Siheyuan: Qin Huairu relies on me

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The wind blew in from the window, but everyone sitting in the fire box didn't feel cold at all. They were all drooling at the hot pot in front of them.

"Zhao Xiyan, why is this side white and the other side red?" Yu Li asked in a soft voice.

"One is clear soup, the other is red soup... You can think of it as one spicy and one not spicy." Zhao Xiyan placed various condiments on the table and chuckled, "You can adjust the flavor to your liking."

After saying that, he started to prepare a bowl of dipping sauce himself.

Others followed suit and basically made their own dishes according to his taste.

Lou Xiao'e was about to pick up the meat when Qin Huairu stopped her.

"Sisters, let's first wish Xiao Zhao a safe trip to the countryside and a smooth return..."

"Ha, it's so ceremonial?" Zhao Xiyan joked.

"Isn't that right?"

Zhang Youyi said solemnly, "In the old society, when men went out to earn money, they would hold a grand ceremony..."

"I'm not going out to make money." Zhao Xiyan scolded with a smile.

"Isn't this different?"

An Xin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Anyway, you are the pillar of our family... As long as you are safe, everyone will be fine."

"Then... let's go?"

Zhao Xiyan raised his glass and said, "I also wish you all to be twenty today and eighteen next year. Cheers."

"cheers."

Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them together.

"Oh, what is this? It tastes so good." Yu Haitang exclaimed.

"It looks like some kind of lemon soda." An Xin joked, "Anyway, it's something the man at home made...it tastes good, so just drink more."

"Zhao Xiyan is really capable." Yu Li smiled and shook her head, "Such a feast... Is this how landlords in the old society lived?"

"The landlords don't live as well as my family."

Lou Xiao'e laughed and scolded, "Although my family was rich before, I only had many good things after I followed my husband."

"Hurry up and eat the meat. Why are you talking so much?"

Zhao Xiyan put a plate of chopped mutton into the red soup, and a plate of beef into the clear soup.

Everyone looked at the boiling hot pot and swallowed their saliva.

Waited for a while.

"The meat is cooked."

Zhao Xiyan laughed, took out the meat and put it in an empty bowl.

"Wow, this is so delicious, isn't it?"

“I’ve never eaten such good meat in my life.”

"Eating hot pot makes me feel better."

……

Everyone praised the hotpot.

"There is nothing that can't be solved by a hot pot meal. If there is... then two meals will do."

Zhao Xiyan picked up a piece of beef tripe, blanched it, and put it in Qin Huairu's bowl.

Qin Huairu's pretty face immediately turned red and she lowered her head to start eating.

She didn't feel it at ordinary times, but once Zhao Xiyan favored her, her little heart couldn't stop beating wildly, just like the feeling when she first told him that she wanted to be with him.

"Xi Yan, I want to eat too." Lou Xiao'e said in a soft voice.

"Eat, eat, eat. There's plenty of it... a cow has a lot of tripe."

After Zhao Xiyan blanched a bunch of beef tripe, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zhao Xiyan, there are so many women, it's hard to deal with them, right?" Lin Lu joked.

"That's not."

Yu Haitang also smiled and said, "Everyone should be fair... otherwise, the family will be very noisy in the future."

"There has to be a woman who takes charge of things at home, otherwise with too many women it will be very noisy." Yu Li also laughed.

"I say... stop playing with me." Zhao Xiyan sighed, "I feel like you are like the women in the old society... your views on love are completely wrong. We are the youth of the new era."

"It's only been a few years since the liberation, and you're already calling yourself a 'new youth'?" Zhang Youyi scolded with a smile.

"We grew up under the red flag and are the Chinese youth of the new era." Zhao Xiyan said with a smile, "We should follow monogamy... This is the correct view of marriage."

"Who isn't monogamous?"

Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm not your wife, I'm your concubine..."

Phew!

Everyone was immediately happy.

"What's so good about being a concubine? She doesn't have to be beaten or scolded by her parents-in-law, nor does she have to take care of the daily life of the whole family... Isn't this kind of life good?" Yu Li said with a smile.

"Well, you have a distorted view of marriage." Zhao Xiyan lit a cigarette, "Who said that you will be beaten and scolded by your parents-in-law after marriage? Who stipulated that you must take care of the daily life of the whole family?"

"That's the rule."

Zhang Youyi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Look at Guo Ting in the yard, and then look at Liu Chunlan in the yard... Who isn't holding a pile of clothes to wash in the cold winter?"

"you do not say."

Lin Lu scolded, "Yesterday Chunlan told me that she had frostbite on her hands... She asked Yan Jiecheng for money to buy some medicine, but Yan Jiecheng refused and asked her to get some wood ash instead."

"Hiss, there is such a thing?" Zhao Xiyan asked in surprise.

"Why do you think everyone is willing to follow you?" Qin Huairu said angrily, "Guo Ting is scolded by Jia Zhang every day, and sometimes Jia Dongxu gets annoyed...she gets beaten."

"No, what are the uncles in our yard for?" Zhao Xiyan frowned, "How can he beat a woman? Director Zhang is also the director of women's affairs. He will behave himself if he is arrested and locked up for a few days."

In his time, would you dare to hit a fairy?

You don't even want your life anymore.

A certain red book was published.

"Girls, I was beaten by a scumbag."

Post your photo right away.

Although the person is not dead yet, he is socially dead.

"You are so powerful and well-mannered outside, but how can you know these things about women?" Zhang Youyi scolded, "If I get beaten by you, I will report it to the street office... If you are arrested, what should I do?"

"No, Zhang Youyi... you are educated at least, why are you so feudal?" Zhao Xiyan frowned and asked, "What are you going to do? The worst that can happen is a divorce. What else can you do?"

"Divorce? That's easy for you to say."

Yu Li continued, "Now that you're divorced, if you go back to your parents' home... your parents will think you're a disgrace. If you have brothers, it will be even more lively. Your sisters-in-law and brothers' wives will chase you out."

"Is that so?" Zhao Xiyan asked in surprise.

"This is the current situation, you know?" Lin Lu said with a smile, "Do you think Xiao'e said she was happy just to fool you? Go ask Guo Ting, did she just want to sleep until noon?"

"We still have hot water for washing clothes." Qin Huairu said with a smile, "If I tell anyone about this... Liu Chunlan will probably think I'm crazy."

"What's wrong with washing clothes with hot water?" Zhao Xiyan asked curiously.

"Don't you need coal to heat the water? Doesn't coal cost money?" An Xin rolled her eyes at him. "The coal in our house is limited. If you waste it like this... how can we still live?"

Zhao Xiyan was silenced.

Life these days is much harder than he had imagined.

"Xiao Zhao... we are having a great time, so don't worry about us." Qin Huairu raised her glass, "Let's have a drink..."

"cheers."

Everyone shouted in unison, and the atmosphere reached its peak.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.