Siheyuan: The Villain's Cool Life

There are no eggs for sale in the market now. If you eat eggs every day, there must be something wrong with you.

You also have to dig a basement in the yard. Which decent person doesn’t have a basement in his yard these days?

It's worth thinking carefully whether the entrance to this basement is in the yard or in the house.

Dig a small underground storage room, which can be dug inside the kitchen.

It’s better to store things in the basement inside the house, at least it’s safer.

After cleaning up these, I went inside the house to take a look.

During these years, I finally have a decent home of my own.

During the day, you can let in some drafts by opening all the front and back windows.

Not at night, it's too humid.

After finishing all this, Shen He got on his bike and left the compound.

Today's location is Lingguang Hutong near Andingmen.

When Shen He arrived at the place, several sisters and aunts helping in the kitchen had already washed out all the dishes that needed to be cooked today.

There were 6 tables of dishes in total, mainly cabbage, radish, potatoes, and some... wild vegetables, a dozen eggs, and two chickens.

These are the ingredients prepared by this family.

The host requested four dishes and one soup.

I looked at the ingredients, made some rough proportions, and talked to the host about it.

4 dishes and 6 soup, Shen He can make dishes and soup.

Of course there is no problem on the host's side.

I thanked you quickly, saying that the more dishes you have, the more face you will have.

Four dishes and six dishes are the same price.

It's not that Shen He is burdening himself.

Since it is a newlywed couple, it is best to make people happy.

Since he was invited, Shen He couldn't control other things, but he could make sure that the meal was satisfactory.

Shen He started to prepare the side dishes according to his own wishes.

Two chickens were shaved.

Cold cabbage, cold and spicy shredded radish, cabbage fried with chicken oil, chicken stewed with potatoes, spicy diced chicken, and scrambled eggs with wild vegetables.

Cook chicken soup with chicken bones and add some wild vegetables.

This makes up 4 meat dishes, vegetable dishes and a soup, which is enough.

After the newlyweds exchanged greetings, the food was served.

At first, I was a little disdainful when I saw the cold-mixed cabbage and shredded radish, but as soon as I put them in my mouth, I felt that the taste was different. It was crispy, delicious and appetizing.

The cabbage fried with chicken oil looks oily and smells delicious.

Another round of scrambling for food.

A big bowl of chicken stew with potatoes.

Although there is little meat, the stewed potatoes are quite delicious.

When they saw the spicy diced chicken, those who had wine at the table took a few sips.

The most inconspicuous thing is scrambled eggs with wild vegetables.

He wiped the snatched plate with the steamed bread in his hand, took a sip of chicken soup and swallowed the steamed bread.

The wedding banquet is over.

At first I heard that there were only four dishes, but when we sat at the table I found out that there were six dishes. I don’t know who spread the rumor.

The taste of this dish alone is enough to beat those wedding banquets held at other families.

The host came with the newlyweds to express their gratitude.

There was a bottle of wine and two packs of cigarettes in the wedding gift bag. Shen He bowed and said a few words of congratulations.

I didn’t order any dishes, just two steamed buns in one lunch box.

The host expressed his shame.

What can I say? It’s not that the owner has no money, but that you can’t buy it even if you have money.

Shen He pushed the cart out the door.

It's already past 1pm.

I rode my bike around and arrived at Chaoyang Vegetable Market, but to be honest, there was nothing there.

There are only some radishes, cabbages, potatoes and so on on the vegetable stall.

The tofu shop was not open at all.

There was not a single person selling things nearby.

I rode my bike to Dongdan, but the result was not much better.

After thinking about it, I rode my bike out of Jianguomen and arrived at Panjiayuan.

Many people were strolling back and forth.

He was carrying a basket in his hand and holding bags of flour in his hands.

It seems there is no hope.

Without stopping, he turned around and left.

It was all in vain here.

Passing by a locust tree, you will see clusters of rice-sized flower buds.

Hmm...the locust tree is about to bloom.

I rode my bike back to Nanluoguxiang.

Shen He recognized several female comrades coming towards him. Obviously, they also saw Shen He. Shen He didn't stop, just nodded and rode past.

He clearly felt that several people turned around to look at him.

It turned a corner and disappeared at the entrance of the alley.

When I got to the yard, I ran into Yan Bugui watering the flowers again.

You water the flowers every day, and only a bunch of fools in the yard can't tell which one is more valuable, the flowers or the onions.

Yan Bugui took a look and turned his head away from Shen He.

After he went to the street office and told Director Wang about the meeting, he was scolded again. Although there was no other punishment, they were all adults and had to have some dignity.

He was still angry. When he saw Shen He come in without bringing anything, he didn't even bother to say a word.

It just happened to be what Shen He wanted.

The cart was pushed into the middle courtyard.

Well, here comes another famous laundry scene.

Jia Zhang deserved to have her son die. Her daughter-in-law was about to give birth, but she was still asked to come out and wash clothes.

She is indeed an old hag who kills both her husband and her son.

He ignored Qin Huairu who was holding her waist and looking at him pitifully, and went straight into the backyard.

This happens every day.

When I got home, I started to clean up.

I promised to cook the food and let the pretty girl take it back, so I can’t break my promise.

What's at home?

There is space for cabbage, potatoes, lotus roots, yams, and mushrooms.

I got out two processed rabbits and two chickens.

In the space, light the oven and put the rabbit in to roast.

Two chickens were stuffed with mushrooms, potato cubes and spices, wrapped in lotus leaves and yellow mud, and cooked at the bottom of a pot.

Get two more rabbits and two chickens.

The meat was shaved off and made into spicy diced rabbit and spicy diced chicken, with some chopped lotus root in each.

Roasted rabbit, beggar's chicken, spicy diced rabbit, spicy diced chicken.

Then have some cold lotus root salad, chop the chicken bones without the meat into small pieces, wrap them with some flour, and fry the chicken bones, sprinkle some sesame seeds and cumin.

Live together.

Cut the roasted rabbit into pieces, just like roast duck, separating the meat and bones, and put one rabbit into a lunch box.

Spicy diced rabbit and diced chicken are put into one lunch box, cold lotus root is put into another lunch box, and fried chicken bones are put into another lunch box.

A total of 8 lunch boxes plus two big mud balls...

Shen He felt...it seemed...probably...a bit too much.

But let’s go and see if the pretty girl can lift it first.

Everything was done and it was already 4 o'clock.

The timing is just right.

I put the lunch box in the basket and pushed the cart out the door.

When Shen He arrived at the school gate, some students were already leaving the school with their bags on their backs.

It didn't take long before You Menglin arrived at the school gate with her bag.

"Shen He, you've been waiting for a long time."

"No, I just arrived a few minutes ago. Come on, I'll take you to the station."