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

(Yesterday I was busy replying to book friends’ comments, and I only wrote two chapters. I can’t be distracted today.)

When they heard that dinner was about to be served, the children in the courtyard screamed with joy.

"Time to eat."

"Eat meat."

"Eat something delicious."

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The children's laughter also infected the adults, especially those without children like the elder. The elder enjoyed the atmosphere very much and started giving orders to Jia Dongxu with a smile.

"Dongxu, take Guangqi and Xie Cheng to carry the table."

"Good."

After hearing the master's words, Jia Dongxu took action immediately.

After a while, the courtyard was filled with tables. Although the weather was a bit cold, everyone was very warm and had meat to eat.

There are not as many people in the courtyard now as there will be ten years ago.

Although the steel rolling mill has become a public-private partnership, its scale is not as large as it was later. After the state took over, it merged many small factories to develop into a large factory with ten thousand people.

Seeing that the table was set, Cai Quanwu began to arrange it.

Master Lei, a few uncles, and a table for themselves and a few other masters. Silly Zhu doesn't care about him. He wants to be the last to serve. Then, Jia Dongxu and Cai Quanwu originally wanted him to be at the masters' table. To accompany the wine.

But thinking that Jia Dongxu still had to do ideological work, Cai Quanwu thought for a while and let Jia Dongxu sit at their table. It happened that there was still a shortage of someone to pour wine at the table. Otherwise, they would have the same seniority and he was the youngest. According to the rules, he would be the one to pour the wine. He has no interest in pouring wine.

Other old women and children, let them sit wherever they want.

Arrangements had just been made here, and Xu Fugui and Xu Damao walked into the courtyard with tired faces. Seeing the bustle in the courtyard, the two of them were a little confused.

Cai Quanwu saw Xu Fugui and his son and greeted them with a smile.

"Brother Xu, it's better to come by chance than by chance. It's hard work going to the countryside. Let's have a drink to relieve our fatigue later."

"Hey, what Damao has on hand is pretty good. I'll add some dishes to my uncle later. How about that?"

When Xu Fugui heard Cai Quanwu's words, he knew that this was to relieve his embarrassment, so he also borrowed the donkey from the slope and said with a smile:

"Okay, let's have a drink with Uncle Zhuzhu."

After saying that, he glared at Xu Damao who was standing stupidly, and said rudely: "Da Mao, didn't you hear what Uncle Zhuzi said? Give the things to Xu Damao and ask him to make a snack for his uncle."

"Thank you, Brother Xu. Come on, Brother Xu, let's sit at this table."

After Cai Quanwu invited Xu Fugui, he said to Xu Damao: "Da Mao, how about you go to the masters' table and join your uncle Tiezhu in his place to accompany you for drinks?"

"You have to show your true skills and take care of your uncle, you know?"

The uncle Tiezhu mentioned by Cai Quanwu was a family of four who lived in the front yard opposite Yan Bugui. The male owner was Wang Tiezhu, who also worked in the steel rolling mill. However, he was a man who helped with transportation and kept a low profile in the courtyard. (It’s a bit of a trick, written blindly.)

When Xu Damao heard this, the fatigue on his face disappeared, and he was excited. I became the guest's companion, and my status in the courtyard was greatly improved.

"Uncle, no problem, just keep an eye on it."

After saying that, he ran to Silly Pillar and started shouting.

"Silly Zhu, do this."

"Your uncle asked me to go drink with you, so I won't tell you anymore."

He put what he was carrying on the stool next to Silly Pillar and started shouting.

"Xu Damao, I gave you a face and asked me to do things. Are you itchy and want me to loosen your bones?"

In response to Sha Zhu's threat, Xu Damao was very courageous today, and he also played some clever tricks to set a trap for Sha Zhu.

In the past, Xu Damao didn't dare to trick someone in front of him, he was always behind the scenes.

"Silly Zhu, just tell me whether you want to do it or not."

"I'll be your uncle, get out." Silly Zhu refused without hesitation.

"Okay, Silly Zhu, I'll go tell your uncle that you want to be his uncle. This is what your uncle asked you to do."

Now it's Xu Damao's turn to threaten Silly Zhu, I will make your mouth dirty.

"Okay, Xu Damao, you bastard, set a trap for me."

"I don't want to see you in the same way today. Just wait."

After Si Zhu finished speaking, he took his things and walked towards Cai Quanwu.

Seeing Sha Zhu's defeat, Xu Damao proudly went to the masters' table.

When he came to Cai Quanwu, Shazhu immediately changed his face and spoke politely, otherwise he was afraid of being scolded.

"Uncle, Damao said you asked me to do this?"

"Yeah." Cai Quanwu was chatting with the people at the table and replied casually.

However, when Si Zhu heard it, it was as if he had received an imperial edict.

"Dele, uncle, take a look."

With that said, the person walked away in a hurry.

Silly Zhu came to the big pot and ordered the aunts to serve the dishes. Except for the table for the uncles and the masters, all other tables were the same.

There are a few more dishes on the table for the gentlemen and chefs, a braised pheasant, a twice-cooked pork, a plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, and a plate of peanuts.

As the aunts continued to bring the dishes to the table, the tempting aroma made everyone salivate in their throats and their stomachs growled unconsciously.

Cai Quanwu greeted everyone to start.

"Come on, let's all eat something to fill our stomachs first, and we'll drink later."

"This is pheasant stewed with mushrooms, this is hare stewed with potatoes, this is yellow stewed muntjac, this is roasted pork with radish,...eat it while it's hot."

"I went to the countryside to find an acquaintance to get it, and it took a lot of effort."

Cai Quanwu invited everyone to eat and introduced the dishes. Some things were cooked and it was hard to tell what they were. Otherwise, how could there be Sun Erniang's human meat buns.

It was the same at other tables. No one was polite and everyone started eating with big mouthfuls.

Just like a popular saying on the Internet in later generations, if you are not active in eating, you will have brain problems.

Cai Quanwu was eating and saying hello to people at other tables.

"Masters, don't be polite. Feel free to eat. There are still dishes. Brothers Tiezhu and Dongxu, please drink with the masters."

"Old lady, drink more soup. The soup is highly nutritious."

"Sisters-in-law, you have worked hard today, please eat more."

The adults, except for a few people (especially the Jia Zhang family), are fine with their food and appearance, but the children can't care so much.

Except for a few baby dolls who needed to be taken care of, the other children occupied almost two tables.

That guy was eating with his cheeks open.

He devoured it voraciously, probably swallowing some of it without even chewing it.

The gentler little girls were at a disadvantage. Before they could pick up a few chopsticks, the food was gone and it all ended up in someone else's bowl.

He Yu's angry little face turned red, and he took his little sisters and went to find his brother with bowls.

He asked his brother to give himself and each of them a spoonful, and then brought it to the table, looking proudly at the children who had just grabbed the food.

Silly Zhu fried the black fungus brought by Xu Damao into green fungus, served it on the table, placed it in front of Cai Quanwu, and said with a smile:

"Everyone should try it. The fungus Damao brought back today is pretty good."

After saying that, he took the bowl and chopsticks and sat down to eat.

Silly Zhu took a few bites of the food and then started to toast. He was really happy today.

"Master Lei, let me have a drink with you. You have worked hard during this time.

He picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, and said to Master Lei.

"Master He worked hard today and cooked so many dishes."

Master Lei drank one with him and said with a smile.

As Shazhu started to drink, everyone stopped their chopsticks and started drinking.

The visitors were guests, so everyone first had a drink with Master Lei, and then drank with each other.

After they started drinking, Cai Quanwu and Master Lei started joking.

"Master Lei, let's talk about money without hurting our feelings."

After finishing speaking, he said to Silly Zhu:

"Zhuzi, please pay your wages to Master Lei first, and then we can drink freely. This will save us all drinking too much later and we won't be able to count the money."

Master Lei realized that Cai Quanwu was joking and started joking.

"It's okay, don't worry. Didn't you say you want to wait for the weather to test it?"

Hearing the two joking, the atmosphere became more lively.