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

off day.

The courtyard gradually became lively early in the morning.

As the groom, Sha Zhu got up early to wash and dress.

I saw Sha Zhu with a popular hairstyle, a well-fitting Zhongshan suit, a pair of brand new leather shoes, and the demeanor of a cadre. He was like a completely different person than usual.

Cai Quanwu and He Yushui were also dressed in new clothes. They stood beside Sha Zhu and commented on him.

"Not bad, he looks a bit like a groom."

Finally, Cai Quanwu looked at Sha Zhu, who looked like a human being, and praised him.

After praising him, Cai Quanwu walked out of the room and came to the yard.

At this time, the courtyard was already crowded and extremely noisy.

The second uncle arranged for each household to move tables, chairs and benches to the central courtyard and place them there.

Each family should try to put together tables, chairs and benches to form a table. If there are not enough, you can use other people's. This way it will not be easy to get confused.

So the second uncle is not completely a fool, sometimes he is quite smart.

The third uncle was sitting at the door of Cai Quanwu's house, with the square table in front of him that was usually used for meetings.

On the table was a cup of tea, a pen, and a manuscript paper, which I didn't know if it was brought from school.

After Cai Quanwu glanced around the yard, he came to Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu. As representatives of the male party, they were going to accompany Sha Zhu to Xiao Wu's house to pick up the bride.

When he came to the two of them, Cai Quanwu explained to them:

"Da Mao, take two packs of cigarettes with you later. Be smart and give cigarettes to people you meet."

Cai Quanwu felt that Xu Damao was very good at distributing cigarettes, so he gave the task to him.

"Dongxu, take some candy in a pack later. There must be a lot of kids over there. You'll be responsible for distributing the candy."

"Uncle Cai, don't worry about leaving this matter to me. I will definitely handle it properly and nothing will go wrong." Xu Damao patted his chest and made the promise after hearing Cai Quanwu's instructions.

"Uncle Cai, I got it." Compared to Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu spoke much less.

After Cai Quanwu finished explaining things to the two men, he started walking around the yard.

As Sha Zhu's elder, his main tasks today are to coordinate, check for omissions and receive guests.

"Come on, Lao Liu, have a cigarette. You've worked hard today."

Cai Quanwu turned to the second uncle, who was standing with his hands behind his back, directing the women to wipe the tables, chairs and benches with rags.

"Old Cai, you are too polite. I am the second uncle in the courtyard. I have guests coming to the courtyard today. I must greet them well. I can't lose the face of our civilized courtyard."

The second uncle looked excited and felt very thrilled to be able to preside over such a big event in the hospital.

In the past, these matters in the hospital were presided over by Yi Zhonghai, and he could only follow behind and help, taking advantage of the power of others.

Now that I have experienced it myself, I finally understand why everyone wants to be a leader.

It’s so comfortable to direct people to do their work.

"Okay, you keep busy, I'll go check on Old Yan."

Cai Quanwu didn't chat much with the second uncle. He just said hello and prepared to leave.

"Well, Old Yan is not very reliable. You have to keep an eye on him."

Before Cai Quanwu left, the second uncle made some remarks that belittled the third uncle.

Cai Quanwu did not respond to this. He just smiled and walked towards the third uncle.

"Old Yan, please don't make a mistake in recording the account for me." Cai Quanwu came to the third uncle and started joking.

"Don't worry about me keeping the accounts. I guarantee it with my head. It will never be wrong."

The third uncle spoke with great confidence and even showed the account book to Cai Quanwu.

Cai Quanwu took a quick look and found that most people in the courtyard had already paid their respects.

The ones who got the most were the Second Uncle and Xu Fugui, each of them got one dollar.

The next ones are Uncle San and Wang Tiezhu, 50 cents each.

The rest are only two or three cents.

In fact, normally speaking, the standard for ordinary neighbors is a few cents, and more than fifty cents is considered a relatively good relationship.

It is very difficult to make a profit from hosting a banquet in this era, so it is not a big deal and no ordinary person would be willing to host a banquet.

Unlike later times, when gift money became increasingly expensive, some people even held banquets specifically to make money.

If the hospital wants to make a profit by holding a banquet, I guess only the third uncle has the ability to do it.

Anyway, Tsai Quan had no intention of making a profit.

After leaving the third uncle, Cai Quanwu returned to Sha Zhu's house.

Seeing Sha Zhu, Cai Quanwu asked, "When will Master Liu come?"

"Master Liu and I agreed to meet at eight o'clock, so it should be here soon."

Speak of the devil and he will appear. As soon as Sha Zhu finished speaking, the second uncle shouted in the yard:

"Mr. Cai, Master Liu from the factory is here."

Sha Zhu and Cai Quanwu heard the second uncle shouting that Master Liu had arrived, and hurried out.

When I walked into the yard, I saw Master Liu and the second uncle standing together chatting.

After the two of them walked over, Sha Zhu introduced Cai Quanwu to Master Liu.

"Master Liu, this is my uncle."

"Hello, Master Liu, my name is Cai Quanwu, I am sorry to bother you today."

Cai Quanwu first introduced himself and then said a few polite words.

"Comrade Cai, you are too polite." Master Liu and Cai Quanwu exchanged greetings.

When Cai Quanwu heard Master Liu address him, he knew that Master Liu didn't know how to address him appropriately.

"Master Liu, you can call me Xiao Cai or Quan Wu."

Hearing what Cai Quanwu said, Master Liu nodded.

"Zhu Zi, take Master Liu to the kitchen to check if there is anything missing. If there is, I will ask someone to prepare it."

"Master Liu, if you need help, go find Lao Liu. He is the second uncle in our hospital."

"okay."

After Cai Quanwu finished speaking, Master Liu agreed and followed Sha Zhu to the kitchen.

Arriving at the kitchen, Chef Liu was surprised to see the various ingredients prepared there.

"Silly Zhu, you've made a lot of preparations."

Master Liu looked at the rows of baskets in front of him, feeling filled with emotion.

"That's right. My uncle was holding a wedding banquet for me. He asked someone to get a little wild boar for me a few days ago. I killed it after get off work yesterday."

"Look, this is pork, and this is the internal organs. Someone will have to clean the internal organs later. I just did a simple job yesterday."

After showing off the wild boar, Sha Zhu opened the lid of a basket.

"Wild boar meat doesn't have oil, so my uncle brought back some fat meat and we'll grill it together later."

Master Liu was stunned when he saw the white pieces of fat. There was almost no lean meat on them. He had been a chef for so many years, but he had rarely seen such beautiful meat.

"Silly Zhu, your uncle is spending a lot of money."

Master Liu came back to his senses and looked at Sha Zhu with a complicated expression.

I originally thought that once He Daqing left, Sha Zhu would inevitably suffer.

Sha Zhu did suffer a lot, but he didn't expect that his hardship would pay off so soon and that he would have an uncle who was more reliable than He Daqing.

"That's right, my uncle is closer to me than my real father." Sha Zhu said very proudly when he heard this.

Afterwards, Sha Zhu introduced the other ingredients to Master Liu one by one.

Such as eggs, peanuts, oil, noodles, etc.

After checking the ingredients, Master Liu said to Sha Zhu, "Okay, leave the rest to me, and you go be your groom."

"okay."

"Master Liu, you are busy. If you have any questions, please go to the second uncle."

Sha Zhu said this and walked out.

When Master Liu saw Sha Zhu leave, he retracted his gaze and looked at the ingredients, thinking about which dishes to cook today.

After some thought, Master Liu decided to make braised spare ribs, braised pork, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, Mushu pork, three kinds of stir-fried dishes, peanuts, cabbage with vinegar and vinegar, and shredded potatoes, which was just the right eight dishes.

After thinking it over, Master Liu prepared all the necessary ingredients one by one.

After Master Liu prepared the ingredients, he went out to find the second uncle.

"Lao Liu, please arrange for a few people to help me wash the ingredients."

"understood."

The second uncle agreed and immediately arranged for the second aunt, the third aunt and Xu Fugui's wife to help Master Liu.