Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Li Qingshan walked to the front door of his house, took out the key to open the door, pushed his bicycle into the yard, parked the bicycle in the shed where coal briquettes were stored, then went into the house, lit the fire, and heated the kang.

Then I went to the kitchen, took a look at the only vegetables and meat in the house, washed my hands, and started cooking.

"Dad, Dad, our family bought a bicycle!"

Li Weidong's words came in before he even entered the kitchen.

"Run slower, you're sweating all over, go wash up."

Li Qingshan was cutting meat, watching his eldest son rush into the kitchen, and said with a smile: "Well, I just bought it this afternoon. How about sending you to school tomorrow?"

Li Weidong washed his hands and face in the basin. When he heard that his father was going to ride a bicycle to take him to school, he said in surprise, "Okay, Dad. This way I can sleep more at home."

Hearing this, Li Qingshan smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Are you not in the mood to study at school?"

"no!"

Li Weidong shook his head, and suddenly thought of something, and then asked loudly: "Dad, you have to take me to school tomorrow, how will Weiguo and the others go to school!"

Li Qingshan smiled and said, "Silly boy, don't your grandfather and uncle have bicycles? Just take them to school."

Li Weidong scratched the back of his head and said with a silly smile: "Yes! Why didn't I think of that."

"Okay, Weidong, if you have homework, do it. If you don't have homework, go play!"

Li Qingshan walked to the stove with the cut meat and potatoes and started cooking.

"Oh!"

Li Weidong first put his schoolbag back into the house, and then took the iron ring and rolled it in the yard.

After playing for a while, I saw my younger brother Wei Qiang running into the yard, with his mother following behind him holding his younger sister Wei Yan.

"Mom, Wei Qiang, you guys are back! Dad, I bought a bicycle."

Li Weiqiang ran to his eldest brother and shouted, "Brother, brother."

"Oh, I see. Weidong, take your brother to play for a while. Mom will go to the kitchen to take a look."

Qin Huairu carried Wei Yan towards the kitchen.

Li Weidong handed the iron hook and iron ring to his younger brother and let him play with them.

Qin Huairu walked into the kitchen and said to Li Qingshan who was cooking, "Qingshan, where did you get the bicycle ticket?"

Li Qingshan glanced back at his wife, then turned back to stare at the food in the pot, and said with a smile: "The logistics director of the factory gave it to me. I didn't want him to give it to me."

"Now that I have the ticket, I can go buy a bicycle. Otherwise, the ticket will be wasted."

Qin Huairu held Wei Yan in her arms, sat aside and asked, "You don't have enough money on you! How much did you borrow?"

Li Qingshan smiled and replied, "I borrowed 100 yuan from a colleague, and I still have about 50 yuan left in my pocket. Give me some money after dinner."

Qin Huairu nodded: "I know, I'll get it for you after dinner."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Wei Yan in her arms waved her hands and opened her mouth to scream: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Qin Huairu quickly teased her, and soon Wei Yan started laughing.

When Xu Damao got off work and went home, he heard someone in the yard saying that Li Qingshan had bought a bicycle. When he got home and saw his wife had just cooked a dish, he said, "Wife, stop cooking. Let's take this dish and go to Brother Qingshan's place to eat!"

Qin Xueru asked in confusion: "Da Mao, why is this happening?"

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Brother Qingshan just bought a bicycle. Let's go celebrate for him."

Hearing this, Qin Xueru rolled her eyes at Xu Damao and said unhappily, "Are you going to celebrate? I think you are craving for wine."

"Hehe! Wife, you are so smart."

Xu Damao smiled at Qin Xueru, then found a bottle of Lianhua Bai in the cabinet and said to Qin Xueru, "Wife, let's go!"

"Fine!"

Qin Xueru untied her apron and put it aside, then carried the freshly fried eggplant and followed Xu Damao towards the east courtyard.

He Yuzhu was cooking in the kitchen when he saw Xu Damao and his wife walking towards the east courtyard with wine and dishes. He reached out and touched his chin and suddenly laughed out loud. No one knew what he was thinking about.

Xu Damao and Qin Xueru came to the east wing and saw the brothers Wei Dong and Wei Qiang rolling iron hoops in the yard.

"Weidong, Weiqiang, we're having fun!"

Li Weidong shouted, "Aunt, uncle."

Li Weiqiang followed his brother and shouted, "Aunt, Uncle."

"Hey! Let's continue playing."

Xu Damao and Qin Xueru walked towards the kitchen.

"Brother Qingshan, Huairu."

Qin Huairu saw Sister Xueru and Xu Damao coming, and she stood up and greeted them with a smile: "Sister Xueru, Damao, you are here!"

Li Qingshan asked, "Have you two eaten?"

Xu Damao raised the white lotus in his hand and said with a smile, "No! I heard that you, Brother Qingshan, bought a bicycle, so I came to celebrate with you."

Li Qingshan smiled helplessly at Xu Damao. He was craving for wine, but he still said he was celebrating for me. How shameless.

He smiled and said, "Okay! Wait a minute, I'll cook two dishes."

After saying that, continue cooking.

"Brother Qingshan, let me help you."

Xu Damao put the wine on the table, walked forward, rolled up his sleeves, and began to help Li Qingshan prepare the ingredients.

"Sister Xueru, leave this to them. Let's go to the living room and talk."

Qin Huairu held Wei Yan and took Sister Xueru to the living room to chat.

"Ah."

Another five or six minutes later, He Yuzhu walked in with a plate of fried peanuts and a bottle of white wine, smiling.

Xu Damao asked in surprise: "He Yuzhu, why are you here?"

He Yuzhu glanced at Xu Damao and said unhappily, "Why, this is your home!"

"You are allowed to come, but I am not. You really live by the sea. You are too nosy."

Li Qingshan quickly stopped the two from bickering, looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Zhuzi, I'll leave the rest of the dishes to you, the chef."

"Qingshan, don't worry, don't you know my skills?"

He Yuzhu washed his hands, then took the spatula and started cooking.

Xu Damao didn't say anything else. He knew about He Yuzhu's cooking skills, and of course he was happy to eat good food. So he sat next to Li Qingshan, smoking a cigarette, watching He Yuzhu cooking, and occasionally saying a few words to Li Qingsan.

After finishing a cigarette and drinking a sip of tea, Xu Damao asked Li Qingshan beside him, "Brother Qingshan, you said that I am the only projectionist in the steel mill now."

"It's fine when there are no tasks, but it's very tiring when there are tasks. I can't handle it by myself."

After hearing this, Li Qingshan asked Xu Damao, "Da Mao, have you ever thought about taking in two apprentices?"

Hearing this, Xu Damao said loudly: "Of course not! I have thought about it."

"But isn't there a saying that goes, teaching your apprentice will make the master starve to death?"

"I don't want to take in an apprentice. If I teach him projection skills, I won't have a living."

After Li Qingshan and He Yuzhu, who was cooking, heard this, Li Qingshan expressed his different opinion first.

"Da Mao, have you ever thought about this? The wages in the factory are fixed now, and it won't affect you even if you accept an apprentice."

"Maybe..."