59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Dongcheng, Chen Jianguo’s new home.

Even though the Lou family no longer has the power and status they had during the Republic of China period where they could remain unmoved even if the flag on the city wall was changed, as the Hydra of the city, they are very good at hiding their connections.

Without Chen Jianguo asking for anything, Lou Bancheng personally picked out a three-story villa for his son-in-law on a street near the Dongcheng Branch.

Looking at the newly purchased furniture, kitchen utensils, etc. in the house, Chen Jianguo looked at Lou Xiaoe.

"Wife, these are new. We need to clean them."

Lou Xiao'e's round face turned slightly red, and she felt a little shy, but she nodded happily, and even felt a little excited.

After all, this is their home!

A sense of joy as a protagonist arises spontaneously!

Chen Jianguo took a bucket of water, then came out with two towels. Lou Xiao'e and he each took one and began to scrub the tables, chairs and benches.

'This is our home, and I will be a good host.'

Lou Xiao'e said silently with full confidence.

She began to fantasize about giving birth to a few babies and the happy times when they would sit down and eat together.

Then, fifteen minutes passed.

"Jianguo, I'm so tired and my hands are sore."

"This mop is no good. It never gets the job done."

"No, I need to rest."

Lou Xiao'e was very excited at the beginning and was very satisfied with her and Chen Jianguo's love nest. She planned to clean the tables, chairs, floor, etc. herself.

But it turns out that doing housework looks fun, but it is really tiring.

Her "great ambition" was quickly burned out along with her passion mixed with her pitiful physical strength, and she "never returned once she went to the East China Sea."

She regretted choosing such a big house!

The small three-story villa has more than 60 square meters per floor, and I have to run back and forth several times just to mop the floor.

That's counting a dozen windows.

Wiping glass is definitely a test of arm strength, and speed alone is not enough, endurance is more important.

Those who have worked in housekeeping in later generations knew that even with a double-sided scraper, it would be extremely painful to encounter the glass of such large floor-to-ceiling windows.

In less than ten minutes, the tragic little princess of the Lou family felt sore all over and sweat broke out on her forehead.

"Let's ask Auntie to help clean it. It's only a few cents."

"Huh, I think so too."

Chen Jianguo stopped wiping the rag in his hand and looked at the first-floor window that he had wiped most of. For the first time, he realized how difficult it was for his sister-in-law and the old lady.

I used to think it was easy when I saw Zhou Qing and the old lady keeping several suites clean, but when I cleaned them myself, I found that I was totally unsuitable for housework.

"That's it for today. We need to ask an aunt to help."

"How about making dinner first?"

Lou Xiao'e suddenly regained her confidence and said, "My mother taught me a trick to make noodles. I'll try it."

Chen Jianguo looked at his new daughter-in-law and was very worried. She was so bad at doing housework, how could you eat it?

But seeing Lou Xiao'e light the coal stove easily, she seemed very capable!

"Do you want me to help you?"

"No, just sit down and rest. It will be fine in a while."

After a while, the water was boiled and Lou Xiao'e put the noodles she brought from home into the water.

After a few minutes.

The two sat together in the restaurant, took a bite of noodles at the same time, and looked at each other in bewilderment.

So nasty!

Facts have proved that Lou Xiao'e is indeed an excellent negative example of a new-age housewife.

If she is asked to support half of the family, the whole family will definitely be left starving.

Although Lou Xiao'e studied cooking seriously and she really intended to be a good daughter-in-law, some things cannot be accomplished by just working hard in a short period of time.

Cooking skills and cooking are two different levels of culinary realms.

Just because you can go down there doesn’t mean it tastes good.

Lou Xiao'e had never eaten such bad noodles before, and Chen Jianguo had become picky about food because of Chen Feng's behavior during this period of time.

"How about we go out to eat?"

Chen Jianguo glanced at the light from the street lamps outside and shook his head.

"At this time, the state-owned store has closed."

"Just eat it."

The two of them ate a bowl of noodles together. As for the remaining half in the pot, they had to eat it tomorrow morning, even though such overnight noodles tasted very bad.

"I'm sorry, Jianguo, I'm so useless."

"No, no, no one is born knowing how to cook. In the past, Xiao Feng cooked rice and it turned into porridge. You just need to learn it slowly."

The two of them cuddled together on the sofa in the living room.

I waited until after nine o'clock.

Chen Jianjun and Chen Feng stood at the door with braised meat, caviar, salted duck eggs, dried fish and shrimp, and knocked gently.

Chen Jianguo immediately got up from the sofa and opened the door.

He was so excited to see Chen Feng that he wanted to give him a warm hug.

Chen Feng wondered if his second uncle was too excited about getting married, otherwise why did he look like he hadn't eaten for days?

"Brother, have you eaten yet?"

Chen Jianjun looked at his brother speechlessly. It’s this late and you’re asking me if I’ve eaten?

But Chen Jianguo winked at him, and as the eldest brother he had to cooperate.

"I ate some, but now I'm a little hungry."

Chen Jianguo immediately looked at his eldest nephew and ordered, "Xiao Feng, cook something for us."

Chen Feng looked at the two brothers with disdain.

"Second Aunt, I brought a few bottles of seasoning oil. Let me teach you how to cook."

He naturally knew that Lou Xiao'e could not cook. It turned out that she was destined to marry Xu Damao, and Xu Damao was usually responsible for cooking.

The old lady also took this into consideration, so she asked him to prepare some dishes.

Just pour a little amount into the dish when cooking.

"Okay!" Lou Xiao'e said happily.

Chen Jianjun came in and looked at the house. He was very satisfied with the living environment of his second brother.

"Whose house is this originally?"

Chen Jianguo watched Lou Xiao'e follow Chen Feng into the kitchen, then he stood up and poured a glass of water for his brother.

"The house was originally owned by an engineer, who 'mysteriously disappeared' and his wife and son decided to return home."

"But housing property rights cannot be bought and sold now, so we rented it for 99 years."

The 99-year lease is actually a cession of property rights.

For a period of time in later generations, part of the property rights of urban houses in China became a mess.

During the property rights reform, many of the original landlord families had lost their house deeds from decades ago during the period of public ownership. When the property rights were re-registered in 1982, the ownership of the house was determined based on the current residents rather than the house deeds.

Many collectively owned houses that were originally for rental purposes were transformed into private properties during the ownership change in the 1982s, and then people became rich.

(In 1982, the State Administration of Urban Construction issued the "Interim Regulations on the Management of Real Estate Property Rights and Registration in Cities (Towns)", which reopened the nationwide real estate ownership registration.)

"Second Aunt, look."

Chen Feng put the food he brought into various cabinets in the kitchen, then took out four bottles with handwritten labels and a copy of Chen's Kitchen Art Experience from his backpack.

Well, although he learned from He Yuzhu.

But it is better than the original, and contains many new ideas and new formulas.

The cooking recipes of Tan family cuisine from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China are really not suitable for today.

Who has so much fuel?

"This bottle is pure peanut oil, no salt, add it before cooking."

"This is a home cooking manual. I have written more than a dozen dishes in it. If you have nothing to do at home, you can try to learn by following the steps above."

"I calculated the amount according to your and your appetite."

"Of course, even if you're pregnant, the baby won't be able to eat much."

Chen Feng's words made Lou Xiao'e blush.

His mother was also privately urging them to get married, thinking that for the sake of his little grandson, the old man would most likely agree to let them go back.