It was obviously a good thing, but Ning Weimin had been unhappy for several days since No. 5 Courtyard of Dongsi Si Tiao was completely vacated.
I don't know why, but I feel so worried.
He always thought about the pitiful appearance of the old lady who owned the house and the desolation of Uncle Zhai when he picked up the old things.
For this reason, he kept telling himself over and over again that if someone gets something, someone else will lose it.
Although the zero-sum game advocated by the West seems a bit cruel, sometimes this is an inevitable reality.
At least when it comes to housing issues, it's impossible to satisfy everyone.
After all, there is only one Dongsi Si Tiao No. 5 Courtyard in the world, and no one can create another one out of thin air.
Then if this courtyard falls into my hands, others will lose it. This is normal.
Although the old lady's family felt the pain of losing the yard, he could sympathize with it.
But he couldn't be polite about this.
Is it possible for me to give up the precious courtyard house that I finally got?
What's more, it was the old lady who took the blame for him and asked him to buy the house.
He is helping people, can you blame him?
The same thing happened with Uncle Zhai.
Although the old man had a heated argument with his son and caused family conflicts, it was indeed inseparable from him.
But in the final analysis, moving is just an inducement.
The fundamental reason for this is that his son is ignorant, does not understand his father's heart, and does not know the real needs of Uncle Zhai.
He has done everything he can and put himself in the Zhai family's shoes. What else can he do?
Frankly speaking, whether it is the old lady landlord or Uncle Zhai, if there is anything wrong with them, it is their lack of ability.
That’s why I can’t protect what I want.
To put it bluntly, this can only be attributed to the inability of the people at the bottom to cope with their lives.
As a weak person in life, we can only face this objective reality, which is the same all over the world.
It's their luck to meet someone as soft-hearted as him...
However, this kind of self-comfort, which is similar to self-hypnosis, seems to have little effect.
I don’t know why, but he seems to have become as soft-hearted as a woman, and is still immersed in negative emotions and unable to let go.
Therefore, he had to break his original plan and no longer wait for the day when all the houses in Ma's Garden would be returned and renovated.
He decided to tell Kang Shude the good news about taking back Ma's Garden in advance.
I wanted to use the old man's joy of regaining something to offset the uneasiness and awkwardness in his heart, so as to gain peace of mind.
This can be considered fighting fire with fire.
On the afternoon of April 30, Ning Weimin got off work early and returned to No. 2 Courtyard of Shan'er Hutong.
After entering the room, he first placed the two jars of Jimo old wine and palace cakes brought for Kang Shude on the Eight Immortals table.
Then he looked around and found that the old man had a newspaper lying beside him and was taking a nap, leaning back on an armchair by the window in the back room with his eyes closed.
He then walked over, deliberately knocked on the door of the inner room, and said something funny.
"Old man, is there anything to eat? If there's nothing ready, just make some. Make a bowl of noodles and cook some chicken..."
Kang Shude was woken up by his noise.
She opened her eyes slightly and looked at him. Seeing how hot and wet his skin was, she became very angry.
"Why are you pretending to be a big wolf? You are a big manager of a dignified restaurant, how can you still be hungry? Tell yourself, how are you different from a beggar now? Are you ridiculous? You are not too shabby."
"Besides, it's only five o'clock in the afternoon. If it's not the right time, why don't you ask me to cook some noodles for you! Sincerely, you..."
"Hey, you slept well. You disturbed everything for me and played with the spoon for me. I will make you cook for me tonight..."
Kang Shude scolded him for a while, sighed and closed his eyes again, as if he was going to continue dozing off.
But Ning Weimin provoked the old man, how could he let it go so easily?
He knocked on the door loudly again, and continued to provoke with a playful smile.
"Old man, tomorrow is Labor Day, and I came back early specifically to celebrate the holiday with you. Is this the way you treat me? I feel so cold. Don't you miss me at all?"
"Okay, you're ignoring me, so I won't deal with you today. I'm telling you, you can't keep me busy with noodles alone today, I want to eat stir-fried noodles."
"You have to prepare four cold and four hot noodles for me. And you have to stretch this noodles with your own hands. I won't eat the noodles from the grain store."
What Ning Weimin calls "stir-fried vegetables noodles" is not something like "lentil braised noodles" or "chowder fried pancakes".
It is a kind of civilian banquet unique to the people of the capital in order to cope with weddings and weddings.
Even though it belongs to the Zhuang Guan and does not disdain it, and only Kouzi Chef and his own family can make "waiting for outside meals", it still has unique details.
What is stir-fried noodles?
First of all, when eating noodles, you must prepare a bowl of braised noodles and a bowl of sauce, namely braised noodles and fried noodles with soy sauce.
The best marinated dishes include mushrooms, sea cucumbers, pork belly and rib fillets, etc.
For worse ones, use ordinary mushrooms, yellow flowers, fungus, and ordinary meat slices.
The worst thing is tomato and egg marinade or eggplant diced marinade.
Then there must be at least four half-vegetarian stir-fries.
For example, stir-fry shredded pork with celery, stir-fry tomatoes with eggs, sliced meat with cucumbers, and some vegetarian dishes like stir-fried bean sprouts or green and white snake.
The principle is to focus on seasonal dishes, and by the way, it can also be used as a noodle for eating fried noodles.
If you have a better family, you can add four cold dishes.
Usually it is fried peanuts, preserved eggs, cold jellyfish skin, rice noodles or sauced meat, etc.
For higher-end dishes, four more meat dishes can be added.
Braised sea cucumber, stir-fried shrimp, sweet and sour carp, sweet and sour pork loin, rice vermicelli pork, braised pork ribs, etc., are also four types.
Finally, it was time to have a drink.
The high status of the people in the capital is often reflected in the contents of these banquets.
This kind of banquet is more troublesome to make. What it lacks is class and taste, but it has more benefits and sincerity.
Especially small-scale family banquets are often organized by the host and the invited guests.
Just like making dumplings during the Chinese New Year, everyone chatted and communicated happily, showing off their skills.
Therefore, when Ning Weimin proposed to eat this, it was actually in a teasing way, with the intention of causing trouble for Kang Shude.
"Old man, I tell you to hurry up. If you don't get up now, you won't have time to start the meal when it's time for dinner..."
Listening to my apprentice’s unreasonable demands.
Kang Shude didn't raise his eyelids at all, he just snorted coldly.
"Good boy, are you challenging me? I owe you what I owe you? And stir-fry noodles? That's not a bad tone. I want to go to you and dream of marrying a wife. Close your eyes and sleep for a long time, and you will have everything in your dreams..."
"Are you bored now? Just eating a meal of your stir-fried noodles has become a wishful thinking. It's not a Yanqing mat. I've gone through so much trouble and traveled here and there for you. I feel a little unjust...
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As Ning Weimin spoke, he took out a large, thick envelope from his wallet and banged it in his hand as if to show off.
"Old man, please open your eyes and look at what this is. I have helped you get your two yards and hundreds of rooms back. Shouldn't I let you reward your hard work by eating you a meal of stir-fried noodles?
What's wrong? Tell yourself, do I have the qualifications?"
Kang Shude heard that something was wrong at this moment. Sure enough, he opened his eyes and was stunned when he saw the thing in his hand.
"What's in your hand?"
"Hey, what could it be? It's just the photo of Ma's Garden that Chao Simu wanted to get back. Everyone moved away, so I took it for the purpose of repairing and restoring it."
Ning Weimin showed off his achievements with a smile. "Listen, master, your disciple, I am lucky to have fulfilled my destiny and brought back two-thirds of Ma's Garden for you. Congratulations, you are now the first and second genus in the capital.
You are a very rich man, your house is as big as three ministers..."
Kang Shude's eyes widened and he jumped up and snatched the envelope from Ning Weimin's hand.
He flipped through the photos one by one, his eyes opening wider and wider in disbelief.
Not only the wrinkled hands, but also the gray beard and purple lips were trembling.
"Really, really...really back! My room...my yard..."
At this moment, Ning Weimin finally got what he wanted and felt a long-lost sense of relief and satisfaction.
He was convinced that the prescription he prescribed for himself was correct.