Siheyuan: Cooking journey

Cooking techniques have advanced again.

He Yuzhu was in a good mood and cooked a few more dishes.

Deputy Director Li loves noodles, so I made him a few big pancakes with plenty of noodles.

After finishing all these, there is basically nothing to do in the kitchen.

He Yuzhu drank several cups of tea leisurely. Loud and exciting music sounded on the radio, and it was time to get off work.

The steel plant is not far from where I live.

Less than ten minutes after He Yuzhu left, he returned to the courtyard where he lived.

This courtyard is three steps deep, with grey walls and green tiles, and is divided into the front yard, the middle yard and the back yard.

Every courtyard has an old man who is responsible for taking care of neighborhood affairs, just like the head of a dormitory.

The third uncle Yan Bugui lives in the front yard. He is a very stingy person and loves to calculate.

The Central Courtyard is the largest and has the most residents. An old man named Yi Zhonghai lives here. He is an eighth-level fitter in the steel plant. He has no children and his salary is higher than that of the factory director, 99 yuan a month.

The second uncle in the backyard, Liu Haizhong, also works in the steel factory. He is a seventh-level blacksmith and loves to be an official. He likes to interfere in the big and small things in the yard so that people will notice him.

He Yuzhu's house is in the middle courtyard. When he passed by the front yard, his third uncle Yan Bugui happened to be tidying up things at the door. He was an elementary school teacher and did not have many classes, so he went home early after get off work.

"Silly Zhu, it's time to get off work..."

The third uncle Yan Bugui greeted He Yuzhu when he saw him.

He Yuzhu nodded, said nothing, and walked straight to the central courtyard.

He always felt uncomfortable hearing the name "Shazhu".

It was fine at the steel plant. In the past two months, he conquered everyone's stomach with his excellent cooking skills. People rarely called him "Shazhu" anymore. Everyone called him Master He.

But life in a courtyard house is different. The name "Shazhu" has been used for more than ten years, and it has become accustomed to it, and it is difficult to change it.

In the room, the three aunts poked their heads out and said:

"I say, are you thinking of some bad idea again and offending Sha Zhu? Look, he doesn't even pay attention to you. It wasn't like this before."

"No?" The third uncle shook his head, thought for a moment, adjusted his glasses, and said doubtfully, "Not really. I was thinking of asking Sha Zhu to give the boss a banquet for free, but it's just a thought. How would he know?"

"..." The third aunt was speechless. "Forget about other things. Don't even think about this kind of thing. We will pay him whatever others offer. Anyway, the money is not from us, but from the eldest brother."

"What do you know?" The third uncle criticized: "Although the money was paid by the boss, it is in my hands now. If Sha Zhu helps for free, the money will become ours!"

"That's great." The third aunt said happily, "Then you have to think of a way to get Sha Zhu to do it for free."

"Don't worry, I have plenty of ideas to fool Sha Zhu." The third uncle smiled proudly, "Originally, I thought that if I just said hello to Sha Zhu, he would do it for free. He is usually the most talkative, but now he is so indifferent, I can only use ruthless tactics."

"What cruel trick?" asked the third aunt curiously.

"It's a simple matter." The third uncle said confidently, looking like he had it all planned out.

"Doesn't the boss's girlfriend have a younger sister named Yu Haitang? Shazhu is 24 years old this year and still hasn't married. I said I would introduce him to a girl and introduced Yu Haitang to him. Believe it or not, he not only helped me for free, but also gave me a gift."

"That's great." The third aunt clapped her hands happily, but she was also a little worried. "Yu Haitang is pretty and young, only 18 this year. Will she be interested in Sha Zhu?"

"Whether they like it or not, it has nothing to do with us." The third uncle waved his hand indifferently, "I'm just trying to help out. If they don't like Sha Zhu, it's because Sha Zhu himself is not qualified. Can Sha Zhu blame me? Don't worry, whether it works out or not, we won't lose anything. We will all make money anyway.

"If it works, that would be even better. Sha Zhu and the boss would become brothers-in-law. He would definitely feel embarrassed to refuse me if I go to his house to borrow some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the future."

……

In the middle courtyard.

As soon as He Yuzhu stepped in, he saw Qin Huairu washing clothes by the tap.

She was a neighbor of the Central Court. Her husband was a worker in a steel plant. Unfortunately, he passed away. She took over her husband's job and worked in the steel plant, living with her three children and mother-in-law.

At this time, Qin Huairu also noticed He Yuzhui, and subconsciously looked at his hands, but found nothing. Disappointment was revealed in her eyes. She said nothing and lowered her head to continue washing clothes.

He Yuzhu glanced at her without saying a word, walked past her, opened the door and went back to his room.

The room is about 40 to 50 square meters, with no partitions. There is a dining table on one side and a bed and wardrobe on the other. It looks a bit empty.

There is a coal stove near the window, which is used for cooking.

The first thing He Yuzhu did when he got home was to check the coal stove and replace it with a piece of honeycomb coal.

At that time, people generally burned coal briquettes. Although burning coal briquettes was troublesome, as you had to light a fire and clean the ash every day, and black smoke billowed and coal ash flew everywhere when they burned, when you look at the price of honeycomb coal and then look at the cheapness of coal briquettes, coal briquettes were really much more affordable.

He Yuzhu is a man who can feed his whole family, so he doesn't care about the money. He just wants convenience, so he chose the more convenient honeycomb coal. He doesn't want to make a fire every day.

The honeycomb coal in the coal stove has been replaced.

He Yuzhu opened the door to get some fresh air, Qin Huairu was still washing clothes.

After looking at her, He Yuzhu couldn't help but shook his head.

Qin Huairu has a good appearance and figure, but unfortunately she is too cunning.

It's better to keep a distance from her.