Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

After get off work in the afternoon, He Daqing, Sha Zhu and Yu Li had just returned home for a while when Nan Yi brought Liang Ladi to He Daqing's house.

Nan Yi was holding two bottles of wine, a pack of cigarettes, and some snacks in his hands.

It turned out that on the way home from get off work, Nan Yi told Liang Ladi about his experience of becoming He Daqing's apprentice.

Liang Ladi was very happy for Nan Yi after hearing this, but thought that the process of Nan Yi becoming his apprentice was too simple, so the two of them bought some things and then visited him in person.

Seeing this, He Daqing blamed him, "I told you, there are not so many rules here. I appreciate your kindness, but take your things back."

Nan Yi looked at He Daqing and felt a little unhappy. He stood there for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Liang Ladi said hurriedly, "Master, don't blame Nan Yi. This is my idea. Although you don't care, it represents our sincerity. Nan Yi and I just came to the steel mill. We don't have any acquaintances or friends. You can accept him as your apprentice. He is our first relative here."

"As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. Just consider this as our filial piety."

Liang Ladi spoke sincerely, and Chen Xueru beside him also advised: "Daqing, since Xiao Liang said so, don't let her down. We will find a chance to return it in the future."

He Daqing heard this, nodded and said, "Okay, this won't happen again. We are so close, you can come over anytime in the future, but you can't bring anything with you."

"Since we're here, let's eat here. You and Zhuzi go cook, and ask Xiaoliang to bring the children over so that we can all get together."

Nan Yi replied happily: "Okay, Master, I will go cook with my brother now, and you can try my specialty later."

Sha Zhu said at the side: "Okay, let me also see your superb cooking skills that Xiaofeng mentioned. Come on, I'll take you to the kitchen."

As they talked, the two of them walked to the kitchen arm in arm, chatting and laughing along the way, looking like old friends.

Liang Ladi also happily went back and brought her four children over to play with He Yuyao and He Yuchen.

Liang Ladi's Damao, Ermao, Sanmao and the youngest Xiu'er came to He Daqing's house and shouted to He Daqing in unison: "Master!"

Even Xiu'er, who couldn't speak clearly, called out in a baby voice: "Fourth Master!"

Chen Xueru smiled so much that she couldn't stop. She happily went into the house to get out snacks and candies for the children to share.

Yu Li was very envious of Xiu'er's cute and well-behaved appearance. Her naughty boy was not obedient now, but the little girl looked cute.

He Yuchen and He Yuyao were already over one year old, and they watched several children of similar age as they staggered to play. Even He Haoran, who was in Yu Li's arms, stared at the children very intently.

Having children brings joy, and with four more children in the house, there is a lot more joy. He Daqing sat nearby, drinking tea, watching the children playing, and listening to the women whispering.

These are the days that ordinary people like, with children and grandchildren all around and full of the atmosphere of life.

Soon, Sha Zhu and Nan Yi came over with plates, and dinner was ready.

The family sat around the table, waiting for Nan Yi and Sha Zhu to serve the food.

The situation is much better now. Some vegetables, eggs and other things are available again, and even meat can be bought occasionally.

There was still a lot of meat left in He Daqing's space, so there was no shortage of meat at home.

Today, Sha Zhu and Nan Yi wanted to compete with each other, so they cooked a lot of dishes.

Nan Yi mainly cooks Shandong cuisine. Today he made a nine-turn large intestine, sweet and sour spare ribs, and two vegetarian dishes.

Sha Zhu mainly cooks Sichuan cuisine, so he made boiled pork slices, Kung Pao chicken, twice-cooked potato slices, and fish-flavored eggplant.

Each person has four dishes, two meat and two vegetable, a total of eight dishes, and the staple food is steamed buns.

This is only possible because He Daqing's family has these things. If it were someone else's family, they really wouldn't be able to come up with so many ingredients for the two of them to enjoy.

Looking at such a sumptuous dinner, Damao and the other four children sat there swallowing their saliva. They had never eaten such a sumptuous meal in their lives. Just the smell made them drool.

Not to mention the children, even Liang Ladi swallowed her saliva when she looked at the food in front of her. She hadn't eaten such good food for a long time, and she couldn't even remember when she had eaten it last time.

Seeing that everyone had arrived and the dishes had been served, He Daqing took out a bottle of Xifeng wine and said, "Come on, everyone, try Zhuzi and Nanyi's cooking. The three of us will finish this bottle of wine."

Sha Zhu snatched the bottle of wine, opened it and poured it for his father, himself, and Nan Yi.

Liang Ladi took the bottle and poured herself a glass. She and Nan Yi stood up with their glasses and said, "Master, we both want to toast you. Thank you for your care. You can just wait and see how we perform in the future!"

He Daqing held the wine glass and drank it with a smile.

"You're welcome. From now on, just treat this place as your home. If you have any difficulties, just let me know."

"Everyone, hurry up and eat. The children are hungry. Give them more food."

After hearing He Daqing's words, everyone started eating happily.

Damao and his friends were well educated by Liang Ladi. They only took the dishes in front of them and did not make any noise or trouble.

They ate whatever Liang Ladi gave them, and they seemed very sensible.

He Daqing observed the children while eating and thought they were all pretty good.

The meal was lively and everyone was very satisfied with the food. It was the first time for the children to know what it felt like to be full.

Especially Nan Yi and Sha Zhu, they were trying to compete with each other, they cooked very carefully, and the food tasted very good. For Damao and the others, it was like a royal banquet.

After dinner, the woman took the child to play in the yard, while He Daqing and Sha Zhu Nan Yi sat at the door drinking tea and chatting.

Sha Zhu asked, "Nan Yi, your craftsmanship is so good, why did your original factory let you leave?"

Nan Yi sighed and said, "It turns out that I was a sworn enemy of the canteen director of our factory. He always caused trouble for me, but I could still handle it. But a while ago, a projectionist from the Propaganda Department was suddenly transferred here. This guy was very cunning and colluded with the director to get me out of the kitchen."

"But at this time, I heard that the steel mill was going to increase production and wanted to transfer Ladi over. She took me with her, and we came to the steel mill together. I could only hide because I couldn't afford to offend her."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu couldn't help but look at He Daqing. Then he asked Nan Yi: "The projectionist you are talking about is not called Xu Damao, right?"

Nan Yi nodded and said, "That's him. I heard he was also transferred from the steel mill. Do you know him?"

Sha Zhu patted Nan Yi on the shoulder and said, "Not only do we know each other, we are too familiar with each other. This bad guy used to be from our compound, but now he has been transferred and the house was sold to me. This guy is a nuisance wherever he goes!"