Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"That vicious woman, I will never see her again in this life."

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"Brother Da Mao,"

"Xiao Laizi, let's wear masks and talk less. Otherwise, your saliva will be all over the mask."

"That makes sense. I'll take it down and talk about it."

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"My uncle Liu said that the country is now controlling stainless steel, so we can only use ordinary iron."

"That's fine, but your cage is really nice. There were three big ones yesterday."

"My uncle Liu is good at cooking! Hehe."

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"Brother Lai, I heard that you are really going to the sixth grade next semester?" Li Jianguo still found it a little unconvincing.

"Brother Jianguo, I never lie to anyone." He Lai patted Li Jianguo on the shoulder.

"What will I do if you leave?"

"You have grown up, you need to grow up on your own! Don't rely too much on others. Only when the young eagle spreads its wings can it become the overlord of the sky. Don't you think so? Don't cry. Just copy it. There are not many times left."

He Lai handed over the homework book and lay down again.

...

"Master Hu, I recently got a secret recipe for a dish called pickled fish. Are you interested?" He Laixian took a lunch box and said quietly.

“Is there a specific method?”

"Yes, but I have a request."

"explain."

"Just be an apprentice like you who doesn't have to learn how to cook."

"Hey, that's fine!" Master Hu also smiled. It's not bad to have an apprentice who is naughty but not mischievous.

He Lai agreed as soon as he saw it and immediately took out the written paper.

Secret Recipe:

Prepare a fresh fish, such as grass carp, fillet it into slices, and use starch and salt to even out the flavor.

Take about half a pound of pickled cabbage and cut it into shreds.

Pickle eight peppers and chop them.

Put oil in a pan and heat it to 60%, add peppercorns, ginger slices and garlic slices and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the pickled cabbage shreds and stir-fry for about half a minute.

Add soup or water, bring to a boil, then add the fish head, fish bones and cooking wine and simmer for about ten minutes.

Pour into a soup pot and bring to a boil, then shake out the fish fillets and put them into the pot one by one.

At the same time, wash the wok and place it on the fire, add oil and heat it to 60% hot, add the chopped pickled chili and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant.

Pour the chopped pickled chili in the wok into the pot of sauerkraut fish, continue cooking for about two minutes, add MSG, stir well and serve.

"How is it? Master, is there any progress?" He Lai came up and asked.

"Just wait for me to try."

After a while, the manager also came to taste the dish and was quite satisfied. Chef Hu was also satisfied.

The manager immediately decided to include this dish in the restaurant and gave He Lai 100 million.

He Lai bowed and thanked. Oh, there are still a lot of dishes, this money is easy to make.

"Master, just say privately that you developed it yourself. I am too small to handle it."

Master Hu smiled and said hello.

"Can you give me two lunch boxes in the future?"

"Row."

"Master, can I have the scallion-fried sea cucumber?"

"Master doesn't know how to do that. That's Master Zheng's unique skill."

"Then please help me ask, I am your new apprentice!"

"Xiao Gao, go get up and work. I don't see any business coming." Master Hu turned and left.

He Lai curled his lips, packed the pickled fish into two lunch boxes, and left.

"Why did it take so long? I almost fell asleep?" Xu Damao stood up immediately when he saw He Lai coming out.

"The chef insisted that I try his new dish, so I waited for a while." He Lai picked up three lunch boxes and shook them.

"Can I have one?"

"Okay, here I give you one."

"Xiao Laizi, you are so generous today. Get in the car."

...

As He Lai walked into the yard, he saw Xiao Yushui swinging by the swing.

"What's wrong, little Yu Shui? Who bullied you?"

Xiao Yushui shook her head.

"Come on, brother, why are you so late today? They have all finished eating."

"Has Yu Shui eaten?" He Lai touched little Yu Shui's head.

"I want to wait for my brother to come and eat together."

"Let's eat today."

"Mom didn't eat much either."

"Okay, Mommy will eat too."

"Why so late?" Wu Juan asked.

"I have become Master Hu's personal disciple. There was no way he could force me to accept me. Otherwise, I won't be allowed to leave." He Lai put down the lunch box and opened it.

"Wow! Sweet and sour pork tenderloin, why haven't I seen this dish before? Let me try it." Sha Zhu immediately picked up the chopsticks and wanted to eat it.

He Lai was beaten directly, "You've eaten and you're still eating. It's not good to eat too much at night. Let's eat, Yu Shui Niang and sister-in-law."

Sha Zhu could only stare at his wife, hoping to feed her.

The three of them ate the vegetables, and Sha Zhu drank the soup. They worked very well together!

"This dish is delicious, Xiao Laizi, get this next time." Wu Juan also started the president mode.

The Queen Mother has spoken and we have to obey her orders.

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Mother...if you continue to favor Fourteenth Sister, don't blame me as her son!

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"Xiao Laizi, if you have any more in the future, bring some for me. My mother loves it." Xu Damao said while riding his bicycle.

"Row!"

"Xiao Laizi, is that just a fish head? Why is there no fish meat? Although pickled cabbage is delicious."

"Ah."

"Do you have a cold? Why don't you talk?"

"Ah."

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"You rest in the thatched cottage. Uncle Zhang and I will go."

"Okay." He Lai said with full energy. It turns out that saying just one word can be so powerful.

Xu Damao looked over when he heard the clear sound, and He Lai immediately felt that he had been discovered, so he deliberately coughed twice.

"Brother Damao, I didn't want to do that either. It was you who said I had a cold."

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Inside the courtyard, at Xu Damao's home, Xu Damao looked at the sauerkraut fish with meat in the bowl and looked at He Lai with resentment. He Lai felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look at Xu Damao. He could only say to Aunt Xu, "Aunt, I heard from Brother Damao that you like sauerkraut fish, so I brought some more for you and added a little fish meat. You can try it later. I'm leaving first." After that, he ran out of Xu's home.

At the He family, four people sat around the table eating delicious food. Sha Zhu also got to taste the pickled fish he had been craving for, and decided to learn how to make this dish from the chef this week.

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My beloved concubine, my thirteenth sister is gone, and she has also left me...

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"Brother Damao, don't be angry. I didn't know that the lunch box was packed by the little apprentice. Can you be magnanimous and forgive your brother once?"

Xu Damao thought about it and realized that it was someone else who prepared the lunch box for him. He blamed He Lai wrongly. So he said, "It's okay, it's okay. Your brother Damao is not a stingy person! My mother complained that there was not enough pickled vegetables to eat yesterday!"

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Spring passed and summer came, and summer vacation was finally here. Li Jianguo held He Lai and refused to let him leave.

"Brother Lai, don't go. How can I live if you leave? Brother Lai!..." Li Jianguo's eyes were red, but He Lai still ran away.

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"Yu Shui, your brother is on summer vacation now. I will play with you every day from now on. Are you happy?" He Lai put down his schoolbag and said to Yu Shui.

Xiao Yushui also giggled and nodded vigorously.

When Sha Zhu heard this, he immediately quit and said that Yu Shui had to go to the steel mill with him. After all, his sister could improve their relationship at the steel mill. Sha Zhu could feel that Yu Shui was closer to him than before.

"Oh, some people just don't feel sorry for their own sister. She is only 7 years old and goes to work early every morning. Who wouldn't feel sorry for her?" He Lai used another trick - sigh.

"This..." Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment.

Qin Huairu shook her head, came to Sha Zhu and whispered something into his ear. Sha Zhu immediately came to his senses and started arguing again.

Finally, it was decided that we would go to the steel mill on 1st, 3rd and 5th, and follow He Lai on 2nd, 4th and 6th.