The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 36, daily life

It was almost six o'clock when we returned to the courtyard.

A piece of fish belly white floated in the eastern sky, and the earth gradually became brighter.

At this time, many residents in the courtyard began to get up and prepare for the day's work.

Li Weiguo was in a very happy mood when he returned home. He did two businesses in one night and also collected a lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and jade. Although the authenticity cannot be guaranteed, there must be a few pieces, which can be considered a harvest.

At this moment, his stomach was growling with hunger, so Li Weiguo planned to cook lean meat porridge to reward himself.

Just do it.

Immediately take out a pound of rice from the space, put it into the pot and add water to wash it. After washing, add enough water, put it on the stove and start cooking porridge.

At the same time, take out the lean meat and chopped green onion from the space and prepare them.

After about 20 minutes, the porridge is cooked. Pour the lean meat into it and keep stirring. After stirring for more than a minute, add an appropriate amount of salt and continue stirring.

Finally sprinkle with chopped green onions and you're done.

The aroma of lean meat porridge wafted outside through the doors and windows, and residents nearby woke up from hunger when they smelled the aroma.

The third uncle's house is across the street.

The Yan Jiecheng brothers and sisters were awakened by the fragrance and could not fall asleep again after tossing and turning.

Yan Jiecheng covered his head with a quilt and complained dissatisfiedly: "Who is this? They cook meat porridge so early in the morning. What kind of family is this?"

The third uncle woke up a long time ago. As soon as he entered the house of Yan Jiecheng's three brothers, he saw the three of them still lying on the bed. He said angrily: "Who else can it be, Chief Li? Okay, when you wake up, wash up quickly. It's time to go to school." It’s useless to envy others if you go to school.”

Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang smelled the fragrance and swallowed enviously. They had no choice but to get up and get dressed.

In this era, ordinary families only eat two meals. In rural areas, they even eat dry food when they are busy and thin food when they are free.

The only people in the courtyard who have the conditions to have breakfast are Shazhu, Xu Damao, the first uncle, and the second uncle. Of course, there are conditions, but whether they eat well or not is another matter.

The porridge was already cooked. Li Weiguo took the whole pot of porridge off the stove and placed it on the dining table. He also prepared a few steamed buns, a few boiled eggs and a plate of pickles for himself.

I didn't know how to measure properly when cooking. One pound of cooked rice was a bit too much. It filled a big pot and I couldn't seem to finish it all by myself.

So he got up and took two large bowls, one bowl of meat porridge, and another bowl with two large steamed buns. Then he took two hard-boiled eggs and sent them to the old lady in the backyard.

It's just a little bit of food, it's not worth anything, it's just a way of repaying the old lady's favor for the original person.

He walked to the old lady's house in the backyard, holding porridge in one hand and knocking on the door with the other: "Old lady, are you awake?"

"Who is it?" came the voice of the old lady who had just woken up from her sleep.

"I'm Wei Guo. I cooked some porridge this morning. It's a bit too much. I'll bring you some."

"Wait a minute." The old lady got up.

After a while, he said: "Come in, the door is open, haha."

After entering the room, the old lady had already stood up and sat on the bedside. She put the porridge and eggs on the table and said to the old lady: "Madam, the porridge, steamed buns and eggs are on the table for you. Remember to eat them after you wash up." Just put it on the table after you're done eating, and I'll clean it up later."

"Haha. Don't worry about me from now on. Just keep it to eat. Your aunt will make breakfast for me. The old woman is too old to eat so much."

"Isn't this just too much? You can help me eliminate some of it. Okay, old lady, I'll leave first. I'll have to go to work after I finish eating."

"Okay. Go get busy."

After delivering porridge to the old lady, Li Weiguo turned around and went out.

When I walked to the middle courtyard, I saw He Yuyu carrying a schoolbag and chewing on a steamed bun, getting ready to go to school.

He immediately greeted: "Rain, so early?"

"Brother Wei Guo, it's morning. I didn't want to be so early. I smelled the smell of meat porridge and woke up from hunger. I don't know who it is. It's so annoying early in the morning." Yuyu held a steamed bun in his mouth, looking listless. look.

Li Weiguo touched his nose, okay, even having breakfast is not in line with the market, so he should keep a low profile from now on.

He smiled coquettishly: "Are you hungry? Come to my place and have some porridge before going to school?"

"Huh?" Yuyu's eyes lit up, and he became energetic when he heard that there was something delicious.

Seeing her foodie look, Li Weiguo laughed dumbly and touched the little girl's head, "Come on, let's go have porridge."

Returning to the house, he made Yu Yu sit down, scooped out a bowl full of meat porridge for her, and handed her a steamed bun.

"Eat, you're welcome."

Taking the meat porridge and steamed buns, Yu Yu sniffed intoxicatedly: "I said, who cooks meat porridge so early in the morning? It turns out to be Brother Wei, it's so torturous. I want to eat you up on behalf of the whole hospital. , hum~"

Li Weiguo laughed: "Okay, I'll be poor and I'll have a big pot for you to eat."

After breakfast, He Yuyu was going to school. She was carrying her schoolbag and was about to go out. Li Weiguo stopped her and put two lunch boxes in her schoolbag. One lunch box contained two large steamed buns and two boiled eggs, and the other one contained two large steamed buns and two boiled eggs. It is filled with cold pork head.

The lunch box was wrapped in a net bag and placed on the top layer of the schoolbag. He touched her head and told her to remember to eat at noon.

The little girl nodded obediently, carrying her schoolbag and waving goodbye to Li Weiguo.

After breakfast, Li Weiguo pushed his bicycle out and prepared to go to work.

As soon as he went out, he met Shazhu.

This guy was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and carrying a satchel across his shoulders. He was walking slowly towards the steel rolling mill with a figure-footed step like a rich landowner.

In the entire steel rolling mill, the cook is the one who works late. There is no need to cook breakfast, as long as he is there before lunch, not to mention how leisurely it is.

"Brother Zhu!" Li Weiguo shouted from behind.

Silly Zhu turned around after hearing the sound: "Hey, why are you so late?"

"Hey, it's not too late. I'll be riding to the factory in seven or eight minutes. I can make it in time. Get in the car and I'll give you a ride." Li Weiguo stopped next to Silly Zhu and said.

"That's good, I'm sorry for you." With that said, Silly Zhu got into the back seat.

"You're welcome, sit tight, let's set off."

"Okay. Let's go."

Li Weiguo took Sha Zhu and rode all the way from Nanluogu Lane to Dongzhimen. There were more and more pedestrians on the road, all going to work in the steel rolling mill.

When there are few people, ride faster, and when there are many people, ring the bell. I don’t know how many envious looks you get along the way.

He Yuzhu was also jealous: "Wei Guo, I really envy you. You even bought a bicycle. With this car, you have to seduce so many girls."

Li Weiguo laughed: "There is nothing to envy. You have good skills as a cook. You open a small stove for the leaders. What votes you want is not a matter of words."

"Hey, that's right, that makes sense, hahaha."

He believed Li Weiguo's words. If you do a good job on the small stove, I don't know how many leaders will ask you to cook.

A large factory with tens of thousands of people, and all kinds of red and white wedding banquets, cannot avoid cooks like them.

The income is high, there is a lot of extra money, there is enough oil and water, and it is easier to get access to rare tickets.

"By the way, Brother Zhu, can you make goose?"

"Goose? Yes, there are goose stewed in iron pot, braised goose, and braised goose. There are many ways to make goose, but goose is not easy to get."

"Hehe. Just know how to do it. I'll get a goose back later, and we two will have a good time. How about you teach me how to make a goose?"

During this period, the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep and rabbits in the space were continuously harvested, and Li Weiguo cooked and ate them all. Unfortunately, due to his limited skill level, he could only barely cook them.

As for the taste, it's hard to describe.

No, if you want to learn two tricks from Shazhu, you can't just look at the flesh and sigh.

"Okay, you're not a cook anyway, so it's okay to teach you. When you mention it like that, I'm greedy. It's so fragrant. If you get it back, I promise to teach you step by step."

"Okay, we've made a deal~"

"Okay, it's settled!"

On National Day, a reader said that the first year of the famine was 1958. I gave him a detailed reply, but was automatically blocked and banned for ten days. The ban will not be lifted until tomorrow. It’s so embarrassing. I want to reply to everyone in the past few days. I can’t reply to comments. If you have any questions, you can check the information yourself. I can’t write in detail because reality doesn’t allow it.

In addition, some readers are more extreme and will complain when they see that the protagonist has a good relationship with the old lady and Silly Zhu. I want to make it clear here that I will not lick anyone! It is normal for the protagonist to get along with the people in the courtyard, that is, neighbor to neighbor, everyone respects me a foot, and I respect others a foot. I won't kneel down and lick anyone for no reason, and I won't mess with anyone for no reason. I shouldn't say this here, but some people like to get into trouble, so let me explain.

The TV series "Siheyuan" is quite controversial, and many people are arguing about it. From the support of the stupid pillar faction at the beginning, to the anti-silly pillar faction, and finally to the anti-universal faction now, there are all kinds of things. Before I wrote this novel, I had read basically all the Siheyuan novels on the market, hundreds of them in total. From Starting Point to Fei Lu, I had also watched the original drama several times. I can only say that what is right and wrong in Siheyuan, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil can only be seen and thought about by yourselves. Times are different. I hope you won’t read a few internal articles and just follow others’ opinions, losing your ability to judge.