On the way back, I pushed the cart for many years, and the books were placed in the back seat of the car, supported by Qin Huairu, and they were transported back together on foot.

When I returned to the courtyard, the neighbors were surprised: I'm afraid that it won't be hot for many years, right? Buying so many books? Can you read it all?

Zhou Hongmei, Hu Meifeng and Fan Zhaodi were also stunned, and the former walked into the study and said worriedly to many years:

"San'er, I know you have money, but you can't work so hard, right? How much does it cost to have so many books? ”

"It's not much, it's just a dozen yuan, Mom, don't talk about it, I buy these books, of course, I have my own reasons."

After many years of helpless explanation, Qin Huairu next to him lowered his head and did not speak.

On the way back, I told her for many years not to talk nonsense.

With the unification of the caliber, these books only cost a dozen yuan, and there is no more detailed price.

Someone else to borrow a book?

That's not okay, books don't be borrowed!

The price leakage of books is eliminated from the root, after all, the price of books in this era is directly hit on the page, very detailed.

Zhou Hongmei saw that he was like this again, and she didn't know what to say.

She couldn't read, or she could have looked at the price of a book.

A book had been on the shelves for many years, and there were only a few books he was reading on the big case.

After cleaning up, he asked Qin Huairu to bring a stool and let her practice writing next to her.

"I teach you ten words a day, from pronunciation to handwriting and strokes, and slowly increase them."

"When you're done, I'll teach you how to use the Xinhua dictionary."

Qin Huairu is not a child of seven or eight years old, relatively speaking, he is relatively patient.

But it also needs to go from easy to difficult, not to give her a high degree of difficulty at the beginning.

Ten words a day is not too much, and it will be increased in the future.

In addition to literacy, you also need to be able to write, and then there are books such as mathematics, and then slowly expand.

"Okay, Brother Anian." Qin Huairu said very seriously, and there was a little guy sitting next to him, that was Xu Weidong.

He also studied along, not his mother Fan Zhaodi asked him to come, but he took the initiative to ask for it.

Anyway, a sheep is also driven, and there is not much more Xu Weidong, and he has been taught for many years.

It took more than half an hour to let Qin Huairu know ten words, and taught her how to write.

All that remains is for her to practice one page of each word, and then he will check it again later, testing her learning by memorizing, dictating, etc.

Then he himself sat in front of the big bookcase and read.

Today I don't read miscellaneous books, but I read Chinese medicine books.

Time flies, an afternoon, and it passes quickly.

In the evening, Lao Xu and the others came back, and before they entered the house, they found that there were many neighbors gathered at the door of the house.

It's all about looking at the study for many years.

It's very magnificent, the key is that there are a lot of books in it, and even Xu Wumei and her children, who came back from school, ran to stay in the study.

Lao Xu's children stopped playing, and all of them became children who loved to read, and this change made the neighbors talk about it.

Seeing this scene, Lao Xu was originally very happy, until Zhou Hongmei complained, saying that the third child spent more than a dozen yuan to buy a lot of books in the afternoon.

The good mood disappeared in an instant.

Why spend so much money on books?

Can't I borrow a book?

Before Lao Xu could say anything, there was movement from the side of the middle courtyard, and the neighbors ran over one by one.

I haven't been reading in the house for many years.

Now that it is getting dark fast, reading a book in the house, the light is no longer enough.

If you light the kerosene lamp or turn on the light, Lao Xu or Zhou Hongmei will definitely have to talk about it.

And Xu Wumei and the others had already run away and went to the middle courtyard to join in the fun.

In the kitchen, Qin Huairu was cooking, helping to light the fire for many years.

After waiting for a while, the three little ones came back first to report the situation.

It turned out that Jia Zhang's asked Yi Zhonghai to borrow money, but the latter was unwilling, and Jia Zhang's was immediately furious, and then threatened to tell his 'ugly' side.

In this way, it directly hit Yi Zhonghai's soft underbelly and coaxed it.

But when Yi Zhonghai wrote the IOU, Jia Zhang's intensified and turned borrowing money into taking money, of course he didn't agree.

So, the matter started again.

Just when an aunt came in, she saw the two people who were 'scuffling' together, and she screamed instantly.

The neighbors all came and watched.

The ins and outs of the matter, probably like this, and what the specific truth is, it seems that it doesn't matter too much anymore.

However, for many years, it was very strange, why did Jia Zhang borrow money?

It stands to reason that Jia Dongxu's salary is not low, there are only two people in their family, and they have a house, even if they have a bicycle, it is useless to have money.

Therefore, Jia Zhang's borrowing money is simply nonsense and vexatious.

"Third uncle, I know, I know"

Regarding this question, Xu Weidong suddenly raised his little hand and said.

Everyone looked at him, and for many years they smiled and said, "Then tell me quickly, what do you know?" ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the little one said with great satisfaction:

"I heard a few days ago that Aunt Jia seems to have told Uncle Jia a kiss, and I heard that the woman wants a lot of bride price, and she wants cash, not anything else."

"How much dowry?"

Qin Huairu was also curious, and asked casually.

The bride price in this era is generally not much, and it is more than ten or twenty yuan to die.

Those so-called rich ladies, they don't want a bride price, but will have a lot of dowries.

"I don't know, but I heard an aunt on the other side say that it seems to cost two hundred yuan."

Hiss!

The temperature in the kitchen rose a lot in an instant, and the look of surprise on his face for many years could not be concealed:

"Wouldn't it? Want so much bride price? ”

At this time, Fan Zhaodi at the door walked in with a smile and asked what kind of bride price?

Her son immediately told her what had happened, and she was stunned.

"Really?"

The woman who is going to marry Jia Dongxu can't be made of gold, right?

Asking for so many bride prices, ruthless enough!

To be honest, she is also a greedy person, but it is also the first time that she has heard of a woman who asks for so much money for a bride price.

In the past, when one yuan was equal to 10,000 yuan, 200 yuan was already two million.

How does the little guy know if it's real or fake?

And Xu Wumei and Zhou Hongmei also came in, and then they also participated in this topic.

Zhou Hongmei knew more information, and confirmed the matter, but it was not a bride price of 200 yuan, but Jia Zhang's asking Yi Zhonghai to take 300 yuan.

In this way, the sky-high bride price of 200 yuan seems to have traces to follow, and it is not groundless.

When everyone found out, they were even more surprised, and they became more and more curious about the woman.

Regarding Jia Zhang's troublemaking ability and her future daughter-in-law's sky-high bride price, she just listened to it for many years, and then forgot about it.

Inquire less about other people's affairs.

It's better to live your life than anything else.

After dinner, I went to He Yuzhu's house many years ago and invited the other party to his new house.

In the living room of the new house, Lao Xu, Zhou Hongmei, and Qin Huairu are also there, and I invite He Yuzhu to come over today, mainly to discuss the menu and specific number of tables for the wedding banquet.

He Yuzhu is the cook of the courtyard, of course, he directly asked him to help cook.

To be honest, for many years, I actually prefer to hire a cook from outside than a neighbor.

It's easier to hire someone from outside, and maybe it's not that expensive.

But Lao Xu thinks it's He Yuzhu, after all, Silly Zhu followed his father He Daqing from elementary school to adulthood, and his cooking skills are not bad.

The Tan family cuisine and Sichuan cuisine of Hedaqing are all of the level of first-class chefs, and they are naturally not bad.

At that time, it was more than ten years ago, Beiping had not yet been liberated, and Lao Xu had eaten a few times the food made by He Daqing, which was called a delicacy.

Walking into the living room, He Yuzhu praised him, "Third child, your house is really good, but this bathroom is really tasteless?" ”

As soon as I entered the door, I talked about the bathroom, and this stupid pillar was either missing a tendon or a complete tendon.

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago, didn't you believe it, but now you believe it?"

After many years of laughing, He Yuzhu touched his head awkwardly and sat on a mahogany stool.

After a little more tsk, he found that the stools, tables, chairs, doors, etc., of many years of the house were very harmonious.

I used to think that for many years, my brain was in water, and I went back to get those dirty old furniture back, instead of buying those brand new furniture.

Now it seems that people have been sharp-eyed for many years.

Because these old-fashioned furniture looks really pleasing to the eye and doesn't look obtrusive at all.

After chatting about these furniture for a while, many years went straight to the point and got to the point.

As early as last month, Lao Xu told people about inviting He Yuzhu to be the head chef.

Now it's time to finalize the details, and it's almost time to start preparing the ingredients.

For example, some dried shiitake mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots and other dry goods can be prepared in advance, as well as dishes and chopsticks, tables and chairs, etc., should also be prepared in advance.

The specific number of tables has been summed up with Lao Xu and Zhou Hongmei for many years, and confirmed with Qin Huairu.

It is set at nine tables, and each table is about ten people, which is considered to be an upper-middle level in this era.

Generally, people set up wine, less than three or four tables, more than ten or twenty tables.

After all, in this era, many families have many relatives, and there is really no way to do it.

Unless you don't put wine on the table, you can't say it.

Ten dishes per table, take the meaning of perfection, this is directly denied, there are too many dishes.

was so angry that he was speechless for many years, so he simply put it up and let Lao Xu decide it himself.

Qin Huairu gently held his hand beside him and gave him silent support.

The two young people 'have no opinion', Lao Xu and Zhou Hongmei directly ordered six dishes, six or six Shun, which is also a good intention.

But then on the meat and vegetable matching, there were different differences with Lao Xu for many years.

The former wants more meat dishes, and the latter wants to be all vegetarian dishes.

In the end, it was still many years of clapping, and I directly ordered two meat and four vegetarian dishes, of course, it was not pure meat dishes, but meat and vegetarian dishes.

Vinegared cabbage, eggplant beans, cucumber, fried bamboo shoots in lard, braised pork with potatoes, stewed chicken with mushrooms.

After He Yuzhu listened, he was also silent.

These dishes are very simple, and they are not the dishes that should be prepared at the wedding banquet at all, because they are so homely.

However, if you want Lao Xu to agree to hold this wedding banquet in the way of Tan's cuisine, it is better to kill them.

What kind of dish is Tan family cuisine?

It was the family heirloom banquet of Tan Zongjun, a bureaucrat in the late Qing Dynasty, because it was the list eye of the second year of Tongzhi, also known as the "list of eye dishes".

For example, braised shark fin, clear soup and swallow vegetables, grilled black cucumber, steamed chicken with straw mushrooms, steamed mandarin fish, etc., are all famous dishes of Tan's cuisine.

Can these be dishes that ordinary people eat?

Of course, he will not be stupid enough to eat these dishes at the wedding banquet for many years, but he thinks that these dishes that Lao Xu Ding, alas, let him go!

It's just that when he heard Lao Xu Chong He Yuzhu instruct that when he stewed chicken with mushrooms and braised pork with potatoes, he couldn't help it for many years.

"Dad, you're too picky, aren't you? Is the ratio of meat to vegetables two to eight? Are you a meat dish? Is this what vegan food is? ”

"Why is it a vegetarian dish? Isn't there still meat? ”

Lao Xu Weng replied angrily, and immediately said to He Yuzhu: "Don't pay attention to him, you just listen to me, yes."

“.” Many years were speechless again.

There is a dad on the stall, he is very helpless, after getting married, he will split up, I can't bear it!

Although Lao Xu's saving practice is right, everything must be saved, what is the meaning of living like this?

He didn't see leaders such as Cheng Zhongyun and Kang Yongsong saving so much.

The future is still so far away, no matter how bad it is, he will escape directly into the army in seven or eight years, and it will be useless for anyone to come at that time.

After separating the family, he closed the door with Qin Huairu and cooked and ate by himself.

Not to mention eating meat every meal, at least one meal a day.

The matter of the wedding banquet was discussed here.

The matter of buying ingredients is naturally many years by yourself, and there is no need to worry about He Yuzhu.

gave the latter's salary, and Lao Xu also had a limit pull with the stupid pillar.

What Lao Xu said is that the dishes this time are relatively simple, and they are only nine table dishes, not much, five yuan of hard-earned money is enough.

He Yuzhu quit, so he made so much money and called Huazi?

"You work so hard every day in the rolling mill, and your salary is only more than 30 a month, please cook nine tables of meals and give you five yuan, which is a lot!"

Hearing Lao Xu's words, He Yuzhu also stiffened his neck and said, "I'm carrying the risk of being discovered by the leaders to make a wedding banquet for the third child of your family, and I have to bring two cooks, so you only give me five yuan?" I don't do it, you go to whoever you like, anyway, I won't do it."

As he spoke, He Yuzhu was about to get up and leave, but Lao Xu hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded him.

After watching from the sidelines for many years, it has been rotten, and I suddenly realized that maybe this is also quite good.

Daddy helped himself so much, he should be grateful!

How nice it would be to save him money and help him worry about everything?

He picks up the ready-made ones directly, and he doesn't need to work hard, so he can continue to mess them up with peace of mind.

Seeing the indifferent attitude on his face, Qin Huairu was also very curious, but she didn't say anything.

Tonight, she just quietly is his vase, and she doesn't need to do anything, just listen.

(End of chapter)