Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"Dad, mom..."

"Uncle, aunt..."

"Brother Xiaowu, Brother Jian, Brother Tu..., you guys are awake."

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping brought the children back to Sanqiuye Hotel. As soon as they entered, they saw Han Chunming and others sitting in the lobby.

"I woke up at around 2 o'clock. I had a really comfortable sleep."

"Xiao Kun, Jing Ping, you guys are back just in time. I'm hungry. Let's go eat."

Around two o'clock, Han Chunming and others woke up one after another.

I slept from six o'clock last night to two o'clock this afternoon, a total of twenty hours.

When they woke up, they found that Yang Yukun and his family were not there. They asked the front desk and learned that the couple and the children had gone out early in the morning. So they waited in the lobby for Yang Yukun and his family to come back and have dinner together.

"Little Five Brother..., how are you guys recovering?"

"My back and legs ache."

"Then let's stay for two more days. When you have recovered, we will set off again."

“I didn’t expect that climbing Mount Tai would have such serious aftereffects.”

"How about this, when you come back after dinner, I'll give you a massage."

"Row."

"Brother Jian, Brother Tu, delaying for two more days won't affect the business of your trading company, right?"

"will not."

Although Yang Huajian and Mao Ditu went to Yangcheng this time to deal with matters of a trading company, this was not a serious matter.

If it was really an urgent matter, they would have taken a plane there long ago, so it wouldn't matter if they were delayed for a few more days.

After returning from dinner at the restaurant, Yang Yukun gave Han Chunming, Yang Huajian and Mao Ditu a massage to relax their muscles, and then instructed the three to give massages to their wives respectively.

They originally planned to rest for a day in Tai'an on the Double Ninth Festival and set out from Tai'an on the morning of the 20th. However, after climbing down Mount Tai, Han Chunming and his companions were exhausted and had to stay in Tai'an to recuperate.

After resting for another two days in Tai'an, on the morning of the 23rd, the group set out from Tai'an and continued their journey southward to Guangzhou.

We set out from the imperial capital on the morning of the 16th, and it has been eight days now.

The original plan was to reach Guangzhou in ten days. However, based on the current itinerary, it would definitely not be possible to get there in ten days. It would take at least half a month to get there.

Starting from Tai'an, the next stop is Jining, and then passing Xuzhou, Suwu Province, and entering An'an Province.

They set out in the morning and arrived in Jining at noon.

Han Chunming said: "As the hometown of Confucius and Mencius and a famous cultural city, Jining was the birthplace of many saints."

Mao Tutu said: "Brother, you know Confucius and Mencius."

"Not only Confucius and Mencius, Xiaokun, I won't give him extra lessons."

"In addition to Confucius and Mencius, there are Yan Zi, Zeng Zi, Zisi Zi, Zuo Qiuming, Gu Liangchi, etc. It is said that Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi was also born in Jining.

However, there is much controversy about the birth of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi. Some say he was born in Xinzheng, Central Plains, some say he was born in Tianshui, Longyou, and some say he was born in Sanqin. We don’t know exactly where Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi was born.”

"Who cares? I'm hungry. Let's find a restaurant to have lunch first."

"Are we going to continue walking later, or stay in Jining tonight?"

"This place is worth a visit. Let's stay here tonight. After lunch, we'll go for a walk. We'll spend the morning walking around tomorrow and leave at noon tomorrow."

"Row."

After lunch, the group went to visit Qufu and Zouxian, and then went to visit other places early the next morning.

At noon on the 24th, we had lunch in Jining, bought some local specialties, and continued our journey.

"Brothers, should we stay overnight in Xuzhou, or go straight to Anyan Province?"

Yang Huajian led the way and asked Yang Yukun and others through the walkie-talkie.

After leaving Jining, you will enter Xuzhou, Suwu Province.

"Peng Zu's hometown, Liu Bang's hometown, Xiang Yu's former capital, Xuzhou is the hometown of emperors. Brothers and sisters, how about we stay in Xuzhou tonight?"

Han Chunming suggested staying in Xuzhou tonight and taking a good look around this cultural city, the hometown of emperors. Mao Ditu said, "I can do either. If you say we should continue walking, we will go straight to An'an Province. If you say we should stay in Xuzhou for one night, we will stay there for one night. What do you think, Xiaokun?"

"Then listen to Brother Xiaowu and stay in Xuzhou tonight."

Xuzhou is the birthplace of Pengzu culture and Han Dynasty culture. It has a large number of cultural heritages and historical sites. It is also the hometown of folk art and is definitely worth stopping for a stroll.

Yang Huajian said: "Okay, then we will stay in Xuzhou tonight."

Jining and Xuzhou are adjacent to each other. The group set out from Jining at 11:30 am and arrived in Xuzhou at 2 pm.

As it was still early, the group went straight to Fengxian and Peixian and listened to Liuqin opera and Bangzi opera in the city at night.

On the 25th, Yang Yukun and his party spent another day in Xuzhou. They left Xuzhou early in the morning of the 26th and entered Suzhou, Anyan Province from Xuzhou.

Six days later, on November 1st, the group left the territory of Anwan Province and entered Jiangyou Province and Jingdezhen.

"Brothers, didn't you say you were going to climb Mount Huangshan? Are you really not going?"

"What the hell, I still feel back and leg pains from climbing Mount Tai."

"You're not going to climb Mount Lu anymore?"

"Xiao Kun, don't mention the word mountain climbing in front of me anymore. My legs hurt when I hear these two words now."

"Okay, let's find a place to have lunch first. We'll stay in Jingdezhen tonight. I'll go visit an elder later."

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping wanted to climb Mount Huangshan and Mount Lushan, but unfortunately Han Chunming and the others refused to go no matter what.

Forget it. When he has time in the future, he will accompany Xu Jingping to stroll around Huangshan and Lushan.

Yang Huajian said, "Xiao Kun, do you have any relatives in Jingdezhen?"

"My master's friend."

Now that he was in Jingdezhen, Yang Yukun planned to visit teachers Zhou and Zhang.

In October 1982, he, his master and Han Chunming came to Jingdezhen to look for red official kilns. It was with the help of Teacher Zhou that they were able to find so many red official kilns from the warehouse of the Jingdezhen Ceramics Research Institute.

"Xiao Kun, are you planning to visit Teacher Zhou?"

"Correct."

"I'll go with you later."

"Row."

After lunch and settling down, Yang Yukun's family of five and Han Chunming's family of four went straight to Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute.

After arriving at the place, Yang Yukun took two jars of Eight Immortals Drunk from the car and gave Han Chunming two jars of Hanhai Qiongjiang.

When he set out from the imperial capital, he threw more than a dozen jars of wine from his portable planting space into the car.

After getting the wine, Yang Yukun and Han Chunming each took some local specialties that they had bought along the way, and went upstairs straight to Teacher Zhou's house.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk..."

"Are Teacher Zhou and Teacher Zhang not at home?"

"Probably not."

"Xiao Kun, are you sure this is the one? I haven't been here for so many years. Are you sure you remember it correctly?"

"Definitely is."

Although he hasn't been here for many years, Yang Yukun remembers that this is where Teacher Zhou's home is, unless they have moved away.

No one answered the door when I knocked. I guess teachers Zhou and Zhang were teaching students at school.

"Now what?"

"How about we go find them at school?"

"Row."

"Let's go."

We waited at the door, not knowing when Mr. Zhou and his wife would come back, so we went downstairs to the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and found Mr. Zhou at the school. (End of this chapter)