Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Well, it was Uncle Cao who made it today, not Grandpa Liu." Xiao Dang took a bite and came to a happy conclusion.

Liu Sandao has now reached the level of Grandpa Liu.

"You're the only one who knows how to eat." Qin Huairu said unhappily.

All the memories and past events have turned into enjoyment under Cao Wei's cooking skills.

This is a pot of shiitake mushrooms and fat chicken. One bite of it is an absolute enjoyment even on a hot summer day.

Banggeng picked up the chicken leg and took a bite.

Then he froze.

It's hard to describe this feeling.

After joining the team, he hadn't eaten anything good. He was very excited when he first went there, and after experiencing the spring famine, he knew what it meant to live.

It's not easy to live.

But this bite today seemed to remind him of the cabbage Qin Huairu brought back that night many years ago.

No, this tastes better than that cabbage.

Fragrant, fresh and soft, the flavor explodes in your mouth.

It’s just that!

For a moment, there was no sound of conversation at the dinner table, only the sound of "slurping" of food being fed into one's mouth.

"Huh." Jia Zhang sighed softly, "I didn't expect that I could eat something like this before I die."

"Grandma, what are you talking about? When I become an official, I will take you to eat better!" Xiao Dang was full of ambition.

"Sister, stop bragging." Huaihua said while gnawing on a chicken breast: "Grandpa Liu said that among all the living chefs in this city, Dad's cooking skills are the best."

Huaihua is different from others. Others like to eat chicken legs and wings, and some like to eat chicken necks, but she only likes to eat chicken breasts. She thinks there is more meat here, and more is better.

The name "Dad" is something she has been calling him since she was a child and she has never changed it.

With the tacit understanding of the whole family, no one corrected him.

"Then I'll prepare the food for Uncle Cao and feed it to Grandma. I heard that there are a lot of seafood in Tianjin Port now. Uncle Zhuzi said he wanted to go out and buy some."

The family was chatting happily at the dinner table.

Banggen feels like there is a sense of disconnection.

I wanted to insert myself, but I didn't know what to say.

What was he talking about? Talking about how miserable he was in the countryside would only cause trouble for his family. Besides, he was a man and he had some dignity to say that.

What else can be said?

Now that his two younger sisters have become successful, he can only eat in silence.

Suddenly, even the food cooked by Cao Wei didn’t smell as good anymore.

At night, Banggeng returned to his house and sorted out the things he brought back from the countryside.

In a trance, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have nothing.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a quiet knock on the door.

Bang Geng was a little confused, but still opened the door.

When I opened the door, I saw Xiaodang standing at the door.

"Xiao Dang?"

"Here." Xiao Dang took out two packs of cigarettes from his pocket and handed them to Bang Geng. "Tomorrow, Sunday, Uncle Cao will usually get up at 5:30 in the morning, practice boxing for 40 minutes, and go out to buy breakfast. After buying breakfast, he will drink some tea in the backyard. It would be a good time for you to go over then. This is a meeting gift."

Banggeng frowned and wanted to refuse, but Xiaodang stuffed the cigarette directly into his arms.

"Remember to pay them all. If he asks you what grade you want to choose, just choose the highest grade. Don't worry about not being able to pay it back. He will let you pay it back slowly when you have money and work. That's it. I'm going to sleep. I have to go to work tomorrow."

After stuffing the cigarette into his mouth, Xiaodang ran away.

Bang Geng was left standing there in a daze.

Early the next morning.

backyard.

Nearly a dozen people were doing morning lessons in the backyard.

Everyone in the Cao family, big and small, plus Master Liu Sandao and his wife Yang Menglan, as well as Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru.

It can be said that the Cao Wei Morning Class series has inexplicably grown in the past ten years.

At the beginning, he only asked Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru to practice with him.

Later, more and more people came.

For this, Cao Wei even spent his emotional points to buy a set of health-preserving boxing from the system. Although his set is also health-preserving, it is not very suitable for other people. According to the system, this set of methods is specially customized according to his body. If others practice it, it will not have the same effect as his. So he has to spend money to buy such a set.

After much thought, I think it is better to maintain my health. Anyway, I am not planning to go out to fight. If it is a daily life, then I have to behave like a daily life.

If you practice like this, it will help you live longer, which is also good.

After practice, some went back to catch up on sleep, some planned to go out for a walk, some went to study, some read, in short, everyone went back to their own homes and their own mothers.

As for Cao Wei, he first went out to buy some breakfast and sent it to Liu Sandao and Qin Jingru.

Then he went to the tree in the backyard, boiled some water, and planned to drink some tea.

He also built a shed under the tree. In the summer, people in the backyard like to come here to cool off and chat, so it’s a place to go.

The water here has just boiled.

Banggeng walked over with a complicated expression.

"Uncle Cao." He called out reluctantly.

"Are you here? Sit down."

Wait for Banggeng to sit down.

"Have you had your breakfast?"

"Nope."

"Here." Cao Wei picked up two fried dough sticks and handed them over: "Take it and eat it. After a while, have some tea to smooth it out."

"Thank you, Uncle Cao." Bang Geng took it.

After Cao Wei finished speaking, he ignored him and added some coal into the stove.

In this day and age, there is gas, but there is no such thing as an induction cooker. It is not appropriate to move a gas tank to a place like this in the yard. It is only used in the morning, or in winter, when you are bored staying at home and run out to enjoy the cold wind. If it is too cold, you can add some coal and burn it for a while to warm up. After adding coal, the water is also turned on.

Cao Wei slowly picked up the kettle and poured water over the teacup, then washed it.

Then, add the tea leaves.

After putting the tea leaves in, you don't have to brew it with boiling water immediately. Instead, you have to pour out the tea soup for the first brew.

The second brew is the one that is drinkable.

As for how long to flush, that also has its considerations.

"Speaking of drinking tea, people in the South are more particular about it. They call it Kung Fu tea. I learned this from a friend. You know what, the taste is really different." Cao Wei poured a small cup for Bang Geng.

It was only then that Banggeng discovered that Cao Wei's tea set was very exquisite.

There is a tea bowl for making tea and four small cups. The small cups are not big, about the size of a circle formed by the index finger and thumb.

The inside of the cup is plain and elegant, with nothing on it. But after the tea soup enters it, it has a unique flavor of porcelain. On the outside of the teacup, there are some patterns painted, which are not very clear, and seem to be dragons or phoenixes or something like that.