Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"Alright kid, the master is here, it's getting late, I won't keep you any longer, you can go back."

"Master, it's only half past five now. Let's take a look at your Northern Wei Dynasty pottery figurine."

"What's so good about this? It's not like I haven't seen it before. Get lost now."

"Okay, I'll leave then."

After sending his master to his doorstep, Yang Yukun drove the car out of the alley.

"You little bastard." Hou Paolan scolded with a smile and opened the door to enter the house.

It must have been about ten years ago. At that time, he found out that a Northern Wei Dynasty pottery figurine was not the right one and was a replica.

It was not until today that he learned that the Northern Wei Dynasty pottery figurine in his hand was made by Gao Shuiwang.

I have to say that this kid's imitation skills are really superb. Even he suffered losses from the objects imitated by this kid.

He is very optimistic about Gao Shuiwang and believes that this kid will definitely become a master in firing ancient ceramics.

This Northern Wei Dynasty pottery figurine is an early work of Gao Shuiwang. He will keep it well and put it in the Yaguan Museum later.

"Wife, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, I'm back."

"Woof woof woof..."

"Black Panther."

Little Zongzi said, "Dad, you said you would make me roast duck tonight."

Pingping said: "And my braised pork trotters."

Little Corn smiled and said, "Dad, hairy crabs."

"Dad is busy today, I will make it for you tomorrow night."

We agreed last night that we would make roast duck, braised pork trotters and hairy crabs for Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi today.

As a result, Gao Shuiwang's incident happened and he insisted on treating them to a meal to express his gratitude.

We can’t eat roast duck, braised pork trotters and hairy crabs today, so we can only make them for the little ones tomorrow.

Xu Jingping smiled and said, "Xiao Kun, you're back."

Yang Yukun said, "Wife, have you had dinner?"

"I'm going to take Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, and Xiao Yumi to eat hotpot."

In the afternoon, Xu Jingping received a call from Yang Yukun, saying that he had something to do and there was no cooking at home tonight.

After get off work, Xu Jingping went to the school to pick up the children.

The children said they wanted to eat hotpot, so she took them to the Zhiweilou Hotpot chain headquarters to eat hotpot before returning.

I had just arrived home and had been with Yang Yukun for no more than twenty minutes.

“Woof woof woof…” The black panther patted his food bowl. He hadn’t eaten yet.

Little Corn said, "Dad, Black Panther hasn't had dinner yet."

"I'll go make dinner for Black Panther." Little Zongzi ran to make a big bowl of noodles for Black Panther and cut a big piece of beef.

Yang Yukun watched the girl operating smoothly and skillfully.

In addition to practicing martial arts, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi also learned cooking from him.

"Great, how about letting you make breakfast tomorrow?"

"Okay, Dad, what do you want to eat tomorrow morning?"

"I want to eat noodles with soy sauce."

"No problem. From now on, Pingping, Xiao Yumi and I will make breakfast." Little Zongzi took on the task of making breakfast at home: "Black Panther, it's time for dinner. Hurry and bring your rice bowl over."

"Woof woof woof..."

"Eat quickly."

Little Zongzi poured the prepared beef noodles into Black Panther's rice bowl, and then continued practicing with his younger brothers and sisters.

Yang Yukun watched TV with Xu Jingping for a while, and the couple chatted.

The next day's breakfast was made of small rice dumplings, pingping and small corns, mixed noodles and big buns stuffed with beef, and a few fried eggs.

"Dad, Mom, is it delicious?"

Xu Jingping praised: "It's delicious, better than what my mom makes."

"Not bad, but there's a little too much salt, and I put too much sauce when I was frying the sauce..."

Yang Yukun did not just praise but pointed out some shortcomings.

Only by pointing out these shortcomings and letting them know how to improve can they do better next time.

Whether it is about being a person or doing things, Yang Yukun has always taught them this way.

Of course, he will not be stingy with his praise when it is due.

"Third aunt, third uncle, cousin Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, and Xiao Yumi."

"Uncle Kun, Auntie, Sister Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, and Xiao Yumi."

"Xiao Li, Fei Fei, Meng Meng, you are here, you can eat buns. I and Ping Ping made them with little corn."

Hou Li, Feifei and Mengmeng came over and asked Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi to go to school together.

Xiao Zongzi gave the big beef-filled buns that she, Pingping and Xiao Yumi made to Hou Li, Feifei and Mengmeng.

"Is it tasty?"

The three nodded: "It's delicious, even better than what you buy outside." Yang Yukun said: "Xiao Li, has your uncle been to Quancheng?"

Hou Li said, "Yes, they went there. My aunt and Heng Heng also went there."

Xu Jingping said, "Are Xiaojun and Lili back from their business trip?"

"I came back yesterday morning. These things were brought by Xiaojun. He asked me to get a few jars of wine and said he was going to Quancheng to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law today."

"Aunt, uncle, grandpa and grandma, when will they come back?"

"Missing grandpa and grandma?"

"Ah."

"We don't know about that. Why don't you give your grandparents a call and ask them?"

"I'll call grandpa and grandma when I get back from school this afternoon."

"Fei Fei, what is your dad busy with?"

"My dad and my grandma went to my eldest aunt's house. It seems that my eldest uncle's father is sick, so my dad and grandma said they were going to check it out."

"Dad, Mom, we're going to school." Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi went to the study to get their schoolbags.

"Slow down and be safe."

"Got it, Black Panther, let's go."

"Woof woof woof..."

"Run slower, wait for Black Panther."

"The Black Panther can't run as fast as us now."

"Black Panther is old. My dad said that Black Panther's current age is equivalent to our eighties. Can you still run as fast as we do now when you are eighty?"

Xiao Zongzi and his friends took Black Panther out, and found a large group of friends waiting for them at the entrance of the alley.

After reuniting with her friends, Xiao Zongzi, as the big sister, waved her hand and the group headed towards the school in a mighty manner.

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"Is Comrade Yang Yukun home?"

"here I am."

"There is a letter for you, sent from the Snow Region. Your eldest nephew has written to you again."

The postman delivered the letter to Yang Yukun's home. He was the postman responsible for delivering letters in this area. He had delivered letters to Yang Yukun's home more than once and knew that Yang Yukun had a nephew who was serving as a soldier in the snowy frontier.

"Thank you, come in and have a cup of tea."

"No, there are still a lot of letters to deliver, so I'm leaving."

"Walk slowly."

"Got it."

The postman got on his bicycle and continued delivering letters door to door.

After returning to the house, Yang Yukun opened the letter, which contained a photo.

Previously, when he was having hotpot with Peng Tao's family of three, Yang Yukun heard Peng Tao say that Peng Jun had made meritorious service in the army. He knew that the letter written to him by this boy must still be on the way and had not been delivered.

it is as expected.

"Not bad, very energetic." Yang Yukun picked up the photo and took a look. The boy had a third-class individual merit medal on his chest and a big smile on his face.

Putting the photo down, Yang Yukun began to read the contents of the letter.

In the letter, the guy did not say how he won the third-class individual merit, and the content was not much different from the previous letter. After all, the army has confidentiality regulations, and what should not be said must not be said.

"Jingtian asked us to go to her place for dinner tonight." Xu Jingping came back from outside.

She didn't go to the company today. After breakfast, she went to clean up the yard at her parents' house.

Jingtian just called her and asked them to have dinner together in the evening.

"What day is it today?"

"Uncle Ming and his wife came from Yangcheng to visit Jingtian and Xiaorui."

"Uncle Ming and the others are here?"

"It's noon. Xiao Rui went to the airport to pick them up."

"She also said that she would make roast duck, braised pig's trotters and hairy crabs for Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi tonight. It seems that I can only make them tomorrow."

Xu Jingping smiled and said, "Then let's do it tomorrow. Uncle Ming and his family have finally come here, so let's invite them to our house for a meal."

"Row."

Jingtian's parents-in-law came all the way from Guangzhou to see them. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law had not returned from their road trip yet, so as sisters and brothers-in-law, they naturally had to entertain Jingtian's parents-in-law.

"Xiaojun has a letter. The postman just delivered it."

"This is Xiaojun. His face is sunburned."

"The snowy plateau has strong ultraviolet rays, the mountains are high and the roads are steep, the wind blows, the sun blows and the snow hits. The place where he served was one of the most difficult and harshest places in the snowy area, so it was normal for him to get a few layers of sunburned."

"If Sister An Hong saw this, she would be so distressed."

"So this guy specifically told me in the letter not to show the photos to Lao Peng and the others, because he was afraid they would worry."

Yang Yukun put the letter away and put the photos into the album.

In the afternoon, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping carried the two jars for a long time and went to Xu Jingtian's home in Huafengyuan. (End of this chapter)