Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

When I knocked on Lou Xiao'e's door.

This woman is in high spirits.

I took a nap during the day, but couldn't fall asleep at night.

When I opened the door, I saw Cao Wei carrying Xu Damao on his back.

She seemed to be used to this and just moved away to let Cao Wei in.

Cao Wei walked in quietly and familiarly, went to the bedroom, and put Xu Damao down.

Lou Xiao'e leaned against the door and watched quietly.

The moonlight poured into the room through the window. The only sound in the room was Xu Damao's murmurous voice.

"I'm home, good night."

When passing by Lou Xiao'e, Cao Wei lightly touched her lips and said good night. In her slightly surprised look, he left gracefully.

[Positive emotions +888]

Some things are too much, too little. Women are very strange creatures. If you are not obsessed with her body, she thinks you don't love her. If you are overly obsessed with her body, she thinks you only want her body.

Pulling is an art, whether before or after success.

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May 1962, 5, Labor Day, Tuesday.

Speaking of which, the Labor Day of this era is quite unique. Not to mention the famine in previous years, before that, people celebrated May Day with parades.

The streets were packed with people holding red flags and placards. When they arrived at Tiananmen Square, the national anthem was played and 28 cannon salutes were fired.

In later times, it is hard to imagine such a scene. What is hard to imagine is not its scale, but the spirit of the people.

The vigorous spirit in it was enough to make one's blood boil. Cao Wei was so excited that he killed two more fish that night after returning home. He was then scolded by Liu Sandao.

"I haven't been out on a festival like this for a long time." Qin Huairu couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the sky was just getting light and people were gradually starting to see the road.

She followed behind Cao Wei with light steps.

Today is the host’s wedding day.

In this era, most marriages are chosen during holidays. When is a holiday? When is an auspicious day? Of course, I don’t know whether they will check the date in private, but at least on the surface, they say that holidays are good days.

"We don't have time to go check it out today. We have a lot of work to do today."

The host's house was a long way from Nanluoguxiang, and it would take about 40 minutes to walk there. It was not too far, but not too close either. They had to get there early.

The banquets of this era are different from those of later generations.

In later generations, cooking skills were basically popularized, and there were a variety of dishes. Take the Sichuan cuisine wedding banquet as an example, there are at least 18 dishes commonly used in wedding banquets. In this era, a normal wedding banquet has about 8 dishes. There is also a saying about wedding banquets of ordinary people: fried cakes, dry sanzi, white flour steamed buns, flower rolls, vermicelli, shredded pork and kelp, all cooked in one pot to make a big stew.

Therefore, a normal cook who goes out to help with wedding banquets actually only gets about one yuan, and if he is very good, he can bring some dishes back. Only people like Sha Zhu who can cook small stir-fried dishes and have good cooking skills can charge more, and the price is not expensive. The price is charged according to how much they cook, and the normal price is in the range of 2-5 yuan. Most of the time, it is yuan, plus meals.

And ten dollars is a sky-high price.

The wedding menu prepared by the expensive chef cannot be just a big stew.

It must reflect its unique value.

The wedding banquet was at night, so Cao Wei set out with his men early in the morning.

Qin Huairu was also happy to come out with Cao Wei.

During the holidays, she actually had nothing to do at home. The only thing she could do was to do housework. Going out with Cao Wei, she could save on lunch and pack some food to take home at night. In the end, she got 50 cents, which was a profit no matter how she calculated it. The most important thing was that Cao Wei was also good-looking and pleasing to the eye, and it was also a pleasure to work with him.

Besides, she was a little curious. She wanted to know what a ten-dollar banquet would be like.

"By the way, Huairu, does our factory have any social gatherings or something like that?" Cao Wei found a topic and started chatting. The whole journey took more than 40 minutes, which was enough time to talk for a while.

"Calling me Sister Qin is disrespectful." Qin Huairu rolled her eyes: "Sodality, there are also, what? Do you want to get married?"

In this era, factories would hold social gatherings from time to time, the purpose of which was naturally to help single people in the factory solve their personal problems. Once you reach this age, if you have not married for a long time, the street office and the factory union will come to ask about your situation and actively introduce you to a partner.

"Of course I want to. A wife, children and a warm bed are what people want in life. I'll be old enough in a few months, so it would be best if I could settle down this year. Hey, Huairu, do you know a lot of people? Introduce me some?"

"I told you to call me Sister Qin." Qin Huairu was speechless: "What kind of person are you looking for?"

“Anything that looks good is fine.”

"Anything that looks good is fine?"

"Well, look, I make 48 yuan a month, plus two yuan in subsidies, and I don't have to support anyone else. I do have a master, and I go to see him during holidays and weekends, but he is much richer than me, so I don't need to support him. That's it, I can never spend it all, so I don't need to find a great wife. I just want a good-looking one, preferably one with a figure similar to yours, and eyes as pretty as yours."

Qin Huairu:......

"Why don't you just ask me for it?"

Qin Huairu regretted what she said. How did she end up here?

"Hey, that's fine. I'm just afraid your mother-in-law won't allow it."

"Go away, let's get down to business. It seems that you are only thinking about beautiful things."

"So? It's just that I didn't meet you before." Cao Wei said nonchalantly, and then changed the subject with a "click": "By the way, He Yuzhu from our courtyard looks quite old, why doesn't he have a wife?"

"He Yuzhu?" Qin Huairu was stunned for a moment: "Oh, you mean Shazhu, you called his name so suddenly that I couldn't react. He is very difficult to find. Director Wang has come many times, and the old man has also helped to find him, but he just doesn't like it."

"Tsk, then I guess it's the same as me."

"As lustful as you?" Qin Huairu said unhappily.

"correct."

"Then you should be naked like him!"

"That's hard to say. He's only thirty-seven dollars and a half, and he's not as good-looking as me."

Qin Huairu:......

She finally discovered that Cao Wei was really shameless!

But what she didn't realize was that as Cao Wei talked and laughed and chatted nonsense, the gap between them that was previously separated by Jia Zhang was gradually repaired...