Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 718 Traveling Together

After a while, Xiao Si and Fei Qing also went to find He Yushui, and followed them to catch shrimps. Wang Zhan didn't expect that his master's fishing skills were also quite good. After a while, a big silver carp was caught. Looking at the master's familiar movements, he knew that the master had fished a lot.

In the morning, the master had a great victory. Wang Zhan caught only small crucian carps and melon seeds, with only two larger ones, which weighed about three taels.

He Yushui and Wang Li returned with their buckets full of shrimps and fish. Qi Dasheng took a look and said, "Not bad, not bad. This is delicious. It's perfect for drinking. Let's go home and cook. Call your friends to come with us."

Wang Zhan called Xiao Si and the others, and the group returned to Keyuan in a mighty manner. After arriving home, Wang Zhan started to work with his master, and Xiao Si and the others also helped to clean up the fish.

Xiao Si said to Wang Zhan, "You made the shrimp net for your sister. Make a few for us, too. We don't have enough fishing rods."

"Okay, I'll make it for you in the afternoon. Come and pick it up tomorrow morning." Wang Zhan said.

After a while, Qi Dasheng started cooking, braised silver carp, steamed carp, fried river shrimps, and a pot of mixed fish stewed with tofu. The staple food was yesterday's leftover steamed buns heated up. Wang Zhan mixed some leftover porridge from the morning with the mixed fish and sent it to Jinbao in the backyard. He also scattered some grains and leftover fish offal into the chicken coop before returning to the restaurant.

Once everyone is at the table, there is no need for anyone to prepare anything and everyone can just start eating because everyone is hungry.

However, Wang Zhan found that his master was staring at Da Lao Tie while eating, so Qi Dasheng asked Da Lao Tie, "Young man, what does your family do?"

The elder brother had a mouth full of food. He swallowed hard and said, "My father is a worker in a machine repair factory. He told me that my family used to farm for the landlord."

Qi Dasheng's eyes lit up, and he asked, "How old are you this year? Tell me the truth."

The elder brother said a little aggrievedly: "Uncle, I am really ten years old, I didn't lie to you."

Qi Dasheng took a sip of wine and said, "Eat well, go to school well, and when you go to high school, I will send you to join the army. Do you want to go?"

The elder brother stood up and said, "Uncle, are you telling the truth?"

Qi Dasheng nodded and said, "How can I be false? You have a potential to be a soldier."

Only then did Wang Zhan realize that the master had taken a fancy to Big Boss. Indeed, it would be a shame for Big Boss not to join the army with his physique.

The elder brother said excitedly: "I will definitely eat well and exercise well."

Qi Dasheng said, "Okay, sit down and eat."

Xiao Si, Xiao Wu and Fei Qing looked at Da Lao Tie with envy, but they also knew that their physiques were not good enough, so they ate their meal in silence.

Qi Dasheng smiled and said, "Why are you so depressed? If you want to join the army, just train hard. You will have a chance."

The children then became happy, and each of them made a secret decision in his heart.

After lunch, everyone dispersed. Wang Zhan and his sister and He Yushui decided not to go, but those others still wanted to play enough, so they borrowed He Yushui's shrimp net and fishing rod and left.

He Yushui and Wang Li went to the backyard to rest. Wang Zhan thought about it, returned to his study, took out five million, and went to find his master.

When Qi Dasheng took the money, he said, "Actually, I left all my money to the mother of a comrade-in-arms. My comrade-in-arms has died, leaving behind only an old mother who happens to live in Shanghai."

After listening to this, Wang Zhan said, "Is it enough? If not, I'll get you some more."

Qi Dasheng was stunned and asked, "Disciple, how much money do you have? Tell me the truth."

Wang Zhan said, "There's not much RMB left, only about 50 or 60 million, but there's still a lot of other money." Qi Dasheng almost fell off his chair and said, "Disciple, didn't you hand over all the money? How come you're still so rich?"

Wang Zhan rolled his eyes and said, "I have to support my sister, and I have to save some pocket money."

"What about the monthly allowance you receive from the Military Control Commission?" Qi Dasheng asked.

Wang Zhan said, "I didn't spend the money. I saved it all and planned to leave it to my sister. I don't need it. Master, if I say I'm the richest man in Beijing, do you believe me?"

"I believe it. Why not? If you say you are the richest man in the country, I will believe it. Every time I go out, the money I pay to the higher authorities is in the billions." Qi Dasheng said.

Wang Zhan said thoughtfully: "It's really possible."

Qi Dasheng almost fainted when he heard this and said, "Stop it, just tell me. That's not a good thing, you know, it will bring disaster, and I won't be able to protect you then."

Wang Zhan said: "I see, you are my master, so I will tell you."

Qi Dasheng lowered his voice and said, "Don't show off your wealth. The situation is very complicated now. Don't let anyone target you, okay? Keep a low profile. If you want to spend money, do it secretly. Also, don't tell the military control committee and the troops, okay?"

"I know." Wang Zhan replied in Shanghai dialect. Qi Dasheng was stunned and laughed.

Qi Dasheng said, "I'm leaving again tomorrow. Don't be so impulsive and keep a low profile. No matter what, you have to grow up healthy first. Master will also teach you one last thing: a gentleman does not build a dangerous wall, no matter if it is a good dangerous wall or a bad dangerous wall. Do you understand?"

Wang Zhan understood, bowed solemnly, and said: "Thank you for your teachings, Master. Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble until my sister grows up."

Qi Dasheng nodded in satisfaction, and then tested Wang Zhan's martial arts to see if he had slacked off. He then handed a thick cookbook to Wang Zhan and said, "This is what my master passed on to me. This time I will officially pass it on to you. You can practice it when you have nothing to do."

Wang Zhan nodded and took the recipe to the study. Time passed quickly, and by the end of July, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Wang Zhan wore big shorts and a cross-bar vest, and sat under the corridor with a big palm leaf fan to enjoy the cool air. He Yushui and Wang Li were playing a game of throwing stones.

Wang Zhan asked, "Would you like some popsicles? I'll go buy some."

Wang Li said happily: "Okay, okay, go quickly, I'm dying of heat."

Wang Zhan stood up and walked towards the gate. After opening the gate, he ran to the entrance of the west alley. He remembered that there was an old lady selling popsicles at the entrance of the alley. When he arrived at the entrance of the alley, Wang Zhan's eyes lit up. The old lady not only sold popsicles, but also brought a large piece of ice with Beibingyang soda on it. Wang Zhan walked over and bought four popsicles and ten bottles of soda.

The old lady tied up the watermelons for him with a rope, and Wang Zhan walked back carrying it. When he arrived at his doorstep, he saw someone selling watermelons on a wheelbarrow in the alley. He stopped the vendor, bought two more watermelons, and asked the vendor to help put them in front of the door of his yard.

Wang Zhan first put the soda and popsicles on the stone table in the front yard, shouted, "Wang Li, come here," and then went back to the door and brought in the watermelon.

He took out a large basin, carried it to the well in the garden, put the soda and watermelon in the basin, then began to draw well water and pour it into the basin until the basin was full.

Wang Li and He Yushui each came over with two popsicles. He Yushui handed one to Wang Zhan, who tore off the paper and started eating. Wang Li also handed the other to Wang Zhan, who said, "Whoever wants to eat can eat it. You don't have to give it to me."

Wang Li shook her head and pointed at the soda, meaning that she should drink the soda after eating the popsicle. Wang Zhan then took the popsicle.

The three of them returned to where they had just sat and started eating popsicles. After a while, Wang Li ran to the garden with her short legs, brought out two bottles of soda, and asked Wang Zhan to open them, one for her and one for He Yushui.

After eating two popsicles in a row, Wang Zhan felt completely cooled down and felt very comfortable.

(End of this chapter)