Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

The next day when Li Jianjun woke up, it was already daybreak. He looked around and was not used to not having a watch. He didn't even know what time it was.

"System, sign in." "Congratulations to the host for obtaining a dragon-patterned rod and some top-quality bait. I hope the host has a happy life."

Li Jianjun was happy. Although there was a pond in the space, it was not as fun as going fishing by himself. Besides, he was also a fisherman and had traveled around a lot in his previous life. Rain or shine was no big deal to him.

Li Jianjun happily got up and went to the middle courtyard with his toiletries. When he arrived, he saw Xiaodang waiting at the moon gate. "Good morning, Xiaodang. Why are you up so early?"

Xiao Dang was very happy. "Uncle, I got up early. Mom didn't let me disturb you and told me to wait for you to get up."

Li Jianjun sighed, this child is really sensible, "Then wait for uncle, uncle will take you out to play after I wash up"

After a while, Li Jianjun finished washing up, sent his things home, and came to the middle courtyard with Xiaodang in his arms. He just happened to see Qin Huairu coming out to wash clothes. "Sister-in-law, I'll take Xiaodang out to play, and I'll bring her back in the afternoon."

Qin Huairu had nothing to worry about. She could see that Li Jianjun was really good to Xiaodang, and no one at home except herself cared where Xiaodang went. "Will she cause you trouble? If you have something to do, you don't have to take her out." Qin Huairu was still afraid that Xiaodang would trouble Li Jianjun.

Li Jianjun smiled and said, "It's okay, sister-in-law. I'm just going to go shopping and buy some things. I don't have anything else to do. Besides, I promised Xiaodang last night. Adults can't lie to children."

"Then thank you for your help, Xiaodang. Be obedient and don't cause trouble for your uncle." Qin Huairu felt in her heart that if she was born ten years later, she would definitely marry Li Jianjun.

Xiao Dang happily hugged Li Jianjun's neck and urged him to go faster. "I know, Mom. I'll be back in the afternoon. I will listen to uncle."

Li Jianjun was about to go out with Xiaodang in his arms when the third uncle came out and said, "Jianjun, go out. Why are you still holding Xiaodang?"

"Uncle, I promised to take Xiaodang out to play yesterday. I like children very much. I happened to be going out to buy some things today, so I took Xiaodang out to play."

Li Jianjun had no intention of stopping to talk, and walked out while talking.

The third uncle came home and looked at the third aunt who was cleaning up and said, "I just saw Li Jianjun carrying Xiaodang out to play. Let Jie Di go to Jianjun in the future. Maybe she can get some benefits from him."

The three aunts were a little puzzled, "What's the benefit of taking the baby out to play?"

The third uncle was anxious. "You have been with me for so many years, how can you be so stupid? Jianjun likes children. Can he not buy something for the child when he takes the child out to play? Even if he doesn't buy anything, buying food for the child means that the family can save food for another child. You don't even understand this."

The third aunt suddenly realized, "Old man, it has to be you. Your ability to scheme is simply amazing."

The third uncle was very proud and said, "Of course, otherwise how can I support so many children with this little salary." As he said this, he adjusted the broken-legged glasses with a smug look on his face.

Li Jianjun didn't know what the Third Uncle was planning, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Such an awesome system still cares about these trivial things. The plan must be bigger!

Li Jianjun carried Xiaodang out of the house. He hadn't eaten yet, so he asked, "Xiaodang, have you had breakfast?"

Xiaodang shook her head. In the Jia family, people usually don't eat breakfast on Sundays when they don't have to go to work. She has never eaten breakfast when she has nothing to do at home. That is eaten by her father, grandmother, and brother.

Li Jianjun thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we go have breakfast first and then go shopping?"

Xiao Dang shouted happily. So Li Jianjun went into a breakfast shop next door. In those days, eating breakfast not only required money, but also food coupons. Few people ate it, especially now that there was a famine.

Li Jianjun ordered four meat buns and two bowls of soy milk. He originally wanted to try soy milk, but in the end he didn't have the courage to do so.

When Xiaodang saw the buns, he asked, "Uncle, is that a steamed bun?" He began to drool as he spoke.

Li Jianjun knew that Xiao Dang had never eaten steamed buns, so he gave her one and said, "Eat slowly, don't burn yourself, and drink soy milk while you eat."

However, Li Jianjun found that Xiaodang did not eat voraciously, but ate in small bites, and stopped eating only half of the food. He asked curiously, "Xiaodang, why don't you eat anymore?"

Xiaodang looked at the buns, then looked at Li Jianjun. She wanted to eat them but she didn't. "Uncle, I want to save half for my mom."

Li Jianjun was a little touched. This child is really good. People are good at birth. "It's okay, Xiao Dang, eat it. Uncle will bring one back to your mother later, okay?"

After hearing this, Xiaodang looked up at Li Jianjun and said, "Really, uncle? Thank you, uncle." Then he started to eat half of the bun in his hand in big bites.

Xiaodang has a small appetite and is full after eating one bun and a bowl of soy milk. Li Jianjun eats two buns and a bowl of soy milk, and asks the boss to pack the extra one and give it to Xiaodang, who is very happy.

After paying the bill, he carried Xiaodang to the supply and marketing cooperative. Today he mainly wanted to buy a watch and a bicycle, which were daily necessities, and he was not used to not having time.

Buying a car and a watch did not cause much commotion; you just had to take the receipts to the police station to have them stamped.

Li Jianjun looked at Xiaodang's clothes and shoes. The clothes were probably altered a lot, not to mention the shoes, which looked nothing like shoes at all. So he took Xiaodang to buy him a set of clothes and a pair of shoes. Children's clothes were not that expensive, and they only cost ten yuan in total.

They made Xiaodang wear new clothes and shoes, and packed up the old ones. Then they took Xiaodang and pushed the bicycle to the police station to smash the steel stamp.

After finishing all these, he looked at the time and it was almost ten o'clock. He took Xiaodang to the street office and went directly to Director Wang. He gave Director Wang some money, cotton coupons and cloth coupons, and asked Director Wang to help find someone to make a bed and quilt, and gave him two yuan as a reward. Director Wang was very happy. Not only did she help Li Jianjun, but she was also able to find a job for the idle women comrades.

After finishing all these, I have nothing to do. It’s almost time for dinner. I suddenly want to try roast duck. “Xiaodang, uncle will take you to eat roast duck, okay?”

Xiao Dang had only heard of roast duck but had never eaten it, so of course she wanted to eat it. “Okay, I haven’t eaten roast duck yet.”

Li Jianjun and Xiaodang finally arrived at Quanjude at twelve o'clock. The roast duck was really expensive. A roast duck was as expensive as Xiaodang's clothes, and it cost eight yuan.

Li Jianjun rolled a few rolls for Xiaodang and fed them to him personally. Xiaodang's mouth was full of oil and his eyes were narrowed into slits. The two of them finished the whole roast duck and packed up the remaining duck carcass and prepared to go home.