Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 348 Pancake Fruit
Drinking a few bottles of beer before going to bed is very comfortable, and it will be even more comfortable if it is a rainy night.

This is what Yan Jiekuang did when he returned home. He watched the children wash up and go to bed obediently, checked the doors and windows, said hello to Tian Guixiang, and went back to the room to sleep. Ji Lian had also fallen asleep at this time, and Yan Jiekuang also undressed and went to bed.

When he woke up, the rain outside had not stopped. Yan Jiekuang smelled the moist air mixed with the fragrance of flowers, which made him feel very happy. After Yan Jiekuang finished washing up in the bathroom in the backyard, he saw Shi Lei and Xiao Hai doing horse stance on the corridor. From the sweat on their heads, it could be seen that they had been up for a long time.

When she returned to the master bedroom, Ji Lian was already making the bed. She turned to Yan Jiekuang and said, "We are officially commissioning the machine today. Do you want to go?"

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "I won't go. I'll take the kids back to the courtyard this afternoon to watch the big show."

Ji Lian rolled her eyes at him and said, "These are all trivial matters. They are more important to you than the company's affairs."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "The company only needs your team. It's better to have less of my voice. Besides, you know I still like to mingle among the people."

Ji Lian said, "Okay, it's up to you. Do you want to make it in the morning or go buy it?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "I think I heard Sister Tian's voice in the kitchen. I'll go check it out."

After saying that, Yan Jiekuang went to the front yard and saw Sister Tian busying herself in front of a large frying pan. Yan Jiekuang asked, "Where did you get the frying pan?"

"My husband sent it yesterday. It's convenient to make some pies or pancakes in the morning. I've already made the porridge. You can go and prepare some side dishes." Tian Guixiang looked at Yan Jiekuang and said.

"Okay, we're in for a treat today. Authentic Shandong pancake. Thank you, Sister Tian." Yan Jiekuang said with a smile.

Tian Guixiang didn't even turn her head and said, "Isn't it a bit too polite to me?"

Yan Jiekuang went to get the pickles, and there was some chirping sound coming from the backyard. It turned out that the children had gotten up.

At this time, Shi Lei and Xiao Hai had disappeared, and Yan Jiekuang probably went back to wash up.

Soon the family came to the restaurant one after another. This was the first time for the children to eat Shandong big pies. Of course, Sister Tian also made sugar cakes. The cakes made by Sister Tian were different from the pies in the old city. Each one was as big as a flat plate. They were cut into four pieces with a cross knife and placed on the plate, one pile of pies and one pile of sugar cakes.

The children were very curious when they saw it. Yan Jiekuang said that this was baked for you by your Aunt Tian early in the morning.

When Ji Lian served porridge to the children, they all did the same. They took a piece to taste first, and then took more according to their favorites. Ji Lian still loved sugar cakes very much.

The family ate breakfast and praised Tian Guixiang. Everyone loved this pancake. Tian Guixiang smiled and said, "I'll make some pancakes for you tomorrow. They'll be delicious with anything you roll them with."

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Can we buy Shandong green onions here?"

Tian Guixiang said: "Why can't we buy them? This roast duck restaurant uses green onions from Shandong."

Yan Jiekuang thought about it and realized that he was really overthinking it. He always thought that it was difficult to circulate anything nowadays.

After breakfast, Ji Lian cleaned up and went to work. The children played by themselves. Yan Jiekuang asked them to study again at nine o'clock and study until ten-thirty, with a half-hour break in between.

At noon, the rain had stopped, and there were still some pancakes. Yan Jiekuang suddenly thought of making pancakes. He happened to have sweet bean paste and some vegetables at home, so he fried some chicken breast and beef, and prepared the batter. Tian Guixiang smiled and said, "Are you going to set up a stall?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Give the kids a surprise at noon. I'm going to go out and buy some fried dough sticks."

Yan Jiekuang turned around and went to the breakfast shop and bought some leftover fried dough sticks.

When they came back, the children had not finished their studies yet, but Yan Jiekuang had already completed the preparations. Tian Guixiang even brought them the tools for making pancakes.

Yan Jiekuang made a steak for Tian Guixiang, added eggs, lettuce, and fried dough sticks and sprinkled a little black pepper. Tian Guixiang took a bite and gave a thumbs up, and asked Yan Jiekuang to make another one. Yan Jiekuang made two and tried one himself, thinking it was really good.

After the children finished their study, they were a little hungry. They went straight to the restaurant, but there was nothing in the restaurant. Xixi shouted, "Dad, where are you? I'm hungry."

Yan Jiekuang shouted from the kitchen, "Here, come, come, line up, from young to old, we're having pancakes for lunch today. Shi Lei, there's soda in the big bucket next to the well in the backyard."

Shi Lei ran to the backyard. Xixi was the first one in line. Yan Jiekuang asked, "Xiao Xixi, there are chicken and steak. Which one do you want?"

Xixi widened her eyes, feeling torn, and finally said, "Can I have both?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Eat one first, and then eat it after you're done. Otherwise it will get cold if you leave it alone. How about the chicken one first?"

Xixi smiled and said, "Okay."

Then it was Xiaohai, Shili, Dapang, Xiaopang and Shilei. After one round, Xiaohai jumped over and said, "Dad, make me another steak. I'm almost finished."

Yan Jiekuang saw that not only Xiao Hai, but also Big Fatty, Little Fatty, and Shi Lei were eating very quickly, so he said, "Okay, you guys don't be in a hurry either, eat slowly."

Big Fatty said, "It's so delicious, I can eat two more."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "Okay, you can eat as much as you want, but don't eat too much."

The children appreciated the pancakes they had at noon. After a short break, they went to take a nap.

Yan Jiekuang made himself a pancake and ate it in the front yard. Tian Guixiang said, "Can you make some money by setting up a stall?"

"Of course, you will definitely make a lot of money. If you want to set up a stall, I can design a tricycle for you, just modify a flatbed cart." Yan Jiekuang said while eating.

Tian Guixiang thought for a moment and said, "I'll give it a try. Once you guys go out, I'll be alone at home with nothing to do."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Ask Daming to get a cart and I will modify it."

Tian Guixiang said, "Okay, that's settled. I'll go make the call."

After sending Shi Li and the others home in the afternoon, I returned home and saw that Sun Daming had brought the cart and had specially moved it to the backyard.

Sun Daming asked Yan Jiekuang what else he needed. Yan Jiekuang gave him a list of the flat iron plates, gas tanks, stoves, etc. Sun Daming took the list and went out.

Da Pang also helped. An hour later, the cart was converted into a pancake stall. It was just waiting for Daming's equipment to be installed. After seeing it, Tian Guixiang said, "It's really good. It's very convenient."

At this time, Sun Daming also came back. After Yan Jiekuang and Sun Daming installed the things, Tian Guixiang equipped them with seasoning boxes, sauce pots, bamboo baskets and other supporting items. The pancake stall was completed. After Tian Guixiang cleaned it, she tried to make one. Sun Daming took it, took a bite, and gave his wife a thumbs up after eating.

Xiaopang walked over and said, "Auntie Tian, ​​we can keep each other company this time."

Yan Jiekuang looked at Xiaopang in confusion. Before Xiaopang could say anything, Dapang pointed at the shelf at the door of the studio and said, "That's the shelf I made for him. He plans to set up a small comic book rental stand at the entrance of the alley." Yan Jiekuang did not object. If the child has an idea, then let them do it. He smiled and said, "Okay, let's see if you are cut out for business."

After saying that, Yan Jiekuang said hello to Sun Daming and his wife, and went to the Children's Palace to pick up the other children.

Yan Jiekuang said to Yongxin and Yongfang, "You go to my place first and send Shi Li back, then I'll send you back."

The two little girls nodded, and Yong Xin said, "That's great. We also want to go see Brother Lei and the others."

After the car parked, Yan Jiekuang and the other three walked to the entrance of the alley. They all stared at the entrance with wide eyes. There was a group of children gathered there, vying for picture books. Big Fat and Little Fat were busy there. Several neighbors gathered around Tian Guixiang's pancake stall, queuing up to buy pancakes.

Shi Li said, "Dad, what are we doing? Why are we setting up stalls?"

Yan Jiekuang laughed and said, "It's their hobby. Find something to do. Do you want to go over?"

Yong Xin said, "Let's go over and take a look. Just call me when you leave."

Yan Jiekuang returned home by himself, found Shi Lei, and said, "I will take Xiaohai and Xixi to the courtyard. I guess they will definitely not go. You stay at home and take care of your brothers and sisters. Let Aunt Tian cook for you in the evening."

Shi Lei said: "I understand, I'll be there right away."

Yan Jiekuang called Xiaohai and Xixi and walked towards Xiaopang's bookstall. Shi Lei was also busy helping. Yan Jiekuang first said hello to Tian Guixiang and told her to cook a meal for the children in the evening. He would not be back because he had something to do. Then he called Yongfang and Yongxin, and Yan Jiekuang drove the van straight to Yard No. 95.

After parking the car, Yan Jiekuang took them to the west wing. Yang Ruiping saw the children coming back from the front yard, and smiled happily. He shouted, "Old Three, go get some soda for the kids. Oh, there are watermelons in the backyard. Your dad bought them. Bring them over, too."

Yan Jiekuang first took out the soda and opened the bottle caps for the children. The children gathered around Yang Ruiping, drinking the soda and chatting with their grandmother about their studies today.

Xiao Hai followed Yan Jie Kuang to the backyard. Yan Bugui was tidying up the vegetable field, and Yan Yongchang was helping out nearby. Xiao Hai ran over with a soda in his hand and said, "Grandpa, let me help you."

"Okay, if you don't bother me, I'll just say Amitabha. You can go and have fun by yourself." Yan Bugui said with a smile.

Yan Yongchang said from the side: "Hello, Third Uncle, what is Brother Lei doing at home? I have finished reading my book and I want to exchange a few with him."

Yan Jiekuang touched Yan Yongchang's head and said, "He is busy taking care of the children. They are all busy now."

Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiekuang in confusion and asked, "What's going on?"

"Xiaopang set up a small comic book stall, and unexpectedly there were so many children reading it. Children from several nearby alleys all went, so they also went over to help." Yan Jiekuang explained.

When Yan Yongchang heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "Grandpa, I'll go find them, you go ahead and do your business." Then he went to wash his hands.

Yan Bugui said: "This little fat guy has a business mind, not bad, wait a minute, Yongchang, I'll go with you to take a look."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, you don't want to watch the show anymore?"

Yan Bugui didn't even turn his head and said, "What's so interesting about this? It's all about intrigue and conspiracy. It's boring."

Yan Bugui and Yan Yongchang left the yard after a while. Yan Jiekuang shook his head. When his father mentioned making money, he would forget everything else.

Yan Jiekuang took the watermelon and went to the kitchen. After a while, he put a plate of watermelon on the stone table in the front yard and asked the children to eat watermelon.

Yang Ruiping also sat down, picked up a piece of watermelon, and said, "Why? The opera is coming, just in time, I'll take the rag and bucket and go clean up the west wing, so I can watch the opera and work at the same time without any delay."

"Okay, my lovely mother, I will definitely do the work, but the main thing is to watch the show." Yan Jiekuang said vaguely while eating watermelon.

Yang Ruiping said, "Don't worry, I'll go with you. You don't have to cook dinner, I can just make something simple."

Yan Jiekuang made himself some tea, got cigarettes and a light, and went to the pavilion in the back garden with the newspaper tucked under his arm to smoke and read the newspaper.

Xiao Hai was not happy when he saw it, and said, "Dad, how about you send me back and I will help my third brother?"

"Why don't you go find Shi Li and the others to play? Aren't you a little late for going now?" Yan Jiekuang said.

Xiao Hai shook his head and said, "They are all women, I am a man."

Yan Jiekuang looked at Xiao Hai and said, "What should we do? How about reading with me? I'll go to your grandfather's study to look for it?"

Xiao Hai said, "Then I'd better go and accompany grandma." Then he slowly walked towards the front yard.

Yang Ruiping made dinner. Xiao Hai pointed to a plate of scrambled eggs with Chinese toon sprouts and said proudly, "Dad, see? I helped make that."

Yan Jiekuang was very puzzled. Looking at Xiaohai, who was not much taller than the stove, Yang Ruiping said, "Yes, Xiaohai helped beat the eggs."

Braised pork with potatoes, dried tofu with hot peppers, scrambled eggs with toon sprouts, home-cooked knife fish, tomatoes with sugar, shredded pork with Beijing sauce and spinach and lean meat soup. The staple foods are rice and steamed buns.

Yang Ruiping and Yan Jiekuang were chatting about what was happening next door while eating. The children were eating very enthusiastically, especially Xiaohai, who was staring at the scrambled eggs with Chinese toon sprouts, probably thinking that the dishes he had participated in were more delicious.

After dinner, Yan Jiekuang began to pack up buckets and rags and ran to the courtyard.
After a while, Yang Ruiping and Xiao Hai came over. Xiao Hai jumped in and shouted, "Dad, I'm here to help."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Okay, Xiaohai is really diligent, you can just clean the stool."

Yan Jiekuang opened the door and windows, cleared the dust with a feather duster, and then started to clean up carefully. Yang Ruiping was also wiping the furniture.

The two people were busy. Yan Jiekuang looked at the central courtyard through the lotus gate from time to time. The dining table had been set up, and the bowls, chopsticks and chairs had been placed on the table. He could vaguely hear the sound of cutting vegetables coming from He Yuzhu's kitchen.

Yan Jiekuang asked Yang Ruiping, "Mom, how did Brother Zhuzi agree to Xu Damao's banquet?"

Yang Ruiping said, "That's not Xu Damao, that's the director of the textile factory. He often ate Zhuzi's food at the steel mill before. It was Zhuzi's request. This is exactly what Xu Damao wants."

Yan Jiekuang then understood. After a while, Xu Damao's voice was heard from the Central Courtyard. He went to Yi Zhonghai's house and invited Yi Zhonghai to come. Liu Haizhong was already sitting at the dining table, smoking and waiting.

Yan Jiekuang knew that all the important people in the courtyard were invited to come, ostensibly to be guests, but actually they were wanted to witness the moment when Qin Jingru fell into the abyss.

(End of this chapter)