Siheyuan: Cooking journey

I secretly bought two chickens on the black market last time, and now I have one left.

As soon as He Yuzhu got home, he started stewing the food.

There is a shortage of food these days, so stewing chicken is the most economical way to eat it. Add some vegetables to it, and the aroma of the chicken will be fully released.

This time I didn’t put potatoes in it, I used radishes instead.

The radish absorbs the aroma of the chicken and tastes more delicious than meat.

As the pot boils, the whole yard is filled with fragrance.

There was no need to shout, He Yushui came running over with an excited and red face.

"Brother, you stewed the chicken again!"

"The chicken we got last time was stolen by someone, so I'll give it to you this time."

He Yuzhu smiled.

It's worth it to exchange this pot of chicken for a sensible and silly sister.

If I had known it was so easy, I would have just stewed chicken every day and not bothered with all that trouble.

Let’s see if that white-eyed wolf stick comes later. If he dares to come, I will definitely teach him a lesson.

"Brother, you are so kind."

He Yushui was very happy, but asked curiously: "It's already so late, where did you buy the chicken? The black market? I didn't see you kill a chicken, don't tell me it's..."

"Do you think your brother is that kind of person?"

He Yuzhu tapped her forehead in annoyance.

"I'm not wrong. You've done this before."

He Yushui covered his forehead with his hands, looking aggrieved.

"The past is the past, and the present is the present."

He Yuzhu explained seriously: "Your brother is now the canteen director. There are more people watching over me. We can't do this kind of thing anymore. The chicken was bought by the restaurant."

It is true that there is no shortage of chicken in restaurants.

Nowadays, most restaurants and factories are public-private partnerships.

Public refers to the departments of the street office, and private refers to individuals. After the joint venture, staff will participate in the management, and individuals can work together and get dividends.

This is mainly to stabilize the market. After all, only relevant departments can allocate resources.

Let’s not talk about whether it will work or not, let’s just talk about opening a restaurant, what can you sell without ingredients?

"Really? Brother, you are the canteen director now. That's awesome!"

He Yushui's eyes sparkled and she held his arm and swayed.

"Brother, you're already the canteen director, so let me go to the canteen too. Other jobs aren't that great anyway. Look how much I listen to you. If you don't let me be a teacher, then I won't be one."

"You can consider it."

He Yuzhu laughed again.

The silly sister was sensible enough to realize that Qin Huairu's family was not worth pleasing.

We can think of a way to prevent her from running so far.

"Brother, you are really the best brother in the world."

He Yushui happily massaged his back and flattered him.

"But forget about the cafeteria."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and said, "It's not appropriate for a girl like you to go to the cafeteria. Our steel mill is in need of an announcer. I'll ask around for you and let you be an announcer. It's easy and respectable."

"Brother, isn't Yu Haitang already working as an announcer at your steel mill?"

He Yuzhu curled his lips and said unhappily, "If I had known you mentioned it last time, I would have signed up. You don't know how much Yu Haitang flaunts herself in front of her classmates."

He Yuzhu blinked. It was not like one person had the final say in the factory. Since Yu Haitang had taken up the post and had not made any mistakes, even Director Yang could not transfer her at will.

"Forget it, I'll help you ask if they need any clerks or something like that. It's pretty easy."

Going to the logistics department to organize documents is also a good job.

"Yeah, actually we can go to the cafeteria. My cooking skills are pretty good."

He Yushui was a little proud.

"Do you think working in the canteen is an easy job? Do you know how much dough you have to mix and how many steamed buns you have to make every day? Even if there are two people per person, considering the number of people in the steel mill, you'd be dead from exhaustion."

He Yuzhu smiled and shook his head. Fortunately, he was in good physical condition and could hold on. Otherwise, with so many more people, the cafeteria would have been overwhelmed and lunch might not even be ready when people got off work.

"Then can I just cook?"

He Yushui estimated the workload and felt a little timid.

"What do you say?"

He Yuzhu looked at her dimly and threatened her deliberately: "You are my biological sister, I can't be soft-hearted when the time comes. The hardest and most tiring work will be yours, otherwise others will have objections."

"Am I your biological sister? I was thinking of relying on you to be lazy and not work."

He Yushui felt very aggrieved, "You want to use me like a cow."

"That's definitely not a kiss."

He Yuzhu made a small joke, and then said seriously: "I will ask for you first. If there is no vacancy for the clerk, you can go to the cafeteria. When you get there, don't stay in the kitchen. Go directly to the cafeteria office and help me sort out the account books."

There is no such position in the cafeteria. It doesn’t matter. The cafeteria is really short of staff anyway. One person can do the work of several people. It’s very simple to make a position for the silly sister.

"Brother you are so nice!"

He Yushui was overjoyed and flattered the emperor even more vigorously, patting his back and rubbing his shoulders.

He Yuzhu was enjoying it comfortably, staring at the fire and stewing the chicken with full concentration.

Soon, a gurgling sound was heard, and the stewed ou ton (food name) was cooked.

He Yushui picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up a piece to taste.

At this time, He Yuzhu patted her hand gently and said:

"Don't worry, go get a big bowl. We need to give half to the hard-of-hearing old lady."

Last time I stewed half a chicken, but I wasn’t able to give it away.

I specially stewed a whole one this time. I thought that I hadn’t visited my grandma for several days, so I decided to give some to her.

He didn't plan to go alone, in case the old lady softened her heart when they met, and heard about Qin Huairu's family situation and asked us for help.

Hey, that family has such a bad character. We have already done the best we can by not causing them any trouble. Can you help us?

Don't even think about it.

"alright, I got it."

He Yushui nodded obediently, and then suggested: "How about sending some to the uncle's house, we can't finish this pot.

From childhood to adulthood, Uncle Eqing has always taken good care of us."

"That's fine. Grandma can't eat too much by herself. It's just right to share some with her."

......

He Yuzhu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and reminded again:

"Yushui, I know you are kind-hearted and like to help others. I am not trying to stop you from doing these things. I just want you to understand one thing: we will be kind to anyone who is truly kind to us.

"My brother and I grew up in this courtyard, thanks to the care and help of the grandfather, and the hard-of-hearing grandmother who often secretly sent us food. These are all real help, not just polite words.

"People like this are really good to us, so we should naturally be good to them. This is gratitude, and it must be kept in mind. It is also the most basic principle for everyone to follow.

"As for those who are not good to us, it's good enough that we don't do bad things behind their backs. We don't need to care too much about other things."

He Yushui thought about it and nodded seriously: "Brother, don't worry, I have remembered it. We will be good to whoever is good to us."

Next door, another family was also having dinner.

There were steamed corn bread and a few peeled steamed buns on the table.

The child Xiaodang said in a childish voice: "It's Uncle Silly's family stewing chicken again. It smells so good."

"This idiot really doesn't know how to live. After eating in the cafeteria, he went home and stewed a chicken. What is he trying to show off? He must be deliberately making people greedy."

Granny Zhang was tearing up a steamed bun and eating it while she said with disdain:

"Look at the pot of chicken he stewed that day. It was all good meat, not a single bad piece. Sha Zhu really knows how to enjoy life. He picked up some good meat from the cafeteria and brought it home. He was really good."

After that, she looked at her grandchildren and asked with a smile: "Banggeng, Xiaodang, do you still want to eat chicken?"

Xiaodang nodded quickly.

Banggeng put down the steamed bun in his hand, stood up consciously and prepared to take action.