I am He Yuzhu in Siheyuan

He Yuzhu opened the recipe left by He Daqing and began to study it slowly.

In fact, he had seen it before, and the way of making soup in it gave him a lot of inspiration.

In today's world, this dish has very few customers and few people can afford it, so He Daqing asked him to learn Sichuan cuisine so that he would not starve to death in the future.

If Mr. Wang had not moved Tan’s cuisine to the Beijing Hotel, this cuisine would probably have disappeared after the reform and opening up.

He Yuzhu took advantage of the opportunity given by Li Huaide to try to unlock new dishes.

The next day, He Yuzhu carried the old hen in his space and swaggered into the steel rolling mill, all the way to the back kitchen.

First let Fatty slaughter the chicken, let Ma Hua go to the warehouse to get the ham, and then go directly to the warehouse where Li Huaide gave the key to get the wings and scallops.

When I came back, I fried the shark's fin and scallops first, completed the preliminary preparations myself, and then let Fatty watch the pot.

Then I started chopping the chicken and cutting the ham, and then started making the soup.

The soup was left hanging until 5pm, and the shark fins were ready to soak, so we were ready to start cooking.

He Yuzhu began to process the wings, and then said to Liu Lan

"Go, tell Brother Li to come over at 7:30 and treat him to a good meal."

After preparing the shark fin, He Yuzhu puts it into the soup and then starts to simmer.

Finally, it was done at about 7:.

He Yuzhu first filled a large bowl and then served Brother Li personally.

"Brother Li, this is the result of my busy work all day, you must enjoy it."

Li Huaide smiled when he heard this. He had already heard about it from Liu Lan, and he also smelled the rich fragrance when he came over.

Li Huaide first lifted the lid of the bowl, closed his eyes, smelled the fragrance, then picked up the chopsticks and took a bite to savor it carefully.

Li Huaide first gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up, then said

"Zhu Zi, this is the best dish I, your brother Li, have ever eaten in my life. In one word, it's amazing!"

He Yuzhu also laughed and went back to the kitchen.

He first served himself a portion, then gave a small bowl to each of his two apprentices and Liu Lan, and packed up the rest.

After eating the fruits of my labor, I couldn’t wait to go home and let my family taste it too.

Before leaving, he told them that they could take the chicken and ham left after cooking the soup with him, and then he headed home without looking back.

When he got home, he called his two sons and daughter-in-law to the living room.

"I'd like to treat you to a dish: braised vermicelli!"

He Yuzhu took the lunch box off the stove and placed it in front of them. He opened the lid, and the rich aroma immediately evaporated, and then he invited them to taste it.

Xingzhi took a bite and then started praising it, which made He Yuzhu very satisfied.

The two sons took a bite each and said it had no taste. They took two more bites and stopped eating, leaving He Yuzhu speechless.

Looking at the remaining things, He Yuzhu was silent, so he packed up half of the lunch box and went to the old lady in the backyard.

He Yuzhu knocked on the old lady's door and asked her to taste the food and give her some advice.

The old lady took a sip and said

"Grandson, this is not fresh out of the pot, so I can't judge the cooking time. The soup is good and the ingredients are sufficient, but the wings are not well-seasoned and need more practice."

"Okay, enjoy your meal. Xingzhi will come over to clean up the lunch boxes tomorrow. I'll be back first."

"Well, good. My grandson is really good to me. He knows to send good things to grandma. This is the best dish I have eaten in the past 30 years."

"Well, old lady, I'll go back first."

He Yuzhu walked back home, thinking on the way that the old lady was indeed not simple. From what she said, they could still eat Tan’s dishes at home in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

Then He Yuzhu shook his head. The past of an 80-year-old lady had nothing to do with him. Anyway, she was recognized as a five-guarantee household by the street, and she would probably be gone in a few years. He didn't think too much about it.

The next day, He Yuzhu was slacking off in the office. Practicing Tan Jiacai was too time-consuming, and there was plenty of time left in the future.

Besides, most of the high-end dishes in our country are relatively light in taste and focus on the freshness. You can ask Lao Li to change the taste once in a while, but it is impossible to eat it every day.

He Yuzhu was playing with the seal in his hand, which he had picked up from the pile of "four olds" yesterday, as well as two paintings and a cup. He didn't dare to take the big ones, and he couldn't take too many.

At noon, He Yuzhu went to see Lao Yang again and brought some peanuts.

Old Yang lived a good life. He swept the floor every day and got a salary. Li Huaide didn't do anything too extreme, and Old Yang had already been criticized, so no one came to add insult to injury.

Xu Damao is now following Liu Haizhong and working. He is eager to get rid of the label of capitalist's son-in-law. Damao is a smart man and he listens to Liu Haizhong in everything. Liu Haizhong takes the lead and he picks up the slack from behind.

Liu Haizhong was very satisfied to see that Xu Damao seemed to be following his lead, so he decided to get the chance to show his abilities himself so that Li Huaide could see his abilities.

He Yuzhu returned home. It was the same as usual, with no changes. At this time, Brick came out of the ear room stealthily, looked around, saw no one, and went out with a bulging bag in his arms.

He Yuzhu was very curious. He knew his eldest son well and it had never happened before. This was the first time he had seen it today.

After Yu Shui got married, He Yuzhu let the two brothers sleep in the ear room. Now it is their own room. What are their sons doing?

He Yuzhu secretly followed Brick, trying to find out what Brick was doing.

Brick jogged all the way to a small alley behind the yard of the Yuhong class, where a middle-aged man in his forties was sweeping the floor with a broom.

Brick ran behind the man, took out the peach cake from his arms, grabbed a handful of candies from his pocket and was about to hand them to the man.

The man didn't answer, but told Brick something. Brick lowered his head, put the thing on the ground and ran away.

The man smiled bitterly, then squatted down and slowly picked up the scattered candies.

At this time, He Yuzhu came over, looked at the man, and said

"Teacher Liu, what's wrong with you?"

"you are?"

"I'm Brick's dad."

"brick?"

"He Jianguo."

"Oh, it's Jianguo's father. Oh! I have a high class background and said something wrong during exercise. That's it. You came over just in time. Take the things back to Jianguo. As a teacher, you can't take students' things. You have to set an example yourself."

"That was Brick's intention. I don't care. This is the first time I've seen my son like this, so I was curious and came over to see."

"Jianguo is a very smart and motivated child. I can't let him come here often. I'm not having a good influence on him now."

"I respect my son's wishes. It's his choice if he wants to come here. I won't stop him. How about this, you keep the things. If he comes next time, you can help him with his lessons. Just consider these things as payment. Our family doesn't need them."

"Okay, I won't be so hypocritical. My life is really hard now. Fortunately, I can still sweep the floor and support my family."

Teacher Liu said with a self-deprecating smile.

"Well, I'll leave first. No need to tell Brick that we've met."

He Yuzhu returned home and told Xingzhi his thoughts.

"From now on, buy some peach cakes or peanuts every week and put them in the ear room, one for each brother."

"it is good."

In this way, Brick would go to see Teacher Liu from afar after school every day, and share the things bought by Xingzhi with Teacher Liu every week. Finally, after two weeks, Teacher Liu told him to do his homework well after school and not to waste time on him anymore.

Brick said nothing, and came again the next day. Teacher Liu told him that he could come again in the future, but he had to bring his homework and textbooks with him, and he could ask the teacher if he didn't understand anything. Brick readily agreed.

Time passed quickly, and the first snow had already fallen. Teacher Liu now only had to sweep the snow in the school yard, and did not need to sweep the alley behind. Teacher Liu was waiting for his students in the snow, not knowing whether he would come in such a heavy snow.

From a distance, the figure of Brick carrying a schoolbag gradually became clearer.

"Jianguo, slow down, don't be in a hurry."

Teacher Liu shouted from afar.

When Brick came over, Teacher Liu said to him

"Jianguo, it's snowing too hard today. We can't study outside. Come on, come home with me and we'll continue studying there."

Teacher Liu took Jianguo back home, which was a remote small courtyard. Originally there were several houses, but now there were only two left. The other doors and windows had been damaged, and there were signs of smashing and looting.

"Jianguo, this is the teacher's wife, you can call her aunt."

"Hello, Auntie." Brick called to the woman.

"Hey, you must be Jianguo, what a good boy. Come in."

Teacher Liu led Jianguo into the room, where there was a little girl doing her homework at the table.

"This is the teacher's little daughter, her name is Liu Siyao, you can call her Sister Yaoyao."

Then he turned to the little girl and said

"Yaoyao, this is Jianguo, dad's student."

The girl stood up and said to the brick coldly

"Hello, my name is Liu Siyao."

Brick said quickly

"Hello, my name is He Jianguo, you can call me Brick."

"Brick? Why is it called a brick?"

"This is the nickname my dad gave me. I guess it's to remind me that if anyone bullies me, I should hit him with a brick."

Brick's serious answer made Liu Siyao burst out laughing. This was the first time since his father started sweeping the streets.

Teacher Liu has a son and a daughter. The eldest son went to support the country's third-line construction (there was nothing he could do because of his high class background). The younger daughter is one year older than Brick and is in the first grade.

An hour later, Teacher Liu was ready to send Brick back. If it was any later, Brick's parents would probably be worried.

Teacher Liu would not send the bricks to school anymore. His current status is not suitable for sending bricks home.

"Teacher Liu, should I go directly to your house tomorrow?"

"Do you remember the way?"

"I remember!"

"Okay, then just go directly."

In the evening, after Brick had his meal, he returned to his room and said to Bullet:

"Brother, I'll trade you the Nezha Conquers the Dragon King comic book for half a pack of peach cakes and 10 candies, and I won't hit you for a week. Do you want to trade?"

Bullet said in surprise

"Really? Are you sure you want to switch with me?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Okay, don't regret it."

The two brothers each got what they wanted.

Brick thought that this was something from home, and my mother would definitely let me give it to you when the time comes.

Dantou thought that there were plenty of snacks at Grandpa Yi's house, and with this comic book, he could read it with his sister Fangfang.

The next day at noon, Brick contentedly put the peach cakes and milk candies he had exchanged into his schoolbag and went to school.