I have a fiancée in Siheyuan

Chapter 234 Lou Family Happy Event

Bai Baoshan spent the whole day surrounded by everyone's compliments.

It seemed that more people greeted him when he got off work.

As for what Bai Baoshan’s creations looked like, no one knew, only the people in the canteen warehouse and the breeding area knew.

Some people asked, but no one told them.

Moreover, anyone who came to ask was secretly noted down by them.

I rode my bike to the People's Meat Shop on Gulou Street and said, "Master Liao, don't forget the pig head I ordered tomorrow."

"Director Bai, I can forget other people's things, but I can't forget yours. Can I have some today?"

"I won't come today. I'll be a vegetarian for the next two days."

"Okay, tell me when you eat it and I'll save it for you."

"That's great, thanks, Master Liao." Bai Baoshan rode away on his bike.

There is a large facade near the Drum Tower in Nanluoguxiang, which usually serves as a diverse facade.

The watermelons have come down, and this place has become a fruit station again.

All fruits that can be distributed to Beijing can be bought at almost every station.

However, some rare fruits, such as bananas and pineapples, can only be purchased at larger street supply and marketing cooperatives.

Bai Baoshan bought two small watermelons.

This is a 4th grade melon, and the fruit station sells it for only 3 cents per pound.

First-class watermelons are big and round, carefully selected from various watermelon fields. It is difficult for them to be distributed to small stations unless they are flooded. They are also the most expensive, at 1 cents per pound.

Basically, most of the watermelons are grade 2, which are 7 cents per pound; grade 3 watermelons, which are the kind that are big but a little crooked, are 5 cents.

I am a 4th grade melon.

In fact, they all taste the same, and it’s easy to eat as a small snack. I cut it in half and take half home with Qiao Yun.

Are there refrigerators these days?

In such a hot day, if you don’t finish eating the cut watermelon, it will not taste good in the afternoon.

At this time, people will not throw away the watermelon rind when eating watermelon, but will stir-fry it. The taste is also good, similar to stir-fried gourd or stir-fried winter melon.

Fried watermelon rind

The main reason was that the melon rinds were thicker at that time, not as thin as they are now.

"Baoshan is back, why did you buy such a small watermelon?"

"There are not many people in my family, and we can't finish it when it's big, and it's expensive."

"Hey... don't say that, Baoshan, you are getting better and better at living now, Third Uncle is telling you... Hey, hey, don't leave."

Bai Baoshan took a few quick steps into the yard.

Qiao Yun closed the door.

"Hey... this family, well, I've told you this, the way of managing the household depends on your third uncle." As he said this, he began to hum to himself, shaking his head and looking very uncomfortable.

As the workers from the back yard returned one after another, the compound became lively again.

Yi Zhonghai didn't come back at noon, but when he entered the yard, he was relieved. "Old Yan, you're fiddling with the flowers."

"Old Yi is off work. Hey...what day is it? Did you buy roast duck?"

"Hey, isn't Zhuzi going back to work at the factory tomorrow? He'll be a cook in the security department canteen. Let's celebrate today... Here, half a duck rack. I won't share the meat with you since there are many people in your family." Yi Zhonghai took out a small paper bag that should have been prepared in advance.

The reason I gave Yan Bugui the expensive thing was to ask him to pass on the news to Sha Zhu.

Yan Bugui was also a sensible person. He told the people who came in later that Sha Zhu would be the chef of the security department canteen in the future.

By the time everyone in the yard had returned home, Yan Bugui had already gone back to his house three times to drink water.

Feeling a little cheated, he asked his wife to add two more bowls of water to the duck bone soup. No matter what, he had to drink two more bowls of soup.

Jia family.

"Huai Ru, the food you bring every day is just so little, and it's not enough for us to eat. That idiot has returned to the cafeteria. Find a chance to talk to him and ask him to bring us some leftovers.

That idiot is in the security department cafeteria now. There will definitely be no one checking him when he goes out, so let him take more.

And there is too little meat in the dishes you brought." After saying this, Jia Zhang picked up the dishes Qin Huairu brought back, put a few slices of meat into the bowl, and picked up a piece for herself with her chopsticks.

"Mom, let's wait for a while. Zhuzi can't just go out and take things out right after entering the cafeteria. Besides, he has a criminal record. It would be strange if people don't keep an eye on him."

Jia Zhang muttered a few words and stopped talking.

Easy home.

We sat at the same table again tonight.

The old lady was taken over again.

Today I found myself in much better spirits.

Yes, three meals a day are all prepared by Sha Zhu. As a cook, it is common sense to know what kind of food can be eaten according to the body.

"Boss, Xu Damao came back around 10 o'clock this afternoon. For some unknown reason, he took Lou Xiao'e and left in a hurry."

Yi Zhonghai pondered for a moment, unable to figure out the reason, "It's okay, we'll find out eventually."

"Auntie, I know about this. I was in the backyard at the time, and the boy was so mean and even said a few words to me. But it should be that Lou Xiao'e was not feeling well, so I took her to the hospital."

“Humph… that bad boy, he doesn’t deserve Xiao’e, who is such a good person.

Xiao'e is a perfect match for my eldest grandson." The old lady raised her head and said something when she heard people talking about Xu Damao.

"Okay, he doesn't deserve it. You eat, eat more." Sha Zhu, who was next to the old lady, immediately comforted the slightly excited old lady.

"Zhu Zi, now that you have entered the canteen of the Security Department, you can't be like before. Be diligent. Director Yang has done his best this time. You can be the big spoon first and show off your skills later. As long as the food you cook is delicious, are you afraid of going back to the big canteen?"

"Uncle, I'm not picky about where I am now."

"Don't be so careless. The chefs in the cafeteria are all level 7, and the chef in the second cafeteria is a level 2 chef. I heard that several leaders order dishes for him when they eat."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu frowned and nodded as if he had met an opponent.

Lou's family in Ping'an Lane, Xicheng District.

Even at this very severe time, the Lou family still hired an apprentice from the wife's family to be a cook, and an old nanny who used to take care of pregnant ladies for wealthy families.

However, when thinking about marrying him off as a maid, Lou Bancheng stopped his wife who was a little too excited.

This is already a bit high-profile. If someone reports it, I will definitely be in trouble.

It’s not Lou Xiaoe’s business yet.

When Xu Damao returned home at noon, he saw Lou Xiao'e lying on the bed feeling uncomfortable.

He was rushed to the hospital.

After taking the pulse, it was a positive pulse.

In order to further confirm whether it was a pregnancy pulse, Lou Bancheng, who heard the news, drove to a family of famous doctors. Several generations of his ancestors had been palace doctors, so the family had profound knowledge.

The old man is over eighty years old. If it weren’t for Lou Bancheng’s face, he wouldn’t have opened the door.

People of this level cannot be impressed by a few dozen yellow croakers, unless you bring a truckload of them.

It is not something that can be solved by eating two or three pounds of White Rabbit. You are a group of smart people, please stop showing off your shamelessness.

The old man took Lou Xiaoe's pulse and guaranteed, based on the old man's reputation, that it was triplets.

Lou Bancheng helped Lou Xiao'e out of the door with a smile on his face. Even when they returned home, Xu Damao, who was waiting for him at home, was patted on the shoulder by Lou Bancheng.

Finally I found out that I was pregnant with triplets.

This is why Lou's mother went around looking for someone to serve Lou Xiao'e.

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"The east is rich and the west is noble, the south is poor and the north is lowly."

There has been such a saying in Beijing since ancient times.

It is divided into east, west, south and north with the imperial city as the center.

"East" refers to the area around Chaoyangmen and Dongzhimen, which was once the warehouse of the "imperial capital".

Beixin Warehouse, Nanxin Warehouse, Haiyun Warehouse and Warehouse Alley are all here. No matter whether it is grain or other goods shipped from the sea, or transported by river or land, they can be transported to Beijing by land after being inspected and accepted by officials from the Ministry of Revenue, and then transported to various large warehouses. So in one word, this place is expensive. Many businessmen buy land here in order to enter the market. Where there is competition, there is a market.

As for "Xigui", there are two theories. One says it refers to the area around Shichahai (Qianhai, Houhai, and Xihai), where you can still see many royal palaces, some with deep courtyards, some with gardens, and some with pavilions and waterside terraces. They are all still there. In the past, the gardens were only for the enjoyment of dignitaries, but later most of them were turned into public parks.

Because many of the good gardens are so good, ordinary people are gradually not allowed to enter many areas, and they have been turned into private clubs. Well... it's a bit different.

Even now, most of the dignitaries live in Xicheng.

Another saying is that Xuanwu Gate was the road that officials took to report on their work in Beijing, and it was also the road that princes from all over the country had to take to come to Beijing. So gradually, the area west of Xuanwu Gate became the residence of many officials. As the number of officials increased, this place gradually became extremely expensive.

The north of the imperial city was a gathering place for coolies from the east of the city. Most of the people were engaged in the service industry, for example, fetching sweet water from Yuquan Mountain for the royal family and public use, and there were also coolies who carried and dried manure. It goes without saying that there were all kinds of people there.

In the eyes of some bigwigs at that time, all the people in the north were working people who served them, and those who worked as laborers were naturally "lowly".

As for the South City, also called the Outer City, most of the people here are poor people who have migrated here, and also many of them are jugglers who came to the capital to make a living.

Even now, whether intentionally or not, the central business district is built on the east ring, and some extremely valuable and important offices are still near a small body of water in the west.

As for the north and the south, I won’t talk about them. Those who understand will understand.

There is also a saying: East City has cloth, silk, beans and millet, West City has cattle, horses, firewood and charcoal, South City has poultry, fish, flowers and birds, North City has well-dressed thieves, and Central City has pearls, jade and brocade.

You taste, you taste carefully.

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