Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

"A little to the left, a little more to the left, okay." Li Qingfeng put his hands in his pockets, standing behind his younger brother Li Qingshan and giving orders.

After Li Qingshan put up the couplet, he said weakly, "Brother, this is the last couplet of my life!"

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "This is the last one, Qingshan. Looking at your appearance, are you so tired after just a little work?"

"Hmph!" Li Qingshan snorted and went back to his room.

Li Qingfeng chuckled, lit a cigarette and went to the kitchen.

Less than a month had passed since the apprenticeship banquet. During this month, Li Qingfeng learned how to cook in the restaurant and went home after work.

During this period, his younger brother Li Qingshan either went to Liu Chuanzhi to ask questions, or came to the restaurant to help clean up the dishes or serve the food. He no longer went out to play.

It was not until New Year's Eve that Li Qingfeng and his brother had agreed to go to their master's place to celebrate the New Year with him.

But what? The master went out of town to visit a friend. When asked who he was visiting, the master refused to tell him, so Li Qingfeng returned home disappointed.

There is a new woman in Liu Chuanzhi's family. Yes, Liu Chuanzhi is married. She was introduced by the organization. Her surname is Wang, and her name is Wang Shenghua. She asked Li Qingfeng and his younger brother Li Qingshan to call her Sister Wang. Neither of them cared as long as she had no objection.

Liu Chuanzhi already has a wife, so it is impossible for him to come home to celebrate the New Year. I can only go to Old Liu's house on the first day of the New Year to wish Old Liu and Sister Wang a happy new year.

When he came to the kitchen, Li Qingfeng started frying New Year's goods, such as fried vegetarian meatballs, fried sweet potato sticks, fried eggplant boxes, fried crispy pork, fried fish, etc.

After frying the New Year's goods, Li Qingfeng chopped the meat and cabbage, cut a handful of leeks, fried two eggs, and began to prepare the dumpling filling.

Then Li Qingfeng prepared the pork belly, ribs, and a rabbit in advance so that he wouldn't have to deal with them when making the New Year's Eve dinner. It also saves trouble if he prepares them in advance.

It was already past 12 o'clock when they finished, so Li Qingfeng cooked some corn porridge, heated up a few steamed buns, ordered some fried food, and shared lunch with his brother.

After eating and washing up, everyone went back to their rooms to rest for a while. After waking up, Li Qingfeng and his younger brother Li Qingshan cleaned every room.

After cleaning, Li Qingfeng began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner and make dumplings, while his younger brother Li Qingshan helped him.

Li Qingfeng was very efficient. After all, he had already processed the meat in advance, so all he had to do was stir-fry or stew it in the pan.

Seeing the last braised spareribs about to be served, Li Qingfeng looked at his brother and said, "Qingshan, take a few plates and put the fried food on the plate and serve directly. The last dish will be served soon."

"Got it, brother." Li Qingshan replied and went to get the plate to put the fried food.

After the last dish of braised spare ribs was served, Li Qingfeng took 6 bowls, put all the dishes in them, took three pairs of chopsticks, and placed them on a table against the wall in the middle of the main room.

After seeing this, Li Qingshan asked in confusion: "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Offering sacrifices." Li Qingfeng replied, then went to his room and took out his mother's tablet. After placing it there, he took a bowl and put some millet in it, then called his younger brother to come over to him.

When Li Qingshan saw his mother's tablet, his eyes immediately turned red. He walked to stand beside his eldest brother and handed him three incense sticks. The two of them lit incense and burned some paper money.

Li Qingfeng said: "Kneel down."

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After the two brothers knelt down, Li Qingfeng said with red eyes: "Mom, don't worry, my brother Qingshan and I are doing well now. We have settled down in Sijiu City. Dad is not dead. He has joined the people's team and is fighting the Japanese. Your spirit in heaven will bless Dad to be safe and sound."

After saying this, Li Qingfeng kowtowed three times, and Li Qingshan beside him also kowtowed three times.

After the two brothers stood up, Li Qingfeng said, "Qingshan, let's go eat."

The two walked to the dining room. Li Qingfeng took a bottle of Lotus White and two wine cups, looked at his brother and said, "Qingshan, I'll make an exception and let you have a drink tonight."

Li Qingshan smiled and said, "Really? Brother, I've wanted to taste the taste of wine for a long time."

Li Qingfeng raised his glass and said to his brother, "Qingshan, Happy New Year. Let's toast to each other and wish that our future lives will be better and better."

Li Qingshan picked up the wine glass and clinked it with his elder brother's. He smiled and said, "Brother, Happy New Year. I wish you good luck in your work. I hope you can find me a sister-in-law soon."

"It's still early! Let's talk about it two years later." Li Qingfeng drank the wine in the glass and started eating.

Li Qingshan saw his elder brother finish the wine in one gulp, so he drank it himself. As a result, he started coughing violently right after the wine went down his throat.

Li Qingfeng smiled when he saw his brother's look, but didn't say anything and just started eating and drinking.

Li Qingshan took a breath and said to his elder brother, "Brother, the wine is so choking, why didn't you remind me?"

After Li Qingfeng swallowed the food in his mouth, he said, "Qingshan! This is the first time you drink alcohol, so you need to get used to it."

Li Qingshan rolled his eyes at his elder brother and started eating, muttering, "I don't trust you."

After they had eaten their fill, they looked at the leftovers on the table. There were a lot of them, so they would heat them up and eat them tomorrow. After they finished the dumplings, they would have to make more after 12 o'clock.

The two of them felt a little full after eating, so they went to the yard and walked for a while using the "Dragon Step" to digest the food and feel less full. They went back to the house and started to clear the table. They poured the leftovers into a basin and left the fried food on the plate.

After finishing everything, the two brothers sat facing each other by the stove, one warming himself by the fire while the other reading a book, feeling very comfortable.

At around 11 o'clock, Li Qingfeng started to make dumplings with leek and egg filling. He had enough to make two plates. He then boiled water in a pot and put the dumplings in.

After rolling around in sleep for three times, I invited my younger brother to eat dumplings. After eating two plates of dumplings, we went back to our rooms to sleep because we had to go out to pay New Year’s greetings early the next morning!

The next day, before dawn, Li Qingfeng got up early to make dumplings. He didn't need to make too many, just enough for two people.

The dumplings were cooked. He put two plates of dumplings and two bowls of dumpling soup and poured some vinegar. Then Li Qingfeng went into the house to wake up his younger brother Li Qingshan.

After breakfast, the two locked the door and went to Liu Zhi's home on Yanxiada Street. They sat for a while and then left. Liu Zhi had many friends, and many of them came to pay New Year's greetings. They came in waves and it was impossible to stay in the house, so they just said hello to Liu Zhi and left.

Afterwards, they went to visit Grandpa Guan and Grandpa Jin to pay New Year's greetings. Before leaving, each of them gave the two brothers a red envelope with one dollar in it, which was not a small amount. Usually, people would give a few cents. Some families were poor, not to mention no red envelopes, but no peanuts or melon seeds, only some fried soybeans. It was very good for the two brothers to have one dollar.