Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

Xu Changping took a look at the braised pork and bone soup and found that they were almost ready, so he said to Zhang Mengxue who was standing at the door:

"Go and call Master back for dinner."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Zhang Mengxue agreed and ran out the door.

She had just run out of the kitchen for a short while when she was attracted back by the fragrance coming from inside.

There was no way, the taste of braised pork was too overbearing and she hadn't eaten it for more than two years.

Xu Changping didn't have time to take care of her. He cooked the braised pork over high heat while adding the bok choy into the bone soup.

Just as he served the braised pork on the table, he heard the door open. Seeing Director Zhang and Zhang Mengxue coming in, Xu Changping smiled and greeted them:

"Master, please sit down first. I'll cook two dishes and then we'll eat."

As he spoke, he poured the shredded potatoes that had been soaking for a long time into the pot, stir-fried them for a while, added some salt, drizzled some balsamic vinegar, and served them on a plate.

He cleaned the pot again and fried some spicy shredded pork before turning off the fire in the stove. He took the opportunity to store the unburned fuel into the space. Only after doing all this did he sit on the chair.

"Changping, your cooking skills are quite good!" Director Zhang praised with a smile as he looked at the three dishes and one soup on the table.

"It's okay, you try it." As he said that, Xu Changping picked up a piece of braised pork with fat and lean meat and put it in Director Zhang's bowl.

Director Zhang picked up his chopsticks and took a bite. He smiled and said, "Not bad, soft and tasty. You guys should try it too."

Zhang Mengxue waited until Xu Changping picked up some food before she started to take a bite of the braised pork that she had been eyeing for a long time.

Mm, it smells really good, just as good as what Wang Ma used to make.

Zhang Mengxue ate three pieces in a row before taking a mouthful of rice.

After lunch, Director Zhang asked Zhang Mengxue to help Xu Changping wash the dishes, and then hurried back to the library.

Xu Changping looked at the clumsy Zhang Mengxue and simply drove her out to play.

"It's not that I don't want to help, it's that you, Junior Master, don't need me." Zhang Mengxue said standing at the door.

"Yes, yes, I don't need you. Go and play your own game."

Xu Changping waved his hand helplessly and said.

He put enough firewood in the stove under the big pot, added water to the pot, and placed the remaining food in the big pot. Xu Changping called Zhang Mengxue from outside the door into the kitchen and pointed at the big stove and said:

"At night, take a piece of lighted paper and put it here. When the fire in the stove goes out, the food in the pot will be hot and ready to eat. Don't pick it up with your hands when it's just hot, to avoid getting burned."

"Okay, I got it." Zhang Mengxue said confidently.

"Can you light a fire?" Xu Changping looked at Zhang Mengxue with some distrust, and then said, "If you can't figure it out, wait for the master to come back and let him figure it out."

"I can do it. It's just a piece of paper and put it under the firewood. Although I can't cook, I can make a fire." Zhang Mengxue said angrily.

Why does this junior master look down on people so much? If she doesn’t know how to make a fire in the winter, she will freeze to death.

"Okay, then I'll leave. If a fire breaks out, just put it out with water. I've prepared the water for you and placed it next to the stove." Xu Changping still didn't quite trust this young lady.

If he burned down his master's house just because he was heating up a meal, he would be committing a great sin.

"Yeah, I get it. Junior Master, you're really nagging." Zhang Mengxue felt helpless when she saw Xu Changping's distrustful look.

She is twenty, not two years old. Is there any need to distrust her?

Xu Changping reminded him again before leaving Zhang's house with concern.

If he hadn't wanted to visit the Yang Xiaoyue sisters today, he would have waited until evening before leaving.

After leaving Zhang's house, Xu Changping went straight to Jiangjun Hutong.

Seeing a deserted stall in Jiangjun Hutong, Xu Changping knocked on the door of a nearby house.

Soon a middle-aged woman in a headscarf opened the door and looked at Xu Changping with vigilance.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Auntie, do you know where Yang Xiaoyue lives?"

"Which Yang Xiaoyue?"

"It's Yang Xiaoyue who always sets up a stall outside with her sister." Xu Changping gestured at Xiao Mi's height and said.

"I don't know him. There is no such person." The middle-aged woman said unhappily and slammed the door.

Xu Changping was startled by her sudden movement. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the voice of a young man inside the door.

"Mom, who is outside? Why didn't you let anyone in?"

"A man said he was looking for that little bitch Yang Xiaoyue, and I said I didn't know her."

"Mom, why are you like this?"

"What about me? If it weren't for you, would I have to report the Pigeon City every day and let that little hoof have no food to eat?"

"Mom, don't worry, as long as Xiaoyue marries me, I will definitely let him take good care of you."

Xu Changping was too lazy to listen to what the two people inside said. Since they said so, Yang Xiaoyue must live nearby.

I knocked on the door again and looked at a shop.

"Auntie, where does Yang Xiaoyue live?"

"Who are you and what do you want from Xiaoyue?" The lady who opened the door still had a wary look on her face, but her tone was not as bad as that of the middle-aged woman just now.

"I'm her classmate and I have something to talk to her about." Xu Changping thought for a moment and made up an excuse and said.

"Classmate?" The old lady looked at Xu Changping with suspicion.

"This is my work ID." Xu Changping didn't expect the residents here to be so vigilant, so he had to take out his work ID for successful steel rolling.

The old lady turned it over and over in her hand for a long time before pointing to the end of the street and saying, "The Yang family lives in the house on the left at the end of the street."

Xu Changping looked in the direction the old lady's hand was pointing. What a coincidence! It was the yard where he had once hidden.

"Thank you, Auntie. Please take this candy." Xu Changping thanked her quickly and stuffed a few pieces of fruit candy into the Auntie's hand.

"It's okay, it's just pointing the way, young man, you are too polite."

The old lady's face suddenly broke into a smile. She said that you were too polite, but she quickly put the candy into her pocket.

Xu Changping didn't care and just smiled and walked towards the direction the old lady pointed.

"This woman from the Yang family is a piece of shit. She knew I had a crush on that little bitch Yang Xiaoyue, but she still dared to give that little brat directions."

Xu Changping didn't know that the middle-aged woman who had just treated him rudely was peeking out through the crack in the door.

After a while, when Xu Changping just walked to the door and was about to knock, the door suddenly opened from the inside.