Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Don't accuse me of being stingy. Tea cups in the South are like this. Take your time and don't rush."

Cao Wei hadn't finished speaking yet.

A voice came from behind.

"Master Cao, are you ready to drink?"

"Is the uncle here? Come, sit down."

"Hey, Cao Wei, ah Cao Wei, are you just looking at an uncle?" The third uncle also appeared behind.

"Everyone is here, come sit down."

"Uncle One, Uncle Three." Banggeng quickly stood up and greeted them.

"Great! You got up pretty early. I've always known you were smart. You just came back and you found a place like this." An old man teased cheerfully.

Banggeng felt that this was quite different from the serious old man he had in mind.

But he also responded with a few words.

Fortunately, the two old men didn’t stay long.

He said he came over to drink two cups of tea, and so he drank two cups of tea. After finishing the tea, he staggered away.

"Ever since I brought this set back, the first and third uncles love to come to my place. They also send me some tea from time to time. According to them, when they were young, they didn't drink the real tea, so now that they are old, they have to taste it carefully."

Not to mention the first uncle and the third uncle.

Even Cao Wei, during that period, drank Gaomo.

Pour a glass of water into an enamel cup and sprinkle some foam into it. Everyone does this.

"Okay, what do you want me for?" Cao Wei picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"I...I want to ask you if there is any job suitable for me."

Cao Wei raised his eyebrows: "You came here empty-handed?"

Bang Geng: ...

You are really direct.

Banggeng took out two packs of cigarettes from his side and handed them over.

Cao Wei nodded and accepted it: "See, this is how society is. No matter what you do, you have to give gifts."

Bang Geng opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute.

"Of course, there are times when gifts are not given. For example, when I went to the steel mill, I was invited. When I arrived at the factory, I immediately became the team leader. Why? It was because I had good cooking skills, and the leaders of the factory wanted to have a taste of it, and they also wanted to rely on my cooking skills to entertain guests. As for you, you have nothing, so it's different."

It is justifiable and irrefutable.

The key is this cocky look, which makes Banggeng's hands itch.

"I want the one you want in the highest grade."

Cao Wei was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

He took out an iron box from somewhere, poured out the old tea leaves, carefully took out some tea leaves from it, and put them into the tea bowl. While putting them in, he introduced them to Bang Geng: "Let me tell you, this tea is really good. I spent a lot of money on it. You can't buy it outside even if you have money..."

Bang Geng: ...

This person has a dog-like face, he changes at any time.

He was showing off just now, but now his expression has completely changed.

Sometimes, I really want to call the police.

"Uncle, please stop teasing me, okay?"

"You kid, how can this be considered funny?" Cao Wei still gave Banggeng a cup of freshly brewed tea: "Try it."

Banggeng picked up the teacup irritably, took a sip, and was scalded.

"Look, why are you in such a hurry? You're ruining good things." Cao Wei handed over a rag.

Bang Geng didn't mind, he just wiped it off and looked at Cao Wei.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you. Xiaodang told you, five hundred dollars, pay me back within ten years, that's it, I won't rush you, just keep it in mind."

Upon hearing this time, Bang Geng breathed a sigh of relief.

He had inquired about it. Huaihua and Xiaodang were temporary workers, but because of their outstanding performance, the street office secretly subsidized them every month, fearing that they would run away. The actual salary they received was 28 yuan per month. 500 yuan for 10 years, 50 yuan a year, not too outrageous.

As for defaulting on the debt, Banggeng never thought about it.

He refuses to pay his debt. Does Jia have no respect for his reputation anymore?

After Cao Wei said that to his mother, will this guy still do it?

"Okay, I agree." Banggeng nodded.

He was really confused and didn't know what to do.

In fact, he was quite panicked when he was in the countryside.

Because most of those who went to the countryside to work stayed in the countryside. According to their own words, there was no place for them in their families. If they had brothers and sisters, their houses were very small, and after they returned, there was no work to do or even no place to live, so it was better for them to just stay in the local area.

Or they fall in love with local people, get married, and have no plans to come back.

Only a few returned.

Banggeng knew that if he returned home, he would have a place to live, but the issue of finding a job would still be a big problem.

But when he came back, he was surprised.

His house seems to have changed a lot.

Originally, in his mind, his life plan was just like that: find a suitable job, marry a decent wife, and be filial to his mother and grandmother. As for his two younger sisters, he loved them, but that was enough as long as they were married off. He had never thought about what would happen in the future.

But after returning to the courtyard, he found something wrong.

Why does everyone seem so energetic?

He didn't know what it was.

Why is it like this? Xiao Dang wants to be an official, and even Xiao Huaihua, who used to foolishly follow him, wants to be a teacher. If they were just bragging, it would be fine, but they look like they can really do it.

What about yourself?

In this world, there is no young person who thinks he is incapable.

Banggeng didn't know before, he just lived his life according to the routine, but now he sees another possibility. He doesn't know what it is, but he urgently needs to know a goal, a goal that suits him.

It is not difficult to find a job because of the connections with my family.

But what can he do? He didn't know. He thought about it for a long time and agreed with Xiaodang's words. He felt that the news could be very valuable. Putting aside Qin Huairu's affairs, Cao Wei was indeed the most remarkable person in this courtyard.

"That's fine." Cao Wei clapped his hands: "Let me first tell you about my charging policy."

"Didn't I already agree?"

"Hey, I have to tell you where the money went. Five hundred dollars is not a small amount of money. Don't you feel bad?"

Bangge nodded.

That really hurts.

Cao Wei's attitude also made him feel better.

"First of all, your sister should have told you that I am here to give advice. There are also successful cases in our hospital, such as Yi Yi, Xiao Zhu, and your two sisters. After listening to my advice, they are all doing well."

"Uncle Cao, I know that."

If I didn’t know, I wouldn’t have come.