Siheyuan, Shazhu: I have both parents in this life

Chapter 19 Xu Damao Wants to Eat for Free (Please Collect and Recommend)
After coming out of the inner room, He Yuzhu let out a long sigh, secretly glad that he had escaped those two inquiring gazes.

The old lady's eyes were full of wisdom, while her mother's eyes were full of teasing, as if she had already seen through his little tricks but just didn't say anything.

He walked into the kitchen, looked at the soybeans soaking in the basin, and the potatoes and cabbage placed beside them, took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and began to prepare lunch.

While chopping onions, ginger and garlic, he was thinking about how to get the things in the space out. The key was that he couldn't get out of the yard. It was not impossible to sneak out, but if he went out empty-handed and came back with a bunch of things, wouldn't that be walking into trouble?

Just as he was thinking about it, He Yuzhu heard the laughter of the deaf old lady and his mother Chen Lanxiang coming from the inner room. He didn't know what happy things they were talking about, but it was probably related to him.

He shook his head helplessly, but his hands did not stop moving. He put the casserole containing the pig's trotter soup on the fire to heat it up. After the pot boiled, he poured the soaked soybeans into the casserole. Soon, a rich fragrance filled the kitchen.

"Brother Zhuzi, what delicious food are you going to make for lunch?" Xu Damao's voice came from the kitchen window.

He Yuzhu looked up and saw Xu Damao cautiously sticking half of his head in with a flattering smile on his face.

"Hey, Damao, you came here just because you smelled something? Has your mother beaten you?" He Yuzhu joked.

"Don't mention it. My mother was really cruel. She was tired of beating me, so I slipped out. Thank you, Brother Zhuzi, for finally letting me get my revenge. Hehe, that guy Jia Dongxu was screaming miserably! Yours smells so good. What delicious food do you have for lunch? Can I have some too?"

After Xu Damao finished speaking, his head disappeared from the window. Then the door of the He family opened a crack, and Xu Damao came in. Then he closed the door and tiptoed into the kitchen, his eyes fixed on the pot.

"Go away, if you want to eat, go home and ask your mother to cook. This is not enough for our family." Although He Yuzhu said this, his hands did not stop moving. He added water to the big pot, put in the steamer and then put six steamed buns on the steamer. After thinking about it, he added two more.

"Just let me eat here!" Xu Damao was almost drooling. His little head kept moving towards the casserole and he kept inhaling through his nose.

"This kid really only remembers the food and not the beating. I seem to have beaten him a lot, but he has forgotten the beating so quickly?" He Yuzhu laughed.

"Brother Zhuzi, don't chase me away. I know you are the best. Look, I brought some good things." Xu Damao said, taking out a slingshot from his arms and shaking it in front of He Yuzhu.

"This is something my dad made for me at the steel mill. It's really fun. Brother Zhuzi, if you let me eat here, I'll lend you this slingshot for a day."

He Yuzhu looked at the slingshot in surprise. It turned out to be a steel frame and the rubber band was a bicycle inner tube. This thing was not easy to make. Xu Damao's father had invested a lot of money, which showed how much he loved his son.

This thing is good for sneak attacks, but he can't agree to it so easily. Xu Damao obviously didn't come here for a meal. This kid is very cunning. He came to please him and wanted him to take him out to play.

Another thing is that these days, who would go to someone else's house for a meal? No one has extra food.

He shook his head and said, "No, if you want to eat at my house, you have to ask your mother first, and I have to ask my mother too."

"Brother Zhuzi, please slow down and wait for me. I'll go and ask him now." Xu Damao stuffed the slingshot directly into He Yuzhu's shirt pocket, fearing that he would change his mind and run away.

He Yuzhu shook his head. This kid was really impatient. Now that the stove was occupied and he couldn't cook, he sat by the stove and took out his slingshot to play with it.

He Yuzhu pulled the slingshot bag slightly and exclaimed "Huh". The rubber band of the slingshot was very elastic. He now had reason to suspect that Xu Damao was using this thing to curry favor with him because he couldn't pull the slingshot.

Xu Damao rushed home and rushed into the house to make up his face in front of the dressing table. Thinking of Jia Zhang's black nails, he felt a little disgusted. He was really afraid of being disfigured. Seeing his son rushing in, he glared at him and said, "You little bastard, where have you been just now?"

Xu Damao approached Xu Zhaoshi with a playful smile, put his arm around her, and said coquettishly, "Mom, I was wrong. Please don't be angry. Didn't I just help you get revenge? It was so satisfying to see Jia Dongxu's miserable state."

"Tell me what's the matter?" Seeing her son acting like a spoiled child, Zhao Cuifeng knew that the boy had something to ask of her.

"I just want to go to Brother Zhuzi's house for lunch, so please agree to it."

When Xu Zhaoshi heard this, she raised her hand and slapped Xu Damao on the head: "You useless bastard, am I starving you or what? Why do you have to go to someone else's house to eat for free?"

Xu Damao grimaced in pain, but still refused to give up: "Mom, the meal that Brother Zhuzi cooked today is so delicious. I can even smell it."

"Why are you so greedy?"

"Hehe, isn't Brother Zhuzi's father a great cook? Brother Zhuzi's cooking must be delicious." Xu Damao swallowed.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, kid. Are you really after a bite to eat?"

"Hehe, didn't Brother Zhuzi play with me these two days? I'm afraid he won't want to play with me in the future, so I have to please him. I even gave away the slingshot my father made for me." Xu Damao kept rubbing Zhao Cuifeng's arm with his little head.

Zhao Cuifeng was speechless when she saw her son acting like a little pug. Her son treasured the slingshot so much that he would hold it in his arms every day when he first got it.

What kind of magic potion did this idiot Zhu from the He family feed his son? But it’s good that his son has a good relationship with He Yuzhu. At least he won’t be beaten anymore.

Zhao Cuifeng said, "Okay, I agree, but you can't go to someone's house for dinner empty-handed. Life is not easy for anyone these days."

As she spoke, she stood up and went to the kitchen chest of drawers to take out a small plate of ham, about ten slices, and put two steamed buns made of two-grain flour on the plate. Her family rarely ate steamed bread, and the couple both worked for the Lou family. Any little bit of ham from the Lou family was enough for their family to eat and drink.

Xu Damao jumped up excitedly, took the ham and steamed buns, and ran towards the He family like a happy little rabbit.

"Slow down, don't spill it." Zhao Cuifeng shouted from behind.

"I know, mother!"

Xu Damao walked back, but his pace did not slow down.

He Yuzhu was sitting by the stove, aiming his slingshot out the window when he heard Xu Damao's clamoring voice coming from the doorway: "Brother Zhuzi, my mother agrees!"

Then there was the sound of the door opening. He Yuzhu turned his head and saw Xu Damao standing at the door with a flushed face and panting, still holding the plate of ham and steamed buns tightly in his hands.

(End of this chapter)