Living in a Siheyuan

In the courtyard, Li Ping'an came back on a motorcycle. Several middle-aged women who were chatting at the door came over and looked at him with envy.

The third aunt said, "Ping An, why did you ride the factory bike back?"

"Third Auntie, I have some work to do for the factory these two days. The factory let me ride for two days for convenience."

After hearing what Li Ping'an said, everyone looked around and touched the ground. Some children even wanted to climb up.

Seeing this, he originally planned to park the bike at the door. He went home, found two wooden boards, laid them on the steps, and rode the bike directly back to the yard. This was safer.

After parking the car, Li Pingan went to the kitchen first and took out a half-grown lamb from the space. Then he pulled Yu Li in and said, "I got this from the countryside. I hid it secretly at home when I got back this morning. We'll roast it and eat it later."

Yu Li was also surprised that he actually hid a lamb at home. She asked, "Why don't you send it to the factory? Is it okay for us to eat it like this?"

"Don't worry about eating it. If anyone asks, just tell them that I hunted wild goats in the mountains. I've given quite a few to the factory, and I saved this especially for you."

After hearing what Li Ping'an said, Yu Li did not ask any more questions, and the two of them started to clean up the sheep.

Li Pingan built a simple oven with the remaining bricks from the house repair. He lit the firewood underneath and waited for it to burn. All that was left was red-hot charcoal. He put the marinated mutton on a stick and started roasting the whole mutton.

Just as the grill was started, I heard Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu knocking on the door outside.

Yu Li smiled helplessly when she heard this. As long as she came over, Yu Haitang would definitely come over. She knew that her brother-in-law had delicious food at home.

When Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu entered the room, they saw the roasted whole lamb in Li Ping'an's hand. The aroma immediately attracted them and they came over.

Li Ping'an knew that the two would come, and he didn't think about eating the 20-pound lamb together with Yu Li.

Seeing the two people's impatient look, Li Pingan said with a smile: "Wait a moment aside, don't make trouble. It's not cooked yet."

The aroma of the barbecue made Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu salivate, not to mention the three uncles who lived across the wall.

The third aunt said, "What delicious food has Ping An prepared? It smells so good."

Yan Bugui heard this and said, "Ah, the kid from the Li family has made great progress now. You see, he eats delicious food at home every now and then. I heard he also brought a lot to the factory. How come we didn't notice it before?"

"Yes, in the past, Li Guizi's family would walk with their heads down when they saw others. Even Ping An couldn't even make a sound after being beaten with three sticks. I didn't expect that after the old couple passed away, the boy became more and more successful." The third aunt also nodded in agreement.

Yan Bugui said: "The sudden death of the two elderly people in this family must have been a big blow to him, so he changed. In the future, our family will have a good relationship with him. This kid is very generous."

The younger ones in the Yan family also smelled the fragrance, drooled and nodded in agreement.

Not to mention the Yan family, even Banggeng who was playing outside couldn't resist the smell. He ran back home and said to Jia Zhang: "Grandma, I want to eat something delicious. There is something delicious at Li Ping'an's house up ahead, and it smells especially good."

Now Qin Huairu is taking care of Jia Dongxu in the hospital, and Jia Zhang is the one taking care of Banggeng and Xiaodang at home.

Jia Zhang was speechless and made some whining gestures to Bang Geng. Bang Geng didn't know what she meant, so he turned around and went back to his room to sulk.

He now hated Jia Zhang especially because she was a mute, so his friends outside laughed at him.

He Yushui was still waiting for her brother to come back and bring her food, and she also smelled the fragrance. She ran to the yard of Li Ping'an's house and heard Yu Haitang's voice inside. After hesitating for a while, she still knocked on the door.

Yu Li opened the door and saw He Yushui, so she pulled her in and said, "Here comes Yushui, come in and play. Your brother Ping'an will make you something delicious later. Haitang and the others are here too."

When Yu Haitang saw He Yushui, she also ran over and pulled her to Li Pingan's side.

He Yushui called out timidly, "Brother Ping An!"

Li Pingan looked at He Yushui and said with a smile: "Yushui, play with Haitang and the others for a while. We will eat roasted whole lamb together later."

A few people were playing there, and Li Pingan and Yu Li were barbecuing.

Xu Damao had just entered the courtyard with his cart and smelled the barbecue from Li Ping'an's house. He also heard He Yushui and her friends playing inside. After thinking for a moment, he picked up a chicken and some mushrooms from behind the cart seat and knocked on the door.

When Yu Li heard the knock on the door, she thought it was He Yuzhu coming, after all, his sister was there.

When she opened the door, she saw Xu Damao. She knew Xu Damao, but not very well, having only met him a few times.

When Xu Damao saw Yu Li, he said, "My sister-in-law is here too. I thought Ping An had secretly prepared something delicious. It turned out he made it for you."

Yu Li let Xu Damao into the yard. When Li Pingan saw Xu Damao, he smiled and said, "Brother Damao, you came back at a good time. Look what I made. Let's have a few drinks later."

Xu Damao parked the car and said, "That's right, I came in because of the aroma. I can't let you eat delicious food secretly. Look. This is what I brought, let's add a dish together."

As he said this, he took the chicken and mushrooms off the bicycle and handed them to Yu Li.

Yu Li held the things and looked at Li Pingan. Li Pingan said, "This is Brother Damao, you should accept it if he gives it to you. He doesn't need these things, and they don't cost money."

After hearing what Li Ping'an said, Yu Li said to Xu Damao, "Thank you, Brother Damao. Please sit down first. I'll get you some water."

Xu Damao said casually: "No need to pour water, sister-in-law, Ping An and I are chatting there, let's take a look at his cooking skills."

Li Pingan also said, "Yu Li, take the things in and clean them up, and then prepare two side dishes. I will have a few drinks with Brother Damao later. I think Brother Zhuzi will come soon."

After hearing this, Yu Li took her things and went to the kitchen to clean up.

Xu Damao handed Li Pingan a cigarette and said, "I just came back today and heard that you've become famous again. You brought a lot of meat to the factory."

"I called a lot of people to help me this time, and I was lucky. Do you think I could get so much by myself?"

"Yeah, I heard that guy is hard to deal with. I heard someone was killed by a herd of wild boars when I was showing a movie in the countryside."

The two chatted while Li Pingan kept grilling the meat.

At this time, He Yuzhu's voice was heard outside: "Ping An, is Yu Shui here with you?"

After hearing this, Li Pingan asked Xu Damao to open the door. The three children had already gone into the house to listen to the radio.

When He Yuzhu saw that it was Xu Damao who opened the door, he said, "Isn't this Shamao? Why are you here?"

Xu Damao said angrily, "Silly Zhu, this is Ping An's house, you have no right to control where I am. Come in quickly, Yu Shui is listening to the radio inside."

He Yuzhu, carrying two lunch boxes, looked at Xu Damao with contempt, then came to Li Pingan.

Seeing Li Ping'an roasting mutton like this, he was also curious and asked: "Brother, where did you learn this method? It smells delicious."

Li Pingan also said happily: "Aren't you one of the top chefs in the city? Haven't you seen a whole lamb roasted like this? This is how it's done on the grassland. I saw it in a book."

"I've never seen this before. Nowadays, no one would be willing to roast such a big sheep at once."

"This is the only one I found when I went to the mountains. I brought it back. Go to the kitchen and make some dishes. We'll have some drinks later."

At this time Xu Damao also said: "Hurry up and go to Shazhu, we have already provided the ingredients, why are you, a cook, dawdling here instead of cooking?"

He Yuzhu was also angry and said, "Okay, idiot, I'll put some laxatives in your food later. You'll sleep in the toilet tonight."

"I'm telling you whether you're disgusting or not, I'm cooking. If I say you're an idiot, then you really are an idiot." Xu Damao retorted.

Seeing the two bickering, Li Pingan said helplessly: "Brother Zhuzi, stop making trouble. You will be late for dinner. My roast lamb is almost ready."

After hearing what Li Ping'an said, He Yuzhu went into the kitchen and drove Yu Li out.

After a while, Li Ping'an's meat was roasted and He Yuzhu's dish was also ready.

On the square table under the grape trellis, in the middle was Li Ping'an's roasted whole lamb. On one side were the braised pork and braised pork that He Yuzhu brought back. There was also a plate of peanuts, smashed cucumbers, and stewed chicken with mushrooms.

The younger ones couldn't wait any longer and stood by the table waiting for Li Ping'an to speak.

Seeing their cute appearance, Li Pingan first gave each of them a portion of roasted mutton. The three of them then started eating the large pieces of mutton.

The four adults also started eating, drinking and chatting while eating meat. Xu Damao and He Yuzhu even bickered with each other from time to time. It was quite lively.

In fact, there was no big conflict between the two of them, as they grew up together. It was just that after He Daqing left, He Yuzhu's personality became a little extreme. In addition, Xu Damao was a bit mean. The two of them occasionally quarreled and fought. Later, it was Yi Zhonghai who always favored He Yuzhu, which made Xu Damao resent He Yuzhu and Yi Zhonghai.

Now Yi Zhonghai is paralyzed at home, and his partiality to He Yuzhu has not officially begun. So the two of them just talk nonsense.

As they were talking, they brought up the topic of Jia Dongxu.

He Yuzhu said: "Jia Dongxu is really finished this time. I carried him to the hospital that night, and the surgery lasted until midnight. After he came out, the doctor said that his legs might be disabled for life. If he's lucky, he can still move around with crutches, but if he's unlucky, he'll just have to lie down at home."

Xu Damao said: "He deserved it. I heard that he didn't go to any friend's house that night, but went to the casino. I heard that he was beaten after leaving the casino."

Li Pingan also said: "Was it done by the people in the casino?"

"Who knows? I heard that he still owed money to the casino. But he didn't tell the casino in the end, and his leg was broken. So the casino didn't ask him for money." Xu Damao replied.

Hearing this, He Yuzhu said with some melancholy: "So what do you think will happen to the Jia family in the future? Jia Zhang is mute, Jia Dongxu is disabled. The two children are still young. How much pressure do you think Sister Qin must be under alone?"

Xu Damao was surprised and asked, "Sister Qin? When did you call Qin Huairu Sister Qin? Isn't she the sister-in-law of the Jia family?"

"Silly Zhu, you don't have any thoughts about Qin Huairu, do you?"

Xu Damao's last sentence immediately made He Yuzhu a little angry and embarrassed.

He said, "Why did you call me that? She's a woman and she's going through so much, can't I show some sympathy? Who is as selfish as you?"

Li Pingan saw that the two of them were about to fight again, so he quickly said, "Okay, come on, drink."

After drinking, he said, "Brother Zhuzi, you'd better stay away from the Jia family. You can help others, but you must also be careful about the impact. If someone spreads what happened between you and Qin Huairu, can you explain it clearly? You still have to get married."

He Yuzhu said uncomfortably: "Ah, I know. I just saw how miserable Jia Dongxu was that night, and Qin Huairu was crying like a tearful person. I just felt bad too."

Finally, Li Pingan persuaded them to change the topic. After they had eaten and drunk well, Xu Damao and He Yuzhu staggered back home.

Li Pingan also pushed his motorcycle out to take Yu Li and the others home. If it wasn't too late, Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu would have asked Li Pingan to take them for a few more laps.