Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

I could feel the breathing gradually calming down behind me.

Cao Wei was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but smile. He turned the bike around and rode towards another farther road.

The autumn wind, accompanied by fallen leaves, hit his body, but he was not annoyed.

The steady breathing of the woman behind him made him feel a little more relaxed.

Qin Jingru hugged Cao Wei tightly. She didn't know what she was dreaming about. Suddenly she smiled and made a silly sound "Hehe".

Hearing the "hehe" sounds behind him, Cao Wei's mood couldn't help but improve.

Siheyuan.

The courtyard also began to get busy.

The busiest one has to be the Shazhu family.

A middle-aged man with a serious face looked at Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu looked at the ground and didn't dare to look up.

"Okay, okay, He Yuzhu, you are great."

The middle-aged man is the eldest brother mentioned by Cao Wei. His surname is also Li. Before, he was an orphan and was adopted by Master Li, so he also took Master Li’s surname.

Sha Zhu lowered his head and dared not speak.

But He Yushui was not happy: "Who are you to say that about my brother? Brother, we are not afraid of him. He doesn't look as powerful as you."

Shazhu:......

"My dear sister, he, the eldest brother, you forgot."

"Ah?!" He Yushui actually didn't remember much about the past. When He Daqing left, she was still a little kid. In her impression, the eldest senior brother was old, mean, serious, and could scold people until they cried, etc., which was a series of words that symbolize a big devil.

"Big... big, big..."

"Big Brother." Li Xi said for her: "Very good, the little girl from back then has grown up."

He didn't care about He Yushui's offense and snorted, "He Yuzhu, if that kid Cao Wei hadn't told me about your situation, you would have suffered a lot today. Hurry up and prepare the feast. I want to see if you have made any progress in these years. If you haven't, just wait and see. Ha, you've grown up and are still working in a steel mill. Is that a place for a proper cook?!"

"Didn't Cao Wei go there too?" He Yuzhu muttered in a low voice.

"What did you say?!"

"No, no, no, it's nothing. I'll go right away. I'll go right away."

To be honest, wedding banquets were rarely held in this era, and even if they were held, they were rarely held at noon.

Most of the time, it is held at night, because in the morning and at noon, there is no time to make contributions to society. This time, Cao Wei is quite special. My father-in-law and mother-in-law thought that after the banquet today, they would go back to the village directly. There are still things to do in the village, and since it is National Day, everyone wants to go out for a walk in the afternoon.

After Cao Wei thought about it, he simply set the wedding banquet at noon.

The engagement banquet is not an easy matter.

There are only about a hundred people living in the courtyard now.

How to prepare the banquet, whether each family should pay one person or the whole family should come together, how to collect the gift money, these are all problems.

If you want Cao Wei to learn from the wealthy families of the past and treat his superiors to the lavish feasts and fish, he has the ability, but it is impossible for him to do so. If he does so, others will think he is a fool.

People of different social classes should eat food that suits their social class. Do not exceed the limit, as doing so may easily lead to accidents.

The main thing was that Cao Wei confirmed that Deputy Director Li was not planning to come today. The day he chose was unfortunate, as it was National Day and they, the leaders, had a lot of things to do.

In the end, Cao Wei discussed the matter with several uncles.

Speaking of which, the discussion process was quite interesting.

According to the third uncle, the gift money should be collected according to the rules of each household, and then everyone can take a seat.

The uncle felt that it was inappropriate. Some families had large numbers of children, while others were... ahem, DINKs. It was too unfair for each family to accept gift money.

The second uncle didn't care. He was not very interested in Cao Wei's wedding banquet.

As a result, the discussion process was directly expanded to the entire hospital.

In the end, it was Cao Wei who spoke up.

Cao Wei meant that he did not expect to make money from the wedding banquet. Everyone should vote and collect the gift money from each household. As for whether the whole family can come to eat or one person from each household, everyone has the final say. But one thing is that if everyone is allowed to come, the quality of his wedding banquet will decline. Whether to eat well or eat together as a family is up to everyone.

When everyone heard this, they thought it made sense.

After all, there are so many people, and the dishes will cost a lot of money.

It is worth mentioning that the staple food for the wedding banquet in their courtyard is prepared by themselves. If you want to come to eat, you can bring your own steamed bread or something, and the dishes are provided by the host. There is no way, these days, no one has enough food. If you ask Cao Wei to find so much food, he can find it, but he has to go through the gray area. It is not appropriate to sacrifice himself for a wedding banquet.

As for the food, there is nothing we can do. If you hold a wedding banquet but don't even prepare the food, what's the point of holding it?

The old man put in a lot of effort for this.

On Cao Wei's side, Liu Sandao got a lot of ingredients. Originally, according to Cao Wei's intention, everyone would have a meal and stew in one pot. Qin Huairu did the same thing back then. But Liu Sandao refused to do so and lectured Cao Wei, saying that he was the cook and it would be embarrassing to have a pot of stew at the wedding. In the end, Liu Sandao was left to prepare the ingredients for the wedding by himself. Cao Wei was not allowed to take care of it.

Cao Wei was also speechless. It was not that he was reluctant, but it was inappropriate to be too high-profile.

But since the old man didn't want to do it, we could only let him do it.

Fortunately, the old man knew what he was doing and didn't go too far. He prepared eight dishes, two meat dishes and six vegetarian dishes, which were not small in quantity. After all, there were about a hundred people, so he prepared more vegetarian dishes and fewer meat dishes, and set up five tables. It was considered a lot of effort.

Just when everyone was working hard.

Qin's father and mother, as well as Liu Sandao and Yang Menglan, have all arrived.

However, Cao Wei and Qin Jingru have not arrived yet.

"Huh? That kid Cao Wei hasn't arrived yet?" Liu Sandao frowned.

"No, I haven't seen anyone either. It's strange. Logically, he should be able to ride faster." The third uncle was sitting at the gate. He had prepared a small table and stool early in the morning, waiting to collect the gift money. This job still had to be done by him. Originally, he wanted to save some gift money, but later, when the first uncle made a rule that every household could come to eat as long as they paid, he felt embarrassed not to pay.

Are you kidding me? How many people are there in his family? He still hasn't paid the money. It's a bit boring.

It's not worth it to be hated by Cao Wei for such a small matter.

He is Yan Bugui, very smart.

"What's wrong? Haven't they arrived yet?" Father Qin took out his pipe with some annoyance, lit it, and looked towards the entrance of the alley. He didn't want anything to go wrong. On such a happy day, everything should go smoothly.

"No, I don't know where he went."