Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Three days later, Li Huaide came to work smoothly after handling his wedding. When the workers in the cafeteria saw him, their faces were filled with smiles, and they all sent their blessings: "Director Li, happy wedding!", "Director Li, have a baby soon!", "Director Li, a happy marriage!"...

Li Huaide was deeply moved when he heard these words of blessing. He responded with a smile: "Thank you, everyone. I wish you all good work and a happy life." Then he took out a handful of hard candies from his pocket and handed them to every worker who came to congratulate him.

When Li Huaide handed the last piece of wedding candy in his hand to the last worker in the canteen, He Yuzhu happened to walk into the canteen kitchen.

He Yuzhu looked at Li Huaide's busy figure and greeted him with a smile: "Director Li, have you arranged everything at home?"

Li Huaide nodded quickly and replied: "Well, thanks to your help over the past few days, Deputy Director He, I can get married at home with peace of mind." After saying that, he took out a handful of wedding candy and wanted to hand it to He Yuzhu.

"Director Li, you are too polite. The cafeteria is under my charge, and it is only natural for me to work in the cafeteria. As for Director Li's wedding candy, I will definitely eat it, but I don't like sweets very much, so one is enough for me." After saying that, He Yuzhu took a candy from Li Huaide's hand, peeled off the candy skin and put it in his mouth.

"How can this be, Deputy Director He?" After saying that, Li Huaide stuffed the candy directly into He Yuzhu's hand.

"Thank you, Director Li." He Yuzhu was not the shy person. Since Li Huaide insisted on giving it to him, there was no need to be too polite. He just put the candy in his pocket and gave it to his sister He Yushui when he got back.

"Director Li, you're married now, and you've started a family. How do you feel about that?"

"That's about it. To be honest, it's a bit strange to have someone suddenly around me." Li Huaide thought for a moment and said with a smile.

"As the saying goes, 'A wife and children make a warm bed.' Having a wife is always better than being alone. Having someone to help with cooking, washing clothes and doing housework makes life more interesting when two people live together," He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"What Deputy Director He said makes sense. Deputy Director He can be said to have a fulfilling life now. He has a wife and children."

"Then you have to work hard and try to be like me as soon as possible. Director Li, I came to the cafeteria just to see if you have come to work. Since you are already here, I will go back to the logistics department."

"Deputy Director He, take care. I won't see you off."

"No need to send it off. Just focus on your work. Oh, and don't forget to tell the workers about that."

"Don't worry, Deputy Director He, I won't forget it."

After He Yuzhu left, Li Huaide said, "Kitchen workers, put down your work for now. I have good news for you all."

Upon hearing the voice, the kitchen workers put down their work and looked at Li Huaide, expecting the good news that Li Huaide would tell them.

"Now, in addition to helping in the kitchen every day, the kitchen workers are also required to manage the vegetable fields in the factory. The output of the vegetable fields is very gratifying under everyone's management. Therefore, I applied to the superiors for an additional subsidy for the workers who manage the vegetable fields in the canteen. After research, the superiors decided to give the workers who manage the vegetable fields a subsidy of 2 yuan per month."

The kitchen helpers were very happy when they heard this. They thought they had nothing, but it turned out to be an extra subsidy. 2 yuan a month may not seem like much, but for them, whose basic salary is only 18 yuan a month, it is already a lot. In a year, it is equivalent to an extra month's salary.

"Thank you, Director Li. It is you who understands us." The workers expressed their gratitude to Li Huaide one after another.

"This is what I should do, but I hope everyone will continue to work hard and strive to manage the vegetable fields better. This way, when you make greater achievements in the future, I can continue to apply for rewards from the superiors for everyone."

"Director Li, don't worry, we will do our best." After seeing the tangible rewards, the kitchen workers were like chicken blood, and they were all full of energy.

In a blink of an eye, a month passed, and it was time for He Yuzhu to hold a full-month banquet for his son. Because he didn't want to hire a chef, He Yuzhu had to cook by himself. Because there were many people invited this time, He Yuzhu specially arranged it on the weekend when he was not working.

The preparation of the ingredients for the full moon wine was naturally handed over to Cai Quanwu. The reason was simple, because Cai Quanwu had a cart that was more convenient for him to pull things. In fact, it was more like the transportation of the ingredients than the preparation. The ingredients were prepared by He Yuzhu in advance in the Fudi Dongtian and placed in the courtyard of Qudeng Hutong. Cai Quanwu only needed to help pull the ingredients prepared by He Yuzhu from the courtyard of Qudeng Hutong to the courtyard No. 95 where He Yuzhu lived.

According to He Yuzhu's calculation, there will be 8 tables for the banquet, one for the master Wu Baotian's family, one for He Yuzhu's direct younger brother Zhang Hu and his family, one for Cai Quanwu's family, and the other 5 for the neighbors in the courtyard. He Yuzhu prepared 10 hens, 16 catties of pork, 80 catties of potatoes and 30 catties of green vegetables for the banquet. In order to prevent any villains from doing anything, He Yuzhu specifically asked Zhang Hu and his friends to check these things in the vegetable market, so that even if someone reported it, they could explain the source clearly.

Although He Yuzhu wanted to invite everyone in the courtyard to a banquet this time, considering the possible impact, He Yuzhu finally decided not to make the banquet too sumptuous. If it was really too good, and the people in the courtyard went out to show off and spread it everywhere, he would definitely be the one who would be unlucky in the end. Therefore, after careful consideration, He Yuzhu finally finalized the menu for the full moon banquet. This time, he chose to focus on simple and affordable dishes.

The main dish is a large plate of delicious chicken, which makes people salivate. Each table will also be served with a portion of fat but not greasy braised pork and a portion of salty and delicious twice-cooked pork, plus two portions of seasonal fresh vegetables, ensuring a good combination of meat and vegetables. For the staple food, noodles made from a mixture of cornmeal and white flour are prepared, which have a chewy texture. When the chicken is almost finished, you can add the noodles to the chicken and mix them evenly, which has a unique flavor. This arrangement is both economical and can satisfy everyone's taste buds.

At this time, He Yuzhu was busy cooking delicious dishes in the kitchen, and the overflowing aroma spread throughout the courtyard. Jia Zhang hid at home, sniffing the tempting aroma and swallowing her saliva. Thinking that she could not attend the banquet at noon today, she could not help but complain: "Shazhu is so heartless. How can people live when the dishes are so delicious!"

However, Jia Zhang still had a glimmer of hope in her heart, imagining that He Yuzhu might come to invite her family when the banquet started because he was embarrassed. After all, according to convention, the banquet should be held in the middle courtyard, and everyone in the courtyard would gather together. If only her family and Yi Zhonghai's family sent one person to attend, Yi Zhonghai, who always valued face, would definitely feel embarrassed.

With this unrealistic fantasy in mind, Jia Zhang said to Qin Huairu: "Huairu, don't rush to cook."

"Why, Mom? I remember He Yuzhu was holding his son's full moon banquet today, but he didn't say that we were invited to attend?" Qin Huairu asked with a puzzled look on her face.

Jia Zhang pointed outside the house, and Qin Huairu asked in surprise, "Mom, is it so rare that He Yuzhu asked us to have a feast? When did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?"

Jia Zhang's face suddenly turned red, and she quickly said, "Silly Zhu, didn't you say you wanted to treat us to a feast?"

Qin Huairu was immediately disappointed when she heard this and said, "Mom, He Yuzhu didn't say he would treat us to a feast, so what do you mean by not letting me cook so early?"

"Huai Ru, listen to what mom has to say first. Sha Zhu lives in the middle courtyard, right?"

Qin Huairu nodded quickly, "Mom, what does He Yuzhu's living in the middle courtyard have to do with inviting us to a banquet?"

"Since Shazhu lives in the middle courtyard, then he should hold his son's full moon banquet in the middle courtyard. There are more than just our family living in the middle courtyard, there is also Xudong's master's family. If everyone in the courtyard gathers in the middle courtyard, only the eldest uncle of Xudong's master's family will go there, while the other two uncles in charge, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, will have their families with them. What do you think Xudong's master will think?"

"Xudong's master is such a face-conscious person. You are also the uncle in charge of the courtyard. You didn't invite the uncle's family. Aren't you sincerely embarrassing the uncle? So maybe when the meal is about to start, He Yuzhu will come to call the aunt. Since they call the aunt, my family must be included. After all, Xudong is the apprentice of the uncle. Huairu, do you understand what I said?"

As Jia Zhang spoke, she gestured with her hands, a smug smile on her face.

Qin Huairu certainly understood what her mother-in-law meant. She nodded to show that she understood.

Jia Zhang continued, "So, now we just need to wait patiently until Sha Zhu comes to call us. If you prepare the meal now and Sha Zhu comes to call us, it will be a waste."

"Mom, why is the middle courtyard so clean now? There's not even a table set up."

"It's so hot now, why set the table so early? No one can sit. The table and chairs will be hot if they are exposed to the sun for a while. There are so many people in the yard, it will be too late to set the table. It will be in time when the feast is about to start." Jia Zhang explained confidently. "Huai Ru, don't worry, you will know in a moment."

Qin Huairu responded, but she felt a little uneasy. Although she knew that her mother-in-law was right, she was still worried that something might happen. After all, there had always been a lot of conflicts between Sha Zhu and their Jia family, and Sha Zhu was a stubborn person. Who knew if he would deliberately not give them face? However, she did not dare to tell her mother-in-law about these concerns, and could only pray silently that everything would go well.

Unfortunately, He Yuzhu had already considered this matter. How could he possibly satisfy Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu's family? Therefore, He Yuzhu divided the banquet into three parts. All the people who came to the banquet with gifts from the Siheyuan sat in the middle courtyard, and the people He Yuzhu promised to invite were divided into two groups. The residents of the backyard ate in the backyard, and the residents of the front yard ate in the front yard. This could avoid irritating Yi Zhonghai and give him a fig leaf, and at the same time fulfill his promise, which was a two-pronged approach.

He Yuzhu also thought of a set of rhetoric. The banquet in the middle courtyard was for the full moon wine of He Yuzhu's son, while the banquets in the backyard and front yard were for thanking those who sent Lou Xiao'e to the Hexie Hospital. It must be said that He Yuzhu's move was really clever. It allowed the neighbors of the courtyard to enjoy the food without embarrassing Yi Zhonghai.

When it was almost 11 o'clock in the morning, Jia Zhang couldn't wait any longer at home. She anxiously leaned on the window and looked out, but found that there was still no movement in the yard, and no table was set out. If she hadn't smelled the fragrance of He Yuzhu's cooking, Jia Zhang would have suspected that He Yuzhu didn't plan to invite everyone to the banquet today.

Unable to wait any longer, Jia Zhang looked at Jia Xudong who was sleeping on the kang. It seemed that she had to wake Jia Xudong up and let him attend the banquet. As long as Jia Xudong gave the gift money to Yan Bugui, she would know how the banquet for He Yuzhu's son was arranged. So Jia Zhang gently pushed Jia Xudong's arm to wake him up.

"Xudong, don't sleep any more. It's almost noon. You should go to He Yuzhu's banquet."

Jia Xudong lazily lay on the kang, his eyelids drooping, mumbling: "Mom, don't worry, we live so close to He Yuzhu, we can still make it in time when his family serves the food. Please don't bother me, let me take a nap, I'm really sleepy."

Since he didn't have to go to work today and could sleep in a little longer, Jia Xudong took advantage of Jia Zhang's deep sleep last night to have two in-depth and heated discussions with Qin Huairu. This kind of discussion was not an ordinary discussion, it was an unforgettable and soul-touching in-depth discussion!