Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Li Qingshan walked to the water tank, scooped some water with a ladle, drank it all in one breath, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then said to his eldest brother: "I just wanted to come here earlier to tell you how many people came to my sister-in-law's house?"

Li Qingfeng was cooking, and without looking at him, he asked directly: "What did Lao Liu say, how many people are coming in total?"

Li Qingshan said: "Teacher Liu said that there are about ten people from the Wu family, so two tables will be enough."

"Got it, Qingshan, take this dish out." Li Qingshan served the dish, cleaned the pot, and then continued to stir-fry the next dish.

Before they knew it, it was night and the last table of guests in the restaurant had left. Li Qingfeng and his brother cleaned up the restaurant together, locked the door, and walked home chatting and laughing.

When the two of them reached the gate of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Li Qingfeng asked his brother, "Qingshan, do you want to go home first, or follow me to He Yuzhu's house?"

Li Qingshan said: "Brother, I will go with you. I haven't seen He Yuzhu for a long time."

"Okay." The two brothers entered the yard of No. 95. There were not many people in the yard. It was not like the big yard it would become in the future. People like Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong had not moved in yet. They had to wait until the Japanese surrendered before moving in. Now they didn't know where they were. Now there were only Yi and Jia, He, and the old lady Long in the backyard.

Arriving at the middle courtyard, Li Qingfeng saw that the kerosene lamp was still on at He Daqing's house. He went forward and knocked on the door: "Knock, knock, knock."

"Who is it?" He Daqing opened the door and saw two young men he didn't know, so he asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Before Li Qingfeng could speak, He Yuzhu, who followed He Daqing to the door, stretched his head and said, "Brother Qingfeng, Qingshan, why are you here?"

Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow at He Yuzhu, and Li Qingfeng said with a smile: "Hello, Master He, I am Li Qingfeng from Yard 93, and I have something to ask you."

He Daqing heard this and remembered who these two people were. He smiled and said, "Hello, come in first."

After the two men entered the house, they saw He Yuzhu's mother sewing shoe soles, and they greeted her.

After Li Qingshan entered the room, he followed He Yuzhu to the side and whispered to him.

Li Qingfeng sat on a chair, took out a cigarette and handed it to He Daqing, then said with a smile: "Master He, are you free tomorrow? I need your help."

He Daqing flicked a match to light a cigarette and asked, "I'm free. I'll be at home resting tomorrow. If you have anything to say, tell me."

Li Qingfeng said, "Master He, this is what I am doing. I am getting engaged tomorrow and I want you to be the chef at that restaurant."

He Daqing smiled and said, "No problem! That restaurant, right? I know the place. I'll go there tomorrow morning."

Li Qingfeng said: "Okay, thank you for your help, Master He."

He Daqing waved his hand and said, "No, this is also my job."

"Now that everything has been said, Master He, we'll go back first. Please keep the money." Li Qingfeng stood up and took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it to He Daqing.

He Daqing put away the money, stood up, sent the two men to the gate of the courtyard, and then called his son to go home.

After arriving home, He Daqing said to He Yuzhu, "Zhu Zi, you don't have to go to school tomorrow, so come with me and make a feast."

"Dad, I understand." He Yuzhu replied and went to bed.

After the Li Qingfeng brothers returned home, they simply washed up and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Silent all night.

The next morning, after the two brothers finished their breakfast, Li Qingfeng asked his younger brother Li Qingshan to go to the restaurant and wait first, while he went to prepare the dishes and meat for the banquet. In fact, he just walked around the street, took out the draft space when he saw that it was almost time, and then went to the restaurant.

Li Qingfeng walked around the street for a while, and when he saw that it was almost time, he came to an empty alley and took out two hens, two big carps, two hares, a large piece of pork belly, six potatoes, four tomatoes, a large cabbage, and a dozen eggs from the space. These things were enough to set up two tables.

Li Qingfeng put the things into the backpack and walked towards the restaurant.

When I arrived at the restaurant, I saw He Daqing and He Yuzhu had already arrived and were talking to the master in the hall. I smiled and said, "Master He, you're here quite early."

He greeted his master again: "Master, I'm here."

That Quanfu nodded, "Yeah."

He Daqing smiled and said, "Come early to clean up the vegetables and meat, so as not to delay things."

After talking and laughing for a while, they all went into the kitchen to help. Some killed chickens, some killed rabbits, and some killed fish. Li Qingshan and He Yuzhu picked and washed vegetables.

Li Qingfeng looked at the time and felt that someone was coming soon, so he said to He Daqing: "Master He, I'll trouble you in a while. Have a few more drinks at noon."

"Okay, don't worry, it's not a problem for you." He Daqing looked at Li Qingfeng and said with a smile.

After handing over the kitchen to He Daqing and his son, Li Qingfeng went to the hall to wait for the arrival of the Wu family.

After a while, Liu Chuanzhi and Wang Shenghua arrived at the restaurant first, followed by the four members of the Wu family and the Wu family's good neighbors and friends.

After seeing that everyone was ready, Li Qingfeng picked up the teapot and poured tea for everyone. He also followed Wu Chenggui to recognize people. After finishing the tea and remembering everyone, he asked his brother to go to the kitchen and let He Daqing cook.

While waiting for the dishes to be cooked, Wu Chenggui asked Li Qingfeng to follow him and introduced these people one by one. After the introduction, Li Qingfeng came to the kitchen, called his younger brother and He Yuzhu, and brought the cooked vegetables to the table first.

After all the dishes were served, Li Qingfeng poured wine for everyone who wanted to drink, and those who didn't drink had to drink sugar water directly. At this time, Wu Chenggui raised his glass and said, "Ahem! Ahem! Today is a good day for my daughter and Li Qingfeng to get engaged. Everyone should eat and drink well. I would like to thank everyone for coming today. I will drink this glass of wine first as a respect." After saying that, he picked up the glass and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Li Qingfeng also followed Mr. Wu and toasted everyone with a glass of wine.

"Good." The guests at both tables in the hall cheered at the same time.

After everyone finished a glass of wine, they began to eat and drink happily. It was impossible not to be happy!

First, today is the happy day of Li Qingfeng and Wu Lirong’s engagement.

The second was that the banquet on the table was very sumptuous. He Daqing cooked a total of eight dishes, four meat dishes, three vegetable dishes and one soup, including chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised pork, spicy rabbit, sweet and sour pork, scrambled eggs with green onions, hot and sour cabbage, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and tomato and egg soup.

This standard is really a sumptuous meal. Even during the Chinese New Year, one cannot eat such a sumptuous meal. What’s more, He Daqing’s cooking skills are very good. The food is delicious and all the guests say it is good.

Li Qingfeng saw that the Wu family and the guests had almost finished eating, so he picked up the bottle of wine and toasted the guests one by one. For a while, the restaurant was very lively.