Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

"I heard that Qin Huairu is about to give birth? It's really not easy. They have been married for almost three years, right?"

"It should be next year. Jia Zhang has been burning incense at home every day, hoping to give birth to a boy."

"Shazhu went on a blind date a few days ago, but it failed again. The girl disliked him because he didn't have elderly people at home to take care of him."

"He's not as good as Xu Damao. I heard he went out to eat with his blind date."

"The backyard has started to boil medicine again. When will Old Chen's wife get better?"

"Alas, he is also a miserable person."

In the winter of 1954, in a courtyard in Nanluoguxiang, several middle-aged women sat in the yard to bask in the sun.

While doing needlework, they chatted about the interesting things that had happened in the courtyard recently.

"Auntie, isn't Chen Jun an apprentice at Fengdeng Building with Sha Zhu? Why didn't he go to work today?"

"How would I know? I'm not very familiar with the Chen family." The aunt shook her head.

From her words, one can tell that the aunt doesn't care much about the Chen family in the backyard.

"Hey, I guess he stayed at home to make medicine for Wang Xia. Although this child is a bit taciturn, he is indeed a filial child."

"Humph, you boil medicine every day, and the whole yard is filled with smell. My Huairu had a headache today, and it's probably because of the smell of the medicine."

"If you ask me, it would be better to just die. Your family takes up three rooms, and if you die, you can give me one room."

Jia Zhang came out of the house holding a stool and shoe soles.

Hearing everyone talking about the Chen family in the backyard, he immediately joined the conversation.

When the aunts saw Jia Zhang coming, they tacitly made room for her.

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"Hey, what's the point of this?"

Chen Jun, who was leaning against the wall, opened his eyes in a daze.

Looking around, Chen Jun found himself in an old house.

In front of me was a casserole with steam coming out of it, to the right was a square table filled with miscellaneous items, and the ground under my feet was full of potholes.

This house is so shabby!

Aren’t you working overtime at the company?

How come you changed places while I was taking a nap?

"Sigh~~~"

Suddenly, Chen Jun felt a sharp pain in his brain, and a memory that did not belong to him flooded into his mind like a tide.

After more than ten minutes, Chen Jun slowly exhaled, and the memory was finally digested.

He traveled through time, or to be more precise, to the world of Love in the Courtyard, and became a small and transparent character who never appeared in the play.

His house is in the backyard, opposite the house of the second uncle Liu Haizhong.

My father was a soldier and died on the battlefield last year. My mother was a worker in a steel mill. After learning the news of her father’s death, she fell ill and her health deteriorated day by day.

In addition to the mother, there is also a younger sister, Lin Yao, who is twelve years old this year. She is the daughter of her father's comrade-in-arms. Because Lin Yao's father died on the battlefield a few years ago, her father brought her from Sichuan and Chongqing to Sijiucheng and she became his sister.

This body of his is seventeen years old. After dropping out of school, he works as an apprentice in Fengdeng Building. He takes care of his family while earning money as an apprentice.

It is now May 1954, and there is still one year left to implement the coupon system, so many people in this city are eating out in restaurants.

According to the original plan, Chen Jun would continue to work in Fengdeng Tower, and then find an opportunity to apprentice to a master and learn the cooking skills.

But the original owner had very poor talent and had been doing odd jobs for a year.

And Sha Zhu, who had entered Fengdeng Tower with him, had finished cutting the wood and started cooking.

In addition, the original owner had a dull personality and was a taciturn person. He was not liked in the store and was fired by Fengdenglou yesterday.

Thinking of this, Chen Jun couldn't help but touch his trouser pocket. There was one and a half months' salary in it, a total of fourteen dollars and fifty cents.

His father died young, his mother is sick, his sister is poor, and he is unemployed.

What a pit start!

The family situation was already difficult, and now it’s better, but there’s no one left in the family to earn money.

As for asking the neighbors in the courtyard for help?

Don't even think about it!

Chen Jun, who has watched the TV series, knows that the so-called "Courtyard Full of Love" is actually "Courtyard Full of Beasts". There are not many good people in the three courtyards, front, middle and back.

It is just like the old saying goes, a small temple has strong evil spirits, and shallow water has many turtles.

Each of the typical characters in the courtyard is a talented person.

For example, the uncle named Morality God is a master at moral blackmail.

The official Weibo account of Haodang Erdaye is obviously just an ordinary blacksmith, but he always likes to act like a leader.

The third uncle is kind and generous. He never goes poor if he eats or drinks, but he will become poor if he fails to plan well. There is no one in the courtyard who is smarter than him.

The rap-singing and dancing Jia Zhang always feels that everyone in the world should help their Jia family, and they will summon Old Jia whenever they disagree.

In addition to them, there are the number one thug He Yuzhu, the immortal assassin Xu Damao, the peerless white lotus Qin Huairu, and Jia Dongxu who climbed the wall early.

When Chen Jun thought of this, he felt his head buzzing.

It’s not that he was afraid of them, but Chen Jun was more worried about how he would live in the future.

Judging from the current time, Jia Dongxu has not yet been elected, Bang Geng has not yet been born, and Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe have not yet gotten married.

He Daqing also ran away with the White Widow last year.

I am seventeen years old and cannot replace my mother to work in the steel mill.

We have to think of a way to make money!

"Ding, signing in to the system, 1%...5%..."

Just when Chen Jun was feeling a little worried, a ethereal reminder suddenly came from his mind.

Hearing this voice, Chen Jun was overjoyed.

In his previous life, when he was slacking off at work, he liked to go to Yangshizi to read novels, and he was very familiar with things like systems.

The gold finger is standard for time travelers!

"Ding, the system has successfully bound to the host. Do you want to receive the novice gift package?"

Are there any newbie gift packs?

Chen Jun chose to receive it without any hesitation.

"Ding, the novice gift package has been received successfully. Congratulations to the host for receiving ten Warming Spirit Nourishing Yuan Pills, third-level cook's cooking skills, ten kilograms of eggs, fifty kilograms of enriched flour, and fifty kilograms of various seasonings."

Looking at the light screen that only he could see, Chen Jun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

I just dozed off and the system sent me a pillow.

The things in the novice gift package are all what he urgently needs.

For example, Wenshen Yangyuan Pill can not only cure the mother's illness, but also regulate the body, cure illness if there is one, and strengthen the body if there is no illness.

The cooking skills of a third-level cook can become the foundation of his foothold.

If I remember correctly, in the TV series, Sha Zhu was only an eighth-level cook, and I was at the third level, which was much higher than Sha Zhu.

As for eggs and flour, they can ensure that the family has enough food for a short period of time.

"Since it's a sign-in system, can I sign in again?"

"Yes, the system allows sign-in once every three days, and the sign-in items are random."

"Do you want to sign in?"

"Sign in!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a space ring, which contains ten cubic meters of storage space."