Siheyuan: I am Yi Zhonghai's biological son

When they arrived at the main room in the middle courtyard, Sha Zhu was still awake and the light was on.

"When... when... when..."

"Brother Zhuzi, I am safe. Are you asleep?"

Yi Ping'an knocked on the door and asked.

The door opened, and Sha Zhu saw Yi Ping'an and said, "Ping'an, come in quickly, what's going on?"

"Yeah, I have something to trouble Brother Zhuzi."

As soon as Yi Ping'an entered the house, he was shocked. The house was built like a pigsty. Dirty clothes and smelly socks were thrown everywhere. It was really terrible. No wonder Qin Huairu was so happy when she cleaned up the house for him later.

But Yi Ping'an didn't say anything. Everyone has his or her own way of living. If you don't like it, just ignore it. There's no need to annoy others.

"Please sit down. It's no trouble at all. Let's talk if you have something to say." Sha Zhu is a righteous man who doesn't care about trivial matters. He also has the common problem among the men in Beijing: he cares about his reputation. He is a little stubborn, but definitely not stupid. Overall, he is a nice person.

"Brother Zhuzi, are you free tomorrow night? My father wants to treat the elderly people in the courtyard to a meal. Wouldn't this trouble Brother Zhuzi?" Yi Ping'an explained his purpose.

"Well, what's the point of being tired or not? You're just being polite. I have nothing to do tomorrow night. I'll go over after work. Is it in the cross-courtyard or the middle courtyard?"

"Central Court, the same people as last time, and the same eight dishes, four meat dishes, four vegetable dishes, and one soup. Please make a menu. I'll go buy them tomorrow while I'm off."

Sha Zhu took out a piece of homework paper and a pencil stub, probably from the rain, and started to make a list. After he finished, he handed it to Yi Pingan.

Yi Pingan took it and looked at it. The writing was really ugly, but he could still understand it. "Okay, I'll buy it back tomorrow. By the way, Brother Zhuzi, bring Yu Shui with you tomorrow night. How much can a little girl eat? Let her eat with us."

"Well... okay, let's keep it safe." Sha Zhu said with an embarrassed smile.

Yi Pingan also laughed, and then he thought, isn't this guy the descendant of Tan's cuisine? He hasn't eaten Tan's cuisine yet?

"Brother Zhuzi, I heard that you are the successor of Tan family cuisine?" Yi Ping'an's voice became much softer, fearing that Sha Zhu would have some concerns. Tan family cuisine is not ordinary cuisine, it is official cuisine, and ordinary people cannot learn it.

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Sha Zhu didn't have any scruples and said carelessly.

"Well, Brother Zhuzi, how about I get some ingredients back? If you have time, show me how to cook? We can eat at my house and yours together. I haven't eaten it before."

There is an ocean in Yi Ping'an's space, so there is no shortage of food.

"Ping An, it's not that I don't want to cook for you, but the ingredients for the Tan family dishes are hard to find, and I only know a few of them now. My father does know how to cook, but when he wanted to teach me, the ingredients were no longer available.

Most people can’t afford it, I learned this from my dad when he was cooking for others."

Shazhu was also a little embarrassed. As a person who cares about his reputation, he felt somewhat uncomfortable when encountering such a thing.

"Well, just say you can do it. I have a classmate from Jinshi who should be able to get it. Just tell me first, and if you can get it, we'll eat it. If not, we won't eat it."

Yi Ping'an just wanted to try it, since he had never eaten it before.

"Okay, wait a moment."

As he said this, he took out another piece of paper and started writing. After he finished, he handed it to Yi Ping'an.

"Ping An, let's make braised abalone and steamed chicken with straw mushrooms. These two ingredients are easier to get, but the abalone is best with three-headed abalone. It would be even better if you can get two-headed abalone, but it's expensive.

The good ones are in the hands of the chefs. You could buy them before, but now you can’t. Those who can stock up on them are not ordinary people.”

"Okay, I'll take care of it. I'll go back first. You go to bed early."

Yi Ping'an took the order and didn't say anything else. This thing was really not difficult for him.

Yi Pingan stood up, took out another box of Daqianmen, put it on the table, and then walked out.

"Hey! Brother, what are you doing..."

"Take it and smoke it. I don't smoke now." Yi Ping'an said and walked out of the door and returned to the courtyard.

Sha Zhu looked at the cigarette on the table and said, "This brother is very generous and worth making friends with."

As he spoke, he opened the cigarette and took a puff. He had never bought this cigarette before. He usually smoked cigarettes that cost hundreds of dollars. But he had smoked this cigarette before. It was given to him by his employer when he was cooking for others.

But it's rare to find a boss as generous as Yi Ping'an. He does things with dignity.

After breakfast the next day, Yi Ping'an went out on his bike.

He went to the Forbidden City, the Square, the Temple of Heaven, and wandered around Shichahai. He ate a plate of fried liver outside and then went back. He was not afraid of the cold, but in the middle of winter, there was really no one around except for the street vagrants.

When he came back, there was a big bag on the back seat, and no one knew what was inside.

When he arrived at his home in the central courtyard, he gave the bag to Yang Cuiyun, and then went to the east wing of the cross-courtyard room and started making wooden boxes. He wanted to grow some vegetables, not too many, just to eat something fresh occasionally, there must always be a source of food.

I got eight wooden boxes and planted leek roots, baby spinach, baby lettuce, baby rapeseed, and coriander. I planted one box each of lettuce and coriander, and two boxes of the rest.

He watered the space with river water, but he didn't dare to water the spiritual spring. The spiritual energy there was too strong, and it grew too fast to explain.

Central Court Yijia

Yang Cuiyun took the bag and took a look. Wow, there were quite a lot of things inside, a big piece of pork belly, weighing three pounds, a rooster, a big grass carp, and a piece of bacon.

There was also a small bucket of soybean oil, which was put in a tin barrel (refer to a small gasoline barrel), which looked like it weighed 5 pounds, as well as candy bars, a small bag of White Rabbit milk candy, peanuts, melon seeds, a pack of economy cigarettes, and four bottles of Erguotou.

Yang Cuiyun sighed. This kid really knows how to spend money and is too generous. She has to find him a good wife in the future, otherwise all the money he earns will be spent.

It was almost dark, and Yi Ping'an had finished planting the vegetables and moved them to the west bedroom, where there was heating and they wouldn't freeze. He looked at the clock and saw that it was time to get off work, so he left the courtyard and closed the small door.

When they arrived at the Yi family, his father had just returned. Sha Zhu and Yang Cuiyun were busy preparing dishes. They said hello to Sha Zhu and went out with his father taking candy and melon seeds. It was the same process, except with more compliments, and he heard a lot of them.

It's strange to say, he has been in this courtyard for so long, but he has never seen Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi. He has seen other young people, but they have never talked much. To them, Yi Ping'an is just someone else's child.

During this period, Yi Ping'an went out early and came back late, and he had never been to the backyard. Today was only the second time.

Liu Guangqi lives in school and only comes back on weekends, while Xu Damao doesn't go home until dark and no one knows where he goes.

When I returned to the middle courtyard, I saw Yu Shui squatting at the door, playing with a few pebbles, "Yu Shui, aren't you cold?"

When He Yushui saw that it was Yi Ping'an, she stood up and called out "Brother Ping'an". Yi Ping'an smiled and took out the remaining five pieces of candy from the cloth bag and gave them all to He Yushui. He also grabbed two handfuls of melon seeds and put them into her pocket.

He looked around, then took out two White Rabbits from his pocket, stuffed them into her hands, and whispered, "Eat them secretly."

He Yushui also looked around and saw that no one was watching, so he whispered, "Thank you, Brother Ping'an." Then he put the candy in his pocket and turned back to the house.

Could it be that this little girl went out to eat candy?

When Yi Ping'an saw He Yushui, he thought of himself in his previous life. He was just as lonely and no one wanted to play with him because he was abandoned.

Everyone in the village said that he was a wild child. That kind of loneliness and frustration would not be understood by those who had not experienced it, so he felt sorry for He Yushui.

The feeling of being connected by the same fate, living cautiously, and knowing how to read other people's faces since childhood, he has parents who love him and a stepmother who cares for him. Maybe he has been caught in the rain, so he wants to hold an umbrella for others.

Yi Ping'an smiled. He had no regrets in his life. Then he went back to the east wing.

All the invited guests came, but this time Liu Haizhong was a little too enthusiastic.

"Deputy Section Chief Yi, please come and sit over here."

Yi Pingan was confused for a moment. Did I go to the right place? At this time, Yi Zhonghai spoke up: "Old Liu, you are not a section chief, even if you are a kid in the courtyard, you have to call me Uncle Liu."

Yi Ping'an also said: "My father is right, just call me Ping'an in the courtyard, sit down quickly, don't be polite."

Today Yi Ping'an clearly felt that everyone treated him with not only compliments but also awe. To be honest, Yi Ping'an didn't think it was necessary, but when he saw his father's inured expression, he understood.

This may be the life of ordinary people. They don’t have much culture, but they are not lacking in wisdom in life. It is true that there is knowledge everywhere in life.

Just like what I said in my previous life, when you are successful, you will be surrounded by good people.

As the dishes came up one by one, everyone took their seats. It was the same process, the same recipe, and the same taste, but today there were more compliments. The compliments were so free that if Yi Ping'an was not a family member who knew their own business, he would have believed it.

Yi Ping'an left all these to his father to deal with, but he really couldn't cope with it and it was more tiring than drawing blueprints for a whole day.

Listening to them talking, Yi Ping'an picked up some food for Yu Shui. The little girl didn't even dare to pick up some food, living like a nobody.

We finally finished our meal, and the bowls and plates were still clean and empty. Today it was the rain that helped clean up.

Maybe the deaf old lady also felt the Yi family's current attitude towards her. She didn't say much during the meal, and when she spoke, she only said nice things. She no longer regarded herself as an elder and even took the initiative to ask Sha Zhu to send her back. This was good. Isn't it good for her family to live their own lives?

Several people drank 6 bottles of wine tonight. Almost everyone was drunk except Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui ate a lot, so he didn't need anyone to send him home. He also told the people in the front yard to pick him up.

The people from the Central Courtyard were also picked up by their own family, and Jia Dongxu was helped back by Jia Zhang.

Yi Ping'an was also happy and relaxed, but there was Xu Fugui in Liu Haizhong's backyard who needed him to send him off.

I sent Liu Haizhong away first, and finally saw the legendary "Prince" Liu Guangqi at his house. He happened to be back from vacation today.

How do I feel about this? He is a little too petty. Seeing Yi Ping'an said thank you, he helped Li Cailan to help Liu Haizhong back to the house. He wanted to look at Yi Ping'an but didn't dare to look at him. He was sneaky. You looked at him, pretending to be nonchalant, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Liu Guangqi has complicated feelings towards Yi Ping'an, mainly because Liu Haizhong always mentions him at home, which puts pressure on Liu Guangqi.

He thought that what Yi Zhonghai's son could do, his Liu Haizhong's son could also do, and then he used the excuse to give the two younger ones a good beating, which made Liu Guangqi feel like he was killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.

Liu Guangqi's academic performance was not bad. If Yi Ping'an had not come, he would have been the best student in the academy. But after Yi Ping'an came, his academic performance was not good enough.

He has tried very hard, but his father is not satisfied. This makes Liu Guangqi feel suffocated and he always wants to escape.

Yi Ping'an has no control over what others think, he still has to send Xu Fugui back.

Usually, only Xu Fugui and Xu Damao live in the Xu family. Xu Fugui's wife, Xu Fengshi, works in Lou Bancheng's house and rarely comes back.