Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 973 Travel 2
"Ginger, we live there."

"Yes, we don't have a place to stay, so we need you to help us."

There were not many foreign-related hotels in Sijiu City during this period, but the most famous ones were Sijiu City Hotel and Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. However, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse only received dignitaries from the Flower-Growing Country, and they were not qualified to stay there, so the only one left was Sijiu City Hotel.

As a well-known international hotel, Sijiucheng Hotel gathers the essence of Chinese cuisine. It includes Tan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Shanghai cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine. Because it receives foreign tourists all year round, it also includes a variety of Western-style meals. The operating area is as much as 150,000 square meters.

The origin of the Sijiucheng Hotel is also quite interesting. In 1900, two Frenchmen created the prototype of the Sijiucheng Hotel. After a period of management and development, the Sijiucheng Hotel gradually improved its architectural style and internal facilities, becoming a high-end hotel in modern history.

In 1954 and 1974, the Sijiucheng Hotel was expanded twice. While carrying the hotel's functions and receiving foreign guests as always, it also witnessed the changes of history. Because it is close to Wangfujing Commercial Street in the city center, the Sijiucheng Hotel was very busy and bustling in the 80s. In the 80s, the Sijiucheng Hotel was undoubtedly very grand.

However, when Jiang Zihan and Jiang Yan discussed it, Jiang Yan directly rejected it. Since they came here to travel, they might as well experience the unique hutong culture of Beijing.

Jiang Yan owns quite a few courtyard houses. When Jiang Zihan got married, Jiang Yan gave the couple a two-entry courtyard house near Prince Gong's Mansion. There is also a three-entry courtyard house very close to this courtyard house.

Moreover, this courtyard was renovated by Jiang Yan to entertain important customers who came to Sijiu City. The layout inside was basically comparable to a five-star hotel. The chefs inside were naturally Jiang Zihan's disciples who took turns serving there. Everything was available. Since it was a place to live, it was better to live in your own home.

"In our country, the most important guests naturally stay at home. The Siheyuan in our home has a long history, dating back to a thousand years ago."

Then Jiang Zihan introduced to them in detail the development history and layout of the Siheyuan. They were fascinated by what they heard, and finally decided to go and see the Siheyuan arranged by Jiang Zihan.

"My God, the door is so tall and the nails on it are the size of bowls."

"Look at these two stone lions, they are so lifelike."

"Yes, yes. And this sculpture is simply a work of art."

The car stopped at the gate of the courtyard. After they got out of the car, they saw the exquisite gate and exclaimed in admiration. However, what they didn't know was that many people soon gathered around them, and many of them were looking at them curiously.

Seeing that more and more people were coming, Jiang Zihan had no choice but to bring them into the courtyard.

"This is a courtyard house where only the top three officials in our country can live. A third-rank official is equivalent to a ministerial-level official in your country."

"This is the front room, where the servants lived before."

"After entering this door is where the master lives."

Jiang Zihan led them into the courtyard and introduced the purpose of the house to them. They had never seen such a beautiful house before, so they naturally praised it repeatedly.

"Okay, guys, if you like living here, you can choose any room you want."

"Jiang, I like it here so much. If they don't live here, I will."

"Yes, this place is great. We live here too."

"Yes, yes, I live here."

The main room was converted into a living room, and they all went to the wing rooms, but there were only four wing rooms, so the other three people could only live in the third courtyard. After a short rest, Jiang Zihan took them to Tiananmen Square. It would be a pity not to come here when they arrived in the city, so in order to prevent them from regretting it, Jiang Zihan chose this as his first stop.

Jiang Zihan took a camera and took a solo photo of each of them, and asked passers-by to take a few group photos of them.

So there was a scene like this in Tiananmen Square that year: a group of foreigners with big blond hair took a Chinese youth to take a photo in Tiananmen Square in 86. Moreover, each of the eight of them wore a flowered shirt, a big gold chain, and sunglasses, and each of them held a small five-star red flag in their hands. It was quite explosive and quite funny.
For the entire day, Jiang Zihan took a group of people to go back and forth between Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. The dignified and majestic Forbidden City in particular really shocked this group of foreigners. The sound of calling out to God was incessant, and sometimes they even whistled when they were in the mood. This was a great spectacle of that year.

Naturally, a welcome party had to be prepared in the evening. Jiang Zihan had already made arrangements when I left. Tonight's main dishes were grilled lamb skewers and some vegetables. He prepared some fruit drinks and beer, as well as special white wine and rice wine, and even several bottles of chrysanthemum white and osmanthus wine.

The record player and stereo were also moved in, playing the latest records they brought today, rock music from Queen and Jackson, and they had a Chinese-style party, and went crazy for half the night.

The next morning, after having a special Sijiucheng breakfast, Jiang Zihan drove the bus back and prepared to drive three cars out. There were not as many people as he had imagined, so there was no need to use the bus. Besides, parking would be inconvenient.

When Jiang Zihan was going back, he met Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan looked at him strangely. There was nothing he could do. His son's dress today was too different. It was almost a revolutionary change from the good boy he was before. This made Jiang Yan, the old father, unable to accept it for a while.

However, Jiang Yan adjusted himself quickly, as there were many people in later generations who were more explosive than him.

"Dad, can you help me find two cars and drivers? There are not many people there, and it's not convenient to drive a bus to play."

"Okay! Leave it to me, I'll arrange it for you in a moment."

"Okay, I'll go pack it up. I'll take it away later."

"Go!"

After Jiang Zihan left, Jiang Yan looked at his son's clothes and spoke with a bit of amusement.

"A floral shirt, big sunglasses, and a big gold chain, so stylish. I'll get one when the time comes." Thinking of this, Jiang Yan thought about it and came up with an idea to trick his son.

After returning to his room and changing into a floral shirt, Jiang Zihan found Deng Zirui standing at the door. After seeing her, Jiang Zihan hurried over.

"Xiao Rui, why are you here?"

Deng Zirui also looked at him strangely and said, "Uncle asked me to be your driver."

"what?"

I have seen people cheating their fathers, but I have never seen people cheating their own sons. Jiang Zihan was quite speechless about Jiang Yan's arrangement.
Seeing that Jiang Zihan was silent, Deng Zirui said unkindly, "What's the matter? You don't like my driving skills?"

"No, this time it's a group of foreigners, I'm afraid you won't be used to it! And I'm also afraid you won't understand."

"It's okay. I'm only responsible for driving. I don't care about anything else."

What Jiang Zihan didn't know was that when she was in school, Deng Zirui had spent a lot of time on English in order to be able to read foreign documents, but she had never said it. This was something Jiang Zihan had not expected.

(End of this chapter)