He Yuzhu went out early in the morning. Before dawn, he ran to the vegetable market and bought things for the banquet.
Because a lot of things had to be prepared in advance, and Director Wang’s house didn’t prepare many banquets.
There are four tables in total, each with eight dishes and two soups.
He Yuzhu was a little nervous working alone, but it wasn't a big problem.
After he found a cart to pull the things to Director Wang's house, Director Wang's son Qian Yuhao had already brought a lot of things.
"Brother Zhuzi, thank you for your hard work."
When Qian Yuhao saw He Yuzhu coming with something, he quickly took out a flower stick from his pocket and lit it.
"Yu Hao, you can do it, you've already beaten Huazi."
He Yuzhu laughed a little. He and Qian Yuhao had known each other since childhood and had a good relationship. The two stood at the door and smoked a cigarette.
Qian Yuhao stuffed the newly opened pack of Huazi into He Yuzhu's pocket: "Brother Zhuzhu, I'm going to trouble you today."
"You're not talking nonsense. I'm not happy if you don't come to me when you have something to do."
He Yuzhu is not talking nonsense. He has two knives in hand and chops the stuffing first. The preparation of Sixi meatballs should be done in advance.
Among the eight dishes and two soups, there are quite a few ingredients that need to be soaked.
Fortunately, Director Wang borrowed a lot of pots from the street canteen in advance, which were enough.
He Yuzhu moved quickly, his hands flying like snow and butterflies, which made Qian Yuhao dazzled.
The ingredients were clearly handled one by one and placed on the chopping board next to them.
After all the cutting was done, He Yuzhu began to collect water and wash.
Qian Yuhao wanted to help, but was rushed aside by He Yuzhu.
Qian Yuhao was still a little unhappy, but when he saw the 100-liter bucket filled with water, He Yuzhu casually lifted it and put it aside.
Only then did he shout out that Brother Zhuzhu is awesome.
He Yuzhu just laughed, where is this?
Tigers weighing five to six hundred kilograms and bears weighing seven or eight hundred kilograms were all easily handled by him.
The weight of this bucket of water is nothing to worry about.
It took He Yuzhu less than two hours to prepare all the things that needed to be prepared for the four-table banquet.
"Zhuzi, how early did you come, and you cleaned up so quickly?"
Wang Hongxiu got out of a car with her grandson in her arms. When she saw He Yuzhu and his son standing at the door smoking, and then looking at the various ingredients that had been prepared in the courtyard, she couldn't help but feel a little more emotional.
It's not even ten o'clock yet.
He Yuzhu worked alone, but he was still so efficient.
He Yuzhu chuckled: "Auntie, it's mainly because I don't have much work."
"Mom, Brother Zhuzi and I will smoke for a while. You can take Leizi into the house first."
Qian Yuhao didn't want his son to be cold outside, so he drove Wang Hongxiu into the house.
Not long after, Qian Yuhao's daughter-in-law also came by car with her head covered.
It was only after ten o'clock at this time, and relatives and friends of the Qian family arrived one after another.
Qian Yuhao wanted to entertain these people, so He Yuzhu went to fry Sixi meatballs.
This dish is the only one that takes time.
He Yuzhu has already prepared the other dishes, and he only needs to cook them once before they can be served.
After eleven o'clock, Qian Yuhao's father-in-law and his family also came from the hotel with their relatives.
Two relatives sat at four tables, which was a bit tight.
Qian Yuhao's daughter-in-law and her mother stayed in the bedroom and did not come out.
After finally arranging the seats, Qian Yuhao and his two brothers came over and told He Yuzhu that the food was ready to be served.
He Yuzhu turned up the fire and served delicious dishes one after another.
Wang Hongxiu smiled happily as she looked at the table filled with banquets in a short time.
"This pillar is worthy of being a chef for state banquets. These dishes are full of flavor and flavor. Ordinary hotel chefs don't have this skill."
Wang Hongxiu was satisfied, but Qian Yuhao's father-in-law and his family couldn't find any faults.
At the end of the banquet, Qian Yuhao, a young man, was smart enough not to stuff money. Instead, he packed up a roast duck, a roast chicken, a box of wine, and a pack of cigarettes for He Yuzhu to take back.
The wine is Xifeng wine, a Feng-flavored aged wine. This box of wine is worth at least thirty yuan.
This is much more affordable than giving money.
Not to mention a pack of cigarettes, which are worth at least ten yuan. With the roast duck and chicken, the total value is almost fifty yuan.
He Yuzhu didn't refuse, tied his things to the car, said goodbye and left.
Back at the courtyard, the third uncle was still at the door. When he saw the roast duck and chicken hanging on He Yuzhu's car and the Xifeng wine tied behind, he was so greedy that he started drooling.
Most of the meat that the third uncle eats on weekdays comes from the small fish he catches in his spare time.
The flesh of the small fish is not much, and the spines are not small.
Sometimes, parents of students also send gifts, but that happens only a few times a year.
Now, smelling the aroma of roast duck and chicken, the third uncle smiled particularly flatteringly: "Zhuzi, you went out to prepare a banquet for others today, right?"
"Yes, third uncle, are you going fishing?"
He Yuzhu looked at the fishing rod in the third uncle's hand and replied smoothly.
Because he was afraid of being plotted by the third uncle's family, after He Yuzhu became the head of the family, he kept acquaintances with the third uncle's family and had no contact with him.
However, when Yan Jiecheng got married, he had to prepare the banquet himself.
"Zhuzi, isn't this wine a gift from your master?"
The third uncle is the best at calculating. He can guess how much this box of wine is worth just by looking at the carton packaging.
"Good guy, this is ten years old Xifeng. If you want to buy this box, it will cost less than fifty yuan, which is not easy to buy."
"Really? I really didn't pay attention."
He Yuzhu raised the car over the threshold and was about to leave when he was stopped by the third uncle: "Zhuzhu, we haven't gotten together for a long time. I'll fish tonight and you'll drink. Let's have a drink at your place." cup?"
"Third uncle, we can't do it today. I have something to do today. When I have free time in the future, we can get together again."
He Yuzhu declined the third uncle's idea of taking advantage. When he returned home, Lou Xiao'e was still chatting with his aunt.
I don't know what this woman is talking about all day long, and what is there to talk about.
"The pillar is back."
When the aunt saw He Yuzhu coming back, her eyes lit up, "Good guy, I brought back a lot of things after this trip."
A rough calculation shows that so many things are worth an average person's monthly salary.
He Yuzhu didn't care much about these things.
For example, cigarettes.
He Yuzhu smoked and never swallowed the smoke down his throat.
As for drinking, He Yuzhu only drank a few drinks when he was with friends.
Most of the time, He Yuzhu prefers to ride his bicycle around Sijiu City to add some inventory to his small space.
He Yuzhu took the things home and saw Lou Xiao'e continuing to chat with his aunt, so he just lay on the bed to catch up on his sleep.
He got up at about five o'clock and was so busy that He Yuzhu was also a little sleepy.
When I woke up, the children were out of school.
The third uncle was calling at the door.
"Third uncle, do you have anything to do with Zhuzhu?"
Lou Xiao'e stopped the third uncle and didn't let him enter the house to call He Yuzhu.
"I made an agreement with Zhuzi to get together. No, I've brought all the fish."
The third uncle smiled and gestured towards Lou Xiao'e with two silver carps as long as one bundle in his hand.
Lou Xiao'e didn't know what was going on, so she had to turn around and go into the house, ready to wake up He Yuzhu, when she saw He Yuzhu getting dressed.
"Zhuzi, you're awake."
"Just woke up."
He Yuzhu put on his clothes and walked out of the house. He was almost amused when he saw two silver carp weighing less than a pound in the hands of the third uncle.
No one wants even two cents for such a silver carp in the market.
The third uncle is carrying such two small fish and wants to drink his own bottle of aged Xifeng wine, which costs at least five or six yuan. How shameless is this?
"Zhuzi, look, the third uncle has brought you all the fish. Let's deal with them quickly. Let's have some drinks."
The third uncle said that he was about to enter the house, but was stopped by He Yuzhu angrily.
"Third uncle, didn't I tell you that I don't have time to drink with you today?"
Seeing that the third uncle was trying to break into the house, He Yuzhu simply said with a gloomy face:
"Third uncle, if it's normal times and everyone is fine, it's okay to have a drink with you. But I've already told you in the afternoon that I have something to do tonight, and you still come to me for a drink. Isn't this a joke?"
"Zhuzhu, look at what you said, what kind of person is the third uncle?" The third uncle is a scheming person, but he also wants to save face. When He Yuzhu exposes the lie, his face suddenly turns red, and he feels like he is scratching the ground in embarrassment.
"Third uncle, please go back. I have something to do tonight, so I won't keep you here."
Sijiucheng has a special way of speaking. Even if he is about to break up, he still uses the word "you" in his words.
The third uncle smiled awkwardly and shook the silver carp in his hand: "Then you can keep these two fish and add them to the children's dinner."
"Thank you, Third Uncle. Our family rarely eats fish," He Yuzhu almost choked the Third Uncle to death.
"Okay, see you later, man."
The third uncle then left with a somewhat depressed and lonely look.
"Zhuzi, why are you talking to the third uncle like this?"
Lou Xiao'e had been staying in the room just now. When she heard He Yuzhu's tone of voice was a little stiff, she immediately knew that the man was speaking with anger.
He Yuzhu is not like this on weekdays.
"It's nothing, I just don't like being plotted against."
Because He Yuzhu was afraid of being plotted, he even ignored Qin Huairu, a beautiful widow who lived next door.
How could the third uncle suffer the consequences of being mute just because he said a few words?
The third uncle didn't understand this, and thought that by virtue of his status as a steward, he could drink wine and eat some roast duck and chicken.
Little did he know that this kind of calculation by the third uncle annoyed He Yuzhu to the core.
After casually dealing with Lou Xiao'e's doubts, He Yuzhu started cooking.
It's getting late, and the four sons are about to get out of school.
After dinner, He Yuzhu really had to go out on his bicycle.
The third aunt who had been at the door of the courtyard quickly entered the house and told her husband the news.
"He Yuzhu is really busy at night..."
The third uncle smiled bitterly, patted his thigh, and laughed at himself: "I am acting like a villain."
"Stop talking, don't be angry, and hurry up and eat. You haven't eaten anything at night."
The third aunt is very nice to the third uncle.
The third uncle waved his hand and sighed: "You are talking about He Yuzhu, we have watched him grow up since he was a child. He was very smart when he was a child. No child in our courtyard can compare with him..."
The third aunt listened to the third uncle's nagging and knew that the old man wanted to relieve the depression in her heart.
Since the third uncle was replaced by the second son at work, the three children in the family often made trouble.
Yan Jiecheng worked early, so he and his wife occupied the room next door.
The second child, Yan Jiefang, does not have a good job and is having difficulty finding a wife.
The third uncle gave the job to the second uncle. Although the second uncle took over the third uncle's job, he did not show filial piety to the third uncle.
There was a big earthquake last year.
The second and third sons ran back to the courtyard and demolished the earthquake-proof shelter that the third uncle had built.
Because of this incident, the third uncle was disgraced in the courtyard.
Now, among the three stewards of the courtyard, each one is more miserable than the other.
The eldest son has no children and has been looking for someone to provide for his elderly care, but has never found one.
The second uncle's three children are all fed up with his "stick education". The eldest has never come back since he moved out.
The third child, Liu Guangfu, was similar. When there was no benefit to be gained, he would never come back to take a look.
Only because Liu Guangtian lived in the same house and didn't move out, he lived with the second uncle.
However, Liu Guangtian and the second uncle were making trouble every day, which was not how they lived.
The third uncle is accompanied by his wife Yan Jiecheng.
But the Yan family's family motto is to calculate everything.
Yan Jiecheng separated from the third uncle because he was angry that the third uncle had to take over the work.
Although the third uncle and Yan Jie were in two houses next to each other, they were not in conflict with each other.
No one should take advantage of anyone.
The only thing that the third uncle and his wife want now is to hope that their daughter Yan Jiedi can be more filial.
However, judging from Yan Jiedi's temperament, I'm afraid the third uncle's wish will be in vain.
The three stewards of the courtyard are really pitiful.
