Siheyuan: Cooking journey

Yan Jiefang raised his hand and pointed to the house in the distance, saying, "That's where the workers live. There are still many vacant rooms. I'll take you to find Brother Hui and let him arrange something for you..."

"Who is Brother Hui?"

Liu Guangtian asked curiously.

Liu Guangfu didn't say anything, but just looked at him with the same curious eyes.

"Brother Hui is from Hong Kong Island and is also a supervisor."

Yan Jiefang gave a brief introduction.

Then, Yan Jiefang brought the Liu brothers to find Zhang Hui and said with a big smile, "Brother Hui, these two are my friends, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu. They also come to the construction site to work and have no place to live for the time being. Can you help find a room for them?"

"no problem……"

Zhang Hui looked at them, straightened his suit, and found a room.

"This is the one. There's a bed, but you have to bring your own bedding. There's a cafeteria next to it that provides breakfast and dinner, but you have to pay for it."

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other, both looking worried.

Without bedding, it would be impossible to sleep in such a cold night;

I only get one dollar a day as salary and have to pay for my own food, which is really too much to bear.

"Brother Hui, we are all workers, working here, why do we have to pay for meals?"

Liu Guangtian asked a little unhappily.

Yan Jiefang quickly pulled him aside, smiled and apologized: "Brother Hui, don't be angry, he doesn't understand anything."

"Humph, I won't bother with such a bumpkin!"

Zhang Hui raised his head proudly, untied his tie, looked at them with contempt and said,

"Of course our meals are free, because we are from Hong Kong! You only get one dollar a day, so you'd better work hard. It's good enough to have a place to live. You're dreaming about eating for free! By the way, our canteen's takeout food is very expensive. Breakfast is five dollars a portion, and dinner is ten dollars a portion. I just said it in vain. You can't afford it. Just use this little money to buy some steamed buns somewhere else."

Hearing this, Liu Guangtian's face turned blue with anger and he really wanted to beat him up.

Fortunately, Yan Jiefang was quick-witted and stopped it in time.

Liu Guangfu was relatively calm, and was curious about the five or ten yuan meal: "Brother Hui, your meals are so expensive, who can afford it?"

"Ha, you say ten dollars is expensive? We are in Hong Kong Island, and any fast food meal outside costs at least ten dollars. If it's expensive, there's no telling how much a meal can cost, sometimes thousands or even tens of thousands!"

Zhang Hui said with a proud look on his face.

The three of them were stunned. Yan Jiefang thought he was quite familiar with Zhang Hui, so he asked with a smile: "Brother Hui, the food is so expensive over there, so your monthly salary must be very high, right?"

"Of course."

Zhang Hui straightened up and said very proudly,

"In our Hong Kong Island, even an ordinary bricklayer can earn 5,000 to 6,000 yuan a month. For someone like me who is in charge of a little bit of work, 7,000 to 8,000 yuan is normal. It's not like you in the mainland, you only get a few hundred yuan a month."

Five or six thousand, seven or eight thousand!

This news completely stunned the three of them.

Zhang Hui looked at them with disdain and said, "To tell you the truth, even beggars in our Hong Kong Island earn more than you do. As long as you are not afraid of being embarrassed and pretend to be disabled and sit on the roadside, some people will give you one or two yuan out of sympathy. Rich people will give you ten or eight yuan, and some will even give you a hundred or a thousand yuan directly. The minimum daily income should be one thousand yuan. You two work hard and sweat for only one yuan a day. It's far from enough!"

The three people were so shocked that they were speechless, their eyes full of envy.

After lunch, each person was given four meat buns.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu wolfed down the food, praising it for its deliciousness.

Seeing how quickly they were eating, Yan Jiefang was originally savoring the food slowly.

To be on the safe side, he took a bite of each bun first.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were not satisfied with the buns after eating their fill, so they asked Yan Jiefang for more.

Yan Jiefang had no choice but to hand over his bun with a wry smile.

After finishing lunch, Liu Guangtian said with great satisfaction: "This bun is so delicious, I really want to eat it every meal..."

At this time, Liu Guangfu asked Yan Jiefang: "Are you on good terms with that Brother Hui?"

Yan Jiefang pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's okay... You may not know that my sister-in-law Yu Li is the vice president of this new factory. Although Brother Hui is from Hong Kong, he is just an employee and he has to listen to his sister-in-law. Because of this, I have a good relationship with him."

Yan Jiefang has said this kind of big talk many times, but no one believes it - is his sister-in-law really the deputy general manager?

He is still moving bricks on the construction site?

Liu Guangtian said excitedly: "Jiefang, since your sister-in-law is so powerful, can you talk to her and let me work in this new factory?"

Yan Jiefang was unable to speak because of the toothache, but then he thought, since he had controlled Yu Li, the matter would be over.

So he mustered up his courage and said, "It's just a small matter. When the new factory opens, I will go to work there. If you want to come, just say a word."

"Liberation, brotherly!"

Liu Guangtian patted his shoulder in surprise and said, "Don't forget, besides me, there is also Guangfu."

"elder brother……"

Liu Guangfu pulled his arm, looked at Yan Jiefang and said, "Jiefang, you have a good relationship with Zhang Hui, can you help him say hello and take us to work in Hong Kong? I heard that working in Hong Kong can make 5,000 to 6,000 yuan a month, and begging there can make thousands a day. What kind of new factory to work in? How much money can we make there? If we go, we should go to Hong Kong and make a fortune."

Liu Guangtian's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands, "Yes, how could I forget this? We can go to Hong Kong Island! Jiefang, you must help talk to Zhang Hui."

this……

Yan Jiefang was in a bit of a dilemma. Although he also wanted a high income, he knew other ways. He thought everything would be fine after he controlled Yu Li, so he was not so anxious.

The key point is that he feels that he is familiar with Zhang Hui, but in fact Zhang Hui doesn't care about him at all.

Hong Kong is so attractive and so many people want to go there, but it is not easy to do so.

Yan Jiefang felt that Zhang Hui might not agree, no, he would definitely refuse.

Seeing that he hadn't said anything for a long time, Liu Guangtian's face immediately changed, and he said angrily: "I gave you half of the cow dung I picked up back then, and you won't even help me with a word?"

"I, I'll try, but let me make it clear first, it may not work."

"Go ask now!"

Liu Guangfu urged impatiently, saying that he could no longer stay here knowing that Hong Kong Island was making so much money and wanted to go there as soon as possible.

"Yes, yes, liberation, let's go, let's go now!"

Yan Jiefang was dragged by the burly Liu Guangtian. He was reluctant but had no choice. The three of them quickly found Zhang Hui.

Yan Jiefang hesitantly explained his purpose, and Zhang Hui frowned and immediately rejected him sternly: "Are you mentally ill? What are you thinking? Do you know the seriousness of this matter? Do you want to harm me? Get out of here now. If you keep pestering me, I won't let you go to work."

Yan Jiefang was stunned and his face turned red.

He usually brags about how good the relationship is, but the moment he opens his mouth he is told to get lost, completely losing face.

The two Liu brothers were also dumbfounded. They looked at Yan Jiefang and understood what the nonsense about a good relationship was.

In comparison, the thought of not being able to go to Hong Kong to make money made them even more uncomfortable.

Xu family.

Father Xu lay motionless on the bed, while Mother Xu wiped her tears and complained, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you pretend to have a stroke? How did you really have a stroke? Qin Jingru hasn't given our family money for so many years, and I really can't do anything about her. Our money is almost gone, and we can't live on your pension. It would be better if you died. What's the point of living and suffering like this? And we don't know where Damao is. There has been no news for all these years. The neighbors' children have all come back, but Damao is the only one who has no news. Do you think something has happened to him?"

Father Xu stared and wanted to curse, but no words came out.

I couldn't move or speak for more than ten years. This kind of living dead-like life was really torturous.

"Oh my God, why is my life so miserable? I am such a bad father. My son got sick and I don't even know where he is..."

Xu's mother was still complaining.

There was a loud knock on the door at home.

"Dad, Mom, open the door!"

Mother Xu was stunned for a moment, then immediately ran to open the door in surprise.

"You son of a bitch, you really pissed me off!"

After hearing what he had experienced over the years, Xu Damao burst into curses.

"Da Mao, I'm glad you're back. Mom suffered so much when you were away." Xu's mother said while wiping her tears.

"Shazhu is such a bastard, I will not let him go this time. But let's deal with Qin Jingru first. My dad asked her to take over and split the salary in half, but she actually changed her mind. I will go and ask her for a divorce soon."

"Da Mao, I know you feel bad for your mom, but let's just forget about it,"

Xu's mother said hurriedly, "Although it's a bit selfish to stop paying her salary, she has been quite dutiful in the past few years. I often go to the courtyard to see her, and I haven't seen her get close to any man. It's not bad to have a daughter-in-law like this. Having children is more important. Mom won't be able to help in a few years."

Xu Damao whispered, "I'll see how she behaves. If she doesn't obey, I'll kick her out. I'll help you get back the money I was shortchanged over the years."

"Ah."

Mother Xu wiped her tears with relief.

"Da Mao, now that you're back, Mom has a backbone. You must find a way to take down Sha Zhu. By the way, I heard that Lou Xiao'e has returned to China, and brought Sha Zhu's daughter with him. See if you can make a fuss about it and report him."

Xu Damao frowned and agreed vaguely: "I'll make a note of this. I'll go back and check the situation first."

"Mom, give me some money to buy new clothes."

........

backyard.

Qin Jingru came back from get off work, leaned on the table with her cheek in her hand, her mind full of messy thoughts.

My elder sister also said that she could get me the position of canteen director.

But till now, there has been no news.

It's not that I really need that position, the main thing is that the man I'm thinking about has never responded.

When we met occasionally, I would blush and my heart would beat fast, and I was too embarrassed to look him in the eye.

He was very calm, as if nothing had happened. But just thinking about it made me angry, so angry that I wanted to bite him hard.

When she thought of him, Qin Jingru felt dazed, as if she was floating in the air.

Bang bang bang.

There was a knock on the door.

Qin Jingru came back to her senses and was very confused.

"Who..."

Usually, apart from her eldest sister's family, no acquaintances would come to see her, so the person knocking on the door made her a little puzzled.

"Who else could it be? I, your husband, please open the door. Why lock the door in broad daylight..."

As soon as she heard the voice, she knew it was Xu Damao. Although they had not spent much time together in the past few days, Qin Jingru remembered this man's voice clearly.

She picked up the broom and opened the door.

"Qin Jingru, how could you be so outrageous that you dared to lie to my mother..."

Xu Damao walked into the room with a sullen face, and started to scold her, wanting to teach her a lesson.

Qin Jingru didn't say anything and hit him with a broom.

"Xu Damao, you bastard, you still have the nerve to come back! You lied to me for so many years, I am so angry..."

"Don't do it, don't hit me..."

Xu Damao dodged her attack and ran out while shouting in the yard:

"Qin Jingru, you are so ungrateful. If it weren't for me, you would be starving right now! You live in my house, take over my father's job, and you have the guts to hit me! I was so blind to marry an ungrateful person like you!"

"Divorce? I'm eager to get a divorce. So what if I lose my job? What's so scary about going back to the countryside? Do you think I care about these things? I've been wanting to get a divorce from you for a long time. Now that you're back, it's just right. Let's get a divorce right away! Anyone who doesn't get a divorce is a nobody."

Xu Damao had a bewildered look on his face, his eyes wide open, and he froze in a daze.

I originally thought that I could make Qin Jingru surrender through intimidation, but the result was completely the opposite.

She should be afraid of losing her job, not so fearless;

After getting used to city life, returning to the countryside should be a nightmare.

What exactly is going on?

Xu Damao really couldn't figure it out.

"Xu Damao, are you still a man? Didn't you say you wanted a divorce? Why are you silent?"

Qin Jingru questioned with wide eyes.

"I……"

Xu Damao hesitated with a lack of confidence.

"Do you think I really don't want a divorce? I heard from my mom that you did something that let our family down, and I wanted to divorce you. But she said that considering it's not easy for you to remain a virgin for so many years, she asked me to be more tolerant... I think what my mom said makes sense."

Hearing this, Qin Jingru's face became even gloomier, and she said sarcastically:

"Is your mother right? Then go find her and live with her! I must get a divorce now. Xu Damao, once you say something, it's time to break up with me. How come you change your mind now?"

"I……"

Xu Damao was so angry that his face turned blue. He really wanted to teach her a lesson to let her know that he was the one in charge.

But think about it,

All that's left is a lot of resentment.

"You're in such a hurry to break up, have you found a new love?"

Xu Damao said sarcastically,

"I'm telling you, Qin Jingru, stop dreaming. You want a divorce? I won't let you do what you want! Even if you die, you'll still be a ghost named Xu. If I find out which wild man you hooked up with, I'll turn his whole family upside down!"

Qin Jingru gritted her teeth in anger.

"Xu Damao, you are absolutely crazy. I have been a faithful wife all these years and have never spoken more than three sentences to other men. You slander me with such words. What do you mean? I think you are crazy. In this case, let's make it like this - don't you want to be a big fool wearing a green hat? I will make you wear a hundred, a thousand..."

As she spoke, Qin Jingru chased after him with a broom in her hand.

Xu Damao ran away while cursing: "How dare you? Wait till I break your legs! You want a divorce? Forget it!"