Siheyuan: Shazhu's Life Simulator

"When you get off work in the evening, come to my room and pack up your things."

He Yuzhu: "Okay, let's talk about it tonight."

"I'm going to the factory first. When we move out and I get married, you can have a hot meal at noon."

"Are you going to get married?"

"I have this plan."

After talking with the deaf old lady, He Yuzhu went straight to the factory.

Arriving at the factory, He Daqing said, "Boss Lou will entertain you at noon!"

He Yuzhu: "Chicken, duck, fish, beef and mutton, quite a rich meal!"

He Daqing: "This guest must be extraordinary!"

He Yuzhu took a look and said, "Chicken stewed with mushrooms. If we use a whole chicken, we won't have much profit!"

He Daqing: "Okay, don't leave the chicken legs this time, it's easy for people to see it."

He Yuzhu: "I understand."

"We can't keep this fish anymore. We have to send the whole sweet and sour fish up here."

"The braised pork is good. Rainwater loves to eat it."

Thinking of his little foodie, He Yuzhu decided to bring back a few more pieces of braised pork for her.

He Yushui was chubby during this period and had baby fat on his face.

This is the advantage of my father and brother being cooks. When other families eat meat, it’s like New Year’s Day, but they eat meat every now and then, and their normal meals are all oily.

Just take a few eggs home and fry them with chili peppers!
Let’s have the beef and potatoes. The portion is obviously large, and you won’t even notice it if you take some home.

How to cook mutton?

By the way, stir-fry it with cumin, sesame and chili powder!

At noon, Sha Zhu went back specially to bring back so many delicious foods for Yu Shui to taste.

Back in the yard, the third aunt was tending to the flowers and plants at the door.

"Pillar, what is this?"

"I went back to check the rain."

The third aunt looked at the lunch box with her eyes rolling, but unfortunately, He Yuzhu didn't give her the chance to take advantage!
In the Intermediate Court, the old lady should be lying down at this time.

Jia Zhang was sitting at the door sewing shoe soles, looking at his lunch box with envy.

"elder brother."

He Yushui saw him running over.

"Go wash your hands, and let's eat."

"What delicious food did you bring back?"

"Haha, you'll know after you wash your hands."

He Yuzhu peeled out some food from the lunch box.

"Yushui, you eat, I'm going to the backyard."

He Yushui: "Okay."

He Yushui is like a little hamster, and his eyes are not enough.

There are so many delicious foods.

He Yuzhu came to the backyard carrying dishes and chopsticks.

"Old lady, try it,"

"Oh, I can smell the fragrance."

"This braised pork is well made, soft, tender and fragrant."

"I can chew beef, too."

He Yuzhu: "You eat, I'll come back to get the dishes and chopsticks in the evening."

Deaf old lady: "Have you eaten?"

"Look at me, you're a cook, you must eat it when it comes out of the pot."

He Yuzhu returned to the middle courtyard, and He Yushui said, "Brother, this mutton is delicious."

He Yuzhu: "Don't eat so much at once, or your stomach will burst."

"Continue eating at night."

He Yushui: "You're not bringing anything else back tonight?"

He Yuzhu: “Not necessarily.”

He Yushui: "Okay, I'm full, I'll eat the rest in the evening."

He Yushui carried a stool to the dish rack, climbed onto the stool and put the food in the rack.

"Brother, when do I go to school?"

"hold on."

He Yuzhu plans to wait for the public-private partnership to be established and then send the rainwater to Hongxing Primary School.

After many twists and turns, Jia Dongxu from the countryside finally met Qin Huairu.

It seemed like a fateful meeting, and Jia Dongxu's soul was completely captivated.

In the afternoon, I returned to the factory.

He Daqing told him that there would be a treat in the evening.

He Yuzhu felt a little uncomfortable, both at noon and at night. The workload was a bit too much!
"When you get off work, you go back first. I'll stay. Yu Shui is still at home."

He Daqing: "Okay, if neither of us goes back, the rain will be scared."

He Yuzhu: "In the evening, send some food to the deaf old lady in the backyard."

He Daqing: "Have you talked to her?"

He Yuzhu: "It's settled."

She thought she got the better deal, but I never lose anything anyway.

He Daqing: "How do you know you won't lose money?"

"If he lives longer, no matter how much money she has, you will still lose!"

"There will definitely be an explanation for an elderly widower like him in the future. It's okay."

He Yuzhu: "Have you ever thought about taking in a disciple?"

He Daqing: "If I don't accept you, the apprentice will starve to death."

He Yuzhu: "I don't teach Tan's dishes, I teach other dishes."

"You always need an apprentice to help you and run errands for you."

He Daqing: “It’s different now than it was in the past.”

"Without so many rules, who can endure seven or eight years to become a disciple?"

"Besides, if you become my disciple, you are half my master."

He Yuzhu also understood that in the past, when one became an apprentice, one had to live and eat at the master's home and help the master with work.

But things are different now.

"You can take two first. It's agreed before you take them. I'll do odd jobs for three years and only teach you how to cut the mounds."

He Daqing: "Is anyone willing?"

"It's impossible to learn how to cut a mound well in three or two years. If you include carving, it will take at least two or three years!"

"Then depending on your character and talent, you can become my apprentice and learn cooking."

He Daqing: "Well, that's a good idea. Let's teach them separately."

He Daqing is confident that as long as he wants to take in apprentices, those who are willing to be his apprentices will come to his doorstep in droves.

He has a heritage, not some unconventional way.

He is not one of those idiots who cooks the communal dishes in the factory, so why can he have the final say in the steel mill canteen?
It’s not just because he’s a good cook. It’s also because Lou Bancheng likes to eat, but he’s also the one who has to rely on him to entertain guests.

That's why they invited him here, otherwise He Daqing's salary would not be low working in the restaurant.

On the surface, He Daqing's salary was quite high, but secretly, Lou Bancheng gave him a lot of benefits.

When it was almost time to get off work, He Yuzhu started to pack up the ingredients.

After work, when Lou Bancheng brought people to the cafeteria, the food was already ready to be served.

He Daqing left with a lunch box filled with freshly cooked food.

After serving food and drinks to the factory leaders, it was already past nine o'clock when we returned.

He Yuzhu carried a lunch box filled with rare meat and vegetables and went straight to Zhima Hutong.

The patrol on the street saw him and asked: "What do you do?"

"Comrade, I'm the cook at the steel mill. I'm off work because the factory is having a treat today!"

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It's not hard, it's you who are hard."

After questioning, the information matched and He Yuzhu successfully arrived at Zhima Hutong.

"flower."

"Here comes the pillar."

"Well, let me take a look,"

Mu Chunhua: "They are working."

He Yuzhu: "Don't bother them."

"I'll bring you something delicious."

Mu Chunhua: "Come in."

"No, just take the food out and I'll be back."

"Did the old man go to the hospital today?"

"went."

"That's fine. Tell the people working there to speed up. If that doesn't work, hire a few more people."

Mu Chunhua: "Hiring more people will increase costs!"

He Yuzhu: "It's just as heavy to carry it on your back as it is to hold it in your arms. If they work a few more days, shouldn't they be paid?"

"I'll take care of the money issue, as long as we can move in earlier."

Mu Chunhua: "Okay."

After He Yuzhu left, Mr. Mu asked, "Is Zhuzi here?"

"Well, send some food."

"Get up and try it."

"I have to try it to see how good this son-in-law's cooking skills are."

"Delicious and fragrant."

"Pour me a drink."

"Don't even think about it. The doctor told me that if I want to survive, I have to quit smoking and drinking." "Oh, such good meat and dishes are wasted."

"When the house is renovated, Zhuzi and I will get married. If you want to eat something, just ask him to cook it for you."

When He Yuzhu was going back, he met Xu Damao who came out to use the toilet.

"Who?"

"You don't have eyes!"

He Yuzhu····

Xu Damao is still like this.

"It's me, what's wrong?"

"You... forget it, I'm in a hurry to go to the bathroom."

"I won't argue with you."

He Yuzhu thought that Xu Damao was still young and would definitely go to work in a factory in the future.

Although I moved out early, we can talk about this relationship later.

When he got home, He Yushui had already gone to bed, and He Daqing's snoring made him toss and turn, unable to sleep.

And they don’t even wash their feet, it smells bad.

It won’t do without a woman in this house. It seems I have to speed up my pace.

I had promised the old lady to go to the backyard, but it was too late.

The next day.

He Yuzhu went to the backyard early in the morning.

"I came back too late yesterday, so I didn't bother you."

"I listened to Daqing."

"Zhu Zi, move the bed away."

He Yuzhu closed the door and moved the old lady's bed away.

"Pry off the floor tiles."

He Yuzhu used a kitchen knife to pry open the ground drill.

"Did you see the iron box?"

"Take it out."

"Huo, it's quite heavy!"

The deaf old lady: "Open it and take a look."

"Good fellow, a box of gold, silver and jewelry."

"These are all for you."

"Move the cabinet away again."

Then there was something fishy about the wall...
"Old lady, so many antiques?"

"All these calligraphy and antiques will be left to you after I'm gone."

"Although gold, silver and jewelry are priceless, they are incomparable to antiques. These things are all treasures!"

Then the old lady took out her jewelry box and said, "The things inside are even more precious. Leave them all to your children when the time comes."

Sha Zhu: "Nothing to say."

"I just happen to be short of money."

"I won't be polite with you. Please put these antiques and your treasures away."

"We'll move out in a few days."

The deaf old lady said: "Just put it under my bed. No one else comes to my room except Xiao Yi's wife."

Shake.

A few days passed.

Jia Dongxu and the others are back.

They all brought a lot of good things from the countryside, and Liu Haizhong brought a lot of eggs.

Jia Dongxu also brought a lot of mountain products.

Jia Zhang: "You are finally back. The girls for blind dates here have been arranged."

Jia Dongxu: "Mom, I have someone I like."

Jia Zhang: "Which girl?"

"I haven't heard you say that?"

Jia Dongxu: "I met him in the countryside this time."

"I disagree."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she immediately objected: "There are so many girls in the city, but you chose a girl from the countryside."

"You have no education, no job, what do you want?"

“She’s good-looking.”

“Can it be eaten as a meal?”

Jia Zhang refused to agree no matter what, but Jia Dongxu was determined.

"Mom, I will marry her."

"Unless you want me to be single for the rest of my life."

"Dongxu, you have to listen to me. I can't cheat you."

But when he thought of Qin Huairu, Jia Dongxu's soul flew away.

"No, I want this woman."

"It doesn't matter if you disagree. This is a new era, and marriage is decided by oneself."

Jia Zhang: "You can only choose one between me and her."

Jia Dongxu: "Then you should go back to the countryside."

Jia Zhang looked as if she had seen a ghost. What kind of woman was this? How could her own son say such words to her?
"Oh, I won't live any longer."

"Old Jia..."

Jia Dongxu: "Mom, what are you doing?"

"What am I doing?"

"You are about to become an unfilial son, what do you think I am doing?"

"I just said it casually. I didn't really mean to send you away!"

Seeing her son give in, Jia Zhang stopped making a fuss.

"What about the blind date?"

"That won't work. I don't like blind dates."

Jia Zhang: "You are forcing me to die!"

Jia Dongxu: "You are also forcing me to die."

In order to marry Qin Huairu, Jia Dongxu said harsh words.

"If you don't agree, I will never marry. If you force me, we will hang ourselves together."

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Jia Zhang was at a loss.

The steel rolling mill posted a notice that it would begin a public-private partnership.

"Zhu Zi, I've been notified from above that I'm going to be busy lately."

"Dad, hurry up and find an apprentice, or we'll both be exhausted from cooking for ourselves."

He Daqing: "Then find two apprentices in the kitchen."

He Yuzhu: "During lunch break, I let out some wind."

After the two of them agreed, they started working.

There will be a banquet at noon, so we can't be careless.

When serving the dishes, Sha Zhu saw Director Yang, the future head of the steel rolling mill!

We also saw Li Huaide, the future deputy factory director, who replaced Factory Director Yang.

I don’t want to get promoted in this life, and I don’t have to work so hard.

The lunch left a deep impression on everyone by the He family father and son, simply because their cooking was so delicious!
It also made Lou Bancheng feel proud.

"Master He, please accept the red envelope."

"Boss Lou, this?"

"I'll have to trouble you two for a while in the future. It will be very busy when we start our cooperation."

He Daqing: "This is my job, so I won't be polite to you."

The red envelope was taken away by He Yuzhu not long after it was kept.

But I still left some pocket money for He Daqing, as smoking and drinking require money.

During the lunch break, the news that He Yuzhu was recruiting disciples spread, and everyone in the kitchen became interested.

Not to mention the young people helping in the kitchen, even the ones who cook the big pot have their own ideas.

But He Daqing only chose two young and hardworking ones.

"Master."

"Don't ask me to be your master yet. Wait until three years later when you have learned how to cut the mound. Only then can you become my master."

"It would be irresponsible of me to accept you in now. From now on, just call me Master He."

This time, someone helped.

The evening reception was also easy.

He Yuzhu: "You stay here today, I'll go to Zhima Hutong."

He Daqing: "Is the renovation going to be finished?"

He Yuzhu: "It's just these two days. I'll go calculate the wages and materials."

He Daqing: "What about your sister?"

He Yuzhu: "I'll go back to the courtyard first and take her with me."

He Daqing: "You can take the bicycle away."

He Yuzhu: "Then you can go back on your feet."

He Yuzhu rode away on his bike with his lunch box. When he returned to the courtyard, he didn't even go in. He shouted and He Yushui came out.

He Yuzhu wiped her sweat and said, "Get in the car. I'll take you out to play."

He Yushui climbed onto the scales in front of the bicycle and said, "Let's go."

The brother and sister came to Zhima Hutong.

"Flower, here I come." (End of this chapter)