Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"Knock knock knock... Grandma Yang, aren't you home?"

"It seems like they're really not at home. Neither Grandma Yang nor Grandpa Luo are here."

"Where have you been?"

"I guess he went to work in the fields."

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping brought Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, Hou Li and other little ones to Grandma Yang's house on the bank of Qingshui River.

Although the door was closed, it was not locked.

Xu Jingping knocked on the door, but no one answered. He gently pushed the door open and put his things down.

Grandma Yang and Grandpa Luo are not at home. They may have gone out to work in the fields and haven't returned yet.

"Let's go, wife. Let's take Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, and Xiao Li out for a walk first."

"also."

"Come on, kids, let's go for a walk."

"Okay."

Since Grandma Yang and Grandpa Luo were not at home, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping took Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, and Hou Li to stroll around the town.

First take a walk around Chadong, and then take the Lala ferry to Hong'an on the opposite side.

"Wife, do you want to take a boat ride?"

There were people rowing boats and casting nets to catch fish on the Qingshui River. Yang Yukun couldn't help but recall the scene when he and Xu Jingping were rowing and singing "Let's Row the Boat" in Beihai Park when they were children.

Xu Jingping asked the little ones: "Little Zongzi, Pingping, Little Yumi, Xiaoli, do you want to go on a boat?"

"think."

"Mom and Dad, I want to go on a boat ride, too."

Several little ones expressed their desire to take a boat trip as well.

"Let's go by boat."

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping brought the little ones to the dock, found an old man who was rowing a boat to fish, and gave him ten yuan to ask him to row the boat and take them for a swim on the Qingshui River.

The boat stopped next to the No-Man's-Land Island. Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping took the children to the No-Man's-Land Island for a walk.

Little Zongzi asked curiously: "Dad, Mom, why is this island called Sanluodao Island? What a strange name."

Xu Jingping explained: "Because this island does not belong to Hunan, Chu, Sichuan, or Guizhou, none of the three places have jurisdiction over it, so it is called the "No Man's Land Island"."

"Oh."

Little Zongzi nodded, not quite understanding, and picked up a beautiful little stone from under his feet.

"Xiao Kun, look, is that Grandma Yang?"

"Where?"

"The old lady who does the laundry across the street."

"It's Grandma Yang."

Yang Yukun looked in the direction Xu Jingping pointed, and saw an old lady squatting on the riverbank washing clothes right opposite them.

It was indeed Grandma Yang.

No wonder Grandma Yang wasn’t at home, it turned out she went to the river to wash clothes.

"Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, Xiao Li, are gone."

"Dad, Mom, look at the pebbles I picked up. Are they pretty?"

"it's beautiful."

"Hehe... I'm going to take them back to the imperial capital."

Little Zongzi picked up a lot of beautiful pebbles and she planned to take them home.

"Dad, Mom, these are the pebbles I picked up."

"I picked this up. It looks like a little star."

"Third Aunt, Third Uncle, I have one too."

Pingping, Xiaoyumi and Hou Li also picked up some beautiful pebbles and showed them to their parents (third aunt and uncle) like they were showing off their treasures.

"The pebbles you picked up are all very beautiful." Xu Jingping said with a smile: "Come on board, be careful."

Yang Yukun said to the old man who was rowing the boat, "Old man, please take us to the opposite pier." "You don't want to continue to take the boat?"

"I won't sit down anymore."

"Then I'll return the money to you."

"No need to return it, this is your compensation, the rent for your boat."

"But you've only been sitting there for more than 20 minutes."

"We have chartered your boat. You don't have to refund us the money, regardless of whether we get on time or not."

Yang Yukun told the old man who was fishing in a boat that he would rent his boat for ten yuan and let the old man take them around for two hours.

They had only been sitting there for less than half an hour when the old man said he wanted to return the money to them.

Yang Yukun would naturally not accept this money. After all, it was a contract they terminated early, so he could just consider it as a penalty for breach of contract to the old man.

"Old man, please continue fishing. We will leave first. Please be safe."

The boat docked at the pier in Chadong. Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping took the children off the boat and went downstream to find Grandma Yang.

When they arrived at the place where Grandma Yang was washing clothes, she was carrying a large basin of clothes and walking up the steps from the river.

"Grandma Yang."

Yang Yukun stepped forward and took the wooden basin from Grandma Yang.

The large pine wood basin was filled with a large basin of clothes, weighing about sixty or seventy kilograms.

Grandma Yang is quite old and thin, so it is quite difficult for her to carry such a large basin of clothes.

"You are, Xiaokun and Jingping!"

The clothes in her hands were snatched away, which made Grandma Yang stunned for a moment. When she looked up, she found two people looking at her with smiles.

These two people looked very familiar, and Grandma Yang remembered who they were.

It was Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping. At the same time two years ago, they stayed at her house with their children for one night.

Yang Yukun smiled and said, "Grandma Yang, I didn't expect you still remember us."

Xu Jingping said, "Grandma Yang, I haven't seen you for two years. How are you?"

"I'm in good health."

Although she had only met them once two years ago, Grandma Yang still had a deep impression of Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping.

"Little Zongzi, Pingping, Little Corn, Xiaoli, call grandma."

"Hello grandma."

"Is this girl the little girl you brought with you back then?"

"Yes, Grandma Yang, this is a small rice dumpling."

"You've grown so big."

Grandma Yang patted little Zongzi's head. She had held this girl in her arms two years ago. She was very small then, but now she has grown so big.

"Are they all from your family?"

"These two are from my family, their names are Pingping and Xiaoyumi, they are twins, and this one belongs to my eldest sister."

"Two years ago, when you two brought Xiao Zongzi here, Xiao Zongzi was only this tall. In the blink of an eye, you two already have three children."

Grandma Yang gestured and she remembered that Xiao Zongzi was only this tall two years ago.

Unexpectedly, when they met again two years later, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.

"Yes." Xu Jingping said, "Just now our Xiaokun brought the children to your house, and you and Grandpa Luo were not at home. We saw you washing clothes by the river across the street, so we hurried over to find you."

"The old man has gone to the fields to plant rapeseed. Today the weather is nice, so I'll take the pile of clothes to wash." Grandma Yang said, "Xiao Kun, Jing Ping, did you come here to play again on purpose?"

"I guess so. I took the kids for a stroll when I had nothing to do. I just came from an old classmate's house in Shicheng County today. I was going to Qianzhou to visit another old classmate. I passed by here and came to see you and Grandpa Luo."

Yang Yukun held the clothes, Xu Jingping supported Grandma Yang, and the little Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, and Hou Li followed behind hand in hand.

After returning to Grandma Yang's house, Xu Jingping helped Grandma Yang hang up the clothes, and then sat with Grandma Yang under the stilt house to bask in the sun and chat. Neighbors also came to join in the fun.

In the afternoon, Grandpa Luo came back from working in the fields, and Yang Yukun accompanied him to have two drinks.

Tonight, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping took the kids to stay at Grandma Yang's house again. The next morning, they had breakfast before continuing to Qianzhou. (End of this chapter)