Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

At 12:30 a.m. on the first day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Snake, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping left Cheng Xueru's house with their father-in-law and mother-in-law, taking little Zongzi, Pingping, and Xiao Yumi.

Pingping and Xiaoyumi fell asleep, and Yang Yukun held the two little ones in his arms.

The little girl Xiao Zongzi was also yawning continuously, completely losing the liveliness she had when she was setting off the fireworks just now.

When they arrived at the door of his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house, after his father-in-law and mother-in-law went into the house, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping continued to walk home with the children, and they arrived home in a few steps.

morning.

After returning from Cheng Xueru's house after having breakfast, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping took incense, candles, fruits, cigarettes, alcohol and other things, and took Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi to the Heishan People's Cemetery to wish the children's grandparents a happy new year.

In the evening, Jingtian called back and talked about how she spent the New Year with those Chinese students in Boston. They talked for more than two hours before hanging up the phone.

On the morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year, Yang Yukun was preparing breakfast in the kitchen when his apprentice Liu Yuehua came.

"Master, Master's Wife, I am here to wish you a happy new year. I wish you good health and all the best."

"Come on, grab a chair and sit down. Breakfast will be ready in a while."

"okay."

"After breakfast, we'll go to your house."

"Master, what delicious food did you make?"

"Your mistress said she was tired of eating meat and fish these past few days and wanted to eat something light, so I made vegetable porridge."

Xu Jingping said that he had eaten a bit greasy food these past two days and had no appetite.

Yang Yukun picked some vegetables he had grown from his portable planting space and cooked a pot of vegetable porridge to relieve the greasiness.

"Master, this is too light. There is not even a drop of oil to be seen."

"There are also big steamed buns stuffed with mutton."

It would be fine if we just had the vegetable porridge, Yang Yukun also steamed several baskets of big buns stuffed with mutton.

"Brother Xiaohua!"

Little Zongzi, Pingping and Little Yumi ran to the kitchen.

"Little Zongzi, Pingping, Little Corn, Happy New Year. This is the red envelope that Brother Xiaohua gave you."

"You are still a child yourself, why give me a red envelope?"

Seeing that his disciple had prepared red envelopes for Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi, Yang Yukun asked him to take them back.

This kid isn't even an adult yet, and he's of the same generation as Xiao Zongzi and the others, so why should he give them a red envelope?

"Master, although I am not yet an adult, I have been receiving salary for several years."

Liu Yuehua stuffed red envelopes into the hands of Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi.

"You kid, this is just one time, don't do it again. No one of your peers gives red envelopes. It's always the elders who give to the younger ones."

"Okay, Master, Madam, where is the red envelope from my disciple?"

"for you."

Yang Yukun took out a red envelope from his pocket, which he had already prepared for the boy.

"Thank you, Master and Master."

Liu Yuehua happily put the red envelope given by his master and his wife into his pocket.

"Little Zongzi, go see what grandpa and grandma are busy with and ask them to come over for breakfast."

"Okay, Black Panther, let's go call grandpa and grandma for breakfast."

"Woof woof woof..."

Little Zongzi took Black Panther to call his grandparents, and a few minutes later, Little Zongzi called his grandparents home.

"Grandpa Cai, Grandma Xu."

"Xiaohua is here."

"I came to see Master and his wife, Grandpa Cai, and Grandma Xu, and wish you a happy new year."

"Thank you, and I wish you a happy new year." Xu Huizhen took out a red envelope from her pocket: "Here, this is a red envelope from me and your grandfather Cai."

"Thank you, Grandpa and grandma." Liu Yuehua accepted the red envelope.

"Dad, Mom, let's eat."

Yang Yukun brought breakfast to the table and invited his father-in-law and mother-in-law to have breakfast.

Xu Huizhen said: "Chunfen and Xiaochen will bring Xiaohao over in a while, and Xiaoxia will come too."

"Jingping and I will take Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, and Xiao Yumi to see the master in a while. We will be back in the afternoon."

My second sister and her family will come over to pay New Year's greetings in a while, and Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping will also take the children to Yanzhi Hutong to pay New Year's greetings to their master.

After having lunch at the master's place, they came back in the afternoon to prepare dinner and called my eldest sister and brother-in-law to have a small gathering together.

"Disciple, let's go to your house." After packing, Yang Yukun took the wine and other things prepared for the master into the car, and went to the master's house with Xu Jingping and the children.

A few minutes later, Yang Yukun parked the car in front of his master's house.

It only takes ten minutes to get here from home, but I have a lot of stuff to carry, so I need to use a car to get it here.

"Master, we are here to wish you a happy new year."

Jumping out of the car, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi were the first to run into the yard.

Yang Yukun, Xu Jingping and his disciple Liu Yuehua took the things into the house.

"Master, Pian'er Ye, Sister Hou, Brother-in-law."

"Disciple, Jingping, you are here."

"Xiao Kun, Jing Ping, come and wish the Marquis a happy new year."

"Xiao Kun, Jing Ping, come into the house and warm yourself by the fire. Lao Liu, go make breakfast."

"Okay, Xiaokun, Jingping, please sit down first. I'll go make breakfast for you."

"Brother-in-law, we've already eaten, don't bother with anything else."

"This is the red envelope that Master gave you. Use it to buy candy."

"Hehe...thank you, Master."

"This belongs to my uncle and aunt."

"Thank you, uncle. Thank you, uncle."

"Little Zongzi, Pingping, Little Corn, these are from Grandpa Pianer."

"Thank you, Grandpa Pian'er."

I received four more red envelopes this morning. Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi all smiled. Pianerye said, "Xiao Kun, are you free tomorrow morning?"

"I'm free, what's up, Pian'erye?"

"I plan to take Tianci back to the Northeast. Please take us to the train station tomorrow morning to catch the train."

"You're going back so early? You finally came back, why don't you stay a few more days?"

"I still have things to do in the Northeast. I'll come back when I have time."

There is actually nothing wrong with going back at this time, it’s just that Pianerye doesn’t want to stay any longer.

I had originally thought that this time I came back, I would be able to ease the relationship with his sister.

On the afternoon of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, he took Tianci to visit his sister's family. The family didn't even look at him well, and didn't even offer him a sip of water.

It doesn’t matter. From now on, I’ll just pretend I don’t know you and we won’t see each other anymore.

"Pianerye, what time is your bus tomorrow morning?"

"Eight thirty in the morning."

"Okay, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning and take you and Tianci to the airport."

"Xiao Kun, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Pianerye, it's too polite for you to say that. I'll go to the Northeast to see you when I have time."

"Okay, call me in advance when you're going."

"it is good."

The chessboard was set up, and Yang Yukun played chess with his master and Pianerye.

"Dad, Pian'erye, Xiaokun, let's take a break and have lunch."

Liu Yunguang prepared lunch and called his father-in-law, Pianerye and Yang Yukun who were playing chess to have lunch.

The Tattered Marquis said, "Okay, let's stop fighting first. We can eat and drink our fill before going down again."

Yang Yukun said, "Master, I can't accompany you any longer. Jingping and I have to go back after lunch."

"What's going on? Is there something wrong?"

"My second sister and her husband are here. I have to go back and prepare dinner. I'll ask my eldest sister and her husband to have dinner with me in the evening."

"Chunfen and the others are here?"

"Yes, I'm here to wish my father-in-law and mother-in-law a happy new year. You don't have to cook dinner tonight. Come to my place and eat."

"Don't go."

He Chunfen and the others came back to wish Cai Quanwu and Xu Huizhen a happy new year, so they decided not to join in the fun and just eat at home.

"Xiaohua, Xiaozongzi, Pingping, Xiaoyumi, it's time to eat."

"Little Zongzi, Pingping, Little Corn, let's have lunch first, and Brother Xiaohua will take you out to play later."

"it is good."

"Master, Pianerye, brother-in-law, let's have a clash."

"Walk."

After lunch, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping stayed for a while and left the master's house with Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi.

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kitchen.

Yang Yukun was preparing dinner. His eldest brother-in-law and second brother-in-law were also there. The three of them chatted idly.

Main living room.

Xu Jingping accompanied her eldest sister, second sister and He Xiaoxia, and the sisters chatted about family matters.

He Chunfen said: "It's a pity that Lixia and Jingtian are not here. It would be great if they were here. The five of us sisters haven't been together for a long time."

Xu Jingping said: "Jingtian's winter vacation is not at the same time as ours, so he didn't come back for the New Year."

"How is Jingtian doing in Milijian? When will he be back?"

"That's good. They have summer vacation in May, and Jingtian will be back then."

"She doesn't even have time to come back for the New Year. How is she going to celebrate the New Year alone in Milijian?"

"With her friends."

Last night Jingtian called and said that more than 40 of them, overseas students in Boston, were spending the New Year together, and she was in charge of cooking the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Now, she is a real celebrity among the international students from China who come to Boston, Massachusetts, and is very popular among everyone.

Because she can cook and her cooking is delicious, she is the chef at every gathering.

"Dad, mom, aunt, uncle, second aunt, second uncle, aunt, we are back."

"Dad, Mom, Second Aunt..."

"Dad, Mom, you are back."

"Third aunt, third uncle."

"Xiaohao is too introverted. Chunfen, how do you take care of him?" Xu Huizhen said as she entered the door.

In the afternoon, Cai Quanwu and Xu Huizhen took the little ones to the amusement park.

After entering the amusement park, Xiao Zongzi and the others were having fun playing various rides. However, Chen Hao refused to play with them. He stayed aside by himself and didn't say much.

I don’t know how He Chunfen and Chen Xiang raised their child. They made him so introverted, just like Xiao Li at the beginning, or even worse.

"Third aunt, Third uncle, Lao Chen and I are also having a headache."

He Chunfen and Chen Xiang were also troubled by the fact that their child was too introverted.

It’s not like they haven’t thought of a solution, but what can they do if the child keeps being like this?

Cai Quanwu said: "Why don't we leave the child here for a while and let him interact with Xiao Zongzi and the others more. Maybe his personality can be changed."

"It's okay, Third Uncle. He's still young now, he'll be fine when he grows up."

"alright."

Since He Chunfen said so, Cai Quanwu and Xu Huizhen didn't say anything more.

"Grandpa, grandma, mom, aunt, second aunt, and little aunt, it's time for dinner."

Xiao Zongzi ran to the living room to call her grandparents for dinner. Her father had already prepared dinner. She was hungry after playing in the amusement park all afternoon. (End of this chapter)