Comfortable life in Siheyuan

On the weekend morning, Liu Qingshan slept in for a rare time. Feng Yu took the two children to her parents' room early, fearing that they would disturb Liu Qingshan.

When he got up, there were already many people in the yard.

Sha Zhu was serving the dry goods at this time, and Nan Yi was helping on the side.

"Wake up! You slept so soundly." Sha Zhu looked up and saw Liu Qingshan, and joked with a smile.

"Go wash up. There's rice in the pot for you." Feng Yu saw Liu Qingshan standing at the door and said with a smile.

"What time is it now? Zhuzi and the others have arrived. Why didn't you call me?" Liu Qingshan said somewhat embarrassedly.

"I saw that you were tired, so I didn't call you. You should rest today anyway." Feng Yu went into the room and got him toiletries.

Seeing Liu Qingshan enter the kitchen, the people in the yard started chatting again.

After Sha Zhu handled all these things skillfully, he sat there waiting for Liu Qingshan to come over and chat.

Liu Qingshan was also very fast. He finished washing up in a short while and walked over.

"Everything has been handled so quickly." Liu Qingshan asked in surprise.

"What's the big deal? Don't you see what I do? This is called professionalism." Sha Zhu raised his head and said proudly.

"Look how capable you are. You're showing off after handling some seafood. If you have the time, go and open these coconut snails." Liu Qingshan said, pointing to a basin beside him.

Sha Zhu and Nan Yi also walked over at this time and looked at the large conches with curiosity.

"The total weight of these snails probably weighs seven or eight kilograms." Nan Yi said in surprise.

"Almost. I was quick yesterday and opened one myself by knocking it open with a hammer. I made fried snail slices yesterday." Liu Qingshan said with a smile.

"It was you who caused such a strong smell in the yard last night. My goodness, the Jia family in the Central Courtyard will quarrel for a long time because of this." Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"What can we do? It's already open. If we leave it there it will go bad. We can only fry it and eat it." Liu Qingshan said as a matter of course.

"You don't know, last night Jia Zhang wanted to ask Qin Huairu to come over to ask you for meat, but Qin Huairu scolded her, so she didn't come in the end." Sha Zhu explained.

"Qin Huairu has understood things now and started to dare to offend her mother-in-law?" Liu Qingshan asked curiously.

Sha Zhu also looked surprised. While opening the screwdriver, he said, "Qin Huairu used to chat and laugh with people in the yard, but after that teacher Bang Geng came last time, she stopped chatting with people in the yard and her smile disappeared."

"Yes, you don't know, my husband and I live in the central courtyard, and we see her all the time. Qin Huairu's face is much uglier than before." Tian Xiuyun added in a low voice.

"Anyone who hears someone say that their child is ruined and is a thief will get angry. It's not surprising that Qin Huairu said this." Feng Yu nodded and said.

"Qingshan, come and take a look. What is this? Why is there a stone inside the snail meat?" Sha Zhu asked Liu Qingshan while holding a stone-sized object in his hand.

Liu Qingshan hurried over and reached out to take the thing from Sha Zhu's hand.

"Wait a moment, I'll wash it with water. It just fell on the ground and got a little dusty." Sha Zhu explained with a smile.

Liu Qingshan waited for Sha Zhu to finish washing, then took it over.

"You know what this is? It's quite beautiful." Sha Zhu said curiously.

Liu Qingshan carefully observed the object in his hand. Under the light, the Melo Pearl exuded a flame-like luster. It was round in shape, with some strange textures on the surface, as if it was made by nature, giving people the feeling that there was a flame burning inside the pearl. The pearl was placed in the palm of Liu Qingshan's hand, and he gestured. It was about one centimeter in diameter.

"What are you looking at? You're so engrossed. Zhuzi called you several times but you didn't respond." Feng Yu walked to Liu Qingshan and asked curiously.

"Come and look at these beads. Are they beautiful?" Liu Qingshan happily raised the Melo beads in his hand and showed them to everyone generously.

"Wow! What is this! It's so beautiful!" Feng Yu took the beads and exclaimed.

Ding Qiunan and Tian Xiuyun next to them also came over.

Liu Qingshan looked at Sha Zhu with a smile, and envied him. He was indeed the hero. The aura of the hero was really amazing. He had just opened the first snail and a bead appeared. I wonder if there will be more for the next few.

"Qingshan, what kind of beads are those? They don't look like pearls to me." Nan Yi asked curiously.

"It should be a kind of pearl. I haven't heard of it either. Anyway, just keep it for now. It is indeed very beautiful. Brother Zhuzi, please open the other two and see if you can find anything." Liu Qingshan excitedly walked to the basin and directed Sha Zhu to continue working.

"No, Nan Yi has already opened half of the one, so I can just open the other one." Sha Zhu said with some confusion.

"You are so lucky. Hurry up. Nan Yi, go and take a rest. It's your fault for being slow." Liu Qingshan teased Nan Yi with a smile.

"Okay, okay, I'll open it right away, okay?" Sha Zhu lowered his head and continued with his hand movements.

I opened two more in succession, but good luck did not come again. There was nothing inside these two coconut snails.

Liu Qingshan was not discouraged. He thought it was a great luck that he could open one.

After looking at the coconut snail, several people gathered together again to admire the bead.

"If we wrap this bead in gold, it will look great when hung around the neck." Nan Yi said with a smile.

"Where is gold now? Gold is a rare commodity these days. You can hardly see it once throughout the year." Sha Zhu said in a disapproving tone.

"Keep it for now. I'll buy a box this afternoon to put it in for him as a souvenir." Liu Qingshan didn't expect anyone to deal with these things now, so he decided to keep them and put them away.

"Here, keep it!" Feng Yu handed the Melo Pearl to Liu Qingshan reluctantly.

Liu Qingshan took the beads, went back to the house and locked them in a drawer.

The two chefs in the yard started slicing snail meat again. Their movements were quick and they looked quite comfortable.

"You know what, it's good to have someone working. Look at our group of people, don't we look like rich landlords? Zhuzi and Nanyi are farmhands." Ding Qiunan joked with a smile.

"Your family's Nan Yi is your long-term worker, not me." Sha Zhu curled his lips and said unhappily.

"It's okay, just be a farmhand, as long as you guys are happy. Don't forget to pay us two farmhands our wages." Nan Yi continued speaking while repeating what his wife said.

"Yes, yes, yes! Then you have to pay the wages. It's not easy for us to be farmhands! You can't delay their wages." Sha Zhu also started to make a fuss on the side.

"You're dreaming. Let your wife reward you at night! Hahaha!" Ding Qiunan laughed and joked.

"Hey! How come this guy is just like Ge Rangtai, so stingy!"

A few people were chatting and laughing when they suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the front yard. Everyone curiously looked out to see what was going on.