Siheyuan: Starting with one acre and three fen of land

Last weekend, He Daqing had already arranged for He Yuzhu to work in the kitchen of Fengze Garden.

At the beginning of a new week, today is He Yuzhu's first day stepping into Fengze Garden.

At dawn, He Yuzhu got up early. He carefully cooked a pot of porridge. After he finished eating it himself, he heated up the remaining porridge in the pot and saved it for He Daqing and Yushui as breakfast.

He packed his luggage, looked at the sky gradually turning pale, and prepared to walk to Fengze Garden with a flashlight in hand.

Coming out of the alley, he headed south along Nanluoguxiang. The avenue was wide, and he met many vendors who got up early to make a living. They were busy pushing or carrying their goods.

He Yuzhu passed by them, his heart full of anticipation and curiosity about the famous Fengze Garden.

After walking for more than an hour, the outline of Fengze Garden gradually appeared in his sight. At this time, the sky was already bright.

He Yuzhu walked around to the back door of Fengze Garden, stopped, took a deep breath, calmed his breathing, and then walked forward and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door creaked open and a boy about his age stuck his head out.

Seeing that He Yuzhu was not the familiar vegetable vendor, the young man asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

He Yuzhu quickly bowed and returned the greeting: "Thank you. I'm the new kitchen helper, my name is He Yuzhu. I've already made an appointment with the shopkeeper yesterday, and I'm here to report today. May I ask your name? You can just call me Zhuzi."

The young man slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, "Oh, the master chef did mention this yesterday. It turns out it's you. Please come in, please come in. I'll take you to see Master Zheng. You can just call me Xiao Wang."

As he said that, he opened the door to let He Yuzhu into the yard, then closed the door, turned around and took He Yuzhu to the back kitchen.

He Yuzhu followed Xiao Wang. He knew that he was about to start a new chapter of his life in the kitchen of Fengzeyuan.

Xiao Wang led He Yuzhu along the winding corridor, and finally they stopped in front of the door of a small room.

Xiao Wang knocked on the door and called out, "Master Zheng, you told me yesterday to keep an eye on the new helper. I've brought him here."

"Come in!" Master Zheng's steady voice came from inside the door.

Hearing the sound, Xiao Wang pushed the door open and walked in, taking He Yuzhu with him into the slightly dim room.

Xiao Wang bowed and said respectfully, "Master Zheng, sorry to bother you." Then he stepped aside to let He Yuzhu come forward and continued to introduce him, "Master Zheng, this is our new helper, He Yuzhu. Do you have any other instructions?"

When Master Zheng Youmin saw the two people come in, he put down the teacup in his hand and looked at He Yuzhu.

He nodded slightly and said to Xiao Wang, "There is nothing else, go and get busy. I will ask Zhuzi to find you later." Upon hearing this, Xiao Wang bowed again and left the room.

After Xiao Wang left the room, He Yuzhu came forward, bowed deeply, and said respectfully: "Master Zheng, how are you? I am He Daqing's son He Yuzhu, you can just call me Zhuzi. My father told me yesterday to come here and listen to your instructions."

Master Zheng accepted the gift and nodded, saying, "Then I will call you Zhuzi. Cooking is a delicate job, and I will be strict with you.

You just arrived, so follow Xiao Wang and learn how to handle the ingredients. If you have any questions, you can ask me during the break."

He Yuzhu nodded quickly and replied, "Thank you for your help, Master Zheng. I will study it carefully."

He watched Master Zheng pick up the teacup again and sip gently, and said quickly: "Master Zheng, I'll go out and get busy now."

Master Zheng was quite satisfied with He Yuzhu's understanding and perceptive appearance, so he smiled and nodded. He Yuzhu bowed to Master Zheng again and left the room.

He Yuzhu found Xiao Wang who was busy. He quickly walked up to him to lend a hand and together they carried the newly purchased fresh vegetables to the pool in the yard.

As he was moving, he said to Xiao Wang, "Brother Wang, I will follow you from now on. If I do something wrong, please forgive me. From now on, you can call me Zhuzi."

After hearing this, Xiao Wang smiled and waved his hand: "Hey, you're too polite, we are all the same." The two stood side by side and began to wash the vegetables carefully.

While washing the vegetables, Xiao Wang taught He Yuzhu the skills to identify the freshness of the vegetables.

He patiently explained that if fresh vegetables are not used, the cooked dishes will lose their original flavor and taste.

He also took this opportunity to talk about some cooking methods and characteristics of Shandong cuisine, allowing He Yuzhu to taste the unique flavor of Shandong cuisine while washing the vegetables.

After washing, the vegetables became clean and bright. Xiao Wang led He Yuzhu to the food preparation area in the back kitchen and asked him to try to cut some potato shreds to see how good his knife skills were.

He Yuzhu picked up the kitchen knife without hesitation and weighed it gently. He picked up a washed potato in one hand and skillfully cut the potato into evenly thick shreds.

Xiao Wang watched quietly at the side. After He Yuzhu finished cutting, he walked up, gently peeled apart the potato shreds, looked at them carefully, and then nodded with satisfaction.

He said to He Yuzhu, "You are quite good at cutting. From now on, you will be mainly responsible for chopping the whole vegetables. I will also be responsible for the chopping and matching work."

He Yuzhu was delighted when he heard this. Now he finally had plenty of ingredients to practice with, and a stable source of cooking experience was guaranteed.

He nodded repeatedly and promised, "No problem, Brother Wang, I will do my best."

After a busy morning, He Yuzhu's vegetable cutting work finally came to an end. He was able to temporarily put down the kitchen knife and sit on a bench to take a short rest.

He narrowed his eyes, as if enjoying this rare moment of peace and quiet.

The mind summons the panel, and the familiar interface appears before your eyes.

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Character: He Yuzhu

Physical fitness: 7.8 (normal healthy person 10)

Mental: 13.2 (normal healthy person 10)

技能：厨艺LV2（4/50）摔跤LV2（15/50）

Experience Points: 1

**: To be triggered

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Seeing that he had gained some experience in cooking in just the morning, He Yuzhu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a smug smile.

Now I can finally relax. After all, a little experience every day is not enough.

He Yuzhu continued to squint his eyes, recalling the conversation just now in his mind, and gradually understood the story behind Xiao Wang.

Xiao Wang’s full name is Wang Yiren. He wandered to Beijing from Shandong a few years ago.

The wandering experience was filled with hunger, cold and hardship. Although he was two years older than He Yuzhu, he looked thinner.

Wang Yiren has spent more than three years in Fengzeyuan and is now doing cutting and preparing work in the kitchen.

He always maintains his passion and pursuit for cooking, works diligently and willingly, and has honed his skills to a good level.

"It seems that this Brother Wang has a master who has taken a fancy to him, otherwise Master Zheng would not have arranged for me to follow him."

He Yuzhu secretly felt lucky and thanked Master Zheng for arranging such an excellent partner for him. Working peacefully without any intrigue and improving his cooking skills were exactly what He Yuzhu was pursuing.

Since the moment He Yuzhu stepped into the kitchen of Fengze Garden, he has been immersed in daily busyness and self-improvement, and time seems to be passing faster.

Before we knew it, the rest day arranged by Fengze Garden had quietly arrived.

According to Fengze Garden’s practice, there are two days of rest every month, and He Yuzhu’s rest days are scheduled in the middle and end of the month.

He Yuzhu did not formally become a disciple at Fengze Garden, but instead used the back door to temporarily join the queue and become a helper here.

His treatment was naturally different from that of regular employees, and he could only receive half of the salary.

But this also brought him a convenience, that is, after preparing the dishes every evening, he could go straight back home.

On this day, when the finishing work in the kitchen was completed, He Yuzhu waved goodbye to Wang Yiren and Master Zheng and went to the Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant opposite.

He already had a plan in his mind to buy a fragrant roast duck, take it home and share the delicacy with his family.

These days, every evening on his way home from work, He Yuzhu would always buy some meat to fill his stomach.

He Yuzhu's meat intake was not in vain. Coupled with his daily persistent exercise, his body grew stronger.

Now, as he looked at the physical fitness data on the panel increasing by 0.2, he felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

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Character: He Yuzhu

Physical fitness: 8 (normal healthy person 10)

Mental: 13.2 (normal healthy person 10)

技能：厨艺LV2（12/50）摔跤LV2（27/50）

Experience Points: 0

**: To be triggered

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He Yuzhu was focused at the moment, immersed in his blessed land. He landed on the fertile land and saw a field of golden wheat swaying gently.

He Yuzhu was thinking that during tomorrow's rest time, he would take this piece of wheat and the rice harvested from the previous crop to the Guan family and sell them, which would bring him a considerable sum of silver dollars.

Now that RM coins have begun to circulate in the market, the circulation of silver dollars will probably be gradually restricted.

After completing this transaction, he planned to sell the silver dollars in his hands and exchange them for more commonly used paper money while some people were still speculating on the price of silver dollars.

The news that the wheat was ripe in the blessed land made He Yuzhu feel moved.

He immediately communicated with the blessed land and began to harvest, and then sowed new rice seeds, looking forward to a good harvest in the future.

In both harvests, the yields of wheat and rice showed gratifying growth.

The wheat yield per mu has steadily reached 130 kilograms, and the rice yield has reached 180 kilograms.

Looking at the land where rice had just been planted, He Yuzhu was filled with joy and couldn't help looking forward to the future harvest.

He continued to let Fudi process this batch of wheat and rice. After some fine processing, he obtained 120 kilograms of refined flour, 85 kilograms of 42.5 flour, and 252 kilograms of rice.

Looking at the rice and flour piled up in the storage warehouse, He Yuzhu's heart was filled with satisfaction.

He plans to control the amount of refined flour processed from wheat to 120 kilograms and no longer increase it.

After all, the remaining 85 powder is enough for home consumption, and it tastes pretty good.

The main source of money is still rice. In the future, we can consider adjusting the planting ratio, planting more rice, and then selling it to the old people.

Looking at the carp swimming in the creek, they have grown a lot since they were caught years ago and put here.

The three acres of grassland can now be used, and there is enough feed to feed some chickens and ducks.

He Yuzhu was very happy, imagining how much he would gain tomorrow. He could not help but smile knowing that he would have a stable income every month.