Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"The mooncakes my dad makes are still the best, much better than the ones distributed by our company."

Little Yumi especially likes to eat the mooncakes of various flavors made by their father. As far as they can remember, they remember that during festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, their father would make rice dumplings and mooncakes of various flavors.

"That's right, the ones you buy outside can't compare to the ones I make myself."

Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. Yang Yukun made a lot of mooncakes as he did in previous years and gave some to relatives and friends.

"Little rice dumplings, flat, little corn!"

"Grandma, Mom!"

"Grandma, Mom, I miss you so much."

"Grandma misses you too. By the way, where's Pingping?"

Pingping waved in the kitchen: "Grandma, I'm here."

Seeing his son and daughter come back, Xu Jingping was also very happy, with a smile on his face: "Didn't you say you couldn't come back because of work? How come you're back so suddenly?"

Xiao Zongzi smiled and said, "It's been a while since I last saw you and dad. I missed you and wanted to give you a surprise."

Little Corn smiled and said, "Mom, this is my suggestion. Let me and my brother not tell you that we are coming back. Is this a big enough surprise?"

"tanned."

"Mom, this is my healthy skin color."

"Thin."

"No, I haven't lost weight. The food in our company is very good. I've gained several pounds."

Xu Huizhen said, "Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, how long do you plan to stay this time when you return home?"

Little Zongzi said, "Grandma, we have to go back to work the day after tomorrow."

"You haven't been back for two years. It's not easy for you to come back once, so can't you stay a few more days?"

"I can't help it. I'll come back to see you next time when I have time."

After celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at home tomorrow, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi will set off for their respective workplaces early the day after tomorrow.

After not being back for such a long time, they wanted to stay at home for a few more days, but time did not allow it.

"I thought you guys would stay a few more days this time. Let's go to your aunt's house for a drink the day after tomorrow."

"Grandma, what kind of wine do you eat at my aunt's house?"

"Wen Rui is one year old."

"The son of Xiaozhen's cousin?"

"Yes, you haven't seen this child yet. Even your cousin's wife and Xiao Li's family haven't seen him either."

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I really don't have time this time."

Cai Zhen's eldest cousin got married in 2010. His wife was his college classmate. At that time, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi were all too busy to attend their eldest cousin's wedding.

They were not at home when my eldest cousin's son was born.

Up to now, they have not even met their eldest cousin's wife and eldest cousin's son.

Hou Li also got married last year, and they didn’t have time to come back.

But this time when they came back, they really didn't have time to stay at home for long, so they could only wait until they had more time to visit them in the future.

"Little rice dumplings, flat, little corn."

"Master, Grandpa!"

"Let Master take a look. It hasn't changed much compared to before."

Little Zongzi said: "Master, your hair is all white."

"Master is old, buried up to his neck in the dirt. I often dream about Old Man Guan and Master Niu recently. Master Pian asked me to go down and have tea with them."

Little Corn said, "Master, you will definitely live to be a hundred years old."

"Then Master, I will strive to live to be a hundred years old." Marquis Paola laughed.

At his age, having experienced so many things, he has long become indifferent to life and death.

Brothers, he is the only one alive now.

Old Man Guan died in 2006 at the age of 98.

Two thousand years ago, this old guy played a trick on them by faking his death. At that time, they all thought that the old guy was really dead and even held a funeral. Since they couldn't find the body, they built a cenotaph for the old guy.

Who knew that four or five years later, this old guy would suddenly pop up again.

It turned out that the old guy did not get lost and die outside, but met his sworn brother on the street and had been living in seclusion in his sworn brother's house ever since.

The reason why he didn't show up was because he was completely disappointed with his son and daughter-in-law and didn't want to face them.

Later, his son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and grandson-in-law took his disciple Chunming to court in order to fight for the old items left behind after he faked his death. Only then did the old guy show up.

Not long after he appeared, the King of Hell took the old guy away, and this time he was really dead.

In 2007, the second year after Old Man Guan went to see the King of Hell, Pianer Ye also passed away at the age of 86, and did not live longer than Old Man Guan.

Pian'erye's health had never been very good. His son died while he was reclaiming land in the Great Northern Wilderness. Pian'erye then began to give up on himself and would sleep wherever he fell down after getting drunk.

Later, he picked up a sick baby who had been abandoned shortly after birth. Pianerye adopted the child and named him Qiu Tianci, nicknamed Fubao.

In order to earn a fortune for Fubao, Pian'erye worked harder and harder. He suffered from minor illnesses in the following years and died half a month after Fubao received the university admission letter.

The night before he passed away, Pianye held his hand and said that the biggest regret in his life was that he could not see Fubao get married and have children, and that he could not hold his grandson. Four years later, in 2011, which was last autumn, Niuye also passed away.

Uncle Niu lived a few years older than Uncle Pian, at the age of eighty-nine, but he did not live as long as Old Man Guan. After all, Old Man Guan lived to be ninety-eight, two years away from being a hundred.

Three of the old brothers have left, and now it's Hou Polan's turn.

He dreamed more than once that Old Man Guan, Uncle Niu and Uncle Pian asked him to go downstairs to drink wine, tea and play chess.

He is ninety this year, and I don’t know if he can survive the old man’s test given his age.

"Master, Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, Sister, Little Corn, dinner is ready, let's have dinner."

Pingping prepared dinner and called his parents to eat.

"Master, please slow down."

"It's okay. Although I'm 90 years old, I'm not old enough to need someone to support me."

"Master, with your physical condition, it will be no problem for you to live to be a hundred years old."

"Master, please sit here."

"it is good."

"Master, are you still drinking now?"

"We count the days, there is nothing we can't drink, fill up the glass for Master."

"Got it."

Pingping filled the glass of wine for the master, and then poured some for grandpa, grandma, father, mother, and sisters.

"Master, please try this. I used a pressure cooker to make it. It is very soft."

"good to eat."

"Master, you can bite this one, it's soft."

"I'm old and useless. My teeth don't work very well. I can't even chew bones."

Cai Quanwu said, "My Lord, many people of your age have lost all their teeth, but you can still bite meat. Your teeth are still good."

"That's true. Except for bones, I can eat other things without any problem."

"Master, I offer you a toast."

"Okay, bring a girlfriend back as soon as possible. The same goes for Xiao Zongzi and Xiao Yumi. Bring your partners back to show me as soon as possible. I want to see you get married before you die."

"it is good."

"From what you said, you have a girlfriend?"

"Not yet. I will try to solve it as soon as possible and bring it back for you to see."

"Master, wait. If I don't see you get married before I close my eyes, don't blame me for appearing in your dreams every night."

"Master, what you said is too scary."

"Haha... come, have a drink."

"cheers."

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Yang Yukun sent his master home. The master and disciple walked slowly, and the journey that usually took ten minutes took them half an hour.

The master now lives with his daughter and son-in-law.

The old man was old, and Hou Su'e and Liu Yunguang were worried that if something happened to him living alone in Yanzhi Hutong, they would not be able to find out in time. So they stopped letting the old man live alone in Yanzhi Hutong and forced him to move in with them.

"Sister Hou, brother-in-law, I sent the old man back."

Liu Yunguang said: "Dad, Xiaokun."

Hou Su'e said: "Little Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi and the others are back?"

"Come back for Mid-Autumn Festival."

"They haven't been back for two years, right?"

"There is."

"Xiao Kun, come inside and sit down."

"No, it's getting dark. I'll go back first. Master, I'll leave first."

"Go back."

"Got it."

After sending his master home, Yang Yukun left.

Xu Jingping was the only one at home; his father-in-law and mother-in-law had returned to their own courtyard.

As for Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi, they went out to look for their friends.

I finally came back, and I have to leave again the day after tomorrow. I took advantage of the evening when I have some time to invite all my friends to have a barbecue together to reminisce about the past.

In a barbecue restaurant near Dazhalan, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi invited Chen He from fourth aunt's family, Ming Chengjing and Ming Chengtian from fifth aunt's family, Li He and Li Xia from youngest aunt's family, as well as brothers and sisters including Feifei, Mengmeng, Lanlan, Hengheng, Xiao Wenzi, Shiwu, Chushi and Peng Yiheng, and more than 30 people gathered together.

Many of my friends are working in other places, or they can't get together due to various trivial matters, otherwise there would be more people. (End of this chapter)