Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

On the other side, at Yi Zhonghai's house, Jia Zhang and her family were having dinner here. On the table were four lunch boxes filled with fish, meat and vegetables. These were specially prepared by Sha Zhu. Auntie was afraid that there would not be enough food for too many people, so she specially prepared steamed sausages, fried eggs, and a big pot of steamed corn bread.

Yi Zhonghai thought that everyone could drink some wine and chat comfortably, but he didn't expect that Jia Zhang started to go into a frenzy mode as soon as she sat down, chewing braised fish in her mouth and putting a lot of spicy fish in her bowl. The most annoying thing was that she ate the fried fish pieces directly with her hands, and even Bang Geng next to her followed suit.

After a full ten minutes, the frenzy mode ended. Jia Zhang patted her bloated belly, said "I'm full, I'm going out to digest the food", and left in a leisurely manner. The three-year-old Banggeng had almost finished eating too, so he followed his grandmother.

The rest of the people looked at the food that was almost eaten up and felt a little dumbfounded.

Only then did Yi Zhonghai remember what the old lady said. Wasn't this asking me to eat the leftover fish bones?

Seeing his master's unhappy expression, Jia Dongxu quickly picked up the wine glass and spoke to Lao Yi.

"Master, Master's Wife, tomorrow is New Year's Day. Huairu and I wish you good health and happiness. Let's drink together."

Although he was unhappy, Old Yi had to drink when he saw the old man he had appointed to take care of him toasting him. Auntie was even more unhappy, but she knew that she was to blame at the root of the matter, so she didn't say a word.

After a few people drank the wine in their glasses, they picked and chose from the remaining dishes and ate some. As for not being full? Well, there were steamed buns!

More than 20 minutes later, the steamed bread and remaining dishes were finished. Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu went back without even helping to clean up the table. The aunt burst into tears after they left.

"Old Yi, why don't we just adopt a child? Look at the way Jia Zhang and Bang Geng are. Even if Dongxu is a good child, he will learn bad things from his mother. Can we really expect them to support us in our old age?"

Yi Zhonghai was also very angry today. He didn't expect that Jia Zhang would be so disrespectful to him. It seemed that she didn't take him seriously because he had lost his position as the eldest uncle. But when he thought of Jia Dongxu, he had to accept it no matter how angry he was.

"My dear, I think it's because Jia Zhang hasn't eaten meat for a long time, so she ate so much and fast. Let's prepare a few more dishes during the Chinese New Year, and then invite them over for a meal. I think they won't be like this again.

As for adopting a child, let's see. Didn't the old man from the next alley adopt one? What happened to him in the end? He died tragically at home and was stinking when he was found."

Auntie was surprised when she heard Yi Zhonghai say that he wanted to invite the Jia family to dinner.

"Old Yi, please come back. Our meat and food didn't come from the wind. Look at the people in the Jia family. They didn't even help to clean the table. It's better to rely on Sha Zhu than on them."

When Yi Zhonghai heard the old lady talking about Sha Zhu, he knew that it must be the deaf old lady who had said something to the old lady.

"Don't mention that idiot to me all the time. How can a idiot who can't even take care of his own sister be compared with Dongxu? When Dongxu slowly studies the locksmith technique and becomes a senior locksmith, his salary can be three times higher than that of Shazhu. How can these two be compared?

Also, don't believe everything the old lady says. She's very smart. She asked us to choose Sha Zhu just to compensate He Daqing. We worked together to drive Daqing to Baocheng. Now she's old and feels guilty and wants to be a good person again, but how can it be that easy? If Sha Zhu knew the truth, he would probably want to kill us."

Auntie also knew that the conspiracy between the deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai and her must not be exposed, otherwise everything would be over. So she gave up the idea of ​​looking for Sha Zhu to take care of her in her old age. But when she looked at the dishes and bowls on the table, she remembered the annoying faces of the Jia family and turned to Old Yi and said.

"Since you invited the Jia family today, you should clear the table. I won't serve you anymore."

After saying that, she got up and went back to the house to rest, leaving Yi Zhonghai facing the mess on the table. Yi Zhonghai saw that the aunt was really disappointed with the Jia family, so he didn't want her to work anymore, so he could only clean up while talking.

"What is this......"

Early the next morning.

"Bang, bang, bang. Are the mountains and rivers rising? We should go."

Zhao Shanhe opened the door, looked at the sky, and said to the third uncle.

"Uncle, it's not even daybreak yet. Isn't it too early? I'll go back to sleep for a while. You can wake me up when it's daybreak."

He was about to close the door after saying this, but Yan Bugui quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Shanhe, it's already 6 o'clock. Let's go early and come back early. You can rest after we come back. Let's go. My two boys want to go with us. They left an hour earlier."

Zhao Shanhe looked at Yan Bugui speechlessly. Yuyuantan is 9 kilometers away from Nanluoguxiang. You let two young men set out from home at 5 o'clock and walk for two hours to get there just to fish. Is this really your father?

But when I think about the fact that people in this era would walk dozens of miles just to watch a movie, I guess he is just too ignorant and is making a fuss out of nothing.

Seeing that Old Yan had prepared everything, including a fishing rod, a wooden barrel, and a bicycle that should have been borrowed from another courtyard, Zhao Shanhe did not dawdle any longer. He went to the pool to wash his face, then went back to the house to get the fishing gear he had prepared and set off together.

Yuyuantan has been a famous tourist attraction in Beijing since the Liao and Jin Dynasties. In the 38th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, the lake was dredged and water was diverted from Xiangshan Mountain. A sluice was built at the lower mouth to store and discharge lake water, and river water was diverted from Sanlihe to Fuchengmen and all the way to the moat.

After the liberation of the city of 10, in conjunction with the Yongding River water diversion project, a new lake of about hectares was dug on the south side of the old lake. It was shaped like a gourd and named Bayi Lake.

This place has been taken over by the Greening Department of the Sijiu City Gardening Bureau since 58. The management is not very strict now. After mid-January 59, the Aquatic Office of the Gardening Bureau was established, and Yuyuantan began to raise fish and plant reeds. If you dare to come here to fish at that time, you will be asking for death, because everything here belongs to public property.

Zhao Shanhe came just to take advantage of the time difference. It took him more than 40 minutes to ride his bike. When they arrived, Jie Cheng and Jiefang had just arrived. Although they had said good things last night and no one might come to take care of it, who knew if anyone would suddenly get angry, so they quickly found a corner, took out their fishing rods and started fishing.

The Yan family father and son used the earthworms they brought from home, and Zhao Shanhe still used the corn flour from last time. However, since they came to repay a favor today, it would be unreasonable not to let Yan Bugui catch more fish.

Zhao Shanhe gave some of his bait to the Yan father and son. Old Yan was also a smart man and he immediately thought of something.

"Shanhe, this is your trump card, right? And what about the Diamond Sutra? You really deceived your uncle. Luckily, I didn't buy it when I went to the second-hand book market because it was too expensive, otherwise I would have been ripped off by you."