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He Yuzhu took He Yushui to the department store. Along the way, He Yushui imagined what good things to buy.

"Brother, I forgot to bring money."

He Yuzhu said: "Why bring any money? Can I let you spend money? Just tell me what you want to buy.

You have performed well recently, so this is a reward for you."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, He Yushui smiled happily.

This is also what He Yuzhu really thinks.

The effects of Lingquan Water are not amazing, but drinking it regularly still has many benefits.

With the help of the spiritual spring water, He Yushui's academic performance is very good. In every exam, she is the first in the class. Li Pan and Xu Xiaoling, who often play with her, also benefit from it and their academic performance is also very good.

He Yushui and Xu Xiaoling both skipped grades because they were good students in school, and are now classmates with Li Pan.

He Yuzhu also supported He Yushui's decision to skip a grade. It would be best if he could graduate from university in 1966.

The brother and sister were walking on the road and chatting, when suddenly they heard a voice calling his name from behind.

"Director He."

He Yuzhu stopped and saw a car coming. He didn't recognize the car.

But he knew the driver, he was Lou Zhenheng's driver, and Lou Zhenheng called him Lao Wu.

"It's you. Are you taking Director Lou to do some work?"

Lao Wu smiled and said, "Boss Lou is entertaining guests at home."

He Yuzhu didn't ask who the guest was. He had met Lou Zhenheng twice, and he wasn't familiar with the driver, so he didn't know what to say.

Lao Wu took the initiative to ask: "Where are you going, Director He?"

He Yuzhu explained, "I'm taking my sister to the department store while I'm off duty. You're doing some work for Mr. Lou, so I won't waste your time."

Lao Wu hesitated for a moment and called He Yuzhu again: "Director He, can you wait a moment?"

He Yuzhu stopped and asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"

Lao Wu nodded: "Yes, there is something. But I need to ask Director Lou for instructions. Can you wait for me?"

He Yuzhu frowned slightly, but did not refuse.

Lou Zhenheng still has considerable power, and the factory needs his help on many things. He Yuzhu couldn't refuse him.

Lao Wu went to a nearby shop, found a place with a phone, called Lou Zhenheng, and came back after a while.

"Director He, I'm so sorry. This is what happened. Director Lou is treating us today..."

He Yuzhu understood.

Lou Zhenheng has really bad luck today.

He invited his friends to his home, and the cook at home had taken leave two days ago, so he hired a cook from outside. But the cook was sick today and couldn't cook.

Lao Wu came out to invite the chef.

However, due to the food rationing issue, many restaurants are not doing well and the chefs in the restaurants have to take turns working.

There is a shortage of staff in the kitchen, so there is no way to spare a cook for Lou Zhenheng.

There were not many places with telephones in that era, and ordinary families would not install a telephone at all.

Lao Wu had no choice but to drive to find those chefs.

When he met He Yuzhu on the road, he stopped He Yuzhu on his own initiative.

There is nothing we can do about it.

Time waits for no one, and we cannot delay the guests’ meal.

He Yuzhu was unwilling to agree.

He was not familiar with Lou Zhenheng, and Lou Zhenheng had never asked him to cook.

Last time I brought back a lunch box from the steel mill canteen, but there was no follow-up.

"You can see that I brought my sister here. I can't just leave her here. I want to send her back, but I'm running out of time." Lao Wu said, "It doesn't matter. I just talked to Director Lou. Director Lou agreed that you can take your sister with you. Director He, please help! The guests this time are from Guangdong. They are old friends of Director Lou."

He Yuzhu didn't want to offend Lou Zhenheng, so he had to agree.

"Yushui, let's wait until the afternoon to go shopping for clothes, okay?"

He Yushui was very obedient and agreed.

"Then I'll ride my bike and follow you."

Lao Wu said, "Why don't you let your sister take the car? This place is not far from Mr. Lou's house."

He Yuzhu glanced at He Yushui, her eyes filled with anticipation and fear.

"Would you like to take a car?"

He Yushui was a little confused and didn't know how to answer.

Most people these days have never ridden in a car. Adults can brag about riding in a car for a long time. Children like He Yushui can't stand such temptation.

He Yuzhu saw through her thoughts and said, "Just sit back and relax! I'll be following you."

He Yushui got into the car and walked in front.

He Yuzhu followed behind on a bicycle.

Lao Wu didn't drive very fast, and Lou Zhenheng's home wasn't far from here. In about twenty minutes, they arrived at Lou Zhenheng's home.

Lou Xiao'e's mother was standing outside the yard to greet her.

"Director He, I'm sorry. There really was an unexpected incident in this arrangement."

He Yuzhu said, "Mrs. Lou, you are too polite. It's getting late, I'd better start cooking first!"

Lou's mother also knew that time was tight, so she said, "We have already prepared the ingredients simply. If you think we need to do anything else, just go ahead and arrange it."

When He Yuzhu arrived at the cafeteria, he saw two women washing vegetables inside, and everything was almost done.

"Well, may I ask if the guests have any dietary restrictions?"

After understanding the situation, He Yuzhu made a decision in his mind. He prepared a menu based on the ingredients, including his famous Sichuan boiled fish, Shandong cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, all of which did not take too much time to prepare.

Lou's mother was from the Tan family and was very satisfied with the menu designated by He Yuzhu.

"I remember the last time we met was a few years ago. I didn't expect Director He to know so much. There's no problem with these menus, let's do it!"

He Yuzhu didn't delay and said to He Yushui, "You sit in the kitchen and don't run around. We'll leave after I finish cooking."

Lou's mother said, "The cafeteria is full of fumes, so don't let your sister stay here. I will take her to my Xiao'e's place and let Xiao'e take care of her."

He Yuzhu looked at He Yushui and saw that she was a little reluctant, so he said, "Madam, no need. Three generations of our family have been cooks, and Yushui likes the smell of kitchen fumes."

Lou's mother did not insist. She gave a few instructions to the servants and left the kitchen.

He Yuzhu also started preparing to cook and did not pay attention to the servants of the Lou family.

Seeing his mother coming back, Lou Zhenheng found an excuse to leave the study room: "How is it?"

Lou's mother said, "Director He's arrangement is very good, and the proposed menu is also good. It won't delay lunch."

Lou Zhenheng said: "Director He's cooking skills are of course no problem. I'm just worried about his temper."

Lou's mother was a little embarrassed: "I thought he would have some opinions, but he didn't say anything. It's a little different from what Xiaoju said."

Lou Zhenheng said angrily: "I know you have a good relationship with Lao Xu's wife, but you can't listen to her in everything. If Director He is really as selfish as she said, can he get the attention of so many leaders in the steel mill?
Last time I brought his lunch box back, you despised it and didn't want to eat it. Today I'll show you his cooking skills.

By the way, his sister is in the kitchen, don’t neglect her. Give her some of the candies you brought from abroad.”

Knowing that she was in the wrong, Lou's mother did not object and went to prepare according to Lou Zhenheng's instructions.

He Yuzhu didn't know all this. It wouldn't be surprising if he knew.

The deaf old lady told many lies in her life, but she did not lie when she evaluated the Xu family.

He Yuzhu knew that the Xu family had spread rumors about him behind his back. But compared to the threats from Yi Zhonghai and his men, the Xu family's little tricks were not serious.

He didn't care, but he didn't expect that Xu's mother would actually discredit him in front of the Lou family. (End of this chapter)