Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

He Yuzhu was cheated.

Moreover, I was badly deceived by the descriptions in the TV series and novels.

According to the drama and novel, their home should be only about ten minutes away from the steel mill.

But what about reality?

He followed his father He Daqing, holding He Yushui, and walked from Nanluoguxiang to Dongzhimen in the cold wind.

We walked almost two miles east from Dongzhimen before we reached the current steel rolling mill.

My goodness, that ten minutes turned into more than an hour.

This is why He Yuzhu has become accustomed to visiting the districts every day.

Otherwise, He Yuzhu might not be able to hold on.

Well, the problem is coming.

The question is, what kind of motivation could drive a teenager, with a 7 or 8-year-old child and a 4-year-old child, and a chicken in his arms, to walk such a long distance just to steal some soy sauce?

I don’t understand, I don’t understand.

The steel rolling mill is still called Lou’s Steel Rolling Mill.

Even though it is still the private property of Lou Bancheng's family.

But since this year... uh, it's already February of the 50th year.

I have to say it was last year.

Since the large troops came in on February 2 last year.

Such key places as steel mills, mines, and train stations.

Our army has stationed people there.

Naturally, those who are now responsible for the security work are all from our army.

After He Yuzhu and He Daqing completed the registration, they entered the steel rolling mill.

After going around a few more places, we finally entered where He Daqing worked - the small canteen in the administrative building.

Along the way, He Yuzhu had one thought in his mind.

There is some reason why Lou Bancheng was treated like that.

Because in the administrative building, you can already see the so-called "modern" decoration style of the early 21st century.

Gas, water, electricity, even central heating and water heaters for bathing are all available.

To put it bluntly, the electricity bill for the ceiling light in the corridor in one day is enough to pay for the electricity bill for an ordinary citizen who has installed electric lights for a month or even several months.

In this way, in that era that emphasized equality for all, He Yuzhu felt it was abnormal if he was not treated "with red eyes".

"Zhu Zi, the ingredients are all here, try to make some first."

Here, after He Daqing settled He Yushui, he instructed He Yuzhu to make the "secret seasoning" first, while he also started to prepare the ingredients.

"okay."

He Yuzhu shook his head, which was already distracted, and agreed.

"Soybeans from Northeast China? And mushrooms? Mushrooms from Yunnan Province? Golden Hook Dried Shrimp from Shandong Province?"

He Yuzhu looked at the pile of things in front of him that could be considered the key "ingredients" and could only stay in the ingredient area. Somehow, he thought of Xu Damao's donkey face.

oh~~~

Boss Lou Bancheng, your loss is not unfair. It is not unfair at all.

It's your fault that you have such bad taste and found a son-in-law like this.

Tucao returns to Tucao.

But He Yuzhu's hands and feet are still quite nimble.

In a short while, their secret seasoning was ready.

He also took some of the raw materials away.

"Well, the craftsmanship is OK."

He Daqing tasted the seasoning made by He Yuzhu and nodded with satisfaction.

"Come and give me a hand. This is a rare opportunity. Watch carefully and learn well."

Watching He Daqing skillfully preparing some shark fins, abalone, sea cucumbers, etc., He Yuzhu felt more and more familiar with it and couldn't help asking:

"Dad, are you making Tan's dishes?"

"Recognize it?"

He Daqing was not surprised when he heard He Yuzhu's question.

He Yuzhu nodded.

"Yes, I recognize it. This is the recipe from my grandfather's recipe. When we were in Tianjin two years ago, you taught me how to make it when you were out serving dinner."

Originally, He Yuzhu was still very sure.

But who knew that He Daqing would actually start asking back questions.

"Then did your grandfather's recipe say that what he left behind was not Tan's cuisine?"

"Isn't it Tan's cuisine?"

Now, He Yuzhu was a little unsure.

I quickly looked through the recipe in my memory again.

shook his head.

"No, the recipe says that my grandfather was trained in Shandong cuisine. After he finished his studies, he worked as a private chef for the Tan family, who came to Beijing twice. He combined the Tan family's fusion cuisine and left behind the Tan family's recipes."

"That's what your grandfather left behind to gild his reputation."

"Oh? Dad, tell me about it. I've never met my grandfather."

He Yuzhu was also supporting He Daqing.

It’s not that He Yuzhu is curious about his grandfather.

I am curious about why He Daqing and He Yuzhu in the TV series both know Tan's cuisine, but they don't know Boss Lou's... uh... wife, why don't they know Boss Lou's wife who is a Tan's cuisine owner.

"Isn't it abnormal that you haven't seen my father? My father passed away right after I got married. How old was I at that time? I was only 19. If you have seen your grandfather, then there is something wrong."

He Yuzhu didn't expect that the joke he made to He Daqing would be met with a complaint.

He started asking again immediately.

"Then what do you mean by saying that my grandfather is flattering himself?"

"What's going on? The current taste and style of the Tan family was formed in the late 1930s, when the third wife of the Tan family took charge of the kitchen. Your grandfather, my father, retired from the kitchen in the 1920s after buying the current house because of poor health. How could he have the current Tan family cuisine?"

"Oh, that's it."

After listening to He Daqing's explanation, He Yuzhu nodded in sudden realization.

"In that case, what my grandfather said about cooperating with fusion cuisine in the Tan family, which came to Beijing twice, was also an exaggeration?"

"That's not it."

He Daqing shook his head.

"At that time, your grandfather wasn't a famous chef, and it was lucky that the Tan family hired him. They wanted a fusion of cuisines, which other famous chefs would definitely not do. Only someone like your grandfather, who was neither high nor low, would agree. So, the dishes that your grandfather remembered on the menu were early Tan family dishes with characteristics of other cuisines."

As he spoke, He Daqing looked at He Yuzhu very seriously.

"But, Zhuzi, remember, no matter when or who asks, we always cook Shandong cuisine, understand?"

Whether it was for that period or He Daqing had other explanations.

He Yuzhu nodded affirmatively.

"Well, Dad, today we're making shark's fin with three shreds, abalone in its shell, and sea cucumber with scallions."

"Ah."

He Daqing agreed and said no more.

For a moment, the only sounds in the small kitchen were the father and son cooking, and the carefree He Yushui playing and amusing herself in the rest area next to them.

New Year's Eve.

This year's Chinese New Year is completely different from last year's.

During this year's Chinese New Year, satisfied smiles can be seen everywhere on people's faces.

Children living in the compound are no longer restricted by their parents to the small piece of land in their alley or compound.

No one cares if they run around the streets.

The adults are coming out now.

After meeting, they will greet each other and wish each other a happy new year.

In fact, this year's temple fair has been praised by most people.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

But there are also bad things.

That is the Jia family in the compound.

During the Chinese New Year.

Lao Jia's illness started to get worse.

Even the "Dr. Zhou", the "highly respected" old doctor who treated He Yuzhu last year, began to suggest that Lao Jia go to a big hospital.

Unfortunately, maybe Lao Jia heard it and didn’t go to the hospital.

After the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, the factory resumed work and Lao Jia forced himself to return to the factory.

To be honest, He Yuzhu really hopes that Lao Jia can get through this.

It doesn't have to be much, just wait until Jia Dongxu gets married and drink the tea offered by his daughter-in-law before leaving.

In addition to the relationship between neighbors.

He Yuzhu is more selfish.

He wanted to see if he could influence other people's stories through Lao Jia's incident.

If possible, it means that He Yuzhu might be able to keep He Daqing.

What a pity. Alas~~~~

Finally, with a late spring cold snap just after the first month of the lunar year, Lao Jia could no longer bear it and passed away.

Yi Zhonghai helped to arrange this matter.

In fact, Yi Zhonghai didn't even need to help. Everyone in the compound, and even from other compounds who could come, all came to help to the best of their ability.

The banquet was prepared by He Daqing, with help from the women at home in the compound and He Yuzhu who occasionally came home early from get off work.

The account desk belongs to Yan Bugui in the front yard.

Although he was muttering to himself, "I haven't even had the second child for a full month yet. What a loss, what a loss. I will make it up to him when I have the third child."

However, according to today's currency, Yan Bugui could remember the dozens and hundreds of dollars clearly.

As for the guest, who was in charge of handling all the big and small matters in the past few days, Liu Haizhong in the backyard naturally took over.

Liu Haizhong even has a "secretary" by his side, and that is Xu Fugui in the backyard.

With Xu Fugui, a "veteran", here.

Don't tell me yet.

Whether it's welcoming or seeing off guests, or handling big or small matters, these two people can cooperate well.

Looking at Liu Haizhong who had arranged everything perfectly.

He Yuzhu is a little doubtful whether he is still the character in the drama, who doesn't have the necessary skills but always wants to do porcelain work, and is a fool with bangs.

Maybe, in Liu Haizhong's eyes, this matter does not involve his leadership, nor does it involve his upward mobility, it is just a small matter.

Or maybe, there is no trace of the upward mobility obsessed with power in his bangs now.

Who can know this?

In this way, with the help of his neighbors, Lao Jia passed away in glory.

Afterwards, Jia Zhang even took Jia Dongxu to knock on doors every household.

After knocking on the door, he stood at the door without going in, and bowed to each neighbor to thank them for their help over the past few days.

He Yuzhu was stunned by this.

Is this still the TV series he is familiar with?

I won’t talk about Jia Dongxu.

Although He Yuzhu didn't have much interaction with Jia Dongxu after he traveled through time.

However, whether it is from memory or sporadic contact this year.

Everyone can see that although Jia Dongxu usually doesn't like to talk, he is always depressed.

However, in terms of how he treated people and followed the rules, he had never made any mistakes.

But what's going on with Jia Zhang now?

Is she so polite, or so particular?

For a while, He Yuzhu even began to suspect that he had traveled into some fan fiction, and was unwilling to believe that Jia Zhang was like this.

In the end, it was He Yuzhu who accidentally chatted with He Daqing and was finally enlightened.

Yes, the old man in the family is sick, and there are only an old woman and a teenager left.

If those old ladies weren't more powerful, wouldn't they just be waiting to be eaten in that cannibalistic age?

As for now?

When the children grow up and enter the society, if they don't behave themselves properly, what will they do if others make things difficult for them?