Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"The old man saw nothing and knew nothing."

The third uncle picked up a newspaper and covered his head with it.

"Okay, okay, I won't disturb you from resting, Third Uncle." Cao Wei turned his head to look at Lou Xiao'e, raised his eyebrows at her, and bent his arms slightly.

Lou Xiao'e curled her lips, walked over, took his hand, and walked towards the backyard.

The entire courtyard fell silent.

"After living in this yard for a while, finally there are only a few of us left." Lou Xiao'e looked at the quiet yard with some emotion.

There are only four families left in the entire courtyard.

There is an old man’s house in the front yard.

After Yan Jiecheng became rich, he started buying houses. Apart from commercial housing, he bought all the houses in the front yard of this courtyard.

He is not in a hurry if some items are not for sale, because there will always be a time for him to buy them.

According to the third uncle, it was a shadow left over from childhood.

In addition to the three uncles and three aunts, the Yan family also had four children, a family of six, squeezed into that small room, which made Yan Jiecheng very depressed. So, revenge consumption came.

He more or less bought the entire front yard.

Now, when the New Year comes, the Yan family is extremely lively and the children are willing to come back, mainly because there is enough house. At night, they eat hotpot in the big house. Those days are wonderful.

And in the Central Courtyard, there are only two families left, the Sha Zhu family and the Jia family.

The two children of Sha Zhu did not go far and settled down in this courtyard. He Xiao was Cao Wei's fourth apprentice. Later, he became the chef of his father's restaurant. He usually went to get off work with his father and married a good wife, who was an intellectual. It was said that when He Xiao went to their restaurant to eat, he fell in love with her, but she did not agree at first.

Later, after some bumps and bruises, they finally got together.

With Qi Su taking care of things, the family lived in harmony.

As for the second son He Xiao, he never lived in Beijing and went to the south. It is said that he became a small leader and settled down in the south. He would come back every New Year.

Sha Zhu was not very satisfied with this. He felt that with He Chen's wealth, he should not go to the south.

In his words, "If I had no talent, you could go out and make a living, that would be fine. But now I only make this much money a year, and your elder brother has inherited my skills. Why don't you stay at home and inherit the family property, and run out instead?"

That's it, the relationship between the two of them is not that good.

He Chen felt that his father was too vulgar. He was pursuing his dream, so why couldn't he give him some understanding and support?

Fortunately, with Qi Su mediating, the father and son were able to get along well with each other even though neither of them was convinced by the other.

As for the house of the first uncle, after the first uncle passed away, Yi Yi didn't want to stay in the yard. It's not that he didn't have a conscience, but he didn't want to see the empty room every day. He always felt that something was missing. He would come back to see Qi Su and these old neighbors during the holidays. The house was given directly to Qi Su. He didn't ask for money.

In addition to the Shazhu family, there is also a Jia family in the central courtyard.

The Jia family became a little more lively.

Xiao Huaihua and her husband lived in the middle courtyard. On weekdays, she went to teach and went home to help Qin Huairu with housework. She gave birth to three children, all of whom were very well behaved.

The three children have grown up. Recently, Xiao Huaihua has been pestering Shazhu to buy another house. Most of the houses in the middle courtyard have been bought by Shazhu. Qin Huairu built three houses and gave one to Banggeng, Xiaodang and Huaihua. She never built another house. She thought it was unnecessary and that it was something the children should consider.

If she really wants to buy it, she has the money.

Sha Zhu was also annoyed by Huaihua. He didn't understand why Huaihua had to stay here since her family wasn't short of money.

Huaihua's reason was very simple. The food cooked by her father (Cao Wei) was delicious, and she ate it. Her child also had to have a seat and be able to eat every day. She also asked Shazhu with confidence whether it was worth it if she could eat the food cooked by Cao Wei every day.

In the end, Sha Zhu was defeated, but he still made things a little difficult for Huaihua and told her that he didn't want money, he also wanted a house, and asked Huaihua to go out and buy one to exchange with him.

Huaihua worked on this for a while before finally getting everything ready.

In the end there was no choice but to give it to her.

As for the backyard, there was no one else there.

The second uncle's family was noisy and eventually faded out of sight. Later, the second uncle made some money in partnership with Xu Damao, and the two sons came here after smelling the smell. In the end, it was the third uncle who gave the second uncle an idea to go to the bank and deposit a fixed amount of money for a fixed period of time. He negotiated with the bank that only when he was there could he get a fixed amount of money every month.

If he dies, then this money will be considered donated...

This move is really ruthless. Now the two sons are very filial.

There is no way. The money that Second Uncle makes this month is higher than their salary. They also have children to support. How much can Second Uncle eat alone? After all, he is just an old man.

The second uncle simply sold the house in the backyard.

After selling it.

The people in the backyard left one after another.

In this era, anyone who is willing to venture out and has a little ability will not stay in this alley.

Whether there are many people willing to enter a yard depends entirely on who lives in the yard.

There is a Cao Wei living in this courtyard, who opened a Samadhi Tower. The second uncle's steel business is booming, and even Sha Zhu, who has always been stupid, has opened a restaurant. Few people are willing to do that.

Everyone goes out to explore the world. It doesn't matter if you don't, but if you do, you will at least make a name for yourself.

The house in the backyard was sold to the Cao family as a favor.

It was only five years ago that the Cao family completely took over this courtyard.

After taking over, Qin Jingru carried out a major transformation.

Now, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is simple and elegant.

In Qin Xiaozhu’s circle of friends, there are many masters of Chinese studies of various kinds.

Qin Huairu is cooking at the moment. She doesn't have to go to the middle yard to wash rice now, as the backyard has been equipped with a full set of equipment by Qin Jingru.

Cooking is also simple.

I was just about to go to the middle courtyard to get some food.

Then I saw Cao Wei and Lou Xiao'e walk in together.

"I'm back." Qin Huairu's eyes curved into a crescent: "How long will you be back this time?"

"I'm not leaving."

"That's great. You can cook the meal at home."

After being away from home for some time, the two still looked like an old couple.

"Hey, what you said." Cao Wei laughed.

"So what? My cooking isn't as good as yours. Ask Xiao'e whose cooking she wants to eat?"