Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Hey, Lao Cao, when did you come back?"

At night, after dinner, Sha Zhu took a pot of wine and went to the backyard to chat with Cao Wei.

Now, Shazhu can be said to be blessed with many children.

Erzhu, also known as He Xiao, followed in his father's footsteps and worked as a chef in his Sichuan restaurant while conducting in-depth research on Tan cuisine.

Xiao Zhu and He Chen have made great progress in their studies and are now teachers at universities, or maybe they should be called professors. This makes the whole family very happy.

Wow, three generations of the He family have been cooks, and now they have a professor. How can they not be proud of it?

According to Shazhu’s own words, it would be worth it even if he died now.

Now Sha Zhu has his own store, and his wife helps him in the store. Er Zhu found a wife who also works in the store, and they have turned it into a family business, but this family business is a little special, and Cao Wei is in charge. But the couple is content. Although Sha Zhu still wears ordinary clothes like before, in fact, his family assets have long exceeded one million.

"I just came back yesterday. Did you receive the notice?" Cao Wei motioned to Sha Zhu to sit down.

Sha Zhu put the wine on the table: "Want a drink? I bought it from Lao Wei, the alcohol content is not high."

"Okay." Cao Wei turned around and called out, "Huai Ru, help me get some snacks to go with the wine."

"Got it." Someone in the room responded.

Qin Huairu didn't come out, but Lou Xiao'e came out first.

Sha Zhu looked at Lou Xiaoe, then at Cao Wei.

He winked at Cao Wei.

Cao Wei rolled his eyes: "If you have something to say, just say it."

"Look at what you said. What can happen to me? You know, I'm getting a little curious now that I'm old. Hey, let me tell you first. I'm not as talkative as Liu Lan. I don't talk nonsense."

Having lived in this courtyard for a long time, the newcomers are fine, but the old neighbors all know it. Who is a good person to live in a courtyard alone and come back from time to time to live for such a long time? Even if you have property in this city, you don't have to go through so much trouble.

"It's just what you think." Before Cao Wei could say anything, Lou Xiao'e spoke first.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't admit it, but when he admits it, it's Shazhu who is stunned.

"That little girl who comes every year."

"My daughter."

"Hiss...tsk tsk tsk..." Sha Zhu couldn't stop making that weird noise. He gave Cao Wei a thumbs up and said, "Old Cao, there aren't many people I, Sha Zhu, admire. You are definitely one of them."

"What are you talking about?" Qin Huairu took out some snacks and insulted Cao Wei: "We just finished our meal and you're doing this."

"Less, less is fine." Sha Zhu explained to Qin Huairu cheerfully, but he didn't continue to pester her about it. No matter what, this was someone else's private matter, and they were willing to satisfy his curiosity, which was already a favor. If he asked again, it would be considered crossing the line: "Hey, come, try it, this is from Old Wei's hand."

"He stole it from me." Cao Wei was happy. "You may not know, but after you opened the store, I built a place outside to make wine. They are all good materials. The batch you have is the first batch."

"Hey, I'm not saying that you're being ungracious. Why don't you save some of this good stuff for your friends?"

"I will send you a batch at the end of this year. The wines I don't sell will be kept for our own drinking. Old Wei is in charge of that stall, so he got some for himself, but the quantity is not much."

"Then I'm waiting for it. The last time I went to Lao Wei's, I had a sip and I couldn't forget it. Come on, try it. I bought it from your eldest uncle. Your eldest uncle's business is really good now."

"How is it good?" Qin Huairu cleaned up the house and joined the battle.

In fact, when these people drink, they hardly touch their cups, just chat and talk, occasionally clinking glasses. According to the words of the third uncle, you guys are too boring when drinking, one pot of wine, one table of people, can drink all night.

"There are queues every day. If I calculate, at the end of the month, I estimate that there will be a net profit of tens of thousands. This is just because money is not valuable in recent years. In the past, this money would be enough to buy several houses."

"You idiot, why do you keep wondering how much money other people make?" Qin Huairu teased, "Why, the money you earn there is not enough?"

"Hey, I didn't mean that. You may not know, but my old man is back." Sha Zhu sighed.

"Old man? He Daqing?"

"Isn't it him? Back then, he abandoned my brother and me and went to the White Widow. Now, after all the trouble he put in to help her, he is now old and has come back with his wife and children separated from him." Sha Zhu took a sip of wine in annoyance: "I feel upset just talking about this."

"Not really." Qin Huairu looked Sha Zhu up and down and said, "With the money you earn now, it shouldn't be a big deal to support an old man. You have to listen to my advice. When it comes to life, don't always remember the grudges of the past. That will make life too difficult..."

Cao Wei was not at all surprised that Qin Huairu could say this.

This woman is the typical kind-hearted type, and she will help whenever she can.

"Hey, that happened many years ago. You say you blame him, then I blame him too. Let's be reasonable. He can't get over this. But no matter what, he is my father. He is old and has nowhere to go. Don't say that I have got a ride on Lao Cao's car and made a fortune. Even if I didn't get rich, he should have eaten his fill. But this old man, tsk." At this point, Sha Zhu took another sip of wine: "He always goes to my store to make trouble! It's annoying."

"I was thinking about letting the old man open his own shop and have fun on his own."

"No, Shazhu, your father is so old, and you still let him open a shop?" This time it was Cao Wei's turn to be confused. How could this idiot come up with all kinds of ideas?

"What can I do? He keeps giving orders to the store all day long. It makes me upset." Sha Zhu complained: "Lao Cao, you don't know, his cooking skills are okay, but he really doesn't care about hygiene. I didn't think that hygiene in the store was important before, until I actually opened the store, I realized how useful your rules are."

"I couldn't stand that old man for even a day. So I kicked him out of the house. He took care of the kids for a few days, but he got bored again. He complained to me all day long, and I got tired of listening to him."

"So you want the old man to open a shop and sell braised food?" Cao Wei understood.

"That's what it means."

"But it's not that easy to open a shop. You and I are both cooks. It's hard work."