Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"Dad, Mom, we are back."

"Have you got a meal yet?"

"I ate at my fifth aunt's house."

"Did you go to your fifth aunt's house to visit your little cousin again?"

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping were watching TV in the living room, with Black Panther lying at their feet.

Black Panther is old now and isn't as quick as he was when he was younger.

In addition, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi are not young anymore and have learned martial arts. Moreover, the school is not far from their home, so after the Lantern Festival, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi no longer brought Black Panther to school.

Ever since the little cousin was born, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, Hou Li, and Chen He would basically make an appointment to go to my fifth aunt's house to see the little cousin every day.

This afternoon, Xiao Zongzi called back from their fifth aunt's house and said they were at their fifth aunt's house.

Little Zongzi smiled and said, "Chengjing is very friendly to me. Every time she sees me, she giggles and wants me to play with her."

Pingping said, "Dad, Mom, is there anything to eat at home?"

"Didn't you have dinner at Fifth Aunt's house? Are you hungry again?"

"A little hungry."

"Go heat up the food yourself."

"Okay, sister, little corn, do you want to eat it?"

Little Zongzi shook his head and said, "I don't want it. I'm not hungry at all now."

Little Corn said, "I'm a little hungry too, brother. Please heat up some more food. I want to eat too."

"Row."

Pingping ran to the kitchen to heat up the food. He had played for more than two hours after dinner at his fifth aunt's house, and he was really a little hungry now.

After heating up the food, Pingping called Xiaoyumi to eat.

Little Zongzi asked: "Dad, Mom, Grandpa and Grandma, when will they come back?"

"In two days."

My father-in-law and mother-in-law went to Guangzhou.

A few days before Xu Jingsheng gave birth to her child, Ming Jirui's sister-in-law also gave birth to a daughter.

After Jingtian was discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate, his father-in-law and mother-in-law decided to go visit Guangzhou.

I went there yesterday afternoon and I think I should be back in two days.

"Dad, Mom, let's go to the amusement park tomorrow."

"Want to go to the amusement park?"

“I haven’t been to an amusement park in a long time.”

"Let your father take you there. I have something to do tomorrow." The company has something to do tomorrow, and Xu Jingping has to go to the company to handle company matters.

"After breakfast tomorrow, Dad will take you to the amusement park."

There is no school tomorrow, and the kids want to go to the amusement park, so I'll take them there.

After Pingping and Xiaoyumi finished their meal, they cleaned up the restaurant and kitchen. The little ones went to the study to read for a while, and then went back to their rooms when it was time to go to bed.

Yang Yukun accompanied Xu Jingping to finish watching the TV series, then turned off the TV and went back to the room to rest.

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"Dad, Mom, it's time for breakfast."

Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi prepared breakfast and called their parents to eat breakfast.

After breakfast, dad took them to the amusement park.

"Wife, have breakfast." Yang Yukun called Xu Jingping, who was cleaning the room, to have breakfast.

"Coming." Xu Jingping replied, and the two of them came to the restaurant.

Today I had mixed noodles with soybean paste for breakfast, and also steamed siu mai buns, with a dish of pickled vegetables that my mother-in-law had pickled in a large jar that had been passed down from the tavern.

"Dad, everything is ready, let's go to the amusement park."

After washing the dishes, sweeping the floor and cleaning the yard, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi went back to their rooms to change their clothes.

It has been a long time since we last went to the amusement park. The last time we went there was around the Chinese New Year last year. Today, none of them have been to the amusement park yet.

Yang Yukun smiled and said, "Wife, I'll take the children to the amusement park."

Xu Jingping said, "You take them there. I'll go to the company later. I'll call you when I finish what I'm doing."

"Let's go."

"Mom, we're going out."

"Goodbye, mom."

"Black Panther, do you want to go to the amusement park with us?"

“Woof woof woof…” The black panther lying in the yard basking in the sun turned over and continued to bask in the other side.

"Okay, then you stay at home and look after the house." Little Corn rubbed Black Panther's head.

Black Panther didn't want to go to the amusement park with them, so they just let it stay at home to look after the house.

Yang Yukun took Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi out to Shijingshan Amusement Park and spent the whole morning with them. At noon, Xu Jingping called him and asked if they were still in the park.

When Yang Yukun received the call from Xu Jingping, he had just come out of the amusement park with Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi, and was preparing to find a place to have lunch.

Upon learning that Xu Jingping had finished his work, Yang Yukun took the children to Zhiweilou Group to find Xu Jingping. The family of five had lunch at the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant.

A blink of an eye.

More than twenty days later, Xu Jingtian was out of confinement, and Cheng Jing was also going to hold a full-month banquet.

The banquet was arranged at the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant, and Yang Yukun, the general manager, was still in charge of the overall situation.

Many people came.

More than 120 people came from Ming Jirui's hometown. Yang Yukun arranged a private plane to pick them up and drop them off.

There were more than a thousand people including the neighbors in the alley and the guests present, and one hundred and thirty-six tables were arranged with ten people at each table.

The banquet was arranged at the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant. Han Chunming and Fan Xiaojun didn't have to cook this time, so Yang Yukun asked them to do the work of the Minister of Rites.

The two college students who previously worked as the Minister of Rites were busy with their work, so they needed to be reassigned to the job of collecting gift money, so Yang Yukun assigned them two.

"Hey, Chief Steward, can't you just give us a break?"

"That's right. We finally got a banquet that didn't require the two of us to be the chefs, but you still wanted to capture the two of us."

Seeing Yang Yukun coming over, Han Chunming and Fan Xiaojun complained.

The two of them are the chefs who cook the banquets in the alley.

From last winter till now, the two of them have hosted twelve banquets.

The little girl in Xu Jingtian's family celebrated her full moon, and the banquet was arranged at the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant. They thought they could finally take a break, but they didn't expect that Yang Yukun would ask the two of them to do the work of the Minister of Rites.

This is not an easy job. There are so many guests coming. It would be troublesome if I accidentally get the names and the amounts wrong, or if I receive counterfeit money or something.

Compared to the position of Minister of Rites, they still prefer to be the chef in the kitchen.

"We can't find anyone to do this, Xiaowu brother, Xiaojun, you two should work hard for a while, and I will invite you to take a bath in Qinghua Pool later."

The two young men who previously worked as the Minister of Rites were too busy with work to come back, and the older generation was old and retired, so Yang Yukun had to temporarily grab Han Chunming and Fan Xiaojun to deal with the emergency.

"Chunming, Xiaokun, Xiaojun."

"Lao Yang, Di Tu, Xiao Xing, Xiao Zao, you are here, come and buy meal tickets."

"Brother Jian, Brother Tu, Sister Xiao Xing, Xiao Zao."

Yang Huajian said, "Why are you two chefs sitting here today?"

Han Chunming said helplessly: "The chief steward conscripted some men and insisted on arranging for the two of us to sit here."

Meng Xiaoxing said, "Where are my cousin's wife and Jingping?"

Han Chunming said: "I don't know, I haven't seen her yet."

"I'll call her." Meng Xiaoxing took out her cell phone and called Su Meng, then went to find Su Meng and the others with Meng Xiaozao.

Yang Huajian and Mao Ditu handed over their gift money, took a chair and sat next to the reception desk to chat with Yang Yukun and others, eating melon seeds and fruits.

"Great grandfather, Boss Han, Director Yang, Director Mao, Director Fan."

"Here comes the bee."

"Grandpa is busy today and can't come over, so I'll bring him one."

Yang Feng handed over two gifts, one for himself and one for his great-grandfather.

My great grandfather couldn't come today because of something, so I asked him to bring a gift.

"You came here alone, where are Xiaoxue and the two children?"

"Xiaoxue went to the store, and the two children can't come to school."

"Sit down for a while, I'll make some arrangements."

Yang Yukun looked at the time. There were still about twenty minutes before the scheduled dinner time. He had to communicate with the kitchen to check on the preparations so that he could arrange for the guests to be seated.

"Xiao Kun."

"What's wrong, Master?"

Yang Yukun was inviting the guests to take their seats when he suddenly heard his master calling him.

"This is the gift money from Pian'erye, you can take it and pass it to him."

Hou Paolan handed two hundred yuan to his disciple, which was a gift from Pianerye.

Last night, Pianerye called him and said that he couldn't make it back from the Northeast, and asked him to bring a gift.

Marquis Paola had forgotten to tell his daughter and son-in-law, so when he saw his disciple here, he gave the money to him.

"Okay, Master, Uncle Guan, Uncle Niu, there are still empty seats there, please sit down and eat first."

"Let the guests eat first, we are not in a hurry."

"Yes, we'll eat later."

"Then you guys sit for a while, and we can chat."

Yang Yukun took the two hundred yuan given by his master to the reception desk and gave a gift to Pianerye.

The old man called his father-in-law and mother-in-law and said that he was really busy during this period and couldn't make it back, and asked his father-in-law and mother-in-law not to be offended. (End of this chapter)