Siheyuan: Get the system at the beginning

"Don't use the heads of these small fish, just cut them off with scissors, and then do it like me. Otherwise, how long will it take to break such a big plate of fish?"

Zhang Xiaoyan and others came over and told Liu Guangtian how they caught the fish. Naturally, he did whatever Zhang Xiaoyan said. It wasn't a technical job, so he got the hang of it quickly.

"Sister Yan Zi, where did you get so many fish? Did you buy them?"

Liu Guangtian asked curiously while cutting the fish.

"I fished them in the river. The fish in the river are now short of oxygen. As long as I make a hole in the ice, the fish will automatically float to the surface to breathe in oxygen. I just scooped them up with a scoop."

"Is it that simple?"

Liu Guangtian was a little bit unbelieving, but seeing two large basins full of fish in front of him, he had no choice but to believe it. He didn't think Zhang Xiaoyan would lie to him, a half-grown child.

"Really? If you don't believe me, you can go and try it tomorrow. But be careful. Also, if the ice is too thick, it will be very tiring. You can't go alone. You need three or four friends to go with you."

"Then I will call Liu Guangfu to liberate them tomorrow."

Zhang Xiaoyan estimated that Yan Fugui's family would go out as a whole tomorrow, so it would be impossible for them to bring Liu Guangtianliang and his brothers with them. However, this was none of her business, so she didn't mention it again.

"By the way, do you know? Our ancestor is now paralyzed. He is in the hospital and said he will be back tomorrow. I heard this from my dad."

Suddenly, Liu Guangtian seemed to have thought of something, and lowered his voice and said with a gloating look on his face,

"You mean the deaf old lady? How come she became paralyzed when she was fine last night?"

Zhang Xiaoyan looked at him in surprise, as if she had heard it for the first time.

"Don't disbelieve me! Yesterday morning, after you left the house, I saw with my own eyes that Sha Zhu ran out with the old lady on his back. Later, I heard Second Uncle tell my father,

Sha Zhu is still in the hospital taking care of the old lady. The first aunt is also sick and was supposed to ask the second aunt to help take care of her, but today is the second day of the Chinese New Year and she is back to her parents' home. Who would go to the hospital to take care of them? That's why I heard what they said."

"Then you are well-informed, but why do I feel like you are so happy?"

"Hahaha~ You've been here for a short time, so you don't know what kind of behavior that old deaf woman has. My mother says that she is the most shameless person in this courtyard.

This is because every family's life improved during the period before and after the Chinese New Year. With an old man and Shazhu, she never lacked food. If it were any other day in the summer, she would go to any family that cooked something delicious with meat, leaning on her walking stick.

My dad used to love to eat braised pork, but now he doesn’t dare to eat it anymore and has switched to eggs, for fear that the old lady would come to our house with a cane. This is retribution.”

Liu Guangtian was talking with saliva flying all over the place, and Zhang Xiaoyan just listened for fun. After Liu Guangtian finished talking about the deaf old lady, he went on to talk about the eldest uncle and the eldest aunt having no children, how the second uncle was stingy at home and had to count the pickles he ate, and how the old lady Jia from the Jia family was so overbearing and shameless. In short, he told all the gossip he knew.

Zhang Xiaoyan felt that she worked much faster after listening to these gossips. The two of them finished cleaning the two plates of fish in less than an hour.

"I'm going to cook. Clean yourself up and don't leave until you're done. I'll be eating later."

Liu Guangtian's mouth was so wide that it stretched to the back of his ears when he finally heard these words. He knew that Zhang Xiaoyan was a generous person. He had seen He Yushui come to Zhang Xiaoyan's house to play several times and they would eat and leave. Today he saw Zhang Xiaoyan breaking fish, so he shamelessly wanted to come over to help. Although he knew that the other party was generous, he did not ask for any reward, and the other party did not mention it either. He had been worried about it in his heart, and when he heard these words, he felt his heart finally settled down.

"Got it. I will definitely clean this place thoroughly and make sure there is no fishy smell at all."

Liu Guangtian said cheerfully, picking up another empty basin, scissors, kitchen knives and other used tools and walked towards the sink, determined to wash them thoroughly.

Zhang Xiaoyan brought the broken fish into the house first, planning to clean up after dinner. She picked out a carp weighing about three pounds, cooked carp with pickled peppers and ginger, stir-fried potato shreds with sour peppers, made sauerkraut vermicelli soup, and steamed a large pot of rice.

"Sister Yan Zi, your cooking skills are really good. To be honest, every time I eat at home, I eat an extra bowl of rice when I smell the aroma of your cooking. Tell me, how come the dishes my mother has cooked all her life are not as delicious as yours? Not even half as good."

The little work was done quickly. Liu Guangtian sat on the bench and watched Zhang Xiaoyan busying around. He kept swallowing his saliva as he smelled the aroma of cooking in the air. When he saw the dishes were out of the pot, he went over with great attentiveness and brought them to the table.

"Don't you think about the fact that I earn money and spend it myself, while your father earns money and your whole family spends it? For example, when it comes to seasonings like oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, I cook a dish for one person, while your mother cooks the same dish for your whole family. So naturally your mother would be reluctant to put more oil and seasoning in the dishes. Do you think the dishes will taste good without oil and seasoning?

So don't say your mother's cooking skills are bad, there's nothing we can do about it."

Liu Guangtian thought it made sense and nodded unconsciously. He really had no way to refute this.

"First, take these two fish to your mother, and then come over for dinner."

After Zhang Xiaoyan finished cooking the meal, she took the opportunity to bring the fish that she had prepared early in the morning to Liu Guangtian while the soup was cooking and asked him to take it back.

"I'll just eat it here. It would be embarrassing to take it back."

Liu Guangtian really didn't expect that he could get such a juicy meal and even take some money back.

"Be good and take it back quickly. You can't have a good meal outside while your parents are watching you. If you do that, your dad will beat you again."

Zhang Xiaoyan's sincere words for his benefit made Liu Guangtian's eyes red and his nose a little blocked.

"Thank you, Sister Yanzi. I'll send it back right away."

At this moment, he really wanted to tell Zhang Xiaoyan that his parents were not worthy of him doing such a filial thing, even if it seemed like a small thing to others.

But looking at Zhang Xiaoyan, he couldn't say it. After all, he really didn't want to be labeled as "unfilial" to his parents unless it was absolutely necessary.

What is the other person's situation at home? Zhang Xiaoyan naturally knows what the other person's situation is like after moving here for so long.

There was really a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days, or even more frequent. During the worst day, the Liu family heard the two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu begging for mercy four times. The two brothers were as thin as monkeys. Even if they were wearing cotton jackets, one could tell from their faces that they must have a skinny body.

More than three times in the middle of the night, Zhang Xiaoyan heard the Liu Guangtian brothers covering their mouths and making whimpering sounds. She didn't know whether Liu Haizhong pressed them under the quilt and beat them, or whether he gagged them and beat them. Anyway, based on this reason, Liu Haizhong was not worthy of being a father.