Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Aunt Yan also nodded repeatedly and told Yan Bugui that Lin Geng had bought two large bags of white flour and corn flour today, and would start cleaning the house tomorrow to prepare a lunch for the hired chef at noon.

Yan Bugui's eyes lit up when he heard this, so he quickly said, "Then what are you still standing there for? Why don't you go and ask him if he wants you to help cook for him at noon? Take this opportunity to help him a little, and you can also eat at her house and save us a meal? If you can't finish the food, you can bring back the leftovers, so we can save on dinner, right?"

When Aunt Yan heard this, she rolled her eyes at Yan Bugui and said, "What did you tell me just now? Have you forgotten it now? Aren't you asking me to take advantage of him?"

Yan Bugui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he patted himself on the face and said with a wry smile: "Look, hasn't this become a habit? You are right, we really can't do this! Otherwise, we might really offend him again!

So, tomorrow you just go over and take a look. If necessary, just help him. Don't mention anything. The fish he gave us these few days is already very kind. Even if you help him for free, it's nothing! Don't scheme against him!"

Aunt Yan immediately nodded and agreed.

After the residents in the courtyard came back from get off work, they asked Lin Geng at the gate about fishing. Yan Bugui happily told them that Lin Geng had a good catch today and that he had already said that he would deliver fish to their doors soon and asked them to go home and wait.

Sure enough, after seeing the residents coming back from get off work, Lin Geng carried fish baskets and delivered fish door to door, starting from the front yard.

However, when he gave fish, he treated each family differently. For example, he gave Old Wang's family a big fish weighing about three kilograms. But to the families who jumped out to help Qin Huairu last night, he only gave a carp weighing about one kilogram. As for the families who did not jump out to help Qin Huairu and the old lady last night, he gave a fish weighing about two kilograms.

But when delivering the fish, he bypassed the Jia family, the Yi family, the Liu family and the deaf old lady in the backyard and simply ignored them.

The first aunt, the second aunt, the deaf old lady and Qin Huairu all looked at Lin Geng with resentment as he happily delivered fish to every household in the yard, but bypassed their house. They all cursed Lin Geng's ancestors in their hearts, but they did not dare to jump out and question Lin Geng.

Because they all know very well now that after this incident, Lin Geng has completely broken off with them. It would be harder than climbing to the sky to take advantage of Lin Geng again. It is a daydream to expect Lin Geng to treat them equally and send them fish.

So they dared not do anything except hide at home and curse Lin Geng inwardly with gnashing teeth, feeling helpless and furious. They just waited for the men of their families to be released so that they could find a way to deal with that little beast Lin Geng.

When Lin Geng delivered the fish, the residents in the yard also discovered that the fish Lin Geng sent were of different sizes, and it was obvious that he was treating them differently. Several families saw that the fish Lin Geng sent to them were only one kilogram in size, much smaller than the fish of other families, so they were quite dissatisfied.

So they stopped Lin Geng and asked, "Xiao Lin, this is not fair! Look, the fish you gave to my family was only this big, but the one you gave to Zhou's family next door was much bigger than mine. Why is that?"

Lin Geng then looked at the extras who stopped him and questioned him about his unfairness with a fake smile, and said in a teasing tone: "I am going to fish, not buy fish, so they can be about the same size. Who can guarantee that every fish is the same size when fishing? Of course, some fish are big and some are small!

As for why the fish I gave you are smaller than others, haha! Don't you know what's going on? What did you do last night? Have you forgotten everything? Do you want me to remind you again?

I can forgive you for what happened today and even give you a fish. Just be happy! You should all go back and think about what to do in the future. Shouldn't you use your brains a little more? Don't let others use you as a tool all the time!"

After saying this, Lin Geng turned around and went to Yan Bugui's house, took the chickens and rabbits that Aunt Yan had prepared, and asked Aunt Yan for help. She went to his house to dig some white flour and corn flour and helped him steam a pot of steamed buns.

Then he took the chicken and rabbit back, lit the stove and started stir-frying the chicken and rabbit.

As for those families who got the small fish, they all looked very unhappy. They just remembered that last night they saw the first aunt, the second aunt and Qin Huairu slandering Lin Geng for bullying He Yushui in the yard. After Qin Huairu was angrily rebuked by Lin Geng, she burst into tears. For a moment, they got hot-headed and jumped out to criticize Lin Geng for going too far.

Now, Lin Geng remembered their brainless behavior yesterday, and today they received retribution. The fish he gave them were the smallest. Just as Lin Geng said, he was able to forgive them today and even gave them a fish, which was already a favor to them. This left them speechless and they could only swallow the fruits of their labor.

So the people from these families could only return home dejectedly. The women in the families became furious again and started quarreling with their own husbands who had jumped out to defend Qin Huairu last night. They scolded them for having pig brains and asked if they were coveting Qin Huairu's body. Otherwise, why didn't others say anything but they jumped out to speak for Qin Huairu?

Anyway, these guys won't be able to keep quiet tonight. They are all very upset, regretting but speechless. Those with soft personalities can only be scolded by their wives in shame, while those with bad tempers and bad tempers can't stand their wives' accusations and fight with them on the spot.

For a moment, the front, middle and back yards were in chaos, with women's complaints and men's scolding filling the air, making it extremely lively.

However, Lin Geng's action still reminded the residents in the yard that if they encountered such things in the future, they should use their brains first. They should not jump out to help Qin Huairu and the first and second aunts as they did yesterday.

Just at this moment, He Yushui also came back from school. Lin Geng didn't let her cook by herself, so he came over to eat together in the evening. He chopped up half a chicken, went to He's family's kitchen, added some dried mushrooms to make soup, and made the rest into fried chicken.

As for rabbit, it has an earthy smell, so it must be cooked with heavy ingredients to be delicious when made into spicy rabbit.

Lin Geng liked to eat rabbit meat when he was in the future, especially spicy rabbit. He learned how to make spicy rabbit. Today, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some dried chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns at a high price, and then started to stir-fry them at home.

As Lin Gengyi worked as fiercely as a tiger, the spicy and fresh smell of the spicy rabbit began to spread in the courtyard of the quadrangle. Soon the courtyard became lively. The residents of the quadrangle sniffed hard, sniffing the spicy and fresh smell in the air, and their mouths were watering with greed.

Although most families in the yard will have fish to eat tonight, if you want fish to taste good, you have to use more oil. Steaming it is not popular now.

Nowadays, every household has a rationed supply of oil according to their urban household registration. The monthly ration for each person ranges from 3 taels to half a catty, which is usually 4 taels of rapeseed oil. A family has only a little over a catty of rapeseed oil per month, which is not enough for cooking every day.

This is why when people buy meat now, they like to buy fatty meat, so that they can make some lard after taking it home. The lard residue can also be used to cook, which will make the food taste more fragrant.

If there is no oil at home, then you can only steam or stew the fish. There are few seasonings now, especially pepper, which is very expensive. Few ordinary people will buy pepper. Without seasoning, the stewed fish and fish soup are not very fragrant.

After smelling the rich spicy and fresh aroma of the spicy rabbit wafting from Lin Geng's house, many people drooled and went out to sniff the aroma and swallow their saliva.