The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 177, finalized

Hong An became a little anxious when he saw that Li Weiguo was simply playing with the bloodstone and didn't take it seriously.

Although he has good decoration skills and a good income, the family has spent a lot of money to provide work for his two sons in the past two years. Now the family really has no savings and cannot give other decent gifts, otherwise he would not be five years old. The hundred yuan extortion was overwhelming.

"Chief Li, look at this."

Hong An hesitated to speak, knowing that others might not be interested in what he took out, so he gritted his teeth and took out five black tens from his pocket and pushed them in front of Li Weiguo.

Seeing that he had misunderstood, Li Weiguo quickly waved his hand and explained: "Master Hong, don't get me wrong. I don't mean to be disdainful. The things are good things, but I can't ask for your things in vain if the matter is not confirmed."

Then, Li Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Well, let me find someone to check for you first and see where Cai Chunzhi's family came from. If she is really not clean as you said, then We can do whatever we have to do, is that okay with you?"

In the final analysis, this matter is not a big deal, and it is within Li Weiguo's ability. Since the person is asking for it, it is not too troublesome, so it is easy to help, and it does not matter.

If it is true as Hong An said, Cai Chunzhi and her two brothers are not clean, then killing a few of them will also give the security guards under them a chance to make meritorious deeds. Why not do it.

"Hey, I'm sorry to trouble you, Chief Li."

Hong An and his son were instantly overjoyed. They finally saw some hope of resolving this matter.

After the matter was settled, Hong An and his son finally let go of their worries, and even drank with much enthusiasm.

It took more than two hours for Li Weiguo to return home from Hong An's house.

Before leaving, Hong An also forced the small box containing the chicken blood stone and five big black tens to Li Weiguo, euphemistically saying that the soldiers and horses should go ahead before the food and grass are used. This is the activity funds.

Seeing that Li Weiguo couldn't defeat him, he had no choice but to accept it. If he didn't accept it, Hong An and his son would not be able to feel at ease.

When I left Hong An's house and returned to the courtyard, it was already almost nine o'clock in the evening.

Walking into the courtyard, Li Weiguo was not in a hurry to go home, but walked straight to the middle courtyard, wanting to go find Shazhu.

Today I made an agreement with Zhao Guobing to bring the cook and ingredients to help over the weekend. I have to say hello to Shazhu first, otherwise if Shazhu has something to do and can't go, it will be a bad deal.

Crossing the hall and looking towards the main room in the middle courtyard, the lights are on at Shazhu's house in the middle courtyard, and someone happens to be at home.

Li Weiguo didn't knock on the door, walked over and pushed the door open.

Silly Zhu was eating dinner by herself in the room, and the rain was not there, so she probably rested in her own room after eating.

Silly Zhu had just come back from get off work. He heard the sound of the door and turned around to see it was Li Weiguo. He immediately asked Li Weiguo to come over and sit down.

"Weiguo is back. Have you eaten? Let's get ready together?"

"Eat, eat, no need to say hello, just eat by yourself."

Li Weiguo waved his hand to let him do as he pleased, and he walked straight to the dining table and sat down.

Just as he was about to talk business with Sha Zhu, he lowered his head and glanced at Sha Zhu's food, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Brother Zhu, you work overtime to make a small stove at night, why do you only eat this?"

It turned out that the lunch box in front of Silly Zhu only contained two sorghum flour pancakes and some potatoes and cabbage. Not to mention meaty, there was not even a drop of oil, and it was no different from the big pot rice in the factory at noon.

Hearing Li Weiguo's question, Shazhu looked bitter and waved his hand: "Don't mention it, you don't know what the food situation in our factory is like now, let alone the big pot of rice, I can't even leave anything behind when I make a small stove at night.

Although it’s nice to cook Xiao Zao because of the meaty taste, you don’t know how clean those leaders eat. Good guys, they don’t even have to wash the dishes after eating.

You said, given this situation, what kind of leftovers can I leave behind? The little I eat now is still the leftovers from the big pot of rice at noon. Alas, it's unlucky that I haven't brought any leftovers back after working overtime. "

As he said this, Shazhu became more and more frustrated, as if he had lost dozens of dollars.

When Li Weiguo heard this, he burst into laughter. Silly Zhu was used to living a good life, so where would he go now? There would be another year or two of hard life in the future, some of which he had endured.

Li Weiguo shook his head and comforted: "Okay, Brother Zhu, the environment is like this, there is nothing to complain about. In any case, you cooks have no worries about food and drink. You can save a lot of rations every month, like other families." It’s a lot, but it’s just a small ration every month, and it’s hard to even have enough food and clothing, so there’s nothing to complain about.”

When Silhu heard this, he realized that this was also the case, and immediately felt a lot more balanced.

"By the way, Brother Zhu, are you free on the weekend?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Silly Zhu raised his head and asked.

Li Weiguo explained: "Isn't Zhao Guobing getting married this weekend? I haven't found a chef at the wedding banquet, so I asked if you are free."

"Yes, this is great. Just leave it to me and I'll make sure I can help him do it beautifully."

When it came to holding a wedding banquet, Shazhu got excited and immediately expressed his opinion with a pat on the chest.

Affected by the general environment this year, not only the food in the factory has become worse, but there are also a lot fewer people looking for him to cook weddings and weddings outside.

It's not that people don't want to invite him, but that supplies are scarce and many people can't afford the banquet.

Some newlyweds just get married and just get a marriage certificate and give out two wedding candies, and that's it, even the wedding banquet is skipped.

The funeral is even simpler, you don't even need to give out sugar, just notify your relatives and friends, and then send the person to the crematorium and call it a day.

No, even the cooks like them, who rely on earning extra money to support their families, have no choice but to rely on the dispensable benefits in the work unit to make ends meet.

Now I heard Li Weiguo say that there was a banquet to be held. How could he not have time? He was also short of oil, water and extra money.

The waiter can even eat and drink, and when everything is done, he has to give a red envelope of three to five yuan. Others who are good at the craftsmanship will help introduce business in the future. What a great thing, Silly Zhu doesn’t hesitate. .

Seeing that Sha Zhu was so active, Li Weiguo immediately made the decision: "Okay, it's settled. You will come with me early on the weekend. Do you think you should find some helpers in the back kitchen of the cafeteria to help you?"

Silly Zhu waved his hand: "No, I'll go to the kitchen and order for two people later. It's a piece of cake. By the way, how many tables does Zhao Guobing plan to host? Do you have a menu?"

When Si Zhu mentioned this problem, Li Weiguo patted his head. He didn't expect this problem at the time and forgot to ask.

However, Zhao Guobing didn't have this menu. He had been looking for ingredients everywhere before today and was not sure where the ingredients came from.

So Li Weiguo thought about it and said: "There are six tables in total, but there is no menu. You can give me a menu based on twelve people per table and make it more generous. Then Zhao Guobing and I will go according to your order." Get the ingredients.”

"Okay, just wait a moment and I'll write it to you right away."

With that said, Silly Zhu stood up and went to find paper and pen. He did not doubt Li Weiguo's ability to get ingredients, so he thought about it for a moment, conceived the menu, and then wrote ten words on the paper with a "swish". Here is the name of the dish, followed by the total number of ingredients and seasonings needed, and the last handful is handed to Li Weiguo.

Li Weiguo took the menu, glanced at Silly Zhu's dog-gnawing characters, curled his lips, and refrained from complaining.

Although the lettering is ugly, the menu is okay. There are eight hot dishes and five cold dishes, some meat and some vegetarian. It is not too showy. It is based on the number of people per table of twelve. It has both face and content. Whoever comes Can't fault it too much.

"Okay, I will prepare the ingredients according to this list. I will go to work tomorrow. Remember to find helpers in the kitchen in advance."

"No problem, don't worry, I will definitely find all the manpower for you." Shazhu assured, patting his chest.

After finalizing the matter, Li Weiguo didn't stay any longer. He said hello and went directly back to his room.