Siheyuan: Silly Pillar is Kind

Sha Zhu turned around helplessly and went to the kitchen. He had already lit the coal balls, so he didn't have to light a fire now. He looked at the ingredients at home. There was enough cabbage, potatoes, and a basket of carrots. These were all the ingredients Sha Zhu had.

Sha Zhu thought about treating a few old men to a meal on Sunday and shook his head helplessly. Now that he is the boss, he realizes that everything costs money!

Looking at the braised pork and fish-flavored pork shreds I brought back, hmm! These are the two dishes.

I took out a few pieces to feed the rain and put them outside. This weather is like a natural refrigerator.

At this time, Yan Jiefang came over and said, "Shazhu, what are you doing? It smells so good."

Sha Zhu didn't say anything, he just took the bowl and picked up a piece of fat braised pork for Yan Jiefang!

"Shazhu, this is your cooking skill!" Yan Jiefang had a very satisfied look on his face. He hadn't had such a delicious bite of meat for a long time!

"Have you come up with any good ideas?" asked Sha Zhu.

Yan Jiefang was so irritated by these people today that he lost all his energy: "What good ideas are there! Are we going the wrong way?"

Sha Zhu said speechlessly: "Why don't you give us an idea? We can make money somewhere else!"

Yan Jiefang said: "No, you know my brain is not as good as yours, I can only help you!"

Sha Zhu thought for a while and said, "Let's wait for Sha Mao to come back! This grandson is very smart! By the way, where is your brother?"

Seeing that he had some extra money, Yan Jiefang immediately became energetic: "What do you mean? I can't find it until mealtime, I'm going crazy. I can do any job!"

Sha Zhu choked Yan Jiefang with a question, "You also do women's work?"

"What's wrong? Are you lonely at night? I can accompany you as long as I give me more money!" Yan Jiefang said while posing coquettishly.

Sha Zhu asked: "Do you know what this is?"

"Huh?" Yan Jiefang didn't react.

Sha Zhu slapped Yan Jiefang on the head and said, "Luckily I didn't eat it! Otherwise you would have made me vomit it all out."

Yan Jiefang begged for mercy again and again: "Don't hit me, don't hit me! Aren't we talking about business?"

Sha Zhu let Yan Jiefang go and said, "It's the weekend, I'm going to treat some old men in the courtyard to a meal. Don't you want to buy a fish? Add two cents and buy it for me!"

"No, two cents is not enough for anything! It should be at least two cents, right? I think there is nothing wrong with two cents. You already make twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents a month..."

Sha Zhu interrupted immediately and said, "It's less than a dollar a day, and you charge 20 cents for buying a fish. You are really mean!"

Yan Jiefang thought about it and then changed his words and said, "What about the 1.8 cents?"

Sha Zhu said: "I'll just add one point, three points. If you're willing to do it, then do it. If you don't want to do it, there are so many children in the hospital. Who can't help me buy it back?"

Yan Jiefang thought about it and nodded in agreement. He would give the job to his younger brother and give him two points. He would not be happy about it, but he would get one point for nothing. Haha...

Sha Zhu said: "I want it to be alive if I buy it back, or I will compensate you if it's dead!"

Yan Jiefang made a gesture: "Don't worry"

This is our consistent style. If you pay money and make demands, we will compensate you if the fish dies. If you don't pay money, we will rely on favors and we won't take any responsibility no matter what happens!

"Shazhu, do you think everyone can make this stuff at home? Why don't we make something that we don't usually eat? You are a chef, can these snacks be difficult for you?" Yan Jiefang said.

Sha Zhu thought about some easy-to-make snacks, and when he looked at the potatoes in front of him, he had an idea: "Jiefang, I have made some snacks before. I cut the potatoes into thin slices and fried them in hot oil. They are so crispy..."

"That's fine! But this oil is hard to buy?" Yan Jiefang said.

Sha Zhu thought that oil was also a problem, "No problem, I'll ask later! I'll buy it if I can!" "Jiefang, where do you think this oil comes from?"

Yan Jiefang looked at He Yuzhu as if he were an idiot.

"Where else can the oil come from? Soybean oil is squeezed from soybeans, sesame oil is squeezed from sesame seeds, and lard comes from pigs..."

Sha Zhu interrupted, "Jiefang, when I was in a restaurant, there was a kind of oil called butter! This oil is made from milk. What do you think about using this oil?"

Yan Jiefang asked doubtfully: "Butter? Can it be the same as lard and soybean oil?"

Sha Zhu said, "You are not a cook, so what do you know? Are you challenging my authority in this area?"

Yan Jiefang said, "Well, you are the cook and you have the final say! But where can we get a lot of milk for this thing? Go to the hospital and see mothers who have no milk. They will fight over giving their children a sip of cow's milk or goat's milk!"

Shazhu was silent now. How could he do anything if he couldn't get everything together?

Yan Jiefang said in a bored tone, "Okay, I'll go back first. Let's discuss this with you guys in the evening!"

Sha Zhu also reluctantly carried the meal back to the house...

In the evening, the brothers gathered at Sha Zhu's house, each holding a cigarette and puffing away. Yan Jiefang and Liu Guangqi were heavy smokers, while Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were just joining in the fun!

When Yan Jiefang said that he hadn't sold a single one today, everyone fell silent!

Sha Zhu said, "Well, I have come up with another idea. I want to make some snacks that we don't usually have at home. Cut the potatoes into thin slices, fry them in oil, and sprinkle some salt or chili powder on them. It's so delicious! But now I'm stuck on the oil!"

Liu Guangqi asked curiously, "Does it take a lot of oil to fry this?"

Sha Zhu replied: "That's not the case, but if we fry a lot, we need a lot of oil! I think that even if there is leftover oil, we can take it home and use it ourselves!"

Xu Damao rolled his eyes and said, "Silly Zhu, just tell me what you're short of! If you're short of oil, we can find a way to buy some back!"

Sha Zhu said, "Brothers! I know there is a kind of oil called butter, which is made from milk. But now there are not enough cows, so milk is hard to buy!"

Xu Damao said: "It's a wonder you can buy it! The state-owned dairy factories give milk to foreigners to drink, and they make foreign currency for us. If you have foreign currency, you can buy it!"

Sha Zhu was also discouraged by these people's discouraging words, so he just kicked up his heels and said, "So what do you guys say? Xu Damao, you go first!"

Xu Damao chuckled and said, "Silly Zhu! If I tell you a solution, how about you call me grandpa three times!"

Sha Zhu had been having a bad day, and when he saw Xu Damao asking him to call him grandpa, he instantly got angry and looked at Xu Damao with red eyes: "Hey, grandson! I think you are itching for trouble!"

Xu Damao has a lot of experience in fighting Sha Zhu over the years. When he saw Sha Zhu's red eyes, he quickly dodged and hid behind Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiefang, relying on his agility to play cat and mouse with Sha Zhu...