Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"It's okay. I'm the boss of this hospital. I'll chop off the hand of anyone who dares to plot against me." Jia Dongxu said generously.

"Look at what you are capable of. Okay, what should we do with those gaps?" said Jia Zhang.

Jia Dongxu heard this and said, "Mom, I plan to let Zhuzi borrow 100 yuan from his master. We still have 20 yuan of wages from him, right? We can lend him another 50 yuan."

"Actually, you don't have to borrow the 50 yuan. Zhuzi is a cook himself, and he still charges for his own cooking."

"Just be prepared when the time comes."

"Okay, but he doesn't have a job, so it's hard to say if he can't pay back the money." said Jia Zhang.

"Mom, here's my plan. Let Zhuzi go out and take on banquet jobs, 5 or 6 yuan per banquet. Pick a few aunties or boys in the yard who are skillful and have them help with the work, so that we can earn some money for the family."

"Nowadays, if you want to entertain guests, you have to have at least three or four tables. With Zhuzi's cooking skills, he can make five or six dollars per visit. He can also make some money with the big guys in the yard."

"That's fine. We can call a few sisters over and share a few cents each time. It's not a small amount." Jia Zhang smiled happily.

"That's right. Are you still worried that Zhuzi can't pay you back? Besides, he is still working in Fengze Garden, so he earns a lot from this job." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"Won't this delay his work at Fengze Garden?" Jia Zhang thought for a moment and asked.

"It won't delay us." Jia Dongxu said, "Zhu Zi will let you guys prepare the side dishes and the dishes. When the time is right, he will ride his bike over to fry them. It will only take about an hour."

"No, Dongxu, this is how you, your grandson, arrange my affairs. I am still so young and you are exploiting me like this!" Shazhu said with a dark face.

"What? If you don't tell me, people will think you are already over 30. You can tell you are a veteran at first glance."

"When the owner hears that you are the master of Fengze Garden and looks at your mature face, he knows that you are an experienced person. Who wouldn't be happy to hire you?"

"And who will live in this house you built?"

"Who did you marry your daughter-in-law for?"

"Zhu Zi, follow me. I have arranged everything for you clearly." Jia Dongxu patted Zhu Zi's shoulder.

"You should work hard in the next four years and try to prepare a watch and a radio!"

"Okay, brother, I will go to my master early tomorrow morning and borrow money from him. I will ask him to arrange some work for me and to help me get familiar with the banquet." After hearing this, Sha Zhu immediately imagined a lot of work.

"That's right, that's right. Come on, let's write the letter together." Jia Dongxu pulled Shazhu into the room to write a letter of denunciation.

After hearing what Jia Dongxu said, Jia Zhang thought about it and wondered which daughter-in-law in the yard was the most diligent and which daughter-in-law was the best at cutting vegetables. She would go and talk to them when she had time tomorrow. She would go to her own home to practice in the next few days and cooperate well with Sha Zhu.

Yu Shui was practicing with a pen in his hand, saying it was homework assigned by the teacher.

Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu were writing a letter of denunciation in the room. Jia Dongxu said Sha Zhu wrote it. While Sha Zhu was writing, he kept saying, "Brother, this is too cruel, isn't it?"

"Not cruel? If he doesn't fall, I tell you he and his men will beat us." Jia Dongxu said, "He brings people from the courtyard to bully us young ones and old ones. What can we do?"

"We must make him lose his job and be forced to shoulder heavy responsibilities outside. This way he won't have the energy to cause trouble in the hospital. Even if he dares to explode, I can control him."

After listening to this, Sha Zhu thought for a while and said, "That's right. That guy bullies the weak and doesn't feel any pity for beating his own son."

In this way, the honest Sha Zhu had no pressure in writing the letter.

Jia Dongxu picked up the written letter and read it. "Zhu Zi, if you are writing a menu for a banquet at your level, will they recognize your handwriting?"

"What's the matter? Do you think the handwriting is ugly? Then give it back to me." Sha Zhu said angrily.

"No, I'm pointing at your letter. This way it will look like the handwriting of the working class." Jia Dongxu said, picking up the folded homemade envelope beside him and putting the letter in it. He will just go to the Personnel Department tomorrow and tell them that there is a letter of complaint.

Well, it's that simple. I'm in the security department, so isn't it normal to pick up a letter? If I don't deal with it, I can pick up several letters of denunciation to Director Lou in one day.

"Zhu Zi, don't have steamed bread for breakfast tomorrow." Jia Dongxu said as he put away the letter and went out to wash up.

Seeing that Sha Zhu was about to go to sleep, he quickly kicked him and said, "Zhu Zi, go brush your teeth, wash your face and soak your feet."

"Ah? Is it so troublesome?" Sha Zhu was stunned.

"Hurry up and go. How can you be a qualified chef if you are so unhygienic? People will think you are a good cook when they see you looking so sloppy." Jia Dongxu said from the side.

"Okay, man, go wash up and make yourself look like a groom." Sha Zhu complained.

"Yes, Zhuzi, you are right. A good cook should dress like a groom every day."

"Think about it, if the dish you cooked one day suits your boss' taste and he wants to meet you, what will he look like if you are sloppy? Will he ask you to cook next time? I think he will want to spit out the dish he just ate."

"Dongxu, you just fooled me." Shazhu soaked his feet angrily.

"But, you do have a point. Let's put it this way. I want to be a chef. I can't cook beautiful dishes but look sloppy."

"Oh, that's what I mean, Zhuzi." Jia Zhang was sewing shoe soles, writing in the rain, and occasionally brightening the kerosene lamp.

"Aunt Jia, you know this too?" Sha Zhu said from the side.

"I don't know how leaders eat, but I know how young wives choose their partners. I think they should be about the same." Jia Zhang said, looking at Sha Zhu's feet.

"Zhu Zi, if you bring us all to the feast, Auntie will make you some clothes and shoes. When people see you, they will think that the master of Fengze Garden is respectable."

"Will this work?" Sha Zhu said hesitantly.

"You don't believe in yourself, and you don't believe in your craftsmanship?" Jia Dongxu said from the side, "If you are worried, then take advantage of the time and ask your master to teach you more."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu seemed to have come to an understanding. "Hey, this is great, this is great. I can also ask my master to learn Sichuan cuisine and my third uncle to learn Cantonese cuisine."

"Yeah, study hard. This courtyard depends on you, Zhuzi." Jia Dongxu said, looking at the rain, "Mom, you take the rain with you to wash and go to bed."

"Don't come on, don't think you can compliment me and I'll work. I just want to practice my cooking skills." Sha Zhu finished soaking his feet and went into the house to take a look. "This house needs to be rebuilt. Oh, Dad, you said you would not finish building the house and leave, but you left me with this pile of work."