Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

He Daqing ignored the envy of his neighbors in the courtyard.

He and Chen Xueru brought these apprentices into their home, and Chen Xueru, Yu Li, and He Yushui were responsible for taking care of their families and children.

He Daqing and Sha Zhu led the apprentices to the kitchen.

He Daqing prepared a lot of good things before the New Year. Now that his disciples are here, he can't let them sit idle. Today he will test the results of their learning over the past year.

Now, He Daqing's kitchen was extremely lively. Everyone prepared a dish, ready to accept He Daqing's test.

Since there were so many people today, Sha Zhu moved the table from his own room in the backyard and the table from He Yushui's house in the middle yard. It took three tables to seat so many people.

Seeing Sha Zhu take out so much wild boar meat, pheasant, rabbit, fish and seafood, Zhang Tieshao and other disciples felt itchy to try their hand.

They have been learning from He Daqing for almost a year, but due to the shortage of ingredients, they usually only practice with cabbage, potatoes and seafood, and have never seen so many ingredients.

Now that they have the opportunity, everyone wants to go and give it a try.

He Daqing was also generous and let them choose their own ingredients and cook whatever dishes they wanted.

With He Daqing's approval, these people were so happy that they went to choose their own ingredients happily.

Amidst everyone's busyness, three tables of lunch were finally served.

Today each apprentice prepared a specialty dish. He Daqing sat at the main table and tasted each dish under the gaze of his apprentices.

Although there were good and not-so-ideal aspects, He Daqing felt quite satisfied.

After all, it was the first time for several people to cook the dishes and they had no chance to come into contact with these ingredients normally, so He Daqing still gave them affirmative praise.

Everyone was very happy to receive He Daqing's affirmation, and then they had a lively lunch.

The meal lasted until the afternoon. Senior brother Sha Zhu was once again drunk by many junior brothers and fell directly under the table.

This made Yu Li so angry that she didn't know what to say. She had someone put Sha Zhu on the kang and left him there.

When everyone was leaving, He Daqing gave each person a pheasant or a rabbit and asked them to take it back.

This action made every disciple burst into tears of gratitude towards He Daqing.

The gifts they brought when they came were not very expensive, just some cigarettes and alcohol.

But when they got here, the master's wife gave each of them a big red envelope, and the master also took out precious ingredients for everyone to practice and enjoy. When they left, they were given so many things.

You know, the most precious thing now is food, and meat is even more precious than food.

This shows how good Master He Daqing is to them.

After receiving this group of apprentices on the first day of the New Year, He Daqing went to wish Director Huang, Li Huaide, Director Yang, and Master Luo and Master Liang in the big house new year greetings on the second day.

Regardless of whether they were taking advantage of each other or not, these people were really nice to him, so he had to visit them all.

We didn't bring much, just a pheasant, a rabbit, and maybe some bear meat.

In this year, the things He Daqing sent were definitely very valuable.

There was no one who disliked He Daqing's gift, and they all gave He Daqing some very nice gifts in return.

He Daqing accepted all the gifts, such as the Maozi liquor collected by Li Huaide and the Huazi cigarettes collected by Director Yang.

These things are difficult for him to get, but these people still have ways to get some.

After a few days of excitement, on the fourth day of the New Year, everyone started returning to the factory to work.

The first thing I did when I went to work this year was to discuss how to solve the problem of food shortage.

Fortunately, thanks to He Daqing's efforts last year, everyone prepared a lot of pickles, mustard tubers and the like, so we can still sustain the vegetable market for a while.

But the issue of food remains a big problem.

However, this problem was not something He Daqing could solve, so he just listened to everyone's ideas.

A few days after the start of work, when I got back to the courtyard after work, Yan Bugui came over and said, "Daqing, Director Wang notified us to have a meeting tonight. She will be here soon."

He Daqing was stunned by Yan Bugui’s words.

"Director Wang, why are you attending a meeting at this time? What's the matter?"

Yan Bugui looked at He Daqing who hadn't reacted yet and said, "Didn't you say last time that you would elect another master in our hospital? This time it's for this matter."

Only then did He Daqing remember that Director Wang did say this last time. But after so long, he almost forgot about it.

Yan Bugui took a few steps closer and whispered, "Daqing, I, Old Yan, have always been good to you, right? You must support me more tonight, otherwise if Old Liu becomes the boss, no one will speak up for you in the future."

He Daqing looked at Yan Bugui's sneaky look and replied politely, "I know, we'll see when the time comes!"

After saying that, he pushed his bicycle into the courtyard.

When he got home, Sha Zhu said excitedly, "Dad, have you heard? Director Wang is coming to our hospital tonight to select a master. This is a good opportunity!"

He Daqing said unhappily, "Isn't it just with an old man? Look how excited you are. What does it have to do with you? Don't you want to eat?"

Sha Zhu's enthusiasm was completely dampened by He Daqing's words.

He said aggrievedly: "Dad, we are discussing choosing you to be the uncle, why don't you seem interested at all?"

"What? You chose me as the uncle? How come I don't know about this?"

He Daqing was indeed a little surprised. He had never really thought about being a big boss.

I don't get paid a cent, and I have to look for help myself when something goes wrong. This is a thankless job.

However, this is He Daqing's idea, and in the future society, this idea is not wrong.

But now, at this time, everyone emphasizes dedication, collective and honor, so being chosen by everyone, getting everyone's recognition, and contributing to the collective is a strong sense of honor, which is more important than money.

Therefore, He Daqing's ideas were indeed a little incomprehensible to Sha Zhu, Chen Xueru and Yu Li.

Clearly there is an opportunity this time, why can't you fight for it?

Chen Xueru persuaded him, "Daqing, our family is considered a big family in the courtyard. If you can become the eldest uncle, our family will be able to save a lot of trouble in the future. Why don't you consider it?"

"Yes, Dad, think about it. If you are the uncle, my mom will be the aunt. Then who in the courtyard would dare to disrespect my mom? How glorious it would be to walk out the door!"

Sha Zhu also actively persuaded He Daqing.

After being persuaded by these people, He Daqing suddenly felt that this matter was not entirely a bad thing.

Although being a uncle does have some troubles, it can also save him a lot of trouble.

He Daqing is still somewhat confident that he can become a big boss.