Siheyuan: I am stupid, I don't want to be a bootlicker

"Hey, what's for lunch today? It smells so good."

"Hey, Shazhu is really good. I can smell the smell before I even enter the cafeteria..."

"This smells like shredded potatoes, right? Damn good!"

Small dining room

Director Yang, Deputy Director Li, Office Director Huo and others had lost their previous leadership demeanor and ate voraciously, devouring the food in no time.

"Xingguo, where did you hire such a great chef? He can make simple shredded potatoes so delicious?"

Director Yang leaned back in his chair, subconsciously touched his round belly, and asked a question.

"Director Yang, this dish is delicious, isn't it?"

Deputy Director Li also touched his belly and responded with a smile:

"Master Huang from the cafeteria retired yesterday. I remember when Master Huang was the foreman, Director Yang personally hosted a cooking competition, and Master Huang stood out from the crowd of old chefs and became the foreman.

So, I followed Director Yang's example and privately organized a cooking competition.

Unexpectedly, Comrade He Yuzhu, who had been unknown for a long time, conquered everyone's stomach with a simple dish of stir-fried bean sprouts. "

"Yes, he is a good comrade. Weiguo, go and invite him over."

Director Yang looked at the canteen director Wang Weiguo and motioned him to call someone.

After get off work, He Yuzhu distributed the leftover food in the kitchen to everyone, even Xiaopang got a portion.

As the saying goes, if the cook doesn't steal, the crops won't be harvested.

As long as it's not too excessive, the people above will turn a blind eye and won't care.

In this era, everyone's life is difficult and hunger is the norm.

Not to mention others, just talk about He Yuzhu himself. In the past year, all the food he brought back from the cafeteria went into the stomachs of Qin Huairu's family.

Among so many children in the courtyard, only her three children were fair and clean. The other children of the same age were pale and thin, and they could not eat much fine food all year round.

As He Yuzhu entered the courtyard with his lunch box, he saw the third uncle Yan Bugui squatting in front of the door, cleaning his bicycle.

There are more than 20 families living in the courtyard. The three uncles are three respected people elected by the residents. They usually help mediate neighborhood conflicts and cooperate with the work of the street office.

"Hey, Zhuzi is back. I heard you've become a chef? Your salary has also increased to 37 yuan, right?"

The third uncle, Yan Bugui, was a teacher at Hongxing Primary School. He believed in one sentence the most in his life: "You can eat well and wear well, but if you don't plan well, you will be poor."

Even if his son Yan Jiecheng wanted to use a bicycle, he had to pay for it.

"Hey, Third Uncle, you are really well-informed. You are worthy of being the Third Uncle of the courtyard. Are you planning to go fishing tomorrow?"

He Yuzhu knew that tomorrow was Sunday and that the third uncle would ride his bicycle to the river to fish instead of going to work.

"That's right. If we can catch one or two, it can help to supplement the family income a little."

The third uncle chuckled, and He Yuzhu greeted a few aunts and entered the central courtyard.

In the middle courtyard, Qin Huairu was washing clothes. When she saw He Yuzhu coming back, her eyes lit up and she smiled:

"The pillar is back."

"Well, Sister Qin is doing laundry again?"

He Yuzhu responded casually and was about to go back, but he saw Banggeng running out of the house and reaching out to take the lunch box from his hand.

If it were in the past, He Yuzhu would definitely give the lunch box to Banggeng, touch Banggeng's head and praise him.

But, today...

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He Yuzhu pulled back his right hand holding the lunch box, and the stick missed.

"Hey, you little brat, you just snatched it?"

After a seemingly casual laugh and scolding, He Yuzhu looked up at Qin Huairu who was looking at him:

"Sister Qin, you need to go home and teach them a lesson. You can't always grab things like this."

Qin Huairu was slightly stunned, but she reacted quickly and smiled:

"Hey, this guy is still young and naive, so he treats you as his own."

After saying that, he stared at the lunch box in He Yuzhu's hand:

"You know, my monthly salary is just that little, and my family can barely make ends meet. I'm just waiting for your lunch box."

"Hey, Sister Qin, today is really not possible. Yu Shui will be back soon. This lunch box must be saved for her."

As soon as He Yuzhu said this, rain came in from the moon gate.

"Yushui is back? Look, your brother didn't even bother to come back early to make you something hot. We haven't eaten yet, so why don't you come to my house and have a bite together?"

As Qin Huairu spoke, she put down the wet clothes in her hands and walked towards He Yushui with a smile on her face.

He Yushui heard her silly brother's words as soon as she entered the Moon Gate. She looked at her silly brother in surprise, and when she saw that he didn't say anything, she smiled and said:

"Sister Qin, you still love me the most, but today I am really greedy for my silly brother's cooking skills, so let him cook a meal for me first, and I will go to your house next time."

Qin Huairu wanted to say something, but she heard He Yushui shouting at He Yuzhu:

"My silly brother, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and cook, your sister is starving!"

While speaking, he made a ferocious face towards He Yuzhu, then turned to Qin Huairu and said:

"Sister Qin, I'm going to do my homework first. I'll come to your house when I have time."

"Mom, lunch box, I want Uncle Silly's lunch box!"

Banggeng kept pulling Qin Huairu and muttering to her. Qin Huairu looked at the brother and sister who had already entered the house, and she was alone and disheveled in the wind.

Normally, these two siblings are very attentive to me, why did they suddenly change today?

In the room, He Yushui looked at his brother He Yuzhu who was sitting around the stove with an expression that said, "I want to ask you a question."

He Yuzhu wanted to tease her to see how long she could hold it in, but he was busy at the stove and ignored her.

"Silly brother, have you suddenly come to your senses today?"

He didn't speak until He Yuzhu brought the food to the table and He Yushui washed her hands and sat down to eat.

On the kang table were five white flour buns, two bowls of vegetable soup, a plate of fried shredded potatoes, and a plate of cabbage stewed with lard.

good smell!

He Yushui was obviously hungry. In just the time it took to say this, he had already stuffed a lot of food into his mouth. His cheeks were bulging, which was very cute.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw this:

Love in the Courtyard has another name, called "A Courtyard Full of Beasts". In this courtyard full of beasts, although the younger sister Yu Shui is still studying, she is much more mature than Sha Zhu.

Otherwise, their lives would probably be even more difficult.

He Yuzhu took out the loose liquor in the bottle and poured himself a glass. The two-liang cup of wine, after he drank it in one gulp, it seemed as if a raging fire exploded in his chest and spread rapidly towards his abdomen.

"Yushui, I was a jerk in the past and didn't know better, which caused you to suffer so much. Let's wait and see what happens in the future. Just watch me do what I do."

He Yuzhu knew that in the original novel, perhaps He Yushui had been waiting for his brother to say this to him all his life.

But she never waited for it in her whole life.

"elder brother……"

He Yushui paused with her right hand as she was picking up the food. She suddenly felt a strong sourness in her nasal cavity. Somehow her eyes turned red and tears fell into the bowl.

"Yushui, eat, and finish your homework after dinner. I'll take you out for a walk tomorrow."

He Yuzhu drank another cup of wine, lowered his head to eat a steamed bun, and looked at He Yushui who was crying opposite him. He wanted to slap himself twice.

After dinner, I went to the backyard to see the deaf old lady, chatted with her for a while, helped her boil water, filled the coal stove, and got water for the old lady to wash her feet before going back.

The only person in this courtyard who was kind to him was the deaf old lady. She had reminded him many times, both openly and secretly, about helping Qin Huairu's family.

Unfortunately, I was a fool at that time. I couldn’t understand good words or bad words, and I couldn’t see good people’s hearts.

When I arrived at the middle courtyard, I was about to go back to my room when I saw an old man named Yi Zhonghai coming out of the room wearing a coat:

"Zhu Zi, are you going to see the old lady?"

"Yes, uncle, you haven't slept yet?"

He Yuzhu nodded. He probably understood Yi Zhonghai's intention, but...

"Well, you will be the foreman of the kitchen from now on. You must work hard and not make mistakes again."

Yi Zhonghai patted He Yuzhu on the shoulder again: "You are worthy of being the successor of Tan's cuisine. You have not brought shame to our courtyard."

In his heart, he was really happy for He Yuzhu. After all, the higher He Yuzhu's salary, the greater his hope of having a pension in his old age.

When He Yuzhu heard what Yi Zhonghai said, his heart moved and he suddenly remembered the matter about "Tan Family Cuisine".

Tan's cuisine was passed down from his grandfather's generation. It is one of the most famous official dishes, and ordinary people cannot afford it.

He didn't know whether Yi Zhonghai had some other intention when he suddenly mentioned Tan's cuisine, or whether he was just saying it casually.

But there was no way, since he was known as the "idiot" in the steel mill, how could he understand such a subtle hint?

He Yuzhu muttered in his heart, no matter what you want to say, I can only say three words: I don’t understand!

"Hey, uncle, I like what you said."

He Yuzhu replied with a smile and waited for Yi Zhonghai's next words.

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "Now that you are a chef, your salary will increase. In the future, please help Huairu's family. It's not easy for an orphan and a widow."

"Hey, uncle, what you said means that I am that evil, wicked, and wicked bastard Xu Damao in the backyard?

Don't worry, I will help you if I can!"

He Yuzhu smiled and nodded in agreement. After all, it’s me who has the final say on what I can help with and what I can’t.

"Well, we are all neighbors, and we should help each other. Okay, go back to your room and go to bed early."

After hearing the answer he wanted, Yi Zhonghai returned to the house very satisfied.

He Yuzhu turned around and was about to go home, but saw Qin Huairu coming out of the house with a plate of peanuts in her hand, smiling:

"Zhu Zi, today you become a chef, it's something worth celebrating. Come on, I'll have a drink with you."

"Hey, this is really the case, one thing after another."

He Yuzhu muttered something and glanced at the window of Jia's house. Aunt Jia was sitting behind the window, lifting a corner of the curtain to look outside.

"Sister Qin, you are really thoughtful, but I'm afraid this is inconvenient."

He Yuzhu refused without thinking. If the news got out that he was drinking with a widow in the middle of the night, would he still be able to get married?

"Hey, Zhuzi, now that you're a chef, why are you still being polite to me?"

Qin Huairu came over naturally and said with a smile:

"Or, now that you've become a big chef, you look down on us ordinary people?"

Under the moonlight, He Yuzhu could clearly see that two buttons of Qin Huairu's collar were undone, revealing a large area of ​​white.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but blink, feeling a little dizzy.

If it were in the past, he, a simple rookie just starting out, would definitely not be able to withstand this dazzling white scene.

However, for He Yuzhu now, these are all small scenes.

In Lin Lei'er's words: Wen Jie, this, this is just a small scene. Life... There are no obstacles in life that cannot be overcome.

"cough cough"

He Yuzhu got a glimpse of the whole situation and looked Qin Huairu up and down, thinking that it would be difficult to see her feet if she lowered her head.

"Sister Qin, if you say that, it hurts my heart. Am I that person?

Besides, Aunt Jia is watching behind the window. As soon as I invite you in, Aunt Jia will come to catch you in adultery.

You should go back!"

After saying this, without waiting for Qin Huairu to say anything else, He Yuzhu turned around and ran into his room.