Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 43 Guidance
Jia Dongxu nodded, picked up the glass of wine and drank it all. He realized that while he was chatting with his master, the bastard Sha Zhu was concentrating on drinking and eating meat. He had drunk more than half of the bottle of Xifeng.

If we continue talking with the master, there will probably be no place for both of us, as we will all be ruined by Sha Zhu.

"Shazhu, you can't drink like this, it's easy to get drunk." Jia Dongxu said with heartache as he watched Shazhu drink another big glass of wine.

Sha Zhu put down his wine glass and said, "Fuck Shen Zhiyu's uncle."

Yi Zhonghai hurriedly comforted him: "Zhu Zi, what's wrong with you!"

"Uncle, Brother Dongxu, why am I so unlucky? Not only was I punished to clean the toilet, but I also lost my position as the team leader of the chef class and became a boiler operator. I am too embarrassed to see anyone." Sha Zhu said sadly.

"Zhu Zi, it's okay. With your cooking skills, the factory leaders will think of you sooner or later." Yi Zhonghai comforted.

"Those grandsons are a bunch of heartless people. Now they all go to the new Nan Yi to cook for them. They don't even think of me. I went to burn the boiler, but no one pleaded for me." Sha Zhu said.

Yi Zhonghai said, "Zhu Zi, I know this. Your grandmother has also talked to Director Yang. He has promised to transfer you back to the canteen after your term of cleaning the toilets is over. Your punishment period has expired. With your cooking skills, you will have to cook the small meals after the holiday."

Sha Zhu shook his head and said, "I've tasted Nan Yi's cooking skills, and they're not inferior to mine. I've also asked my fellow apprentices from Fengze Garden about it. Nan Yi is the heir of the imperial chef, and he knows more dishes than I do. I'm only better at Tan's cuisine and Sichuan cuisine than him."

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that after three months of not seeing each other, the situation would turn out like this.

He still cares a lot about this retirement backup.

Sha Zhu can’t be too capable, but he can’t be too weak either, otherwise he won’t be able to earn money and won’t be able to serve as his own retirement backup.

Jia Dongxu took advantage of the time they were chatting to drink a few glasses of wine, put down his glass with satisfaction, and said to the two of them: "Yeah, I don't know where Xu Damao found such a person, his skills are really amazing."

Yi Zhonghai asked in confusion: "Dongxu, what is going on? It is related to Xu Damao."

Jia Dongxu said: "Everyone knows this. It is said that because everyone said that Sha Zhu is a good cook and the leaders can't do without him, there is a high probability that he will be exempted from the punishment of cleaning the toilet. In order to prevent Sha Zhu from being exempted from punishment, Xu Damao specially found a chef to replace Sha Zhu. With a chef who specializes in cooking, the leaders think that Sha Zhu is too dirty to clean the toilet, and staying in the kitchen will affect his appetite. In addition, Sha Zhu usually offends too many people, so they followed Xu Damao's advice and sent Sha Zhu to the boiler room."

"Snapped!"

Sha Zhu slapped the table, stood up, and said, "Sooner or later, I will not forgive Xu Damao. If grandma hadn't stopped me last time, I would have killed him."

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Zhu Zi, you can't say that. If you really do that, you will have to pay with your own lives."

Sha Zhu said aggrievedly: "But this bastard has caused me so much harm. He is neither human nor ghost."

Yi Zhonghai knew that he was no longer the boss of the courtyard. If Sha Zhu really beat Xu Damao, he might not be able to cover it up.

If Xu Damao had been a little smarter, Sha Zhu would have had to go to jail and his retirement backup would have been ruined.

"Zhu Zi, don't be impatient. Your grandmother knows Director Yang. See what she says." Yi Zhonghai had no good solution and could only place his hope on the deaf old lady.

"Okay." Sha Zhu could only nod and agree.

"Dongxu, take these dishes to Banggeng and the others, and also come to the old lady's room and talk about Zhuzi's matter." Yi Zhonghai ordered.

Jia Dongxu nodded, as if to agree, and then took two plates to Banggeng and the others. At this time, no one would remember that He Yushui had eaten steamed buns in the evening.

"Huai Ru, bring a bowl and pour the pork elbow and peanuts on the plate into the bowl. You guys can try it. I have something to do at the deaf old lady's house." Jia Dongxu said.

Qin Huairu smiled happily and twisted her plump buttocks to get the dishes and chopsticks.

When Jia Zhang heard about food, she quickly got off the bed and reached out to take it. "Mom, can't you just use chopsticks to eat?" Jia Dongxu really couldn't do anything about his mother, she was just a cunning, lazy and greedy old lady.

"Dongxu, you already dislike me. I won't live any longer..."

Jia Dongxu interrupted Jia Zhang's practice and said, "Enough, can't you be a little more hygienic?"

Seeing that Jia Zhang was about to grab the food with her hands again, Jia Dongxu picked up the plate, took the bowl from Qin Huairu, emptied half of it, handed it to Jia Zhang, and said, "You eat this, and let Huairu and the children eat the rest."

He knew that if they didn't separate them, more than half of them would probably go into his mother's stomach.

Jia Zhang was very dissatisfied with Jia Dongxu's behavior and muttered, "Unfilial son."

Jia Dongxu had become immune to Jia Zhangshi. He held the plate and waited for Qin Huairu and the others to eat before leaving, otherwise he would probably end up in Jia Zhangshi's stomach again.

Qin Huairu has many faults, but there is one thing that cannot be denied, and that is that she is good to children.

It's just that they have a low level of education, are short-sighted, and only focus on their children's material needs, while relaxing their emphasis on quality education, which has led to several of their children growing up in the wrong way.

Seeing that she was only busy serving food to the children, Jia Dongxu immediately took a pair of chopsticks and fed Xiaodang, saying, "Eat some yourself too."

Qin Huairu smiled happily, picked up a piece of pork elbow and put it in her mouth, it tasted very sweet.

She felt that she was very happy. Although Jia Dongxu didn't earn much, he was a clean and upright person and was good to her. She felt that she had not married the wrong person.

"Dongxu, you eat too." Qin Huairu said softly.

Jia Dongxu shook his head and said, "No, I just ate in Master's room."

If I hadn't seen Jia Dongxu swallowing his saliva, I might have thought that he didn't want to eat.

It’s not that Jia Dongxu doesn’t want to eat, he just wants to save some for his wife and children.

In fact, Jia Dongxu is a good young man in all aspects, otherwise Qin Huairu would not be obsessed with him, and Yi Zhonghai would not accept him as his disciple and let him take care of him in his old age.

Jia Zhang was very dissatisfied with Qin Huairu. She felt that Qin Huairu was a country girl who was lucky enough to have a stutter and was not worthy of eating meat. However, she sometimes had to listen to Jia Dongxu's words.

Looking at her empty bowl, Jia Zhang really wanted to grab everything on the plate and eat it herself.

He just looked at Jia Dongxu at the table and did not take any action. In the end, he poured all the peanuts into his own bowl and ate them alone.

Everyone saw her actions, but Jia Dongxu didn't say anything. He had no choice but to deal with a mother like her.

After his wife and children finished eating, he asked Qin Huairu to return the empty plate to the aunt, and he went to the deaf old lady to discuss the matter of Sha Zhu.

Jinmu had tonsillitis, which caused a severe sore throat and he could only eat fine grains. Shen Zhiyu then made a dish of vegetable dumpling soup from his hometown in his previous life.

For the vegetable dumpling soup, cut the vegetables into pieces, heat the oil in a pan, and add some onion, ginger and other seasonings.

Then pour water, mix the flour with warm water into small pieces, put them in the pot, cook until they are 70% cooked, then add the tomatoes.

It tasted warm and fragrant. It was the first time for my younger brothers and sisters to eat it. They each ate two large bowls and a big steamed bun.

(End of this chapter)