Chapter 18 Sha Zhu cooks and Qin Huairu comes to ask for meat (Part )
"Eat your food~ Yushui sister, look at what your brother is doing? Pick up whatever you want to eat, you look so skinny, come and try the braised pork your brother made~"

He picked up a piece for Yu Shui with chopsticks and put it into the other person's bowl. He felt relieved when he saw Yu Shui start to eat it.

Then he said to Sha Zhu who was busy in the kitchen:

"Hurry up, Pillar!"

The pillar in the kitchen replied:
"You guys eat first, don't wait for me. I'll heat up the chicken on the stove and add some dried mushrooms to stew!"

Liu Zhiye was not polite and didn't wait for him any longer, picking up a piece of braised pork.

The meat is red, shiny and trembling. It should be eaten while it is hot. The first bite is to feel the skin, then gently cut it down vertically with your teeth. The bottom layer is fat, which is absolutely fat but not greasy. The next layer is lean meat, which melts in your mouth. The next layer is another layer of fat, followed by another layer of lean meat. The layers are clear, but there are no sharp edges.

The aroma of braised pork is very strong, with a hint of sugar and the aroma of barbecued meat. The meat is tender and melts in your mouth. It is really wonderful. As the saying goes, "This taste should only exist in heaven, and it is rare to see it in the world."

Well~ compared to the braised pork made with pork in later generations, it is not the same.

It was already late at this time and every household was eating dinner at the table.

"Wow! It smells so good!"

"Whose little chicken is this? Oh my goodness~ It smells so irritating~"

Like Xu Damao in the backyard, he started to curse:
"Fuck~ It's him again, I have to get a chicken when I go to the countryside tomorrow~"

A child said: "Mom! Can you make us a chicken tomorrow?"

His mother said: "I think you look like a chicken..."

At the second uncle Liu Haizhong's house, a family of four was having dinner. Liu Haizhong slammed the wine glass hard on the table.

"This idiot, look at how capable he is~ stewing chicken with mushrooms. I don't know where he stole it from~"

Said to the second aunt: "Go and fry me an egg to go with the wine."

Brothers Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian also said:
"Mom, fry some for both of us. We haven't eaten eggs for a long time. We have forgotten what they taste like."

The second aunt's face darkened and she stretched out her hand:
"Want some eggs? Sure, give me the money!"

Liu Guangfu threw his chopsticks down in anger:
"I don't want to eat it anymore. What kind of parents are you? You ask your child for money just because he wants to eat an egg?"

The second uncle Liu Haizhong didn't tolerate his bad habits and picked up a bamboo broom to hit him. Liu Guangfu was so scared that he didn't dare to eat and ran away.

In the front yard, the third uncle Yan Bugui's house. The eldest brother Yan Jiefang said:

"Mom, we eat cabbage steamed bread every day, and there's not a bit of oil in the dishes. When can we have meat?"

Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi beside them nodded vigorously, obviously agreeing with what their eldest brother said.

The three aunts said:

"Forget about eating meat. We are lucky to have a full meal. Your father makes only 30 yuan a month. What can he do with it? It's hard enough to support you and your siblings."

The third uncle Yan Bugui said with a hard heart: "Why don't you go and make some frangipani and give them some, so that they can have some fat in their stomachs."

Yan Jiefang said disappointedly:
"Dad, you are so stingy. You eat an egg separately?"

Yan Bugui:
"You won't be poor if you don't have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, but you will be poor if you don't plan well!"

"Learn something, you guys!"

At the old Jia's house, the family ate steamed corn bread, which looked like cabbage stalks boiled in water, in silence.

Perhaps it was because he smelled the aroma of the stewed chicken that he suddenly found the steamed bread hard to swallow. Jia Dongxu said with a pale face:

"Mom, please go buy some meat tomorrow. I do manual labor every day, so it won't work if I don't have some meat."

The stick next to it:
"Grandma~ Grandma, I want to eat meat too~ I want to eat meat too~"

Jia Zhang: "Okay, okay, my dear grandson, I'll go buy it tomorrow~"

It would be fine if I didn't say it, but once I said it, I got excited. :
"No~No~I want to eat now~"

Jia Zhang was dumbfounded: "Where am I going to go in the middle of the night to prepare meat for you?"

Banggeng threw away his chopsticks, fell to the ground, and started rolling around, crying and shouting for meat.

Qin Huairu, who was standing by, went over and grabbed the stick and hit him twice on the buttocks. Seeing that things were not going well, the stick ran to Jia Zhangshi for shelter, and even with the protection he continued to make trouble.

Qin Huai Ruru was at a loss now.

Jia Zhang cursed loudly:
"This damn idiot, he doesn't even know how to cook meat and share some with his neighbors. He doesn't know how to respect the elderly and love the young. Doesn't he know that our dog is still growing and needs nutrition?"

Qin Huairu, who was standing by, felt that this was shameless and rolled her eyes, thinking, "With your character, why would I send you meat? What are you thinking?"

Seeing the commotion, Jia Dongxu lost his appetite for a moment. He said he didn't want to eat anymore, threw down his chopsticks, and went into the inner room.

Jia Zhang was at her wit's end when Bang Geng made such a fuss that she saw Qin Huairu standing there in a daze. She rolled her eyes and said:
"Huairu, this silly Zhu is usually the closest to you, why don't you go and borrow some meat for Banggeng to eat?" Qin Huairu couldn't believe her ears, and looked at her mother-in-law with wide eyes:

"Lend me some meat. How can I ask you for that?"

Qin Huairu still had to save face at this moment. After all, Jia Dongxu had not been hung on the wall yet, and his life was not so embarrassing, and he had not been forced to that point. This was the first time she heard that cooked meat could be eaten.

"So what? At worst we can cook him meat and return it to him later."

"Mom, I'm not going. You go if you want to go. I'm embarrassed to ask for things so late at night."

"Well~ you Qin Huairu. How can you be so cruel? Your son hasn't eaten meat for a long time, ah~ you as a mother don't feel sorry for him at all~"

"Mom, why don't I feel bad? Can't I buy it tomorrow?"

"No! I have to give it to my eldest grandson tonight."

Then he said loudly: "Are you going or not? You want to piss me off. You won't be satisfied until I'm pissed off to death, right?"

Qin Huairu couldn't help but with tears in her eyes: "Mom, don't be angry, can't I go~"

After Sha Zhu served the stewed chicken with mushrooms, he took a tray and placed a large soup bowl on it, with some meat and vegetables in the bowl, and asked Yu Shui to deliver it to the deaf old lady in the backyard.

He also explained to Liu Zhiye that this deaf old lady usually took good care of him and his sister. Ever since his father, He Daqing, ran away with a widow named Bai a few years ago, apart from the uncle and aunt in the courtyard, this deaf old lady was the best to them. Whenever Zhuzi got into trouble, it was the old lady who settled it. The deaf old lady protected Zhuzi like her own grandson. People are all made of flesh and blood, so Zhuzi also took care of the old lady as his own grandmother, and thought of the old lady first when he had something delicious to eat and drink.

After a while, when Yu Shui came back from the backyard, before he entered the house, he saw Qin Huairu hesitating at the door of their house, wanting to knock but then backing off.

He said to her strangely:
"Sister Qin, is there something wrong? Why don't you come in?"

Qin Huairu usually has a good relationship with her brother and sister, and takes good care of her. Yushui's mother passed away early, and her father abandoned her brother and sister. Her brother is a big boy and inevitably doesn't take good care of her. Since Qin Huairu came to this courtyard, she has taken care of her like a sister. So He Yushui has a very good impression of her and treats her as her own sister.

He immediately took Qin Huairu's hand and went into the house.

In the room, Liu Zhiye and Sha Zhu were drinking enthusiastically. They took off their coats and wore only small sweatshirts in the middle of the night, drinking with their bare chests.

Seeing He Yushui pulling Qin Huairu in, he was wondering how they got together.

When Sha Zhu saw that it was Qin Huairu, his eyes lit up, "Hey~ Sister Qin is here, come in and sit down~"

"Sister Qin, have you eaten~"

"Would you like to eat something together?"

Liu Zhiye also saw Qin Huairu coming in, and he had no choice but to say hello.

"Yes. Sister Qin Zhuzi just cooked the chicken and mushroom stew. It's still hot. Let's have some together."

Qin Huairu looked at the table full of dishes, including braised pork, spicy boiled fish, chicken stewed with mushrooms, spicy stir-fried potato shreds, stir-fried cabbage with meat, and a plate of smashed cucumbers. Especially the big pot of boiled fish:
There was a layer of hot white steam floating above, and the fish aroma and peppery flavor were overwhelming. The aroma of boiled fish is extremely tempting, making people swallow their saliva secretly and salivate directly.

Qin Huairu hadn't eaten much to begin with, and seeing these dishes and smelling the aroma that filled the room, how could she bear it? Her throat was filled with saliva, and she swallowed it violently involuntarily.

She was just about to climb up the pole and agree to eat together, when she saw Liu Zhiye's half-smiley face. She didn't know what was going on in her heart, and she said in a panic:
"No, no, I've already eaten. You guys eat, don't worry about me. I'll just sit for a while and then leave."

Sha Zhu: "Sister Qin, you're welcome. What's the matter with you coming here tonight?"

Qin Huairu opened her mouth, her face flushed with embarrassment: "None~"

"Hey~Hey!"

The rain on the side came quickly:

"Sister Qin, what's wrong with you? Why are you still hesitating? Just say what you want to say."

"I'm so anxious!"

Qin Huairu is such a good actor. She cried as soon as she said it. She looked so pitiful and said:
"Then I'll be honest and say it, Brother Zhuzi, can you lend me some meat? My family is in financial difficulty, and we eat cornmeal steamed bread every day, and we don't have a single drop of oil in our stomachs."

"Bang Geng and the others can't eat this much, and they're clamoring for meat. I have no choice but to come to you for help~"

I have to say that this actor's acting skills are amazing. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time. If he were born in the future, he would definitely beat those so-called movie queens and TV queens.

What kind of words are you talking about? Your family eats steamed bread every day, but do other families eat meat and fish every day? And your children can't eat steamed bread and want to eat meat, but your children are precious.

Liu Zhiye also really saw it, no wonder this person was able to evolve into a white lotus and a vampire later. This person really has the capital, the appearance is good, the acting skills are good, and he can fool those old perverts!
When Sha Zhu heard what it was, he said, "Hey! I thought it was something else, isn't it just that the child wants to eat some meat? It's nothing, Sister Qin, just wait~"

As he said this, he went to the kitchen and fetched a large white porcelain bowl with blue patterns, and filled it up with braised chicken and fish.

Qin Huairu took the bowl, smiled at Sha Zhu, and said thank you. Sha Zhu's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth, not knowing what he was thinking. Before leaving, she smiled at Liu Zhiye rather embarrassedly, then twisted her big butt and walked away in a charming manner.

Liu Zhiye joked to Sha Zhu:

"Hey~ Hey, come back to your senses. You're still looking at me, your eyes are about to fall off my body~"

Seeing Liu Zhiye making fun of her and Qin Huairu, this silly Zhu explained:
"Hi~ Sister Qin, this is my sister, we know each other very well. Eat the food~ Don't let it get cold~"

(End of this chapter)