Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"Uncle Ming, Auntie, Auntie Cheng..."

"Lixia, Qingming, I'll be waiting for you."

"Uncle Ming, Auntie, Auntie Cheng... let's move to the restaurant."

"Little Zongzi, Pingping, Little Yumi, Xiaoli, Lanlan, Hehe, you little guys, stop playing and go wash your hands and eat."

"okay."

"Time to eat."

"Dad, let me pour you some wine." Little Zongzi picked up the wine grape and poured wine for his father and the others.

"Uncle Ming, I'll toast you a glass."

"Let's have a drink together."

"cheers."

"Done."

"Good wine. This wine is much better than the five-year-old wine sold in your direct-operated store."

Ming Fangzhou is also a wine lover. He likes the Eight Immortals Drunk, Hanhai Qiongjiang and Jieyuhua produced by Zhiwei Wine Company very much.

Unfortunately, the best wines available in Zhiwei Wine Company’s direct stores are the five-year-old wines launched by Baxianzui, Hanhaiqiongjiang and Jieyuhua.

The legendary Eight Immortals Drunk, Hanhai Nectar and Jieyuhua Old Wine are simply not available on the market.

"I know that you, Uncle Ming, are also a wine lover. When you return to Yangcheng, I will prepare a few jars for you. You can take them home and drink slowly."

"Then I won't be polite to you."

"Uncle Ming, Auntie, try the white-cut chicken and steamed spareribs with fermented black beans that I made to see if they are authentic."

"It's very authentic and delicious, even better than what I had at Yangcheng Restaurant. Your cooking skills are better than the chefs at big restaurants. If you open a restaurant, your business will definitely be very successful."

Ming Jirui said with a smile: "Dad, you forgot that Zhiweilou Restaurant is owned by my third sister and her husband."

"Oh, right. I almost forgot that you are the owner of Zhiweilou Restaurant."

After being reminded by his youngest son, Ming Fangzhou remembered that Yang Yukun was the owner of Zhiweilou Restaurant.

There is also a branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant in Guangzhou. He often eats out at the Guangzhou branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant and also chooses Zhiweilou Restaurant as his first choice when entertaining guests.

This Zhiweilou Restaurant is incredible. It is a leading high-end restaurant chain with more than a hundred branches across the country. Although it is expensive, the taste is absolutely amazing.

"Uncle Ming, let me fill your glass." Yang Yukun refilled the glasses of wine for Ming Fangzhou and others.

He brought a jar of Eight Immortals Drunk and a jar of Vast Sea Nectar, both large jars holding five kilograms. The two jars weighed ten kilograms in total, and he drank them all.

Yang Yukun drank the most, and half of it went into his stomach.

After dinner, it was still early, so the group went out to the square for a stroll and a walk to digest the food.

The straight-line distance from Huafengyuan Community to the square is only 800 meters, and it only takes two minutes to walk.

It's the beginning of winter and it's a bit cold at night.

After walking around the square, the group left and went back to their homes.

"Uncle Ming, Auntie, come to my place for dinner tomorrow. We'll start at five o'clock, and I won't come to call you then."

"Okay, we'll go there tomorrow afternoon."

"Qingming, Lixia, come over tomorrow afternoon. We'll eat roasted whole lamb."

"okay."

"Aunt Cheng, don't forget. Remember to go there tomorrow."

"Row."

"gone."

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping took the children and Black Panther away from Huafengyuan Community.

the next day.

Yang Yukun invited Ming Fangzhou and his wife to his house for dinner, and he took out a sheep from his portable planting space.

There is also the roast duck that Xiaozongzi wants, the braised pork trotter that Pingping wants, and the hairy crab that Xiaoyumi wants, and it's time to fulfill their wishes.

When he went out to school in the morning, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi specifically told him to eat roast duck, braised pork trotters and hairy crabs.

"Xiaokun, brother is here."

Han Chunming walked into the yard, and Yang Yukun called him to come over to help, saying that they would roast a whole lamb for dinner today.

"Brother Xiaowu, the roasted whole lamb is now in your hands."

When Han Chunming came over, Yang Yukun had just put the roasted whole lamb on the grill.

In addition to roasting whole lamb, he also has to cook other dishes, and he can't handle it all by himself.

In the past, when we had a small gathering and had a whole roasted lamb, we would ask Han Chunming or Fan Xiaojun to come and help.

"What day is today?"

"It's not a special day. Jingtian's parents-in-law came from Guangzhou to visit them. Since they came from far away, they must be invited to their home for a simple meal."

"That's right, where are they?"

"Jingtian and Xiaorui took them out to play. I called Brother Jian and Brother Tu, and they are still in Hong Kong Island. They said they would play there for a while."

"Will they stay in Hong Kong Island until the Chinese New Year before returning?" "Who knows."

After calling Han Chunming, Yang Yukun called Yang Huajian and Mao Ditu, asking them if they had returned and whether they wanted to eat roasted whole lamb.

Yang Huajian and Mao Ditu are still in Hong Kong Island and have no plans to come back for the time being.

"When I'm not so busy in a while, how about we go to Hong Kong Island for a few days and have a small gathering with Lao Ao?"

"Sure, I'm always available, it just depends on whether you can spare the time."

"A week at most, then I'll have time."

"Once you have arranged your time, we will go and look for Brother Jian, Brother Tu, Lao Ao and the others."

"it is good."

The two brothers chatted about everything under the sun while preparing dinner.

Yang Yukun took some time to call his master and asked him to come to his house for dinner.

As a result, the master said he had an appointment in the evening and had made an appointment with a few old friends to go to Zhiweilou Hotpot chain to eat hotpot.

Today we are mainly entertaining Ming Fangzhou and his wife who came from far away Guangzhou, so we won’t invite anyone else.

I will find some time later and invite my relatives and friends to my home for a gathering.

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In the morning, Ming Jirui and Xu Jingtian took their parents to the Lao Di Du No. 1 Noodle Restaurant in Xidan to eat a bowl of shredded pork noodles with soybean paste.

After breakfast, I took the old couple for a walk around the city.

At noon, I took the old couple to eat at Zhiweilou Restaurant Wangfujing branch.

Then we went to the Forbidden City Museum and spent a few hours there.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, Ming Jirui and Xu Jingtian brought their parents to their third sister and brother-in-law's house.

"Little Fifth Brother."

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Jingtian saw Han Chunming roasting a whole lamb in the yard.

"Uncle Ming, Auntie." Han Chunming and Ming Fangzhou greeted each other.

When Ming Jirui and Xu Jingtian got married, he met Ming Fangzhou and his wife.

Ming Jirui said, "Dad, Mom, this is Xiaowu brother."

"Little five."

"Uncle Ming, you still remember me."

"Remember, when Xiaorui and Jingtian held their wedding, you were busy running around."

Ming Fangzhou and his wife certainly remembered Han Chunming and others. Last December, when their youngest son and daughter-in-law got married, it was Han Chunming and others who took care of everything.

Yang Yukun came out of the kitchen: "Uncle Ming, Auntie, you are here, please come in and sit down, it is warm inside."

Ming Fangzhou said, "Just sit in the yard for a while. It's not very cold today."

Ming Jirui went into the house and got a few chairs to the yard. Several people sat down next to the grill, which was surrounded by steam.

"Uncle Ming, Auntie, the climate in your south is different from our climate in the north."

"It's really different. The climate in the north is dry and the winter is cold. We only need to wear a thin coat in this season, but it's not the case here. I have to wear a cotton jacket."

Ming Fangzhou sniffed. The imperial capital was drier and much cooler in winter than Guangzhou.

When I woke up last night, I felt very uncomfortable with a stuffy nose, just like I had a cold.

"Our country is vast and rich in resources, and the climate in each region is very different."

"That's true. I came to the capital last year when Xiaorui and Jingtian got married. That's when I realized that a place could be as cold as minus ten degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature in Guangzhou doesn't even reach zero degrees throughout the year."

"It was only after I went to Guangzhou that I realized there are still plum rain days."

“Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, only when you have traveled more places and gained more knowledge, will you realize how narrow your knowledge is.”

"I didn't expect that Uncle Ming is also a philosopher."

"I am not a philosopher. I was just born twenty years earlier than you."

"Uncle Ming, Auntie, eat some fruit first." Yang Yukun brought some fruit candies to the yard and asked Ming Fangzhou and the others to eat.

"Dad, we are back, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Fifth Aunt, Fifth Uncle."

"Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, Xiaoli, Feifei, Mengmeng, you are all out of school."

"Yes."

Han Chunming said: "Fei Fei, Meng Meng, why are you two here too?"

Feifei smiled and said, "Dad, Sister Zongzi said that we are having roasted whole lamb today, so we are here to have some."

Xu Jingping smiled and said, "I went to school to pick up Xiao Zongzi and the others, and brought Feifei and Mengmeng back with me."

"Wife, call Aunt Cheng and Lixia. Dinner is ready."

The whole roasted lamb is ready, and so are the other dishes.

At present, only Chen Qingming, He Lixia's family of three, and Cheng Xueru and others have not come yet. Yang Yukun asked Xu Jingping to call them to urge them. (End of this chapter)