Living in a Siheyuan

Chapter 121 Rescue Xu Damao

In the study on the second floor of the Lou family's house, Lou Zhenghua and Li Ping'an finished the midnight snack brought by Lou Xiao'e.

Lou Zhenghua said, "Ping An, it's getting late. You should go back and rest early. I've remembered everything you said. You should also make arrangements early."

Then he said to Lou Xiao'e, "Xiao'e, just send Ping An off. I won't go down."

Li Pingan replied: "Okay, Dad, don't worry. I know what to do."

After saying that, he and Lou Xiao'e went to the first floor.

Lou Xiao'e now has two children, so she lives on the first floor for convenience.

After going downstairs, Lou Xiao'e held Li Ping'an's hand and looked at him with her big watery eyes. She didn't say anything.

Li Pingan understood immediately. But since this was at Lou's house, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Lou Xiao'e also noticed it, so she pulled Li Ping'an into the bedroom.

The two children were already fast asleep, so there was nothing to worry about. The two of them were once again in a state of turmoil.

After comforting Lou Xiao'e, it was almost midnight. Li Ping'an quietly left the house and drove back.

When she returned home, Yu Li and her two children were already asleep.

He got on the bed gently and hugged Yu Li from behind.

Yu Li was also awakened by Li Pingan. Feeling the familiar embrace, she asked softly, "Why did you come back so late? Are you hungry?"

Li Pingan hugged this gentle and considerate daughter-in-law, leaned his head against hers and said, "Uncle Lou talked to me about something, and it was a little late. But I've already had a midnight snack."

Yu Li asked casually, "What's the matter? Why are you talking about it so late?"

"Uncle Lou may have to go on a business trip in a few days. He told me something. You don't have to worry. Go to sleep!"

After hearing this, Yu Li stopped asking. She usually didn't care about men's affairs. She was just worried about Li Ping'an's safety.

A few days later, Lou Xiao'e came back. At the dinner table, she told Li Li and Li Ping'an that Lou Zhenghua had gone out.

Since it has not been confirmed yet, where did Lou Zhenghua go? What did he do? I didn't tell Lou Xiao'e and Yu Li about these things. I was afraid that they would worry.

I will wait until Lou Zhenghua comes back next time and Hong Kong has made arrangements before I can tell them. Then I will leave directly, which will save me a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Li Ping'an is now making final preparations for going out.

He gave the grain and meat in his hands to Lu Dehua to slowly exchange for large amounts of gold, antiques, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings through the black market.

Together with Yu Linhai, he bought a lot of precious furniture. They were all old furniture made of very precious wood. Some of them were handed down from the palace. They are very valuable for collection.

About a month after Lou Zhenghua left.

Li Ping'an had just started work for a short while when someone came to inform him that someone was looking for him at the door.

Li Ping'an arrived at the gate and saw Lou Xiao'e running around anxiously.

He hurried over and asked, "Xiao'e, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

When Lou Xiao'e saw Li Ping'an, she felt like she had found her backbone. She immediately ran over and said, "Ping'an, Xu Damao had an accident in the countryside. He sent a message asking us to go to the countryside. The man didn't say what it was, but said that if we don't go quickly, we will never see Xu Damao again. Ping'an, what do you think we should do?"

Li Pingan thought that it was probably someone arranged by Lou Zhenghua who took action. This way, nothing would happen.

He comforted Lou Xiao'e and said, "It's okay. I'll go drive now. It shouldn't be a big deal. Don't worry."

After hearing Li Ping'an's consolation, Lou Xiao'e was no longer anxious and waited for Li Ping'an at the door.

Li Ping'an drove the car with Lou Xiao'e and rushed to Xiaowangzhuang where Xu Damao mentioned.

Xiaowangzhuang is relatively remote, and the road here is even more difficult to travel on. Li Ping'an drove along the bumpy road until noon before arriving at the destination.

As soon as they entered the village, a tall and thin man in his thirties on the side of the road saw Li Ping'an's car and stopped it.

"Are you looking for the projectionist Xu Damao?"

Li Pingan nodded and said, "Yes, comrade, where is Xu Damao? What happened to him?"

The man did not answer Li Ping'an's words, but nodded and said: "You will know when you get there, just follow me."

Seeing that this person's attitude is so cold, it seems that Xu Damao's matter this time is not a small matter.

Li Pingan quickly drove his car and followed the man.

After turning into several alleys, we finally arrived in front of a somewhat dilapidated house.

The man said to Li Pingan: "Go in, he is inside."

Li Ping'an took Lou Xiao'e out of the car and looked at the low earthen wall and dilapidated yard in front of them.

Lou Xiao'e looked at Li Ping'an with some concern.

Li Pingan gave her a reassuring look and took the lead to walk into the yard. Lou Xiaoe followed closely behind him.

After entering the yard, the doors of the three earthen houses in front opened.

An older man saw Li Ping'an and Lou Xiao'e and said, "Are you the family of projectionist Xu? Come in."

Seeing this situation, Li Ping'an took Lou Xiao'e in.

In the room, three people sat at a table, the old man mentioned earlier and two men in their forties. There were four or five younger men standing behind them.

Xu Damao was wearing only his underwear, tied to a broken chair, with his head lowered.

Seeing Li Ping'an and Lou Xiao'e, Xu Damao shouted excitedly: "Ping'an, save me! Hurry up and save me back!"

Lou Xiao'e wanted to go over and untie Xu Damao's rope, but was stopped by Li Ping'an.

Li Pingan said to the men, "Everyone, tell me, what does this mean? You are illegally detaining others. If the police come, you will all go to jail."

Li Ping'an's words filled the surrounding young men with anger, and they looked like they were going to rush up and beat Li Ping'an in the next second.

The old man shook his head and said to Li Pingan: "I am the village chief of this village. My last name is Wang, and everyone calls me Old Wang."

"As for reporting to the police, once you have figured out what happened, if you want to report to the police, we will go with you."

After Village Chief Wang finished speaking, Xu Damao shook his head anxiously and shouted, "Ping An, don't report it to the police! If you report it to the police, I'll be finished!"

Li Pingan was a little curious about what Lou Zhenghua had arranged.

So he asked: "Then please ask Village Chief Wang to explain it to us."

Village chief Wang didn't waste any time and started talking about the cause of the incident.

It turned out that Xu Damao often came here to show movies. There was a widow in the village who was less than 30 years old and looked pretty good.

After meeting her a few times, Xu Damao gradually became involved with this widow.

Yesterday, Xu Damao came here again to show a movie. In the evening, after everyone went to bed, he went to the widow's house for a tryst.

As a result, he was discovered by the neighbor who was using the toilet, so he ran to the village and told the village chief.

Then he was caught by the village chief and his men.

Logically speaking, people were starving to death everywhere in the current situation. As long as the widow was willing, Xu Damao could settle the matter with a little more money.

But the widow's husband is the nephew of the village chief, and their family is also the largest family in the village.

Moreover, the man met with the accident when he went into the mountains to find food for the villagers.

Now everyone was unwilling to do so. The village chief was also unwilling to say so.

It just so happened that this widow was having a very difficult time raising her nephew's two children. Now that everyone was struggling, they had no ability to help her family.

One of the two children is three or four years old, and the other is just over one year old. If this widow relied on herself, she probably wouldn’t be able to support the two children.

The old village chief suggested that Xu Damao should either marry the widow or hand him over to the authorities and put him in jail.

How could Xu Damao agree to this? He already had a good wife and children, so how could he marry a widow and help raise someone else's children?

But if he was reported to the police, he would definitely go to jail. He would also lose his job. By then, Lou Xiao'e and the child would definitely not wait for him, and the Lou family would definitely ask him to divorce.

So in the end he chose to marry the widow.

In this way, he would have to divorce Lou Xiao'e before he could marry this widow.

So he asked someone to ask Li Ping'an to bring Lou Xiao'e over.

After the old village chief finished speaking, Xu Damao lowered his head in shame and did not dare to look at Lou Xiaoe.

Although Lou Xiao'e had heard about Xu Damao's affairs from her parents a long time ago and she no longer had any feelings for him, when the matter was put in front of her, Lou Xiao'e still went over and slapped Xu Damao in anger.

Then he said angrily: "Divorce, divorce now! I don't want to see you at all now!"

After saying that, Lou Xiao'e waved her hand and walked out.

Li Pingan pointed at Xu Damao and said, "Brother Damao, this time you really are... Oh! Forget it, I don't know what to say to you. You should take care of yourself in the future!"

After saying that, Li Ping'an also chased Lou Xiao'e out.

Xu Damao's eyes were red, and he regretted it very much now. It was estimated that the Lou family would never let him look after his children and wife again.

Seeing that things were going so smoothly and Xu Damao's wife agreed to divorce without making a fuss, the old village chief said to Xu Damao, "Projectionist Xu, since your wife has agreed to divorce you, you should bring Hongying with you and get your marriage certificate."

Then he said to the person beside him, "Give projectionist Xu his clothes and untie the rope. Let them go and come back early."

When Li Pingan ran outside, Lou Xiaoe was already sitting in the car. She said angrily, "Pingan, although I knew about it a long time ago, I still feel very angry after seeing it with my own eyes."

Li Pingan comforted him, "It's okay. Didn't we expect this day to come? There's nothing to be angry about."

"After we go through the formalities, I'll send all your things back home. Don't come to Siheyuan again."

Lou Xiao'e held Li Ping'an's hand and said, "I'm leaving now. What if I miss you in the future? You have to come visit me often."

Li Pingan scratched her still somewhat angry nose and said, "Don't worry, I will come to see you often."

The two were talking in the car when they saw Xu Damao coming out with the widow named Hongying.

Lou Xiao'e snorted coldly, turned her head and ignored them.

Li Pingan didn't say a word either.

Xu Damao looked at Lou Xiao'e awkwardly, and seeing that she ignored him, he sighed and got into the car.

The widow named Hongying was very straightforward. She got into the car and sat in the back. She said to Li Pingan, "Thank you, comrade."

This not only stunned Li Ping'an, but even Lou Xiao'e looked back at the widow in surprise.

Li Pingan suddenly felt that this widow was not ordinary! It seemed that Xu Damao would have to endure it in the future.