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Chapter 186 New Year’s Eve
The business of Emei Hotel continued until New Year's Eve.

The restaurant is not stingy and has prepared generous rewards for everyone in the store.

He Yuzhu and Wu Bangming agreed that they would visit him to wish him a happy new year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but would not go on New Year's Eve, as the two siblings would spend the night at home.

When I got home, it was already afternoon and many families in the yard had put up Spring Festival couplets.

He Yuzhu took out a plate, put some candy, some peanuts and melon seeds in it, and said to He Yushui, "Go find the third uncle and ask him to help our family write a couplet."

He Yushui obediently picked up the plate and went to the front yard.

"Uncle, my brother asked me to ask you to write a couplet for our family."

Yan Bugui's table had been placed in front of the door, not put away, waiting for He Yuzhu. Pasting the couplets was a necessity, and there was no need for him to ask about it. So when He Yuzhu and his sister came in, he pretended not to see them.

As expected, He Yuzhu came over to ask for the couplet. Looking at the plate in He Yushui's hand, he smiled with satisfaction.

"Where's your brother?"

He Yushui said: "My brother is cleaning at home. I want to go over and help him."

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui knew that He Yuzhu's house had not been cleaned up yet and there must be a lot of work to do, so he shouted to Yan Jiecheng who was playing at home: "Come here and help Yushui take the couplets over. Oh, and take our paste and help him put the couplets on."

He Yushui was young and didn't think too much, so he didn't object when he heard it.

When Yan Jiecheng went out and saw the things on the table, he bargained with Yan Bugui: "You can let me help you, but you have to give me an extra portion of these things."

Yan Bugui was not someone who would compromise so easily: "What do you mean by giving you an extra portion? At most I can give you a little more. If it weren't for me, who would ask you for help? Go now."

Yan Jiecheng, who was only ten years old, was far from being a match for Yan Bugui and soon fell into a disadvantage.

The third aunt said with some distress: "Why are you still lending out our paste? Isn't this a loss?"

Yan Bugui pointed at the things He Yushui brought over and said, "Why lose money? In the whole courtyard, Zhuzi gave the most and most affordable things.

I finally understand that Zhuzi has become smarter now. It is too difficult to plot against him. So, I changed my strategy. Let's help him first and then ask him for the reward."

The third aunt exposed him mercilessly: "You learned this from the Li family across the street!"

Yan Bugui blushed: "Don't worry about who I learned this from. Just tell me whether the Li family got any benefit from Zhuzi.

In our courtyard, the only ones who can take advantage of Zhuzi are the Li family and Xu Xiaoling from the Xu family.

We need to learn from others’ strengths so that we can take better advantage of them.”

The third aunt said: "I didn't say that what you did was wrong, why are you saying this."

The New Year was coming soon, and the couple didn't want to argue, so they stopped.

Yan Jiecheng took the couplet and went to He Yuzhu's house: "Brother Zhuzi, my father asked me to help you put up the couplet."

He Yuzhu said, "Thank you very much. I really can't handle it all by myself. Please paste it quickly, and come inside to eat fried meatballs when you are done."

Hearing that there was food, Yan Jiecheng's enthusiasm increased. Li Dagen knew that He Yuzhu's family had just started to clean up and was too busy, so he asked Li Zhenjiang to come over to help.

The two worked together and quickly put up the couplet.

Yan Jiecheng ran into the house and looked at the meatballs fried by He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu was helpless and said, "Get a bowl and chopsticks and eat quickly."

Li Zhenjiang came to He Yuzhu's house and saw that the windows of He Yuzhu's house had not been cleaned yet, so he picked up a rag and helped clean them.

Yan Jiecheng ate voraciously, making the three little girls who were playing nearby very jealous.

The three of them also took a small bowl, put some meatballs in it, sat at the table and started eating.

After a while, Yan Jiecheng finished a bowl. Judging from his eager look, he was definitely not full.

He Yuzhu thought, it's good enough to let you eat one bowl, it's impossible for you to eat your fill at home. "Jie Cheng, thank you very much. I'll prepare another bowl for you, you can take it home and let the third uncle taste it."

After seeing Yan Jiecheng off, Li Zhenjiang said, "Brother Zhuzi, you gave too much."

He Yuzhu said: "It is indeed a lot, but don't you know who the Third Uncle is? He took the initiative to ask Yan Jiecheng to come and help me, and he also took his own paste. His plan must be big.

I'd rather give him a little more this time than keep owing him a favor."

Li Zhenjiang curled his lips. As a person who lived opposite the Yan family, he knew Yan Bugui's calculations very well.

Every time a manure truck passes by, it tastes the saltiness and is not salty at all.

He Yuzhu said, "Go check on the three girls and don't let them eat too much. There will be more delicious food later."

"What's delicious?"

Since we have started to fry meatballs, how can we miss fried chicken nuggets? He Yuzhu drove Yan Jiecheng away because he didn't want him to know that there were these foods at home.

It's not that he is stingy, it's just that the Yan family is too unreliable, making Yan Bugui feel it is too easy to take advantage, so he will keep a close eye on them like a fly.

Fried chicken can always attract people's taste buds. Several people closed the door tightly and ate it in the house.

People outside could smell the fragrance of the He family, but no one dared to go in and cause trouble.

Qin Huairu stood in the yard, swallowing his saliva, his eyes constantly looking towards the backyard.

He Yuzhu asked curiously: "Xiaoling, where is your brother?"

Xu Xiaoling said with some annoyance: "Brother Zhuzi, can you please stop mentioning my brother? I don't want to bother with him."

"What's wrong?" Li Zhenjiang asked curiously.

He Yushui rushed to say, "I know. Brother Damao recently swindled out Xiaoling's pocket money, candy, and snacks. I don't know who he gave them to."

He Yuzhu asked Li Zhenjiang: "Which girl in your school makes Xu Damao so interested?"

Li Zhenjiang said, "No. The class beauty that Xu Damao pursued ignored him. I haven't heard that he has fallen in love with anyone else."

He Yuzhu didn't take it too seriously. Xu Damao was a typical man who fell in love with every woman he met. He was popular with women and was willing to spend money on them, so there were always all kinds of women around him.

"Brother, is there anything else?"

He Yuzhu looked at the people staring at him eagerly and said, "Even if there is food, it can't be eaten. We still have dumplings to eat in the evening. Hurry up and clear the table. I'm going to make dumplings. Zhenjiang, you should go home too!"

The He family has a small population, so they need to make fewer dumplings. He is the only cook, so he can make them quickly. The Li family has a large population, so it is better to let Li Zhenjiang go home to help.

After Li Zhenjiang went back, He Yuzhu did not rush to make dumplings, but fried some chicken nuggets and meatballs.

Nowadays, everyone is poor. People are reluctant to use oil when cooking, let alone deep-frying food.

During the Chinese New Year, he fries some more and keeps them in his space, so he can take them out whenever he wants to eat them.

After finishing all these, He Yuzhu began to prepare dumplings. He prepared quite a few, including three kinds of fillings: leek and egg, leek and pork, and cabbage and pork.

When the smell of meat wafted from the He family, Jia Zhang did not make a fuss.

This time, in order to save face, Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth and prepared a lot of dishes. He bought two kilograms of pork, a chicken, and a fish.

This level is considered relatively high in the Siheyuan, but it is far behind that of He Yuzhu, Liu Haizhong and Xu Fugui.

With so much meat in front of her, Jia Zhang had no mood to cause trouble for He Yuzhu.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the busy Qin Huairu and finally a smile appeared on his face.

(End of this chapter)