Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

(Old fellows, add more bookshelves, the catch-up ratio is very high, but the bookshelf ratio is too bad)

"Uncle, what's in this can?" Silly Zhu asked Cai Quanwu, pointing to the can containing marinade.

"That's the marinade, the juice of the braised meat. It's rich in oil and water. Add some when cooking. It should taste good. Others gave it to me, but I don't eat it very much. It tastes too strong." Cai Quanwu said in Versailles.

Silly Zhu thought to himself, his uncle has enough food in his mouth, but he still won't eat this good food.

But yes, uncle didn't eat much of the stewed rabbit last time. He only ate some pheasant stewed with mushrooms. He didn't eat much of the steamed buns the night before yesterday. I don't know what he ate every day before.

"Uncle, I'll eat it. This is good stuff. The stewed cabbage must be delicious." Silly Zhu said quickly.

"If you eat it, keep it. If you don't eat it, give it away. I won't eat it. I was originally going to give it to the masters who are repairing the house."

"By the way, I'm telling you, don't leave it when you're eating alone. Don't leave it when you're cooking when I'm here. Do you hear me?"

"I know, uncle."

"What's in this bottle? It's different from marinade." Silly Zhu picked up the bottle of beef sauce and asked.

When Sha Zhu asked about beef sauce, Cai Quanwu pretended to be mysterious and said:

"This is good stuff, do you know the beef sauce?"

“Eat it with steamed buns, it’s a must-have.”

Hearing the beef sauce, Shazhu's mouth watered. When he was learning to cook, he saw the chef using it. It tastes good, but it's not common. (I just made it up, but cows were indeed more valuable at that time.)

"Uncle, I definitely know the beef sauce. I've seen it a few times when I was learning to cook. It's very delicious."

"It's good that you know. You put it away. Your uncle and I managed to get this thing with great difficulty. Hide it and save it for us to eat later."

"I understand, uncle, don't worry, I hide things that most people can't find."

Cai Quanwu despised Silly Zhu in his heart. How was the Thief Saint born? All bragging.

If Silly Zhu knew what Cai Quanwu was thinking, he would definitely say, I am talking about ordinary people, is the Thief Saint an ordinary person?

"By the way, did you clean up the things in your house by yourself?" Cai Quanwu asked casually, thinking of the things in front of Shazhu's door.

"No, people in the yard helped." Silly Zhu didn't understand why his uncle asked this question, but he answered honestly.

After thinking about it, I couldn't let people help me in vain. If I asked someone to help me next time, others would be happy, so I told Silly Zhu.

"Zhuzi, please bring two bottles of marinade. Whoever helped me, give him a few spoons. This is a lot. You can't eat that much by yourself."

"It will make us feel better if they help us next time, don't you think?"

Silly Zhu thought for a moment and realized that was indeed the case.

"Okay, uncle, I'll go."

With that said, he went out with two bottles in his arms.

After a while, Silly Zhu's voice came from outside the yard.

Silly Zhu didn't know who gave it to his uncle, so he just blew it.

"This is an old man from Yueshengzhai. My uncle also helped me a lot, so my manager gave it to me."

"Aunt Jia, Brother Dongxu, and sister-in-law, look at this, the oil and water are all frozen."

"Brother Dongxu, ask sister-in-law to bring out a bowl, and I'll get you a few spoonfuls to stew cabbage vermicelli tonight. It's very fragrant."

"Okay, thank you Zhu Zhu, Huai Ru, go get a bowl." Jia Dongxu was still very polite.

After a while, Jia Zhang's voice came.

"Silly Zhu, don't be stingy. Give me two more spoons. Your Aunt Jia hasn't tasted Yueshengzhai's braised food yet. Let's try the braised food first today."

"Okay, Aunt Jia, I'm afraid of you, so I'll give you two more spoons."

Just after the Jia family had finished, the voice of Si Zhu came from the first man’s house again.

"Auntie, bring out a bowl and I'll make you a few spoonfuls of the marinade. It's delicious."

……

After a while, Silly Zhu ran all over the middle courtyard and gave some to each house.

Then we went to the homes of the children who came to help in the front and back yards, and each family shared some.

Basically every house in the middle courtyard has someone coming to help, regardless of whether they are adults or children. There is not one in the front yard or in the backyard, so of course it doesn’t require that many people.

You didn’t help anyone, and you can’t complain if it wasn’t given to you. Why didn’t you go when others went?

Silly Zhu returned to the rainwater room holding two empty bottles. Before he could talk to Cai Quanwu, he heard the sound of a large group of people outside the house.

When Cai Quanwu heard this, he knew that it was Master Lei who brought people to repair the house.

Cai Quanwu took Shazhu out of Yuyu's room and greeted Master Lei from a distance.

"Master Lei, thank you for your hard work."

Then, introduce them to each other.

"This is my nephew, He Yuzhu, and the house belongs to him."

"Zhuzi, this is Master Lei. You go back and pay with him. Do you understand?"

After hearing Cai Quanwu's words, Shazhu introduced himself to Master Lei with a smile.

"Master Lei, I am He Yuzhu, a cook, working in the steel rolling mill."

Master Lei also greeted Shazhu politely.

"Master Xiao He."

After the introduction, Master Lei took the people to work.

Cai Quanwu told Silly Zhu again.

"Zhuzi, when you go out for work later, give the third aunt the meal money."

"Okay, I understand, uncle."

"Uncle, I'll go to work first. You can watch from here."

With that said, he went to the rainwater room to get the lunch box.

"Zhuzi, lock the rain room. I won't go in."

Cai Quanwu shouted from behind Shazhu.

"understood."

Turning around, Cai Quanwu took out the cigarettes in his pocket and looked at them. He wanted to buy cigarettes, and he only had enough to disperse them this time.

He walked over and gave each of the masters a cigarette. He smiled and said to everyone:

"Everyone, please work hard. When it's finished, I'll treat everyone to a big meal."

Everyone took the cigarettes from Cai Quanwu and smiled.

The masters smoked and started working, while Cai Quanwu watched from the side.

After watching for a while, Cai Quanwu felt bored, said something to Master Lei, and went for a stroll on his tricycle.

This stroll lasted two days.

Yes, Cai Quanwu didn't go to the courtyard for two days. It was too boring to repair the house. He couldn't understand it even if he stayed there. Anyway, he was the one doing the work and materials. If there was a problem, just go to Master Lei.

If Silly Zhu asks, he has already found the reason, doesn’t he need to make money?

Today happened to be Sunday, and Cai Quanwu decided to take He Yuyu out for a walk to fulfill his promise.

I took a pack of Shaqima and half a catty of braised pork from the rental house. I wrapped it in oil paper, put it into the bag together, and carried the things out the door.

Riding a tricycle, bathing in the sunshine, I rode towards Nanluogu Alley.

When I arrived at the courtyard, I parked my tricycle and walked into the courtyard carrying my things.

Oh, today is a good day, I didn’t meet the third doorkeeper.

When they came to the middle courtyard, they saw a large group of people surrounding Shazhu's house, watching Master Lei and his men repairing the house.

Silly Zhu and He Yuyu were also inside.

Silly Zhu and He Yuyu had very different expressions when they saw Cai Quanwu.

He Yuyu's face was beaming with joy, while Silly Zhu was a bit complaining.

"Uncle." He Yuyu shouted from a distance when he saw Cai Quanwu.

He came to everyone and greeted everyone with a smile.

He handed the bag to He Yuyu and said to her: "Yu Yu, take the things back to the house."

After saying "Yeah", He Yuyu took the bag and entered the house.

Silly Zhu said a little dissatisfied: "Uncle, why haven't you come these two days?"

Cai Quanwu asked back:

"What am I here to do? Watch the masters work?"

"If you outsource it to others, don't delay their work. We only need to pass the final inspection."

Shazhu was speechless after saying this.

Seeing that Silly Zhu was still looking at him, he urged him.

"Zhuzi, go to the room and take a look at the rain."

You're stupid, you didn't see He Yuyu entering the room and not coming out. He Yuyu finished eating, don't say I didn't remind you.

After hearing Cai Quanwu's words and thinking of the bag his sister had brought, it took Silhu a long time to realize that there was something delicious in the bag.

So, he hurriedly ran to the house.