The news that Liu Haizhong's family had been cheated out of 500 yuan by Xu Damao quickly spread throughout the compound, and everyone in the compound began to secretly laugh at Liu Haizhong.
Aunt Er, Liu Guangqi, and Wu Yu were all at home and there was nothing they could do.
No one said a word until Liu Haizhong came home from get off work that evening.
When Liu Guangqi saw Liu Haizhong return from outside with a gloomy expression, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Dad, did you find out where Xu Damao is showing movies?"
"We need to find Xu Damao quickly, otherwise he'll deny it even more!"
When Liu Haizhong saw that Liu Guangqi was chasing him and asking him about this as soon as he entered the room, he retorted irritably, "What do you mean I found it? If I can't find it, where am I supposed to look for it!"
"I asked around the factory, and nobody knew where that bastard Xu Damao had gone!"
"That bastard Xu Damao is deliberately hiding from us!" Liu Haizhong cursed. By this point, he naturally understood what was going on.
"But we can't just ignore Xu Damao!" Liu Guangqi said anxiously to Liu Haizhong.
"Nonsense, how could I know not to contact Xu Damao?"
"But where are we supposed to find Xu Damao now? Are we supposed to go from village to village asking around?"
Liu Haizhong gets a little frustrated when he talks about this. Xu Damao went to the countryside and he had nowhere to look for him. There are so many villages in Beijing, who knows exactly where he went to show movies?
At this moment, Liu Haizhong suddenly remembered something and immediately turned to look at Liu Guangqi and Wu Yu.
"Yeah, you two don't have to go to work!"
"Why don't you two just go find Xu Damao?"
Liu Haizhong gave instructions to Liu Guangqi and Wu Yu.
Liu Guangqi hadn't really thought of this, and pointed to himself somewhat slowly.
"Me? I'll go find Xu Damao?"
Liu Haizhong nodded seriously and said, "That's right, go find Xu Damao!"
"No, you two should go together! Otherwise, what are you two doing sitting around doing nothing!"
"The most important thing is to hurry up and find Xu Damao to get the money back!"
The more Liu Haizhong thought about it, the more feasible the idea seemed, since Liu Guangqi and Wu Yu were both free people anyway.
If they don't go out to look for Xu Damao, the two of them will just stay at home every day eating and drinking for free.
Liu Guangqi was silent for a moment before saying, "I could go find it myself, but where would I even begin?"
"Just go and ask around in each village! Something as big as showing a movie is easy to find out by asking around!"
"There aren't many projectionists in the countryside. If you find out where movies are being shown, just find Xu Damao!"
Liu Haizhong spoke very casually, without even considering how many villages were located below the capital, let alone that some of these villages were deep in the mountains.
After speaking with Liu Guangqi, Liu Haizhong turned to his second aunt and asked, "How much money and ration coupons do we have left?"
The second aunt glanced at Wu Yu out of the corner of her eye before finally saying, "There's not much left. I haven't saved any money at all in the past two months."
"You can scrape together enough money and food coupons for them for ten to fifteen days!"
"Send those two to the countryside to find Xu Damao! I refuse to believe that something as big as showing a movie can't be done without someone!"
After Liu Haizhong finished explaining to his second aunt, he started cursing again. Being schemed against by Xu Damao was really upsetting for Liu Haizhong, and could even be described as a great humiliation.
Aunt Erda looked somewhat troubled, because her family simply couldn't afford that much money.
But when she thought about how much money Xu Damao had swindled from her, she finally nodded.
"Okay, I'll think of a way. If all else fails, I'll try to get in touch with the people in the compound, and then pay them back slowly next month!"
In the end, they decided that even if they had to borrow money, they would still raise enough for the two of them to cover their travel expenses.
At this moment, Liu Guangqi looked at Wu Yu and said, "Why don't you come with me too?"
Wu Yu said very reluctantly, "We have to go to the countryside too!"
"Otherwise what? Where are we going to get money if we don't go to the countryside?"
Liu Guangqi became even more impatient with Wu Yu's attitude. He felt that he was doing Wu Yu a favor, but this was the attitude Wu Yu gave him.
Thinking of this, Liu Guangqi continued to say to Wu Yu, "Do you think I'm asking for money for myself? Let me tell you, if I don't get this money back, you can forget about getting any money back!"
"Now you know how much money my family has! Do you think there's any extra money we can give you?"
After hearing Liu Guangqi's words, Wu Yu could only nod, even though she was unwilling to go to the countryside with Liu Guangqi.
"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll go with you, alright?"
"What a mess! And that bastard Xu Damao, if I catch him, I'm going to give him a good beating!"
Wu Yu reluctantly agreed, then angrily cursed Xu Damao, deciding to settle the score with him.
Liu Guangqi glanced at Wu Yu with some disdain. Wu Yu might not know Xu Damao's fighting strength, but how could he not know?
When we grew up together, I had fought with Xu Damao and Shazhu before, but I never got the better of them.
Not to mention Wu Yu, who is even smaller and thinner than himself. If Wu Yu were to go and fight Xu Damao, he would have to stay far away.
To avoid being implicated by Wu Yu, I went there to ask for money, not to get beaten up.
Wu Yu didn't notice Liu Guangqi's gaze. She kept cursing and scheming against Xu Damao, even determined that she had to make Xu Damao compensate her for this matter.
In comparison, Liu Guangqi didn't have such high expectations.
He now just hopes that Xu Damao can return the money he was cheated out of, and Liu Guangqi would be content if he could even return a portion of it.
The most crucial thing is that this is something that can't be brought up in public at all. Otherwise, I would have already gone to find the peaked cap to help me. Why would I need to go to the countryside to find Xu Damao in person?
Aunt Er spent half a day rummaging around the house, and finally went out for a walk, gathering some food coupons from the people in the compound, and finally managed to collect enough for Wu Yu and Liu Guangqi.
"Guangqi, I've brought you both your food coupons!"
"If you two go to the countryside, remember to be frugal. Hide your money and such well, lest someone steal it!"
After handing the money and tickets to Liu Guangqi, the second aunt gave him some earnest instructions.
Liu Guangqi nodded, indicating that he understood.
"You should set off first thing tomorrow morning!" Liu Haizhong said to the two.
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