Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Chapter 3 Father and Son Meet for the First Time

He Yuzhu was awakened by the noise outside the house. He Yuzhu listened carefully and found that it was the neighbors who were off work. He Yuzhu knew that he couldn't sleep anymore because the father of this body, He Daqing, would come back. He Yuzhu didn't know how to face him. Oh, he also had a younger sister, He Yushui, who was only 2 years old. He Daqing took He Yushui to the steel mill when he went to work.

He Yuzhu had just put on his clothes when the door was opened from the outside. A man who looked like Teacher Su Daqiang walked in, holding a girl in one hand. He Yuzhu took a look and saw that it was his sister He Yushui.

"Zhu Zi, is your fever gone? How do you feel?"

"Well, the fever is gone, I feel better. What are we having for dinner, Dad?"

"Heat up the two boxes of vegetables and cook some corn paste first."

He Yuzhu took the lunch box handed over by He Daqing, lit the coal stove in the house, and started cooking. While cooking corn paste, He Yuzhu opened the lunch box brought back by He Daqing. One box of fried potato shreds, one box of hot and sour cabbage, and another box of steamed corn bread. One of the two boxes of food must be for tomorrow morning. Don't ask why He Yuzhu knows, because his family has always been like this. It smells good. It's probably not a big pot dish, but a small stir-fry made by his father.

He Daqing sat on the official hat chair in the main hall, drinking tea. He Yuzhu waited for the corn to be cooked, served the rice, and brought it to the table.

"Rainwater, stop playing and come wash your hands and get ready for dinner.

He Yushui obediently ran to He Yuzhu, who took him to the wash basin rack and poured some hot water from the thermos. He put his hand in to test the water temperature and found it was fine. He Yuzhu took the wash basin off the rack and put it on the ground, then took He Yushui's hand and started washing it. After He Yuzhu helped He Yushui wash her hands, He Yushui immediately ran to He Daqing who was already sitting at the dining table.

He Daqing picked up He Yushui, let He Yushui sit on his lap, and took a steamed bun from the steamed bun basket for He Yushui. After He Yuzhu put the wash basin back on the shelf, he walked to the dining table, sat down, picked up his own bowl, and started eating. He Yuzhu first drank a mouthful of corn paste, which tasted good. He had drunk it in his later life. He picked up a steamed bun and took a bite. It was made of corn flour and sorghum flour, and it was a little rough, but it was okay. He took a bite of shredded potatoes, which tasted good, at least better than his previous life. After all, the level of a chef who could become a chef in a restaurant in Beiping City could not be bad. He Yuzhu was full in a short while.

"Dad, I'm full. I'll go wash the pot first. Call me when you're done."

He Yuzhu took his bowl and walked to the stove, put the bowl in the cooking pot, picked up the cooking pot and walked to the pool in the yard. He Yuzhu took the opportunity to observe this courtyard that was both familiar and unfamiliar. Speaking of familiar, before he traveled through time, the owner of this body had been living in this courtyard since he could remember, and every blade of grass and every tree in this courtyard was so familiar to him. But to himself, a person who traveled through time, everything here looked very strange. He Yuzhu cleaned the pots and bowls and walked into the house. Put the bowls in the cupboard, put the iron pot on the stove, and boil the water in the iron pot dry, otherwise it will rust. After the water in the pot dried up, He Yuzhu put the kettle on the stove and prepared to fill the thermos at home.

"Zhu Zi, I'm done eating, you come and clean up."

He Yuzhu walked to the table, put away the bowls and plates on the table, covered the steamed bun basket with a cloth, picked up the plates and walked to the pool in the yard to wash them. At this time, some people also came to the pool after dinner to wash their dishes. He Yuzhu said hello to these people and went home.

He Yuzhu put the bowl in the cupboard, picked up the rag, walked to the table and wiped it clean. Just as he washed the rag and hung it up, he heard He Daqing's words.

"Zhu Zi, come here and I'll tell you something."

Hearing the sound, He Yuzhu walked to the dining table, pulled a stool and sat down.

"Zhu Zi, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. You will be 12 years old after the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, I asked someone to find you an apprenticeship at Fengze Garden. Although our family has inherited Tan's cuisine, I will teach you the skills of Tan's cuisine sooner or later, but you also know the rules of Tan's cuisine. Although we can cook Tan's cuisine, we cannot rely on this skill to make a living in other restaurants without the permission of the Tan family. So I specially asked my senior brother Wu Baotian to accept you as an apprentice. You go to Fengze Garden and learn Shandong cuisine from him. When you have learned Shandong cuisine well, I will teach you the Sichuan cuisine that I know."

"Okay, Dad. If there's nothing else, I'm going to bed."

"There's nothing else to do. Go to bed."

He Yuzhu was lying on his bed, thinking back to the first time he met He Daqing. He felt that He Daqing was still a responsible father. Although his mother died of dystocia when giving birth to Yushui, he took good care of his daughter by himself. He Yushui looked clean and was no worse than those children with mothers. Of course, it was also related to his high income as a chef. He did not see the common preference for boys over girls in He Daqing. In comparison, He Yuzhu was the one who was left alone, and He Yushui was the one who was carefully raised. After thinking about this, He Yuzhu just closed his eyes and prepared to go to sleep, but he always felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a long time, He Yuzhu finally remembered what was wrong. He Daqing called him Zhuzi instead of Shazhu. He clearly remembered that everyone in the TV series called He Yuzhu Shazhu. What was going on?

He Yuzhu carefully recalled the memory of his previous life and found that in his memory, He Daqing had always called him Zhuzi before he crossed over, and never called him Shazhu. Could it be that something happened later that made He Daqing call him Shazhu? He Yuzhu began to think about the fan fiction he had read before. After a long time of thinking, he remembered that in the novel, Qin Huairu arranged a blind date between He Yuzhu and Qin Jingru. Qin Jingru heard others say that her nickname was Shazhu and despised herself for being stupid. Jia Zhang explained that when He Yuzhu was just liberated, he was probably eleven or twelve years old. Once, He Daqing made a basket of buns and asked He Yuzhu to sell them on the street. When He Yuzhu was selling buns, a military vehicle carrying wounded soldiers passed by, and then the wounded soldiers came down to grab food. When the wounded soldiers grabbed his buns, He Yuzhu knocked the wounded soldiers to the ground. As a result, the wounded soldiers were angry and chased him all the way. He Yuzhu relied on his familiarity with the road to get rid of the pursuit of the wounded soldiers. After getting rid of the pursuit of the wounded soldiers, He Yuzhu met a man who bought all his buns, and He Yuzhu went home happily. As a result, when he returned home and gave the money to He Daqing, He Daqing found that the money that the man gave to He Yuzhu to buy buns was all fake. He Daqing was so angry that he cursed at He Yuzhu: "Zhuzi, you can't even tell the difference between real money and fake money, you are really a stupid Zhuzi." You should know that at that time, the money from the buns was enough to buy a month's rations for a family of three, which shows that it is normal for He Daqing to be so angry. Since then, He Daqing called He Yuzhu "Silly Zhu", and the people in the yard followed He Daqing's call. Later, He Yuzhu went to work in the steel rolling mill, and many people in the yard also worked in the steel rolling mill, so this nickname was brought to the steel rolling mill.

After He Yuzhu figured out why he was called Shazhu, he realized that he had traveled through time earlier, and the incident of He Yuzhu selling buns and accepting fake money had not happened yet. He still had a chance to change his fate. You know, those predecessors who traveled through time to He Yuzhu did the same thing. That is to get rid of the nickname Shazhu, which shows how unpopular the nickname Shazhu is. It is such a happy thing that he has not been called Shazhu yet. However, what is written in the novel does not seem to be right. Beiping was liberated in 1949. At that time, He Yuzhu was not eleven or twelve years old, but fourteen years old. Moreover, after liberation, Beiping was the capital of Xinlongguo. The army of Xinlongguo was the people's army. How could there be a matter of wounded soldiers robbing buns? It seems that Jia Zhangshi should have remembered it wrong. The incident should have happened after Xiaori surrendered, when the skinheads ruled Beiping. Soldiers robbing people's things was the usual style of the skinheads. He Yuzhu thought about what Jia Zhang said and found it funny. She could get the year wrong for such a serious matter as the wounded soldiers snatching steamed buns. Fortunately, she said it in front of Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru, a pair of uneducated sisters. If it were someone else, they might even be labeled as counter-revolutionaries for reporting Jia Zhang. No author noticed such an obvious mistake. He Yuzhu, I am really smart. "I am really smart. Hehe..."

He Yuzhu imagined himself wearing a long robe, a silk scarf on his head, and holding a feather fan in his hand, gently fanning himself, and fell asleep.

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