Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

The morning sun streamed into the room.

Qin Huairu opened her eyes.

He stretched and got out of bed.

She washed up first and went out. The early morning sunlight shone down, making her feel a little blinded, so she covered her eyes with her hands.

Through the sunlight, she vaguely saw Cao Wei practicing boxing in the yard.

In the past, when Cao Wei practiced boxing, his boxing styles were always very powerful.

Later on, he changed and became as peaceful as her.

She walked over and sat down on a chair next to the big tree.

For some reason, she felt a little tired today.

As she gets older, she sleeps less and gets up earlier and earlier.

Usually, when she got up, Cao Wei would have almost finished boxing, but today he was a little early.

She breathed softly, her voice so faint that Cao Wei could not hear it at all.

After Cao Wei finished punching, he let out a light breath and turned around to see Qin Huairu leaning against a tree, looking at him with a smile in her eyes.

Against the backdrop of the rising sun, the whole person looks even more kind.

"Why are you up so early today?" Cao Wei was stunned for a moment, then walked over and asked softly.

"Well, I woke up and got up."

Qin Huairu supported her knees with her hands and slowly stood up.

"Let's go buy breakfast for the little pig at home." Qin Huairu smiled.

"Well, let's go." Cao Wei nodded.

As they got older, their lives returned to normal.

Cao Wei packed up and followed Qin Huairu out the door.

"Jingru, you should talk about her. Before Lou Xiao'e passed away, she always felt that she was not old. She would sit in front of the mirror for a whole day just to put on makeup, and even let her granddaughter help her. Now that Lou Xiao'e is gone, she is afraid and doesn't put on makeup anymore. She just wants to sleep more and eat more every day." Qin Huairu paused and said, "She doesn't want to eat herself to death, does she?"

Cao Wei chuckled when he heard what Qin Huairu said: "That's not the case. She said she shouldn't be so healthy. If she lives longer than me, it will be too hard."

Qin Huairu also laughed: "You can't leave her alone, she is spoiled, if you leave first, she will be in great pain."

The two came to a breakfast shop, the same familiar breakfast shop.

Qin Huairu sighed: "After so many years, the Wang family's breakfast shop is still here. This shop has been passed down for three generations."

"More than three generations." Cao Wei also sighed: "Before, it was their family. Later, after liberation, it was nationalized. But later, their family took it over again. Counting it up, it must have been at least five generations."

"It's not easy to open a store like this in Jingchengju. It's a good thing to have such a store."

"That is."

"Mr. Cao, is it the same today?" Old Wang, who was selling breakfast, greeted Cao Wei and Qin Huairu as soon as he saw them.

"Yes, it's still the same."

"Okay, I'll install it for you right away."

After quickly packing breakfast, the two returned home.

After retirement, there are not so many things to do.

Every day I just eat, chat, go shopping and sleep.

Qin Huairu walked into the master bedroom and woke up the sleepy Qin Jingru.

Seeing Qin Jingru looking like she hadn't woken up yet, he was furious: "Look at you, your hair has turned white..."

"Oh, I don't want to hear it, you bastard."

"You!" Qin Huairu was speechless: "You are already this old, you should be more careful, if I..."

Before she finished speaking, Qin Jingru covered her mouth and said, "Don't you dare say anything nonsense. If you leave, Wei Ge'er will be so sad. He was so sad when Lou Xiao'e left. And Lou Xiao'e was so mean. You didn't know that before she left, she asked Wei Ge'er with a smile if he regretted it and whether he would feel pain three times."

Qin Huairu sighed. She really didn’t know how to evaluate Lou Xiaoe.

Love is love.

But we have to fight to determine the winner.

Why bother.

He shook his head, said "Come out for dinner" and went outside.

At this moment, Cao Wei was bragging to Sha Zhu under the tree.

Sha Zhu has retired. He likes to brag. When Yan Jiecheng got older, he also joined the bragging team.

Now, these three people jokingly call themselves the three uncles of the new-era courtyard house.

This uncle must be Cao Wei.

There are only two masters left, and neither of them is willing to submit to the other.

"Hey, Yan Jiecheng, can you tell me, your old man was the third uncle in the past, so you, the eldest son, should also follow in his footsteps, right?"

"Bullshit!" Yan Jiecheng used to be a very polite person, but ever since Yu Li passed away, he has become as unrestrained as he can be. Especially after he became unrestrained, he found that, hey, no one cares about him and he is old, so it won't cause any trouble.

This courage is growing.

"Hey, kid, are you itching?"

"Come on, try to make a move. If I don't blackmail your restaurant, I'll consider you awesome!"

Qin Huairu was amused when she heard what they said: "Alright, alright, what are you arguing about? In this day and age, who cares about the second uncle or the third uncle?"

"Hey, sister-in-law is here, tell me, between me and him, who is the second uncle?"

"If you ask me, Sha Zhu is more suitable to be considered the second uncle, before the first, second and third uncles. The first uncle is still the first uncle, but the second uncle is the old uncle of Sha Zhu's family. The third uncle is from Xu Damao's family. Old Man Liu and Teacher Yan, that's all later."

"See it? See it? What did I say?" Sha Zhu became more and more arrogant.

Qin Huairu didn't say much. She just liked to stay by Cao Wei's side, listening to them chatting. When she was tired, she leaned on Cao Wei's shoulder.

Live slowly, slowly.

The wind blew gently, brushing across her wrinkled cheeks.

She started and woke up.

When I looked up, I saw Sha Zhu and Yan Jiecheng had already gone to the central courtyard cursing.

"What are they going to do?"

"He's still not convinced. He said he wants to play chess to see who wins. Here, have a bite."

"Feed me." Qin Huairu said softly, and her tone unconsciously carried a little bit of girlish naivety.

Cao Wei chuckled and brought the cup to her lips.

She touched the cup lightly with her upper lip and sipped a little tea: "Okay, no more."

Cao Wei glanced at the teacup that had only been sipped a little bit.

I couldn't help but tremble my hands.

On normal days, she would always finish it.

"Hey, tell me, can we meet again in the next life?"

"can."

"Then, will you remember me?"

"meeting."

"Then you should come to me sooner."

"It's best. We've known each other since we were kids."

"We eat together, go to school together, and play together."

"Also, in the next life, it will be just the two of us."

The autumn wind blew, and a fallen leaf floated down and landed on her eyes. She wanted to raise her hand and brush the leaf away.

But I found that I couldn't lift it.

What a pity, there is still so much to say...