Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

He Yuzhu sat in the room and chatted with Lou Xiaoe for a while, and Lou Xiaoe felt sleepy again. He Yuzhu saw that Lou Xiaoe could hardly open her eyes, so he said gently: "Xiaoe, if you are sleepy, go to sleep, there is nothing to do anyway."

Lou Xiao'e yawned and said, "Okay, Brother He, I'm going to sleep first." After that, Lou Xiao'e fell asleep with a smile on her face.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but smile when he saw Lou Xiao'e fall asleep the moment she finished speaking. After covering Lou Xiao'e with a thin blanket, He Yuzhu walked out of the room quietly and closed the door carefully.

When He Yuzhu arrived in the yard, he found that the three aunties had already washed all the dishes. He Yuzhu smiled and said to the three aunties, "Today, the three aunties have worked hard. It's still early and there's nothing to do for the time being. The three aunties can go back and have a rest first. Come over to help at 4:."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, the three aunts all walked home with a smile. He Yuzhu came to He Yushui's room and moved the table outside. In the evening, when inviting the neighbors to dinner in the courtyard, they would not sit in the house, but directly in the yard. He Yushui helped his brother move the stools to the yard. After cleaning up He Yushui's room, He Yuzhu said, "Yushui, you have been busy all day. If you are tired, just lie down on the bed and rest for a while."

He Yushui smiled and said, "It's okay, big brother, I'm not tired, you go and do your thing, I'll clean up the house."

He Yuzhu turned and walked towards the kitchen. He was going to help prepare dinner for tonight. Master Zhang, who was resting on a chair, saw He Yuzhu coming in and quickly sat up and said, "Chef He, aren't you done? There's nothing to do in the kitchen, you can just rest in the room."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Master Zhang, just take a rest. I'm going to make some dough to make steamed buns for the neighbors in the courtyard tonight."

When Master Zhang heard what He Yuzhu said, he sat back in his chair and rested with peace of mind. He Yuzhu lifted the lid of the dough jar, took out 15 kilograms of white flour and 15 kilograms of corn flour from the dough jar and put them in a large dough basin. Then he found the yeast that had been soaked in advance and diluted it with warm water. Then he poured the diluted yeast water into the dough basin and started mixing it.

It took He Yuzhu almost 5 minutes to knead 30 kilograms of flour. He Yuzhu put the basin in a corner aside and covered it with a lid.

Master Zhang sat aside and watched He Yuzhu knead the dough quietly. After He Yuzhu finished kneading the dough, Master Zhang couldn't help but say with admiration: "Chef He, I didn't expect you to be so good at making noodles. I saw that you kneaded the dough very smoothly."

He Yuzhu smiled and said modestly: "Master Zhang, you are too kind. I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, which has caused me to eat more than the average person. As a result, we have to steam a lot of steamed buns every time, so I have the opportunity to practice frequently. In addition, I always think about how to make the dough taste better. Therefore, I am quite skilled in steaming buns. Master Zhang, you can continue to rest. I will not disturb you." After speaking, He Yuzhu walked out of the kitchen and returned to the main room of his house. Because Lou Xiao'e was sleeping in the inner room, He Yuzhu was afraid that he would wake up Lou Xiao'e if he went in, so He Yuzhu moved out the recliner and lay down on it to rest.

When He Yuzhu woke up, he looked at the clock on the table and found that he had slept for less than an hour. The time was just 2:46. He Yuzhu had nothing else to do, so he got up and did housework. He Yuzhu packed up all of Lou Xiaoe's dowry, then lay back on the chair and picked up a book to read.

At about 4:, He Yuzhu got up from the recliner, put the book in the bookcase in the room, and went to the kitchen. Master Zhang had already started to get busy, preparing for the wedding banquet in the evening. After greeting Master Zhang, He Yuzhu went directly to the basin, opened the lid of the basin, and saw that the noodles had risen. He Yuzhu nodded with satisfaction.

He Yuzhu took out the alkaline noodles from the cupboard and poured them into a bowl. Then he added warm water to the bowl and stirred the alkaline noodles with chopsticks. After the alkaline water was mixed well, He Yuzhu began to knead the dough with his hands dipped in the alkaline water. After kneading for seven or eight minutes, He Yuzhu pinched a small piece of dough and put it under his nose to smell it. When he felt that it was almost done, He Yuzhu moved the steamer left by He Daqing from the next room, cleaned the steamer and put it aside.

He Yuzhu cut a large piece of dough with a knife and put it on the chopping board. He sprinkled white flour on it and kneaded it for about 1 minute. Then He Yuzhu kneaded the dough into a long strip, and then cut it into steamed buns of uniform size with a knife. He put the cut steamed buns on the steamer. After steaming, each steamed bun weighed about 3 taels. After all the steamed buns were made, He Yuzhu poured a large pot of water into the big pot at home, and then took a few pieces of burning coal from Master Zhang's stove and put them in the furnace. He Yuzhu put a few pieces of wood in the furnace, and when the wood was completely burned, he added some coal on the wood.

The fire burned fiercely, and after about 15 minutes, the water in the pot boiled. He Yuzhu placed the steamers on the pot layer by layer. After the eight layers of steamers were placed, He Yuzhu smiled and said to the third aunt who came to help: "Third aunt, please help to look at the stove. There are too many steamed buns this time, so the fire cannot be reduced."

The third aunt readily agreed, "Don't worry, Zhuzi, leave it to me."

After He Yuzhu told the three aunts, he took the meat left over from Master Zhang's cooking. He Yuzhu prepared a total of 5 banquets for lunch and dinner. He Yuzhu arranged 3 catties of pork and half a chicken for each banquet, and the rest were vegetarian dishes. The remaining 5 catties of pork was prepared for tonight's pork stew with vermicelli. He Yuzhu took the pork and cut it into half-centimeter thick slices. After cutting the pork, He Yuzhu took a large bowl of sour beans from the kimchi jar. There was no cabbage in this season, so he had to use other things instead.

After He Yuzhu processed the sour beans, he picked up the cleaned cabbage and cut it. After cutting the cabbage, He Yuzhu took out his pocket watch to check the time. It was 5:32, and it was almost time to start cooking.

It just so happened that Chef Zhang had already prepared all the dishes and put them in the steamer to keep them warm. He Yuzhu poured a large shovel of coal into the stove and then removed the baffle in front of the damper. Soon the stove started to burn. Chef Zhang stood by and smoked and said, "Chef He, I've been cooking for so many years, but this is the first time I've used a stove that burns so quickly. Your stove is really easy to use."

After listening to this, He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Master Zhang, the structure of this stove is very simple. If you like it, wait until you have a banquet in the evening and take a close look at it when the fire inside goes out. Then you can go back and make an identical one." This stove was actually made by He Yuzhu with reference to the rocket stove of later generations. Because it has many air inlets, the fire can be very fierce without the aid of a blower.

After listening to this, Master Zhang chuckled and said, "Then I won't be polite."

He Yuzhu put the big iron pot on the rocket stove. After the pot was heated, He Yuzhu directly scooped a few tablespoons of rapeseed oil into it, and then He Yuzhu scooped a few tablespoons of lard into it. After the pork melted, He Yuzhu directly poured all 5 pounds of pork into it. After the pork was fried dry, He Yuzhu added onions, ginger, garlic and seasonings and continued to stir-fry. After a while, He Yuzhu poured the chopped cabbage into the pot, stir-fried it for a few times, and then He Yuzhu added boiling water to the pot. After the water covered the cabbage, He Yuzhu poured the soaked vermicelli and artificial meat into the pot, and then He Yuzhu added soy sauce, salt and his own thirteen spices. In order to make the taste heavier, He Yuzhu scooped two spoons of his own braised meat broth into the pot.

When the water in the pot boiled again, a fragrance suddenly floated in the air. He Yuzhu poured the cut sour beans into the pot and covered the pot. After smelling the big pot of food made by He Yuzhu, Master Zhang couldn't help but say admiringly: "I have only heard about how good the cooking of the devil chef He is before. Today I finally saw it. It is true that heroes emerge young."

He Yuzhu smiled and said nothing after listening to it. At this time, Lou Xiaoe appeared at the kitchen door and asked curiously, "Brother He, what are you cooking in the kitchen? Why does it smell so good?"

He Yuzhu saw Lou Xiao'e coming to the kitchen smelling the food, and couldn't help but smile and said, "This is the pork stewed with vermicelli that I made. I'm inviting the neighbors to eat it tonight. It will take a while for it to be ready. Are you hungry?"

Lou Xiao'e said a little embarrassedly: "Well, I'm a little hungry."

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "Wait a few minutes, it will be ready soon. I'll serve you a bowl later. We have some freshly steamed buns." Then He Yuzhu turned to the second and third aunts and said, "Second aunt, third aunt, and Aunt Wang, the people in our yard will be going home after get off work soon. Please help me find a few more tables in the middle yard. Although I have only set up two tables for the banquet today, others can also come to the table. As long as you are from our yard, bring your own bowl tonight. Everyone will have a bowl of pork stewed with vermicelli and steamed buns to fill you up."

After hearing this, the three aunts smiled and went out to find a table and benches. He Yuzhu came to Lou Xiao'e, touched her head, and said gently, "Xiao'e, did you just wake up?"

Lou Xiao'e blushed and said, "Well, I was sleeping soundly, but I woke up when I smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen."

He Yuzhu couldn't help laughing after hearing what Lou Xiao'e said. When Lou Xiao'e saw He Yuzhu laughing, her face turned even redder. He Yuzhu said after laughing, "Xiao'e, go to Yushui's room first. The kitchen will be serving dishes later, and there will be many people coming in and out. When the pork stewed with vermicelli is ready, I'll bring it to you, and you and Yushui can eat in her room."

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Lou Xiao'e hummed, turned around and left the kitchen and came to He Yushui's room. He Yushui, who was sitting at the desk reading a book, saw her sister-in-law Lou Xiao'e push the door in, and couldn't help but smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, are you awake?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled embarrassedly and explained, "I was too excited last night and didn't sleep much, so I fell asleep as soon as I relaxed after finishing my work at noon today. Yu Shui, you are reading a book, will my sister-in-law coming in affect your reading?"

He Yushui took Lou Xiao'e's hand and asked her to sit on the bed, and said casually: "It's okay, sister-in-law, I have already learned the knowledge in the book anyway, I just read it again because I was bored."

After hearing this, Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but ask curiously, "Yushui, you've already learned it, why do you still need to watch it?"

He Yushui said excitedly, "Sister-in-law, my brother told me that although a tall building starts from the ground, if you want to build a tall building, you must lay a solid foundation. Although I have learned this knowledge, I can still review it to learn new things. My brother said that as long as I master all the knowledge in the textbooks and persist until I graduate from high school, then when the college entrance examination comes, I will definitely be able to get into college, and then I will be the first college student in our He family."

After listening to He Yushui's ideal, Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but smile and said encouragingly: "Then work hard, Yushui, when you get into college, I will be the sister-in-law of a college student. At that time, your brother and I will send you to college together. By the way, Yushui, what major do you plan to study in college?"

When He Yushui heard Lou Xiao'e's question, he said seriously, "I want to study aircraft engines."

After listening to this, Lou Xiao'e asked in bewilderment: "Yushui, why do you want to study aircraft engines? I've heard of people wanting to learn to build airplanes and warships, but this is the first time I've heard of someone wanting to study aircraft engines."

He Yushui patiently explained to Lou Xiaoe: "Sister-in-law, my brother said that as long as the engine is powerful enough, a brick can fly into the sky. When I grow up, I will develop the best engine in the world for the country. With the best engine, our country's aircraft will be able to fly faster and farther than other countries. If the bald man's plane dares to fly over, we can directly shoot it down."

Lou Xiao'e said with admiration: "Yushui, you are awesome, you know so much."

Just as the two sisters-in-law were chatting animatedly, He Yuzhu opened the door and came in with food. "What are you two talking about? The meal is ready. Let's eat first." He Yuzhu took two bowls of pork stewed with vermicelli from the tray and placed them on He Yushui's desk, along with a plate of steamed buns made of two-grain flour. Then He Yuzhu said, "Eat slowly. There's still work to do in the kitchen. Xiao'e, when you finish eating, we still have to toast to the neighbors."