Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"Natalia."

"Xiao Kun."

"When did you come?" Yang Yukun saw Natalia when he came to the reception desk.

"Just arrived."

Natalia and Xu Jingtian are not very familiar with each other, but she is good friends with Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping.

It just so happened that she only had one class in the morning today, and after class she came to the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant for dinner.

"Natalia, two hundred, Natasha two hundred, Valery two hundred."

Natalia handed over three gifts in total, one for herself, one for Natasha, and one for her brother Valery.

Yesterday she called back to Five Seas Port, and Natasha and her brother Valery learned that she was coming to have a drink, so they asked her to bring some as well.

"It's my money." Yang Yukun handed the money to Han Chunming and Fan Xiaojun.

"Isn't Pian'er coming back?"

"He's been busy lately and doesn't have time to come back."

Fan Xiaojun said: "No wonder I didn't see him today."

Natalia said, "Xiaokun, where is Jingping?"

"Over there, just go straight from here, Jingping is in the hall in front."

"I'll go find her." Natalia went to the front to find Xu Jingping.

It just so happened that she had no classes this afternoon, so she invited Xu Jingping to go shopping with her in the mall and buy some things.

"The two chefs have changed their jobs today. They are no longer cooking but are now managing accounts?"

Seeing Hou Kui coming over, Han Chunming asked, "Monkey, have you bought your meal ticket?"

"I'm here to buy it." Hou Kui took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket.

"Give so much?" Han Chunming counted it and handed it to Fan Xiaojun to count again. It was a total of two thousand yuan.

"Mine is different from yours. I write Jingli's name on it." Hou Kui said with a smile.

Xu Jingli and Xu Jingtian are sisters. Given this relationship, they certainly cannot give according to the standards of neighbors. They must give more.

"Mine hasn't been given to me yet, so please write one for me and write Jingping's name on it."

Yang Yukun had not yet paid the gift money, so he asked Han Chunming to record one for him, with the name Xu Jingping, and also gave him a gift money of two thousand.

The amount of money was decided by Xu Jingping and her sisters. From now on, if any of the sisters has any problems, they will pay this amount, neither decreasing nor increasing.

Nowadays, most people give a gift of more than 20 yuan when they drink. Those who have a good relationship give 50 or 100 yuan, and those who are not short of money give 200, 300 or 500 yuan.

Two thousand yuan is already a huge sum of money. The average annual salary of employees in the capital is only around eight thousand yuan.

No matter how much the gift money is, it is just for show to outsiders. In fact, Xu Jingping and the others, including Xu Jingtian, don't care.

But outsiders like to watch, so the sisters discussed and decided on this number.

"Remember another one, Lao Ba." Yang Yukun then took out another thousand and handed them to Han Chunming and Fan Xiaojun.

Han Chunming picked up his pen and asked, "What's Lao Ba's name, Balayev?"

"Bakayev."

"I misremembered it."

Mao Tutu said, "Old Ba is here too?"

"The person didn't come, but he insisted that I give him a gift." Bakayev is in the Five Seas Port of the Great Mao Kingdom.

Hasn't he entered the political arena of the Great Mao Empire now? He can't go wherever he wants like before. His current status doesn't allow it.

Putting aside his relationship with Bakayev, Bakayev is also a partner of his father-in-law and mother-in-law. As early as 1988, his father-in-law and mother-in-law began to engage in barter trade with Bakayev under the introduction of Yang Yukun.

Huafeng Trading Company, a subsidiary of Huafeng Group, still maintains a deep partnership with the trading company under the Bakayev Group.

So on the occasion of Xu Jingtian's daughter's full moon, Bakayev should show his appreciation in every way, so he asked Yang Yukun to give him a gift.

"Oh, and there are also Lao Wang's, Mr. Peng's, Lao Ding's, Lao He's, and Lao Peng's."

"Wang Aiguo, Peng Tao, what are the names of the others?"

"Ding Baosong, He Changfu, Peng Jianguo."

Wang Aiguo is not in the imperial capital, and Peng Tao doesn't have time to come today, so he is asked to take the lead.

After paying the gift money, Yang Yukun continued to make arrangements and was busy until around two o'clock in the afternoon.

"Xiao Kun, you said you would invite Xiao Jun and me to take a bath in Qinghua Pool, but we can't return."

"That's right, big brother, when are we going to Qinghua Pool to take a bath? Or should we go now?"

The banquet was over and the guests left. Han Chunming and Fan Xiaojun handed the gift money and gift book to Xu Jingtian, and their task for the day was completed.

This time, the two of them asked Yang Yukun to conscript young men, and he forced them to do a job that was not originally their job.

In order to compensate them, Yang Yukun personally said that he would invite them to take a bath in Qinghua Pool.

"Brother, are you the kind of person who doesn't keep his word? We are just going to Qinghua Pool to take a bath. Let's go now."

He had said that he would invite Han Chunming and Mao Ditu to take a bath in Tsinghua Pool, and he would definitely not go back on his word, so let's go to Tsinghua Pool now.

"Where are Lao Yang and Tutu?"

"I don't know." "I'll call them and ask them." Han Chunming called Yang Huajian and Mao Ditu: "They are waiting for us in the parking lot."

"Let's go to Qinghua Pool."

Yang Yukun, Han Chunming and Fan Xiaojun found Yang Huajian and Mao Ditu in the parking lot. They went straight to Tsinghua Pool and soaked in the hot water for more than an hour.

My hair has grown longer, so I went to Qinghua Pool to get a haircut.

"Brothers, where are we going now?" Mao Ditu asked.

"Xiao Zongzi and the others will be finishing school soon. I'll go to the school to pick them up." Yang Yukun looked at the time. There were less than twenty minutes left before Xiao Zongzi and the others finished school.

Yang Huajian asked, "How are we going to arrange dinner?"

Han Chunming said: "Are you hungry?"

"Kind of."

"We didn't have dinner until one o'clock. You're hungry so quickly."

"I didn't eat much. I was full just from drinking."

"What to eat?"

"Brother, I have a big appetite now. I want to eat the sour soup hotpot from the Zhiweilou hotpot chain's main store. Brother, please treat me."

"You're treating. I'll eat anything."

"I'll call Xiaozao and ask where they are." Yang Huajian called Meng Xiaozao: "They are still shopping in Xidan. Xiaoxing, Su Meng, Jingping and the others are all here. They said they would go to barbecue season to eat barbecue later and asked me to pick up the children."

Yang Yukun said, "Then let's go pick up the kids from school first, and then meet up at the Zhiweilou Hotpot Chain Headquarters later."

Mao Ditu said, "Old Yang, go pick up Little Mosquito and bring Fifteenth and Tenth along with you."

"Okay, I'll go pick it up."

"Brother Xiaowu, Brother Tu, Xiaojun, let's go pick up Xiaozongzi and the others."

The brothers split into two groups. Yang Huajian went to the school to pick up Xiao Wanzi, Shiwu and Chushi, while Yang Yukun, Han Chunming, Mao Ditu and Fan Xiaojun went to pick up Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, Hou Li, Feifei, Mengmeng and others.

After waiting at school for a few minutes, the bell rang and students rushed out of the classroom one by one.

"Dad, Uncle, Uncle Tu, Uncle Jun, why are you here?"

"Dad, Uncle Kun, my great uncle, Uncle Xiaojun."

"Third uncle, uncle, Uncle Xiaowu, Uncle Tu."

Yang Yukun said, "We are here to pick you up. Uncle Jian invited us to a restaurant for hotpot. We will go over and meet up with Uncle Jian and the others now."

Little Zongzi asked, "Dad, is the banquet at Aunt Fifth's over?"

"It's over long ago."

"Well, I was thinking about having a big feast after school."

Little Zongzi really likes the atmosphere of a big banquet, it’s so lively with so many people.

Unfortunately, they have to go to school today and don’t have time to attend the big banquet.

Little Corn asked, "Dad, where's Mom?"

"Mom and your aunt are shopping. They are going to have barbecue in a while. Do you want barbecue or hot pot?"

"eat hot pot."

"Walk."

After picking up the little ones, the group went to the Zhiweilou Hotpot chain headquarters to meet up with Yang Huajian and others.

"Uncle Kun and the others are here."

"Dad, cousin, Uncle Kun, Uncle Xiaojun, Little Zongzi..."

Yang Huajian and his companions arrived first and waited for Yang Yukun and others at the door.

Seeing Yang Yukun and his group arriving, Fifteenth, Chushith and Xiao Wanzi waved hurriedly.

"Uncle Jian, Brother Fifteen, Brother Little Mosquito, it's the Tenth."

"My little cousin..."

"Let's go in." Yang Huajian said, and the group walked into the Zhiweilou hotpot chain headquarters.

After eating hotpot, the group separated in front of the Zhiweilou hotpot chain's main store and went home.

Yang Yukun brought little Zongzi, Pingping and little Yumi back home.

"Black Panther, we are back."

"Woof woof woof..."

"You must be hungry. I'll go make dinner for you." Black Panther was at home looking after the house. They were full but Black Panther hadn't eaten yet, so Xiao Zongzi went to make dinner for Black Panther.

Seeing that Xu Jingping had not returned yet, Yang Yukun called her.

After having dinner with Su Meng and the others, Xu Jingping went to Xu Jingtian's home in Huafengyuan Community. His father-in-law, mother-in-law, eldest sister and brother-in-law, second sister and brother-in-law, He Lixia Chen Qingming, He Xiaoxia and Li Chaoyang were all there.

And Xu Jingtian and Ming Jirui’s friends and classmates are all in Huafengyuan Community.

It was already dark now, and Yang Yukun was too lazy to go over there, so he decided to go over there tomorrow. (End of this chapter)