The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 31, Dinner

The two played outside for more than an hour.

He Yuyu is smart after all. Although he has just learned to drive, he has already mastered it after riding a few times.

I can already ride it by myself, but it is not very stable when carrying people. I just need to ride it a few more times in the future.

Li Weiguo looked up at the sky and found that it had darkened, so he said to Yuyu: "It's getting late, let's go home, and I'll take you for a ride on the weekend."

"Hmm. Then it's agreed that we'll learn to drive again on the weekend." Yuyu blinked his big eyes and said expectantly.

"Okay. I'll let you study over the weekend."

I got on the bike, carrying rainwater behind me, and rode slowly back to the courtyard.

When I got home, it was already 6: pm, and it was time for dinner.

Some had dinner early and had already finished eating. They were enjoying the cool air in the yard with cattail fans, while some were still eating in the house.

"Brother Wei Guo, I'm going back first."

"Well, okay, let's go back."

After sending He Yuyu away, Li Weiguo parked his bicycle under the eaves of his house, opened the door and entered the house, preparing to make some dinner.

I entered the house and looked at the kitchen.

Yes. Apart from white flour and cornmeal, there are no other dishes, and the seasonings are not complete.

He hasn't had a fire at home for a long time. He usually cooks directly in the space. For this purpose, he bought a set of pots, pans and various condiments to use on the small stove.

I had no choice but to solve it in the space. I dodged and entered the space.

When I came to the kitchen in the north room of the space, I first took five kilograms of fermented cornmeal from the static warehouse to prepare steamed steamed buns.

Take out the cornmeal and knead it into forty or fifty dough balls of the same size. Then put them all on the steamer and start steaming the steamed buns.

As for cooking, it's simple. After all, it's not too particular to eat alone.

After working hard for a long time, I made myself a stir-fried cabbage, a twice-cooked pork, and a cold pork head.

My cooking skills are limited, so I can only deal with them casually.

Just as I was about to take out the steamed buns from the steamer to eat, an alarm sounded in the space and someone knocked on the door outside.

Li Weiguo hurriedly sent all the food to the static warehouse and stepped out of the space.

I walked quickly to the door and opened it. It was rainwater.

"Rain? What's wrong?"

"Brother Wei Guo, my brother is still working overtime in the factory, and there is no food at home. Can you deal with me, just a wowotou." Yuyu said pitifully.

It has to be said that He Yuzhu is a stupid person who only cares about himself when he has eaten and drank enough. He doesn't know how to prepare food when there is no food at home.

No wonder Yu Yu rarely comes back after getting married in the original novel. How disappointing is this?

"Hey, what's the matter? Come in quickly. I just want to eat too, so we'll be together."

As he spoke, he took He Yuyu's hand, led her into the house, asked her to sit down, and turned to go to the cupboard to get something to eat.

There was no fire at home, so it was difficult to get hot food directly from the space, so with a thought, I moved the dinner just prepared in the static warehouse to the table in the north room of the space.

After more than a minute, I took it out under the cover of the cupboard.

In reality, it has been more than a minute, and half an hour has passed inside. It has just cooled down a bit, and is still a little warm, which is just right.

Put a large pot of corn flour steamed buns, stir-fried cabbage, twice-cooked pork, and cold pork head on the table one by one, and then put the bowls and chopsticks in front of Yu Yu and himself to signal Yu Yu to start.

Looking at the sumptuous dinner in front of him, Yu Yu was stunned.

A large bowl of twice-cooked pork, with alternating fat and thin parts. It was all twice-cooked pork. There were only a few slices of green pepper. It weighed at least one and a half kilograms of meat.

Not to mention the cold pork head, it is also a big bowl. The slices of pork head are fat but not greasy, and it is very tempting. There are a lot of thinly sliced ​​pig ears in the big bowl, paired with cucumber shreds, peanuts, chili, soy sauce, coriander, minced garlic, chopped green onion, sesame oil, etc. and stir evenly. The smell will make people drool.

This is out of season, even landlords and wealthy people don’t dare to eat like this.

Yu Yu swallowed secretly and said weakly: "Brother Wei Guo, it's just a dinner. Isn't it too extravagant? You don't even dare to eat like this during the New Year."

"Hey, I just eat occasionally. I live alone and my salary is okay. It doesn't matter. Just eat." Li Weiguo explained with a smile.

As he said that, he took two cornmeal steamed buns from the big basin and gave the first one to rainwater.

After taking the wowotou, Yu Yu was also very hungry, so he took a big bite.

"Hmm~~??"

Yuyu's eyes widened, and he felt something was wrong with this bite, so he quickly asked: "Brother Wei Guo, why are these steamed buns so soft? They are just like white-flour steamed buns, soft, juicy and sweet."

Li Weiguo smiled and explained: "I make it from corn flour, not corn flour. Of course it's soft."

"Isn't cornmeal just cornmeal?" Rain didn't know why.

"Cob noodles are made from corn kernels and cobs that are crushed together into powder. It is rough and harsh, and it is a coarse grain. My cornmeal is made purely from corn kernels and ground into powder. There are no cobs, so it is a fine grain, which is different."

"Oh~, that's it."

"Okay, I see you eating steamed buns every day, and I thought you were saving money, but I didn't expect that your steamed buns are different from ours." Yuyu gave him a cute look.

Li Weiguo smiled coquettishly and said, "Low-key, low-key, eat quickly." As he said that, he put a large piece of twice-cooked pork with chopsticks in her bowl, and also put a lot of pig head meat and pig ears.

The two of them hung out all afternoon and became familiar with each other. Yu Yu, who was so hungry, was not polite to him and started eating heavily.

At noon, I ate some steamed buns and pickles at school. It was already six or seven o'clock, so I was already starving.

Although the little girl is tall, she is also very thin, like a bamboo pole. She has no flesh on her body and her hair is a little yellow. She is malnourished at first glance.

The general environment of this era is like this, there is a general lack of oil and water.

On the one hand, the country is vigorously developing atomic bombs, and on the other hand, it owes Lao Maozi a debt of 86 billion that must be repaid.

Train after train of live pigs were transported to Lao Maozi to pay off debts, so the meat supplied to the people was particularly scarce.

The Shazhu family is a little better, and they can bring back some oil and water every now and then.

For ordinary people, it would be good if they could eat meat once a month.

Of course, the good days of rain are probably only for a year or two. When Jia Dongxu burps, she may not even be able to make it into the lunch box.

In the whole "Siheyuan", the most pitiable thing is the rain. The father ran away with the widow when he was seven or eight years old.

Children without a father and a mother are often bullied by their peers in and out of the courtyard.

In order not to be bullied by others, Shazhu developed a ruthless temper. He would fight with anyone who dared to offend him.

I originally thought that we could live together, but unexpectedly, my silly brother fell in love with the widow.

All the good things were given to the widow's family, but she didn't dare say anything. After all, she still relied on her stupid brother to support her, for fear of offending him and being abandoned in the end.

Everyone in the yard was watching his stupid brother take care of his old age. She was a girl who got married sooner or later, and no one cared about her at all.

When she was hungry, she went to the old man and the old lady to ask for food, but they were unwilling to give it to her.

The first is food rationing. Each person only has so much per month. Once you eat it, you are done. If it is given to you, others will starve.

Secondly, Yuyu is a girl. She will have to get married sooner or later and will not be able to provide for others in her old age, so others will not waste time investing in her.

Even though helping is a matter of love and not helping is a duty, I can't blame them.

But the cruel and cold reality also made this little girl see the yard clearly early on.

So I found a job as soon as I graduated from high school, found a partner for myself, married myself hastily, moved far away, and basically never came back.

Looking at this poor girl, Li Weiguo felt really sorry for her and kept picking up food for her.

While picking up vegetables, he said: "Come to me when you are hungry from now on. Don't wait for your stupid brother. He usually works overtime without knowing what time it is, and he won't starve you to death."

As he ate, He Yuyu's eyes turned red, he lowered his head and sniffed, and whispered "Yeah" in a low voice.