Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

"It's not a big problem. If you don't want to set up a stall one day, come find me."

"My mother is working as a nanny in Director Lou's house now. When the time comes, you can ask her to think of a way to get you into the steel mill." Xu Damao put his arm around Chen Jun's shoulders carelessly, looking like a good friend.

Seeing this, Chen Jun smiled and didn't respond.

He knew Xu Damao quite well. He had a lot of little thoughts and a lot of bad intentions.

He likes to brag when he talks. Don't be fooled by his confident words, but if you really need his help, there is a high probability that he won't be able to do it.

Not only can it not be done, but we even need some funds for the activities.

So Chen Jun didn't take it to heart.

Besides, it is impossible for him to go to work. He can't do anything with just twenty or thirty yuan a month. He just wants to set up more stalls during this period to save more money and supplies.

After all, the planned economy would begin next year, and there would be natural disasters in the next few years, so people’s lives would start to become less good.

Just as she was thinking about it, Lin Yao walked out of her mother's room and looked at Xu Damao with disgust.

"Xu Damao, just brag as much as you can. If you have such strong connections, why are you still an apprentice projectionist?"

"Don't fool my brother here."

Although Lin Yao is not very old, she can see things clearly.

Xu Damao likes to talk nonsense and he even cheated her about her candied haws before, so Lin Yao dislikes Xu Damao a little.

After hearing what she said, Xu Damao smiled awkwardly.

But fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough and still said carelessly: "Don't disbelieve me, I will be able to become a regular employee soon."

"Okay, okay, my dad called me home for dinner, so I'm leaving now."

"Yeah." Chen Jun waved at Xu Damao.

After he left, Lin Yao stared at the door with a wary look on her face, and whispered to Chen Jun, "Brother, let's stay away from Xu Damao in the future. He has too many little thoughts."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jun smiled and nodded.

My sister has this awareness, which makes her much better than other children in the courtyard.

"Okay, stay away from him in the future, but try not to offend him, it's not worth it." Chen Jun taught.

Lin Yao still listened to Chen Jun more and nodded obediently.

After the brother and sister finished discussing, Chen Jun turned and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

I made dozens of dollars from the stall today, so I have to have a good dinner. Especially since Lin Yao is still growing, she can't be too thin and weak.

So he took out a large piece of pork belly that he had bought in the afternoon and planned to make some oily dishes.

This piece of pork weighs at least two and a half kilograms.

"Brother, why do we use so much meat in one meal?"

Although she made money today, Lin Yao still felt a little distressed.

Such a large piece of pork would last for at least two weeks if it were kept in other people's homes.

After all, it is winter now, the temperature is low, and the meat is easier to preserve.

"Why are you so sad? Isn't the purpose of earning money to spend? We can earn dozens of dollars a day now, can't we eat something good?"

"Today I'll make you a plate of twice-cooked pork, so you can experience what authentic Sichuan cuisine is."

"Okay, turn up the fire in the stove and I'll take care of the pork."

After saying that, Chen Jun put the pork into a pot with cold water and added some ginger slices and scallions. After it was cooked, he took it out and cut it into even-sized slices with a kitchen knife.

With the help of the knife skills of a third-level cook, Chen Jun cut very quickly. In just a blink of an eye, a piece of pork was cut.

Seeing this, Lin Yao, who was adding carbon to the stove, couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Every time I see his knife skills, I admire them.

Previously, the best cook in the courtyard was He Daqing, but his knife skills were far inferior to Chen Jun's today.

"In fact, the most important thing in cooking is cooking skills, which include the control of heat and the combination of seasonings. Knife skills can only be regarded as auxiliary."

Chen Jun explained to Lin Yao while he was working.

Since he has this opportunity, he might as well teach Lin Yao how to cook. In the future, when he is not at home, he can also cook a few dishes on the stove.

Lin Yao was also very interested in cooking and stood aside listening attentively.

Soon, the fire in the stove became brighter.

Chen Jun heats oil in a pan, stir-fry the meat slices after the oil is warm, and then serve after the meat slices are oily and curled up.

There is no need to clean the pot at this time, just pour in the prepared ingredients and stir-fry. The soul here is Pixian bean paste. When the red oil is fried out, you can pour the fried meat slices into the pot and stir-fry.

Soon, a tempting twice-cooked pork came out of the pot.

Not only does the food taste delicious, but it also looks very tempting.

Just with this dish, Lin Yao felt that she could eat two bowls of rice.

After making this dish, Chen Jun made egg soup, shredded pork with hot peppers and meatball soup.

The nutrition feels great!

Finally, I baked a few white pancakes to serve as the staple food.

There’s no way. I was too busy today and didn’t have time to steam the buns.

Looking at the meal prepared by Chen Jun, Lin Yao was so greedy that she was almost drooling.

Not only her, some people in the courtyard also smelled the fragrance and followed it all the way to the backyard.

Among them is the second uncle Liu Haizhong who lives in the backyard.

But when he went out, he found that there was someone faster than him, that was the deaf old lady who also lived in the backyard.

The deaf old lady was actually a greedy woman. Seeing Liu Haizhong also going out, she asked directly, "Whose food smells so good? It smells better than what my silly grandson cooks."

Liu Haizhong sniffed and sniffed, then pointed at the Chen family and said, "No way, it must have been done by that kid from the Chen family."

"You fart!"

The deaf old lady denied it without even thinking about it.

Even Sha Zhuzi couldn’t cook out this flavor, so how could Chen Jun, the guy fired from Fengdeng Tower, cook it out?

What a joke!

Besides, everyone in the courtyard knows very well what the Chen family’s conditions are.

When the men of the Chen family died, they did receive a lot of pensions, but the money had long been used to buy medicine. Now the Chen family is extremely poor.

There was originally someone in the family who could earn money, but he was also fired by Fengdenglou.

In this situation, how can we have the conditions to eat meat?

The deaf old lady shook her head, walked around the backyard, sniffed at the door of this house, sniffed at the door of that house, and finally stopped at the door of Chen's house.

Liu Haizhong grinned when he saw this: "Hey, old lady, how can I lie to you? I am the most honest person in our courtyard."

"go away!"

Unexpectedly, the deaf old lady didn't give him a good look at all, and went home angrily with her crutches.

Although she was very greedy, she had just had a conflict with the Chen family today. No matter how thick-skinned the deaf old lady was, she would not run to the Chen family to eat for free.

Judging from Chen Jun's attitude towards her this afternoon, she would probably be scolded.

The deaf old lady is very smart and will certainly not bring bad luck upon herself.

On the other side, at the Chen family, mother Wang Xia was woken up by Lin Yao to eat.

Chen Jun looked at Wang Xia's complexion carefully and found that it was much better than in the morning. Her originally pale face was now much rosier and she could already get out of bed and walk on her own.

"Mom, let's eat. After dinner, let Lin Yao take you out for a walk and breathe some fresh air."

Wang Xia smiled and nodded, but when she saw the food on the table, she felt dizzy.

"This....is the New Year coming up so soon?"