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Chapter 4 Silver Shell! ! !

Even though Zhang Chenfei is not popular among the older generation in the courtyard, he is a well-received figure among the younger generation. After all, these are the brothers he "killed".

At this moment, he saw Xu Damao and Silly Zhu fawning over him, but he had no errands. He took out a few candies directly from his pocket, threw them to the two of them, and said: "I drank all night last night, and my head still hurt when I got up at Li Youbing's house. I won't drink any more today. With this little candy, you guys Take it and share it between the two of you."

“I want lobster puff!!”

"Don't grab it, I don't want acid!!!"

Although Zhang Chenfei gave only seven or eight candies, there were all kinds of candies, causing Sha Zhu and Xu Da to immediately start fighting for them.

Zhang Chenfei watched the two people making trouble, with a dispensable smile on his lips, and continued walking past them.

He always had candy and cigarettes in his pocket, but he didn't buy them himself.

There was nothing he could do about it. As one of the most famous alley dealers in the East Third District, as long as he walked on the street, there would be young men rushing up to him to offer him cigarettes and candies.

Even if you really don’t have anything on you, you still have to laugh along with them and call them “Big Fei Ge” respectfully.

From the original point of view, this is a very honorable thing.

But from the perspective of Zhang Chenfei, who came from time-travel, he didn’t have a few cents in his pocket, and his family was poor. He didn’t want to find a stable job, but just wandered outside every day. Isn’t this just a fool? ?

Zhang Chenfei walked out of Nanluogu Lane and went to Ju'er Hutong to look for Li Youbing.

Li Youbing's family is located in Laosijiucheng. During the Yongle period, they sold fried cakes.

According to his father, when Emperor Tongzhi sneaked out of the palace to visit the brothels, what he ate on the oiran kang was their fried cakes. After eating, he put his big oily hand on the oiran skin swallows, and even RH oil was saved.

He also said that their family used to regularly give out fried cakes to Zuoling and Shenling, with hundreds of pieces at a time. Those officials and their servants could not sleep without eating their fried cakes.

"Even though we only sell pancakes, our ancestors were also very wealthy. When my wife and grandfather saved enough money, they killed a cow.

The cows were killed not for meat, but for skinning and removing the bones, then filling the empty hides with silver while they were still hot, then densely sewing them tightly with thick threads, and stacking them in the warehouse to dry.

After the cowhide is completely dry, the silver is completely wrapped inside. The drier the skin, the tighter the silver is wrapped. There is a saying that it is called 'silver shell! ’”

Whenever he talks about this, Li Youbing's father's face lights up, as if he's dreaming back to the Tongzhi period.

Zhang Chenfei asked Li Youbian about the authenticity of the "Silver Shell". Li Youbian said that his father was farting and was crazy about money, and told him to ignore it.

But regardless of whether our ancestors were rich or not, today's "Li Ji You Cake" only has a small presence at the entrance of Ju'er Hutong.

The sign next to the door curtain has four big characters "Li Ji You Cake". These four characters are also written crookedly on the door with a brush, but the characters are no better than a dog crawling. Zhang Chenfei knew that the calligraphy was written by Li Youbing. Li Youbing graduated from junior high school and had limited education.

After entering, it was only about twenty square meters in size. There was a large oil pan propped near the door. The pan was filled with black and steaming oil. There was a shelf above the pan with fried golden and crispy pancakes on it.

No matter whether Li Youbing's father likes to brag or not, the fried cakes he makes are really delicious. Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the sound of chewing can be heard for miles. Neighbors who live in this area often come to their house to eat.

"Li Ji You Cake" not only sells oil cakes, but also sells porridge, bean porridge, millet porridge, eight-treasure porridge and the like.

The only vegetables available are small pickles, big pickled radishes in winter, and mustard knots in summer. Although the variety is not complete and the taste is so-so, the price is free, and buyers are not picky. A piece of pancake costs 500 yuan, and a bowl of porridge costs 200 yuan. In total, a breakfast costs 700 yuan, and you can eat pretty well. If the appetite is bigger, one thousand and two can be spent.

In this day and age, people get up early and eat early. Even though it was only after eight o'clock when Zhang Chenfei arrived, there was no one at the breakfast stall of Li Youbing's house. After everyone finished eating the pancakes and porridge, those who should go to school went to work, and those who should go to work went to work.

Li Youbing's father, Li Dabibing, saw Zhang Chenfei coming again. While kneading the dough, he asked him if he had left something behind last night.

"I didn't leave anything behind, uncle." Zhang Chenfei replied, "Didn't I hear that the machine repair shop affiliated to the steel rolling mill is recruiting workers? So I wanted to ask Mr. Youbian to come and take a look."

"Hey, the sun is really coming out in the west." Li Dabian kneaded a large ball of dough and grinned, "Well, you and his mother are washing dishes in the yard. Come over."

Zhang Chenfei walked into the house after hearing this. When he reached the end, he opened the curtain and entered the backyard.

Li Youbing's house is a small courtyard. The yard is not big and there are few rooms, but fortunately it is a private courtyard.

Zhang Chenfei brought the "Li Ji Youbing" that had been renovated from a side house into the yard, and saw Li Youbing and his mother squatting in front of the bitter water well in the yard, vigorously scrubbing a large basin of coarse porcelain and small black bowls.

It was cold, and the mother and son's hands and arms with their sleeves rolled up were as red as carrots from the cold.

Zhang Chenfei walked over and watched Li Youbing struggling to fetch water from a wooden bucket. He stepped forward to help and said, "Auntie, didn't the government just install running water in your yard? Why don't you wash it there?"

Although Sijiucheng is large, there are not many places where sweet water wells can be drilled. The well was dug down, but the water that came out was bitter and astringent, making it impossible to drink.

Therefore, before liberation, everyone bought water brought by water trucks, or went directly to Jingwozi to buy water.

At the beginning of this year, the government allocated funds to provide everyone with running water, and every yard had a faucet. The neighbors finally ended the history of buying water.

Li Youbing's mother took the bucket handed over from Zhang Chenfei and poured the water into the big basin. "Tap water is convenient, but you have to pay. How about using that water to wash dishes? What a luxury!!!"

"I told You Bian and his father that except for the entrance, the faucet should not be turned on at any other time!!!"

Zhang Chenfei gave a thumbs up when he heard this, "Auntie, you are really good at it, why don't we have our own house?"

Li Youbing was so flattered by his mother's compliments that when he was in a good mood, he said that he would wash the remaining dishes by himself and let Li Youbing and Zhang Chenfei go out to play.

After exiting the "Li Ji Pancake" gate, Zhang Chenfei and the two walked towards Gulou East Street. The machine repair shop and the steel rolling mill were next to each other, so they had to pass through Dongzhimen.

The two of them were just about to turn onto the main road when they saw a fat man with a potato face and a skinny boy with four eyes blocking a girl pushing a bicycle in Shoubi Alley.

The girl and the fat man were walking towards each other. If the girl went to the left, they would also go to the left. If the girl went to the right, they would also go to the right.

The girl couldn't go either way, she raised her head angrily and glared at them both, "What are you doing? Are you acting like a gangster? You're shameless!!"

When Li Youbing heard Fatty and the others being scolded, his eyes gleamed with excitement, and he pulled Zhang Chenfei aside to watch the show.

The fat man glared at Zhang Chenfei and the two, then smiled shyly at the girl, "Aren't we brothers seeing that you are not a neighbor in this area, and are afraid that you will get lost, do you want to give you some directions?"

　Jingwozi BJ said that in the old days, people in Beijing mostly drank well water, which refers to places with wells and simple houses, also known as "well houses and shuiwozi". The well is privately dug and someone manages and sells the water.

　　
  　
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