Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

He Yuzhu was cooking, and Zhong Shan was helping. After a while, Sun Demin also came to the yard. Song Lili saw Sun Demin looking in from the door and waved her hand: "Chief Sun!"

Zhong Shan also stopped what he was doing when he heard this: "Chief Sun, come in and sit down, it will be ready in a moment!"

When Sun Demin saw that it was this house, he walked into the house, looked around, and said to Zhong Shan: "Xiao Zhong, your house is nice!" Then he saw He Yuzhu inside: "Master He, after eating the dishes you cooked last time, I couldn't forget the taste. Today, when Xiao Zhong said you were here, I came without saying a word. I am in for a treat again today!"

He Yuzhu listened to Section Chief Sun praising his cooking skills and happily replied, "Leader Sun is here, just wait and see, it will be ready soon!"

The braised lamb shanks and braised pork were ready. He Yuzhu also made a chicken stewed with mushrooms, and finally fried cabbage slices. After the four dishes were ready, Zhongshan looked at He Yuzhu and felt a little embarrassed. He seemed to have something to say, but he held it back. Zhongshan thought about it and understood. Am I going to be scolded by the readers? I am going to lick the old lady...

Zhong Shan looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Zhuzi, take a look at everything and give the old lady some, pick out the soft ones and send them over!"

He Yuzhu was stunned when he heard Zhong Shan's words, then he scratched the back of his head and said with a smile: "Okay, thank you Shanzi, I'll go right away!"

When Section Chief Sun saw He Yuzhu leaving, he asked Zhong Shan: "Who is this? Is Master He and grandma together?" Song Lili also looked at Zhong Shan in confusion.

While looking for wine, Zhong Shan said, "She's not my real grandmother, but a five-guarantee household in the backyard. She usually treats Zhuzi like her own grandson and gives him some of the good things he makes. Just now, when Zhuzi saw the dishes he liked, I wanted to give her some, but when I thought about not being my own family, I felt embarrassed."

Zhong Shan was open-minded. Although he was not afraid of the pension group, there would be no trouble if he broke into their inner circle. Moreover, he worked in the street office. Although he was not a leader, he was still a cadre. Caring for the elderly and widowed people would be beneficial to him. Chaos was about to break out, and he would have less trouble if he had a better reputation.

Besides, there wasn’t much left. How much could an old lady eat?

After a while, when He Yuzhu came back, the four of them went to the table to eat. To be honest, He Yuzhu's cooking skills are really good, otherwise the big leader has seen the world and eaten state banquets, so it is impossible for him to like He Yuzhu's dishes so much. It's not just because of his character, and not just because He Yuzhu can cook Sichuan cuisine. There are many Sichuan chefs in Beijing.

Section Chief Sun had eaten dishes cooked by He Yuzhu once, but Song Lili had never eaten them. She had only eaten the braised pork head cooked by He Yuzhu. Although Song Lili's family had no shortage of food and drink, and she had eaten at many large state-owned restaurants, she could not eat dishes cooked by master chefs, so she was also very surprised to eat dishes cooked by He Yuzhu.

After taking a bite of the braised pork, Section Chief Sun praised: "Although I've eaten it once, it's still so delicious, sweet and soft, fat but not greasy, and melts in your mouth. Master He's cooking skills are amazing!"

Song Lili also praised: "Brother He, your cooking skills are really good. This is the first time I have eaten such delicious food."

He Yuzhu heard the two people praising him so much, and he said proudly, "If it's anything else, I'll be modest with you, but when it comes to cooking, I'm not bragging to you. Every time a leader comes to our factory and eats my food, he never says anything bad. Just for this, he comes twice a month."

Zhong Shan looked at He Yuzhu's smug look and said, "Look at this smug face!" Then he said to the two of them, "But this is not his real skill. I heard that Zhuzi's dish is a family heirloom Tan family dish. Tan family dishes are housekeeper dishes. The ingredients are too rare. Now there is no chance to make it. Otherwise, it would be a real delicacy!"

He Yuzhu took a bite of the dish and said, "Forget about the Tan family dishes now. It's not easy to get so much meat for today's dish!"

The three men drank a little, but not too much. Song Lili ate rice. After the four of them finished eating, Zhong Shan took out some apples and gave some to He Yuzhu and Section Chief Sun: "Brother Sun, Zhuzi, take two apples back to try!"

For Chinese people, dinner parties are a shortcut to building closer relationships. Someone who has always called Section Chief Sun may become Brother Sun during a meal.

After the two men left, Zhongshan took a bag of apples, and then packed a braised lamb leg and a lunch box of braised pork, all of which he had made extra portions of.

I didn’t want to take any dishes at first, after all, the Song family has all kinds of dishes. But today, seeing Song Lili eating very happily, I took one portion as well.

Zhong Shan took the things and walked home with Song Lili. However, after sending Song Lili home today, he did not return at the gate. He just sent Song Lili home, and the guard did not ask for registration and let her in directly.

After arriving at the Song family, Zhong Shan sent Song Lili into the house, and Song's mother came out: "Xiao Zhong is here, come in and sit for a while."

After Zhong Shan put down the apple, he took the lunch box and lamb leg and said, "Aunt, this is made by our chef. He made an extra portion. Lili thought it tasted good, so he brought one back!"

After Song Lili took the dish, she took it to the kitchen. Mother Song complained, "This child is just greedy. Come on, Xiao Zhong, come in for a while. Your Uncle Song hasn't come back yet. He usually comes back quite late!"

After seeing Song Lili coming back from delivering the food, Zhong Shan said to Song's mother, "Aunt, I can't stay here today. I have to clean up after I go back. It's getting late. Come back later when you have nothing to do!"

Seeing that it was indeed getting late, Song's mother did not give in: "Okay then, Xiao Zhong, go back slowly and be careful!"

"Okay, goodbye, auntie. Lili, I'm going back first!"

After saying goodbye to the two, Zhong Shan returned home. After tidying up, he did not fall asleep, but lay down for a while. In the evening, he planned to go to the pigeon market to see if there was any beef for sale. Fortunately, he could not buy beef, otherwise there would be one more species in the space.

Zhong Shan was sitting on the kang, with tea brewing and a radio playing on the table. After dark, Zhong Shan changed into old clothes, took a face covering, and went out of the yard.

He went to the pigeon market he often went to. When he arrived at the door and saw the gatekeeper, Zhong Shan whispered, "Buy it!"

The two men saw that the man was a regular customer, so they didn't waste any time and went straight in.

After entering the pigeon market, Zhongshan wandered around. Most of the small animals there were chickens, pheasants, rabbits, etc., but he didn't find any for sale. After walking around, he saw a duck seller and bought a few. He didn't buy them for meat, but just wanted to raise them in the space for eggs.

After walking around for a long time, I didn't see anyone selling beef, let alone cows. Zhongshan didn't get much, so he had to find a ticket seller and bought some cake tickets, candy tickets, tea tickets and wine tickets, which improved his quality of life a little.