1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

After returning to the courtyard, Chen Xiao specially had a good meal today.

Bought a roast duck at Quanjudeli.

Ride a bicycle through the hanging flower gate.

Fortunately, I didn’t meet Yan Bugui this time, otherwise he would have been nagging me for a long time about the good bottle of wine in his house.

Let’s not talk about whether the wine is good or not. Over the years, whenever someone buys meat, Yan Bugui will come up and say that he has a bottle of good wine at home.

God knows how much water is added to that bottle of good wine. The capacity of the bottle has always remained the same for so many years.

Just as I arrived at the door and was about to unlock it and go in.

Jia Dongxu's voice came from behind.

Turning around, Jia Dongxu was carrying four meat buns and running happily towards home, shouting inside as he ran.

"Tingting, I can go to work at the steel mill on Monday. Look what delicious food I bought for you."

Jia Zhang muttered something with a dark face.

"You have no conscience. You forgot your mother after you got married. When have you ever bought me a meat bun?"

At this time, Jia Zhang's nose twitched.

Then he sniffed around.

"What's that smell? Why is it so fragrant?"

......

Chen Xiao opened the door and put the roast duck on the table.

Open the roast duck wrapped in oil paper, and inside are slices of roast duck cut by Quanjude's master chef, with a few lotus leaf pancakes, a small portion of dipping sauce and chopped green onions next to them.

Chen Xiao picked up a lotus leaf pancake, put two pieces of duck meat in it, added a little dipping sauce, and finally some chopped green onions.

Wrap the lotus leaf cake and put it in your mouth to savor it carefully.

The softness of the lotus leaf pancake combined with the crispy and fragrant duck meat makes you feel so satisfied after taking a bite.

No matter how you eat it, it’s still delicious.

It is worthy of being a time-honored brand that has been passed down in the old city for nearly a hundred years.

Night slowly fell on the courtyard.

Everyone started closing their doors to eat.

Silly Zhu family.

Sha Zhu was sitting at the table with He Yushui and eating dinner.

A large plate of fried cabbage with lard brought from the steel mill was the main dish for the brother and sister.

Smelling the faint aroma of meat coming from the next room, He Yushui threw the white flour bun in his hand onto the table.

"Brother, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!!!"

Sha Zhu first picked up the white flour bun from the table and patted it lightly twice with his hands.

These white flour steamed buns are a rare commodity for the two brothers and sisters. If Yi Zhonghai had not given Sha Zhu living expenses, they would not have been able to eat white flour steamed buns at all.

"Yushui, what are you doing? How can you throw good white flour buns on the table?" Sha Zhu said with a frown.

He Yushui was so scared that she burst into tears on the spot, and she clapped her little hands on the table while crying.

"Ahhh, brother, you are mean to me, I don't care, I want to eat meat, Yu Shui wants to eat meat."

Sha Zhu sighed.

When his sister He Yushui started crying, he was completely helpless.

"How about this, I'll buy you some meat buns early tomorrow morning. Is that okay with you?"

"No, no, I want to eat now, I want to eat now." He Yushui still refused to give in and kept shouting that he wanted to eat meat buns.

"It's dark outside now, and there are no meat buns for sale. Brother Yushui can buy them for you tomorrow, okay?"

Sha Zhu glanced out the window and saw that it was already dark.

It’s not that there are no meat buns for sale on Old Drum Tower Street, but he is worried about leaving his sister He Yushui alone at home.

If I take her with me, I'm afraid He Yushui will yell for other things.

Although Sha Zhu currently has more than 100 yuan in his hand, he is still reluctant to spend it. After all, careful planning makes perfect, and he is also planning to use it to get married in two years.

"No, I want to eat now, I want to eat now!" Seeing that Sha Zhu disagreed, He Yushui stretched out his legs and kicked the table continuously.

In the end, Sha Zhu had no choice but to go out to buy meat buns.

"Yushui, you have to promise me that you must stay home alone."

He Yushui wiped her tears and nodded happily.

"I will wait for you at home."

After walking out of the room, Sha Zhu locked the door from the outside out of concern.

Then go to Old Drum Tower Street to buy meat buns.

The second uncle Liu Haizhong's family.

At the dinner table, Liu Haizhong was bragging to his boss about what had happened in the steel mill in the past few days.

After finally making Yi Zhonghai suffer a defeat, he had to show it off.

"Old woman, just wait and see. As long as I can make that 7.62mm internal threaded pipe this time, Yi Zhonghai will be nothing! He'll only be able to admire me from behind."

Liu Haizhong said arrogantly.

The second aunt beside her nodded repeatedly.

At home, she always followed Liu Haizhong and tried her best to listen to him in everything. If she didn't, she would be beaten.

At the table, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, who were still teenagers, suddenly smelled the aroma of meat, and both of them started drooling.

Although I had fried cabbage with fatty pork slices at home tonight, it was nothing compared to the aroma of meat in the air. It was not even on the same level.

The second son, Liu Guangtian, acted coquettishly towards his mother.

"Mom, I want to eat meat..."

Second Aunt rubbed Liu Guangtian’s little head lovingly.

"Don't we have meat to eat today? Why are you still thinking about eating meat?"

Liu Guangtian sniffed and said with his eyes closed.

"Mom, smell it carefully, there is a delicious meaty smell."

Liu Guangfu also followed his brother's example and learned to do it, sniffing his nose and closing his eyes.

"Yes, there is indeed a meaty aroma. It smells really good."

Second Aunt followed suit and smelled it, and sure enough, there was a faint aroma of meat.

Then she addressed the brothers.

"Mom will buy you some meat to make braised pork tomorrow, okay?"

Liu Haizhong is a level 6 fitter, and his salary is one of the highest in the Siheyuan. In the entire Siheyuan, only Yi Zhonghai earns more than him.

So, his family would buy pork and stew it almost once a week.

"I don't want to eat braised pork. The fragrance in the air is not the fragrance of braised pork at all." Liu Guangtian said with a pout.

The second aunt smiled awkwardly.

"Eat first, and tomorrow mom will make you something delicious, okay?"

Liu Guangtian curled his lips again, obviously still a little dissatisfied.

This made Liu Haizhong, who had been watching from the side, unable to bear it anymore.

He threw the dishes and chopsticks directly to the ground, and then kicked over the table.

"You don't want to eat, right? Then don't eat at all."

"Are you two asking for a beating? Your mom said she'd make you some braised pork tomorrow, but you're not satisfied, are you?"

As he was speaking, the figure in Liu Haizhong had already come up to the Liu Guangtian brothers.

The second aunt rushed to the front of the two brothers and opened her arms to protect them behind her.

At this time, the two brothers were so scared that they started crying loudly. Seeing this, Liu Haizhong grabbed the broom and prepared to hit them.

"Are you crying for me? I'm going to teach you two a lesson today."

The second aunt pushed Liu Haizhong's hair away with red eyes.

Liu Haizhong took two steps back and almost fell.

"Hey, you've become more capable now, huh? You dare to push me now?"