After only three or two days of hard work, Lao Zhao felt that his cooking skills had become great.

Seeing him cooking in the kitchen decently, Huang Dazhuang looked pleased: "Not bad, yes, when you practice it yourself for a period of time in the future, you will almost be a qualified cook." ”

Lao Zhao was unconvinced: "Am I still helping the cook?"

"If you want to be a chef, you have to have your own ideas, you are learning from me to cook now, and you can cook the same way as me at most. I'm not much of a chef, how much can you learn from me?" Huang explained.

"Anyway, I'll just be satisfied with what I've done. Lao Zhao didn't care about this, and skillfully turned over the celery shredded meat in the wok. "I'll practice this first, and then I can eat what I make later, and then I'll think about something else when I have time. ”

"Well, yes. Huang Dazhuang nodded. "It's the same as you learn, first learn the basics, and then touch the class and start to expand the scope of learning. ”

"It's all the same. Lao Zhao was a little helpless, as soon as he spoke, he couldn't do without his own learning, and he seemed to be a real genius.

Actually, it's not, let's just have a better memory.

It is so happy to have a chef at home, and when eating, a large family sits at the hot table, facing a table of various dishes, especially in a New Year's atmosphere.

There is a little gourmand next to Lao Zhao's stir-fried dishes, Xiao Tuqiang is standing next to him, Lao Zhao will add some to his small bowl after shoveling the dishes, and then the little guy will taste it, and then nod: "My brother's fried dishes are really delicious, the best!"

This little sycophant is hopeless, and he is very well-behaved if he has something to eat. Looking dumbfounded, in fact, not stupid at all, you know what you like to listen to and say anything, although you don't have a lot of vocabulary, but what you turn over and over is to say good and obedient.

"The lotus vegetables should be mastered after the water, and rinsed with cold water after the water, otherwise it will not be brittle. Although Huang Dazhuang modestly said that he was not a chef, his apprentice brother had a hand and specially taught Lao Zhao a lot of more trouble-free dishes.

"Black fungus can't be soaked for a long time, I don't know why, anyway, the master teaches it like this, it's not good to soak it for a long time. ”

"Some white fungus bubbles quickly, it doesn't take too long to ......"

"Shoot cucumbers with good strength, don't think about not using force at once, it's a big deal to shoot a few more times. If you shoot too much, the cucumbers are all bad, and the taste is not good......"

"This vermicelli is also watered, but the dragon's mustard is not good, and that one will be bad as soon as it is cooked, so it needs to be soaked in cold water......"

"Cutting is a lot of practice, and there are not many skills, you have learned it, that is, you practice it yourself. It's okay to practice with radish and sweet potato, radish is cool, sweet potato is porridge, I'm not afraid that you will cut it badly......"

Lao Zhao listened to it quite satisfied, these cold dishes are also troublesome to say, and they need to be boiled in hot water, but they don't need to be cooked, and there is less fume, so it feels very trouble-free.

The key is that when there are few people, a wok to stir-fry, hurry up and make cold dishes here, and a few dishes in one meal can save a lot of time.

What's more, he learned to cook and cook, and he didn't need to post couplets.

Lao Zhao's family is a little thin, and the work of pasting couplets when he is young is Lao Zhao's.

In the countryside, there are many couplets, small doors, kitchens and toilets, including chicken pens and pigsties, and when there was a big yellow dog at home in the past, the dog kennel should also be pasted.

By the way, the wall facing the door is also pasted, and it should be posted on the door to see joy.

Even the board bike and bicycle at home are pasted.

It's not a small task to post so many large and small couplet banners.

At the beginning, Lao Zhao Ke didn't have such good physical strength, first to clean the old couplets, then brush the paste, and then paste the new ones, he had to start work after eating in the morning, and he was busy all day, and his tired arms were sore when he waited for lunch.

It's good this year, he only posted one to his own Tianwang Pavilion, he doesn't care about it at home, and now Zhao Jingshan is busy working with the little fat man outside!

Huang Dani also said that she wanted to post one for all the houses, and Lao Zhao didn't hide it from them now, so she took out a small notebook directly: "You said it was late, if you want to post it all, you have to say it in advance, otherwise there are so many that you can't post it." ”

Huang Dani looked at it and instantly comforted herself: "Anyway, the house is rented out, and the tenant will post it himself......"

......

When he was busy and was about to wash his hands and eat, Lao Zhao answered the phone.

Xiaojun's asked Lao Zhao: "Do you still have the elm money on the tree?"

"It's quite a lot!" said Lao Zhao Le. "It's enough for me to send a few more. ”

This year, there will be no gifts for the holidays, and the gifts will be given to tender elm money.

Lao Zhao felt that it was too good to bring the old elm back to life, there was no need to worry about giving any gifts during the New Year, and everyone who knew it would give some, the only elm money in the city, don't look at it until spring, this thing is worthless, but now it is a mascot.

When Xiao Jun heard this, he became happy: "Didn't that elm tree be published in the newspaper? Now the party program team has found it, saying that this omen is very good, and they want to get some elm money to get the props at the party." Okay, right?"

"Okay!" he spoke, Lao Zhao could say no!

"Have you eaten then? Wait for us to get over and maybe take a few shots." Xiaojun said.

"I just started eating, will I finish it later?"

"Okay!"

Huang Dani waited for him to finish answering the phone, and couldn't help muttering: "It's so unusual! Isn't it just a tree sprouting!"

She is also concerned about the chaos, if this thing is not done by her son, then she may also join in the fun to take a look. But it was her son's handiwork, and she was a little worried.

But it can't be done, I was afraid of going out at first, but I turned around and reported it.

In fact, many reporters have been looking for this tree in the past few days, but Lao Zhao is not there except to sleep, and no one can find him.

There are also a lot of idlers asking around, some are curious, some want to get some blessings - in fact, there are quite a few people who think so, and I haven't seen some places where some slightly abnormal events have occurred, and there are people who go to worship them!

Fortunately, the newspaper does not go into details.

No matter how unprofessional Si Weiwei is, she knows that she can't just tell Lao Zhao's address. In other words, there is a family near Houhai, so the inquirer is wandering around Houhai.

But the haunted house was big enough, and the tree was not tall enough to be seen from the outside.

......

After eating, Lao Zhao drove over, parked the car directly in the backyard, and then went to the front yard to open the door.

As a result, I was startled when I opened the door, and the battle was not small!

Those who carried cameras, those with cameras, and a few who seemed to be in charge were talking to Xiaojun and Si Weiwei.

Lao Zhao was still a little embarrassed: "Why don't you come over and make a call, I'm not far away......"

"Isn't it embarrassing!" Xiao Jun is more embarrassed than him, this is a bit of a loss. "I'm afraid of bothering you, according to the rules, this meal at noon today will officially be the New Year. ”

"Come on in, thank you. Lao Zhao opened the door and let people in.

In fact, there are a few idlers who look at the excitement at a glance, and there are two old Zhao who are familiar, the aunt and uncle of the neighborhood committee.

But these are all neighbors, and if you don't look up and look down, you can't say that you won't let people in. Anyway, there's nothing in the yard, it doesn't matter.

The TV station is polite, and one of them wants to ask about the origin of this tree or something, and it is estimated that he wants to pull some historical allusions or something, but Lao Zhao doesn't know when he asks - this house didn't even have an official owner before, and it stands to reason that such a big house should be able to pull some origins, and no one knows.

A large number of people studied around the tree for a long time, filmed several laps, and posed for a shot, an actress in ancient costumes sat under the tree, and a guzheng was placed in front of her, and she played a short clip and filmed it.

After the snow, the haunted house is still very beautiful, the snow on the roof covers all the rags, revealing a little tile, and a green tree in front of it, which looks quite meaningful.

It's just that this tree is a bit miserable, and a lot of elm money has been swept away, and Lao Zhao is too ruthless, and a few branches have been wiped out.

So photographers work hard to find the perfect lens everywhere.

It took a lot of time to toss and turn, and this one was filmed.

Then a TV station manager came over, a little embarrassed: "Mr. Zhao, we came here to prepare a little insufficient, originally we just wanted to give some material rewards, but seeing that you have been busy for so long, I'm very embarrassed, there are a few tickets to the party......"

Xiaojun is happy on the side, in fact, he knows some of these routines, the party program team comes to take a scene, if ordinary people just mean it, some don't even have to be meaningful, and they are honored.

So the TV station was going to give a few hundred dollars at the beginning, and the meaning was justified.

As a result, when I saw Si Weiwei at the beginning, and then looked at the car driven by Xiaojun, a few people in charge knew that I was afraid that the money was not easy to come up with. When I came to Lao Zhao's door, I realized that I really couldn't get it.

It's better not to give this amount of money to others. I didn't give a pure help, after all, it was a party, there were many people watching it, and everyone wanted the show to be good, so it didn't matter.

If you want to take out this money, you may even offend people.

Everything is good in the capital, but it is easy to offend people who can't afford to offend, so you have to be careful.

This ticket was made up by these few stewards who came. Originally, they all promised people, or they were left for their families, but now they are in a hurry, so they will take out the emergency.

Lao Zhao was quite happy when he heard that there was an unexpected joy.

Although he didn't think it would be good to go to the scene, he would be happy to think that his mother would be happy!

When Xiao Jun saw that Lao Zhao was happy, he knew that he had an appetite for him, and the guilt in his heart was suddenly a lot less.

As soon as those people left, he came over and handed over the car keys: "The car is back to you, it's the New Year, you can drive it yourself!"

Lao Zhao didn't care: "You open it, no one will open it now anyway." Now you can help me run in, and I can rest assured that my girlfriend will open it for her when the college entrance examination is over. ”

"No, it's not open. "The little army is very neat. "What's the New Year! What are you running in someone's car? I haven't given you a New Year's greeting yet, there are some things left for you in the car, so you can get it yourself. ”

"Okay!" Lao Zhao didn't say anything polite to him, for them, something is an attitude, whether it is precious or not.

......

After sending Xiaojun away, Lao Zhao went to drive the roadside car at the gate.

As a result, the aunt and uncle of the neighborhood committee hadn't left yet, and when they saw him, they came over and asked, "You are Zhao Qiwu, right? Isn't the house being renovated over there yours? Why are you living here again?"

At the beginning, Lao Zhao was still registered in the neighborhood committee, and other people's home committees may not be able to remember it, but a few households in a big house like him can be remembered clearly.

Lao Zhao explained: "This side is also mine now, I forgot to register." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, we'll just ask, and I'll just make it up to you later. This house has been empty for a long time, and I heard that it was sold some time ago, and I haven't seen you in it. The uncle of the neighborhood committee said with a smile.

"I often run back and forth, it's hard work, I've seen it too, I don't even have a cup of tea, make up for it another day. Lao Zhao said politely. "Happy New Year to the two of you!"

"Happy New Year!" the two of them picked up in an instant. "It's a good car, drive slower. Happy New Year!"

That's all it takes for the New Year, no matter what you say when you meet, when you say a good New Year, you will feel like there are almost a lot of people in an instant.

Lao Zhao got into the car and drove for a while before paying attention to the things piled up behind.

A few boxes of wine, a few gift boxes, he didn't care, just drove home and drove it.

When I got home, I called the little fat man to help carry things.

The dumplings are made at home, and it is enough to bring the four female generals with their grandmothers, Zhao Jingshan and Huang Dazhuang are idle, and they also go out when they hear the greeting.

Huang Dazhuang looked at the pile of things and was happy: "Who gave this here? The wine is not bad, Lao Maotai." ”

"Why don't you say I bought it!" Lao Zhao joked. "Uncle is here, nephew is going to order some good wine to entertain you!"

"You can't buy it!" Huang Dazhuang asserted. "This old Maotai is quite valuable, but it is not sold on the market now. The cigarettes over there, and those two boxes, you didn't see that they all have special offerings written on them, where are you going to buy them?"

"You still know!" Lao Zhao gave a thumbs up. "We don't smoke, so I'll give you Dad, smoke it leisurely. ”

Lao Zhao happily took it out, usually he was reluctant to buy good cigarettes, and he didn't dare to buy more, and he was cleaned up if he bought too much. Now there are a few that don't need money, and you can take them out openly, which is very beautiful.

Lao Zhao didn't look at other things, he didn't like to drink wine, and he didn't smoke cigarettes. Those supplements were sent to their homes, and they were of little use.

The little fat man's words are more representative of him: "There are so many things, you didn't order them for me?"

Huang Dazhuang is different from his son, he is quite happy anyway, and Lao Zhao walked into the house with his things, muttering as he walked: "Brother-in-law, let's have some drinks at night?"

"Drink some!" Zhao Jingshan nodded happily.

There is hope for the future, everyone's morale is high, the atmosphere is good, this year is called the New Year!

Lao Zhao followed: "I'm afraid I won't be able to drink at night!"

Huang Dazhuang turned his head: "What's the matter? What else do you want to do?"

"Isn't it just now that the party program team went to shoot the elm tree!" Lao Zhao smiled and solved the puzzle. "Gave a couple of tickets to the gala. ”

"Really?" Huang Dazhuang was stunned and didn't leave.

"Really, I'm going to show you. "Lao Zhao is also carrying things, so I can't take them out for him.

"I'll take a look, I'll see, the party ticket ......" The little fat man became excited. "Can I go to see the scene with it? I'm going to see the diva, I'm going to go, I'm going to ......."

"It's not necessarily enough, just give a few, let the adults go, let's forget about it, we children will have a chance in the future." Lao Zhao said.

It's really not enough, so I gave four, which is already the largest amount that a few people in charge can make up, and people have to compensate people when they turn around, and they don't know if they have to go to the scene with fewer people in their own family.

The little fat man was depressed.

When he entered the courtyard, he shouted: "My brother got a ticket for the party, and there is no ...... for me."

"What?" Huang Dani and Wu Tong were all excited.

Lao Zhao's grandmother and second aunt were not excited—they didn't know what it was!

Lao Zhao happily took out the four admission tickets: "The few people who came to shoot just now gave it, let's have dinner early, and you can take it later! ”

When I heard that the time was tight, everyone couldn't care about being excited.

Huang Dani asked, "Isn't this ticket enough to go?"

"Just four, you discuss who is going. Lao Zhao said.

"Alas, that's not enough!" Huang Dani sighed, and then looked at the ticket and hesitated, look at this and that.

Grandma was the first to speak: "I won't join in the fun, you go and you ......"

Huang Dazhuang interrupted his mother's words: "Isn't that right? Mom, you and my sister, as well as Xiaotong and Xiao'e, you are together." It's just four, and you can also bring a small picture strong. Children shouldn't want tickets, right?"

Xiao Tuqiang's ears instantly rose when he heard his name: "What are you going to do, is there anything delicious?"

"What about me?" the little fat man was anxious. "What about me, what about me!"

"You follow and try, and if people let you in, you will enter, and if you are not allowed to enter, you will come out again. Lao Zhao said with a smile. "Anyway, you're still young, you can go again if you want to see it next year!"

"That's not going to work!" the little fat man grabbed a telegrapher. "There is a diva this year!"

Huang Dazhuang slapped over: "Then why don't you let your mother go, you go?"

The little fat man's head shrank: "Then I'll try, I'll wear a little clothes, and when I shrink my head, maybe people will see that I'm low, and I'll just give it ......"

Yang Xiu'e said on the side: "I just don't go." I don't understand anything, and I can't see anything famous when I go. ”

Wu Tong hurriedly pulled her: "Go, let's go together today, he is a child who knows what to see." You forget, this year there are also sketches by the bald Chen and Mr. Zhao! Let's go to the scene to watch it, it's not more lively than on TV......"

"That kid and eldest brother can't go, it's the New Year, shouldn't we ......," Yang Xiu'e muttered.

"They might be so happy!" Wu Tong glanced at Huang Dazhuang. "We're all gone, a few of them are at home, and they can drink if they want......"

"If you want to smoke, smoke!" Huang Dani also took it smoothly and glanced at Lao Lao. "I don't know how comfortable they are!"

Huang Dazhuang and Zhao Jingshan just discussed waiting for a drink or two, but they didn't say anything at this time, and said in unison: "Then hurry up and cook, you eat some first, and send you over." ”

Everyone else is lively, the little fat man is the most worried, this guy eats well and grows fat, and his height is not particularly low.

Originally, I changed into new clothes for the New Year, but now I have changed my previous set, looking at it to make me look smaller, not only younger in age, but also smaller in size, and standing slightly bent and bent over and shrunk my head, shouting Lao Zhao: "Brother, look at me like this, can I get a free ticket?"

Lao Zhao was happy: "No, the head is shrinking, the face is too big, and the ...... is closed."

The little fat man is also hard enough at this time, in order to be able to get in, knowing that his brother is fooling himself, he has to work hard to practice the magic of shrinking his head.

I can't wait to shrink my head and make myself smaller.

It's also embarrassing for him, and no matter how much he shrinks, he will shrink into a ball of meat!