Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

(Old fellows, add more bookshelves,)

Cai Quanwu was about to say something more when Shazhu and Yuyu walked into the uncle's house carrying the leftovers from lunch.

It wouldn't be appropriate to talk about it at this time. Silly Zhu didn't know what to say. He didn't know what day to let him go out naked, and Yi Zhonghai probably didn't want him to know either.

Cai Quanwu then comforted Yi Zhonghai.

"Master Yi, you still need to consider this matter in the long term. We will talk about it when we have time."

Cai Quanwu thought that he should do more ideological work on Yi Zhonghai when he had time. If he really wanted to adopt a child without relatives, he might as well adopt one early.

Otherwise, if Jia Dongxu suddenly collapses, the moral truth of the true king collapses, and the inner demon invades, then if he gets entangled with Silly Zhu, he will still have to deal with him.

The first uncle was originally worried that Cai Quanwu would continue to talk, and it would not be a good thing to keep the family scandal in public. Now seeing that Cai Quanwu took the initiative and did not mention it, he was still very grateful. This Cai Quanwu knew how to be a good person, and he agreed casually.

"Okay, Uncle Zhuzhu, we'll talk about it later."

Silly Zhu walked in and asked cheerfully: "What are you talking about later? Introduce me to my wife?"

Cai Quan glanced at Silly Zhu like an idiot, thinking of something good, and sent him to cook unceremoniously.

"Zhuzi, your eldest mother is not feeling well today. You can cook dinner for tonight."

Speaking of cooking, Shazhu became more energetic, picked up the oil paper bag in his hand, and showed off.

"Master, aunt, my uncle took us to eat Quanjude for lunch today. It tastes really good, and the cooking skills are as good as my dad's Tan's cuisine."

"Yu Yu and I were full at noon. Look, there's a lot left. I'll pick up the old lady later and you can all have a taste in the evening."

He Yuyu, who was sitting next to Cai Quanwu, smacked his lips when he heard his brother's words, as if he was reminiscing.

The old man also had a smile on his face and said:

"Okay, let's try it too. We had it many years ago."

"Okay, please come and I'll start doing it right now."

Silly Zhu took things and was about to enter the kitchen, but Cai Quanwu stopped him.

"Zhuzi, here are the two duck racks. You take one, use half to make soup, and use the other half to cook cabbage. I'll show off the rest later and make a salt-and-pepper duck rack, and we'll serve wine."

"Uncle, can you still cook?" Silly Zhu asked curiously.

"I still know how to cook a few home-cooked dishes." Cai Quanwu smiled.

"Uncle, I understand, I'll do it first."

With that said, he carried the things into the kitchen.

As soon as Silhu entered the kitchen, there was a sound of chopping things.

After the sound of chopping stopped, not long after, the smell of duck came from the kitchen.

Smelling the aroma coming from the kitchen, the aunt wiped her tears, got up and went to the backyard to help the deaf old lady over for dinner.

In less than ten minutes, the aunt helped the deaf old lady into the house.

Seeing the old lady, Cai Quanwu smiled and greeted her.

"Old lady, are you feeling well?"

The deaf old lady said with a smile:

"Thanks to the country, I don't have to worry about food and drink. I should live for a few more years."

"That's good, good times are yet to come."

There was something in Cai Quanwu's words, but no one could understand it now, and they all thought Cai Quanwu meant what he said.

Now, if I am greedy in the past two years, I can still get some meat to eat. In another two years, if I am greedy, it will be difficult to even make some white flour steamed buns. It will be good if I don’t starve to death.

After exchanging pleasantries and sitting down to chat, after chatting for a while, Silly Zhu shouted in the kitchen.

"Uncle, I've done it. It's your turn."

"coming."

Cai Quanwu said to the first man and the others: "You guys chat, I'll give it a try."

Then he asked He Yuyu: "Yuyu, are you going?"

He Yuyu smiled and nodded.

When He Yuyu nodded, Cai Quanwu took her hand and went to the kitchen.

Entering the kitchen, he asked Silly Zhu:

"Zhuzi, do you have any pepper, cumin and aniseed?"

"Auntie, we don't have it here. If you want it, I'll go back and get it."

Silly Zhu thought to himself, you have a lot to do.

"Then you go back and get it. Powder is the best." Cai Quanwu explained.

"Okay, then I'll crush it for you."

With that said, Shazhu went out to get the seasoning.

Cai Quanwu first chopped the duck rack into roughly the same size with a knife, then poured it into the pot, added some salt, and kept stirring.

Not to mention, the temperature of the coal stove is really suitable for making salt and pepper.

In less than five minutes, Silly Zhu returned to the kitchen with his things.

Cai Quanwu took the seasoning from Sha Zhu's hand and sprinkled some of it into the pot. After a while of stir-frying, the duck rack was covered with the seasoning. After a few more stir-fries, the aroma came out.

After a few minutes, Cai Quanwu saw that it was almost done, so he took the pot and put it on the plate.

He took out a piece and handed it to He Yuyu, telling her to be careful of getting burned.

"Slow down, be careful not to burn your mouth."

"Uh-huh."

He Yuyu nodded while flipping the duck back and forth in his two hands.

Seeing the little girl's appearance, Cai Quanwu stopped nagging, ordered Sha Zhu to serve the food, and walked out with the duck rack.

When he came into the house, Cai Quanwu put the duck rack on the table and said to everyone:

"Old lady, Master Yi, aunt, all try it. It's very fragrant and delicious."

Before anyone could take action, Shazhu was carrying the dishes and shouting after him.

"Here it comes, here it comes, duck soup, duck meat with lotus cake."

"There's more in the back."

Saying that, he went into the kitchen again and shouted again when he came out again.

"Duck rack with braised cabbage and prawns."

After a while, a table of dishes was served.

The dishes are all served, and everyone finds a seat to sit down.

The deaf old lady, the aunt, and He Yuyu each filled a bowl of duck soup and started eating with the steamed buns.

The uncle was very discerning and took a bottle of wine from the cabinet at home. When Silly Zhu saw it, he was happy. It was the same as what he drank at noon.

"Master, you are really willing to give up today. This wine is not cheap. We also drank this wine at noon." Silly Zhu said with a grin.

"It was given to me by someone else. It's a few years old. Let's drink it today." The first man explained.

Silly Zhu was not polite, took the wine from the uncle's hand, opened it, and poured a glass each, still teasing.

"Then let's take advantage of him."

A few people started drinking while talking and laughing.

Cai Quanwu was very hungry, so he got some pieces of salt-and-pepper duck rack and put them in a bowl, then took a sip of wine and nibbled on it.

Silly Zhu was similar to Cai Quanwu. He didn't eat much and only drank.

In less than half an hour, the three of them finished the bottle of wine. The first man was about to get it, but Cai Quanwu stopped him.

"That's almost it. We still have a meeting in the evening. Drinking too much will have bad effects."

The old man is doing good things, so he probably feels distressed.

Without drinking, Cai Quanwu ate the steamed buns and put down his chopsticks.

He took out his cigarettes, handed one to the uncle, lit it himself, and started smoking beautifully.

When Si Zhu saw the two smoking, he was a little eager to give it a try, but he was ruthlessly suppressed by Cai Quanwu.

For the evening meal, the old lady drank a few bowls of soup, ate a few pieces of duck meat, and a few prawns. Mainly, the uncle and aunt were eating.

That's it, there's a lot of food left.

Cai Quanwu, Shazhu, and He Yuyu were not very hungry. They ate too much at lunch and it was all meat dishes. They had no appetite for these dishes at night.

After eating, the aunt began to clear the table.

Cai Quanwu started chatting with the first man, and while they were chatting, they talked about Jia Dongxu.

Cai Quanwu sighed and said with emotion: "Dongxu is too honest. It's hard to live with such a mother."

"There is nothing we can do. Lao Jia died young. He was orphaned and widowed. He was not very powerful at that time and was bullied to death." The first man explained.

"That's true."

Cai Quanwu did not deny this, but immediately changed his mind.

"However, Sister-in-law Jia is only a few years older than Master Yi. Old Yi, can you retire at her age?"

The uncle shook his head.

"The first aunt is in poor health and has to take care of the old lady. The second aunt and the third aunt have many children at home and have to take care of the children."

"Sister-in-law Jia has nothing to do. She doesn't want to help lighten her son's burden. She just idles around all day. She is very active in spreading gossip about the yard."

"Before I came to see Zhuzi, I inquired about this courtyard. Apart from your reputation as a good old man, she has the best reputation. Behind her, she is known as Nanluoguxiang's Shit Troublemaker."

Silly Zhu burst out laughing when he heard Nanluoguxiang Shitstick, thinking that the person with the nickname was really talented.

What Cai Quanwu said didn't even know how to refute.

Of course the uncle knew who Jia Zhang was, so he could only forcefully defend himself.

"Dongxu is working and has the ability to support the family. Sister-in-law Jia deserves to enjoy a happy life. Besides, sister-in-law Jia also donates shoe soles to support the family. As for gossiping, women are the same."

Cai Quanwu was not polite and directly attacked Yi Zhonghai.

"Before, when the ration was not in place, it was okay to enjoy the blessings. Now that the ration is in place, she still enjoys it? Then her son deserves to die from exhaustion?"

"In the past, I didn't transfer my household registration to the city just for the sake of convenience. Now I don't have a quota, and I'm still holding back. I really don't know if Dongxu is her biological child."

"The money for shoe soles is probably not enough for Mr. Jia and Zhang's greed."

The old lady also said: "Zhuzi's uncle is right, he just loves to eat and is lazy. She hasn't done much work since she got married, otherwise nothing will happen to Lao Jia."

There is something in what the old lady said!

Seeing that the old lady had made a final decision about Jia Zhang's coffin, the first man chose to remain silent.