The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Chapter 9
The two purchasers returned to their seats in a tacit understanding. Hu Lai picked up the newspaper and pretended to read it, aiming at the door.

Li Ming poured the herbal tea out of the section chief's cup out of the window, and poured warm boiled water from the kettle into the cup.

"Section Chief, you are back."

"Ah."

"Section chief, drink water, just poured."

"Thank you, Xiao Ming. You can get off work now. Hu, please inform Liu De, Zhao Xin, and Qian Jin after get off work. You don't need to run the watermelon mission. I have already called the deputy section chief. The watermelon is done, 2 catty."

"Okay, section chief. I'll inform them when I get off work. Section chief, you are really good, and you have overfulfilled the task. Did the factory manager praise our department?"

"That is, when did our three departments disappoint the factory? We are advanced every year. Don't lose the chain for this year's advanced."

Hu Lai, a fisherman, boasted shamelessly: "Don't worry, section chief! I, Lao Hu, have always been an activist."

"Be careful on the way to and from get off work. It's hot, so the meat purchased this month should be as fresh as possible, preferably alive."

"Section Chief, I'm leaving now." Hu Lai said while pretending to pack his things.Li Xueyao didn't put on a fake face and left early.

Li Ming thought for a while, and then asked one more question: "Section Chief, is there anything else?"

"Well, let's go back early. I have to accompany Deputy Factory Manager Li to entertain the comrades of the brother unit." The section chief also started to pack his things.

Li Ming followed Hu Lai out of the office, and Hu Lai rode his bicycle while he was on his legs, and the two went their separate ways.

It was still early, and he went to the department store to buy two sets of clothes.Then he went to the Chaonei vegetable market to buy vegetables. Radishes cost 2 cents a catty, celery 5 cents a catty, cucumbers cost 3 cents a catty, and he bought some messy mushrooms and cabbage, so he could store them in space.

Li Ming stopped by the coal shop to look at it again. He didn't have any coal for the time being, so he bought some unplanned briquettes and went home.Now is the off-season for coal consumption. During the peak season of coal consumption in winter, the production will not be able to produce enough, and there is no need to think about surplus.

Tomorrow is Sunday, and the courtyard is already very lively this evening. Li Ming came back late because he was delayed on the road, but now it's dark and late, so it's not a big problem.

Eating meat continuously, he plans to eat some vegetarian dumplings filled with mushrooms and vegetables tonight. First, he soaks a few dried mushrooms in water.

At this time, other people's homes are going to cook, so it is not suitable to replace the briquettes burned by other people's homes.

He took the dry firewood he had prepared and lit it, and when it was finished, he added a briquette into the stove, and used the vegetable plate as a fan to slowly fan the air at the bottom air inlet.

After burning the coal, he added another briquette into it, and turned to knead the dough.

While waking up, Li Ming went to fan the coal stove again, and then added another briquette into it.

Wake up the noodles, continue to fan, and alternate operations.He also cut the shiitake mushrooms by the way to make the hair soak faster.

He is so busy, he has set up the coal stove, wrapped the dumplings, and put them on the steamer, waiting to be eaten.

Li Ming brought a plate of unsteamed dumplings to Yan Bugui, the opposite door, and the face of the third master was wrinkled with a smile.If Xu Damao can do it with small favors and small favors, so can Li Ming!
The moon at the beginning of the month had no moonlight, and when he finished eating the dumplings, it was dark.He put the remaining unsteamed dumplings into the space, and kept them to eat slowly later.

After tidying up, Li Ming enjoyed the shade in the courtyard with other neighbors, and this backward element successfully broke into the crowd disguised as a well-behaved baby.

Today's hot topic is the morning incident in the yard next door.

"Shizhe Zhao won't be able to come out in the short term this time. I heard that the food stamps found alone are three to four hundred catties."

"Where did you hear it? The news I heard here is one or two thousand catties."

"More than 2000 catties, it would take half a day to count the food stamps."

"That is, there are hundreds of food stamps for three catties and five catties."

"He's in a terrible situation this time, will he be shot?"

"Third Master, have you exchanged some food stamps with him?" Someone teased Yan Bugui.

"I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense." Yan Pugui, who was listening to gossip with a smile, hastily denied it. The little old man was very stable at first, but Yan Pugui was more timid and fearful.In fact, if I exchange my fine grains for other people's coarse grains, I am not afraid of going anywhere, and at most I will be criticized.

It was late at night, and everyone who was still bragging went back to their homes.

Li Ming lay on the bed and slept. He still has important tasks tomorrow.In the middle of the night, in a daze, he seemed to hear a few bangs, bangs, bangs, bangs.

It was another indomitable morning, this damn good time.

Opening the air inlet of the coal stove that had been sealed all night, Li Ming steamed the dumplings, rinsed his mouth, moved his body in the yard, washed up, and the dumplings were cooked.

The dumplings stored in the space for one night did have a slightly more fragrant taste. Looking at the pastries and candies, he decided to store them for a few more days to see the effect.

After tidying up, the handsome guy who looked like a dog went out.

Li Ming strolled to the vegetable market and bought a chicken and a piece of leftover lean pork from someone else. He was going to find Sha Zhu to cook and invite Yi Zhonghai back.

Several households in the yard have chicken coops and fences to raise chickens. He will also set up a fence to raise two chickens, so that he can eat chickens at any time.

Back in the courtyard, he went straight to the middle courtyard to find the aunt, gave the chicken and pork to the aunt, and together with the aunt went to find Sha Zhu, asking Sha Zhu to help cook and have lunch together.

Silly Zhu happily agreed, and Li Ming went to the backyard to talk to the deaf old lady.

He went to his neighbor Wu Mingna to pre-borrow a bicycle for the afternoon.This is to go to the mountain in the west to chop trees and stockpile wood. You can gather a handful of growth energy, and when you have luck energy, you can also make tables and other furniture. On the way back, you can also catch fish and sell fish.

Wu Ming is also a worker at the rolling mill.There are more than 20 households in the courtyard house, seven of which are rolling mills.Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Xu Damao, Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu, Li Ming.Yan's family counts as half of the household.

Before eating so fast, Li Ming wandered around in the courtyard, searching all the places that could be searched, but found nothing.

There was nothing to do and wait for dinner, he thought he would be busy in the afternoon, so he went home to rest first.

When Li Ming woke up, the first mother came to ask him to eat.Eating is the biggest meal in the world, so he cleaned up, took a bottle of Erguotou and walked to the middle courtyard.

Maybe the sun was too high, but Yan Bugui still didn't wait in the yard to take advantage of others.

As soon as he entered the middle courtyard, he could smell the aroma. Shazhu's cooking skills are really good, and Li Ming didn't see anyone from Jia's family in the courtyard.

When he entered the room, he saw two bottles of wine on the table. The uncle was indeed from a wealthy family!
"Brother Zhuzi, thank you for your hard work. I brought a bottle of Erguotou. Let's drink it later."

Li Ming also treats Shazhu first with courtesy and then with soldiers, he has already shown his courtesy first, and if Shazhu is a dog in the future, he will be justifiable and justifiable when he treats Shazhu.

As for Shazhu's stubborn temper and bad mouth, he was expelled 800 times because of his good cooking skills.In TV dramas, almost all the troubles and conflicts are caused by Sha Zhu himself.

But when it was really time to pretend to be a grandson, Sha Zhu was quick to bow his head.For example, when I asked Li, the deputy director of the factory.

"Okay, this is my last dish, it will be ready soon." Sha Zhu stir-fried vegetables in a calm and smooth manner.

Li Ming didn't see Yi Zhonghai, so he might have gone to fetch the deaf old lady for dinner.Needless to say, Yi Zhonghai's family really cares about the deaf old lady. It's normal for a neighbor who has lived with him for 30 years to have a good relationship.

It was supposed to be Li Ming who called him, but who told him to fall asleep?

One chicken, Shazhu made three dishes, chicken mixed with celery, fried chicken with ginger and scallions, and the chicken with more bones was stewed in a soup, with less meat and more mushrooms; pork was also made into two home-cooked dishes; plus cucumber , green vegetables, there are 7 dishes.

It was a very sumptuous lunch, and the deaf old lady's eyes lit up.

After dinner, the first mother took the deaf old lady back to the backyard, and the three of them stayed at the table to drink a little wine.

Li Ming asked a question he had been curious about for a long time, "Brother Zhuzi, do you have someone to talk to?"

"Not yet, I'm looking for it." Silly Zhu didn't care, sipping a little wine, leisurely.

Yi Zhonghai interrupted and said, "Zhuzi was delayed because he demanded a high reputation to repay his bad mouth."

"What's the request? What a high request." Li Ming, who was a fan, appeared on the stage.

Yi Zhonghai continued to say angrily: "You want to be good-looking, you need to be educated, what else do you want?"

Silly Zhu was not happy, and retorted: "I am an eighth-level chef, a master chef in the canteen of the rolling mill, and my salary is 37.5 yuan. You can even insert the door backwards! Why can’t you pick a good one.”

Li Ming gave Shazhu a critical blow, "I will become a regular in two months, and my salary will be 37.5 yuan."

Silly Zhu was stunned for a moment: "You are different, your status as a cadre, who can compare with you."

"Brother Zhuzi, you can't compare with a temporary worker who costs 20 yuan. The first-level worker in the factory costs 32.5 yuan, and the third-level worker costs 50 yuan. There are a lot of third-level workers who are the same age as you in the factory. I'm going to junior high school soon." Li Ming continued to help Silly Zhu's heart.

(End of this chapter)