Siheyuan: Starting with one acre and three fen of land

next day

He Yuzhu started working in the kitchen early in the morning. Today he planned to use the rice from Jingxi rice to make a pot of porridge and steam white flour buns. First, give He Daqing a little shock.

The sky gradually brightened, and the sweet aroma of food from the kitchen gradually spread.

A scent drifted into He Yushui's nose at some point. She smacked her lips a few times, stared with her eyes half-closed, fumbled for her clothes and put them on, then stumbled along the way in her slippers, following the scent.

When He Yuzhu looked back and saw Xiao Yushui at the kitchen door, he couldn't help laughing. He walked over quickly, picked her up, and patted her little face.

"Yushui, wake up quickly, you almost fell down."

Xiao Yushui rubbed her eyes with her hands, looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Brother, I just dreamed of delicious food, but I didn't eat it."

"Haha~ You're a genius too! I made something delicious for you, go brush your teeth and wash your face, and get ready to come over for breakfast."

He Yuzhu bent down and poured the rain water onto the ground, helped her button up her clothes, put on her shoes, and patted her head.

"Go ahead! You're such a greedy little cat. Haha!"

The breakfast on the eight-immortals table in the living room was steaming. The steamed bun basket was full of white flour buns. In the middle was a bowl of fragrant rice porridge garnished with scallops and ham, and accompanied by a plate of sour and crispy dried radish.

At this moment, Xiao Yushui was pouring the food into her mouth, and she was so busy that she couldn't keep up with it.

He Daqing, who was sitting opposite him, was chewing steamed buns and drinking porridge, but his expression was a little strange. Xu Shu entered Cao's camp without saying a word.

He Yuzhu didn't say anything, just stared at He Daqing opposite him and drank his porridge slowly.

After finishing this breakfast with only the sound of rain, He Daqing hurried out with Yu Shui.

After cleaning up the kitchen, He Yuzhu walked out of the yard and went out to buy ingredients for lunch.

As the sun gradually rose higher, He Yuzhu was already practicing wrestling techniques in the courtyard.

He Yuzhu was wearing a thin coat and was steaming with heat. With each move, he exercised his muscles and gradually strengthened his body.

When He Yuzhu was immersed in it, old man Zhang Baishu from the backyard quietly appeared under the corridor in the middle courtyard. The old man stroked his white beard and looked at He Yuzhu who was moving around in the courtyard, with a look of satisfaction on his face, nodding his head continuously.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, good morning. I was just practicing and didn't see you, please forgive me." When He Yuzhu stopped to rest after performing a set of exercises, he found the old man standing under the corridor and greeted him quickly.

"Zhuzi, you have made great progress!" Old Master Zhang looked at He Yuzhu with a smile.

"Hey, you're flattering me. I'm just exercising myself, and now I'm just a novice." He Yuzhu picked up the coat next to him and walked towards the corridor of the east wing.

"If you believe what the old man says, you should slow down your recent physical training and take some tonic medicine to nourish your body." Old man Zhang Baishu suggested to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu listened to the old man's words and stopped buttoning his clothes.

"Yeah, I've been focusing on improving my skills and physical fitness recently. My height has jumped to 170cm in the past two months. Just eating isn't enough."

Thinking of this, he bowed to the old man.

"Zhu Zi, thank you. If you hadn't pointed it out to me today, I wouldn't have noticed these things. I just thought I was eating well recently and growing stronger."

Seeing that He Yuzhu was so receptive to advice, the old man laughed.

"I see that you have already mastered wrestling. Your diet should keep up with your progress. Don't ruin your health."

"You have a keen eye. I learned these things when I was a kid in Shichahai. I was just trying to figure it out on my own and didn't notice these details."

He Yuzhu came up to the old man and invited him to go to the living room of the main house for tea.

"Let's not just stand there. Come with me and have a cup of tea to moisten your throat. And give me some advice while you're at it."

He went forward and helped the old man to the living room.

After entering the living room, He Yuzhu asked the old man to sit down, went into the kitchen, turned on the stove, filled the kettle with water and put it on the stove.

He took a plate and went back to the living room, looked for snacks in the cupboard, scooped a plate and brought it to the old man.

"My father prepared a jar of good tea the other day. Please help me taste it later. I am a rough man, and all the teas taste the same. I can't tell the difference."

He Yuzhu said as he placed the dessert plate on the table, "Eat the dessert first. This is the inferior stuff I brought back from Fengze Garden. Please don't despise it."

The inferior goods he mentioned were the snacks that had some scraps scattered during the production process and could not be served to customers by the kitchen staff. The workers in the kitchen could get them at a lower price, but the taste was no worse.

The old man stroked his beard. Of course he understood the meaning. He smiled, picked up the snack, put it in his mouth and tasted it.

"Not bad! It's worthy of being Fengzeyuan, the taste is still so good." The old man praised after eating.

"Hehe, you are really knowledgeable. Could you please tell me about this method of health preservation?" He Yuzhu asked the old man.

"Put your hand here, I'll feel your pulse first."

He Yuzhu stretched out his hand and asked the old man to help take his pulse. The old man took his pulse for a while and nodded to signal him to take his hand back.

"It's not a big problem. You just need to make up for it slowly."

He Yuzhu couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard this. Wrestling skill experience is acquired slowly, and now he has to stop for a while. Isn't this a big loss?

"Do you have any solution? Or you can prescribe some tonic for me so that I don't have to stop exercising."

"It's good that you've made such progress at your age. Now is not the time to rely on force to survive, just exercise. Why are you in such a hurry?" The old man looked at He Yuzhu in confusion.

"I'm just thinking about going faster, higher, and stronger?" He Yuzhu said hesitantly.

"Haha, it's you." The old man stroked his beard and laughed.

"If you are really in a hurry, I can teach you a set of health-preserving skills that I have practiced myself, and give you a prescription. What do you think?"

He Yuzhu was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly. "That's great, but passing this skill to me won't cause you any trouble, right?"

"Haha, my master has passed away, who would bother me?" The old man replied with a smile.

He Yuzhu stood up and was about to kowtow to the old man. He kowtowed respectfully, only to realize that the tea was not yet brewed.

"Old man, you see I haven't even made the tea yet. I'll kowtow to you three more times to apologize. Please wait a moment, I'll go make the tea right away."

As he was about to continue kowtowing, the old man quickly held him back to stop him.

"It's all good as long as the intention is there. Get up and make some tea. Come with me to the backyard later and I'll prescribe a prescription for you."

"Okay, I'm sorry for being rude today. Come here for lunch later, and my dad will bring back some rain water. My cooking skills have improved a lot recently, so come and taste some of my food."

He Yuzhu stood up, invited the old man, and went to the kitchen to fetch water to make tea.