Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

Originally, Li Zhenmin was just joking. After all, that was how he and Xu Jingshan chatted, either insulting each other or making all kinds of sarcasm.

Unexpectedly, when Xu Jingshan heard that he was going to take Li Zhenmin's pulse, he shrugged, pushed away Li Zhenmin's hand, stood up and cursed: "You bastard, you just want me to die, right? I just want to eat and drink your food and die in your house. What can you do to me?"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the door angrily, looking really angry.

Li Zhenmin stood there, looking at the hurried figure's back, feeling a little puzzled for a moment.

Is this old man overreacting?

Are you really angry?

But...Old Man Xu seems to like to get angry all the time, which seems understandable. I'll be fine tomorrow morning.

But he still felt something was wrong, so he chased after it, shouting, "Oh my ancestor, please slow down, don't fall."

I thought that if I admitted my mistake, Xu Jingshan would immediately change his expression and laugh at me.

However, before he could hold Xu Jingshan, Xu Jingshan shook his hand, his tone still tough: "Don't get close to me, go back to sleep, I'm not dead yet, I know the way."

Li Zhenmin was even more confused.

In the past, the two of them had never gotten really angry when they quarreled, and if Old Man Xu came back after getting mad outside, he would just flatter him with a few words in the same tone as the "eunuch", and the effect would be immediate and always work.

But this time it failed.

Could it be that this old man is trying some other tricks?

Li Zhenmin continued to chase after him and began to try again and again.

"My husband, don't you want me anymore? I am your wife Wang Baochuan."

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, open your mouth, I am coming out..."

"A real man lives between heaven and earth. How can he live in depression and inferiority for long? If you don't abandon me, I am willing to be your foster father."

"Brother, you said that the four elements are empty, but you closed your eyes tightly. If you open your eyes and look at me, I don't believe that your eyes are empty. You dare not open your eyes to look at me, and you still say that the four elements are empty? Brother, don't you really like me? Today is a rare good night, just agree to me."

After a series of fancy moves, including winking and making sounds, he almost made himself laugh, but Xu Jingshan didn't react at all.

Instead, Liu Cuifang and Li Wanying in the side room heard the sound from the yard, opened the door and looked over, and saw Li Zhenmin constantly role-playing in front of and behind Xu Jingshan.

Li Wanying was completely confused. Firstly, she wondered if her brother was possessed by a ghost. Secondly, she didn't know what the lines meant. She had only heard of Wang Baochuan and had never heard of the others.

Liu Cuifang was a pure cultured person, and she knew the sources of those so-called lines. She was just surprised at how Li Zhenmin looked like, and how such lines could be used in such a place, and also...did these two have a quarrel?

Li Zhenmin was concentrating on his performance and didn't notice that there were two pairs of eyes watching the eye-catching scenes not far away.

Seeing that Xu Jingshan didn't even turn his head, he finally stopped and said in a deep voice: "Old man, stop it, don't be so shameless!"

Hearing this, Xu Jingshan really stopped, turned around, frowned and said, "Oh, then what do you want?"

Li Zhenmin stretched out his right hand with a cold face: "Give me money!"

Xu Jingshan: "What?"

Li Zhenmin said unhappily, "I said pay, but you went outside to watch a show without paying? Do you have any sense of manners?"

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It sprayed out in three directions at the same time.

Liu Cuifang and Li Wanying didn't recognize him and burst out laughing. They didn't understand why Li Zhenmin asked for money so confidently, but when they thought about it, it seemed to be no problem. The contrast was too funny and it was a routine they had never seen before.

As for Xu Jingshan, he wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Others sing for money, but you sing for your life. Get lost. I have no money. It's good enough that I don't ask you for compensation. I'm going to sleep. Don't bother me."

Li Zhenmin didn't care what Xu Jingshan said. Anyway, the old guy couldn't say anything good, so he just ignored him. He saw that Xu Jingshan's face and eyes became relaxed, so he stopped disturbing him.

"You guys should go to bed as well. The theater is closing."

Li Zhenmin said something to Liu Cuifang and Li Wanying, then turned and went into his room.

About ten minutes later...

There was a knock on the door, the sound was very quiet and no one said who it was.

Li Zhenmin didn't ask loudly. He got up and opened the door. Seeing that it was Liu Cuifang, he couldn't help but want to ask out of curiosity, but Liu Cuifang covered his mouth.

After Liu Cuifang entered, she closed the door carefully.

Li Zhenmin didn't understand and poured Liu Cuifang a glass of water.

"Keep your voice down." Liu Cuifang lowered her voice and asked, "Did you have a quarrel with Old Xu?"

Li Zhenmin shook his head: "Not really, it's just..."

He briefly explained the matter.

Hearing this, Liu Cuifang's face became heavy, and after a while she lowered her voice and said, "I felt that something was wrong with Old Xu. I suspected that there was something wrong with his health, and I asked him privately, but he reacted very strongly and refused to admit it."

Hearing this, Li Zhenmin's face darkened.

Maybe this is really the case, and this makes everything easier to explain. Otherwise, why is Old Man Xu so secretive about this matter, and the reactions from all sides have been really weird recently.

"Okay, I understand. I'll see if I can find a chance to check him out."

.........

the next day.

After get off work, Li Zhenmin came to the hospital with a lunch box. After chatting with Shen Wenyin for a few words, he went to Ding Qiunan's office.

Today, Hu Yunxiu cooked her best dish as requested.

After tasting it, Li Zhenmin found that the quality was better than he had imagined, having reached the level of an average chef. In terms of personal characteristics, it was even better than that of professionally trained chefs.

Having some things of your own without messing around is a good quality.

Especially in terms of knife skills, it looked much more careful and detailed than yesterday. Hu Yunxiu even had two band-aids on her hands, obviously because of finger injuries.

"It's much better than I thought. You do have a talent for this." Li Zhenmin nodded in approval and added, "But you have to concentrate on cutting the vegetables. Your cooking skills have little to do with how fast you cut the vegetables. Just find the right angle and it doesn't matter if you cut slowly. Just cut one piece at a time. You're not going to make a big pot of food and rush the amount anyway."

"And if someone cuts their hand and some blood gets into the dish, some people with sensitive tongues can taste it, but even if some people can't taste it, seeing the chef's scarred hands will reduce their appetite."

"As long as you can keep up with the cutting speed, it's fine. There's no need to pursue excessive speed."

"You can find a piece of water tofu, cut it into strips, and put it in the soup without breaking it up. The strips are like noodles, and you can't pick them up with chopsticks. You have to scoop them up slowly with a spoon. This is also a Tan family dish. It really trains your patience and knife skills. Once you've mastered this, your knife skills will be pretty good too."

Hu Yunxiu was extremely happy to be recognized and reminded by Li Zhenmin.

This is recognition from a super chef!

Moreover, what the master said was very clear. She used to think that a chef had to cut vegetables quickly, and that a chef who couldn't perform tricky acrobatics was not a good chef.

But what the master meant was that there is no need to be particular about these things.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll do my best."

Hu Yunxiu nodded frantically like a chicken pecking at rice, her face turning red with excitement and nervousness.

Ding Qiunan said sadly, "Remember to respect me when you learn. I have never eaten the Tan family dish of tofu cut into noodles since I was a child."

Li Zhenmin said disapprovingly: "If you want to eat, go find Zhuzi. He knows how to make this, so why wouldn't he make it for you? You're always acting weird, making it seem like you're being abused."

Ding Qiunan snorted and was too lazy to reply. Hu Yunxiu didn't even dare to breathe.

Li Zhenmin didn't want to waste time, so he said, "Let's go and make soup. I have to go home and sleep later."