Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

When Cao Wei's hand gently wiped away Qin Huairu's tears.

Qin Huairu came back to her senses. She stared at Cao Wei blankly, as if in a daze.

"What's wrong? You're crying while eating noodles." Cao Wei asked softly.

Qin Huairu only reacted at this time.

Qin Huairu!!!

What are you doing!!!

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! ! !

She lowered her head and looked at the floor tiles beneath her feet, wondering if she could dig out a piece and bury herself with it.

She felt that her face was burning at this moment. She didn't know why, but she was thinking about a lot of things. How could she think of living a life in vain while eating a bowl of noodles?

She felt like she was suffocating.

Cao Wei put his hands on her shoulders.

She shuddered violently and raised her head involuntarily.

Then Cao Wei's smug face appeared on his face: "So what! I said my noodles are so delicious that they'll make you cry!"

After saying that, he gave himself a thumbs up, showing his white teeth, looking like a fool.

"Pfft..." She couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Arrogant." She said coquettishly. She herself didn't expect that such a charming sound could come out of her mouth.

"Tsk, there's nothing wrong with being good at cooking, you're the one crying because of my delicious food."

"You still said that!"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it. You eat yours. You can rest for a while after eating. Later, you will have to work."

"Yeah." Qin Huairu responded in a low voice.

She picked up the chopsticks and ate the noodles slowly. She wanted to eat slowly so that the delicious taste could stay a little longer.

"Huairu."

"Ok?"

"Come to me if you want to eat noodles next time, and I'll make them for you."

Cao Wei walked out of the kitchen with a cigarette in his mouth.

Qin Huairu looked at his back. It was exactly noon. She opened the door and the golden sunlight shone through. It was so dazzling that she could hardly open her eyes.

This time, she didn't answer, but just lowered her head and ate noodles.

It was purring, but the speed was a little faster.

Around five o'clock in the afternoon, the yard gradually became lively.

Wu Hao also came to help in the kitchen.

"Master Cao, let's start the meal at six o'clock sharp. Is that ok?"

"No problem." Cao Wei looked at the time: "It's almost time, let's get moving."

The fire is burning.

Boiled fish, mapo tofu, shredded pork with fish flavor, Kung Pao chicken, beef head in lantern shadow, mouth-watering chicken, and scallops in garlic sauce were served one after another.

Qin Huairu swallowed her saliva while serving the dishes. She felt that she seemed to have cried too early.

The delicious boiled fish, the colorful mapo tofu, and the fish-flavored pork shreds with thick starch, no matter which one, she wanted to try a little bit, just to taste it.

But that wouldn't work, she wasn't a chef.

Cao Wei did taste it, but only to control the taste.

Wu Hao was also enlightened. Cao Wei had said that he could cook dishes, and he thought that these so-called dishes were just the same as before. He had attended the weddings of his colleagues before. Most of those weddings were big pot dishes, mixed together and stewed. This time, he married the daughter of his leader, and his family also supported him.

Knowing that my boss likes Sichuan cuisine, I gritted my teeth and made up my mind to hire a good chef.

Originally, I didn’t think there was any difference between a good chef and an ordinary chef. At most, they just had more face.

But when the bowl of noodles was made at noon, he knew that the treat today was not in vain.

Wow, according to Wu’s father, it felt like he had lived his whole life in vain, as this was the first time he had eaten such a delicious thing.

After all, Wu Hao's family was not wealthy, he just worked hard to make himself successful.

Wu Hao was still a little nervous, wondering whether his father-in-law was satisfied or not.

But as the dishes were served one by one, his confidence grew.

My father-in-law's eyes widened.

"Did you give my dad medicine? He is not like this usually." The bride asked Wu Hao stealthily.

"Hey, didn't you tell my dad that it's delicious? I spent a lot of money to hire a great chef." Wu Hao smiled. The ten dollars for hiring a chef was one thing. The meat and vegetables on the table were what really made him feel bad. Good man, it cost a lot of money to get these meats, and I owed a lot of favors, but it could make my father-in-law's family eat well. That's enough.

The wedding banquet was not as lively as expected.

The wedding process was also quite characteristic of the era. The couple held the Quotations from the Past and Present, recited to each other, and then became revolutionary comrades.

Then it was time to toast.

The difficulties that Wu Hao was worried about did not occur. Everyone ate in silence, and their speed of eating was not slow at all, for fear that if they were any slower, all the food on the table would disappear.

What made Wu Hao laugh and cry was that the steamed buns he prepared were not enough...

I originally thought that there were only about twenty people at two tables and there was no need to eat so many steamed buns. Now, I have to make them again.

Asked the old father to go to the kitchen and give instructions.

Cao Wei responded and started working.

Qin Huairu also helped. She was a little tired at the moment. She had been working intensively since about three o'clock. There were a lot of ingredients to be processed for more than twenty people. Moreover, Cao Wei had high requirements for the processing of ingredients. It took more than two hours to get busy.

Just as I was taking a break, I heard the host asked for more steamed buns.

Well, keep going.

"You go and have a rest, I'll do it, it's just a few steamed buns." Cao Wei waved his hand.

"That's impossible. I got paid."

Cao Wei chuckled and whispered, "I feel bad."

Qin Huairu was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what she heard. "What?"

"I feel sorry for you."

Qin Huairu:? ? ?

Seeing the surprised look on her face, Cao Wei pointed at the things on the stove behind her and said, "Here, I agreed with the host to cut some of the vegetables for dinner. Also, I'll make another portion for you to take back."

Qin Huairu was a little flustered at this moment, and she didn't know what to say.

We can only pretend that Cao Wei never said: "Oh, oh, okay."

She opened the lid in a hurry, and then she fell silent.

There was only one plate, not a big one, but each dish was carefully divided and separated, as if he sensed that she wanted to eat, and left a little of each dish. If it was a careless or less attentive chef, he would probably just take one dish at random, take more, anyway, it's just a dish, eat it with steamed buns. But Cao Wei carefully left every dish.

He is a cook, so naturally he doesn't care.

So it goes without saying who these dishes are for.

At this moment, Qin Huairu felt mixed emotions.