart began to beat faster.

Then, she drank a few more glasses of wine, her face flushed, and her eyes became affectionate.

Seeing that things were going well, Li Kailang stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, I've eaten enough, I should go now."

"Don't rush!" Sai Fengxian quickly pulled Li Kailang back.

"Sister-in-law, it's inconvenient for me to keep it," Li Kailang said casually.

Sai Fengxian rolled her eyes at him and said, "Da Mao is so heavy, how can I move him? Help me carry him to the bed."

With a valid reason, Li Kailang didn't refuse: "Okay."

However, during the process of moving Xu Damao, Sai Fengxian intentionally or unintentionally had some physical contact with Li Kailang.

Finally, they managed to move Xu Damao back to bed.
Encouraged by alcohol, Sai Fengxian blushed and, with a flirtatious look in her eyes, removed her outer garment, attempting to seduce Li Kailang.

She deliberately exposed her long, slender neck, alluring collarbone, and seductive curves.

Suddenly, she moved closer to Li Kailang's face, covering his hand with hers to prevent him from pulling it away, and slowly exhaled a fragrant breath.

"Cheerful~"

"Sister-in-law!" Li Kailang said calmly, trying to pull his hand away.

But Sai Fengxian had made ample preparations for today.

"Don't rush me, don't you like it?"

As she spoke, she gripped his hand tightly and even pulled it sharply in front of her.

Upon seeing Li Kailang's disgraceful behavior, Sai Fengxian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She's determined to win this time!
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing!"

Li Kailang's voice was very cold.

Sai Fengxian's clothes fell off one by one, leaving her only in her undergarments.

Unfortunately, Li Kailang, after recovering, did not take the bait as she had hoped.

"Sister-in-law, I have something to do, so I'll head back now."

After saying that, Li Kailang strode away without looking back.

"Don't go!" Sai Fengxian hurriedly chased after him, but stopped at the door.

Watching Li Kailang's departing figure, Sai Fengxian's heart was filled with disappointment and resentment.

"How could this happen? How could it not have worked?"

Sai Fengxian originally thought her plan was foolproof, but she did not expect Li Kailang to reject her so firmly.

Not only did she fail to seduce Li Kailang, she also found herself in an even more awkward situation.

She silently put on her coat and sat alone at the dining table, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

"Maybe this is fate."

After a while, she finally came to the bed and looked at Xu Damao, who was fast asleep.

Even eating shit can't keep up with the heat.

"Sigh~ I'll just have to make do with it."

The next day, Li Kailang arrived at Xinhua Bookstore as promised.

Although he drank alcohol yesterday, it wasn't enough to make him dizzy.

The four of them studied at a leisurely pace.

In the last semester, everyone was under immense pressure, especially Yu Xingmei and Qi Mengru.

But this doesn't mean that Li Kailang and Jin Jianxian can handle it easily. Graduation is involved, and even if they have a good grasp of the situation, they can't be 100% sure.

Suddenly, a commotion erupted in the bookstore.

"Hey hey~"

"what?!"

"Look outside! It's the performing arts troupe!"

"Woo~"

Outside the bookstore, a group of beautiful young women passed by, joking with each other and smiling.

With their tall figures and fair complexions, they form a beautiful and captivating sight.

It's so captivating that it makes you fall in love at first sight.

"I wonder who will marry the girls from the performing arts troupe?"

"What, you think about it? You're overthinking it! You should take a good look at yourself in the mirror."

"What? I can't marry her, but I can't even think about it?"

As they talked, the two started arguing, but no one paid any attention to them.

With such a beautiful girl right in front of them, they didn't care whether the other person was alive or dead; it wasn't like they were fighting to the death.

"You can tell the girls in the performing arts troupe are pretty; you can find girls from all over the world here."

"Yes, look at those two, they must be from XJXZ. They really have the exotic charm described in the books, they're just different."

As they spoke, everyone looked at the few girls at the back of the crowd.

"You know what, she's quite pretty," Qi Mengru couldn't help but say.

“That’s right. Otherwise, why would Zuo Zongtang want to recover the Western Regions? Did he really think it was about recovering territory? The girl must be beautiful too.” Li Kailang nodded.

"Hey, you know what, it actually makes a lot of sense." Jin Jianxian wholeheartedly agreed.

The topic of the previous dynasty is not taboo now, and it can still be discussed.

Suddenly someone pointed and said, "Hey, look at the girl in the blue dress, look at how she's walking, did she fall?"

Everyone looked over at once: "It really is! He's walking with a slight limp. He must have twisted his ankle."

"I think so. After all, they're a performing arts troupe. They'd probably get sprained if they danced every day."

Seemingly feeling watched by everyone, the Xinjiang girl lowered her head shyly, pretending to walk normally, but her steps were still somewhat unnatural, so she had to run past quickly.

Many passersby stopped to admire them, their eyes burning with various meanings, but tacitly no one dared to do anything indecent like whistling.

The last person who dared to whistle has already been sent to the police station, and I don't know where he's 'working' now.

Their painful lesson taught everyone that these girls in the performing arts troupe were not people who could be schemed against or plotted against.

Finally, amidst everyone's reluctant farewell, the girls from the performing arts troupe walked away.

The group snapped out of their daze, studied for a while longer, and then went their separate ways.

courtyard.

As soon as Li Kailang returned, he ran into Xu Damao, who had also returned.

"Li Kailang, let's continue drinking tonight," Xu Damao invited enthusiastically.

Li Kailang asked indirectly, "No, my head still hurts after drinking this. What's wrong? Doesn't your head hurt? Do you remember what happened yesterday?"

"What's up? What happened yesterday? Should I just drink too much and fall asleep? Oh, by the way, could you please help me move to bed yesterday?"

Seeing that Xu Damao was completely unaware, Li Kailang breathed a sigh of relief, 'It's good that he doesn't remember.'

He joked, "I think it's not that you want another drink; what you really want is to eat my flesh and drink my wine."

"Haha~" Xu Damao laughed, concealing his true thoughts: "You guessed right."

Li Kailang is truly a generous man; he doesn't just come here to eat for free, he provides both meat and wine, unlike the others who really just come to freeload.

Ever since he became the steward, Xu Damao has been inviting people from the backyard to his house for a meal every day.

They ostensibly wanted to show concern for the residents and ask if they had any difficulties.

Everyone was happy to go because they could get free food.

Fortunately, everyone knew this was unfair, so the head of the household went alone.

"I'll get you some wine in a bit, you can go find someone else to drink with."

"Okay, I'll trouble you."

When he got home, Li Kailang got some wine for Xu Damao.

"Let's go, this wine tastes really different." Xu Damao happily agreed to go back, and planned to have a couple of drinks at noon.

As they passed the Intermediate Court, Banggeng stared intently at Xu Damao, his nose twitching slightly, as if he could smell the aroma from the wine jug.

Seeing that Xu Damao was holding a pot of wine, he was extremely disappointed.

Yesterday he saw Li Kailang carrying meat over, even though it was covered by a lunchbox lid. But who is he? His nose is very sensitive.

"You bastard, you don't even give me any of the good food." Bang Geng muttered under his breath.

"What are you looking at, Bang Geng? Hurry up and come back for dinner!" Qin Huairu's reproachful voice came from behind.

"You're here." Banggeng hurriedly ran into the house, where there was only simple food on the table.

Cornbread, boiled cabbage, and pickled vegetables—that's all I had for lunch.

"Mom, I want to eat meat."

"Eat meat? What kind of meat? We don't even have meat coupons at home, what are we going to eat?" Qin Huairu shouted.

"No, I want to eat, I want to eat!" Bang Geng threw a tantrum.

Jia Zhangshi felt sorry for him and said, "Good boy, Grandma will find the meat coupons later, and we'll have meat for dinner."

"really?"

“Grandma wouldn’t lie to you,” Jia Zhangshi said confidently.

“Grandma is so nice!”

"Mom, didn't I just say we're out of meat coupons? How can we buy meat without coupons?"

“Impossible, there must be more,” Jia Zhangshi said, and hurriedly went to look in the cabinet, but couldn’t find it.

"How could this be?" She was instantly incredibly embarrassed and didn't dare look at the joke.

"You can go ask Old Yi for that daughter-in-law later; he'll definitely give it to you," Jia Zhangshi came up with a crooked idea.

Ever since Jia Dongxu left, the Yi family has been intentionally or unintentionally giving Qin Huairu hostages, ostensibly to help her get some nutrition.

The meat that belongs exclusively to Qin Huairu is something no one can take away from her during this period.

Even if Banggeng wanted to eat it, Jia Zhangshi would stop her, after all, she was still hoping that the child in her belly was a boy.

"I'm not going. If you want to go, go yourself." Holding the emperor hostage to command the feudal lords, Qin Huairu naturally dared to boldly object; if she didn't want to do it, she wouldn't.

This left Jia Zhangshi feeling awkward.

"Grandma~" Banggeng shook Jia Zhangshi's hand.

Qin Huairu refused to go, and Jia Zhangshi knew she didn't have the nerve to ask for it.

As for sending Bang Geng, that's even more impossible; if he goes, there won't be any.

"Bang Geng, be good, we won't eat meat anymore."

"Hmph, Grandma broke her promise, I don't like you anymore." Banggeng gritted his teeth in hatred.

Jia Zhangshi didn't care at all, taking it as just a child's angry words.

"Eat, eat!"

(End of this chapter)