Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Zhou Tian sat beside the bed, quietly looking at his wife who was already asleep.

With a smile on his lips, he thought of his wife's shocked and shocked look just now, and an indescribable feeling arose in his heart. He reached out and stroked her pretty face, murmured with love in his eyes.

"Wife, you've worked hard!"

Over the years, he has been busy working in the research institute. Even after get off work, his mind is still full of research, which makes him communicate less and less with his family, but there is only her.

She has been enduring all of this silently. Not only does she keep the home in order, but she also never neglects the education of her children.

Whether it was serving her grandparents or treating her younger brothers and sisters, she fulfilled all the responsibilities that a daughter-in-law could fulfill.

Sometimes, he even wondered, how could there really be such a woman in this world who had no regrets? But in fact, she did everything he could not even imagine.

Now looking at his wife sleeping peacefully, Zhou Tian really wanted to tie her to his side forever, for the rest of her life.

After a nap, Zhou Tian took his wife to see the ear room where coal was stored, and demonstrated how to add coal through the coal delivery pipe connected to the ear room. This concluded the introduction of the basement.

"Understood, wife?"

Seeing that Shen Yulin was still confused, Zhou Tian couldn't help but stroke her head and asked with amusement.

"Hey, what are you doing, boss? You're so annoying!"

Shen Yulin hit his hand coquettishly and couldn't help rolling her eyes.

"Okay, don't think about it. It's still early anyway. I'll teach you how to operate it tonight and you'll know. Don't think about it, wife. How about we go shopping today?"

Seeing his wife still looking at the pipe and mumbling something, he couldn't help but make a suggestion.

"No, Boss, it's getting late. We have to cook in an hour or two. Let's wait until later!"

After listening to her husband's suggestion, Shen Yulin was tempted at first, but then she shook her head and refused.

Now she is a mother of eight children and no longer has the capital to be willful. In her heart, children and the elderly are the first in the family.

"Well, then I'll take you around the yard again. You can't refuse this now, can you?"

Zhou Tian continued to propose.

"What's getting better at home? There are no flowers or plants in the yard anymore. And it's so cold now. Isn't it torture to walk around in the yard?"

Shen Yulin glanced at her husband helplessly, and ignored him. She turned around and walked out of the ear room and into the house.

"Hey, hey, hey, wife, why hasn't it gotten any better? You know, I put a lot of thought into the decoration of the yard!"

Zhou Tian watched his wife leave, then followed her and retorted in disagreement.

As the saying goes, on the 28th, make the dough rise, on the 29th, steam the buns, on New Year's Eve, stay up all night, and on the first day of the New Year, twist your body.

As the 28th arrived, Shen Yulin fermented the dough needed for tomorrow early in the morning. Zhou Tian got up early in the morning and started chopping meat and preparing to make fried meatballs.

Due to the continued famine in recent years, the family has eaten less meat in the past two years, but this year is the first year of moving, so Zhou Tian decided to eat a more sumptuous meal this year.

Although it was a sumptuous meal, he still knew his priorities and at most he only prepared a dish of fried meatballs, a few pheasants, and a few fish. As for the rest, he gave up.

He only prepared two kilograms of pork, and the rest was mixed with the vegetables. After all, in this era, he still needed to be cautious.

As the aroma of fried meatballs began to waft through the courtyard, a group of children playing in the yard smelled the meat and ran into the kitchen. They stood at the kitchen door with their mouths drooling, looking at their busy parents.

"Go, go, go, get out, what are you all doing crowding in the kitchen?!"

Shen Yulin was frying meatballs, but when she turned around and saw the children at the door, she immediately said in an unpleasant tone.

"Mom, are the meatballs delicious? I haven't eaten fried meatballs in years!"

Zhou Zhiyi didn't care whether her mother was willing or not. When she saw her mother turned her head, she immediately skipped in, came to the basin of meatballs, and reached out to grab the meatballs in the basin.

"Snapped!"

“Ouch, that hurts!”

Who would have thought that before she put her hand into the basin, her mother hit her little hand with a chopstick. Zhou Zhiyi immediately pretended to look at her mother with an aggrieved face and said coquettishly: "Mom, you hit me so hard, I want to eat meatballs!"

"Eat, eat, eat. What are you eating? This is two pounds of pork that your father bought with great difficulty. Let's eat it together with grandpa and grandma. Go, go, go! Get out!"

Shen Yulin had no intention of spoiling her children. Although Zhou Zhiyi was the only little girl among the eight children, she still skillfully twisted her little ears and coaxed her out despite the little girl's complaints and shouts.

"Yulin, you could have given each of the children one to try!"

Zhou Tian couldn't bear watching from the side, and when his wife came back, he couldn't help but say.

"Try it! Don't you see how many little brats you have at home? And you still want to try it? One for each of you. They will all be gone in a little while. Besides, grandpa and grandma haven't even had a taste yet, so why should they get a turn?"

Shen Yulin couldn't help but roll her eyes and said speechlessly that she knew that her husband had always been a soft-hearted person. As long as the children acted coquettishly to him, he would definitely agree.

"But we don't need these. How about we make some more for the children?"

Zhou Tian began to speak in a negotiating tone.

"Boss, what's wrong with you? You know the situation outside. Everyone is running out of food, but you still spoil the children like this. Especially since they are still young and don't know how to control their mouths. With such a small amount of meat, maybe no one will say anything. But if there is more, what if the children tell others about it? Wouldn't that expose you?"

Shen Yulin whispered helplessly.

"Okay, I get it. It's my fault. I won't say any more!"

Zhou Tian listened to his wife's teachings, smiled, and said no more. To be honest, he understood the truth, but sometimes when he looked at the children's eager eyes, he really couldn't bear it.

"Boss, I know you love your child, and I do too, but there are some things we need to be careful about!"

Shen Yulin gave another reminder and said no more.

Soon, the two men fried two pounds of pork and cabbage meatballs, and then prepared the fish and pheasant.

At noon, they had a meal of steamed buns made of two-grain flour and a few vegetarian dishes cooked by Zhou Tian himself. Although they were all vegetarian, thanks to his exquisite cooking skills, everyone was still very satisfied with the meal.