Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

"Dad, I'm back!"

"Woof woof woof..."

"Black Panther."

Little Zongzi patted the head of the black panther that ran out to greet her, and ran to the kitchen following the smell.

"Little Zongzi, where are your grandparents and your brothers and sisters?"

Yang Yukun was preparing dinner in the kitchen and stewed an old hen with the Liangxiang chestnuts that Han Chunming brought back from his aunt's house in Fangshan.

Seeing Xiao Zongzi coming back, Yang Yukun glanced towards the gate, but did not see his father-in-law, mother-in-law, Pingping, and Xiao Yumi.

"Grandpa, grandma, and my brothers and sisters are at my fourth aunt's house. My fourth aunt and fourth uncle are back."

When we passed by the tavern on our way back from the zoo, my grandparents saw that the door of my fourth aunt's house was open. It turned out that my fourth aunt and her husband had returned from Xiangchu.

Her grandparents and her younger brothers and sisters were still at her fourth aunt's house, so she ran back first.

"Qingming and Lixia are back?"

"I just got home a while ago. Grandpa and grandma asked you to cook a few more dishes. Fourth aunt and fourth uncle will come to our house for dinner soon."

"Row."

Yang Yukun had just stewed the old hen and the rice was not put into the pot yet, so he added another bowl of rice, sliced ​​a fish from the portable planting space, and added a dish of stir-fried lamb with green onions and goose eggs.

"It smells so good, Third Brother-in-law, what delicious food are you cooking? I can smell the fragrance at the door."

Chen Qingming carried the things, and He Lixia held the child, and they went to the house of their third sister and brother-in-law with their third aunt and uncle.

Yang Yukun said, "Qingming, Lixia, you came back from Xiangchu so early. You only go home once a year during the Spring Festival. Why don't you stay at home for a while longer?"

"I'm busy with work. Someone called me to urge me to come back."

Years ago, Chen Qingming and He Lixia took their children back to their hometown in Tanzhou, Hunan to celebrate the New Year.

The imperial capital is tens of thousands of miles away from Chen Qingming's hometown, and he cannot go back there normally. He can only go back during the New Year holidays.

Chen Qingming also wanted to stay in his hometown for a few more days to spend time with his family.

But he was busy with work at the institute and couldn't stay at home for long, so he and He Lixia returned to the capital early with their children.

They came back from their hometown in Xiangchu the afternoon before yesterday. They first went to Simatai to visit their father-in-law and mother-in-law, and only returned to Sijiucheng from Simatai this afternoon.

"Third Uncle, give me a hug."

The little one in He Lixia's arms reached out to Yang Yukun, babbling and unable to speak clearly.

"Come, come to Third Uncle."

Yang Yukun took the little guy in. This little guy was the son of Chen Qingming and He Lixia, named Chen He. He was born on the second day of the first lunar month in 1991, and was exactly one year and a few days old now.

After teasing the little guy for a while, Yang Yukun handed the kid over to Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, and Hou Li, and asked Xiao Zongzi and the others to play with the little guy.

He Lixia said, "Third brother-in-law, where is my third sister? Hasn't she come back yet?"

"Nope."

At noon, Yang Yukun called Xu Jingping, and she said that Su Xiaoli asked her out shopping.

"I'll call my third sister." He Lixia picked up the phone and called her third sister.

"Qingming, how is your old lady's health?"

"My grandma is in good health."

"Are Uncle Chen and Auntie all right?"

"all good."

"That's good."

While Yang Yukun was cooking dinner, he chatted with Chen Qingming casually.

This side of Wangfujing.

Xu Jingping accompanied Su Xiaoli shopping for the whole afternoon, and Su Xiaoli asked her to go to her house for dinner.

The two had just gone to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and were about to return to Su Xiaoli's house when Xu Jingping received a call from He Lixia.

"I'm sorry, Sister Xiaoli, we can't have this meal today."

"what happened?"

"We have a visitor at home."

"It's okay, let's make an appointment next time."

"I'll take you back first."

Xu Jingping first sent Su Xiaoli home, then turned around and returned to Qianmenlouzi.

In the alley outside the door, Xiao Zongzi, Pingping, Xiao Yumi, Hou Li and their little cousin Chen He were playing with Feifei, Mengmeng and other friends.

When he saw a car entering the alley, Xiao Zongzi recognized it as his mother's car at a glance.

"Mom is back."

"Mother."

"Three aunts."

"Auntie."

"aunt……."

"What are you little guys playing?" Xu Jingping parked the car at the door, opened the door and got out.

"We're jumping rope." "Hopscotch."

"Kicking shuttlecock."

Xu Jingping said: "It's not cold, you guys."

"Hehe..., Auntie, we are not cold."

Little Zongzi said, "Mom, Fourth Aunt and Fourth Uncle are back and are at our house."

"Your fourth aunt called me, He He, do you still recognize me?"

"Three aunts."

"So nice."

Xu Jingping pinched the little guy's face and walked into the yard.

"Dad, Mom, Xiaokun, Lixia, Qingming."

"My wife is back."

"Third sister, you are back."

"Sister Xiaoli was shopping and asked me to go with her. When you called, we had just gone to the market to buy vegetables and were going to her house to cook." Xu Jingping said, "Didn't you say you were planning to spend the Lantern Festival in your hometown? Why did you come back so early?"

He Lixia said: "We originally planned to come back after the Lantern Festival, but Lao Chen had something to do at the office, so we came back early."

"Arrived today?"

"I came back the day before yesterday. I went to Simatai to visit my parents. I came back from Simatai this afternoon."

"Are your aunt and uncle in good health?"

"not bad."

"Why didn't Xiao Xia come back with you?"

"She said she wanted to spend the Lantern Festival at home, and then report back to school after the festival. Anyway, she will graduate in her last semester and she is in the internship stage, so she can go to school anytime."

"I asked her if she wanted to work in my company after graduation, and she said she wanted to start her own business and be her own boss."

"Xiao Xia also told us about this. Isn't there tourism development in my hometown? There are quite a lot of people visiting our place recently, but it's not convenient to eat and live in our countryside. Xiao Xia said she wants to open a farm stay in her hometown."

"This girl wants to start her own business and be her own boss. It's a good thing that she has her own ideas and enterprising spirit. I will provide her with some start-up capital when the time comes." Xu Huizhen said with a smile.

She had discussed this issue with Xiao Xia before. Xiao Xia was studying in the Finance Department of Renmin University and was assigned to work in a bank or financial department after graduation.

If you don't want to work in a public institution, you can go to work at Huafeng Company. You can first go to Sanqiuye Hotel Company or February Flower Hotel, Huafeng Trading Company, or Huafeng Real Estate to be responsible for financial work. After accumulating experience for a period of time, you can be transferred to the head office to help her manage the financial power.

But the girl refused and said she wanted to start her own business and be her own boss.

Xu Huizhen asked her what project she wanted to do, and the girl said she hadn't thought about it yet.

Xu Huizhen said that once she had decided what to do, her third aunt would invest some start-up capital in her project to support her entrepreneurship.

"Dad, Mom, daughter-in-law, Qingming, Lixia, it's time to eat."

After Yang Yukun prepared dinner and served the food and wine to the table, he called Xu Jingping and others who were chatting in the living room to have dinner.

Xu Jingping said: "Lixia, Qingming, let's go and have dinner first."

"it is good."

Cai Quanwu said: "Where are Xiao Zongzi and the others? Where did they go?"

"They are playing in the alley. I'll go call them." Xu Jingping went to the alley to call Xiao Zongzi and the others back.

Yang Yukun poured wine for his father-in-law, mother-in-law and Chen Qingming, while Xu Jingping and He Lixia drank warm rice wine.

After eating and drinking, it was almost dark, so Chen Qingming and He Lixia took the children back to the tavern.

The father-in-law and mother-in-law sent Hou Li back to Cheng Xueru's home. Xiao Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi also went out to play with their grandparents.

"Come on, wife, let's soak our feet in hot water."

"Xiaolan and Master Lin are together."

"Is this it?"

"Not only does Xiaolan like Master Lin, but Master Lin also has feelings for Xiaolan. Since they are both interested in each other, this makes things much simpler."

"These two are like a turtle and a mung bean, they just hit it off."

"That's right. I gave Xiaolan and Master Lin a day off and let them go shopping and watch a movie. It was my first time to introduce someone to someone and I succeeded. I felt quite accomplished."

"Not bad, Xu Jingping, you have the potential to become a matchmaker."

"When Xiaolan and Master Lin get married, you have to give them a big red envelope."

"it is necessary."

"The TV show is about to start, Xiao Kunzi, turn on the TV."

"Got it."

Yang Yukun turned on the TV and watched TV series with Xu Jingping.

After watching an episode of TV, my father-in-law and mother-in-law brought back the small rice dumplings, Pingping and little corn.

In the next few days, Yang Yukun attended two weddings in a row.

He helped arrange the marriage of a daughter or the marriage of a daughter-in-law in the alley.

"Ding ding ding..."

"Hello, Mr. Peng, this is the train station, right? OK, I'll be right over." (End of this chapter)