Chapter 6: First Drink with Shazhu
Gao Zhendong followed the old lady into the house. Although it was early autumn, the temperature had already risen a bit. There was no fire in the house. Ordinary families these days could only bear it in early autumn. They did not have the habit of turning on the radiator or floor heating in October.

Gao Zhendong put the things on the old lady's table, rubbed his hands and said, "Old lady, I just came here yesterday and didn't have time to prepare anything for you, so I brought you some high-gluten flour and sugar. Please don't mind."

As soon as the old lady saw the bag of flour and the paper bag of sugar, she knew that the young man was modest but sincere. She even let down her last suspicion and said hurriedly, "Look at you, kid. You came here just like that. Why do you need to bring anything?"

As the old lady spoke, she put the things into the inner room. The wrinkles on her face widened into a smile, and she poured Gao Zhendong a glass of water.

Gao Zhendong echoed the old lady's words: "Of course, of course. Respecting the elderly is a good idea. Besides, when my parents were still alive and engaged in the revolution, they might have worn the shoes you gave them, haha."

When the old lady heard that this was a martyr's relative, she felt a little closer to him: "Ah, you also grew up in poverty, poor child."

Gao Zhendong waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's all in the past. Besides, although I was still young at that time and couldn't kill a few Japanese devils to avenge them, I also killed a lot of American devils in the past few years, which can be regarded as making up for them."

The deaf old lady understood better. This is a soldier with military merits. This is a dear relative in the same trench. It has to be added~~~~~~ No, this is even closer.

The old and the young talked about the city gate basket and I talked about the hip axis. They were having a great time. When they talked about things that happened in the past, the old lady couldn't help but wipe away a few tears.

The two old and young were chatting happily when they suddenly heard a somewhat rude voice outside the door: "Old lady, are you home? I came to see you."

A man of medium height with a short face pushed the door open and walked in. It was obvious that he was very familiar with the old lady. Seeing that the door was closed, he pushed the door open and walked in without even knocking.

"Old lady, guess what good things I brought you?" The man closed the door and turned around to tease the old lady.

Gao Zhendong recognized him at the first sight. In fact, he had guessed it almost right from the voice. The God of War of Siheyuan, the Thirty-seven Yuan and Fifty Hero, the No. 1 Spoon of Siheyuan, the top buyer, He Yuzhu, also known as Shazhu, was here.

Sha Zhu turned around and saw a young man smiling at him at the table. He was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and put the aluminum lunch box on the deaf old lady's table and said, "Hey~~~ Old lady, you have guests here. Sorry to bother you. I'll put the food here for you. Heat it up later. It will be cold if you bring it back."

Gao Zhendong stood up and stretched out his hand: "You must be Master He Yuzhu, I just heard the old lady talking about you, I am..." Gao Zhendong introduced himself again and explained why he was at the deaf old lady's house.

The old lady was already immersed in the beautiful fantasy of the two young men praising her, so she hurriedly tried to persuade them to stay: "Don't leave, sit down, chat with Zhendong, you two are about the same age, so you can talk to each other. By the way, isn't today Friday? Didn't you go to the cafeteria to work?"

Sha Zhu took a ceramic bowl and poured himself half a bowl of water, drank it in one breath, and wiped his mouth: "Don't mention it. I, your grandson, was not feeling well today, so I asked for leave and came back early. This is the fried eggplant I made for you. Although there is no meat, it is full of oil." Because Gao Zhendong was next to him, Sha Zhu did not directly say that he brought the dishes back from the cafeteria.

The old lady didn't hide it. She turned around and took out the high-gluten noodles that Gao Zhendong had sent her. "Well, it's almost noon. Zhendong also sent me some flour. You can get some hands on it and mix the noodles. You two boys can have lunch at my place at noon. We'll have hand-rolled noodles and use the eggplant you brought as topping." Sha Zhu was delighted when he saw it. Such good flour was not something he could often find, even if he was a cook in the factory. "Oh, old lady, you're not going to celebrate? You're going to treat us with such good things? Well, today I'll borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and show off my cooking skills."

Gao Zhendong also stood up: "I have some vegetables stored at home, let me get them and we can have some fun together." It was noon on a weekday, and there were not many people in the yard. Gao Zhendong didn't mind bringing out some more food to have some fun.

When Sha Zhu heard this, he realized that this person was a down-to-earth person, so he didn't hesitate to say, "That's great, you go get it, I'll clean it up first, and I promise not to waste your food."

Gao Zhendong returned to the house, exchanged 2 taels of pork belly and a bag of cabbage, took them and went to the backyard.

When the deaf old lady and Sha Zhu saw that this college student was really taking it, there was meat and vegetables, especially the pork belly, which had three distinct lines, and it was obviously good stuff.

Sha Zhu gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother, be dignified. Wait, I will prepare a good meal for you today."

Gao Zhendong was chatting with the deaf old lady while Sha Zhu was cooking. The scene was quite harmonious. Soon Sha Zhu finished cooking and brought the meal to the table. He said to the two of them, "Wait a moment," and then went out.

Gao Zhendong was surprised: "Old lady, where is he going?"

The deaf old lady pursed her toothless lips and said, "What else can I do? Bring some wine. You have both noodles and meat. If he doesn't bring out something good, he'll probably feel embarrassed."

After a while, Sha Zhu came in with two bottles of wine and a plate of peanuts: "Let's get started, I'm so greedy!!"

The three of them, young and old, ate and chatted until 2pm. Sha Zhu was so drunk that his tongue was swollen. When he and Gao Zhendong separated, he held Gao Zhendong's hand and kept repeating the same thing: "Brother, when you get to the steel mill, if you have any problems, just look for me. I will definitely help you solve the problem beautifully~~~ I'm not exaggerating~~~~Brother, when you get to the steel mill, if you have any problems, just look for me."

After finally getting his brother into the house to sleep, Gao Zhendong returned to his own room, boiled a pot of water, made some tea, and while drinking tea he looked around the house, thinking about what to add.

There is no need to talk about the main hall, the living room, that requires a set of tables and chairs, the north room is a bedroom and study, so you need a set of beds, bookshelves, and chests, and the south room~~~~~the south room will be temporarily turned into a kitchen and dining room, you need a set of cooking utensils, table and chairs, but you don't need too many tables and chairs, one table and two chairs will be enough, and if someone comes and there are not enough, you can just take them from the living room.

The rest were daily necessities and a stove. A stove!!! Thinking of this, Gao Zhendong remembered that he had entered the factory and had to figure out how to get something first.

Gao Zhendong thought this thing had little to do with scientific research, but for him, it was a must-have for a comfortable life. Given the conditions of the steel mill, it was easy to make and would not interfere with work. The more troublesome part was that he had to be able to bring it back home openly after it was done. These days, public property was not easy to buy even with money. It was hot.

(End of this chapter)