Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

After dinner, Zhou Tian looked at the sky outside. It wasn't too late yet, so he said to San Xiao who was cleaning up the dishes: "Brother, go out and buy some rice and noodles now. After you finish cleaning up the dishes, go do your homework. Got it?"

"I know, brother!"

The second brother, third brother and youngest sister all nodded in response.

After Zhou Tian finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the house with the bag. As soon as he reached the middle yard, he saw He Daqing walking in from the front yard carrying a net bag.

"Uncle He!"

Zhou Tian greeted He Daqing.

"It's Xiaotian! Why are you in such a hurry? What are you planning to do?"

When He Daqing saw Zhou Tian, ​​he forced a smile and asked.

"We're out of rice and flour at home. I'm going to go to the food store outside to buy some!"

Zhou Tian shook the bag in his hand and said

"You're out of rice and flour? Why don't you go to my house and get some? It's getting late now, and the food store outside is probably closed!"

Hearing Zhou Tian's words, He Daqing said

"No, Uncle He, I'd better go to the grain store first and see if it's really off work!"

Zhou Tian shook his head and refused. He had already troubled He Daqing a lot during this period of time, and he didn't want to continue owing him a favor. Besides, favors were really hard to repay, so he would try not to owe them if he could.

"Well, then go ahead!"

Seeing Zhou Tian refused, He Daqing didn't think much about it.

"Then Uncle He, I'll leave first!"

After Zhou Tian finished speaking, he hurried out of the middle courtyard.

He Daqing watched Zhou Tian leave, then returned home carrying his net bag.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw He Yushui and He Yuzhu eating. Before he sat down, He Yushui came up to him cheerfully and called him sweetly, "Dad!"

Then he stared straight at the net bag in He Daqing's hand.

"You little Yushui, are you greedy for Daddy's lunch box?"

He Daqing hugged He Yushui in his arms, gently stroked her nose, and smiled lovingly.

"Nonsense, Dad, Yu Shui is missing you!"

He Yushui immediately refused and acted coquettishly in He Daqing's arms.

"Okay, okay, Yushui, Dad was wrong! Come and see what delicious food Dad brought back for you!"

He Daqing was amused by his daughter and took the lunch box out of the net bag. As soon as he opened it, the aroma of meat wafted into his nose.

"Dad, it's fried pork with bean curd sticks and shredded pork with fish flavor!"

He Yushui looked at the two large boxes full of meat and vegetables in the lunch box, and couldn't help clapping her hands and smiling happily.

"Shh! Keep your voice down, don't let others hear!"

Seeing his daughter shouting with joy, he immediately made a gesture to her and whispered.

He Yushui immediately understood and covered her mouth.

At this time, He Yuzhu was also very happy. Looking at the two meat dishes on the table, he asked, "Dad, it seems that the host of this banquet is really generous. He actually gave us two meat dishes!"

"Nonsense, isn't your father's cooking worth two meat dishes?"

He Daqing listened to his son's words and couldn't help but glare at him. For some reason, he felt that his silly son was making him more and more angry.

If he didn't open his mouth, it would hit his lungs. If this wasn't his own son, he would have really wanted to slap him to death.

This mouth really deserves a beating.

Sometimes he wondered why this silly son could not be replaced by a boy from the Zhou family. Look at the boys in the Zhou family. Except for Zhou Tian, ​​the others, even Zhou Hao and Zhou Yu, could be said to be other people's children who were praised by others.

He studies well, is polite and hardworking. It can be said that each of these qualities makes people marvel. But then look at this silly son of mine who doesn't know what to do all day long and always goes out to wrestle with others.

Moreover, his mouth is getting worse and worse. Not only has he offended many people, but he is also always angry with me when he returns home. It seems that it is time to send this kid back to Taifeng Building.

"By the way, Silly Zhu, why haven't you guys at Taifeng Building been notified to go to work yet?"

He Yuzhu was eating his food, holding a steamed bun made of two-grain flour in one hand, and said without raising his head, "Dad, Master didn't notify us, but I heard that there is a labor dispute in Taifenglou right now, and it seems that several chefs are already discussing new treatment with the owner of Taifenglou!"

He Daqing was stunned when he heard this. He seemed to have heard about this matter before, but he didn't take it seriously. After all, talking about treatment has been going on since ancient times. But now when he heard his son say this, he felt that something was wrong.

"Silly Zhu, are you saying that several chefs are discussing salary issues with the owner of Taifenglou?"

He Yuzhu nodded, swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said, "Yes! I heard from Master that there is a union now, right? Several chefs are not satisfied with their treatment and want to unite with the union representatives to force the shopkeeper to improve their treatment!"

"What's wrong, Dad? Is there something wrong?"

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he saw the expression on He Daqing's face and couldn't help but ask.

"no!"

He Daqing shook his head, but he made a decision in his heart. Looking at his silly son who was still eating, he suddenly asked, "Shazhu, what do you think if Dad lets you and Dad go to the steel mill?"

Unexpectedly, Sha Zhu looked at He Daqing like a fool and said, "Dad, do you have a fever? Others don't know, and we cooks don't know either. What are the conditions in the factory? Can I practice my skills?"

He Daqing was immediately furious at the look in He Yuzhu's eyes. He slapped He Yuzhu on the back of his head and said, "What do you mean by that look in your eyes, you idiot? Are you the only one who is smart and your father is a fool?"

"If I don't beat you for a day, will you forget your last name?"

"Dad, I'm still eating. Why do you always hit me? If you hit me again, I'll fight back!"

He Yuzhu was slapped hard on the back of the head by He Daqing, and the steamed bun in his mouth suddenly came out, making him angry and he spoke.

After all, they were talking fine just now, but no one can stand being beaten all of a sudden.

Without talking about what happened in the He family, let’s say that Zhou Tian left the courtyard and came to a grain store not far from the courtyard. As soon as he walked in, he saw the clerk of the grain store packing up the shop, obviously they were about to go off work.

"Comrade, are you going to get off work here?"

When the waiter heard the voice, he turned around and saw Zhou Tian. He immediately dropped his broom and came up to him with a smile, saying, "Are you looking for food?"

"Well, we don't have much rice and flour at home, so I want to buy some food. Do you still sell it?"

Zhou Tian nodded, glanced at the grain prices on the blackboard and asked.

"Of course we sell it. As long as customers come, how can we not sell it? I don't know if the customers are going to buy fine grains or coarse grains. The current price of fine grains is 1,600 yuan per catty of rice and 880 yuan per catty of flour. The price of coarse grains is 130 yuan per catty of corn flour."

The guy introduced enthusiastically.

Zhou Tian didn't hesitate to listen and said, "Then give me ten kilograms of rice, ten kilograms of flour, and twenty kilograms of coarse grains. By the way, how much is peanut oil now?"

"The price of peanut oil has increased a lot. Now a kilogram of peanut oil costs 8,000 yuan!"

The waiter quoted the price without any hesitation, and it was obvious that he already knew the price of food very well.

"Give me another ten kilograms of peanut oil!"

Zhou Tian thought about it and said, although his family can’t eat meat often, he still wants to ensure there is oil and water.

"Ok!"

After hearing this, the waiter took the bag from Zhou Tian's hand, turned around and took the bag filled with rice and flour and started packing it. After a while, ten kilograms of rice, ten kilograms of flour, and twenty kilograms of coarse grains were packed.

He turned around and took out an oil bottle and filled it with ten kilograms of peanut oil, then put it on the counter and said, "Sincerely, the total is one hundred and five thousand nine hundred yuan!"

"Thank you, here you go!"

Zhou Tian took out the money and handed it to the waiter, picked up the bag and oil bottle, walked out of the grain store and headed home.