Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

The next day.

Chen Jun, who was still sleeping, was suddenly awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom!"

"Chen Jun, Chen Jun, are you up yet?"

"dong dong dong~~"

Third uncle? ?

Chen Jun rubbed his eyes and looked at the sky outside the window. Although it was already dawn, it was definitely not yet six o'clock.

Why are you knocking on the door so early? Is there something urgent?

Thinking of this, Chen Jun put on his clothes and went to open the door.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you? What happened so early in the morning?"

"What did you see?" Yan Bugui urged, "Have you forgotten what day it is today? Your family is having a banquet!"

"I haven't forgotten. There's no need to get up so early for a wedding banquet, right?" Chen Jun yawned. He was still sleepy. If he lay down on the bed, he would fall asleep in less than half a minute.

He doesn't need to worry about buying food for today's banquet, he doesn't need to worry about the procedures, and he doesn't even need to worry about cooking.

If you don't worry about anything, why get up so early?

"Oh, you have to pull the meat and vegetables back to the yard. It's very troublesome to prepare the banquet. You have to get up early and get busy, otherwise it will be troublesome if we can't start the banquet at noon." Yan Bugui said.

"That doesn't mean we have to get up so early." Chen Jun rubbed his eyes and continued, "Okay, we're all up now. I'll go do something first, and then go to the steel mill and ask them to deliver the ingredients we ordered."

"Okay, go and come back soon. I'll ask the women in the yard to come to the backyard to help."

"Got it!"

Chen Jun nodded and agreed. He returned to the house, went to the kitchen to cook a pot of rice porridge, and then rode his bicycle out.

It was just past six o'clock when he went out. Chen Jun randomly found a breakfast stall, bought a few buns, and walked slowly towards Chen Xueru's home.

After waiting at the entrance of the alley for a while, I saw Chen Xueru coming out happily.

"Here, I bought you some buns."

Chen Xueru took the bun and asked disappointedly, "Have you eaten it?"

"No, I'm busy today. After I take you to the store, I have to go to the steel mill." As he said that, Chen Jun patted the back seat, motioning Chen Xueru to get in.

Chen Xueru nodded when she heard this and did not pursue the issue of breakfast.

On the other side, in the middle courtyard, is the Jia family.

Jia Zhang, who originally wanted to sleep until she woke up naturally, also got up from the bed.

I looked at the time, it was a little after seven in the morning.

"Dongxu, get up and help. After today's work, our family will have money."

"This damn Yi Zhonghai is so stingy. He only bought this little bit of meat. I was thinking of eating half and leaving the other half." Jia Zhang looked through the cabbage and potatoes that Yi Zhonghai sent yesterday, and frowned with some disgust.

Although there are a lot of potatoes and cabbages, they are not valuable!

Even if all the meat is stewed in the dish, each person will only get one or two pieces.

Jia Dongxu limped into the kitchen, took a quick look, frowned, and said, "Mom, how many people can come from the courtyard?"

"How many people can come? I have notified everyone except the Chen family!" Jia Zhang said confidently, "We are all neighbors living in the same courtyard. If anyone doesn't come, it means they look down on our Jia family. If they look down on our Jia family, I will make trouble at their house!"

After hearing this, Jia Dongxu didn't ask any more questions.

These cabbages and potatoes didn’t cost any money anyway, so if he made a profit, he made a profit. If he didn’t, it’s Yi Zhonghai’s money that was lost.

But for some reason, Jia Dongxu always felt uneasy.

"Dongxu, how can you pick cabbage like this? Such good cabbage leaves can be eaten after washing." Jia Zhang picked up the half cabbage leaf that Jia Dongxu threw away, tore it apart and threw it into the basin.

This half of the cabbage leaf is the outermost one, and the leaves are a little dry.

If it were any other day, Jia Zhang would definitely not eat these, but today the ingredients for the banquet are limited, so the more she can save, the better.

"Forget it, Dongxu, you should go for a walk outside and buy some cornmeal. If they don't have enough to eat at noon, we can serve them a basket of steamed bread. This way, no one can find fault with us."

Jia Zhang, who was so stingy, was also worried that she would arouse public anger when the lunch started, so she took some money and spent a lot of money to make a pot of steamed bread.

The stew is sure to fill you up if you pair it with steamed bread.

Let me buy cornmeal?

Jia Dongxu couldn't help but grin when he heard that. Although food was not so scarce now, the grain store was quite far away. His leg injury had not healed yet, and it would definitely hurt to walk that far.

But when he thought about making a lot of money today, Jia Dongxu gritted his teeth and agreed.

Making money is hard work.

If all goes well this time, the Jia family will have enough living expenses for the next three or four months.

After taking the money, Jia Dongxu limped out.

When I reached the entrance of the alley, as luck would have it, I ran into the third uncle Yan Bugui who was coming back from shopping.

"Good morning, Third Uncle... Damn it!"

When Jia Dongxu saw the back seat of the bicycle filled with peanuts and sunflower seeds, he was completely stunned.

No, is this still the Third Uncle?

Buying melon seeds and peanuts by the bag? Did the Yan family become rich or just lucky?

When Qin Huairu and I got married, we couldn't afford to buy so many peanuts and melon seeds.

"Uncle, are you having a hard time? Why are you buying so many peanuts?"

Yan Bugui's face looked a little unhappy, and he smiled dryly and replied, "I have nothing to do, so I just knock for fun."

Just for fun?

You have money but nowhere to spend it?

"With so many, your family won't be able to finish them even in two days, right?" Jia Dongxu felt that Yan Bugui was fooling him, but he had no evidence.

"It's gone in the time it takes to have a meal. OK, I have to hurry home."

Yan Bugui didn't dare say anything more to Jia Dongxu. It would be troublesome if his family found out about it in advance.

Looking at Yan Bugui's hurriedly leaving back, Jia Dongxu spat secretly.

Can you finish it in the time it takes to eat a meal?

You're fooling a three-year-old!

Unless you invite everyone in the hospital to eat melon seeds together, you won’t be able to finish them in one meal.

It was obvious that Jia Dongxu felt that Yan Bugui was stingy and was reluctant to let him grab a handful of money.

"Hmph, after my family finishes the banquet, I'll go buy some peanuts and melon seeds!"

He was hospitalized due to an explosion on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so he didn't get to eat the peanuts and melon seeds bought by the hospital. Jia Dongxu always remembered this.

Yan Bugui hurried back to the courtyard and hurriedly carried the peanuts and melon seeds into the house.

"Old Yan, what happened to you? Were you chased by a dog?" Aunt Three asked in surprise.

"Don't mention it. I just ran into Jia Dongxu at the entrance of the alley. He almost found me. Hey, how did you get to eat?"

"How foolish! We are going to have a feast in the backyard at noon, so we need to save some space in advance!"

When Yan Bugui saw the third aunt and Yan Jiecheng eating breakfast around the dining table, he became unhappy.

This is really not how to live.