Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the New Year. In the afternoon, He Daqing prepared to send He Yuzhu to Wu Baotian's home. He Daqing asked Yi Zhonghai's wife to help look after He Yushui. He carried the bedding prepared for He Yuzhu, and He Yuzhu carried his own clothes for change. Along the way, He Daqing gave He Yuzhu special instructions.

"Zhu Zi, you must learn from your master and listen to him. You must be more agile and sweet-mouthed. Don't be like a wooden man all the time. In two years, when you are older, I will teach you Tan's cuisine and Sichuan cuisine. Although I taught you some of it before, you were too young to handle a wok, so I didn't teach you that deeply."

As the father and son were talking, they soon arrived at Wu Baotian's home. After He Daqing put down He Yuzhu's bedding, he didn't stay long. He just exchanged a few words with Wu Baotian and left in a hurry. After all, He Yushui was still in Yi Zhonghai's house, and it would not be good to ask someone else to look after him for too long.

After He Daqing left, He Yuzhu spread out his bedding and put his clothes at the end of the bed. He Yuzhu looked around the room he lived in. Because Beijing's winter was too cold, most residents would have a brick bed in their house. The room to the north of the west wing where He Yuzhu lived also had a brick bed. He Yuzhu had never slept on a brick bed before. In his previous life, his hometown was in a small town next to the Han River south of the Qinling Mountains. The two brothers of the Wu family slept on the north side of the brick bed, and He Yuzhu's bedding was spread on the south side.

After He Yuzhu had dinner at Wu Baotian's house, Wu Baotian stopped He Yuzhu and began to tell him about Shandong cuisine: "Shandong cuisine is one of the eight traditional Chinese cuisines. It ranks first among the eight cuisines because of its long history. It is the only northern cuisine among the eight cuisines, the representative of northern cuisine, and the foundation of Chinese home cooking. Because of its long history, it has the most abundant techniques handed down, and it is also the cuisine that tests the chef's skills the most."

"Shandong cuisine originated in the ancient Shandong Qilu land. Because it is the birthplace of Confucianism, it is influenced by Confucianism and focuses on refinement, neutrality and health. Shandong cuisine has developed a variety of techniques including steaming, boiling, roasting, brewing, frying, stir-frying, simmering, cooking, deep-frying, curing, salting, soy sauce, vinegar, sauce, wine, honey and pepper. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a large number of Shandong chefs entered the palace and brought Shandong cuisine dishes into the palace. Under the influence of the royal family, Shandong cuisine has become more elegant, moderate, peaceful and healthy."

"Cooking requires color, aroma and taste. If you want the dishes to look good, the chef must have good knife skills. Good knife skills are the basis for cooking well. Without good knife skills, the size, thickness and thickness of the cut vegetables cannot be consistent. The first step to learning to be a good chef is to practice knife skills. Only excellent knife skills can guarantee the quality of dishes. You have been practicing knife skills with your father since you were a child. I think you should be almost good at this. When the restaurant opens tomorrow, I will take a look at your knife skills."

"After color comes fragrance. The so-called fragrance is that the chef needs to stimulate the fragrance of the ingredients when cooking. In order to stimulate the fragrance of the ingredients, the chef needs various skills and the right temperature. This is also the most representative of the chef's level. After the fragrance comes the taste. If the dishes are to be delicious, they need various seasonings, so they need to understand the coordination between the seasonings. The chef must not only understand the role and efficacy of various seasonings, but also be able to distinguish the quality of the seasonings. He must be able to know the quality of the seasonings by smelling, tasting, and touching. Only good seasonings can guarantee the taste of the dishes. You must remember what I just said. As the saying goes, the master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to you. In the future, you will need to practice and understand it well. Okay, this is what I said today. You can go back and rest later."

"Master, I will go back first. You should go to bed early." He Yuzhu returned to his room, found his wooden basin, poured some hot water from the thermos and washed his feet. Then he went to bed and lay down under the quilt. The kang had been heated in advance. He Yuzhu lay on the kang and felt the heat coming from under his body. He felt very comfortable.

He Yuzhu had just laid down for a while when Wu Youyi and Wu Youli came in. After dinner, when Wu Baotian asked He Yuzhu to talk, they had gone out to play with their sister Wu Xiangyun and had just returned. Wu Youli hurriedly washed his feet and got into bed. Wu Youyi sat on the kang and read a book.

"Brother Zhuzi, why don't you go to school? You are not even as old as my second brother, and my second brother is still in school. Why don't you go to school?"

He Yuzhu heard this and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who made the original owner not born to be a good student? He would fall asleep as soon as he started reading. He finally finished elementary school and didn't want to go to middle school at all. "I was not born to be a good student. I don't like reading. I like cooking. So I don't go to school. Youli, you must study hard and try to get into college."

He Yuzhu, Wu Youyi and Wu Youli chatted about this and that, and Wu Youli fell asleep. He Yuzhu smiled and said, "He is really a little kid. He fell asleep as soon as he said he would." "Brother Youyi, let's turn off the lights and go to bed?" "Okay." Wu Youyi turned off the lights.

He Yuzhu lay on the bed and looked at the dark ceiling, thinking that he would start being an apprentice tomorrow. He didn't know how being an apprentice in this life was different from studying in the New Oriental School in his previous life. However, he heard that the salary during the apprenticeship period would all go to the master, and the master would be responsible for the apprentice's food and drink, which was better than his previous life.

The next day, He Yuzhu woke up when he heard the rooster crowing. In that era, people didn't have mobile phones or alarm clocks. They woke up mainly by the rooster crowing and their own biological clocks. Looking at the two brothers Wu Youyi and Wu Youli who were still sleeping soundly next to him, He Yuzhu quietly entered the blessed land cave. It was already dawn in the cave. He Yuzhu first ran to the stream to wash his face, and then ran around the square twice. He Yuzhu felt that his body was almost active, so he walked to the Wuji Hall, sat on the enlightenment stone and concentrated his mind. After his mind was calm, he stood up and practiced Ba Duan Jin twice.

After practicing Ba Duan Jin, He Yuzhu first checked the growth of the crops. The corn had grown as tall as He Yuzhu, and it looked like it would be ready for harvest in two months. After seeing the various crops growing well, He Yuzhu walked to the grassland to check the chickens and sheep. Because of the sufficient food, the six chickens had grown up. He Yuzhu felt that he would have eggs to eat in a few days. The three sheep had grown a lot bigger than they did at first, but he didn't know when they would give birth to lambs. With such a large grassland in Fudi Dongtian, there must be a herd of cattle and sheep. It had been more than 2 days since the last sowing. The wasteland was no longer a wasteland, but had begun to be covered with green little by little, but it was estimated that it would be soon. After imagining a bright future, He Yuzhu left Fudi Dongtian and returned to his bed.

He Yuzhu first looked at Wu Youli and found that he was still sleeping, so he sat up carefully and put on his clothes. After putting on his clothes, He Yuzhu opened the door, walked to the yard and started to do horse stance. He Yuzhu stood with his feet apart, bent his knees and squatted until he felt his legs began to tremble and couldn't hold on any longer. He Yuzhu stopped the exercise. After standing for a while, He Yuzhu waited for his breath to stabilize and then started to practice Ba Duan Jin again. He practiced horse stance with Ba Duan Jin twice. He Yuzhu began to try to practice Xingyiquan that he saw in the high school physical education book. He remembered that when he first saw it, Yang Chenggang was overjoyed and practiced with the pictures in the book for a while with great interest. However, because he didn't have a master to guide him, he couldn't get started and gave up later. In this life, he possessed He Yuzhu, and with the help of the enlightenment stone, He Yuzhu felt that he should be able to get started.

Just as He Yuzhu was pondering over and over again, the light in the east wing came on, and after a while, Zhang Xiaoqiao came out carrying a toilet. "Sister-in-law, good morning." He Yuzhu stopped immediately and greeted Zhang Xiaoqiao.

"Zhu Zi, you got up so early, what are you doing?" Zhang Xiaoqiao asked while putting the toilet in the corner of the yard.

"Sister-in-law, I'm practicing Xingyiquan. I got up this morning and had nothing to do, so I just practiced it randomly. I saw an old master practicing it when I was running around, so I followed him and learned from him for a few days."

"Oh, then you better be careful not to hurt your body. I heard from others that this boxing style is very powerful. There seems to be a woman named Shang in our alley who practices this boxing style. She seems to be very powerful. When the Japanese invaders came, she was the coach of the Beiping Police Department.

"Sister-in-law, is that woman called Shang Zhirong?" He Yuzhu was very excited when he heard that. In his previous life, after he learned the Xingyiquan boxing skills, he specially searched the Internet for the masters of Xingyiquan. Shang Zhirong, the only daughter of Shang Yunxiang, the founder of Shang-style Xingyiquan in the Republic of China, was forced to work as a coach in the Peking Police Department to make a living when the Japanese invaded. Later, she left the police station after the victory.

"It seems her name is Shang Zhirong. How do you know? Zhuzi, you've heard of her." Zhang Xiaoqiao remembered after He Yuzhu reminded her.

"Yeah, I've heard her story, and her father's story. Her father is really amazing."

"I won't talk to you anymore. I have to prepare breakfast. You continue practicing." After saying that, Zhang Xiaoqiao walked towards the kitchen in the northeast corner of the yard.

"Sister-in-law, let me help you light the fire." He Yuzhu followed Zhang Xiaoqiao into the kitchen. When He Yuzhu was lighting the fire, Liu E came in.

"Good morning, Master's wife." He Yuzhu immediately stood up and greeted Liu E.

"Zhuzi, you got up so early." Liu E said to He Yuzhu with a smile. "Go wash your face first. Your sister-in-law and I are here. Go and see if Youyi and Youli are up."

"Then I'll go see if they're up, you and sister-in-law, go ahead." He Yuzhu left the kitchen and returned to the west wing where he lived. He turned on the light and saw that the two brothers were still asleep. He Yuzhu gently woke them up. "Brother Youyi, my wife asked me to wake you up." He Yuzhu saw that the two men were awake, so he took his basin to fetch water to wash their faces.

After breakfast, He Yuzhu followed Wu Baotian and Wu Youren and walked to Fengze Garden. He Yuzhu's apprenticeship career officially began.