Chapter 49 Master Gu's Request When I returned to the courtyard, I happened to meet Dapeng coming out of his house carrying a basket of steamed buns and eggs. Seeing Zhou Yimin's light steps and weak appearance, Dapeng couldn't help but smile strangely and teased, "Being a bridegroom for one night?" Zhou Yimin said unhappily, "Do you think I am you? Why didn't you come back all night? In the middle of the night, a child in the village had a high fever and was sent to the city for treatment. What are you doing? Making so many steamed buns, eating your last meal before execution? " "Pooh, pooh, pooh! You're the one who's having the last meal. Didn't we get that house? My dad asked me to distribute steamed buns and eggs to each family in the front yard. By the way, I'll move in after I finish cleaning up, and I'll set up two tables. You can come too." Dapeng explained. Yimin is the greatest contributor, how can we miss him? Zhou Yimin sighed: "Old ginger is still spicy! It takes everything into consideration." "Okay! Call me when the time comes. Do you have any vegetables? Do you want me to help you get some meat?" Zhou Yimin asked him. "Can pork be obtained? My mother plans to go to the market to buy two chickens." The main reason is that pork is hard to buy and my family doesn’t have many meat coupons.
"I'll ask." Zhou Yimin did not give any guarantees. "Do you want to eat it? My mother just steamed it." Dapeng placed the steamed bun in front of Zhou Yimin. Zhou Yimin shook his head: "I just had some steamed buns and soy milk, and I'm going to go back to sleep." "then you go!" Not long after he went back and lay down, he heard a knock on the door. "Boss, boss..." It’s Master Gu. Zhou Yimin opened the door, took out a cigarette and shared it with others: "Master Gu, what's the matter?" "The decoration over there has been completed. Do you think it is..." Zhou Yimin reacted and nodded quickly: "Okay! Then please help move these things over there." He went to take a look at the renovated side and found it was much better than before, especially the bathroom. He finally didn't have to go to the public toilet outside. Beds, cabinets, tables and stools, etc. After the move, Master Gu still looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. Zhou Yimin said to him, "Master Gu, if you have anything to say, just say it." "Boss, I heard that you are a buyer for the steel plant. I want to ask, can I ask you for some food? I will deduct it from the remaining wages when the time comes." Master Gu was also helpless, mainly asking for the help of a helper whose family could barely make ends meet. Although the others did not have any surplus food, they could barely get by. They already knew Zhou Yimin's identity as a purchasing agent. "Do you want some hairy taro?" Zhou Yimin asked. He only kept some of the 100 kilograms of raw taro he picked out today to make taro braised pork, as he couldn’t eat that much. Some people eat taro by boiling it and peeling it, just like eating sweet potatoes. Zhou Yimin doesn't like to eat it that way, because it's too dry and his mouth feels full of powder.
"Yes, yes!" At this point, what else is there to choose from? Anything but food is fine. To a certain extent, taro is more filling than sweet potato. "Okay, I'll get it to you later." "Thank you, boss. Thank you so much." Master Gu thanked him repeatedly. After he went out, he talked to everyone, and everyone worked harder. When Zhou Yimin woke up again, he saw Dongdong from Grandma Xu's house wiping his bicycle. He wiped it very clean, even picking out all the mud on the tires. This little guy is not the first time to help him clean the bicycle. Zhou Yimin walked over, took out an apple from his store backpack, secretly put it in his arms, and patted his head twice: "Take it home and eat it." "Thank you, Yimin." Dongdong held the apple in his arms, ran home with a hunched back, and presented the treasure to his grandmother. "Grandma, look, these are the apples Brother Yimin gave me." The two apples from an aunt's house last time made the children in the yard drool with envy. "Don't take the initiative to ask your brother Yimin for food in the future, okay?" Old Mrs. Xu thought it was her grandson who went to ask for food, so she immediately taught him a lesson. Dongdong quickly explained that he did not ask Brother Yimin for it and told him what had just happened. "Well! That's good. Grandma will cut an apple for you to eat." Old Mrs. Xu cut a small piece for her grandson and kept the rest. Zhou Yimin came to his second aunt's house carrying two dried fish. Second Aunt is cooking for Master Gu and his friends. "Second aunt, are you busy? Please chop one piece of this dried fish and steam it together with the sorghum rice. I will leave the remaining one for you to try." Zhou Yimin handed over the dried fish. "Oh! Such delicious dried fish. Thank you! Yimin, shall we have lunch together?" Second Aunt couldn't help but be happy, dried fish is also meat. Moreover, this dried fish is very large, probably weighing around eight kilograms when it is alive. Zhou Yimin waved his hand: "No, a friend asked me out for dinner." In fact, where did the friends come from? He simply didn't want to eat sorghum rice with everyone else, and was going to eat something better. When he traveled back in time, he didn't intend to make himself suffer. After sending Zhou Yimin out, the second aunt put away the heavier dried fish, then chopped the other one into fish pieces, enough for a large plate, and steamed them on sorghum rice. At noon, Master Gu and others finished their work, washed their hands, and went to Second Aunt's house as they knew the place. The smell of dried fish was still a bit strong, and they could already smell it. "You are in for a treat today. Yimin got some dried fish for you to eat." said the second aunt.
Master Gu and the others were all smiling and very happy: "The boss is so polite." To be fair, he first put the dried fish in everyone's bowl. Although it smelled a bit fishy, who cared? Everyone chewed the fish bones and ate them. Everyone was in agreement and kept three or four pieces. "Second Aunt, you don't need to wash this bowl." Master Gu and others said to Second Aunt after they had finished their meal. There is fish meat in the bowl! They take it home at night and feed it to their children. They bring their own bowls. After they finish eating, the second aunt will help them wash the bowls. The second aunt nodded, and she understood the behavior of Master Gu and others. "Okay!" She was also happy to have some free time. If possible, the donkeys in the production team would like to have a rest! In the afternoon, Li Youde came to Zhou Yimin excitedly with a newspaper. "Yimin, look, you're in the newspaper." Zhou Yimin took a look and saw that it was the Kyoto newspaper. The page reporting on him was quite large, not as narrow as a missing relatives notice. It contains a detailed introduction to Zhou Yimin's identity and other information, followed by a question-and-answer session, and finally a summary that sings the praises of Zhou Yimin's glorious deeds. All the reports were positive, but the summary at the end was a little exaggerated. This made Zhou Yimin feel that his three packs of Huazi were not given away in vain. "I want this newspaper." Zhou Yimin took the newspaper for himself. He planned to take it back to the village to show his grandfather. The old man would definitely be happy seeing this. Soon, everyone in the hospital knew about the report and came to congratulate. They also felt very honored to live in the same courtyard. From now on, they can speak louder when talking to people from other courtyards. Even Master Gu and the others felt very honored. Thanks to brother Seoul Haizu for the 3000 reward, and brothers Bingning Mengcha and Wanshi Ruyi 1 for the 100 reward! (End of this chapter)
