Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 410 Game Hot Pot
When Yan Jie Di and her husband appeared at the gate of the west wing, the Yan family was chatting and drinking tea in the middle hall of the backyard. When the couple walked in, Yang Ruiping heard them. She stood up and walked to the door. She lifted the door curtain and saw that it was the maid and son-in-law. She asked, "Why are you here? Didn't you say you were going back to Henan?"

Chen Zhibin was carrying something behind Yan Jie and said happily, "Mom, Jie Di is pregnant, so she won't go back."

When Yang Ruiping heard this, he was very happy. His four children all had offspring of their own. Yan Bugui also heard this and came to the door in two steps and said, "The first three months are the dangerous period. You two have to be careful."

When Yan Jiedi heard her father's words, she felt warm in her heart and nodded quickly.

When the couple entered the house, Yang Ruiping asked them to sit near the iron stove, and then asked, "Did you two have lunch?"

Chen Zhibin said, "Mom, let's eat. Don't be busy at this time. We will have dinner soon."

Yang Ruiping nodded and said, "I'll go clean up the east wing, and you two can live here. The courtyard is full."

Yang Ruiping walked out of the door and ran towards the first room in the east wing. At this time, a child dressed like a small landlord came running towards Yang Ruiping with short legs, shouting as he ran: "Great grandma, great grandma, they won't play with me."

Yang Ruiping walked a few steps quickly, picked up Leping, and said, "Pingping, they are so mean. They didn't take our lovely Pingping with them."

Yan Leping nodded, looking a little aggrieved. Yang Ruiping said, "Let's go, Pingping, go clean up the house with your great-grandmother, okay? I'll get you some pea yellow, which I've reserved especially for you."

Yan Leping was delighted when he heard this, and said in a baby voice, "Okay."

Yang Ruiping carried Pingping to the east wing. How could Yang Ruiping do that? The child was here, where were his parents? What Yang Ruiping didn't know was that the couple were busy. Yan Yongqing got playful and ran away with Shi Lei, while his wife Lv Yanling was dragged to the mahjong table by Yu Li.

Yan Bugui sat there and said, "Well, we can't smoke in this room. There's a pregnant woman here. If you want to smoke, go outside. Come on, Lao San, smoke with me."

Yan Bugui and Yan Jiekuang left the house. The father and son squatted in the yard and smoked. Yan Bugui asked, "What is Shi Lei's plan now?"

Yan Jiekuang took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Originally I wanted to send him abroad, but Shi Lei was very persistent and wanted to study for a master's degree in this school. My classmates said that Shi Lei's advisor thinks highly of him and is planning to train him to study for a master's and doctoral degree. Shi Lei himself is considering it."

"What's there to consider? This is such a good thing. I think Shi Lei is a researcher and he will definitely be a famous scholar in the future," said Yan Bugui.

Yan Jiekuang said: "I also respect his choice. The child is grown up and has his own ideas, so I didn't give him any advice."

Yan Bugui said: "You are right. We will not get involved in this matter too much, but we still need to ask."

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "You are not only looking for me for Shi Lei's matter, right? Is there anything else?"

Yan Bugui nodded and said, "I was taking a walk in Qianmen a few days ago and I met the Pianerye you mentioned. I observed him carefully and found that he looked exactly like me, except that he didn't wear glasses."

"Why, do you want to see him? Don't you want to not see him?" Yan Jiekuang asked.

Yan Bugui put out his cigarette, put it in the trash can at the door, sighed and said, "I have been thinking a lot since I got old. One day, I will have to leave. If I don't know who I am by then, it will be a pity. Although I have been avoiding and don't want to think about my childhood, the older I get, the more I miss it. The older I get, the more I can remember my adoptive father. It's better to understand some things, don't you think?"

Before Yan Jiekuang could say anything, Yan Jiefang's voice came from the side, saying, "Dad, you are right, don't worry, I will help you check the archives, and we will figure it out."

Yan Jiekuang also said: "Yes, Dad, we as sons all support you."

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you two brothers. By the way, Third Brother, if you can get that Pianerye out, invite him to our restaurant for dinner."

Yan Jiekuang agreed, and Yan Bugui stood up and went into the house. Yan Jiefang then took his brother to the door to chat and smoke.

After a while, Yang Ruiping led Pingping out from the east wing. When Yan Jiefang saw Pingping, he was delighted and shouted, "Pingping, come here quickly and let your second uncle give you a good kiss."

"No, your mouth hurts me, great-grandma, please hold me." Pingping jumped towards Yang Ruiping in fear.

Yang Ruiping said angrily: "Just smoke your cigarettes, why do you have to provoke our Pingping?"

Yang Ruiping carried Pingping into the main hall. Not long after, bursts of laughter were heard from the main hall.

Shi Lei brought the children back, and Yan Yongqing went to the courtyard next door. The children seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Since the ban on fireworks in 1993, the New Year has lost some of its flavor. Fortunately, Shi Lei, Yongchang, and Da Pang and Xiao Pang have grown up and know how to take their sister out to play. Otherwise, they would stay at home and lack the fun of childhood. Shi Lei walked to the kitchen, came to Yan Jiekuang, and said, "Dad, let's buy a computer this year. Not only you can use it, but my brothers and sisters and I will also use it."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "I remember that the computer company in the industrial park has designed a laptop, but it seems to be sold only overseas. I'll ask them when the time comes. If it doesn't work, I'll buy it with the company. Go call your mother over."

"Our family also has a computer company?" Shi Lei asked in surprise.

Yan Jiekuang glanced at him and said with a smile, "It's not our family, it's the Keda Group, but we only own shares and receive dividends, but we don't participate in the management."

Shi Lei turned and left. He wanted to find Ji Lian to ask her in detail.

Yan Jiekuang didn't care and continued to be busy in the kitchen. Xiaobao and his apprentices left in the afternoon. If he didn't cook for the Yan family's dinner in the evening, Yang Ruiping would have to do it.

At this time, Ji Lian brought Shi Lei to the kitchen and asked, "Third brother, the notebooks produced by their company are not good and can only be sold to Eastern Europe. Let's buy IBM for the children. I heard that there is a new ThinkPad 755CX with good performance, but I guess we have to entrust it to Ruier."

"Okay, let Ruier help buy them. By the way, buy a few more and keep a few for the company as backup. Also, the company should purchase a batch of desktop computers." Yan Jiekuang said as he cleaned the fish.

Shi Lei almost jumped up and said, "Thank you, Mom and Dad." Ji Lian smiled and said to Yan Jiekuang, "Is our study safe?"

Yan Jiekuang said: "Of course it is safe, it will be of great use."

Ji Lian turned and left. Soon, Yongchang, Yongxin, Dapang, Xiaopang and Shi Li all rushed into the kitchen. Some shouted "Thank you, Dad!" and "Long live Dad!" while others shouted "Thank you, Third Uncle!" and "Third Uncle is the best." It was such a mess that Yan Jiekuang drove them all out.

In the evening, Yan Jiekuang made a few more cold dishes to go with the wine for the men, especially the beef in lantern shadow. The beef was cut as thin as paper with the knife skills. The rest were mixed shredded vegetables, fried peanuts, salted goose liver, tiger vegetable, old vinegar stingray, red oil pig ears, and mustard duck feet, a total of eight dishes.

But the main course is game hotpot, which is also a court dish, but it is more complicated. A game hotpot is based on flying dragon soup, followed by side dishes such as venison slices, flying dragon breast, roe deer spine, pheasant slices, wild boar meat, wild duck breast, squid rolls, fresh fish, prickly dragon teeth, celery, Acanthopanax, and fresh bean sprouts, a total of twelve dishes.

In addition, four hot dishes were made: sweet and sour pork, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, stir-fried kale and bacon and snow peas. The staple food was steamed buns.

After Yan Jiekuang finished everything, he called out to the backyard, "Dad, is it time for dinner?"

Yan Bugui hurriedly replied, "Let's eat, let's eat. Yongfang, go to that courtyard and call people to eat. We are all hungry."

When everyone arrived at the restaurant one after another, they were all shocked by Yan Jiekuang's generosity. Yan Jiekuang looked at his people's shock and felt a sense of accomplishment. However, when Yan Jiekuang looked back, he was stunned. What was the meaning of Jia Dongxu and his wife and He Yuzhu's family coming here? They didn't have enough for lunch, so they had another meal in the evening. Yan Jiekuang was so angry that he rolled his eyes.

He Yuzhu was so shameless that he looked at the twelve dishes and said to He Yumei, "See, I was right to come here. You can't buy this dish even if you have money. Second brother, hurry up and pour the wine."

Yan Bugui and his wife didn't think so. It was not too little to eat anyway. After the wine was poured, Yan Bugui didn't say anything else and just said two words, "Let's eat".

Once the meal started, no one at the two large tables spoke, only the sound of eating, which lasted for a long time.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the children left the table when they were full, leaving only a few men and women at the main table, drinking and chatting together.

Yang Ruiping looked at Jia Dongxu and suddenly said, "When I was eating just now, I felt that something was missing. Dongxu, you and your wife are here, but where is your mother?"

Jia Dongxu said: "My mother, they also had a big meal. They went to Xu Delin's house. Yi Zhonghai invited them to go there. He said he wanted to see Xu Delin's wife and check her out."

Yang Ruiping smiled and said, "Your mother is still taking this job? She really can't sit still."

Qin Huairu said, "That's right. She doesn't need the money, but she has to get involved in this matter. She won't listen even after I've told her many times."

On the other side, He Yuzhu, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang were drinking, while Yu Li and He Yumei were chatting happily, probably exchanging restaurant experiences.

Yan Jiekuang drank two cups and stopped drinking. He said hello to Yan Bugui and left the table. He planned to go home with Ji Lian. The big king and the little king were still at home, and everyone knew about it and no one stopped them.

Yan Jiekuang and Ji Lian put on their scarves and hats and went out towards Yuer Hutong. Night had fallen and the sky had darkened, but there were not a single cloud in the sky. The sky was filled with stars and a bright moon hung in the sky. Ji Lian took Yan Jiekuang's arm and the two of them strolled in the quaint alley. The long bluestone road extended into the depths of the night.

(End of this chapter)