Siheyuan: It’s so nice to be Lao Liu

Because I just promised in front of everyone that I would stew the pork belly I brought back last night for the deaf old lady to eat.

So after returning to the central courtyard, He Yuzhu washed up quickly and then cut the pork belly into pieces and put them into the pot.

Before long, the aroma of braised pork filled the entire courtyard.

Jia Zhang, who had just returned to the Jia family, was sitting on the bed waiting for her daughter-in-law Qin Huairu to cook. Suddenly, the aroma of the soft and glutinous braised pork wafted in.

"Gudong!"

When Jia Zhang smelled the aroma of meat, she swallowed subconsciously.

But when she thought that it must be Sha Zhu who did it, Jia Zhang couldn't help but curse: "Sha Zhu, this dead end, has no conscience at all. He doesn't know the difficulties of the orphans and widows of my Jia family, and he doesn't even know how to help my Jia family."

"When Dongxu was still here, he often greeted Shazhu. Now that Dongxu is gone, Shazhu is an ungrateful person with a ruthless heart. How can he eat braised pork when he sees us eating coarse food?"

Qin Huairu, who was cooking nearby, was also a little embarrassed. She knew that in the years after Jia Dongxu's death, Sha Zhu had taken great care of her family and even ignored his own sister.

Qin Huairu knew exactly what Jia Zhang said about Jia Dongxu helping Sha Zhu. After He Daqing left, the Jia family wanted He Yuzhu to work like a slave for them when he grew up, so they deliberately gave He Yuzhu the leftover steamed buns that their family members didn't want.

If this matter were to be made public, Qin Huairu would be too embarrassed to tell anyone about it. Only a shameless old hag like Jia Zhang would say that.

He Yuzhu, who was also in the middle courtyard, also heard Jia Zhang's howling and couldn't help shaking his head. Thinking of the good things in the past, his face couldn't help but get hot with shame.

Ignoring the shouting and cursing outside, He Yuzhu concentrated on cooking.

On the other side, Yan Jiefang also got up early. Because Lou Xiao'e was pregnant, the breakfast Yan Jiefang made was relatively light. He went into the space himself to squeeze some milk and boiled three large cups of milk.

In order to supplement nutrition, the staple food is cake made of flour, eggs and sugar. Ten egg-filled pancakes were made with the remaining flour and eggs.

Because there were not many vegetables in the space, I saw there were a lot of soybeans in the space, and I thought about going to the countryside today, so I made a little more.

The conditions in the countryside are very difficult now. When you go there and are unfamiliar with the place, if you take out a piece of fresh tofu and ask someone for help, they will be happy to do you a favor.

For me, making tofu doesn’t cost any money. I can just go to the factory and ask if they need tofu. It might be a source of income.

I mixed the tofu with the shallots grown in the space, and didn't add too many seasonings, just a little sesame oil, vinegar and a little salt. I took a small bite and it felt quite good, with a unique fragrance spreading in my mouth.

Finally, I took out ten mangoes and about five pounds of lychees and put them in a fruit basket. I would be in the countryside all day and might not be back at night, so I left some extra for the two of them. But considering the temperature was too hot, I didn't take out too much.

After preparing the meal, Yan Jiefang called Lou Xiao'e and He Yushui out for dinner. Lou Xiao'e was fine because Yan Jiefang didn't bother her because she was pregnant, and she came to the restaurant quickly. But He Yushui was different. She went to bed very late last night because she was bothered by him.

I was very reluctant to be woken up so early.

Seeing Yan Jiefang’s smiling face, he couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

But when he saw the breakfast prepared on the table, his original resentment about being woken up disappeared. He didn't care about Yan Jiefang anymore and ran directly to Lou Xiao'e, sat down obediently, picked up the egg-filled pancake from his plate and started eating.

"Woo~"

"Brother Jiefang, this pancake is really delicious. I want to eat it for lunch. Do you have any more?"

He Yushui took a bite of the egg-filled pancake and was immediately attracted by its deliciousness.

"We made ten in total, and you definitely can't finish them. If you want to eat them, you can come back at noon. If you don't want to come back, take them to the steel mill to eat." Yan Jiefang said.

He Yushui thought for a while, glanced at Lou Xiao'e, and said, "I'll come back at noon. This place is not far from the factory. It only takes about ten minutes to walk there. I'll cook lunch and eat with Sister Xiao'e."

Seeing how harmoniously the two of them got along, Yan Jiefang didn't say much.

After dinner, Yan Jiefang told us about his plan to go to the countryside to purchase things today.

After leaving the courtyard, he went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative. He still had several kilograms of salt tickets in his hand, and he planned to buy them all and take them back to the countryside.

Sugar and salt are two indispensable items at all times. Sugar is too expensive and difficult to obtain, while salt is relatively cheap and may be more useful than money in the countryside.

He spent all the salt on his grain voucher and the salt tickets he had saved at the supply and marketing cooperative, and earned a total of ten kilograms of salt.

He put the salt into his own space and rode towards Liujia Village.

Liujia Village is about twenty miles away from Sijiu City. It is a village located on the edge of the mountains. Because the land available for planting is decreasing, many villagers go into the mountains to hunt to support their families.

Because there are many large wild animals in the mountains, the villagers dare not go too far into the mountains. They just hunt pheasants and rabbits outside the mountains. If they are lucky, they can also catch a lone wild boar.

Yan Jiefang knew that Liujia Village was thanks to Xu Damao. When he was drinking with Xu Damao, Xu Damao boasted to him about this village.

It is said that the villagers wanted to give him a wild boar as a gift to thank him for showing the movie, but he ruthlessly refused and only asked for two pheasants as a token of his appreciation.

So the first stop in the countryside was Liujia Village, which was about 20 miles away, not very far, and I could get there quickly by bike. Moreover, this village was close to the mountains, and there were wild boars and pheasants to capture, which could provide cover for my spatial output.

The plan was well made. He thought that the journey of about 20 miles would only take an hour to get there by bike. However, as soon as he set out on the road, Yan Jiefang regretted it.

Just out of Sijiu City, the road was still very flat, but after walking ten miles, the road became bumpy and there were stones of different sizes, and the riding speed also slowed down.

In the end, Yan Jiefang had no choice but to get off the bike and push it forward.

It took more than two hours to finally reach Liujia Village. Standing at the entrance of the village, I could see the location of Liujia Village from afar.

After looking around, Yan Jiefang took out two baskets in the space and hung them on both sides of the bicycle. He then took out two baskets of tofu he had made in the morning, weighing about seventy or eighty kilograms. Finally, he took out the salt he had bought and put it in the baskets.