Chapter 23 Moving into the courtyard
A few days passed by, and the mistress had already packed the bedding. He Yuzhu also bought all the things that were missing in the small courtyard. The courtyard can be moved in at any time.
Choosing an auspicious day, He Yuzhu brought his sister He Yuyu to the small courtyard.
"Yuyu, this is our new home, and my brother and I will live here from now on." He Yuzhu said to Yuyu.
"Brother, where is our previous home? Aren't we going back?" He Yuyu asked.
There are memories of her dad there.
He Yuyu has not returned to the courtyard for a long time. He Yuzhu only went back every two or three days to clean and sometimes stay for one night to show that the house was owned by the owner. To prevent the house from being occupied.
"When the weather gets warmer, we can go back to live. We live here now. Don't tell others. If anyone asks, just say you live in Master's house. Do you understand?" He Yuzhu said.
"I know, I won't tell others." He Yuyu said.
"Okay, let's go into the house and see where Yuyu will sleep." He Yuzhu said to Yuyu.
"I want to sleep with my brother." Yuyu said.
"Yu Yu is a big girl now and should sleep by herself." He Yuzhu said.
"I don't, I'm going to sleep with my brother. Is he ready to give up Yu Yu?" Yu Yu hugged He Yuzhu and cried.
"Brother, why don't you want rainwater? Brother will sleep with you. Brother will not leave rainwater." He Yuzhu quickly comforted rainwater.
In this way, He Yuzhu took Yuzhu to visit his home.
The master's wife came with Xiaohu.
"How's it going, Zhuzhu? Is there anything else you're missing?"
"Nothing missing, it's quite complete." He Yuzhu said.
"How are you preparing for the evening? How are you preparing the things?" asked the master's wife.
"There are only two of us, brother and sister, plus my wife and your family, there is no one else. I will get the materials we need tonight," He Yuzhu said.
After handing the rainwater to the mistress, He Yuzhu got on his bicycle and went out.
He Yuzhu came to the market and started wandering around. He had everything in his own space and there was no need to buy it in the market. Just came to pass the time.
He Yuzhu started to carry things home again and again.
"Zhuzi, how many dishes are you going to prepare?" The wife couldn't help but ask as she watched He Yuzhu go back and forth several times.
"Not much? I just got some fish, shrimp, vegetables, and meat." He Yuzhu replied.
"For people like us, you can't eat even if you make too much." said the master's wife.
"Okay, I won't do too much." He Yuzhu said.
At noon, I made some simple meals with my wife, Yu Yu, Xiaohu and the four of us. After resting, He Yuzhu started to prepare the dishes for the evening.
In the evening, Fan Ting and Fan Yao were the first to come. Fan Ting was ordered by her teacher's wife to pick up Fan Yao from school. As soon as the two entered the small courtyard, they pulled Yuyu and Xiaohu and asked the two children to show them around.
"You four, stop wandering around. Fan Ting goes to the kitchen to help you with the pillars. Fan Yao brings Xiaohu and Yuyu over and sit down." The teacher's wife came out to suppress the crowd.
"Zhuzi, let me help you." Fan Ting said as soon as she entered the kitchen and saw He Yuzhu busy.
"Come on, senior sister. Help me wash the dishes and get them ready." He Yuzhu said to the senior sister.
"Zhuzi, where did you get the food? It's so fresh." Fan Ting said, picking up a cucumber and taking a bite.
"I'm looking for someone to make one. That person made a greenhouse somewhere. It's not big and it's expensive. I'll build one in the backyard next year, so there's no shortage of food in the winter." He Yuzhu said deceptively.
"You can do it in your backyard," Fan Ting thought about the backyard she just glanced at, "but it will cost money."
"If you want to eat, you have to pay. Besides, I don't mean it won't last for a year." He Yuzhu said.
"You work really hard to eat." Fan Ting said speechlessly.
"Life is all about eating and drinking, and we are cooks. If we don't study eating, what else will we study?" He Yuzhu said.
The two chatted while cooking. Not long after, I heard Master Fan Dakang and his second senior brother arriving.
He Yuzhu came out of the kitchen to greet his master and second senior brother.
"Zhuzi, how are the preparations going?" Master asked.
"Everything is ready. Let's start serving food when everyone arrives." He Yuzhu replied.
"By the way, senior sister, where is my brother-in-law? When will he come?" He Yuzhu asked.
"We don't have to wait for him. If there is no emergency, he will be here soon. If something happens, he will not be able to come." Fan Ting said.
"Okay, Senior Sister, what are you and Senior Wife going to drink tonight?" He Yuzhu asked.
"What kind of wine did you prepare? Why didn't I see the wine just now?" Fan Ting asked.
"The wine is stored in the basement of the east wing," He Yuzhu said.
"Take me to see it." Fan Ting said.
"Let's go then, master, are you going with the second senior brother?" He Yuzhu invited the second senior brother to the master.
"Then let's go and see together." Master said.
The group of people came to the basement of the east wing. He Yuzhu turned on the light and saw many wine jars stacked in the basement.
"Zhuzi, what kind of wine are you talking about? Tell senior sister." Fan Ting said.
"Relieve worries and forget worries, let's not talk about it. You know, I just got the medicinal wine a few days ago, green ants, men drink it to nourish the kidneys, and red sleeves are suitable for women, for beauty."
"Just drink this, Hongxiu." After hearing this, the senior sister immediately interrupted.
"Senior sister, this is medicinal wine, don't drink too much." He Yuzhu said speechlessly.
"Drink that, too." Fan Ting insisted.
"You'd better drink some wine and beautify yourself. I'll bring the medicinal wine with you when I leave." He Yuzhu said.
"Okay, let's drink some wine." Fan Ting said.
"Hey, Zhuzi, you still have tiger penis wine here." The second senior brother saw the tiger penis wine and tiger bone wine piled aside.
"You can't use this wine now. Tiger penis wine is too powerful and is suitable for middle-aged people with kidney deficiency. Normal people can just drink some green ant wine," He Yuzhu said.
Everyone finally decided that men could just drink white wine to forget their worries, so they bought a 3-pound jar and poured about 500 ml of wine into the decanter for the senior sister and junior wife.
After choosing the wine, everyone returned to the living room, He Yuzhu started cooking, and Fan Ting served the dishes. Soon the table was filled.
Kung Pao chicken, fried prawns, sweet and sour carp, Dongpo pork elbow, Mushu pork, twice-cooked pork, Mapo tofu, boiled pork slices, etc.
After the food was served, brother-in-law Zhou Jianye arrived.
"Sorry, I'm late." Zhou Jianye said.
"It's not too late, sit down quickly, it's just in time." He Yuzhu said.
After some congratulations, everyone started eating.
"Zhuzi, your Shandong cuisine is pretty good." Master Fan Dakang tasted the sweet and sour carp and said.
"I learned it from the notes my father left for me. I figured it out on my own," He Yuzhu said.
"Zhuzi, I have nothing more to teach you about Sichuan cuisine. You have a talent for cooking, and you have to learn other cuisines as well. All cuisines are interlinked. What I am good at is Sichuan cuisine, and I know other cuisines, but they are not as good as Sichuan cuisine. Wait. Let me take a look and find you a Shandong cuisine master." Fan Dakang said.
"Thank you, Master." He Yuzhu said.
Everyone was very satisfied with the food on the table tonight. Before leaving, He Yuzhu gave gift packages of wine to his master, senior sister and second senior brother.
There is one jar each of Jieyou and Wangyou in the 5-pound package, and one jar each of Green Ant and Red Sleeve in the 3-pound package taken out from the space.
After saying goodbye to everyone, He Yuzhu and Yuyu officially moved into the small courtyard.
