Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 466 Passing by Xi'an
When Yan Jiekuang found the hotel, it was almost nine o'clock and the children looked tired. Yan Jiekuang parked the car, took a small bag, and took the children to the hotel's service desk. He showed his ID and directly booked a suite.

The waiter's attitude was quite good. Yan Jiekuang asked, "Excuse me, is there any dinner now?"

The waiter looked at the time and said, "Yes, it ends at ten o'clock."

Yan Jiekuang took the room card and went directly to the restaurant with the children. They ordered local mutton soup, roujiamo and noodles. They ordered a bunch of things and the three of them started eating. Yan Jiekuang was holding his daughter, which was inconvenient. Chen Liang ate very quickly. After finishing a bowl of noodles and a roujiamo, he said to Yan Jiekuang, "Big brother, give me your daughter. You eat."

Yan Jiekuang handed the children to Chen Liang and ate quickly. After eating, he took the children to the room. They were really tired today. Yan Jiekuang watched the children wash up and go to bed, then he lay down on the bed and suddenly sat up again. He forgot about Da Wang and Xiao Wang, as they were still in the car and had not eaten.

Yan Jiekuang hurried downstairs, opened the door to the car, and said, "I'm sorry, Big Wang and Little Wang, you must be hungry. I'll make you some beef." He then prepared food in the car and watched the two Tibetan mastiffs finish eating. Only then did he feel relieved and said, "I'm sorry to have wronged you. After this, you won't be allowed to live in the car anymore."

When Yan Jiekuang returned to the room, it was almost eleven o'clock. Yan Jiekuang went straight to bed. He was really tired today.

The next day, Yan Jiekuang opened his eyes dazedly. He saw Chen Liang in the inner room had already gotten up, so he said, "We'll stay here today. You can sleep a little longer."

Chen Liang was stunned. He really thought they had to hurry on their way again, but he had already gotten up and said, "Big brother, you go to sleep. I'll look after the sisters."

Yan Jiekuang fell asleep again in a daze, and when he woke up, it was already past eight in the morning. Yan Jiekuang washed up and went to the inner room. He saw Chen Liang lying on the side of his sister's bed and also asleep. Yan Jiekuang was happy and did not call them, wanting them to have a good sleep.

Yan Jiekuang went downstairs to check on Da Wang and Xiao Wang, then took them back to the room. When they walked through the lobby, the waiter wanted to stop them, but was stopped by the lobby manager. Yan Jiekuang walked over and explained that this was his dog, very well behaved, so don't worry, it usually didn't appear in the hotel.

Back in the room, in the bathroom, Yan Jiekuang gave Da Wang and Xiao Wang a bath. At this time, the Chen brothers and sisters all woke up, especially Nannan, who started crying as soon as she woke up. Chen Liang changed the diaper, but it didn't work. Yan Jiekuang knew that she was hungry, so he quickly heated up the milk, poured it into the bottle, tested the temperature and handed it over. Nannan started drinking while holding her.

When he was full, he babbled and looked at Yan Jiekuang from time to time. Yan Jiekuang smiled at the little man and said, "Okay, you are full. I have to take your brothers and sisters to eat. Big King and Little King, stay here and behave yourself."

Yan Jiekuang took his three children out. When they walked out of the restaurant, there were blue brick buildings on both sides. They looked quite old. There were snack shops on both sides. Yan Jiekuang found a restaurant selling spicy soup. Mainly, he didn't want to break the steamed bun by himself, he just wanted to eat roujiamo. They had three bowls of spicy soup and six roujiamo. The three of them sat on the side of the road and ate happily.

After breakfast, Yan Jiekuang took the children to stroll around the inner city and bought a lot of things, mostly food, such as zonggao, bayberry jelly, persimmon cake and fire-baked bread. At noon, he took the children to eat mutton in a basin. Chen Liang kept shouting that it was delicious, but Chen Fang didn't even look up, and only raised her head to serve mutton when the bowl was clean.

At noon, Yan Jiekuang brought the children back to the restaurant. Yan Jiekuang held his daughter in one hand and a bag of beef in the other. Chen Liang held the basins for Da Wang and Xiao Wang and took Chen Fang back to the room. Yan Jiekuang put his daughter on the bed and started to prepare lunch for Da Wang and Xiao Wang, while Chen Liang helped on the side.

The big king and the little king seemed to know that this was their lunch, so they lay nearby, wagging their tails and waiting.

At noon, Yan Jiekuang let the children take a nap, and he also leaned on the sofa in the front room and took a nap. In the afternoon, he took the children to stroll around several nearby attractions. They went to the bell tower, climbed the city wall, and visited the Forest of Steles. Yan Jiekuang studied history, and looking at these, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Many ancient buildings had been destroyed, but he still told historical stories to the two children.

The two children listened with great interest and followed Yan Jiekuang around for a long time. In the evening, they went to Sanxingzhai on Huimin Street and ate steamed pork with rice flour and zongzi. Chen Liang and Chen Fang had always lived in that village and had never seen such a prosperous snack street. They just looked around and were at a loss as to what to eat. They had no idea at all.

There are very few people in the street wearing bright colors. The better ones are wearing leather jackets and riding bicycles. The straightforward character of northern Shaanxi is fully displayed in every corner of the city. Voices like "What are you doing!" are heard everywhere. There are also some old farmers setting up stalls to sell agricultural and sideline products. Most of them are from surrounding villages.

Yan Jiekuang took the children out for a walk for the whole afternoon and then returned to the hotel. They had dinner in the hotel restaurant and ordered four dishes: mandarin duck chicken, beef ribs, stir-fried pork from Guandong, and stir-fried water spinach. The staple food was rice, but he also asked for a bowl of lean meat porridge, which was for his daughter, and he specifically asked the chef to cook it for a longer time.

Although the children had never seen the world, they were very well-behaved and listened to Yan Jiekuang in everything. They ate in an orderly manner, but this also made Yan Jiekuang very uncomfortable. After the meal, Chen Liang packed up the leftovers as requested and took the children back to the room. At this time, Da Wang and Xiao Wang seemed to be hungry and circled around Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang comforted Da Wang and Xiao Wang, put the child to bed, and then returned to the car in the parking lot. He took out a bag of meat and a box of eggs from the refrigerator, and then returned to the room to prepare food for Da Wang and Xiao Wang. Chen Liang ran over to help, and while busying himself, he said, "Da, let's not stay in such a hotel in the future."

Yan Jiekuang looked at Chen Liang in confusion and said, "Why, isn't this place good?"

Chen Liang said, "That's great. It must be very expensive. Next time if you are tired, you can stay in one room and we can stay in the car. I think the car is already very good."

Chen Fang also ran over and said with a smile: "Yes, big brother, I still like the bed in my car."

Yan Jiekuang laughed and said, "Two silly kids, you won't be able to stay here on the way. Take a good bath today. After you're done, I'll give Nannan a bath. It'll be a long time before she can take a good bath, and I think it'll be hard for her to do so."

Chen Liang blinked his big eyes and asked, "Big brother, where are we going next?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "We are not in such a hurry this time. We need to let the big and small kings relax. It is hard for them to stay in the car all the time. The next stop is Hanzhong. Let's take it slow this time, okay? We can enjoy more scenery."

Although Chen Liang didn't know where Hanzhong was, he smiled and said, "Okay!"

Chen Fang went to take a bath by herself. After Yan Jiekuang finished taking care of Da Wang and Xiao Wang, he went to see Nannan. Nannan was chatting with Yan Jiekuang in a murmuring and humming voice. Yan Jiekuang stayed with her on the bed. The little one could crawl now, although she could only crawl a few times.

When Yan Jiekuang took Nannan to take a bath, Chen Liang and Chen Fang had already fallen asleep. Yan Jiekuang took Nannan to the outer room, coaxed her to sleep, and fell asleep unknowingly.

The next day, after breakfast, Yan Jiekuang checked out of the hotel and got into the car with the children. Yan Jiekuang drove to a vegetable market and bought some fruits and meat bones. When he was carrying the things to his car, he felt something was wrong.

Several young people surrounded the car, trying to open the door and shouting something. Yan Jiekuang put the three children in the car without turning off the engine. Yan Jiekuang quickly walked a few steps behind the people and asked, "Who are you? What's the matter?"

The young people turned around and saw that it was a middle-aged man, so they asked, "What does this have to do with you?"

Yan Jiekuang frowned and said, "This is my car. What can I do for you?"

"What, you? I said it was me, get out of here." said a long-haired young man who was the leader.

Yan Jiekuang was so angry that he said, "I'm telling you again, leave quickly and don't mess around with my car."

"What? What did you say?" The long-haired young man rushed over. Yan Jiekuang did not tolerate him and kicked the young man, knocking him unconscious. The others suddenly became quiet. They were not fools and could tell that he was a martial artist.

Yan Jiekuang ignored them, put the things aside and opened the sliding door at the back. Da Wang and Xiao Wang suddenly jumped out, shouting "Ah!" and the whole street became quiet in an instant. The young men looked at Da Wang and Xiao Wang who were staring at them, and they stood there in a daze. One of them had already peed.

Yan Jiekuang chuckled, put his things away, called Da Wang and Xiao Wang to get in the car, and drove away. After leaving the inner city, he filled up the gas at a gas station in the outer city, and also filled up the spare oil tank. Then he set off easily.

(End of this chapter)