Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

The love-hate relationship between Jia Dongxu and his son has come to an end. After Yi Zhonghai returned with Bang Geng, the father and son had reconciled.

Jia Dongxu was no longer annoyed. Instead, he took out cigarettes and had Bang Geng distribute them to his uncles and grandfathers one by one.

Bang Geng was very obedient, and in the end, he even used a match to light cigarettes for Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhongtian.

Oh dear, Sha Zhu's eyes were practically red with envy; he wanted a son too.

The men, young and old, all praised him for being clever and quick-witted, saying he would definitely amount to something when he grew up.

As for the incident of him hitting his father, that's in the past. What does a little kid like him know?

After lunch, Li Jiuzhou had nothing to do and decided to go fishing, so he called Sha Zhu, gathered his gear, and set off.

Just before leaving, I ran into Yan Bugui, who was carrying a fishing rod and a small bucket.

Yan Bugui looked at the two brothers with a meaningful smile:

"What, you two are going fishing too?"

Li Jiuzhou smiled and nodded, which was taken as an admission.

Sha Zhu, however, was less polite. He always felt that Yan Bugui's smile carried a hint of sarcasm, and his words were anything but polite.

"You live by the sea, why are you being so nosy?"

Yan Bugui inwardly scoffed, not wanting to argue with that brute Sha Zhu. He turned to look at the fishing gear Li Jiuzhou was carrying and immediately recognized it as high-end imported goods, exclaiming in surprise:

"Holy crap, Jiuzhou, where did all this stuff come from?"

"Hehe, it was a gift from Boss Lou." Li Jiuzhou didn't hide anything and truthfully revealed the origin of the fishing gear.

Yan Bugui looked on with envy after hearing this, and then looked at his own fishing gear, wondering why it was so hot to the touch.

His fishing rod was made of ordinary bamboo, but it was made by a master craftsman, making it a rare find among the familiar fishing enthusiasts.

But after seeing the fishing gear of Li Jiuzhou and his brother, he lost all sense of superiority and was filled with envy.

Without further ado, the three of them got on their bikes and set off.

I haven't tried the fishing gear I got from Lou Bancheng yet.

Shichahai is the best fishing spot, and it's free.

There weren't many people when we arrived, because it was midday and there weren't many people around.

Once they arrived at their destination, the three of them pushed the cart around. Yan Bugui vividly described to the two brothers where there were good spots and where there was plenty of aquatic vegetation.

Li Jiuzhou and Shazhu brought nothing but fishing gear, and they even got earthworms from Yanbu Gui, which saved them the trouble of digging them up.

To the average person, fishing is simply about baiting your hook with an earthworm, casting it out, and then patiently waiting.

These days, there aren't many professional anglers around; most people come fishing to supplement their income or for food at home.

Leisurely and carefree?

Stop fucking talking nonsense!

Even a schoolteacher like Yan Bugui, whose family isn't short of money, wouldn't dare say he came fishing to pass the time; if he dared to say that, he'd easily get beaten up!

Yan Bugui invited the two brothers to fish at his usual spot.

After Li Jiuzhou opened the box, Yan Bugui looked at it again and again, touched it again and again, and smacked his lips, saying, "This is still Japanese stuff."

Li Jiuzhou took one look and it was indeed true. He hadn't noticed when he took it, otherwise he wouldn't have wanted it because he thought it was dirty. But for now, he would just make do with it.

After attaching the earthworm, it flies far away when tossed, the line humming in the wind.

Yan Bugui felt envious again after seeing this. He also wanted to try his hand at it, but the conditions didn't allow it.

The three people separated by about five meters.

After staring at the float for about ten minutes, Li Jiuzhou lost interest; it was too boring.

As for Sha Zhu, he was constantly dragging the pole around, unable to calm his mind for even a moment.

Yan Bugui served a small crucian carp, about the thickness of two fingers, which he fried in oil when he got home that evening and made a good appetizer.

Li Jiuzhou tried to pull the fishhook back a little, but found he couldn't pull it back; it seemed to have hooked something.

Yan Bugui could tell at a glance that the hook had sunk to the bottom and caught something. He smiled slightly and thought, "Young people are so impatient. With the hook and line so long, of course it's going to sink."

Sha Zhu also came over to check. Li Jiuzhou slowly turned the gears to try to pull the fishhook back, and found that the gears could actually turn, but the heavy feeling from the fishing rod in his hand did not lie.

"There's something here!" Li Jiuzhou said, then sped up the rotation of the gears.

Slowly, something surfaced; it was a camphor wood box covered in silt.

The fishhook caught perfectly on the ring.

When Li Jiuzhou was almost at the shore, he could no longer pull it; it was all mud.

After seeing it clearly, the three looked at each other, their surprise and delight barely concealed, and exclaimed in unison:

"You're going to get rich!"

Without saying a word, Sha Zhu took off his shoes and went into the water, and soon he was able to carry the box up.

After getting ashore, I looked at the box again. It didn't have a strong historical feel; it was obviously from the Republican era, with mottled red paint.

Yan Bugui filled two buckets with water and rinsed the surface clean.

There was another padlock, so Li Jiuzhou picked up a stone and smashed it.

There are only the three of them here, and no one else can see them, so there's no need to hide anything.

Besides, such a big box can't be hidden anywhere.

With a couple of taps, Li Jiuzhou broke the lock.

Sha Zhu rubbed his hands excitedly.

Yan Bugui was also very excited. No matter what was opened later, he would get a share. However, he still had concerns and quickly reached out to stop Li Jiuzhou from opening the box.

"What's wrong?" Li Jiuzhou looked at Yan Bugui with a puzzled expression.

Sha Zhu also turned to look at him.

Yan Bugui felt a little uncomfortable under the two brothers' gazes, so he touched his nose and gave a fawning smile:

"Hehe, Jiuzhou, Zhuzi, if we find a treasure later, how will the three of us divide it?"

"Although you were the one who caught it, Jiuzhou, I, Uncle Yan, also chose this treasure land, didn't I?"

Seeing Yan Bugui speak to Shazhu like that, Shazhu was very displeased, so he pretended to glare at him fiercely:

"Yan Bugui, you're really something! You haven't even seen the goods yet and you're already thinking about dividing up the treasure. Believe me or not, I'll kill you, rob you, and drown you in the sea!"

"Ouch..." Yan Bugui took several steps back after being glared at by Sha Zhu, maintaining a safe distance, and waved his hands repeatedly, trying to persuade Sha Zhu:

"Zhu Zi, don't say that. You two brothers take the lion's share, and I, Uncle Yan, can just have some soup. Is that alright?"

Li Jiuzhou shook his head speechlessly: "Alright, stop talking nonsense, let's open the box first."

Before he finished speaking, he yanked open the box. Inside, it was full of silt, but it didn't smell bad, just the fishy smell of silt, which was tolerable.

Sha Zhu was about to reach for it when Li Jiuzhou stopped him.

"Don't scoop out the pillar, just pour it out." Then he instructed Yan Bugui, "Uncle Yan, bring two more buckets of clean water."

"I'll go right away." Yan Bugui replied and immediately brought over two buckets of water.

Sha Zhu turned the box upside down, and Yan Bugui rinsed it with water.

After they could vaguely make out what was inside the box, all three of them turned green.

This isn't a treasure at all; it's just a folded corpse, and a skeleton at that.

"Holy crap x3!" The three of them cursed in unison, secretly wishing they had some good luck.

Yan Bugui's face turned pale, and he clasped his hands together and bowed three times to the corpse:

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry to have bothered you!"

Seeing this, Li Jiuzhou and Shazhu followed Yan Bugui's example and did the same thing.

Regardless of who the owner of this corpse was, at least some basic respect should be shown.

After all, I was sleeping soundly in the water, what's the point of dragging me ashore?

Hey you three, give me a proper explanation! You didn't know Chinese people had water burial? Damn it...