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

"Rest for a while, then go eat. I'll do the work this afternoon, and you go help Master He fix the car. We checked it yesterday, and there's nothing serious.

You can fix what you can, but even the core parts are beyond our ability to repair."

Han Daguo took a sip of tea, made a "Pooh" sound, and spat out some tea leaves.

"Okay, thank you, Chief. I'll come back to help as soon as I'm done."

"No need. When you're done, learn how to drive from him. You're young and a quick learner. It's always good to have many skills. You might need them someday. Besides, I can't drink your tea for nothing."

Han Daguo waved his hand. Since he accepted the tea from Jiang Fan, he naturally had to do things for Jiang Fan.

On the first night of his arrival, Jiang Fan approached He Xinnian and told him he wanted to learn how to drive. This was because during the Lunar New Year, he had once again obtained a skill orb, Driving Mastery.

So he can drive, and now he is just looking for an excuse to cross the open road.

He Xinnian didn't refuse. As long as it didn't interfere with his work, he didn't mind. He was on a business trip, and it would only take a week.

During lunch, Jiang Fan told He Xinnian about this.

"Okay, fix your car this afternoon and I'll teach you how to drive. Driving is actually very simple, it's just a matter of one foot. I promise to teach you in one afternoon."

He Xinnian patted his chest and promised. He recalled that when he was in the army, he was chosen to learn driving because he knew a lot of words. He only studied for two weeks. All that was left was to practice on the road.

In the afternoon, after Jiang Fan repaired the car.

"Old He, get in the car and try!"

"Got it!"

Happy New Year! Get in the car and start the fire!

"Om~~"

He Xinnian seemed to have found the feeling of driving a new car in the army. "(⊙o⊙) Wow! Brother Jiang, your skills are really amazing!"

He Xinnian drove around and stopped next to Jiang Fan. "Brother, get in the car!"

As soon as Jiang Fan got in the car, He Xinnian began to teach Jiang Fan how to drive, how to shift gears, step on the accelerator, turn the steering wheel, turn on the headlights, etc.

This round of introduction only took about ten minutes.

"Okay, that's about it. All that's left is practice. Try driving."

He Xinnian handed the key to Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan took it, started the car, and drove it slowly around twice.

"Alright, bro, that's a pretty good technique. I only practiced for half a month and that's how good it was."

He Xinnian said in surprise that he only said it once and Jiang Fan remembered the functions of all the parts and used them quite well. This scholar has a good brain and learned to drive so quickly.

"Haha, maybe I have a better memory."

Jiang Fan smiled, now his driving skills had a source.

After learning how to drive, Jiang Fan did not practice much. He took his tool kit and ran to the workshop to do the finishing work of assembling the machine.

According to He Xinnian, driving is easy to learn. It just depends on whether you dare to drive on the road and whether you can control the steering wheel once on the road.

Jiang Fan understood this principle very well. He had also passed the driving test in his previous life, but he had never driven a car since then.

He didn't dare to rent a car with his roommate to go out for fun because there were too many cars in the city and he was afraid.

There are not many cars on the road now, but the roads are not good either. When you drive on the road, it is very bumpy and you might accidentally let go of the steering wheel.

Chapter 94: Lou Family

Lou family.

Lou Bancheng smoked a cigarette, frowning. The ashtray in front of him was filled with several cigarette butts.

These past two days he has been worrying about his daughter Lou Xiao'e's marriage, and he's also had a headache because of some rumors he heard.

Because of his own capitalist background, he has always wanted to find someone with good background to neutralize it.

For this reason, he found a worker-like wife for his son, and now he also wants to find a woman with good background for his daughter.

Lou Xiao'e is already an adult. If it were in the past, it wouldn't matter whether she got married or not. Who would dare to say anything bad about Lou Bancheng's daughter?

But now it's different. Even if he performs well, he is still a capitalist after all. If it weren't for his great contribution in the past, he would have a few friends...

Now, his friends have also sent him a message asking him to keep a low profile.

Lou Bancheng put out his cigarette and picked up the documents on the table to read. (The Lou family must have some capital, right?)

These were all young people of marriageable age with good backgrounds that he had investigated. None of them were children of officials, and they were all children from working-class families.

The sons of officials basically would not marry Lou Xiaoe, so how could the son-in-law of a capitalist make progress?

If that was true, he would also have to worry about what the other party was coming for.

Most working-class families are unwilling to marry, and the issue of class background is really important.

So Lou Zhenhua only has a few candidates in his hands.

"Master, are you still thinking about it?"

Lou Tan entered the room, walked behind Lou Zhenhua and massaged his head.

"How can I not want to? We have to find a good home for Xiao E. We are already this age, we can't keep her forever."

"The Xu Damao I told you about last time, his parents used to be from our family, so he can be considered a family-born child. I think he's quite good."

Lou Tan suggested. She had a good relationship with Xu's mother, the Xu family background was good, and Xu Damao was handsome, so she was quite satisfied.

"Xu Damao, I asked someone to check it out, you can take a look."

Lou Zhenhua took out a piece of paper and handed it to Lou Tan, asking her to read it herself.

Lou Tan looked at the information on the paper, and the smile on her face immediately disappeared. It contained Xu Damao's basic information, a photo, and some of his deeds during this period. (People are very cautious nowadays, so I don't think the investigation will be particularly detailed.)

According to the Lou family's investigation, Xu Damao had been having an affair with a widow in the countryside after he started working. He hadn't been there for the past six months and had been taking medicine at home.

"This Xu Damao is having an affair with the widow? What kind of medicine did he drink? Have the people below found out?"

Lou Tan began to dislike Xu Damao and she didn't want to marry her daughter to such a man.

"Well, he hasn't been with a woman for the past six months. There must be something wrong with that. I asked people to ask the doctors in the city, and finally got the news from Doctor Lu."

Lou Zhenhua took a puff of his cigarette and said lightly. To be honest, he didn't care whether Xu Damao was looking for a secret agent or a widow. Lou Xiao'e's mother was just one of his concubines.

If Lou Xiao'e marrying Xu Damao could help the Lou family overcome the crisis, Lou Zhenhua would not hesitate at all.

As the daughter of the Lou family, Lou Xiao'e has enjoyed things that others don't have since she was a child, so it is only right for her to make some sacrifices for the Lou family.

If there is no better choice, Xu Damao is actually a good choice.

"Doctor Lu said that Xu Damao had difficulty conceiving, but after six months of treatment, he's almost recovered."

"What? Difficulty in conceiving? That won't work, even after proper conditioning."

Lou Tan shook her head. She knew very well how hard life would be for a woman without her own children.

Lou Zhenhua was not moved by Lou Tan's objection. Lou Tan asked worriedly, "Master, you don't really want to marry Xiao'e to Xu Damao, do you?"

Lou Tan's worries were not unreasonable. She had spent her whole life with Lou Zhenhua and she knew very well what kind of person Lou Zhenhua was.

He can be a kind father on ordinary days, but if it really involves the fundamental interests of the Lou family, there is nothing he cannot abandon.

He could let his son marry a worker, or his daughter marry a farmer, as long as the benefits were great enough.

"If there are no other candidates, Xu Damao is indeed an option. Not to mention that we now know that Xu Damao was once ill and unable to have children.

For this reason, if Xiao'e can't have children in the future, it can't be blamed on her. If Xiao'e is a little more assertive, it won't be difficult for her to control Xu Damao. "

Lou Zhenhua analyzed.

"Is there really no other choice?"

Lou Tan picked up the papers on the table and started reading them.

"Master, aren't these two okay? This one, Jiang Fan, is a technician. He's the right age, looks good, and comes from a good family.

There's also this guy called He Yuzhu, the son of He Daqing, who can be considered the heir of Tan's cuisine, though he's a bit older and looks a bit older."

Lou Tan picked out the information of Jiang Fan and Sha Zhu.

"Don't worry about Jiang Fan. I've noticed him before, but I was blocked by Director Chen of the steel mill at the time. And he wouldn't agree.

He Yuzhu is a fool, he didn't even know he was being plotted against. How could He Daqing, such a smart man, give birth to such a stupid son?

Lou Zhenhua had thought about these two people, but he looked down on Sha Zhu and it was difficult to take action against Jiang Fan.

He had also investigated the Jiang family, and it could be said that the Jiang family's living standards were better than 99% of the families in the city. How could such a family marry the daughter of a capitalist? It would be a pure burden.

"Oh. I never thought that my daughter, Lou Zhenhua, would not be able to get married one day."

Lou Zhenhua sat dejectedly on the chair. A dozen years ago, if he, Lou Zhenhua, wanted to marry his daughter, the queue of people who would come to his house would stretch from the outskirts of Beijing to Baocheng.

"Well, find a time and ask Xu Wude to bring his son over. Let's meet him. If Xiao'e doesn't mind, then give him a lesson."

Even though Lou Tan was unwilling, she had no other choice. She agreed and went to find Lou Xiao'e.

Lou Xiao'e was sitting in her room, reading a book in a depressed mood. (To be honest, I don't quite understand. Lou Xiao'e in the play doesn't have the temperament of a young lady at all. And she doesn't seem to have any scheming at all.)

Lou Xiao'e knew that her father had been worried about her marriage recently, but she didn't want to get married so soon, nor did she want to marry someone she didn't know.

But she also knew that as a child of the Lou family, she would not have the opportunity to fall in love freely.

Her mother, Lou Tan, had been trying to persuade her the other day, telling her how good Xu Damao from the Xu family was. But she had never met him in person, only in photos, and to be honest, she wasn't very satisfied with his horse face.

"Xiao E, are you in the room? Mom is coming in."

"Mom, what happened with what you said to my dad?" Lou Xiao'e sat on the bed holding her mother's arm, very intimately.

"Xiao'e, your father is under a lot of pressure too. Mom couldn't persuade him. In two days, you will have a blind date with Xu Damao, so meet him first."

"Mom, is there really no other way?"

Lou Xiao'e bit her lips and tears were about to flow.

Lou Tan shook her head. She now had a bad impression of Xu Damao. She didn't care how many women Lou Zhenhua had had in the past, even if Lou Zhenhua brought a woman into the house now, she didn't care.

But she didn't want her daughter to marry someone who had an affair with another woman.

Chapter 95 Xu Damao's blind date

Lou Xiao'e also understands that the current family situation is not good, and she is also ready to get married, but can't this day come later?

"Mom, I know. It's that Xu Damao, right?"

"Well, I've discussed it with your father. You two can meet in the next two days. If you really don't want to get married, I'll go and beg your father. I don't believe that in such a big city like Beijing, there won't be a young man available."

Lou Tan looked at her daughter and said with heartache.

"It's okay, Mom. I'm from the Lou family. Dad has raised me for so many years, so I should do something for the family."

"Xiao'e."

Lou Tan was determined to prepare a good dowry for her daughter no matter what.

……

In a blink of an eye, two more days passed.

In the courtyard, Xu Damao was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, his hair was smeared with Stancom hair oil, he had shaved his beard, and he was wearing a pair of new leather shoes.

This look! Hey! It really looks like a human.

"Okay, stop showing off. Remember this, when you get to the Lou family, don't act like you've never seen the world. Just answer whatever Boss Lou asks you. Don't say anything you don't know."

Xu Wood also wore a new suit, looking very smart. After all, he was his former boss, and now he was suddenly going to become an in-law, so his heart was a little bit faster.

"Got it, Dad."

The family of three walked from the backyard to the front yard, carrying gifts, and were questioned seven or eight times by the neighbors in the yard. (The younger sister was in school)

You don’t need to look at Xu Damao’s outfit to know that he is going on a blind date.

Yan Jiecheng clenched his fists as he looked at the well-behaved Xu Damao. He was also at the age to get married, and if nothing unexpected happened, he would have to go on a blind date and get married.