Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

Ever since Liu Guangqi and his wife ran away, Liu Haizhong didn't go out or go to work for two or three days.

This incident became a thorn in his heart. His most beloved son betrayed him. This was indeed a huge blow to Liu Haizhong.

This incident also became an entertainment program that the surrounding neighbors talked about with relish.

He Daqing has been particularly busy recently.

Last time, he suggested to Li Huaide to purchase more seasonal vegetables. The purchasing department has been really helpful during this period, and a lot of vegetables are delivered to the kitchen every day.

He Daqing and the entire kitchen staff were busy making kimchi and pickled mustard.

After lunch every day, all the kitchen staff will come to the second canteen to help.

The handyman washed vegetables, the kitchen helper cut vegetables, and He Daqing made kimchi with a few apprentices.

He carefully taught each of his apprentices all the secret recipes for making kimchi, and watched them make it.

This made these disciples feel grateful to their master He Daqing.

Even if some kitchen helpers and handymen were watching and wanted to learn a few tricks, He Daqing would not chase them away and let them watch.

So although the entire kitchen staff are quite tired these days, everyone’s enthusiasm is very high.

I hope I can learn how to make it and then go home and make some for my family to eat slowly during the winter.

In this day and age, it is still a rare thing to be able to learn technology.

In this way, basically every day many jars of kimchi or pickled mustard are sent to the warehouse for storage.

Li Huaide came over and saw the warehouse was almost full, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

If this thing were put in winter, his stress would be greatly reduced.

While He Daqing was busy, He Yushui also received the technical secondary school admission letter she had been longing for.

After receiving the notice, He Yushui was as happy as a child.

He ran home from the courtyard gate, jumping and skipping. Before he even entered the house, he shouted, "Mom, I got the technical secondary school admission letter! I got it!"

Chen Xueru looked at the happy He Yushui and said, "That's great. Your dad and his family will definitely be happy for you when they come back!"

He Yushui nodded and said, "Well, I'm going to ask my dad to make me something delicious tonight."

Chen Xueru took He Yushui's notice, looked at it carefully, and put it away carefully.

The two of them happily discussed He Yushui's schooling here.

In the afternoon, He Daqing, Sha Zhu and Yu Li returned home. After seeing He Yushui's notice, the whole family was very happy.

The He family finally had a scholar.

Sha Zhu held the admission letter and said with envy: "Hey, if I hadn't dropped out of school, maybe I could have been admitted to a technical secondary school."

"As for you, when you were in school, the teacher's speed of teaching couldn't keep up with your speed of tearing up the books. You had already torn up your textbooks when others were only halfway through their studies. You still have the nerve to say that you want to take the technical secondary school entrance exam?"

When Sha Zhu heard what He Daqing said, his face immediately turned red.

Yu Li smiled and pulled him aside and said, "Today is a good day for rain. What do you want to eat? Your brother and I will make it for you."

He Yushui said happily: "I want to eat sweet and sour pork, fried hairtail, braised pork, sweet and sour pork tenderloin..."

He Daqing quickly said, "Don't think too much. I can give you two more at most. How can you want so many at once?"

Finally, at He Yushui's insistence, He Daqing agreed to make her a dish of sweet and sour pork and a dish of braised fish.

He Daqing often secretly took these things home and kept them there, and would just make them when he needed them.

Sha Zhu has almost mastered the cooking skills now, so He Daqing doesn't even need to do anything to prepare these dishes, and the dishes cooked by Sha Zhu taste pretty good.

In the evening, Sha Zhu prepared the dishes and served them on the table. He Daqing specially opened a bottle of wine to add to the fun.

Sha Zhu poured wine for himself and his father, and poured tea for Chen Xueru, Yu Li and He Yushui.

He Daqing held up a glass of wine and said, "Come on, let's celebrate that our family finally has a junior college student. Let's drink together and congratulate Yu Shui!"

The family finished drinking happily, and He Daqing personally picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork and put it in Yu Shui's bowl.

When Sha Zhu saw this, he quickly picked up a piece of braised fish for his wife Yu Li.

Yu Li smiled sweetly at Sha Zhu, then picked up the fish and prepared to eat.

But just as she put the fish meat to her mouth, a fishy smell came into her nose, which immediately made her stomach uncomfortable and she began to retch.

Sha Zhu hurriedly patted Yu Li's back and asked with concern, "Are you okay, wife? What happened to you?"

Yu Li shook her head, took a sip of tea and said, "It's okay. How did you cook the fish today? Why is there such a strong fishy smell?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu picked up the fish and smelled it. There was no fishy smell. Then he put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, but he didn't find any fishy smell either.

"There's no fishy smell. It smells the same as usual!"

Seeing that he seemed fine, Yu Li began to wonder if she was being too sensitive.

Seeing this, Chen Xueru leaned over to Yu Li's ear and whispered, "Yu Li, has it been a long time since you last had your period?"

When Yu Li heard this, she was stunned.

It's true that she hasn't been here for a while, but the kitchen has been busy recently and she didn't care at all.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly asked: "Mom, do you mean I'm pregnant?"

Chen Xueru smiled and nodded, saying, "It's almost certain. It happened to me last time, too. I only found out I was pregnant after a checkup."

Yu Li shouted excitedly: "I might really be pregnant, I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't told me!"

This time Yu Li's voice was louder and everyone present could hear it clearly.

Sha Zhu immediately put down his chopsticks and asked anxiously: "Wife, you said you are pregnant?"

Yu Li nodded happily and said, "I think she is pregnant. I have been busy these past few days. If mom hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. But we still have to go get checked to be sure."

Sha Zhu jumped up happily and laughed, "I'm going to be a father! I'm going to be a dad!!"

Yu Li grabbed Sha Zhu, who was so happy that he lost himself in pride, and said, "What are you yelling about? Wait until you go to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow before you tell me. It would be bad if the neighbors heard you."

Sha Zhu then sat down again, but the smile on his face never stopped.

He Daqing said: "I didn't expect that today would be a good day for our family. It is indeed a day worth celebrating."

"Tomorrow morning, Zhuzi, take Yu Li to the hospital for a checkup. Yu Li, don't do any heavy work these days. I'll arrange some easy work for you then."

Yu Li listened and nodded.

"Thanks dad, I understand."

Sha Zhu also nodded cheerfully and said, "Don't worry, Dad. I will go to the hospital with Yu Li tomorrow morning. If it doesn't work, I will let her take a vacation and have a good rest at home."

Yu Li kicked Sha Zhu under the table and said, "How can you be so delicate? Many people are still working when they are about to give birth. If you don't know how to talk, then don't talk!"

With this good news, the joyful atmosphere at home became even more lively.

After the family had a lively dinner, Sha Zhu happily took on all the work by himself, leaving Yu Li to accompany Chen Xueru to rest.

Yu Li looked at the cheerful Sha Zhu and felt particularly happy.

For the sake of this child, she has been giving Sha Zhu a lot of trouble recently.