Siheyuan: My wife is Xu Huizhen

"Yes, this house belongs to the Military Control Commission."

Several people glanced at each other, and then nodded slightly. They were all wondering what kind of relationship He Yuzhu had to get this house, but they would definitely not ask directly.

Several of them are the nearest bosses or shopkeepers nearby. When they see workers coming and going in the past few days, they know that the house has an owner.

A door was opened today and cigarettes and alcohol have been sold, so a few people made an appointment to come over to see who the new neighbor is.

When several people saw that He Yuzhu was relatively kind and smelled of green onions, they asked about his origins.

Everyone was surprised when they learned that He Yuzhu was also the cook in the back kitchen of Tai Feng House.

The chef from the back kitchen of Tai Feng Building, one of the eight buildings, comes to sell braised vegetables for breakfast. At least the taste should be pretty good.

After chatting for a while, several people stood up and left to complete the initial contact.

In the evening, the master's wife came with her daughter and goddaughter He Yuyu to help.

When there are more people, the work becomes faster, and everything is quickly tidied up, and the trial operation can begin.

He Yuzhu then remembered that he had not posted a recruitment notice yet.

The teacher's wife said, "Isn't this simple? I'll find a few hard-working aunts for you. I'll find two first. When the business gets better, I'll gradually add more people."

"That's fine, thank you, Master."

"If you keep being polite like this, I'll hit you." The master's wife glared at him and said.

He Yuzhu could only smile naively.

Xu Huizhen said: "Someone came over just now to get drinks and asked if there were any dishes to go with the wine. How about you prepare some and maybe someone will come in the evening?" '

He Yuzhu thought about it and said, "Okay, then I'll buy vegetables and meat."

Generally, half an hour is enough to braise the meat, and it will basically be delicious. Of course, if it is delicious, it will take a longer time. Now that we have all the ingredients, we only need to buy the ingredients and come back to cook them freshly and wait until the evening.

"Then you go and come back quickly, I'll make preparations first."

After Xu Huizhen finished speaking, she went to pack her things and worked with He Yuzhu for a while. She was already familiar with this.

He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to the meat stall and reached this point. Of course, he didn't have much good meat, he just asked for some bones.

In recent days, He Yuzhu has bought a lot of meat and vegetables in advance, and they are all stored in the space. He does not buy them directly at the stalls, but returns and takes them out in his pocket on the way.

Start cleaning up when you get back.

The most common stewed vegetables eaten by people in Beijing are pig head meat, beef, mutton, dog meat, donkey meat, horse meat, etc., and of course various offal.

Less common are venison and camel meat.

He Yuzhu only took out part of it, and then several people gathered it together and put it in the pot to marinate.

It was just dark, and the cold dishes and braised vegetables were all ready. He Yuzhu moved a table outside the door, then made four or four cold dishes and fried two hot dishes, and started eating and drinking outside the door.

After a while, someone was very surprised and murmured: "When did there be a tavern?"

Then he walked in. Seeing that the environment was relatively tidy, he nodded with satisfaction: "Boss, give me two taels of sorghum to cook, and one peanut."

"Okay."

There was a special two-liang small wine bottle, and Xu Huizhen gave her a glass of wine and a plate of cold dishes.

The guest said, "Can I move a table and eat outside? It's too hot in the house."

"Okay, how can I let you move?"

As she spoke, Xu Huizhen called He Yuzhu to come over and move the table out.

Yandai Xiejie is a commercial street with a width of more than 10 meters. Many neighbors come here to enjoy the cool air at night.

There were two tables of customers drinking outside the tavern. The pure aroma of sorghum wine and the strong aroma of braised pork actually aroused the drinking bug in many people, and they sold several bottles of wine in a blink of an eye.

People in the capital have the habit of going to pubs to drink and chat at night, especially when three or five friends gather together to talk about the world while drinking wine, and talk about the topics they care about most at the moment.

From the country's policies to the trivial matters between neighbors, there is nothing they don't talk about.

When Vanilla saw people coming, she got up and got busy. In a blink of an eye, the five newly prepared tables were all filled with people.

The mistress smiled and said, "It seems you are right to open a tavern here."

He Yuzhu sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that business would be so good after setting up a stall."

Fortunately, it is summer now. When the house is hot at night, everyone will come out to cool down. After all, not many people are willing to buy ice every day to cool down.

Today was just for preliminary arrangements, and I was thinking of hiring someone to start making breakfast in the next two days, but I didn't expect that the business of the tavern would start first.

When master Hong Henian came with Ye Xiangqun, he was surprised to see that the room was full of people.

"Is it open now?"

He Yuzhu said: "I didn't expect that I just bought wine today."

Hong Henian smiled and said: "It seems that this is the right step. There is no tavern on Yandai Xiejie yet. This is your only business."

I was a little worried about He Yuzhu before, but looking at his appearance today, there should be no problem.

He Yuzhu brought half a catty of wine and a few side dishes. Hong Henian opened the lunch box he brought, and they started eating supper.

He picked up the wine glass, smelled it, took a sip, and said, "Are you bringing this unwatered wine just for me?"

"Master, I decided not to water down these things, so that I can do long-term business." This is what I had agreed with Xu Huizhen before.

Hong Henian nodded and said hello.

Today is the first day of operation and there are some shortcomings. The braised vegetables are stewed for a short time and are not strong enough.

There were not enough kerosene lamps with glass shades, so it was a bit dark when eating outside, and there were not enough wooden tables. People who came later had to eat and drink on the curb with their food and drinks.

There are other shortcomings, He Yuzhu sees them all and is ready to improve them tomorrow.

It was busy until about eleven o'clock, and the crowd gradually dispersed. After a few people cleared up, they all had smiles on their faces.

After seeing off the master and his wife, Xu Huizhen said happily: "Brother Zhuzhu, I sold more than seven yuan today."

"There are so many? How much can you earn?"

"It's less than three yuan, I didn't calculate it carefully." The main reason is that Xu Huizhen doesn't know the cost of braised vegetables yet, so she only made an estimate.

"It's already very good. As time goes by, these neighbors will become regular customers."

"Yeah, it's all neighborhood business."

After the three of them washed up, they lay down in the yard and slept. Of course, each of them had a single soft bed.

This kind of bed is no longer seen in later generations. The surrounding frame and legs are made of wood, but the middle one is not a wooden board, but a net woven with very thick hemp rope.

It's very comfortable to lay out a mat and sleep on it.

The three of them stood side by side, looking at the stars in the sky, chatting softly, and yearning for a better life in the future.

Unknowingly, the three of them gradually fell into sleep.

When he got up early the next day, He Yuzhu started to get busy. He first went to buy some meat and vegetables.

He Yuzhu bought a lot of each kind of meat, put it in a cloth bag, and when no one was paying attention, part of it was received into the space with his mind.