Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Chapter 112 Lijiazhuang

Secretary Wang asked Xu Damao to sit on the sofa and personally poured him two cups of tea.

Xu Damao took the tea and took a sip to moisten his throat. "A week ago, our factory's projectionist came down to show a movie, and he hasn't returned since. He's not even dead, and it seems that he's my apprentice, so our factory leader sent me down to find out what happened."

Secretary Wang frowned, "I don't know about this. A few days ago, a projectionist came and showed two movies in the commune. Then he left with the projection equipment and no one knows where he went."

"According to the factory's screening arrangements, after showing the film in our commune, he should have gone to Lijiazhuang under the commune." Xu Damao said.

Secretary Wang frowned. Lijiazhuang was quite remote, surrounded by mountains and there were wild animals roaming around. Maybe someone had been killed.

Secretary Wang looked at the time and saw that it was almost four o'clock. "Since we are going to Lijiazhuang, we should go and take a look. However, it is too late today and the road is not easy to travel at night. So let's set off early tomorrow morning. I will take a few people with you."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to Secretary Wang."

"Da Mao, you have come from far away, so you should go to the old room and rest for a while. Your apprentice rested there a few days ago. Let's have a few drinks in the evening." Secretary Wang said.

"Okay, then I won't disturb the secretary from his work. It happens that I brought two bottles of good wine this time. Let's try them together in the evening." After saying this, Xu Damao walked out of the office and went straight to the lounge. He had stayed here more than once or twice. He lit the stove with ease, and then lay on the bed thinking about this matter. He always felt that there was something wrong with this matter, but he couldn't tell what was wrong specifically.

Logically speaking, what he did before was much more excessive than that of his apprentice. To exaggerate a little, it can be said that there are mothers-in-law in every village and nothing has happened. How come something happened to his own apprentice?

Moreover, the villagers and the commune all turned a blind eye to this matter. On the one hand, they could ask the projectionist to come more often and show more movies, and on the other hand, they could help the young widows. In this year of famine, the widows also have to live, and they would have a hard time explaining if a few people starved to death, especially since this was on the edge of the old city!

Xu Damao opened the system and wanted to exchange for a skill that could sense other people's thoughts or make people tell the truth. Although he had a ready-made skill book in his space, it was too troublesome to search for it. He felt that there was something strange about this matter and he had to find a way to figure it out.

"Ding, search completed, host, please check the results."

"He has telepathy and can roughly sense other people's inner thoughts. The price is 10,000 credits."

"Spiritual connection, can connect to the other person's mind, through the fluctuation of brain waves can clearly sense the other person's thoughts, the price is 100,000 points."

What is there to hesitate about? Now Xu Damao’s main feature is his arrogance. He decisively exchanged the spiritual link. Now Li Jiazhuang finally feels more confident.

Xu Damao was lying on the bed, but his mind was immersed in organizing the treasures he had acquired during this period. All kinds of antiques were sorted and placed on the antique display shelf. Boxes of gold, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, copybooks, etc. were also put back into new boxes and stacked neatly.

After doing all this, Xu Damao lay on the wooden bed and felt a little bored. He thought of the various entertainment facilities in his previous life, but unfortunately there were none in this era. The leader of the art troupe had generously given him a lot of rare tickets, including TV tickets and electric fan tickets. Maybe he could exchange them for a Subor to play games?

!

Xu Damao suddenly had an idea. He could not redeem a home game console, but he could redeem a handheld game console! Xu Damao directly opened the redemption page and searched for PSP, which is the most classic handheld game console. In this era, he must be the first to develop this game console so that foreigners will line up to buy it.

"PSP enhanced model, with + games included, built-in large-capacity battery, and a charger adapted to this era, priced at 10,000 points."

Exchange, exchange decisively!

Xu Damao looked at the streamlined and technologically advanced body in front of him and couldn't let it go. He turned on the game console, found Monster Hunter and started playing.

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"Da Mao, are you in there?" Director Wang's voice came from outside the room.

Xu Damao could only pause the game and put the game console into the space. He didn't want others to see him. "I'm here. What's up, Secretary Wang?"

"It's time for dinner. I'm here to ask you to eat together."

"Okay, I happened to bring two bottles of good wine, we must drink to our heart's content today." Xu Damao stood up, took out a bottle of Xifeng and a bottle of Fenjiu from his bag, and opened the door.

"Oh, Fenjiu, it's really good wine. We are in for a treat today. Let's go. Gangzi heard that you were here and insisted on treating you to a meal." After Director Wang finished speaking, he stepped forward to lead the way. Xu Damao nodded and hurriedly followed.

The two arrived at Wang Gang's house, where the wine and food had already been prepared. Although not very sumptuous, it was rare in that era and period. This was also thanks to Wang Gang being the captain of the militia, and being able to take people to the mountains to hunt some game when he was free.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone sat down. Wang Gang, as the host, took the lead in speaking and toasting, thanking Xu Damao profusely. Xu Damao also accepted all the offers and drank until the glass was empty, winning unanimous applause from everyone.

During the dinner, everyone was drinking and chatting. Xu Damao talked about many interesting things about the steel mill and mentioned that he had been promoted and that the two projectionists were his apprentices.

Secretary Wang and Wang Gang knew that he was looking for someone, so they talked about the news of Lijiazhuang. This Lijiazhuang is surrounded by mountains. Basically, everyone has the same surname. The clan concept is very strong. They are extremely united and xenophobic. They rarely contact the outside world. Even Secretary Wang and Wang Gang don't know much about them. When Xu Damao heard this news, he felt that there was more and more problems with Lijiazhuang.

At the same time, the village chief's house in Lijiazhuang was also very lively, with many people sitting upright and discussing issues.

"This matter is a bit troublesome. It's also our fault for not being careful enough. Someone else found out. Have you found out how the news was leaked?"

"Baka, if it were you, I would just kill him and be done with it. Why would you bother with all that?"

"Ono-kun, killing one person is relatively simple, but it will also attract their attention and expose our position, which is not worth the loss!"

"It seems that someone came to visit our relatives a few days ago and heard that we detained the projectionist, so he spread rumors after he left."

"Ah, we have lived a peaceful life for too long and let down our guard. If we had known earlier, we would have just robbed a woman from outside. Getting married is too troublesome."

"The current situation is not optimistic for us. We are in a dilemma. We can neither release the person directly nor kill him casually. What is the will of this person? Can we win him over?"

"He was very determined and kept cursing at the people we sent!"

"If he still doesn't surrender by noon tomorrow, then we'll kill him. When the higher-ups come to investigate, everyone should be careful and not reveal their true identity!"

"Hi."