Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After going down the mountain, Zhang Dabao headed south. The first stop was the Hongxing Street Office. "Aunt, I went to the countryside yesterday and prepared some things for you and your uncle. I'll send them back to you." Zhang Dabao came to the street office and found his aunt Wang Xiuqin.

"What is that? Why are you so anxious?" Wang Xiuqin followed Zhang Dabao out of the office and came to the tricycle.

"Mattress, wolfskin mattress," Zhang Dabao said as he opened the carriage.

"Oh, you naughty kid, you almost scared me to death, is this a mattress?" Wang Xiuqin was shocked when she looked into the carriage. There were several wolves lying there, bleeding profusely.

"If you peel off the skin, it becomes a mattress, right? You and your uncle will each get one, and I'll give two to my cousin. I'll use the remaining one myself," said Zhang Dabao.

"Is this what you collected? How dangerous is it? Why don't you just listen?" Wang Xiuqin listened to Zhang Dabao's words and hit him on the back while speaking.

"I won't go next time, I really won't go." Faced with this situation, Zhang Dabao, a fourth-level Qi-refining cultivator, had no choice but to endure it and talk nicely.

"You make me so mad." Wang Xiuqin was tired after hitting her nephew a few times. She stopped after hearing her nephew admit his mistake.

"I will definitely not go, don't worry, or I'll swear an oath," Zhang Dabao said with a smile.

"Da Biao, stop smiling at me. You can't go there again. If you go there again, I'll show you how I'm going to deal with you," Wang Xiuqin said with a stern face.

"I won't go for insurance." Zhang Dabao saw that Wang Xiuqin's expression had eased, and he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Go to my office. You are just like that bastard Qiao Yongqian. You make me worry all day long. I will call Huaide and ask him to send someone to get it. What are you going to do with the wolf meat?" Wang Xiuqin asked Zhang Dabao.

"Wolf meat is not tasty at all. It won't taste good no matter how I stew it. I don't want it," said Zhang Dabao.

"Da Biao, I find that you have a lot of problems. You complain that meat is not tasty enough. You really deserve a beating." Wang Xiuqin got angry again when she heard what her nephew said and wanted to attack again.

"Aunt, it's really not tasty. The meat is a little tough, but it also has a sour smell. It takes a lot of fire to cook it through, and it won't be cooked through in a short time," Zhang Dabao explained.

"You guys are really making me angry. Forget it. Just sell them all to the steel mill and keep the skins. Get out of here now. When the mattress is ready, I will send you the money and the mattress together. If you say another word, you will piss me off to death." Wang Xiuqin waved her hand and let Zhang Dabao go.

After Zhang Dabao left the street office, he thought of the yellow sheep again. Forget it, he would not give it to his aunt for the time being. His aunt might be in menopause and had a bad temper. He didn't know if his cousin would be beaten at home. Zhang Dabao thought about it and shook his head. He did not go back to No. 95 Yard, but came to the factory and found He Yuzhu in the small canteen.

Qiao Yongqian yawned several times in the office, wondering if there was a beautiful woman missing him.

"Brother Zhuzi, I collected a yellow sheep yesterday. You should go back early this afternoon to take care of it. We can have a bowl of mutton soup to replenish our body in the evening," said Zhang Dabao.

"Da Biao, I can help you, but I don't dare to make up for it. I can't sleep well at night," He Yuzhu said in a low voice.

"What's the big deal? After I finish making up for it, I go out for a couple of laps and I'll be fine. I do this every time. You can't just endure it. There has to be a way," Zhang Dabao said to He Yuzhu.

"Do we have to run fast?" He Yuzhu believed what Zhang Dabao said.

"Of course, you have to sweat a lot to make it work. That's settled. I haven't had mutton soup for a long time. Mutton offal soup is also good. Can you prepare it?" Zhang Dabao thought of the mutton soup in his hometown in the future.

"Da Biao, what are you talking about? I'm a professional chef and I have to show off my skills tonight. My master, Mr. Wang Zhicheng, is from Dan County, Heze, Shandong. I have learned his true skills." He Yuzhu became unhappy when he heard this.

"Didn't you study Sichuan cuisine?" Zhang Dabao had another question.

"The Sichuan cuisine teacher learned how to cook from my grandfather, but the mutton soup comes from my master's hometown, and the children there all make it very authentically. It's a family skill, just like the Tan cuisine of my family," explained He Yuzhu.

"That's great. Don't forget to come back early in the afternoon." Zhang Dabao said, then left the factory and returned to Yard 95, where he put the yellow sheep in the cross-yard.

He Yuzhu was very punctual and came back before 3:30 in the afternoon, and Jia Dongxu came back with him.

"Jia Dongxu, you are about to take the promotion exam, why did you come back so early?" Zhang Dabao was a little angry. He heard Zhang Cuihua say that her son was studying technology very hard. He thought his eldest nephew should soon get rid of the title of Jia Yiji. He didn't expect that he would drop out early when the exam was approaching.

"Seventh uncle, I combine work and rest. My master said that I will basically have no problem this time. My level is no different from that of a second-level worker," Jia Dongxu said proudly.

"What is the 'combination of work and rest'? There are so many terms for it. If you don't do well in the exam, do you want me to beat you up?" Zhang Dabao got even more angry after hearing this. He really didn't know where your confidence came from. Your mentality is too good. As he said that, he kicked Jia Dongxu twice.

"Really, there is no problem. If you don't believe me, ask Shazhu." Jia Dongxu now had experience in getting beaten, so he immediately ran away seven or eight meters.

"The uncle did say that you are almost there, but you still need to practice more, and you need to stay steady during the exam," He Yuzhu testified for Jia Dongxu.

"I'll listen to Brother Zhuzi. Dongxu, if you do well in the exam this time, I'll give you this sheepskin and ask your mother to make you a waistcoat." Zhang Dabao also invested a lot for his nephew's improvement.

"Uncle Qi, don't worry. But you don't have to give the waistcoat to me. Give it to my mother. She hasn't worn new clothes in several years. It would be nice to make a waistcoat for her." Although Jia Dongxu was not a successful person, his words made people feel comfortable, and he knew how to love his mother.

"Okay, it's settled. I'll pay for the waistcoat for you, but if you don't do well in the exam, you'll be beaten." Zhang Dabao made a deal with Jia Dongxu with a stern face.

"Come and help me, you don't have any eyesight at all, hang the sheep up." Zhang Dabao saw that Jia Dongxu was still eight meters away and scolded him again.

He Yuzhu was very professional. He peeled the skin and deboned the sheep, then put the sheep bones into the pot to cook, and then processed the sheep offal, cleaned it and put it into the pot one by one, only adding green onions, ginger and peppercorns. No other seasonings were added.

"Silly Zhu, why not add some star anise or something?" Jia Dongxu was a little confused.

"When stewing mutton, star anise cannot be added. The most taboo things when stewing mutton are star anise and cooking wine. Star anise itself has a strong fragrance and a sweet taste. Adding star anise will make the stewed soup black and the mutton taste particularly dry. Adding cooking wine not only fails to remove the fishy smell of mutton, but also makes the mutton sour. These are the secrets of our chefs. Be sure to pay attention when you cook mutton at home in the future," He Yuzhu answered Jia Dongxu's doubts.

"Tsk, you say this as if I can eat mutton and drink mutton soup every day. I have lived for more than 20 years, and my family has never eaten mutton. If my seventh uncle hadn't come, I don't know when I would have been able to eat these things," Jia Dongxu said after a long sigh.

"Dongxu, the current difficulties are only temporary. No, I will ask my cousin to change your job. To be honest, I feel that you may not have much talent in locksmithing." Zhang Dabao thought of the black and white photos on the wall of the Jia family and Zhang Cuihua kneeling on the ground and muttering to herself. He didn't want Jia Dongxu to go up on the wall too early.

"I think so too. Let's finish the exam. If I really didn't do well, please be gentle when you hit me, Uncle Qi. I can go find Grandpa Uncle after I'm done." Jia Dongxu lowered his head. He must have been moved by Zhang Dabao's suggestion.