Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

"Your third uncle is quite a smart man." Mother Wu smiled and said jokingly.

When Xiao Wu heard what his mother said, he echoed:

"That's not true. People use tricks to get this position."

Then, Xiao Wu told Wu's mother and others how the third uncle used his cleverness to get the position from Cai Quanwu.

Hearing this, Guan's mother and Wu's father and mother frowned.

"Brother, this Third Uncle doesn't do things in a very authentic way." After Xiao Wu finished speaking, Wu's father expressed his opinion of the Third Uncle.

“It’s really not authentic.”

"I think it's bad."

Both Guan's mother and Wu's mother agreed with what Wu's father said.

Hearing his words, Cai Quan said indifferently:

"Forget it, let's not talk about him anymore, it's a bummer."

"Being too smart will eventually lead to bad consequences."

The more he talked about this kind of thing, the further it would go off topic, and Cai Quanwu didn't want to continue the conversation.

Seeing that Cai Quanwu didn't want to talk about this topic, everyone was very conscious and stopped talking about it, but started chatting with each other.

Guan's mother, Wu's mother, Xiao Wu and Guan Jiaqi started chatting about family matters.

Father Wu went to Cai Quan to talk about work, and they happened to be in the same system.

Everyone was chatting enthusiastically when He Yushui came back with Wu Chu and Wu Yue.

"Uncle, uncle, let's go to the third uncle's house."

He Yushui rushed in and shouted at Cai Quanwu, attracting everyone's attention.

Seeing everyone's eyes looking over, He Yuping took a breath and continued:

"I heard from Yan Jiefang that the third uncle did not bring back any fish."

“He didn’t know whether he caught any fish or not.”

"Only the third uncle and his brother know that."

When Cai Quanwu heard this, he was speechless. What's the difference between what you said and what you didn't say?

Thinking that the rice dumplings would take a long time to cook, and He Yushui and the others were full of energy, Cai Quanwu said to her:

"Okay, stop running around. Your brother is cooking rice dumplings. Go and help him keep an eye on it. Add some firewood if you have nothing to do."

"Okay." After hearing Cai Quanwu's order, He Yushui took the order and left.

Wu Chu and Wu Yue naturally would not be left behind, and went out together to find Sha Zhu.

"Brother, you go and do your work, we will make a fire." He Yushui ran up to Sha Zhu and said.

"Yes, brother-in-law, we will light a fire for you."

"Brother-in-law, we..."

As soon as He Yushui finished speaking, Wu Chu and Wu Yue started chattering behind her.

Sha Zhu was just thinking about going back to the kitchen to check, and He Yushui and the others arrived at the right time. There was a lot of water in the pot anyway, so as long as someone watched the fire in the stove, it would be fine.

"Okay, then you guys be careful and add firewood in time when it runs out." Seeing that several people were so proactive, Sha Zhu reminded them before leaving.

"I know, brother."

"Okay, brother-in-law."

"Okay, brother-in-law."

As soon as Sha Zhu finished speaking, the little guys couldn't wait to make promises.

Back in the kitchen, Sha Zhu opened the lid of the pot and used a spatula to stir the food back and forth a few times to prevent the bottom of the pot from sticking.

After stir-frying for a few times, Sha Zhu covered the pot again and prepared other dishes.

Otherwise, having only one roasted turtle chicken in the evening would definitely not be enough, and you would have to prepare some other dishes.

Sha Zhu thought to himself that the fried fish could be a side dish for drinking, and the braised river shrimp could be another.

At noon, everyone ate fish soup with pancakes, but didn’t eat much of the pheasant eggs fried with green onions. There was no need to fry the pheasant eggs in the evening.

These are all meat dishes, and Shazhu thought it would be enough to make a few vegetarian dishes.

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu picked up a cabbage and some lettuces he had bought the day before and started working.

……

Around six o'clock, Sha Zhu finished cooking the last dish, put it on the plate, and said to Xiao Wu beside him with a smile:

"Okay, it's time to eat."

Sha Zhu put the dishes on the plate. Xiao Wu picked up the plate and said to him:

"Hurry up, we are the only two left."

Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Sha Zhu quickly said:

"Right now, I'll turn off the stove."

After Shazhu turned off the stove, the two went to the living room together.

"Xiao He is here, please sit down. You have worked hard today and cooked so many dishes." As Sha Zhu and Xiao Wu entered the house, Wu's mother saw Sha Zhu and said politely.

"I'm here, Mom." Sha Zhu replied to Wu's mother with a smile, and walked to the table with Xiao Wu. He waited for Xiao Wu to put the plate on the table before sitting down with Xiao Wu.

Cai Quanwu saw Sha Zhu sitting down and asked him, "Zhu Zi, are the dumplings in the pot okay?"

No wonder Tsai asked this.

Cai Quanwu was not worried if it was not cooked through, at worst he could just add more water and cook it.

What he was worried about was that the water would boil dry and burn the rice dumplings, which would be embarrassing.

"Uncle, it's okay. There is still a lot of water in the pot and there is not much fire in the stove." Sha Zhu replied with a smile.

Hearing Sha Zhu say that everything was fine, Cai Quanwu felt relieved and greeted:

"Come on, drink if you want to drink, and drink soda if you want to drink soda."

As soon as Cai Quanwu said this, He Yushui and the other three kids immediately took a bottle of soda and placed it in front of them.

"Mom, sister-in-law, Brother Wu, I bought a few bottles of beer today. Let's try drinking some together." Cai Quanwu said to them with a smile, holding a bottle of beer.

"I didn't really drink much. People say it tastes a bit weird, so I won't try it. I'd rather drink white wine." Father Wu looked at the Fenjiu on the table and rejected Cai Quan's suggestion.

He had heard from others that this beer tasted like pot-washing water and no one could get used to it.

"If you don't drink, I will, then your aunt will." Mother Wu was quite interested in beer.

"Uncle, I want some beer too."

"I also want."

When he heard that Wu's mother wanted to try beer, Sha Zhu immediately agreed and said he wanted to drink beer.

As a result, as soon as Sha Zhu said this, Xiao Wu started shouting from behind.

After hearing what everyone said, Cai Quanwu smiled and said:

"Okay, Zhuzi, open the white wine and pour it for your father-in-law. Let's drink beer first."

"If you're not used to it, try drinking white wine."

"Okay." Sha Zhu responded, immediately picked up the bottle of Fenjiu on the table, opened it, and poured it for Wu's father.

"Zhuzi, I'll do it myself." Father Wu said as he took the bottle from Sha Zhu after Sha Zhu poured him a full glass of wine.

Cai Quanwu saw Wu's father take the liquor from Sha Zhu, took a bottle of beer and handed it to Sha Zhu, and joked:

"Zhu Zi, this bottle of wine is for you. Take care of your wife and mother-in-law."

"I'm here to greet my wife and mother-in-law."

"Angkor drinks white wine, let's ignore him for now."

As soon as Cai Quanwu said this, everyone at the table laughed out loud.

"Brother, you guys drink, don't worry about me, I'll drink by myself." Father Wu said happily after laughing for a while.

When Cai Quanwu heard what Wu's father said, he smiled and said:

"No, we must drink the first glass of wine together."

After saying that, he took out the beer and poured it for Guan's mother and Guan Jiaqi.

When Sha Zhu saw Cai Quanwu start pouring wine, he also poured some for Wu's mother and Xiao Wu.

Cai Quanwu saw that everyone had wine in their glasses, and He Yushui and the others also opened their sodas, picked up their glasses, stood up and said:

"Come on, let's drink together first."

"It's almost the holidays, I wish everyone a happy holiday."