Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Zhang Renkang took a look and saw that there was only a small piece of pork belly weighing half a pound, two small herrings weighing less than a pound, potatoes, cabbage and a few eggplants in Zhang Yuhua's kitchen. Zhao Xiujuan looked at the kitchen and said embarrassedly

"Your uncle didn't come back last night, and he didn't say he found you and Lily. I haven't even gone to buy groceries yet."

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Just watch, basic ingredients are what test the chef."

As he spoke, Zhang Renkang asked Yu Li to wash four potatoes, cut the half-pound pork belly into dices, washed the cabbage, and rinsed it with cold water. He took the potatoes that Yu Li had peeled and put them on the chopping board. With his beautiful knife, he cut a potato into shredded potatoes in an instant. In less than three minutes, the four potatoes became a basin of shredded potatoes. Zhang Renkang washed them in cold water to remove the starch.

Zhao Xiujuan was stunned. Even those chefs in their forties might not be able to use a knife like this. This nephew was really good at it. She felt relieved. She was afraid that Zhang Renkang was not good at cooking and would almost fail in the kitchen like Zhang Renjia. She followed him because she was worried. When she saw Zhang Renkang's knife skills, she knew that he must have practiced in the kitchen for many years.

Zhao Xiujuan returned to the living room and looked at the father and son sitting on the side. She was very angry and said dissatisfiedly:

"Look at you two, all you do is eat and sleep, don't you know how to do some work?"

"Look at Renkang, he is so good at knife skills at such a young age. How much hardship must this child have gone through?"

Zhao Xiujuan felt uncomfortable and sobbed. In those days, unlike now, the family members were still very close and united, especially for Zhang Yuhua, whose eldest brother and third brother died, and the next generation only had Zhang Renjia and Zhang Renkang. Moreover, Zhang Renjia had no partner and was not married, so he was counting on Zhang Renkang to pass on the next generation. Zhang Yuhua and Zhao Xiujuan treated Zhang Renkang as their own son.

Zhang Yuhua sighed and said

"It's because I found them too late. If I had found them a year earlier, my brother and sister wouldn't have left."

Zhang Yuhua had already learned from Zhang Renkang how his mother died. The heavy snow at the end of 63 caused a food shortage in the hospital. Yi Zhonghai and his men did not dare to target Zhang Renkang's family at that time. The situation in the hospital was the same. His mother secretly gave the remaining food to Zhang Renkang, and then caught a cold, which triggered the previous pneumonia. By the time Yi Zhonghai and his men helped to send her to the nearest Red Star Hospital, his mother was already dying and finally died.

Actually, when Zhang Renkang's parents were still alive, he had a pretty good relationship with the families in the courtyard, except for Jia Zhangshi who was a bit foul-mouthed. But because his parents had both passed away, Jia Zhangshi fell in love with his house and wanted Zhang Renkang to sell one to the Jia family, but Jia Zhangshi was only willing to pay 100 yuan, which was considered robbery.

Yi Zhonghai, for his own selfish reasons, could not resist Jia Zhang's constant nagging, and bewilderedly agreed to help the Jia family. Qin Huairu saw that Zhang Renkang disagreed, and begged her aggrievedly. Sha Zhu, who could not bear to see Qin Huairu being aggrieved, also stepped forward to ask Zhang Renkang to agree. During the argument between the two, Sha Zhu kicked her in a fit of anger. Unexpectedly, Zhang Renkang had been so weak in the past few days that he fainted. After being rescued by Liu Haizhong and Wang Dahai, he endured the pain and buried his mother. He became seriously ill, which made the current Zhang Renkang change his soul.

Zhang Yuhua and his wife were talking to Zhang Renjia outside the house when a fragrant smell came out from the kitchen, making the three of them start to growl in their stomachs. Zhao Xiujuan said with a smile:

"It seems that Renkang's cooking skills are really good."

After a while, Yu Li brought a large plate of shredded potatoes, decorated with a few dried chilies, and Zhang Renkang came out with a plate of eggplants and said with a smile:

"Uncle, this is the flavor of our hometown. It's hot and sour potato shreds and a flavored eggplant. Try it."

Zhang Renkang went to the kitchen and worked for more than 20 minutes before bringing out a plate of stir-fried pork and cabbage and shredded pork with carrots and placing them on the dining table. He also brought up one or two fried herrings and said,

"Uncle, Aunt, try this fried herring first, and then I'll make some fish soup."

As soon as the four of them sat down and started to eat, Zhang Yuhua took a bite of the hot and sour potatoes and ate two more chopsticks with shining eyes. She nodded and sighed.

"It tastes like home. I haven't had this for almost ten years."

Zhang Renjia, Zhao Xiujuan and Yu Li were not so sad. They just thought that the taste was good, sour and spicy, and the elastic potato shreds were delicious. But for Zhang Yuhua, this was a memory that he did not want to see in heaven or on earth. It was the memory of the three brothers playing on their mother's lap.

Zhang Yuhua tasted the flavored eggplant again. The eggplant was cut into long diamond-shaped strips and coated with glass sugar. It was sweet, sour, spicy and peppery. It was also a beautiful memory of his childhood. Zhang Yuhua was reluctant to speak, as if he was recalling the charm of the mountains and rivers in his hometown in central Shandong.

The four of them were eating when suddenly the door of Zhang Yuhua's house was pushed open. A woman in her forties came in with a little girl of about thirteen or fourteen. When Zhao Xiujuan saw the two of them, she smiled and shouted,

"Old Liu, Xiaobai is here."

The little girl walked forward and shouted

"Uncle Yuhua, Brother Renjia"

When he looked to the other side, he was stunned for a moment. Zhang Renkang was also surprised and said

"Xiao Bai?"

Zhou Xiaobai walked forward with a smile, holding Zhang Renkang's arm and shouting

"Brother Renkang, why are you here?"

Zhang Yuhua and Zhao Xiujuan were also surprised that Zhang Renkang also knew Zhou Xiaobai. Zhao Xiujuan asked with a smile:

"Xiaobai, do you know your brother Renkang?"

Zhou Xiaobai nodded and said

"I met him at my uncle's house a while ago. My uncle and aunt said that the food that Brother Renkang cooks is delicious."

(I will adjust the character relationships and plot design later, so I have to keep changing the character relationships)

Zhang Yuhua asked curiously

"Renkang, how do you know this guy Liu Ding?"

Zhang Renkang stood up and touched Zhou Xiaobai's head and smiled bitterly. Is it true that the big leader is just a kid in the mouth of the second uncle? Explained

"Before, our factory director took me to cook for Minister Liu. He is from Shu, and he wanted to eat hometown food. I happened to know a few tricks, so he asked me to go."

Zhou Xiaobai said

"Brother Renkang, you are not just a master of several dishes. My uncle said that there are only a few Sichuan cuisine masters in the whole of China who can be compared with you."

Zhao Xiujuan and the woman next to her exclaimed in surprise. Zhao Xiujuan said

"Renkang, are you so good at Sichuan cuisine?"

Zhang Yuhua was not polite and shouted

"When has the Zhang family's seed ever been bad? Renkang, next time Second Uncle comes back, you can make some for me to try. I know Liu Ding is very picky. If he says it's good, it must be good."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Okay, let Jia Ge tell me in advance, and I'll bring the ingredients and seasonings."

Yu Li looked at Zhou Xiaobai and Zhang Renkang's friendly appearance, but she didn't think much about it. Zhou Xiaobai was only 13 or 14 years old, and she didn't think there was anything inappropriate. Besides, these were the children of some big leaders, and Zhang Renkang wouldn't be stupid enough to provoke them. Their families wouldn't be so easy to talk to.

Zhang Renkang introduced Zhou Xiaobai and Yu Li

"Xiaobai, this is my wife Yu Li"

He looked at Yu Li again and smiled.

"This is classmate Zhou Xiaobai. I saw him last time at the boss's place."

Yu Li greeted Zhou Xiaobai with a smile, and Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile

"Sister Yu Li, you are so beautiful"

Yu Li and the people in the room laughed so hard that Zhao Xiujuan said

"Renkang, this is Zhou Xiaobai's mother, Liu Yue, you can just call her Aunt Liu."

(Liu Yue, Zhou Zhennan’s wife, Zhou Xiaobai’s mother, director of the Sijiucheng Women’s Federation, and deputy director of the song and dance troupe, is fictitious)

Then he said to Liu Yue

"Renkang is the son of our third child. Yuhua spent more than ten years searching for him."

"I just came to my house today to get acquainted with the family."

Liu Yue said in surprise

"Brother Hua, have you found your family? Look, we didn't know either, but Xiaobai smelled the fragrance from your house and insisted on coming over to see what delicious food you made."

"Let's go back first and not disturb you anymore."

As she was about to call Zhou Xiaobai home, today was the day when Zhang Yuhua's family recognized their relatives, so they couldn't be ignorant. Zhang Yuhua waved at Zhou Xiaobai and said with a smile

"Girl, come to your uncle's place. Why are you walking? Come and have a meal together."

"There are no outsiders at home. I like this girl very much. Besides, I know Renkang, so come and sit down."

Zhang Renkang and Zhang Renjia, who had just stood up, quickly brought two chairs for Liu Yue and Zhou Xiaobai to sit on.

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