Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

Time flew by and it was early July; the weather in Beiping was extremely hot.

My younger brother Li Shanhe is on summer vacation. Unlike Liu Guangqi, he graduated from vocational school in two years, but he needs four years to go to university.

I've just finished my junior year and will be a senior when school starts in September.

His task during the summer vacation was to stay at home and take care of his nephew and niece, and also do some housework.

Of course, he also had a helper, his younger sister Li Fengjiao.

Li Shanhe still had to tutor his younger sister, and when Sha Zhu saw this, he also shoved his younger sister He Yushui into the tutor's arms.

Whether you herd one sheep or two sheep, it's the same thing; there's not much difference.

Luckily, we have an electric fan at home, otherwise it would be unbearably hot.

Li Jiuzhou wanted to get some ice from the factory to make refrigeration at home, but that was rather troublesome.

If you put in too little, the ice will melt in no time; if you put in too much, it's too heavy to move. You might as well not do it at all.

Of course, despite the heat, the couple's sex life didn't decrease.

Li Jiuzhou often heard someone taking a shower in the courtyard late at night.

Why you need to take a shower is obvious even to someone with a brain.

That day, Li Jiuzhou had just finished with his wife and was covered in sticky sweat. He planned to go to the bathroom in the kitchen to wash up.

As it turned out, the faucet was broken, but there was a bucket of spare water. Li Jiuzhou thought for a moment and decided to leave it for his wife. He then put on his underwear and went to the central courtyard to wash up.

It's okay if you don't go, but once you go, you'll find it's packed with people.

It was clearly visible under the moonlight.

The men all came out wearing only their underwear and had a towel draped over their shoulders.

Everyone looked at each other, a hint of embarrassment on their faces.

"Old Yi, why don't you go first?" Liu Haizhong said in a low voice.

Although the voice was soft, everyone present could hear it.

Yi Zhonghai smiled:

"Let's go with Jiuzhou first. He's the Party Secretary, and he has a lot of business to attend to tomorrow."

Li Jiuzhou stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting:

"Well, since you've put it that way, I'll gladly accept your offer."

Yan Bugui laughed and said:

"Then please invite him in quickly, Secretary Li."

Li Jiuzhou didn't refuse and went to the tap to rinse himself first.

The water was cool, so he filled a bucket and poured it over his head, and that was pretty much it.

Li Jiuzhou had just finished rinsing when he heard a rather surprised question.

"Erhu, why the hell aren't you sleeping? What are you doing out here? Are you going to take a shower too?" That was Dahu's voice.

Erhu's carefree answer:

"Tch, you all have wives to mess with, so I can only mess with myself."

After speaking, he raised the five fingers of his right hand.

Upon hearing this, everyone grinned. Young and impetuous, it's understandable, the young man has a fiery temper.

Big Tiger slapped Little Tiger on the head, clearly annoyed.

"You've really made something of yourself, but it's time to find you a wife."

Erhu laughed, a very happy laugh:

"Then please help me find my brother quickly, I can't take it anymore if this continues."

Sha Zhu walked over and patted Er Hu on the shoulder with a grin:

"Erhu, when you were young you didn't know how valuable things were, now you're crying over coins."

"It's always better to save money where you can."

Erhu paid no attention to Shazhu's words:

"It doesn't save any money; I have to come three times a night."

Everyone heard Erhu's words and sighed in dismay.

Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui felt a pang of sadness upon hearing Erhu's words; they truly felt that they were getting old.

It's already a bit too much to cultivate one acre of land, yet you can cultivate three acres by yourself? I have to say, youth is truly an advantage.

Jia Dongxu walked over at this moment and joked:

"Erhu, only three times? My record used to be five times, plowing five acres of land in one night."

"And now?" Erhu didn't compare himself to him, but asked about his current situation.

Jia Dongxu's face flushed slightly.

"Now I'm very strong too, I can do it seven or eight times a night without breaking a sweat..."

"Pah!" Everyone spat in unison.

Yi Zhonghai glanced at his apprentice:

"Dongxu, that's going too far. That's not how you brag..."

Jia Dongxu could only look down at his toes.

After rinsing himself off, Li Jiuzhou went back. Just as he was about to open the door, he saw his younger brother coming out of the side room, wearing only his underwear and with a towel draped over his shoulders.

"Brother..." Li Shanhe greeted him a little nervously.

Li Jiuzhou felt a strange urge to laugh, and he also caught a familiar scent from his younger brother:

"Where are you going?"

"It's too hot to sleep, I'm going to take a shower..." Shanhe said in a low voice.

"Go on, don't catch a cold..." Li Jiuzhou didn't want to point it out to him; the young man was concerned about his reputation.

What bullshit about the hot weather? There's an electric fan in the room, little brother. You just need to lie on the kang (heated brick bed) and sleep on the bamboo mat. How can it be hot?

It's perfectly normal to feel restless and move around a bit.

Of course, this phenomenon also proves that my younger brother has grown up and knows that he should exercise his body.

Li Jiuzhou wouldn't tell him anything about taking care of his health. If a top student from Peking University didn't even know this, then he had wasted his time studying.

Who the hell is like Jia Dongxu, who used to miss Qin Huairu so much that his quilts have become worn smooth?

That's why Jia Zhangshi was so anxious to find him a wife.

Therefore, physiological needs must be addressed, otherwise it could lead some people to take extreme measures.

The reason why the Eight Great Hutongs still exist in the capital is because there is demand.

It can be eliminated, but not completely, because there is demand.

This also confirms the saying, "One wave subsides only for another to rise."

My second uncle, Li Huaide, was in charge of cracking down on organized crime and eliminating evil forces right after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Countless illegal brothels have been destroyed, but they can never be eradicated.

It's impossible to completely eliminate it, even in the capital.

Some people enter the world for a living, while others take risks for their needs.

Of course, there are still some in Beiping now, but they are very well hidden.

How do bachelors satisfy their physical needs when they get married?

If it were a normal person, they would just tolerate it and solve it themselves, or have an affair or something.

I'm afraid someone might lose control and commit a crime.

Do these kinds of things happen often?

As far as Li Jiuzhou knew, there were indeed quite a few, but ordinary people simply didn't hear such news because it was all suppressed to avoid causing panic.

Even their Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill has such people; once, the police station even came to the factory to coordinate the arrest of one of them.

However, the factory did not disclose the news, and the workers who knew about it only discussed it privately.

In short, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest, and the saying "impulsiveness can ruin a life" is not an exaggeration.

If this kind of person gets caught, there's only one outcome: they'll have to spend five cents to buy a peanut and eat it.

If one pill isn't enough, then spend another 50 cents; even if you're executed, you have to pay for it yourself.

That day, a small truckload of shell casings arrived at the factory. Li Jiuzhou had used his connections to buy them, intending to use them to forge kitchen knives.

This is the legendary Kinmen cleaver, which is quite popular among chefs in southern China.

Li Jiuzhou also had a set back then, and it took him a lot of effort to acquire it.

Now he's going to replace a batch of the knives in the factory with Kinmen knives!

Some of the knives in the factory are no longer usable; they are full of nicks and chips.

Buying new knives is very expensive. Although the factory has some, they can't be used like this, so Li Jiuzhou got these shell casings to forge knives himself.

The forging workshop staff were quite interested in studying these things.

In their eyes, that's all? It's nothing.

The mold was made according to the drawings drawn by Li Jiuzhou, and the furnace was opened to forge the blade.

Li Jiuzhou didn't let his masters work for nothing; he made them drink refreshing mung bean soup like water.

Plenty of cigarettes, fucking smoke them all, fucking...

A few days later, in the kitchen of the steel rolling mill, each of the master chefs held a Kinmen cleaver, which was forged from artillery shells and was very rare to them.

Of course, you can't take it away; it's factory property.