Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

"Three hundred is more? Don't think about the number. If you count by kilogram, it's not much. 30 eggs are about 3 kilograms, and 300 eggs are also 30 kilograms. It's not much, but 300 sounds intimidating. You are a chef and you cook every day. You must know this. I guess you are confused because you are so happy about having a son."

Sha Zhu slapped his forehead and said, "Yeah, 300 pieces are only 30 kilograms, there's really not much if you put them in a pile. OK, I'll buy 300 pieces, and you can also bring the red yeast rice, so I don't have to bother two people."

Xing Guangchen said cheerfully, "Okay, you can ask someone to pick it up the day after tomorrow. Just don't forget my red eggs then."

"Don't worry, you'll be there."

Two days later, Xing Guangchen asked someone to tell Sha Zhu to go get the eggs. When Sha Zhu was about to get off work, he asked Ma Hua and Fatty to get the eggs and send them home. Liu Lan found out about it and said that they just happened to go to the courtyard to visit his master's wife and fellow apprentice.

The three of them chatted with Yu Li for a while. In fact, it was mainly Liu Lan who said that the two boys under 20 years old could not talk to the master's wife about anything. They didn't understand women's affairs. They could only follow the master to help with some work. Before leaving, everyone left a red envelope. In the evening, Yu Li opened it and saw that there were two one-dollar notes and one five-dollar note.

"The five dollars must have been given by Ma Hua. This kid just got some money, and he's so generous. Do I need him to give so much? The same goes for Liu Lan and Fatty. They didn't follow me to do private work. They only make that little money a month, and I still give them one dollar. It seems like I have to let them follow me around in the future. I can't be too partial to one."

Yu Li said, "That's right. I guess they both know that you took Ma Hua to do private work, but they don't want to say it out loud, so they are waiting for you to speak up. Liu Lan just told me that she noticed that Ma Hua has gained weight recently and dressed better. Isn't that a message to me?"

"I also found that Ma Hua is different now. Not only has his appearance and clothing changed, but he is also more courageous in speaking and dares to direct others to do work. It seems that the saying that money is a man's courage is absolutely true."

"I was talking to you about Liu Lan, why did you say that about Ma Hua?"

"I know. I just said it. I'll take turns to lead them when I go out, so that they can all earn something. But Ma Hua is different. That child is kind-hearted and willing to study cooking. I have to train him well. Maybe he can succeed in the future."

Yu Li is on maternity leave at home, and with Yu's mother accompanying her, Sha Zhu doesn't have to worry. At Yu Li's suggestion, he started to go out as a substitute cook on weekends. In order to earn money for Yu Li's chicken soup, sometimes when someone invites him to cook on weekdays, Sha Zhu will go. These families who can hire someone to cook are relatively wealthy. Sha Zhu's food tastes excellent, and the family members are not stingy. Some of the extra ingredients are often allowed to be taken away by Sha Zhu in order to build a closer relationship and make it easier to invite Sha Zhu to cook in the future. Therefore, Yu Li, the child, Yu's mother and the old lady have had quite good meals recently, and they seem to be in high spirits.

After finishing half a pork elbow once again, Yu Lichang patted her swollen cheeks and said, "I can't eat like this anymore. If I continue like this, I will become like Liu Yuhua."

The old lady smiled and said, "You can never be like Liu Yuhua. You are not that dark."

"Old lady, you are so good at coaxing people." Yu's mother also laughed, "However, we have been eating really well with Zhuzi during this period. It's so good that I don't even want to go home."

"Then don't leave. Stay here and let Sha Zhu take care of you in your old age."

Sha Zhu said: "Retirement support is a must. You only have two daughters. Haitang is young. If she doesn't rely on us, who will she rely on?"

Yu's mother was pleased to hear this, but she still said, "She has to go back. Her father can't stay home alone. He came back to take care of Yu Li for the first three months. After he came back, he made a mess of the house. Dirty clothes were piled everywhere. It was Haitang who went back from time to time to help him wash them."

"My dad isn't that sloppy, is he?" Yu Li couldn't believe it.

"That's because I was strict with him, urging him every day and doing the work behind him, so he could go out cleanly every day. My son-in-law is so hardworking, cooking and washing clothes."

The old lady started to expose his shortcomings as soon as she heard him. She said, "You haven't seen Shazhu before he got married. At that time, his son hid all his dirty clothes and socks under the bed. He only washed them when he had nothing to wear. I and his aunt had to help him wash them, but he was embarrassed. Sorry, you should be more diligent yourself. The house is so smelly that if you don't come over from time to time to open it and vent it, you can't stay anywhere. Flies that come in have to be smoked out."

"Madam, I wasn't that sloppy before. You are spreading rumors." Sha Zhu didn't want to bear this reputation.

"Okay, my good grandson is very diligent. He washes clothes clean every day and looks very energetic. What I just said was all false." Although the old lady said she was vindicating Sha Zhu, the expression on her face betrayed her.

"Do you still want to eat meat?"

Yu Li picked up Liuyi and said, "If I don't eat, your son won't have milk to drink. You decide what to do."

"Forget it, three women are in a drama, I'd better go wash the diaper." Sha Zhu helplessly carried the basin of Liuyi's combat power and left.

On the weekend, Yu Shui came home and saw the shrimps and fish in the pot. He shouted, "Brother, sister-in-law, aren't you going to prepare for the feast? You eat so well every day. I am so pitiful that I can only eat 20 cents worth of meat and vegetables at school. We have big fish and meat every day at home. If I had known this, why would I have saved money?"

Yu's mother quickly explained, "Your brother has been out doing private work recently, so most of this is prepared by others, and the rest is for your brother. This has only happened in the past few days. You didn't come home last week, and I said I would send some to you."

Sha Zhu continued, "Later, I didn't ask you to send it. Your sister-in-law needed someone to be with her during her confinement, and I was also at work, so I didn't have time to send it to you. If you wanted to eat, you could have come back by yourself. You must have been afraid to go back to work, so you stayed at school instead of going home."

"Who is afraid of working? My teacher asked me to help her last week, so I didn't have time to come back. I miss my nephew so much." Yu Shui picked up Liu Yi and said, "Come on, Liu Yi, let auntie hold him, sister-in-law, he is quite heavy."

“How can it not be heavy? I eat well, sleep well, and don’t worry about anything.” Yu Li replied.

"He's just a little boy, what's there to worry about?" Yu Shui showed her arms to Yu Li, "But I'm so skinny, there's no meat on my arms. Sister-in-law, my brother doesn't love me, but you can't just ignore me."

"Okay, today's meat is all yours to eat, so you can have a good rest. When you have nothing to do in the future, come back home more often. Your brother brings home a lot of good things now, and the key is that you can't leave them, so you have to come back often to have a chance."

"Okay, I'll definitely come back often."

Sha Zhu suddenly remembered something and said, "Didn't you eat at the banquet at Third Uncle's house before? Can't a wedding banquet last for two weeks?"

"What? Don't you know who the Third Master is? If you can cook it, you can eat it, but the banquet that day was really..."

"What is it really?" Yu Li also became interested.

"Really..." Yu Shui thought for a long time, "Listen to me and I'll tell you in detail."

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