bullyxtreme Chapter 69 "Full of Love" - World Widows Raising Children 10
Chapter 69 "Full of Love" - World Widows Raising Children 10
Sure enough, a little while later, Xu Damao was seen peeking around at the gate of the yard. Was he really going to wait there, even skipping lunch? That's true love!
"Da Mao! Come here!" Xu Damao saw Liu Yuxi calling him and walked over while looking at the central courtyard, asking, "Sister Liu, what's up?" Liu Yuxi brought out two small stools and said, "Sit down, let's talk!" Xu Damao sat down and asked, "What are we talking about?" "Let's talk about you and Zhuzi! What are you up to today? You seem to have a lot on your mind?"
Xu Damao is only 19 years old this year and will graduate from high school at the end of the year. He'll probably be going to the countryside with his father to learn how to project films. Young people often think very simply: "We don't get along, so you'd better not have it easy. Whatever you want to do, I'll make sure you can't do it. I'll be happy if you're unhappy." He might know that ruining someone's marriage is wrong, but he doesn't realize how deep that grudge can be. He might just be thinking, "Hey He Yuzhu, you're going on a blind date? I'll make sure you can't!"
"What's the big grudge? I just don't want to see him smug. It's his fault for being so talkative!" Speaking of being talkative, these two are equally bad, except He Yuzhu targets everyone he dislikes, while Xu Damao only targets He Yuzhu. "What if you ruin He Yuzhu's blind date, and then He Yuzhu ruins yours too? Don't tell me you have a solution. At most, you'll ruin his blind date, and then he'll ruin yours. What? You'll both end up single, and then you'll live together?"
Xu Damao was unconvinced, but he also knew that if He Yuzhu found out that he was the one who caused the sabotage, what Liu Yuxi said would definitely happen. He stubbornly said, "I won't let him know that I did it, right?" Liu Yuxi laughed, "Do you think there are any secrets around here? It's just that I saw it. If someone who doesn't like trouble came along and wanted to watch the show, they would definitely watch you cause trouble and then find a chance to tell Zhuzi. Do you believe me?"
Xu Damao didn't speak, but Liu Yuxi said, "Damao, I came to the courtyard quite late, so I don't know how much resentment you two have, but 'the hatred of killing one's father and the hatred of stealing one's wife'—that's a blood feud. You two grew up in the same courtyard, and it's come to this?"
Xu Damao was also a little flustered by what she said. He really hadn't thought that much about it; he was just having a moment of fun. But thinking about the consequences if He Yuzhu found out about his sabotage made him feel uneasy. He asked Liu Yuxi, "Sister-in-law Liu, is it really that serious?" Liu Yuxi didn't answer but asked him instead, "Just think about it: if you were on a blind date today and He Yuzhu ruined it, and you found out, what would you do?"
Xu Damao didn't dare to think about it anymore. If it were him, he would definitely fight to the death, and He Yuzhu would never be able to get married in his life. Xu Damao wiped his face: "Sister Liu, I really didn't think that much!" "I know, that's why I came to talk to you. Go home, there are some things you can't do." "Hey, I'm going home, Sister Liu, about today..." "What happened today? It's just that Zhuzi went on a blind date. I think there will be people coming into the yard in a while! Damao, you're getting old, tell your mother to hurry up and get you settled in!" "I'm still young, Sister Liu, I'm going home!" He said, and walked towards the backyard.
Thinking about how Xu Damao in the TV series never had children, Liu Yuxi felt that it was related to his work, not because of Sha Zhu. You see, they grew up in the same courtyard. Even if they fought as children, they probably hadn't fought much before He Daqing left. After all, adults would restrain their children to some extent. Living in the same courtyard, not many parents would encourage their children to resolve conflicts with their own hands.
The argument between the two, and He Yuzhu's physical altercation, likely occurred after He Daqing left, since no one was there to stop him. However, with He Daqing gone, He Yuzhu lost his backing. Xu Damao's parents were still in the yard, so even if He Yuzhu did hit him, he wouldn't go all out. Even if he wanted to project an image of being unapproachable, as a man, he couldn't be unaware of the vulnerability and importance of that area. Therefore, He Yuzhu definitely wouldn't have dared to use excessive force initially. At most, it was only after the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai emboldened him, and after Xu Damao's parents moved away, that he might have resorted to this tactic when beating Xu Damao. But it certainly wouldn't have happened often. Xu Damao isn't stupid, and He Yuzhu probably doesn't have the protagonist's halo of reduced intelligence. If it happened too often, even if Xu Damao didn't call the police, he would definitely change his strategy towards He Yuzhu, and wouldn't always be verbally abusive towards him.
Looking at his parents, his mother worked as a servant in the Lou family until the marriage was discussed, at which point she left. His father worked as a projectionist at a steel mill, meaning he also worked for the Lou family. Therefore, before liberation, both his parents should have been servants in the Lou family. His father's projection skills couldn't have been innate; Lou Bancheng must have sent him to learn. The position of projectionist in the steel mill's propaganda department likely came after liberation. This is related to the history of film development. China's first sound film, *The Singing Girl Red Peony*, was screened on March 3, 1931, at the Guanglu Grand Theater in Shanghai. The first recorded group of projectionists in my country was at the beginning of the People's Republic, when the Ministry of Culture of the Central People's Government held a national film projectionist training course in Nanjing, graduating over 1800 students.
Therefore, Xu's father must have learned projection techniques between 1931 and 1950, and he likely entered the factory around the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Lou Bancheng was highly politically sensitive; otherwise, he would have been caught in the purges during the liberation of Beiping. Before liberation, even once a year would be considered a conscientious act for a capitalist to show films to workers, let alone going to the countryside. What did the countryside have to do with Lou Bancheng? Even if Xu's father had learned projection techniques before liberation, he wouldn't have needed to carry equipment around to show films for the Lou family before liberation. He probably only started riding a bicycle to the countryside after entering the factory around the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Xu's mother only had two children, Xu Damao and Xu Xiaoling. The couple didn't live apart all year round. Since she already had two children, it meant that having another child wouldn't affect her work. In those days, people believed that having many children meant many blessings, and the infant mortality rate was very high. With only one son, it was unlikely that she would simply stop having children; it wasn't safe! At that time, the road conditions to the countryside were extremely poor. When the author visited his maternal grandmother's house in the early 90s, the provincial highways were all made of large and small stones, with no smooth surfaces whatsoever. The countryside was even worse, full of potholes and bumps.
Riding a bicycle carrying heavy projection equipment for hours on end, the bumpy ride is unbearable. Everyone knows the consequences of girls riding bicycles for long periods of time. And this was on a smooth asphalt road in later generations! Think about it, think about it carefully!