Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

Chapter 425 New Year's Eve
I haven’t finished the New Year’s Eve dinner yet, so I continued to eat the leftovers on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year.

One more meal this morning will finish off the leftovers from New Year’s Eve.

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping planned to go to Yanzhi Alley to pay New Year greetings to their master. Before going to Yanzhi Alley, they first went to Han Chunming's house and drank tea with Yang Huajian and others.

Yang Huajian said: "Xiao Kun, take good care of Mr. Hou for us."

"Okay, let's leave first."

"I'll treat you to a drink after my buddy comes back from Xiaozao's hometown in two days."

"Row."

After staying at Han Chunming's house for a while, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping returned to the tavern, picked up their things, and went straight to the master's house.

Xu Jingtian did not go with them, but took Black Panther to play with his classmates.

After a while, the two of them arrived at the master's house in Rouge Hutong.

"Xiaokun, Jingping, I guessed that it was time for you two to come."

"Sister Hou, you are alone at home. Where is my master?"

"I went for a walk. I'll be back in a while."

"Where are brother-in-law and Xiaohua, not here?"

"The store will open tomorrow. The father and son went to the store to prepare."

Hou Su'e smiled and took the things from Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping's hands, and made tea and water for them.

While they were chatting, the master came back from a walk outside.

"Master, why did you go out in such a cold weather?"

"Go out and get some fresh air. It's boring to stay at home all day. Go outside and get some fresh air."

"Are you still running those three kilometers?"

"Run, isn't it snowing? I can only stay at home. As long as it doesn't rain, snow or hail, I will run every day."

"You are amazing."

"Have you two had breakfast? If not, let Ezi do it."

"Ate."

"Write two games with me as my master?"

"Got it."

Taking out the chessboard and setting it up, Yang Yukun played chess with his master.

After lunch, Yang Yukun continued to accompany the chef until Liu Yunguang returned from the No. [-] Zhajiang Noodle House in the old imperial capital at about four o'clock in the afternoon.

"The wind was so strong that it could freeze someone to death. My hands were so frozen when I came back from the bike that I almost fell into a ditch."

"Brother-in-law, are you okay?"

"It's okay, the wheels slipped, but luckily I was able to stabilize myself again."

Hou Su'e said: "Where is Xiaohua? He didn't come back with you. Where did this bastard go?"

"Playing in the alley."

"Tell him to stop playing, wash his hands and eat."

"Okay, I'll call him."

"Dad, Xiaokun, you two don't leave anymore. It's the next day. Ming Jin should withdraw his troops and get ready for dinner."

"General, master, you lose this round."

"Truce, let's eat."

Liu Yuehua ran in from outside and said, "Uncle Kun, aunt."

Yang Yukun waved and said, "Xiaohua, turn around and let me take a look."

"Uncle Kun, what's wrong?"

"A fight?"

"No."

"Where did the footprints on your back come from?"

"Just messing around with a few buddies, no real fights."

Liu Yuehua took off his clothes and patted the footprints on his back. These were the footprints left by a friend who sneaked up on him from behind when he was playing with some friends in the alley just now.He has been practicing martial arts with Yang Yukun for more than a year. With his current skills, if he really wants to fight with those buddies of the same age in the alley, he can fight from the entrance to the end of the alley without even breathing.

Hou Su'e said: "Go wash your hands and eat. Every time you go out, your clothes get so dirty. From now on, you can wash your clothes yourself, and I won't wash them for you."

Xu Jingping smiled and said: "Boys, it's better to be lively."

"Grandpa, Dad, Uncle Kun, let me pour you some wine."

Liu Yuehua went to wash his hands, ran back, opened the wine bottle, and filled up the wine for several elders.

After a glass of wine, Baolanhou said: "Disciple, I heard that Old Man Guan's son and daughter-in-law who are far away in Milijian are back?"

"I heard from Brother Xiaowu that he's back. I didn't go to Uncle Guan's house, and I didn't see anyone."

On the night of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Yang Yukun heard from Han Chunming that Uncle Guan's son and daughter-in-law had flown back from MiLijian.

The couple came all the way back from MiLiJian for Guan Xiaoguan and Li Chengtao's marriage.

He hadn't seen these two people in the past two days, and even if he met them head-on, he probably wouldn't recognize them.

After all, he was not very old when these two went to MiLijian, and he had no impression of them.

"It seems that it won't be long before we can enjoy the wedding of Old Man Guan, his granddaughter and his grandson-in-law."

"Can I make the final decision about Guan Xiaoguan's marriage? After all, the couple have seen the world in Milijian, and they have high vision. Can they like Li Chengtao, their son-in-law?"

"Nowadays, we are all about free love. A young couple is in love with a concubine. So what if they don't agree? This is the Qianmen building, not Mi Li Jian, and we don't tolerate these two Mi Li Jian devils running wild."

"You are right, Li Chengtao is the grandson-in-law recognized by Uncle Guan."

"Come on, have a drink."

"Go."

After dinner, Xu Jingping helped Hou Su'e clean up.

Yang Yukun, his master, and Liu Yunguang were drinking tea and chatting all over the place.

After a while, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping said goodbye to their master and left, planning to go to the cinema to watch a movie before going back.

Just when they reached the entrance of the alley, they saw Xu Jingtian riding a bicycle and running towards Rouge Alley with Black Panther.

"Third sister, third brother-in-law."

"What's wrong Jingtian?"

Xu Jingtian stopped the bicycle and said, "Second sister and second brother-in-law are here."

"Sister Chunfen and Chen Xiang?"

"Correct."

"where is it?"

"Bistro."

Xu Jingtian had just returned to the tavern with Black Panther after having dinner with her classmates. He Chunfen and Chen Xiang arrived at the tavern. She quickly came to Rouge Alley to call her third sister and third brother-in-law.

"The movie can't be watched anymore. Come on, wife, let's go home first."

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping originally planned to go to the cinema to watch a movie, but now He Chunfen and Chen Xiang arrived at the tavern. They came all the way from Shanghai, so they couldn't leave their homes alone.

I can only save this movie for next time.

After a while, the three of them returned to the tavern and saw He Chunfen and Chen Xiang busy in the kitchen preparing dinner.

After entering the door, Xu Jingping said: "Second sister, second brother-in-law, why didn't you say hello in advance when you came? Xiaokun and I could pick you up at the airport."

Yang Yukun took the kitchen knife from Chen Xiang: "Second brother-in-law, just rest, I'll do it."

He Chunfen said: "We didn't call you until we got off the plane. No one answered when we got through."

"Xiaokun and I went to Yanzhi Alley in the morning. Jingtian was also playing outside and was not at home. You should have called us last night."

"We didn't expect you weren't home either."

After arriving at the Imperial Capital Airport at around four o'clock in the afternoon, He Chunfen and Chen Xiang called the tavern, but no one answered the call.

Neither of them expected that Xu Jingping and the others were not at home. If they had known earlier, they would have called last night. In the end, they could only take a car back from the airport.

"The noodles are ready, second sister, second brother-in-law, let's have dinner first."

Yang Yukun made two large bowls of mutton noodles for the two of them. It was too late to make a big meal at this point, so he could only make do with bowls of noodles.

If He Chunfen and Chen Xiang had called earlier and said they were coming over today, they would have prepared a feast for them.

(End of this chapter)