Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

"Your uncle He is dead."

Xu Damao stopped eating and asked, "When did it happen? Wasn't the graduation banquet going on fine?"

Sha Zhu said nonchalantly, "It was the day of the entrance banquet. He was gone the next day after returning home."

"Shazhu, you bastard, why don't you give me some encouragement? I'm going to see Uncle He off for the last time."

"What the hell are you doing? I don't even know where the person is."

"Silly Zhu, could it be that your father ran off with the White Widow again? My uncle He is really old but his heart is young."

"Uncle He, come and have a bowl of porridge and some steamed buns and pickles." Zhou Yuanyuan brought a bowl of porridge and a pair of chopsticks.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Sha Zhu was not polite and started slurping the porridge. "Sister-in-law is a good cook. The pickles are well made. Next time, add some sugar and it will taste better."

"Okay, I'll try next time," Zhou Yuanyuan replied.

"Silly Zhu, could it be that your sister-in-law didn't give you food, so you came here to eat for free?"

"Go to hell with you. I'm a cook, how can I go hungry? You didn't let me go hungry during the difficult times. I only eat at your place for the sake of my sister-in-law. I'm giving her face."

"Wife, you don't know that in difficult times, everyone is tightening their belts to make ends meet, but this grandson dares to cut even the leader's special meal.

I just saw that he was carrying rainwater, and out of pity for the rainwater, I didn’t report it, otherwise I would have been waiting to be criticized.”

"Alright, that's old news. Why are you still bringing it up? Besides, those bastards, when other people couldn't even get enough to eat, they were still eating special meals. It's a good thing that I didn't report them. I was afraid that you would report them."

"Okay, I don't have time to chat with you. What do you want from me?"

"It's nothing. I just bought a new car. Isn't this convenient? I came to see you."

"Silly Zhu, you bought a car? Why don't I believe it? You, a cook, can afford it, so you didn't buy another bicycle, did you?"

"Little car, look, this is a cell phone. I, He Yuzhu, am no longer the same person I used to be." Sha Zhu took out his cell phone and put it on the table.

"Oh, you're talking about a cell phone as if everyone has one. Even the top executives in the company have them. You're not a top executive in the company. Did you buy this for yourself?"

"Grandson, what can you do as a high-ranking official? Do you have more mobile phones than me? My family has one or four."

Ahem, four? Shazhu, are you kidding me? "Xu Damao was obviously shocked by Shazhu's news.

"I'm in no mood to joke with you. Everyone in my family has one."

"Is the car you're talking about real?"

"Well, a new car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, I can drive it myself, how about that, are you envious?"

"I was wondering why you came to my house so early in the morning. I guess you came to show off to me. That's all you can do, idiot."

"Just say you're envious, aren't you? I have more cell phones than you, and I also have a car, so am I better than you?"

"Stop bragging. I remember that you asked Shanhe to marry you a few days ago. These must have been given to you by Shanhe. Otherwise, how could a cook like you afford these things?"

"It doesn't matter. My daughter is so beautiful. My son-in-law is giving me this as a gift. If he gives it to me, it's mine. If you have the ability, you can ask someone to give it to you."

"Okay, okay, okay, you're awesome, okay? You've lost all your dignity just to show off to me."

"My pleasure"

"Okay, you've shown off enough, so eat and get out of here. I get annoyed when I see you."

"Alas, I won't leave. I'll make you mad to death."

Zhou Yuanyuan was eating while watching the two of them bickering. She had been married for so many years, but the two of them were still bickering non-stop.

After finishing his meal, Sha Zhu did not leave, but waited for Xu Damao, "No, grandson, you have finished eating and showing off, why don't you get out of here?"

"It's okay, I'll wait for you."

Xu Damao picked up his briefcase and went out with Sha Zhu, but met Qin Huairu who was coming back from shopping in the corridor.

"Sister Qin, why are you here?"

"My home is right here. Where else can I go if I don't go home?"

"No, isn't your home in that neighborhood?"

"I moved here a long time ago. The house over there was sold. Did you move here too?"

"I have no idea when they moved here. I didn't move. I just came to see my son."

"Oh, come and see He Dong. We've moved here for more than half a year. He Dong and Dong Mei know about it."

"Oh, I haven't heard of that."

"Okay, you two old lovers can just take your time to reminisce about the past. I'm leaving first."

"Xu Damao, you can't spit out ivory from your dog's mouth. Who is the old lover of Sha Zhu?"

"That's right, grandson. I have a wife, son and daughter who are already this old. Don't talk nonsense, or I'll beat you up."

"You know it yourselves. That's enough. I won't say any more to you. It's time to go to work." Xu Damao said without further ado and went downstairs.

"Sister Qin, I'll talk to you another day. I'm leaving too." Sha Zhu no longer had that idea when he looked at Qin Huairu, whose hair was half white.

Ever since the last time in the hospital, Sha Zhu had completely given up on Qin Huairu, so he didn't even know that Qin Huairu had moved here.

Qin Huairu returned home, and Jia Zhangshi asked at the window, "Huairu, come and see, is that Shazhu?"

"Yes, that's right. Did I run into him and Xu Damao in the corridor just now?"

"No, Huairu, come and see, Shazhu is driving a brand new car, even newer than the one provided by our Banggeng Company."

Sha Zhu was showing off to Xu Damao, "How is it, grandson? My car is nice, isn't it?"

Xu Damao took a look and didn't say anything. He just ignored the driver and let him drive away.

Sha Zhu thought Xu Damao was too embarrassed to save face and fled. Sha Zhu stood beside the car and laughed, "Grandson, I'll make you angry to death."

Then he took out his cell phone and called his son to tell him that he was gone.

"Bang Geng said a car costs hundreds of thousands. Even if Sha Zhu didn't eat or drink for these years, he still couldn't afford it. Huairu, where do you think he got the car?"

"Mom, how would I know? We're not still in the Siheyuan. We live across the street. We know everything that happens in the Siheyuan."

"Speaking of the courtyard house, I want to move back there. I can chat with those old ladies in the courtyard house. It's really boring to live in this building. There's no one to talk to."

"The weather is pretty good now. I'll go to the park with you at noon."

"Forget it. My arms and legs are old and I've been walking a lot, so they're swollen. I won't go shopping anymore. But I'm just curious about how Shazhu suddenly has a car."

"The company assigned it to him, right? Doesn't he manage all the cooks?"

"Isn't he still a cook? From ancient times to the present, cooks have been serving people. What qualifications does he have to have a car?"

"Bang Geng should know. Just ask Bang Geng and you'll know."

"Well, let's ask Bang Geng later. Bang Geng is talking less and less now. He won't say anything unless asked. He is not as close to me as he was when we were little."

"Mom, you have to understand Bang Geng. Bang Geng is so tired after a day, he must be too tired to talk when he gets home."