Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

In Yan Jiecheng's view, Nanyi is a big joke in the rolling mill.

He Nanyi was originally the young owner of a big restaurant in the old era. Although he was criticized because of his background after liberation, he lived better than most people relying on his family's antiques.Coupled with his superb cooking skills, after coming to the rolling mill, he quickly replaced Sha Zhu's position and became a chef who specially cooks for the leaders.

Director Yang and several deputy directors highly value Nanyi, and have praised Nanyi several times in meetings.

In recent years, with the fading of his background, Nan Yi has even become the group leader in the cafeteria, which is the position that Sha Zhu even dreamed of getting.

Some well-informed people analyzed that once the director of the cafeteria retires, Nan Yi might be able to become the director of the cafeteria.

It was such a wealthy, promising single chef who married a little widow with three children.

Besides, the little widow's reputation is not good. She used to flirt with the workers a lot for food. Although she was not taken advantage of by others, her reputation was bad.

Of course, Yan Jiecheng now has something to ask for from Nanyi, so he dare not show his contempt.

Nanyi looked at Yan Jiecheng suspiciously: "Comrade Xiecheng, if you have nothing to do, I'll leave first."

"It's like this. I'm getting married soon, and I want to invite you to cook a banquet for me." Yan Jiecheng grabbed Nanyi's car.

"Marriage? Comrade Xiecheng, it stands to reason that we are in a gay relationship, your marriage is a big deal, and I have to help no matter what, but I've been really busy recently."

Nanyi has also heard about the Yan family's affairs, and knows that the Yan family likes to take advantage of it the most, and is unwilling to deal with such a family.

Nanyi was in a hurry to pick up the child, but Yan Jiecheng couldn't let him go, so he reached out and grabbed Nanyi's arm, "Master Nan, don't worry, as long as you help our Yan family cook, we will definitely not lose you! We all You are a worker in a factory, and you must be too embarrassed to ask for my money. How about this, after the feast is over, you can take away the leftover vegetables and meat.”

Nanyi stopped in his tracks, and there was a flash of emotion in his eyes.

He has a rich family, and there are still a bunch of antiques handed down from his ancestors at home, but those things can't be sold at a high price now, and if they are sold easily, they may cause trouble.In the past, he was alone, and the whole family was not hungry, so he didn't have to worry about money. Since he married Liang Ladi, he had to think about these issues.

After all, it is not an easy task to support three children no matter what age they are in.

In order to make a living these years, Nanyi has given up his previous attachments and made extra money by making banquets for others. He knows very well that in order to hold a decent wedding banquet, the host’s home prepared extra vegetables and meat. The value of adding meat together far exceeds the cost of hiring a cook.

Especially Da Mao and Er Mao have been arguing about eating meat recently, just taking advantage of this opportunity
Nanyi thought over and over again, and finally agreed: "That's okay, brothers Xie Cheng, who made us fellow workers! Let's settle this."

"Don't worry, our Yan family has a bad reputation, but I, Yan Xiecheng, am an upright man who can spit nails."

".That's called a mouthful of spittle and a nail. It's a common saying, which means that people keep what they say and never break their word!" Nan Yi curled his lips.

"That's right, you cultural people know a lot!" Yan Jiecheng laughed loudly: "We've made a deal!"

Nan Yi nodded, he felt that even if the Yan family played tricks again, he would not suffer as a cook.

After all, when it's time to cook, if you use less a la carte, wouldn't that save you money?

After the work of the cook was settled, the Yan family began to plan the banquet.

Yan Bugui had already made up his mind, in order to respond to the call of his superiors to be diligent and frugal, this banquet will be an all-vegetarian banquet.

Such as hot and sour Chinese cabbage, hot and sour potato shreds, boiled Chinese cabbage, boiled potato shreds, fried potatoes with Chinese cabbage, fried carrots with white radish
In the blink of an eye, Yan Bugui wrote down seven or eight dishes on paper.

The third mother was stunned watching from the side: "Old Yan, are you treating me, or are you feeding the rabbit?"

"What do you know? This is called promoting hard work and simplicity." Yan Bugui put down his brush and said with a proud expression, "Before liberation, I couldn't even eat these dishes! This is considered a super hospitality."

The three mothers gave Yan Bugui a thumbs up in their hearts. With such cleverness, there was no one else in the courtyard except Yan Bugui.

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The third mother said with some concern: "These are all vegetables, and the guests can't get enough!"

No matter in which era you treat guests to dinner, the most basic requirement is to make the guests full.

"I know this. Let's buy more corned buns at that time, isn't it all right? One corned bun costs two cents, and even if a customer eats five corned buns, our family only pays 1 cents. This time I must have made a lot of money." .”

Yan Jiecheng listened to Yan Bugui's imparting knowledge, learned to draw inferences from one example, and raised his hand impatiently.

Yan Bugui glared at him: "What a waste to buy stick noodles! Buy stick noodles and let that chef Nan Yi make steamed buns, wouldn't it save more than half of the money?"

"Gao, Dad, you are really clever!"

Yan Jiecheng gasped and gave a thumbs up.

Only a stingy person like Yan Bugui can come up with the idea of ​​letting the cook make steamed buns.

After finishing the menu, Yan Bugui did a simple calculation. The cost of a table should not exceed two yuan at most, and the next step is to invite guests.

In addition to the relatives of the Yan family, the residents of the courtyard house were also invited.

Yan Bugui rattled the abacus pillar, "Each household pays six yuan as gift money. There are 26 households in our courtyard house. After deducting expenses, we can still earn 130 yuan."

"Six yuan." The third mother frowned, poured a cup of tea for Yan Pugui, and whispered, "Old Yan, is six yuan too much? We only gave it to Lao Zhang when his son got married next door." A gift money of [-] cents was handed over."

Yan Bugui slammed the enamel jar close to his mouth on the table, his eyes widened bigger than copper bells.

"Is it the same status? I am an old teacher for many years, and I am deeply respected by others. It is their honor to come to our house to eat noodles. Even if I say it, their faces will be bright.

Lao Zhang is just a temporary worker, so if you hand him [-] cents, it's considered a face for him. "

This reason was reasonable, and the third mother extended her thumbs up and gave Yan Bugui [-] likes.

Yan Jiecheng also stood up and said loudly: "That is, if you can let them come to eat noodles, you are giving them noodles. Besides, Dad, you are still a teacher. If anyone dares to dislike the gift and money, then their children should not go to Hongxing to roll steel." The factory elementary school has gone to school."

Although a large part of the residents in the courtyard house are not employees of the rolling mill, most of the children go to the primary school of the Red Star Rolling Mill due to the strong teaching staff of the Red Star Rolling Mill.

Of course, children who are not employees of the rolling mill are not allowed to go to the rolling mill primary school according to regulations, but as long as the parents of the students can pay the tuition fees on time, the school will accept them if no one makes any comments.

Early the next morning.

The three mothers took Yan Jiefang to the door-to-door notices.

The first one is the old Zhang's next door.

Aunt Zhang was eating with her rice bowl, when she saw the two standing outside the door, she immediately understood why.

Putting down the bowl, walked out, and asked with a smile: "Xie Cheng, congratulations, I was not at home yesterday, and the head of my family said that you are getting married tomorrow."

"Yes, auntie, we are neighbors and we have always had a good relationship. I'm here to invite you to the banquet." Yan Jiecheng said politely.

"All right, I'll be there on time." Aunt Zhang agreed without thinking too much.

She was about to close the door, and when she saw Yan Jiecheng still standing at the door, she asked with some doubts.

"Xie Cheng, three moms, you guys"

"I"

After all, Yan Jiecheng was young, with a thin face, and he opened his mouth, not ashamed to speak out.

The third mom squinted at him, pursed her lips and said, "Big girl, this time our family is going to treat the whole courtyard to a big meal."

"A big meal? This is a good thing!" A look of suspicion appeared on the face of Aunt Zhang's family. With the stingy energy of the Yan family, would she be willing to invite everyone to eat and drink?

"It's a good thing, but you also know how expensive food and meat are now." The third mother said bravely: "My old Yan said that each family will get six yuan as gift money."

"What! Six dollars, three mothers, is your family obsessed with ghosts!"

Aunt Zhang's family gasped, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to support the door frame, "We deliver gifts in the courtyard, and it usually costs a few cents. You want six yuan all at once, are you planning to make a fortune from this?"

"Look at what you said. Our old Yan is a teacher. I remember that your three children all go to Hongxing Elementary School in the rolling mill. You don't want your children not to go to school, do you?"

Now that the face was torn, the third mom didn't hide it anymore, and directly used her trump card.

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Aunt Zhang's family didn't expect the Yan family to be so vicious, but for the sake of the children, she could only grit her teeth and admit it.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, don't worry, I will be there on time. Xie Cheng, I wish you a happy wedding!"

That yin and yang tone made Yan Jiecheng feel very uncomfortable. On the way to the middle courtyard, Yan Jiecheng tugged on the corner of the third mother's clothes.

"Mother, isn't it too much for us to do this?"

The third mother stopped in her tracks, feeling a little dazed in her head.

Thinking about how shrewd Yan Pugui is, how did he give birth to such a fool as Yan Xiecheng.

However, Yan Jiecheng is still the eldest son of the Yan family, and the Yan family will rely on Yan Jiecheng to support them in the future.

She suppressed the discomfort and looked at Yan Jiecheng with a cold face: "Excessive? You are really stupid.

If our family is not excessive, where did the money come from to support you and buy you so much furniture. "

Back then, your father was a private school teacher who taught in a rich man's home.

When I was a child, my family was poor, and I was sold to a rich man's house, and became the second concubine of that 60-year-old man.

Your father was in the prime of his life at the time, and he could read and write. I was young, beautiful, and youthful.

The two of us fell in love for a long time, and we made a private decision in the stable for life.

Paper can't contain fire. I'm afraid of being discovered by a rich man all day long. That rich man has a cold heart. If he knows, he will definitely sink the two of us.

Just when I was thinking about how to escape from the rich man's house and elope with your father, Jincheng was liberated.

The rich man took advantage of the confusion and fled.Your father and I also took the opportunity to escape from the rich man's house.

In order to hide our identities, we left everything behind and fled to the capital.

At that time, the most valuable thing in our family was the sewing needles I hid in my clothes.

Look now, our house has bicycles, televisions, radios, things that ordinary people can't imagine.

What is it relying on, isn't it just taking advantage of other people's homes!
You are too honest a child, learn more from your father in the future. "

Yan Jiecheng was dumbfounded when he heard that, he also knew that Yan Pugui had a problem with his background, but he didn't expect that he was the private school teacher of the rich man's family, and the third mother turned out to be the concubine of the rich man back then
The third mother regained her composure, and seemed to realize that she seemed to have said too much, so she hurriedly said to Yan Xiecheng with a straight face: "Xiecheng, what I just told you, you must not tell others, even if you liberate them It doesn’t work either. Talking about it will cause big trouble.”

"Understood, mother, don't worry, I'm already this old." Yan Jiecheng nodded heavily.

Under the threat of the three mothers, most of the residents in the compound agreed to participate in Yan Jiecheng's banquet.

There are only a few, and the three mothers have not dared to go to the door for a long time.

They are Yi's family, Liu Haizhong's family, Shazhu's family, Xu Damao's family, Qin Huairu's family, and Wang Weidong's family living in the outer courtyard.

These families are all thorns in the courtyard.

The three mothers didn't have the confidence to handle them.

but.

At the thought of giving up the six yuan that was about to be obtained, the third mother's heart ached like blood.

So she hesitated again and again, and knocked on the door of Liu Haizhong's house.

There is a reason for the three mothers to choose Liu Haizhong as a breakthrough point.

For one thing, Liu Haizhong is relatively rich. As a seventh-level blacksmith, he has a monthly salary of more than 70 yuan, which is simply too much to spend.

Second, Liu Haizhong is now the second uncle, and after Wang Weidong became the first uncle, he is isolated and helpless in the compound, and urgently needs Yan Pugui's help.

really.

When Liu Haizhong heard that the Yan family wanted six yuan as a gift, he was ready to get angry.

However, a word from the third mother made Liu Haizhong smile.

"Haizhong, my old Yan said that as long as you agree to participate in our Yan family's banquet, we will form an alliance with you in the future to deal with Liu Hongchang together."

"It's okay to deal with Liu Hongchang, as long as you don't get bullied by him." Liu Haizhong took out six dollars from his pocket and handed it to the third mom without waiting for the third mom to continue talking.

"This is my gift money, you collect it first!"

"Second uncle, grand." Yan Xiecheng gave a thumbs up.

After finishing Liu Haizhong, the third mother regained her confidence and directly knocked on Yi Zhonghai's door.

Yi Zhonghai was angry about what happened two days ago, when he saw the third mother, he stared and said: "The affairs of your Yan family have nothing to do with me, don't bother me."

"boom!"

After finishing speaking, before the third mother could react, he closed the door heavily.

The third mother was so angry that she almost jumped and cursed.

Fortunately, Yan Jiecheng stopped him, "Mother, Yi Zhonghai is an old fox in the first place, and it's a good thing that he doesn't come to the banquet, so as not to cause trouble."