I make a living solving crimes.

The hut is in a human environment, without the noise of carriages and horses. I ask you, what can you do? The mind is far away from itself.

Chang Wei is looking forward to a Tao-style lifestyle.

He doesn't care about success or failure in his work, and he doesn't have too many pursuits in life.

He never takes other people's advice and comments to heart. As long as you don't provoke him, he is a very easy-going person.

In this era, the only thing that makes him out of place may be his appetite.

In order to have a meal of spicy snacks, he would go to three grocery stores just to buy bean paste.

Recently he brought back a lot of seasonings from the canteen. He has dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, bay leaves, star anise, and cinnamon. The only thing missing is the bean paste.

Without this seasoning, many dishes would lose their flavor.

While Yang Min took Chang Da and Chang Long to the grain store to buy food for August, Chang Wei quickly started heating the oil in the pot.

Boil red oil with ginger, garlic, dried chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns along with bean paste, add the filtered crayfish and fry. When the shrimps turn red, pour in half a thermos of beer, add salt and soy sauce, and simmer for ten minutes until they are well-seasoned.

As soon as Yang Min and Chang Da and Chang Long entered the courtyard, they began to mutter, "It must be Chang Wei cooking again."

Chang Long sniffed and ran home.

Seeing her little daughter so anxious, Yang Min smiled bitterly: "I can tell from the smell that a lot of oil was added."

Chang Da smiled and said, "My brother always says that he is greedy, but in fact he eats the least every time."

Yang Min sighed, "This boy is different. He is sensible when you say he is. He was so naughty when he was young, but now he has started to take charge of the family."

Chang Da said, "My brother is quite capable now. Someone at the grain store just mentioned him. He leads people to sweep the alleys every day. Those dirty and smelly places have been unattended for a long time, but now they are all cleaned up."

Speaking of this, Yang Min and Chang Da both became proud unconsciously.

If you can catch a thief, the most that others will say about your ability is that you are capable, except for the victim.

Sweeping the streets is truly serving the people.

If the sixteen alleys of Nanluoguxiang are thoroughly cleaned once a month, their appearance will be very different.

Chang Long walked into the yard, stretched his neck to look at the pot, and drooled all over the floor.

"Auntie, that shrimp is so big, and it wants to bite the nest."

The little girl was chattering about her brave fight with the shrimp.

"How big?"

The little girl gestured and stretched out her little JioJio, "This big."

Chang Long was searching with a spatula, "It's okay, I'll eat it and help you get revenge later."

The little girl was stunned for a moment, then she started to mutter, "Aunt, I want to take revenge on my own, I want to take revenge on my own."

Chang Wei stepped forward and gently kicked Chang Long, then hugged the little girl and wiped her tears, and promised to deliver her enemy to her mouth, only then did he coax her into silence.

Ten pounds of shrimps were not a lot after they were cooked. Chang Wei only ate a few and then stopped, concentrating on helping the little girl peel them.

Her mouth was full of oil and was bright red, and she kept breathing in cold air, but she just wouldn't stop.

The little girl lay on Chang Wei's legs, waiting to be fed.

"Brother, you eat it yourself, I'll peel it for Xiaoman."

"It's okay, you guys eat more, it's too hot and I can't eat, just drink some cold beer and you'll feel better."

"So this is how you cook shrimps. I think I know how to eat them."

Yang Min muttered quietly, "It consumes too much oil. I used half a can."

Chang Wei pretended not to hear.

"Brother, we'll eat it tomorrow." Chang Long snatched a peeled shrimp from Chang Tian and put it into his mouth, smacking his lips as he ate.

Yang Min hit her, "You only know how to bully your brother."

Chang Tian smiled innocently and said, "Mom, this is too spicy and I don't like it."

After saying that, he peeled another one and threw it into Chang Long's bowl.

Chang Long glanced at my mother proudly, then picked up the shrimp and chewed it even louder.

He Yushui looked at Chang Wei, then at Chang Tian, ​​and thought of her brother who had gone off to act wild and sighed softly.

After taking a sip of ice beer, Chang Wei burped comfortably. "I've asked for leave tomorrow morning to accompany my sister to the second clothing factory to handle the formalities. Once my sister has finished her work, I'll apply for early retirement."

Yang Min looked a little embarrassed and thought: "I have only been in class for two years, will it be inappropriate?"

Chang Wei chuckled and said, "What's inappropriate about this? How much pension do you think I can give you? If it wasn't for Chang Long, I would have sold my job."

Yang Min quickly stopped him, "You can't sell it, you have to keep it for your sister."

Chang Wei did not argue, but nodded and agreed with his mother, "Let's talk about it later. Maybe the fourth child is good at studying and I won't have to worry about him in the end."

Considering his age, Chang Long will most likely be demoted. Academic performance is no longer important. It will be enough as long as he can learn something and not become illiterate in the future.

We really need to prepare in advance, even if we are transferred to a lower level, it would be best to be in the suburbs of Beijing.

Not knowing anything about what would happen in the future, Chang Long ate happily, chewing even the tiny bit of meat in the claws.

"School is about to start, and Chang Long's stationery should be prepared. Yu Shui can help take her to see the school when he has time."

"Well, I still have a schoolbag for Chang Long."

"That carpenter bag? Forget it. I'll find her a better one later."

He Yushui pouted and was unhappy. She was actually disliked.

"Don't be upset. I'll find a good one later and change it for you and Chang Tian. Make it leather."

"Boasting, the purse is valuable."

Chang Wei smiled and did not refute.

He will start a major anti-pickpocketing operation next week. Isn't it a piece of cake to steal a few purses?

"By the way, is school still a two-part system now?"

"You make it sound like you graduated many years ago."

It has been so many years since he graduated. If he hadn't suddenly remembered it, he wouldn't have remembered the two-part system.

Two-part system: Because the population has grown rapidly since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, there are not enough teachers and schools. Now children in primary and junior high schools only go to school half a day, and the grades are staggered.

The earliest staggered travel was in school.

"It would be best if the third and fourth children could be arranged together, so they would have a companion to go to and from school."

"It's just a few steps."

"Make them both some new clothes, and stop patching them up."

"Whose child doesn't have patches on his body?"

“It’s not necessary.”

The family ate and chatted, talking about family matters on a summer afternoon.

In the backyard, Liu Haizhong had just beaten up the third brother Liu Guangfu, just because he spilled some wine on the table when he poured it for him.

Yi Zhonghai from the Central Courtyard invited his apprentice to his home for dinner. The master and the apprentice had been having bad times recently, so they drank half a bottle of wine with peanuts. Jia Dongxu muttered to himself and talked nonsense for a long time, while the aunt hid in the house and didn't say a word. She didn't give him a good look from beginning to end.

Yan Bugui from the front yard brought two small fish home. Yan Jiecheng has already got his job, and tomorrow will be his first day at work. He is pestering my mother to give back an old shirt of Yan Bugui. The third aunt wants two dollars, but Yan Jiecheng is only willing to give him fifty cents.

The warm summer breeze blew through the entrance of the alley, and the cicadas suddenly chirped, startling the lazy cat.

Chang Wei yawned and leaned back in the recliner, drowsy.

He hasn't dreamed about his past life for three days.

The present moment is life, and peace of mind is your home.