Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Chapter 202 Getting to Know Pian Ye

Another week passed. One afternoon, when Yi Zhonghai got off work and returned to the yard, someone came to look for him. After finding out, he found out that it was Uncle Niu who had already found a yard and was asking him to go to the tavern that night.

Yi Zhonghai told the man to tell Master Niu that he would go there in the evening. When he got home, he took out the pig's trotters that he had prepared in the space and started to stew them with the secret marinade.

Soon, the courtyard was filled with fragrance. Yan Buguihua had no time to take care of it. There was no way she could go home quickly as the smell was too good to eat.

The fragrance drifted from Yi Zhonghai's house to He's house. Sha Zhu was cooking at home. He took a deep breath and uttered two words, "It's delicious". Sha Zhu knew without thinking that the fragrance came from Yi Zhonghai's house.

Liu Haizhong had just finished work at the street office. He entered the gate of the courtyard and smelled the fragrance. He sighed helplessly and walked home. He thought about how he was so powerful when he was a seventh-level forger in the steel rolling mill, but now he has fallen to cleaning toilets and everyone avoids him.

Huang Yulan smelled the aroma at home and asked curiously, "Boss, what is this marinade? Why does it smell so good?"

"This is what an old Chinese doctor I met told me. This thing will be tasty if you add some medicinal herbs to it and stew it." After saying that, he picked up a spoon, scooped a small spoonful of soup, put it in his mouth and took a sip. It tasted just right.

After the marinade is prepared, wait for it to cool down and then put a few pig's trotters in. Stew on high heat for an hour. There are no pressure cookers in this year, but if one can be designed, the steel rolling mill will have new business by then.

After turning off the fire and soaking it overnight, Yi Zhonghai fried a dish of green vegetables and pig intestines from the system space. A sip of wine and the taste came up immediately.

Just when Yi Zhonghai was cooking, Sha Zhu came and smelled meat in the kitchen as soon as he entered.

"Uncle Yi, this tastes good! Where did you get the marinade recipe?"

Seeing Sha Zhu asking this, Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to say that he got it by chance from an old Chinese doctor. This made Sha Zhu envious, wondering why he didn't have such a good thing.

"Uncle Yi, let me have a small taste when it's ready tomorrow." Sha Zhu's drool was about to fall, but he was not really greedy, he just wanted to taste how many flavors and seasonings are in it, and then make a modified version himself.

"Okay, I'll ask Aunt Yi to send some to your house tomorrow when it's ready." Yi Zhonghai was thinking about cooking a few more pig's trotters so that they would be more enjoyable to eat.

When Sha Zhu saw that Yi Zhonghai's family was preparing to have dinner, he chatted with him for a while and then went back. Before leaving, he bought a bicycle ticket from Yi Zhonghai for 150 yuan. After returning home, he told Yang Yuhuan about asking Yi Zhonghai to buy the bicycle ticket.

Yang Yuhuan was thinking about going to the department store with Sha Zhu to buy a bicycle this weekend. Yang Yuhuan herself knew how to ride a bicycle, as she had learned when her brother bought a bicycle. Sha Zhu had ridden his master's bicycle when he was learning cooking at Hongbinlou.

People in the courtyard gradually returned to the main compound. Qin Huairu and Wang Yuehua also smelled the fragrance and ate white flour buns. Qin Huairu now felt that life was not bad.

The only thing that made Qin Huairu uncomfortable was her good eldest son, who wrote a letter a few days ago asking Qin Huairu to send him money. Qin Huairu had no choice but to use her own savings to send him 20 yuan, which was more than one month's salary for Qin Huairu.

After finishing his meal, Yi Zhonghai said goodbye to his wife and went out. It was too inconvenient not to ride a bicycle this time.

As I walked, I was thinking whether I should buy a bicycle to store it in the space, so that it would be more convenient when I go out to do things, and I could just put the bicycle in the space when I am not riding.

After walking for about an hour, they arrived at Zhengyangmen. The tavern was already crowded. Yi Zhonghai looked around but did not see Mr. Niu, so he had to find a secluded seat and ordered a bowl of wine, which was the Niulanshan Erguotou.

The proprietress of the tavern came over with a glass of wine. A closer look revealed it was Xu Huizhen. Then she looked at the taciturn Cai Quanwu beside her.

Xu Huizhen put down her wine bowl and said to Yi Zhonghai, "My dear guest, I see you look unfamiliar."

"My face hasn't been scalded by hot water, so how could it be cooked?" Yi Zhonghai said jokingly.

This made the people around them laugh so hard that one of them, a tall woman wearing a cheongsam, was smiling charmingly.

"Excuse me, sir. Your wine is served. Please enjoy." After saying this, Xu Huizhen returned to the cashier's counter.

After Yi Zhonghai took two sips of wine, he saw a man in Tangshan clothes walking in. Who else could it be but Niu Ye?

Yi Zhonghai wanted to say hello, but he saw that there was another person following behind Niu Ye. This made Yi Zhonghai a little confused, why did Yan Bugui follow him?

Yi Zhonghai soon realized that it was the Pian Ye from Sijiu City. He looked much younger than Yan Bugui, and not as thin as Yan Bugui.

"Brother Yi, long time no see! How come you're drinking so quickly? Let me introduce you to this guy, Pian Ye." Uncle Niu introduced Yi Zhonghai.

"This is Yi Zhonghai from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. He was the one who asked me for help before."

While Uncle Niu was speaking, he had already led the people in. The tavern suddenly became quiet as the two of them came in.

The proprietress Xu Huizhen hurried forward to greet him, "You two, is it the same as usual today?"

Uncle Niu nodded and told Xu Huizhen to prepare wine and food, while Uncle Pian looked at Yi Zhonghai carefully.

"Brother Yi, this man is very capable. He can help me with the task you asked him to do last time, right, Mr. Pian?"

Pian Ye, who was standing by, quickly waved his hand to signal to keep a low profile, and then said to Yi Zhonghai, "Brother, does he look familiar to you?"

Yi Zhonghai thought about it and realized that there was no one like him in the Zhengyang Sect. How come he looked so familiar? So he looked at Pian Ye in surprise and said, "Do you know me?"

Pian Ye nodded and said, "Yes, I saw you last time at a wedding banquet at the home of one of my cousins. My cousin's name is Yan Bugui."

"Oh, I see." I didn't expect that I didn't notice this movie last time. Is it because it didn't fit in with the plot?

Soon Xu Huizhen brought two bowls of wine, and they drank and chatted. When Pian Ye learned that Yi Zhonghai wanted to buy a courtyard house, he recommended several to him. One of the better courtyard houses with three entrances was in Qianhai.

After saying that, Pian Ye drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp and planned to take Yi Zhonghai to see if it was suitable and find someone to transfer the property during the day.

Yi Zhonghai also felt that this matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later, so he followed Pian Ye and Niu Ye and walked from Zhengyangmen to Qianhai. Along the way, Pian Ye told them about Yan Bugui's story.

It turns out that Yan Bugui and Pian Ye are distant relatives, and Yan Bugui's mother is Pian Ye's aunt.