Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

After dinner, Yi Zhonghai saw that it was getting dark, so he told his wife that he was going to a friend's house. Huang Yulan knew that Yi Zhonghai had more friends now that he had been promoted, so she didn't ask any further questions, but just told him to be careful.

Yi Zhonghai did not ride a bicycle this time. When passing the courtyard gate, he jumped out of the wall. When he landed, Yi Zhonghai felt a gust of cold wind. "The winter in the north is so damn cold," sighed Yi Zhonghai, and walked towards Lou Mansion.

Yi Zhonghai walked and ran for about half an hour. After his physical fitness was strengthened, Yi Zhonghai quickly adapted to the cold air and warmed up his whole body through exercise. He saw that Lou Mansion was not far away.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the performance and saw that it was around 8 o'clock in the evening. He walked to the door and knocked!

A childish voice in the room asked, "Who is it?" Yi Zhonghai replied, "I am Yi Zhonghai, Mr. Lou Zhenhua asked me to come."

After waiting for a while, the back door creaked open. A beautiful woman with short hair poked her head out to look at Yi Zhonghai, then opened the door and let Yi Zhonghai in.

Yi Zhonghai dusted himself off and went into the house. Lou Zhenhua had already arranged for someone to make tea and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Brother Yi, thank you for coming so late today."

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and said, "It's not a problem, but what does Mr. Lou want to talk to me about?"

Lou Zhenhua made a gesture of invitation to a sofa, and Yi Zhonghai sat down and drank a cup of tea.

Lou Zhenhua said straight to the point, "Brother Yi, I asked you to come here tonight mainly because I wanted to ask you, brother, now that grain is getting more and more expensive, and grain transportation to the inland areas is often robbed and has become difficult to control. Is there any other way to get through?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai thought that the natural disasters in 59 had only just begun and had not yet affected the imperial capital, and that the imperial capital would probably also fall into a food panic starting next year. After thinking about it, Yi Zhonghai decided that in addition to food, he should buy some medical drugs.

Yi Zhonghai: "Director Lou, I still suggest that you do food transportation, but the output is definitely small, so you can go by water! In addition, you can also buy some medical drugs in Hong Kong Island."

After listening to what Yi Zhonghai said, Lou Zhenhua began to think carefully and said, "Brother Yi, Hong Kong has strict control over drugs now, but you can give it a try. I will arrange some staff."

After Lou Zhenhua finished speaking, he looked at Lou Xiaoe and said, "Brother Yi, this is my little girl. She is here with her mother. We can't find a suitable candidate to be our son-in-law. After the incident with Xu Damao last time, we have become more cautious."

Yi Zhonghai certainly knew that in order to send his son away, Lou Zhenhua left Lou Xiao'e and her daughter here as hostages, otherwise his eldest son would not have been able to go to Hong Kong at all.

So Yi Zhonghai just smiled and said, "There is no rush for marriage, a good match will naturally be found."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Yi Zhonghai asked to leave. Lou Zhenhua wanted to give Yi Zhonghai something, but Yi Zhonghai declined.

On the way back, Yi Zhonghai was thinking about what dishes to cook tomorrow, such as sweet and sour pork tenderloin and shredded pork with fish flavor. These northern Sichuan dishes are the best.

Before he knew it, Yi Zhonghai arrived at the courtyard, jumped over the wall and walked home.

Seeing that the lights in the house were still on, he knew Huang Yulan was waiting for him, so he knocked on the door and said he was back.

Huang Yulan opened the door, and Yi Zhonghai first took off his clothes to avoid bringing in cold air, and then warmed himself by the fire for a while before going to bed.

Huang Yulan: "Old Yi, what dishes are we going to prepare tomorrow?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Tomorrow, I will make some Sichuan dishes that we have adapted from Beijing, and steam two baskets of white flour buns."

Huang Yulan nodded, and the two fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next day, around noon, Yi Zhonghai went to the backyard and knocked on Xu Wu's door.

Xu Wu was already reading a book by the bed. When he heard the knock on the door, he opened the door and saw Yi Zhonghai coming and quickly asked, "Uncle Yi, is there anything I can help you with?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Well, let's go and get ready for lunch and eat at my house."

Without saying a word, Xu Wu quickly put on his shoes and followed Yi Zhonghai to Yi's house. Their conversation was heard by Xu Damao, who wanted to go as well, but had no choice but to avoid being busy with his three children at home so he did not come out to say hello.

When they arrived at Yi's house, they saw Yi Zhonghai had already started to work. Xu Wu also rolled up his sleeves to help wash vegetables and so on.

Yi Zhonghai said to Xu Wu, "You wash the vegetables first. I'm almost done chopping them."

Yi Zhonghai took a kitchen knife and started to cut the pork. Soon, he cut it into minced meat, poured it into a bowl filled with cabbage foam, and began to stir it and add some seasonings.

Huang Yulan had just rolled out the dumpling wrappers, so she took the pork and cabbage filling and started making dumplings.

Yi Zhonghai started to process the pork tenderloin again, cutting it into patterned pieces and preparing chopped ginger, onion, garlic and the like.

Xu Wu had also washed the vegetables and brought them over, and the three of them were busy.

As the dishes were put into the wok and started to be fried, the aroma made the neighbors in the courtyard feel uncomfortable, especially those families who had not eaten meat for a long time.

"Who's cooking? It smells so good!"

"I smell the smell coming from the central courtyard." "Could it be Yi Zhonghai's house? Wow! This smell is much better than what Sha Zhu made."

As the dishes came out of the pot, two men in military uniforms and two women came to the gate of the courtyard, followed by Yi Suwan, who had not been seen for a long time. Yan Bugui didn't dare to speak at first, because he knew that this was Yi Zhonghai's brother, but when he saw Yi Suwan, Yan Bugui had taken her to school, so he stepped forward and said enviously, "Suwan is back? Your dad spent a lot of effort to make delicious food for you today."

Yi Suwan nodded and said, "Uncle Yan, yes, my father told me to give him the best food. I'm going back with my uncle first." Then she ignored Yan Bugui and followed Yi Jianping to the Central Courtyard.

Originally Yan Bugui wanted to go and get a free meal, but when he saw Big Brother Yi Zhonghai coming, he wouldn't dare to go even if he had ten thousand guts.

Jia Zhang, who was standing at the door, was also startled when she saw two men in military uniforms. She thought they were here to arrest her! She hurried home, closed the door, and looked outside through the window. Jia Dongxu at home said, "Mom! What's going on? Why are you so flustered?"

Jia Zhang: "Dongxu, Mom might have to go to jail again! There are a few people in military uniforms outside, they must be here to arrest me."

After listening, Jia Dongxu also looked over. When he saw Yi Jianping, Jia Dongxu realized that this was Yi Zhonghai entertaining his brother, so he said to his mother, "Mom, this is Yi Zhonghai's brother, and Yi Suwan is following him."

Jia Zhang's eyes widened. "What? Brother Yi Zhonghai? What's going on?"

Jia Dongxu briefly told the story of Yi Zhonghai and his brother. In fact, he didn't know how Yi Zhonghai suddenly had a brother.

Jia Zhang was relieved. Yi Zhonghai was also very happy to see his daughter, his elder brother, his wife, his nephews and his nieces. When he saw Yi Suwan behind him, he walked over and hugged her, saying, "What do you think, naughty girl? Come with me, okay?"

Yi Suwan stuck out her tongue and said, "Dad, you are so nice to me! Now I have won awards in my class." Then she took out her award certificate.

Yi Zhonghai took it and looked at it with satisfaction. Wow, this guy is actually a model of progress in the class, not bad.

Huang Yulan also invited everyone to go into the house and prepare meals, while Xu Wu brought the dishes to the table.