Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 360 Farm Tour
The Yan family gathered together. The adults ate, drank, and chatted together. The children were chattering and occasionally threw a piece of meat to the puppy. After eating, the puppy wagged its tail and walked around the table.

Yan Jiekuang asked his father, "Dad, there are fewer people living in that courtyard now, and they don't want to stay here. Is it possible to buy all the houses in that courtyard?"

Yan Bugui thought for a while and said, "This is possible, but the important thing is the two families, one is the Xu family, and the other is the Yi family."

Yan Jiecheng nodded and said, "If the Xu family spends a higher price, they will definitely be able to take it down. But the Yi family is in big trouble."

Yan Bugui smiled mysteriously and said, "Maybe it wasn't possible before, but it might be possible in the future. Let's see if Yi Zhonghai has changed this time. Maybe it won't be that difficult."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Well, Dad, my houses are all under Ji Lian's name. My family will pay for it this time. As long as the money is not a problem, we can divide the work."

At this time Yu Li said: "Xu family, let me do it. I will go to find Ji Lian when the time comes."

Yan Bugui said, "Okay, leave the Yi, Liu, and Chang families to me."

Yan Jiefang said: "Brother Zhuzi, I'll go and talk to him."

"Jia family, let me do it. After all, Jia Dang and Huaihua are working with me." Ji Lian said.

Only Xu Delin and the front yard were left. Yang Ruiping said, "Leave Widow Wang's house to me. I'll go give it a try."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "I have several dormitory buildings near Fangshan Farm. They have been renovated and can be exchanged for rooms. However, the area is not much larger. The largest is only about 90 square meters."

Except for Ji Lian, the rest of the people were shocked. Yan Bugui widened his eyes and asked, "What did you do in Fangshan? And how many dormitory buildings?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "It was at the beginning of the year when the supply of vegetables and meat was blocked by Shijia Village and Sanyuan Village. The four restaurants were stretched to the limit in terms of food supply. I thought, I can't rely on others for everything, so I bought an abandoned farm in Fangshan, renovated it, and built corresponding supporting facilities. It's a nice place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, suitable for retirement."

Yang Ruiping said, "I was wondering why you just grumbled a few words and nothing happened. It turns out you have already thought of a way out. Yes, this is a good idea."

Yan Bugui asked anxiously, "How is the farm now?"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "The business is going well. The first batch of pigs have been slaughtered. The four restaurants all get their ingredients from there. The seafood is directly supplied from Hong Kong Island, but it is also delivered there first. There are five large cold storages and five freezers there. It's a huge scale. What do you think, Dad, do you want to go?"

Yan Bugui said, "I must go. I have to take a good look around."

"Okay, I'll arrange a car to go together early this Sunday morning. By the way, second brother, you should also take a break and relax with the children." Yan Jiekuang said.

Yan Jiefang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll definitely go. Come, have a drink. Thank you, Lao San."

A few older children heard it, understood what was going on, and told the younger ones, and everyone cheered.

Not long after the dinner, Yan Jiefang found Yan Jiekuang and said, "Brother Zhuzi agreed. He said that we can forget about the house and just go by the market price, which is 20,000."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Okay, I'll let Ji Lian go find him."

After a while, both the Chang family and the widow Wang's family agreed, and the price was one was ten thousand and the other was twenty-five thousand.

But Liu Haizhong wanted more, a house in Fangshan and ten thousand yuan. Yan Jiekuang thought about it and agreed.

The Jia family had many houses, and Jia originally wanted to sell them normally. However, Jia Zhang disagreed and directly asked for 30,000 yuan. Moreover, she bypassed Jia Dang and Huaihua and found Yang Ruiping. When Yan Jiekuang heard this, he realized that Jia Zhang would never suffer a loss, but he did not reject her request.

Yu Li didn't know what method she used, but she found Xu Damao's sister, and finally the house was sold for 15,000 yuan.

Just when the Yan family was preparing for an outing, most of the houses in the courtyard had been transferred, leaving only Xu Delin and Yi Zhonghai's houses.

Yan Jiekuang has asked his disciple Yang Liwei, who is in Shenzhen, to look for him, but it is unknown when there will be any news.

On the 27th, there were already five cars parked at the entrance of the alley of No. 95 Courtyard. The drivers were from the group's driver team. Yan Jiekuang thought that since they were just going for a trip, he shouldn't let his family members work so hard driving.

The family set off happily. An hour later, the convoy arrived at the gate of Fangshan Farm. Yan Jiekuang asked the car to stop directly in the parking lot of the office building and let everyone have some tea and rest first.

A group of people got off the bus. The children were very happy when they saw the farm. The air was fresh, and there were endless mountains in the distance. In front of the farm was a river. The river water flowed down from the mountains, passed through the farm, and formed a big bay outside the farm. Passing by the gate of the farm, there were rows of plastic greenhouses on the left, and in the middle near the foot of the mountain was the three-story office building. A straight avenue led directly to the gate, and on both sides were some factory buildings, most of which were processing workshops.

On the right side of the road are three large courtyards side by side, two are pig farms, one is a cattle farm, and on the mountain are poultry farms and sheep pens.

Passing the pig farm, there are stretches of grassland, of course it is now yellow grassland, extending all the way to the river. There are several bridges on the river. Across the river is the dormitory area, a small park, and a shop.

Yan Bugui was dumbfounded. He originally thought that the farm would not be big, but now he realized that it would take him at least a day to tour it.

Yan Jiekuang was busy and said, "Let's go upstairs first, have some tea and try the fruits here, and then we can take a tour." At this time, Li Dong came out and greeted Yan Jiekuang and Ji Lian. Yan Jiekuang also introduced Li Dong to his family.

Li Dong led everyone to the second-floor conference room, where a lot of fruits were placed. Several civilian staff poured tea for everyone and juice for the children. Li Dong introduced: "This is our own juice on our farm. The one we poured for the children is strawberry juice. There is also pomegranate juice and orange juice. You can also try it."

The Yan family members ate the fruit, nodded continuously and said it was delicious. They also tasted the juice. Yan Jiekuang asked everyone where they wanted to go first.

Yan Bugui said, "Let's go check out the greenhouse first and see why your ingredients are so good."

Led by Li Dong, the group went to the vegetable and fruit greenhouses. As they walked, Li Dong introduced to Yan Jiekuang and his group, "In the early days, we tried to grow fruits and vegetables from both the south and the north, but the fruits from the south didn't work. However, there were quite a few vegetables from the south that survived, so they were also planted on a large scale."

As they were talking, they entered a vegetable greenhouse. The children saw fruits everywhere, including red strawberries, tomatoes, apple trees, peach trees, orange trees, pomegranate trees, and some pear trees. The children became excited all of a sudden. Li Dong asked someone to give each of them a small frame and said, "Go pick them and take them back. After all, it is the result of your labor."

The Yan family played in the vegetable greenhouse. The adults ate the vegetables directly after picking them, while the children competed to see who could fill the basket first. This morning, the Yan family played in the greenhouse. Yan Bugui and Yang Ruiping went to the vegetable greenhouse. Most of the vegetables in the greenhouse were from the south, some of which they had never seen before. Yan Jiekuang said, "When we leave later, I'll ask Li Dong to bring some back so we can try them too."

It was almost noon, and Yan Jiekuang arranged for everyone to go to the canteen to eat. The Yan family was very curious, why did this farm have a canteen? Was it the same as the canteen at the steel mill?

The group arrived at the canteen. As soon as they entered the canteen door, there were rows of seats, a square table with two benches, and inside was an open counter with some aunties serving meals. Li Dong introduced, "We need to take the tableware from the left and then walk from left to right. Just tell the auntie serving meals what you want to eat. You don't need meal tickets today. Our farm employees will be issued meal tickets every month."

The Yan family was very curious, so they started queuing, looking at each stall from left to right. When they saw a dish they liked, they ordered some. There were quite a lot of dishes, including meat such as chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton, and pork, and more vegetables, as well as soup and fruit.

Yan Bugui was the first to finish his meal. Li Dong pointed to a private room and said, "Uncle Yan, that room is reserved for your family. You can just go there."

After the whole family finished playing and sat down in the box, Xixi ran to Yan Jiekuang and said, "Dad, I was halfway through playing and my plate was full. Can I play again later?"

Yan Jiekuang patted Xixi's head and said, "Go ahead and fight as long as you can eat. But be polite when you speak."

Xixi smiled and said, "I know." Then she ran back.

Yan Jiekuang said, "By the way, let's drink less. I'll take you horseback riding in the afternoon." When the children heard this, they cheered.

Yan Jiefang's eyes lit up and he said, "When can I not drink? If I don't drink, I'll eat. After dinner, I'll go and teach my wife how to ride a horse."

Yan Yongchang sat next to me and said aggrievedly, "You just call me mom. What about me and my sister? Are we biological children?"

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter and started chatting while eating. They all said that the trip was worthwhile and they would come often in the future.

After dinner, Yan Jiekuang took a group of people to a horse farm the size of half a football field not far from the river. It was called a horse farm, but there were not only horses, but also a small fence with lambs, calves, rabbits, ponies, chickens, ducks and other small animals.

The three brothers and the women walked towards the horse stable, followed by Yan Yongqing, Yan Yongchang and Shi Lei. Big Fat and Little Fat wanted to come but didn't go when they saw the ponies in the small fence.

Yan Jiecheng asked, "Old Third, why do you still raise horses?"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "We went to Inner Mongolia to import cattle and sheep. When the herders there saw that we imported a lot, they gave us a few horses and ponies. I decided to build a horse farm."

"What is that small fence built for?" Yan Jiefang asked.

Yan Jiekuang said: "Only couples work on this farm, and there is no one to take care of the children, so we built a kindergarten and this fence."

After arriving at the stable, several people started to choose a few horses. Among them, there were those who knew how to ride, namely Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiefang. There were also several people from the stable who were teaching Yan Lao Da and Yu Li. These people were having a lot of fun.

The children over there were also having a great time. Yan Bugui and Yang Ruiping were there with them. Yan Bugui was particularly interested in the pony and said to Yang Ruiping, "What do you think about raising one at home?"

Yang Ruiping frowned and said, "Where are you going to put it? Besides, when you grow up, you can ride or pull a cart."

Yan Bugui said nonchalantly: "What's the big deal? Put it in the backyard and send it back when it grows bigger."

As the couple was talking, a little white horse came bouncing to Yang Ruiping and rubbed its head against his arm. Yang Ruiping was delighted and stroked the cute little white horse with his hand.

Yang Ruiping said, "It's not impossible to raise one, how about this one?"

When Yan Bugui heard this, he burst into laughter and said, "I didn't agree just now, but I changed my mind when this little Ma came over."

Yang Ruiping hit him and said, "Isn't this fate?"

The Yan family had a great day of fun. In the evening, they returned home in a mighty convoy, carrying a lot of things in large and small bags, along with a truck behind them with the pony on it.

(End of this chapter)