Outside the house, Xu Damao stood quietly in the dim sunlight, his cheeks full of flattery.
"Brother Donglai, are you free tonight?"
"What's going on, please tell me directly?" Li Donglai muttered in his heart.
How dare this kid go back to the courtyard and not be afraid that I will beat him up again?
"It's like this. Since you moved here, the relationship between our two families has always been very good. In the past, there was a relationship between the two brothers because of that beast, Deputy Factory Director Li. The younger brother did something that he could not do to you.
But I have received the punishment I deserve, and my mother is still in the detention room. The comrades at the police station said she would be detained for five years."
Xu Damao's face was pale and he looked like he was about to cry.
Li Donglai frowned and interrupted him: "Do you want me to plead for your mother? Let the police station detain her for a few years?"
"No, no, you misunderstood Brother Donglai. My mother framed you and was imprisoned. She deserved it. It was good for her to receive an education there. I, Damao, am the kind of person who can't tell right from wrong.
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Xu Damao saw Li Donglai's serious face and his body bent even more, almost like a prawn.
"I didn't know the ins and outs of the matter at that time. If I had known earlier, I would have taken my mother to the police station to surrender myself without you having to investigate!"
"As the publicity officer of the steel rolling mill, I, Xu Damao, still have this awareness."
Xu Damao's chest was heaving with anger, he was gnashing his teeth, and he looked like he was incompatible with the evil forces, which shocked Li Donglai.
"..."
It is not uncommon for people to betray their loved ones for the sake of their future.
But there is no one like Xu Damao who is so confident.
Based on this alone, if he hadn't fallen in love with Li Donglai.
First, Lou Xiao'e's marriage was cut off, and Lou Bancheng's vast wealth was lost.
Deputy Director Li was also imprisoned and lost his backer.
Xu Damao has already soared into the sky.
People like Silly Zhu who only know how to play tricks in the courtyard would have been killed by Xu Damao long ago without the care of the deaf old lady Yi Zhonghai.
Li Donglai came to his senses and sighed in his heart.
It seems that after the fall of Deputy Director Li, Xu Damao realized the reality and was ready to surrender for fear of being picked on.
Of course, Li Donglai didn't believe a word of such loyal words.
One second he can kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, and the next second he can pull out a knife from behind and plunge it into your heart while you are not paying attention.
If possible, he should be sent directly to the fence now to keep him company with Li Huaide.
However, strong evidence is lacking.
Xu Zhang took the blame for the frame-up, and Li Huaide refused to explain that Xu Damao was involved in the frame-up for fear of being implicated in more crimes.
Xu Damao, like Deputy Director Li, is a venomous snake and must be killed with a knife.
Verbal sarcasm will only make Xu Damao feel jealous and wait for an opportunity to retaliate.
In this case, the best choice is to pretend to believe what he says, collect all the evidence, and then deal with him once and for all.
Li Donglai understood everything in an instant.
He strode forward, held Xu Damao's arms, and said with a sincere expression: "Brother Damao, it's great if you think so. I've been debating whether to intercede for your mother. The old man is older.
I'm squatting in the fence, and sooner or later my health will go wrong. However, you also know that I am an upright person, and there is no way I can do such a thing that violates the rules. Now that I see that you can understand, I am deeply relieved."
"It's okay. I don't blame you. My mother is in good health. She can walk two miles carrying water and squatting in a fence for a few years. It's not a problem at all." Xu Damao also looked touched, his voice was full of emotion.
A little trembling: "I'm so happy that you can forgive me."
"We will still be good neighbors and good brothers from now on."
As he said that, Xu Damao poked his head into the room and pretended to be surprised: "Brother Donglai, you haven't eaten yet. In this way, I will serve you tonight and we can go to Lao Mo and have a meal."
"Firstly, I am making amends, and secondly, I am celebrating Brother Donglai's arrival at Beijing University for further studies."
In the early 1950s, China, which was in a desperate situation, was fully learning from "Big Brother". At that time, there was a popular slogan: "Big Brother's today is our tomorrow."
In 1954, the Beijing Exhibition Hall was completed.
At the exhibition, Big Brother's coal shearers, tractors, harvesters, trucks, cars, trains and locomotives all opened the eyes of the Chinese people who are in an economically and technologically backward stage.
What shocked everyone deeply was the huge and magnificent "Moscow Restaurant" that opened at the same time.
The kitchen equipment of "Lao Mo" restaurant has been electrified.
There are large refrigerators, large electric stoves, and various electric stoves for making coffee, baking snacks, and frying oil.
Each floor of the kitchen is equipped with electric conveyors to quickly deliver snacks and dishes.
The chef of "Old Mo" was the master chef of Big Brother at that time.
The dishes are all Big Brother's palace dishes, and the tableware and utensils are all made of silver.
The guards at Lao Mo's gate are said to be 'internal security' personnel dispatched by special departments, the kind that are fully armed.
Even the male waiters are not simple, they are all outstanding ones selected from major state-owned hotels.
The male waiter is provided with leather shoes, material trousers, hair wax and shoe polish.
The waitress gave out those and extra perfume.
It can be said that "Lao Mo" is the most high-end restaurant in Beijing.
In the beginning, "Lao Mo" was provided with coupons. Those who could get meal coupons were not ordinary people, and the customers who could enter were not ordinary people. At first, most of them were experts and professors of Big Brother.
Later, ‘Lao Mo’ gradually opened to the outside world.
But the price and quality are there.
In that era, being able to have a meal at Lao Mo was not only a matter of money, but more importantly, it was a status symbol.
People in the old capital called it ‘Mian’er’.
The generals and stubborn leaders who came out of the capital compound regarded going to "Lao Mo" to eat Western food as an activity full of glory.
For them, this is not a meal, but close to a ceremonial pilgrimage.
For ordinary people, eating at Lao Mo is like a dream, it is simply impossible.
Of course, for Li Donglai who came from a later generation, Western food had no appeal to him at all.
Can half-cooked beef be called gourmet if you put some lettuce leaves on it?
As for the amazing cheese, doesn’t it taste just like the stinky tofu on the street?
When it was served on the Western dining table, it became a noble food.
In the final analysis, it is the West that controls the discourse.
In his eyes, Chinese food is the most perfect food in the world.
However, Xu Damao spent a lot of money this time. If you don't make him feel distressed, wouldn't it be a kindness to him?
"Well, I didn't want to go at first, but we are brothers. If I didn't go, wouldn't I be looking down on you?"
Li Donglai patted Xu Damao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "As brothers, how can we look down on each other! Just wait, I will tell your sister-in-law."
Seeing Li Donglai walking into the house, Xu Damao wanted to cry but had no tears.
You took advantage and bullied me, Damao, are you still a human being?
