Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

Chapter 81 Silly Zhu: Need more money!

"Let's make do with it for the next few days. You can figure out what furniture you need. Then you can go to the entrustment store to have a look. There is an entrustment store specializing in furniture over there in the Drum Tower."

Beiluogu Lane, No. 28, Nanpi Hutong.

Xiang Yunduan said to his younger brother, while taking down all the bedding, bed boards, coal stove and other things from the hired cart, and then moved them into the house.

"Don't worry about the furniture or anything. Anyway, living alone will not be of much use!" Xiang Yunlong walked around the house and seemed quite satisfied.

After all, we have moved to a new home. Although the house is not big, only about ten square meters, living alone is definitely more relaxing than when he and Xiang Yunduan were squeezed together before, so Xiang Yunlong is also very happy at the moment. .

Even if they are brothers, they will inevitably feel uncomfortable living together. How can living alone be comfortable? Have fun as much as you want.

"As long as you are satisfied, this place is not far from the factory, and it is convenient for commuting to get off work."

Xiang Yunduan nodded and said, Beiluogu Lane is just north of Nanluogu Lane, separated by Gulou East Street in the middle. To be honest, the house rented to Xiang Yunlong is closer to Dongzhimen.

Several days have passed since Xiang Yunduan "persuaded" Qin Huairu to quit.

Qin Huairu has indeed not appeared again in the past few days. Even when he met the Xiang brothers, he lowered his head and said nothing, as if he didn't know them.

This look actually made Xiang Yunduan murmur in his heart, isn't the Jia family coming up with some crooked ideas again?

Because of the newspaper theft, Jia Dongxu was not only punished in the workshop, but was also punished by having to dig out feces for a week. It is impossible to say that he has no resentment in his heart.

But Xiang Yunduan was busy looking for a suitable house for his brother these days, so he didn't bother.

As for Xiang Yunlong, at the beginning, he asked Xiang Yunduan why Qin Huairu didn't come to clean up the house?

Xiang Yunduan directly reprimanded his younger brother and asked him to go find Jia Dongxu and ask, why doesn't your wife come to my house?

After saying this, Xiang Yunlong immediately withered.

No, when Xiang Yunduan proposed to rent him another house outside, Xiang Yunlong had no resistance.

"This courtyard is the same as the one where my brother lives. It's a big courtyard. There are a lot of people living in it. You must be very thoughtful. You should be polite when getting along with your neighbors. However, don't show your heart to others. Look at them more. Stop talking, understand?”

Before Xiang Yunduan left, he gave a few more special instructions.

After all, Xiang Yunlong is still young, and he has been wandering around the village before. He is not deeply involved in the world and has no idea about the sinister nature of people's hearts, so he must give more advice.

As the saying goes, you must not have the intention to harm others, but you must have the intention to guard against others.

"Got it!" Xiang Yunlong nodded.

Apart from some friction between the brothers regarding Qin Huairu, Xiang Yunlong still took his eldest brother's words to heart.

"Work hard and focus more on your studies. After two years, I promise to introduce you to a beautiful girl!" Xiang Yunduan patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said.

……

When we returned to Nanluo Courtyard from Beiluo, it was almost dark.

Xiang Yunduo met Shazhu at the gate. This guy was carrying an aluminum lunch box. It looked like he had just gotten off work.

The rolling mill has a night shift, so a canteen is open 24 hours a day.

Needless to say, the chefs inside also need to work constant shifts, so the time to get off work is not very fixed.

"I mean Zhuzhu, how did I find out that you often bring food to your house recently?" Xiang Yunduan greeted.

"Hey, guess what? Dude, I got promoted and am now an official cook. Although I am only at level ten, I am now qualified to bring food back!" Silly Zhu said with a look on his face.

"Jia Dongxu was just arrested, are you not worried at all?" Xiang Yunduan said curiously.

"That's different. The Security Department doesn't care about this. Besides, because the food in the factory is better, many workers usually pack more food at noon, eat half of it, and take the other half home to eat after get off work in the afternoon.

In this case, the security office can't investigate, unless it's specifically targeting me, but I'm a cook and I don't usually offend anyone, so who has nothing to do to target me! "Si Zhu said without any care.

This is true. The food in the factory is definitely better than that in most families. It is not surprising at all that people can buy food in the factory and take it home to eat as Silly Zhu said.

The cloud is very clear about this matter.

If nothing else, let’s just talk about the large bones, spines, and ribs removed from the slaughterhouses. Many of them are digested by these factories.

In fact, not much oil is used to stir-fry the dishes in the factory. It is said to be stir-fried, but in fact it is more like stewing.

But the taste of the dishes stewed with cold water and stewed with bone broth will definitely be different, and the dishes stewed with bone broth are also more nutritious.

What's more, in addition to this, the variety of dishes available in the factory is also more abundant.

Some people's families are really short of money and want to eat meat or white-flour steamed buns and rice, but it's not cost-effective to cook them themselves. After all, it's impossible to just fry three or five pieces of meat or steam two or three white-flour buns at once.

In this case, it is more convenient to bring it directly from the factory. Many people can still do it by gritting their teeth and occasionally picking up a meat dish and white flour steamed buns.

In fact, it is not for adults to eat, but mainly for taking back to satisfy the cravings of the children at home.

Because of this, there are many workers bringing vegetables back from the factory. There is really no way to check this.

"What?"

The two of them talked casually and entered the front yard. Xiang Yunduan was about to enter the house, but he didn't expect that Silly Zhu also followed him.

"Hey, how about I eat with you? You haven't eaten yet, right?" Silly Zhu looked like he was drinking some together.

"No, if you eat with me, what will happen to the rain? I think you have something to do, right? If you have something to do, just talk about it and don't do such nonsense!" Xiang Yunduan could tell at a glance that Silly Zhu's purpose was impure.

"No, what about that, can you let me take a look at the recipe you mentioned last time?"

Silly Zhu said with some embarrassment: "Don't worry, my brother is not in vain. From now on, I will cook you a big meal for free every week. How about it?" "I know you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, what about the recipe? , it was lost a long time ago!”

Xiang Yunduan didn't expect that Shazhu was still thinking about this matter. It seemed that this boy was really obsessed with cooking.

Seeing the disappointed look on Silly Zhu's face, Xiang Yunduan said calmly: "But, although the recipes are lost, I still remember how to make those dishes!"

"Hey, brother, can you stop gasping when you talk? Brother, my heart is racing, just remember it. I beg you, brother, tell me how to cook those dishes! "Si Zhu said, slapping his thigh.

Xiang Yunduan suddenly felt something in his heart. Since this silly pillar has arrived at his door, he must make good use of it. He said: "Of course I can teach you, but I don't care whether it's a big meal or not. I'll make another condition. If you agree, then I will teach you!"

"Don't mention one condition, ten are fine. Tell me, what condition?" Seeing Xiang Yunduan agree, Silly Zhu immediately smiled on his face.

"I want you to help me find out information from the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai!" Xiang Yunduan said.

If you're not afraid of thieves, you're just afraid of them caring about you. Xiang Yunduan has been offended to death by the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai. Although he has the upper hand now, there's no telling whether Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family are thinking of some bad moves behind their backs. As for myself.

So you have to be careful.

It is definitely a good idea to let Silly Zhu inquire about information for him.

After all, they all live in the middle hospital, and Yi Zhonghai also has the idea of ​​​​training Shazhu to be the number two pensioner candidate. Although there are some conflicts between Shazhu and Yi Zhonghai because of Xiang Yunduan, they will not completely break up. If anything happens to Yi Zhonghai, he will probably reveal it to Si Zhu.

"What? You want me to be a dog spy? Absolutely not!" Silhu didn't expect Xiang Yunduan to propose such a condition, and immediately shook his head.

"Zhuzi, don't scold yourself like that!"

Xiang Yunduan said with a smile: "You also know that since I entered this courtyard, I have been at odds with the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai. Brother, I am doing this to protect myself.

I don’t want you to tell me everything. What I mean is, if you find out the news that they are trying to harm me behind my back, then come and tell me, how about it?

At the critical moment, you have to help your brother. If I am harmed by the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai, I will probably not be able to live in this courtyard anymore and will have to move to another place. At that time, I will be I want to teach you those dishes, but I have no chance! "

"Terminal, you, you are threatening my brother, and I think you are thinking too much. Our courtyard is still very harmonious, and there are not so many people who want to harm you!" Silly Zhu shook his head and said .

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense anymore. One message is a dish. If you are willing, then let's make a deal. I can teach you a dish in advance to let you know that I am not fooling you.

If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything. Xiang Yunduan waved his hand and said.

"First Master is the elder who often takes care of me. Sister Qin also cares about me. These are my close friends and relatives. You are making me very embarrassed like this, so... I have to pay more!"

Silly Zhu looked hesitant at first, but when he saw that Xiang Yunduan was about to close the door, he immediately said decisively: "One message in exchange for three dishes!"

"Haha, two dishes!" Xiang Yunduan didn't expect that Silly Zhu, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be playful.

"make a deal!"

Silly Zhu nodded fiercely, as if he was afraid that Xiang Yunduan would regret it, and then asked: "You just said you could teach me a dish in advance? What dish? When will you teach me?"

"I can see that you are not willing to take any losses. I can tell you in advance. I will teach you in two days. The name of this dish is called Husband and wife's lung slices. How about it? Can you make it? ?" Xiang Yunduan said.

"Husband and wife's lung slices? What kind of cuisine is it from? I haven't heard of it? Tell me quickly what ingredients are needed for this dish, and I'll prepare it in advance!" When Sha Zhu heard that he had never heard of this dish, he came immediately interest.

"Sichuan cuisine, you don't even know this, and you still say that you learn Sichuan cuisine!"

Xiang Yunduan looked down upon him at first, and then said: "This dish uses beef, beef heart, tripe, beef scalp, and beef tongue as the main ingredients. You probably won't be able to get these ingredients for a while. I'll do it." Find a way, but you have to prepare the seasoning in advance, the seasoning is very important for this dish!"

"Why is there no beef lung? Isn't it husband and wife lung slices?" Silly Zhu asked strangely.

"Don't ask so many questions, just prepare the seasonings I told you!" Xiang Yunduan said, naming the seasonings that needed to be used.

Although the dish of husband and wife's beef slices has become famous in later generations, at present, it is just a street snack and cannot be regarded as a refined dish.

Because the main ingredients used are basically just cattle offal, in terms of status, it is probably similar to braised pork.

At first, there was no beef in Husband and Wife Fei, only tripe, beef tongue, beef heart, beef lung, etc. Later, it gradually developed, removing the beef lung and adding beef, which made it a famous dish. .

The reason why Xiang Yunduan taught Sha Zhu this dish first was because he wanted to eat it himself, and he happened to have a pound of beef and mutton tickets that the factory had previously rewarded.

These meat tickets have a time limit, most of which are half a month or a month. If they are not used in time, they will be wasted after expiration.

Xiang Yunduan can cook it himself, but firstly, there are not that many seasonings at home, and secondly, his cooking skills can only be said to be average. Now that Shazhu, the cook, is here, he can save the time and do it himself.

……

"Go ahead, you two have almost mastered your skills. The next step is to practice hard. No one can teach you this. You can only build it up slowly over time!"

The next day, after going to work, Xiang Yunduan called his two apprentices Wang Shitou and Zhang Dahe over, encouraged them, and then asked them to follow other masters.

And he transferred two new apprentices from other masters.

Some people are happy with this approach, but others are disgusted with it.

A happy master will think that if he has two more skilled apprentices at his disposal, he can save a lot of effort, so why not?

And those who are disgusted also have reasons, oh, my apprentice has not learned the craft after following me for so long, but he followed you, Xiang Yunduan, and successfully became a disciple in such a short time? So is it because I didn’t teach seriously, or am I not good at teaching my disciples?

There is nothing wrong with thinking like this. After all, the facts are right in front of us, and we are not blind. Zhang Dahe and Wang Shitou used to follow Yang Jiadi, but they didn't learn anything for so long. How long have they followed Xiang Yunduan? That's it.

If this continues, what will the apprentices of other masters think?

But Xiang Yunduan doesn't care about offending others now. Recruiting more disciples is for future plans. If you offend people, just offend them!

Fortunately, he is now a model established in the factory, and for a while, those who are dissatisfied will have nothing to do with him.

Once he has taught five apprentices, no one in the production team can do anything to him. If he can teach fifty apprentices, the section chief Kuang Yunsheng will have to light cigarettes and pour wine for him when he comes. If there is There are five hundred apprentices in the factory, and the factory director has to treat him with a smile.

(End of this chapter)