Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

Flowers bloom and fall.

No matter what people do, the scenery of this courtyard remains the same as before.

Nothing much has changed.

"Old man, the Yan family contacted us and is planning to sell it."

"Huh, what's the price?"

"It's just so-so, a friendly price, a bit cheaper than the surrounding areas."

"You're so thoughtful. Go and collect it." Cao Xiucheng sighed.

In this era, the courtyard house is not suitable for living.

Their yard is neither big nor small, which is fine for one family.

But the surrounding areas are mostly large courtyards with people coming and going.

It will bring about many problems.

It is better to find another place, a commercial apartment, where there are elevators, communities, and complete supporting facilities. It is also comfortable to live.

The first person to move out was Yi Yi from the eldest uncle's family. After the eldest uncle left, he had no more attachment to the house, so he simply sold it to Sha Zhu.

Next came the Jia family.

After the death of Qin Huairu and Cao Wei.

Xiaodang, Banggeng and Huaihua also left.

Xiaodang and Banggeng rarely go home because they have their own careers. Even after retirement, their children don't want them to stay in the courtyard.

As for Sophora japonica, it didn't want to leave.

But her granddaughter always wanted her to follow her, and her son was also worried about her living alone, so she left.

Before leaving, he cried a lot.

The Jia family's house was also sold to the Cao family.

From that time on, Cao Xiucheng made it known that if the neighbors wanted to live there, they could do so. If they didn't want to, they should not sell the house to outsiders. They could just sell it to the Cao family.

The Cao family wanted to use it as their main residence.

Since the Cao family has said this, Huaihua naturally would not refuse.

Anyway, Qin Huairu was also buried together with Cao Wei.

Next came Sha Zhu's family.

Sha Zhu also passed away without any illness or pain. He passed away peacefully. He was still laughing with his little grandson early in the morning and passed away during a nap in the afternoon.

After leaving, Erzhu, also known as He Chen, found Cao Xiucheng with Shazhu's instructions.

According to Sha Zhu, this house should be given directly to the Cao family.

The reason is also very simple.

The contract for Sha Zhu's shop was returned to him by Cao Wei. For Sha Zhu, this was his way of repaying the favor.

Neither family is short of money or has any work to do.

Cao Xiucheng didn't give any money, but he did help the He family's children with their studies. This was considered a courtesy.

It's unexpected.

In this courtyard, the one who persisted to the end was Yan Jiecheng.

According to Cao Wei's intention, after the three uncles and aunts left, they probably left too.

But no one would have expected that the couple actually lived in a courtyard house.

That’s not a big deal, at least you still have a neighbor to chat with.

Yan Jiecheng's family was not so peaceful either.

Yan Jiecheng went to check it out a few years ago and found some problems. It was not until he was middle-aged that he and Yu Li had a child.

Eventually, the couple had two children and stopped having children.

The eldest and second child are both boys.

The bad thing is caused by these two people.

The couple opened three hot pot restaurants.

There are two children.

The problem is how to distribute this.

After all the talk and discussion, no one was in a good mood in the end.

In the end, I didn’t know how to discuss it.

The house here belongs to the second son.

The second son didn't want to live in this place either. To be honest, he just wanted to see if he could wait for the place to be demolished.

Cao Xiucheng was willing to take over the yard, he knew it, there was a lot of money here, but the problem was that the money for demolition was much higher than the current price. This wait lasted for so many years. The health of the second son was not good, and now the second son's child in the Yan family was also making trouble.

He made up his mind and decided not to keep it.

Sell ​​it.

As long as I sell it, I won’t have to worry about so much when the money is split.

So, it finally fell into Cao Xiucheng's hands.

"Hey, wife." Cao Xiucheng turned and looked at Ji Fufu.

"how?"

"How about we move here and bring Nian Nian and Le Yao. Dad used to love drinking tea under that big tree, and I want to feel the same way, too."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Ji Fufu nodded: "The backyard is very nicely tidied up by my mother, and it's suitable for us to live in."

The two walked towards the backyard while planning their future.

A gust of wind blew, and the big tree in the backyard made a rustling sound.

Cao Xiucheng walked over and touched the tree trunk with his hand.

Some trance.

It seems like many years ago.

My father was making tea under a big tree, with the first uncle, the third uncle and Uncle He sitting next to him.

Several people were discussing the age of this old tree.

The old man said that it was there before he came to this yard. If you really want to know when it was planted, you have to ask the deaf old lady.

Deaf old lady...

That's a really old name.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Think of a deaf old lady."

"what?"

"You may not know this, but the room where Master and Madam lived was not originally ours. It belonged to the owner of this compound."

"Did this compound have an owner before?"

"Of course not. I heard that this compound..."

Cao Xiucheng told his wife the story of the compound's past.

Holding his wife's hand, he sat down next to the stove that hadn't been taken care of for a long time. There were no cobwebs on it, but they would hire someone to clean it up every once in a while. There were also some coals next to it.

He picked up a piece with a clip and searched in his pocket, but did not take out a lighter because he did not have the habit of smoking.

Ji Fufu stood up, walked into the house, took out a lighter, and said as she walked, "There are quite a few lighters in the house. Auntie put them all in the plate at the door."

"Yes, at home, Sister E and Dad are heavy smokers, and Huairu's mom smokes a little too. In the past, they used matches, and now they use lighters. They are always indispensable."

Under the big tree, as time passed, the voices of the two people talking became clearer and clearer.

It seemed as if they were the only two people left in the whole yard.

after awhile.

Cao Nian walked in from the Moon Gate. Seeing Cao Xiucheng, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and sat down: "Brother, I want a cup too, to taste your cooking skills."

"it is good."

Cao Leyao walked into the backyard in a hurry: "Brother, you bought it? Oh, you still have the mood to drink tea? I'll have a cup too."

"Sister, don't you dislike tea?"

"That was in the past. Now, it's not bad to drink occasionally."

"Yeah, I said Huigan is particularly good."

"Ah?! You all are here?!" Huaihua entered the Moon Gate, saw a few people, and came over.

"Sister Huaihua? Come on, let's have some tea together."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it! I'm very good at it. I learned it from my dad for a long time."

A gust of wind blew gently, and at this moment, it was just like the past...

(End of the book)