chsdbacks Chapter 296 Qin Huairu has dinner at Lu Banxia's house
Chapter 296 Qin Huairu has dinner at Lu Banxia's house
Courtyard 95.
The backyard, Lu Banxia's house.
Qin Huairu cooked all the meat from Lu Banxia's house at noon. She brought less than an ounce of dried wood ear mushrooms with her. She used the dried wood ear mushrooms to make a stir-fried meat dish, and used the remaining half of the meat to make braised pork.
Seeing that there were still three or four pounds of cured meat in the kitchen, Qin Huairu's eyes lit up, and she made up her mind that she must befriend this Lu Banxia.
"Banxia, dinner's ready! Come and try Sister Qin's cooking."
Qin Huairu brought the dishes to the table, put a white steamed bun in Lu Banxia's bowl, and invited Lu Banxia to eat. Her overly familiar manner made it seem like this was her home.
The white steamed buns were leftovers from the morning. Lu Banxia steamed eight buns that morning to eat throughout the day, so Qin Huairu just needed to heat them up.
"Sister Qin, you should eat too."
Lu Banxia smiled slightly, picked up a piece of meat, and started eating.
As soon as the food touched her lips, Lu Banxia frowned. This Sister Qin had previously said that her stir-fried wood ear mushrooms with pork was delicious, and this was it?
This is far inferior to Qin Jingru's cooking; there's no comparison whatsoever. It's like comparing heaven and earth.
I picked up another piece of braised pork and put it in my mouth. It was the same as always, nothing special, not bad, but not particularly delicious either.
However, she ate wild vegetables, steamed buns, and meat in Lujia Village for half a year, which was already very good for her.
Qin Huairu ate heartily, taking bites of braised pork and white steamed buns, thoroughly enjoying herself.
This was the first time in her life that she had eaten meat so heartily. Usually at home, even if there was meat, she wouldn't get a chance to eat it. How could she eat meat so heartily?
"Pinellia, eat it."
While eating, Qin Huairu didn't forget to call out to Lu Banxia, acting as if she were no outsider at all.
Seeing Qin Huairu eating so heartily made Lu Banxia feel a little uncomfortable, but she didn't say anything, assuming that Qin Huairu was just starving, and she also started eating by herself.
After the meal, Qin Huairu and Lu Banxia each ate two steamed buns. Lu Banxia only ate one-fifth of the vegetables, while Qin Huairu ate three-fifths of them. There was some stir-fried wood ear mushrooms with pork left. The braised pork had long been finished, and Qin Huairu ate four-fifths of the half-pound of braised pork by herself.
"belch."
Qin Huairu let out a burp and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Banxia, I'm sorry, I'm the only one in my family who earns money to support us, and life is usually quite tough. You haven't eaten meat in a long time, so you ate a little more."
Lu Banxia rolled her eyes. Did she only eat a little more? She ate two liang of this jin of meat, while Qin Huairu ate seven liang by herself. Adding in the other side dishes, they ate quite a lot in this meal.
She had planned to eat this pound of meat for several days, but she finished it all in one meal. There are still some leftovers, which look like less than an ounce of meat, but it's enough for her to eat tonight.
"Sister Qin, it's alright. You worked hard this morning, so it's normal to eat a little more."
Lu Banxia smiled slightly. She still didn't say anything unpleasant, after all, Qin Huairu had really put in the effort to clean for her that morning.
Seeing that Lu Banxia wasn't angry, Qin Huairu was secretly delighted. She feigned a pitiful expression and said:
"Banxia, there's only this little bit of stir-fried wood ear mushrooms and pork left. Can you still eat it? If you don't want it, I'll take it back for my son Banggeng. He hasn't eaten meat in a long time and he's been starving every day. It's all my fault as a mother for being so useless. Sister Qin, I'm so heartbroken."
Seeing that Qin Huairu had said so, Lu Banxia had no choice but to nod.
"Sister Qin, you can take it back. I'll remake it tonight."
"Okay, Banxia, thank you. I'll wash the dishes and bring them to you later."
With that, Qin Huairu took the remaining stir-fried wood ear mushrooms and meat and left Lu Banxia's house, heading towards the Jia family's house in the middle courtyard.
Watching Qin Huairu's retreating figure, Lu Banxia felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
After all, Qin Huairu had done a lot of work for her, so it was reasonable for her to have a meal with her. However, she ate a bit too much and even went a little too far.
......
at the same time.
Courtyard 28.
By this time, Wang Feng and his family had finished their meal.
At noon, Qin Jingru and Lou Xiao'e made pork stew with vermicelli, braised fish chunks, and hot and sour cabbage.
Wang Feng sipped his tea and said to Qin Jingru, "Jingru, my son and I are going to her parents' house later. Do you want to come?"
Qin Jingru smiled and waved her hand: "I won't go, Brother Wang Feng. Are we going back to Courtyard 28 for dinner tonight, or Courtyard 95?"
Wang Feng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to Courtyard No. 95."
"Okay, I'll head back now."
"Okay, you can ride my bicycle back later."
Qin Jingru shook her head and said, "No need, I can walk back. It only takes a few minutes anyway. We're almost out of seasonings at home, so I'll go to the Chinese medicine shop to buy some."
"Okay then."
After finishing a pot of tea, the three of them went out at the same time. Wang Feng and Lou Xiao'e each rode a bicycle to Lou's house, while Qin Jingru walked back to No. 95 Courtyard.
It took Wang Feng and Lou Xiao'e about ten minutes to ride their bikes to Lou's small villa.
Lou Xiao'e parked her bicycle and knocked on the door.
"Knock knock knock".
"Mom and Dad, I'm home! Open the door for me!"
Lou Bancheng opened the door, saw Wang Feng, and quickly pulled him into the living room.
"Wang Feng, come, come, sit down. Goose, go make some tea."
Wang Feng sat down, handed Lou Bancheng a Zhonghua cigarette, and said, "Dad, have a smoke."
Lou Bancheng took the cigarette, lit it, took a deep drag, then sighed and said:
"Wang Feng, your son should have told you everything, right? The Ministry of Metallurgy wants me to fund the purchase of advanced equipment. What are your thoughts on that?"
Wang Feng took out a cigarette, lit it, and said in a deep voice, "Dad, it's obvious that the higher-ups want to cut us with a soft knife. If you invest in advanced equipment this time, what about next time? As long as you don't leave Beijing, this kind of thing is unavoidable."
Lou Bancheng sighed deeply: "That's what I was thinking too. It seems I have no choice but to leave."
"Wang Feng, I heard from my son that you want to buy all the old things I have?"
Wang Feng nodded: "Dad, give me everything, and I'll exchange it for gold. It'll be more convenient for you to go to Hong Kong. If you have any old items you like, I'll return them to you when I go to Hong Kong."
"Dad, your capitalist friends probably have quite a few old items, right? If it's convenient, could you ask them for me? If they're also looking to sell, I'll buy them too."
Lou Bancheng nodded and said earnestly, "Wang Feng, I won't ask you what you want these old things for, but I must warn you, they require a lot of gold, probably no less than 500 jin. You must be careful, or you'll lose money."
"Dad, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"As long as you know it, that's fine."