The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 301, New Year's Eve

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and New Year’s Eve soon arrived.

The dark clouds that had lingered in the imperial capital for several days finally slowly dispersed, and a rare sunny day appeared on New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, the entire courtyard was busy, and every household was busy removing dust and snow, pasting Spring Festival couplets, and hanging lanterns.

The family of the third master in the east wing of the front yard even set up a battle in the front yard early, with pens, inks, papers and inkstones all available, just waiting for the wealthy guests to come to the door.

No, before Li Weiguo went out, the third master sent Yan Xiecheng to ask for instructions.

"Brother Wei Guo, happy Chinese New Year, my dad asked me to ask you, do you want to help you prepare the Spring Festival couplets?"

Yan Jiecheng rubbed his hands with a smile, and waited for Li Weiguo to nod and bill him.

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Happy Chinese New Year, okay, then please ask the third master to write a festive sticker for me. I won't pay the finishing fee, can I give you two liang of peanuts?"

"Hey, I'm so kind, thank you, Brother Wei, please be well, I'll make sure I get it done for you, and I'll post it for you later."

Yan Xiecheng was overjoyed immediately, it didn't matter if he had money or not, anyway, it wouldn't fall into his pocket anyway, but it would be great to get two taels of peanuts, and he could get a few when he took it home.

Moreover, peanuts are an oil material that is in short supply. During the Spring Festival, each household in the imperial capital can only buy half a catty (including the skin) with the non-staple food book. fee.

"Okay, I'll trouble you, please explain."

Li Weiguo smiled, and didn't care much about the three melons and two dates, so he took out the two taels of peanuts left over from the previous few days and handed them over to him.

Peanuts and melon seeds have long been his freedom. Since he got the secret space, he has found a way to get all the crop seeds that can be found in the imperial capital. Basically, there is no shortage of such materials.

Yan Xiecheng took a small bowl of shelled peanuts from Li Weiguo, grinned happily, thanked him, and left in a hurry.

The benefits of Lao Yan's family are in place, and the work is quite neat. Not long after Yan Jiecheng returned with the peanuts, a newly written couplet written by the third uncle was quickly delivered to him.

Shanglian: A year full of good luck.

The second couplet: All the best and spring in the house.

Horizontal batch: Chunmanhuatang

Li Weiguo was not allowed to do anything, and the old Yan's service was in place throughout the whole process. Yan Jiecheng took Yan Jiefang to carry a pair of ladders, and Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi, two children, helped to apply the paste. The old couplets that were torn out were cleaned up.

Li Weiguo went out and took a look. Not to mention, the couplets were posted upright with no flaws at all, so he was not stingy and gave each of the brothers and sisters a candy as a reward.

After dismissing the attentive four brothers and sisters of the Yan family, Li Weiguo also picked up the broom and started cleaning.

Life needs a sense of ritual. It's New Year's Eve, no matter how clean the house is, you have to sweep it twice.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the time came, Li Weiguo got on his car and went straight to Heizhima Hutong to pick up the old man for New Year's dinner.

He made an agreement with the old man when the salary was closed earlier, and the two of them will spend the New Year together in the future. The old man has no objection, and everything is arranged by him.

After leaving the yard and riding for 2 minutes, Li Weiguo soon arrived at the door of the old man's house.

Without knocking, he just pushed the door open and shouted, "Master, I'm here to pick you up."

"Okay, here we come."

In the main room, the old man responded, and quickly came out of the room with a large package.

Li Weiguo looked at the things in his hand and knew that he was still the same as last year. He was worried about burdening him and wanted to bring food to subsidize him.

But this time, no matter what Li Weiguo said, he wouldn't let him take it with him.

"Master, how many times have I told you that you don't need to bring anything, you can just keep it for yourself. I have everything ready, and we don't lack anything."

"You bring something to eat, are you treating me like an outsider?"

These days, rations are rationed, and it is understandable to bring food stamps when you come to eat at home, but it is out of the question to bring your own ingredients.

With a straight face, Li Weiguo took the package from him without saying a word and put it back in the house for him.

Seeing that his apprentice was unhappy, Mr. Wang smiled coquettishly and explained: "Hey, isn't it because of the recent shortage of supplies? My comrades just gave me a few cans of military canned meat, and I plan to take them over to add some vegetables."

Li Weiguo secretly rolled his eyes, and said speechlessly: "When did you see that I was short of meat, so worry about it."

"Okay, okay, if you don't take it, I won't take it, hehehe"

Mr. Wang smiled cheerfully, knowing that he had a special connection, but he couldn't resist his filial piety, so he simply stopped insisting.

After putting away the package, he took his master out and locked the courtyard door. Within a few minutes, Li Weiguo drove Mr. Wang back to the courtyard.

Back at the house in the front yard, he pushed his bicycle under the eaves and parked it. Li Weiguo took out a small sack that he had prepared in advance, and took the old man straight to Shazhu's house in the middle courtyard.

There are not many things in the sack, just a big fat rabbit weighing twelve catties and a big silver carp weighing four catties, and the rest are some miscellaneous vegetables produced by the space itself, which are used for Sha Zhu to play freely.

This year, due to material supply issues, there are not many things that everyone can buy. In the past, the most important part of the Chinese New Year was refining lard, and there were only a few people who killed chickens and ducks. The whole yard felt less lively than before, so eating I can only make do with it, so as not to be too showy and make people jealous.

When they arrived at the main room in the middle courtyard, they led Master Wang Zhenhai into the house. They saw that Shazhu and his wife were already busy in the main room with rain. They were making steamed buns and making dumplings while chatting. They were very busy.

"Brother Zhu, sister-in-law, my master is here." Li Weiguo called out when he entered the room.

Seeing that it was Mr. Wang who came, Shazhu, his wife and Yushui stopped what they were doing, and stood up to greet him: "Yo, Mr. Wang is here, welcome, please sit down, Yushui will pour tea soon."

"Hey, okay, Master Wang, please sit down for a moment." Yuyu patted the flour on his hands and quickly went to get a thermos to make tea.

"Hey, there's no need to work, I'm not thirsty, the pillars, the rain, you can just do your business."

Mr. Wang waved his hands with a smile, and then asked: "Do you need me to help the old man?"

"No, it's almost finished. Just sit down for a while and have a sip of tea. We can have dinner soon." Silly Zhu laughed.

"Okay, then I'll wait for the big meal. I ate your small stove last year, and I've been thinking about it all the time, hahaha." Mr. Wang took the tea from Yushui and said with a cheerful smile.

"Hey, thank you for the compliment. Don't worry, I will definitely try my best to satisfy you today, hahaha."

Hearing that his culinary skills were recognized, Sha Zhu immediately burst into laughter from ear to ear. The reason for studying cooking skills for so long is just for praise from diners.

After the old man and Silly Zhu and the others had exchanged greetings, Li Weiguo put the sack in his hand directly on the dining table and said, "Brother Zhu, everything is here. I leave it to you."

Shazhu couple and Yushui's eyes lit up, and they hurried over.

The bag was opened, and what came into view was a big white rabbit weighing about ten kilograms, which had been knocked out, and was lying in the sack and sleeping soundly.

There are also a large silver carp and about ten pounds of various vegetables, as well as various ingredients such as onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, and Sichuan peppercorns.

"Wow, what a fat rabbit and silver carp, today is a blessing."

Yu Yu, the greedy little cat, exclaimed and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, already a little impatient.

"Okay, leave it to me. I'll make you a whole braised rabbit meat, spicy diced rabbit, and a steamed silver carp. I'm sure you'll be satisfied. How about it?" The moment Sha Zhu saw the ingredients, he immediately asked Itchy hands.

In the past two years, due to the scarcity of ingredients, there have been fewer and fewer opportunities to make small stoves in the canteen and take on private jobs outside. Silly Zhu feels that his skills have declined. Now it is just right, there are good things that he can use to his fullest extent.

"Okay, you are the chef in charge, you have the final say." Mr. Wang nodded with a smile, and Li Weiguo and the others had no objection.

After discussing the dishes, he was no longer required to make steamed buns and dumplings. Silly Zhu put on an apron, picked up the rabbit and threw it on the stove floor. Then he took the kitchen knife and enamel basin and prepared to skin, bleed and disembowel the rabbit.

After all, Shazhu is a professional. Not long after, this rabbit master who was still sleeping was killed by him. By the way, he also got a good-looking rabbit skin, which is snow-white and snow-white, without any variegation, which is really beautiful.

"Wow, this rabbit skin is so big and white, Brother Wei, how about I make you a scarf?"

After making the dumplings, Yu Yu ran over happily carrying the freshly peeled rabbit skin.

Li Weiguo glanced at the white rabbit fur in her hand, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I have the scarf, why don't you keep it for a hat."

"I don't have to, it's too wasteful." Yuyu refused.

Her heart was now focused on Li Weiguo. How could she be willing to use such a good rabbit skin for herself.

Li Weiguo joked, "Why don't you use it? When you lined up to buy vegetables a few days ago, you almost turned into a village girl. Wouldn't it be good to make you a winter hat?"

As soon as he mentioned the village girl's style, Xiao Nizi immediately became embarrassed. This is a dark history that cannot be erased, and it is unbearable to look back.

"Hahaha" everyone laughed.

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　　Originally, I wanted to rest for two days, just to be lazy, but looking at the situation, I can’t even rest if I want to, so I’d better forget it, and I’ll make an account for you first, and then rest when I want to rest, quack quack O(∩_∩)O~
　　
　
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