Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Mrs. Jia was anxious when she heard the conversation between the two sisters of the Qin family. She blamed her daughter-in-law for being thin-skinned and secretly scolded Qin Jingru for being ignorant. She was about to teach Qin Jingru a lesson when Bang Geng spoke up, "Aunt, do you have firecrackers? My mother didn't even buy any firecrackers for the New Year this year."

"Pao, your uncle said he would buy one the day before yesterday, but he didn't come back, and I didn't buy one either."

"What should we do? We can't celebrate the New Year without even setting off a firecracker. That would be so boring." Bang Geng heard that his aunt's family didn't have any firecrackers, so he was a little anxious and wanted to ask his aunt for some firecrackers. "Aunt, how about you give me two cents and I'll buy a small firecracker with 100 blasts, so that we can at least hear some noise during the New Year."

Qin Jingru thought: Well, I can't escape after all, 20 cents is 20 cents, that's the most. She took out two 10-cent bills from her pocket and handed them to Banggeng, "Go ahead, buy them and we'll play them tonight so that everyone at home can hear them." Banggeng took the money and ran out.

When Xiaodang saw that her aunt gave her brother two cents and that her aunt had just taken out a handful of money, she wanted some too. She thought about it and said, "Aunt, firecrackers are too loud and they are gone in a moment, but fireworks are different. They are beautiful and last for a long time, with a 'whoosh' sound that is so beautiful. Aunt, let's buy some fireworks." As she said that, she held Qin Jingru's arm and shook it rhythmically.

Qin Jingru: Hey, you two are really good, you two brothers and sisters know how to come one by one and pay one by one. She looked at Xiaodang and said, "How much do your fireworks cost?"

Xiaodang said happily: "It's not expensive, 5 cents each, I want 2 cents too. Let's buy four, I will put two and your aunt will put two." In order to get Qin Jingru to pay, Xiaodang overclocked his CPU and took the initiative to invite investors to share the results.

Qin Jingru smiled and said, "Girl, you are playing with what I have left." She took out a dime and handed it to Xiaodang, saying, "Auntie doesn't want to play with it, you can play with it yourself." Xiaodang took it, hugged Qin Jingru and kissed her, "Thank you, Auntie."

Qin Huairu watched Qin Jingru take out 2 cents and give them to the two children. She felt very strange. She had asked Qin Jingru to borrow money before and Qin Jingru only gave her 3 cents. Today, the two children asked for money and she only gave them cents. Was the sun rising in the west?

Qin Huairu felt strange, but she pretended to blame Qin Jingru for spoiling her children, saying, "Jingru, you shouldn't give them money. It's not good for children to take so much money. Just give them a few cents."

Qin Jingru said, "Sister, don't worry about it. I like these two children. Besides, my mother said that if I get close to children, I can get pregnant sooner. After my last miscarriage, Damao and his mother have been urging me to get pregnant."

"So that's how it is. I thought you had changed." Qin Huairu understood.

After hearing this, Mrs. Jia said, "Then come to my house more often when you have time to bring me some locust flowers. His aunt used to come here often, but I don't know why she hasn't come recently."

Qin Jingru complained in her heart: "Do you think I'm as stupid as an aunt? You don't even take care of Huaihua yourself, but you want me to be a free babysitter. What do you want?" But she said on the surface: "No, aunt, my mother said that if I want to have a child, I can only be close to children over 4 years old."

Mrs. Jia was about to speak, but her eyes were attracted by the dishes served by Sha Zhu's family outside the window. The sound of swallowing saliva scared Qin Jingru. It was the first time she knew that swallowing saliva could be so loud. It must be a big mouthful.

Qin Jingru followed Jia Po's gaze and saw Sha Zhu and Yu Li carrying plates and bowls to the master's house, but she did not react that much. Although she did not eat as well as when she was with Xu Damao, it was much better than when she was at her mother's house before, so she was not greedy. However, when she saw the big piece of meat that Yu Li brought, she swallowed unconsciously.

Before the New Year, Sha Zhu asked the logistics purchasing department to help buy some more meat that did not require tickets. Although some of it was taken to his father-in-law's house, he was still able to make the braised pork for the deaf old lady, which she liked and could chew. Therefore, Sha Zhu stewed the meat until it was soft and melted in the mouth, fresh and delicious, with fat bursting in the mouth. Every time the deaf old lady ate it, she smiled happily, so this is an indispensable main dish on New Year's Eve. Sha Zhu explained to the aunt how to heat the food and how to keep it warm. The uncle beside him was also happy, thinking that Zhuzi had finally entered his family. He would take his time and things would get better.

After Sha Zhu finished explaining things to the aunt, he took Yu Li and Yu Shui to the backyard to greet the old lady in advance and give her some instructions. Then the three of them set off for the master's house with the prepared gifts.

Sha Zhu was not idle when he arrived at his master's house. It turned out that Master Sun was preparing things for lunch, and Sha Zhu happened to come over, so he took over. The master's wife also told Sha Zhu to take a rest. But Sha Zhu hadn't been here for a long time, and he couldn't be asked to work right after the child came.

Master Sun said, "He is my apprentice. If he doesn't work, how can I, an old man, do the work? He is watching. That doesn't make sense. Why don't he be the master and I be the apprentice?"

Sha Zhu quickly took over and said, "You are right. If there is something to do, the disciple should do the hard work. If I don't want to do it, why would you accept me? You and my master's wife should just rest and wait for the meal today. I will make sure you two have a comfortable New Year."

It's not difficult for those who know how to do it. Sha Zhu didn't need any help from anyone and prepared lunch in half an hour. It was just two simple braised dishes and a bowl of noodles. After everyone finished eating, Yu Li accompanied the master's wife in the inner room to chat and rest, while Sha Zhu and the master sat outside smoking and preparing dinner.

Master Sun watched Sha Zhu's work going more and more smoothly, and said, "It's raining heavily now, do you want to consider going back to the building?"

Sha Zhu was holding the fish in his hand, stunned for a moment, and said: "Master, two years ago when Yu Shui just entered junior high school, I really wanted to go back to the building to learn cooking from you, but it was really easy in the factory cafeteria. No one in the factory could surpass my cooking skills, so as long as I didn't make mistakes at work, no one cared about my lateness or early departure, so I didn't go back." When Sha Zhu said this, he saw that his master's face was a little strange, smiled foolishly, and quickly changed the subject, saying: "After that incident last year, I went to the building almost every day this year, and you taught me a lot. Before the New Year, the factory just raised my salary by one level, and it was personally ordered by the secretary. If I resigned from the factory and transferred to the building, wouldn't it be a shame for the secretary's attention to me."

"Oh? Another salary increase. You got two raises this year?"

"Yeah, twice." Sha Zhu nodded and said, "Before the New Year, they gave me a raise because they were afraid that I would be poached by another factory. I think I can get another raise next year. I have learned new skills from you and my cooking is even more delicious. Next year, there will be more banquets at the factory and everyone will like them. Then the factory will be even more worried about whether I will stay or go, so they will have to appease me." Sha Zhu became more and more proud as he spoke.

"Pah." A sound rang out on the silly pillar's head. The master's wife in the inner room heard it and asked, "What's wrong? What are you two doing?"

"Master's wife, Master hit me." Sha Zhu immediately went to find the parents.

"Old man, why did you hit him for no reason?"

"As soon as he has some skills, he gets carried away. If we don't punish him, he will be arrogant." Master Sun waited for Sha Zhu: "Remember, we are cooks, we serve people, and we sell our skills. If people like to eat, we will cook well, but we can't use our skills to blackmail others. If he wants to give you a raise, you should accept it. You can't go to the boss to negotiate conditions just because someone wants to poach you. What will you do if someone is better than you in the future? The most important thing in life is friendship. If you have friendship, others will also treat you with friendship. You are right. The factory just gave you a raise. It's not a good idea for you to come here now."

"Master, why do you suddenly want me to go to work in the building?"

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