Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"Oh, by the way, Mom, your daughter-in-law asked Jia Jiye for our house and land, and I got them back. Go back and find the house and land deeds and go to the county to get them processed."

"Well, okay, okay." After hearing this, Jia Zhang suddenly sat aside and started crying.

Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu looked at each other and spread their hands, "Zhu Zi, let's go to the water tap and take a shower. You are covered in dust."

Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu went under the faucet in their shorts and started washing themselves in a basin filled with water.

Yi Zhonghai's wife came over and asked, "Dongxu, you're back?"

"Ah, what's the matter? Wait until we finish taking a shower." Jia Dongxu said hurriedly. He didn't see anyone taking a shower, but he came over.

"Oh, it's okay. I want you to help Old Yi take another week off. His wound hasn't healed yet." After saying this, Yi Zhonghai's wife hurried away. Jia Zhang was watching her from the room next to her.

After Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu finished their shower, they took out their clothes and washed them with a smile. "Zhu Zi, you need me to teach you everything. How did you get along with Xu Damao in the past?"

"When did I start hanging out with him? I was learning craft from my master in Fengze Garden, and he was just wandering around. Besides, you, Jia Dongxu, are not a good person either. You and Xu Damao are inseparable." Sha Zhu said, poking his clothes.

"Hey, Xu Damao has been very well behaved recently. I haven't seen him show up again." Jia Dongxu said, glancing towards the backyard.

"It's time to go to bed at this time. Sun's father has been driven out of the yard by you, so how dare he hang around in the yard?" said Sha Zhu.

"No, Jia Fugui is coming out so soon? By the way, it seems that Liu Haizhong will be released today." Jia Dongxu said.

"Liu Haizhong has been released. The military control committee has sentenced him to sweep the streets for a month. Jia Fugui has been released. He came here today to move his bedding. His wife and he found a new place, and this place is left to his son."

Jia Zhang was talking on the side. After the cry just now, the sadness on her brow disappeared and her face looked much more pleasing to the eye.

"It's a pity that Liu Haizhong's job of sweeping the streets has to fall on his wife and Liu Guangqi. You say Liu Haizhong has done something evil and his wife and children have to suffer with him."

"Mom, our family is not much better than his. Why should we say anything bad about them?" Jia Dongxu hung the clothes under the eaves.

"By the way, Mom, my second uncle is going to the city tomorrow to send a few villagers to work at the steel mill. I will ask him to come to our house tomorrow." Jia Dongxu said.

"Well, okay, just let him have dinner with the masters tomorrow." Jia Zhang said after hearing this.

Jia Dongxu looked at Sha Zhu who was smoking nearby.

"Zhu Zi, I forgot to tell you. Tell me what you want to cook tomorrow. I'll make a menu and let the host know what to buy."

"Okay, let's go." Sha Zhu nodded after hearing this. He almost forgot about the menu.

Jia Dongxu took out a piece of letter paper, and Sha Zhu began to name the dishes. He named a dish and said all the side dishes that were used.

Jia Dongxu wrote one line after another at the back, and the lines looked very beautiful.

"Come and take a look, Zhuzi, do we need to add a few more dishes?" Jia Dongxu said as he handed over the menu.

Sha Zhu took a look and said, "Well, yes, add the alternative dishes, and write them down."

Then he added two more dishes.

Jia Dongxu took out another piece of letter paper and said, "This letter paper tells the host what dishes to prepare and how many to prepare. Please calculate how many dishes are needed for five tables."

Sha Zhu counted on his fingers and was about to speak when Jia Dongxu interrupted him, "Are you and the kitchen helper going to bring back some food?"

Sha Zhu nodded, "This is the chef's rule, you must bring back the food."

Jia Dongxu thought for a moment and said, "Then you have to tell the host tomorrow what dishes you are going to bring back. Bring cheap dishes, not other people's expensive dishes."

"Okay, I got it." Sha Zhu said, and began to calculate the amount of vegetables to buy, reporting to Jia Dongxu while calculating.

"Okay, we'll get these two orders tomorrow." Jia Dongxu handed two pieces of letter paper filled with words to Sha Zhu.

"See? This is what makes a dedicated cook." Jia Dongxu said with a smile, "By the way, when you cook dinner, remember to ask the host to bring these things back. Say that these dishes need to be kept secret to improve their quality."

"What is the 'big style'?" Sha Zhu said in confusion after hearing this.

"The style is that it looks very impressive." Jia Dongxu said, "When people talk about it, Chef He, is he the chef holding the menu? He has only finished junior high school and knows a lot about cooking."

"Remember to bring it back!" Jia Dongxu said, "Do this every time you cook in the future."

"Then I have to ask you to write every time? Isn't it troublesome?" Sha Zhu said with a smile, immersed in his image of Chef He.

"What's the trouble? I want to earn more money, so why worry about this trouble?" Jia Dongxu said, "I still have a lot of things to do tomorrow."

After calculating the time, Jia Dongxu got up from the floor and pushed Sha Zhu, "Zhu, let's go and hide the things."

Sha Zhu got up, took out the box from under the bed, and held it in his hand. Jia Dongxu went to the door and found a shovel. He opened the door and looked around.

The two of them slipped into the newly built house. Jia Dongxu pointed to the bottom of the attic stairs, lit a match, and looked at the bricks on top. Jia Dongxu thought for a moment, "Zhu Zi, can you pry these bricks? They are laid so densely."

Sha Zhu tried it with a shovel and shook his head, indicating that it couldn't be lifted up.

Where should I put it then? Sha Zhu asked.

How's it going under the stove? Jia Dongxu asked.

Master Jia and his team built the stove today.

Sha Zhu went over to take a look and said, "Dongxu, I'm afraid you can't dig it anymore. The stove is also paved with bricks."

"Will my house be built like this in the future?" Sha Zhu asked.

"Of course, we said we would build it into the same structure." Jia Dongxu said.

The two went up to the attic to look, but still found no room.

Jia Dongxu pointed to the beams in the attic and said, "Let's put it on the beams. It's high enough and can't be seen."

Sha Zhu said, "Come on, I'll carry you, and you put the big yellow croaker on."

"Wait, the pillar can't be put here. My mother will definitely hide money here later." Jia Dongxu looked around and saw the beam in the middle of the hall. "Put it on that beam. You can't see it and you can't get through."

"Then how do we put it up? We can't fly over there, right?" said Sha Zhu.

Jia Dongxu looked over and saw a ladder outside the closed window. He pointed and said, "There is a ladder outside."

Sha Zhu was very strong, so he carried a ladder from outside and came in.

Soon, a long line of large yellow croakers appeared on the beam.

The two men secretly carried the ladder back. Jia Dongxu looked around and saw that no one was watching, so he asked Sha Zhu to go into the house and sleep.

"Hey, you've become the golden house guardian." Sha Zhu said while lying on the bed.