For the next few days, Jia Dongxu did not even greet He Yuzhu when he saw him, blaming him for not helping with the wedding banquet. Originally, the mother and son of the Jia family thought that since He Yuzhu had brought back so much fish and meat during this period of time, it was only right for them to ask him for some meat dishes to help make two tables of the wedding banquet. As the old saying went,"A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor, and a close neighbor is not as good as a neighbor."
However, He Yuzhu refused to help. Jia Dongxu had said that he could wait for He Yuzhu to finish his work before helping him with the wedding banquet. However, He Yuzhu said that he did not know when he would finish his work. It was obvious that he was unwilling to help.
Jia Dongxu's father was also a boiler worker at the Red Star Rolling Mill. When Jianguo was founded, he fell into the water and drowned after getting drunk. At that time, their family had moved to the courtyard house less than a year ago. At the age of sixteen, Jia Dongxu took his father's place and became a blacksmith apprentice in the rolling mill. He was now a beginner blacksmith with a monthly salary of 32 yuan.
By right, 35 yuan a month for the mother and son was not bad. However, when Father Jia had just passed away a few years ago, Jia Zhangshi had always used the excuse of being an orphan and widowed mother to find various families to help them. She was used to taking advantage of them. This time, she did not take advantage of He Yuzhu. It felt like she had lost money.
In the end, he could only buy two taels of pork and two eggs. Jia Zhangshi cooked two tables of dishes, which added up to 80 cents. Jia Dongxu's heart ached so much that he almost lost the mood to enter the bridal chamber.
Jia Zhang and his mother scolded He Yuzhu at home for three consecutive days. These days, whenever they saw He Yuzhu, they would curse him in a low voice. Jia Dongxu even told everyone in the factory that He Yuzhu was not human. The neighbors who grew up with him asked him for help, but he refused to help if he did not agree. He was not human at all.
He Yuzhu had also heard from the auntie who helped the chef. However, he could not pursue this rumor. He could only remember it in his heart and wait for the opportunity to talk about it.
Fortunately, the people who knew He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu in the factory knew the two of them. Few people believed this rumor, so no one mentioned it again in two days.
A week after Jia Dongxu's wedding, Jia Zhangshi's scolding of his new daughter-in-law could be heard from time to time. Especially after Qin Huiru's parents came to visit her, her face was often covered in palm prints.
Jia Zhangshi had a strong and unruly personality. Jia Dongxu's father died early, and he grew up in a single-parent family. He had long become a mother's boy. Although she liked Qin Huiru's beauty, she stood firmly on Jia Zhang-shi's side when she was scolding Qin Huiru.
Jia Zhangshi, who had lost her husband in her early years, had devoted all her feelings and energy to her only son, Jia Dongxu. When she saw that he was obsessed with Qin Huairu's beauty after marriage, she thought that Qin Huairu had snatched her son away. Hence, she always used all sorts of excuses to hit and scold Qin Huairu.
Although she had also married into the city from the countryside, Jia Zhangshi looked down on Qin Huairu, who was born in the countryside. She always thought that she was climbing up the social ladder by marrying into the Jia family. She was even more worried that this daughter-in-law would steal things from the family to support her maternal family.
Qin Huairu was responsible for all the household chores other than shopping. The neighbors of the Siheyuan saw this new daughter-in-law of the Jia family washing clothes, emptying the toilet, cleaning, and cooking every day. She was always busy with the chores. She often had tears in her eyes and a timid appearance, making everyone feel pity for her.
However, He Yuzhu turned a blind eye to it. Perhaps Qin Huairu had yet to evolve into a green tea white lotus and awaken her blood-sucking talent, but there were many pitiful people. He Yuzhu had once been a volunteer teacher in a poor mountainous area. He had seen three or four-year-old girls who were not fully clothed gather firewood in the middle of winter with their bare feet that were bruised from the cold under the influence of the ideology of favoring boys over girls. She had seen a pregnant woman who was beaten black and blue because she gave birth to a daughter and had to work in the fields. She could not care less about other people's family matters.
There was no anti-domestic violence law in this day and age. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, domestic violence was a very common phenomenon. Even after the 21st century, more than one-third of families had domestic violence.
Of course, America was different on this point. Although only about a quarter of their families had domestic violence, what the Americans were proud of was that a large number of women were abused by their unmarried boyfriends. This was something that women could not compare to.
People generally believed that domestic violence was someone else's family business. It was difficult for the government to decide, and no one else could interfere. As long as no one was killed, at most, the steward would advise them. For example, Liu Haizhong, the second uncle, was also a domestic abuse victim all year round. His second and third sons were also beaten almost every day. Moreover, the Jia Zhangs were notorious in the Siheyuan, and no one dared to provoke them.
Jia Zhang-shi was so arrogant because she was the best at throwing tantrums among all the women in the Siheyuan. Other than the Deaf Old Lady, no one could suppress her. The three stewards were big men, so they could not quarrel with her. Especially in the drama, Yi Zhonghai was a person who could not be reconciled. Therefore, she became an invincible shrew.
Of course, this had nothing to do with He Yuzhu. He would not even greet Qin Huairu. If he was not worried that the system would not allow him to leave the rolling mill and the courtyard house in this period drama, he would have long thought of a way to move away.
However, He Yuzhu still wanted to do a test after he had a certain foundation. He wanted to see if there would be any changes in the system after leaving the range of the Siheyuan and the rolling mill.
However, he still had to wait until his skills and material reserves reached a certain level before testing them. Otherwise, once the system left him, he would be in trouble.
He Yuzhu had originally hoped that it would be a world where many TV series were integrated. If that was the case, the system would not only revolve around the Siheyuan and the steel mill.
There were also many TV dramas that depicted this era, such as "Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate","Zhengyang Gate","Golden Marriage", and "Iron Man and Iron Rice". They all told stories about this era. He Yuzhu had also specially gone to look for them, but she could not find any characters from other TV dramas.
In fact, he really wanted to take his sister to Harbor City, the Rui Ten Countries, or the United States. He believed that with the support of the system, he would be able to live well no matter where he went. However, he was afraid that acting rashly would cause unpredictable consequences, so he wanted to lay a good foundation first.
However, He Yuzhu was now quite distant from everyone in the courtyard house. Other than supporting the deaf old lady, he only interacted with Yi Zhonghai and his wife. These were the only few people in the original drama who were good to him, at least in the early stages. As long as the others did not get in his way, they did not exist.
Perhaps Yi Zhonghai was helping He Yuzhu because he was thinking about his retirement, but who did things without a purpose? Besides, retirement was nothing. With the existence of the system, Yi Zhonghai and the others still had retirement wages. Even if they hired people to take care of them one-on-one, how much money could they spend?
That afternoon, he cooked a reception meal for the leader again. After that, He Yuzhu did not go home. She went straight to the night school for employees. This was the second time He Yuzhu came to class in a week.
He Yuzhu had specially invited his teachers to dinner. He explained that because of his job, he often had to cook dinner at night. He could only leave after the leader left, so it was difficult for him to come to class on time every day. However, he promised to study hard and ensure that his results were in the top ten every time. Only then did the teachers agree not to check his attendance.
During the break between classes, He Yuzhu went to find Liu Ling, who taught Chinese in junior high school. This young woman in her early thirties was a union officer in the factory. She had asked He Yuzhu to cook for her brother's wedding banquet before the new year.
He Yuzhu took out a manuscript he had written in the past two days and said,"Teacher Liu, I heard that your sister-in-law's father is the leader of the Imperial Capital Daily. Can you help me get this manuscript and ask him to give it some pointers?”
"Little Master He is not bad. Let me take a look. It's 'The Working Class of the New Era.' Alright, I'll help you show it to Uncle Li.”
Liu Ling took the manuscript from He Yuzhu and teased,"Why does Little Master He want to change his profession and become a writer?”
"How would I dare to think about it? Didn't I graduate from high school? I want to test my own qualities," He Yuzhu said half-jokingly.
Two days later, Liu Ling found He Yuzhu and said,"Little Master He, are you free this Sunday? I showed your draft to Uncle Li. He said that it's generally okay, but there are some changes that need to be made. If you have time on Sunday, I'll bring you to his house.”
He Yuzhu cupped her hands repeatedly."Okay, thank you, Officer Liu. I'll have to trouble you on Sunday."”
On Sunday morning, He Yuzhu woke up and checked in as usual. When he saw that he had 300 points, he put his hands together and bowed in all directions.
"Bless the Jade Emperor, Bless the Buddha, Bless the Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Bless the Three Pure Sages."
As for Jesus, he did not say anything as he was afraid that the local immortals and Buddhas would be dissatisfied. Then, he clicked on the three draws.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for drawing the official dish skill advanced (level 8)! [Official Cuisine Skill Level 8: 56%] Basic skills increased slightly: Knife Skill Level 8; Scoop Skill Level 8, Pulling Paste Level 7, Slaughtering Level 6; Huizhou Cuisine Level 5, Hunan Cuisine Level 6, Sichuan Cuisine Skill Level 9. Lu Cuisine skill level 9."
He Yuzhu felt a surge of memories in his head. It was the experience of several chefs chefs learning Confucius Mansion Cuisine, Tan Family Cuisine, Suiyuan Cuisine, and Duan Family Cuisine from a young age. The Tan Family Cuisine on the system panel had also become a local dish.
Official Cuisine itself included the famous dishes of the rich families such as Confucius Mansion Cuisine, Dongpo Cuisine, Yunlin Cuisine, Suiyuan Cuisine, Tan Family Cuisine, Duan Family Cuisine, and so on. The Tan Family Cuisine was just one of them.
When the skills of a cuisine improved, the chef's basic skills also improved accordingly, which led to the improvement of other cuisines. Therefore, He Yuzhu's Sichuan Cuisine and Shandong Cuisine Water Slices were now close to the master level.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for drawing Advanced Chinese Writing (Level 8)! Your spiritual force has increased slightly."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for drawing Advanced Calligraphy (Level 8)! Your spiritual force has increased slightly."
After drawing these two skills, He Yuzhu seemed to have experienced the process of learning calligraphy and writing. Even her arms had muscle memory, and the movements of the pen were almost instinctive.
At the same time, the memory infusion of writing and calligraphy stimulated He Yuzhu's spiritual power to a certain extent.
He Yuzhu felt that the current skills of the ship were enough. Now, he could accumulate 1000 points and see what he could get from the advanced lottery.
Of course, there were still many skills that he wanted, such as medical skills, cultural relic identification, photography, painting, and so on. However, those were not urgently needed.
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