Chapter 1468: Old Four

Duan Chun said with a smile: "Get off the train at past eleven in the morning tomorrow, but I reckon it will be late."

Trains in this era were only normal if they were late; it was abnormal if they weren't late.

Zhou Andong nodded: "I'll go pick him up."

At this time, Yuan Haoyu ran over and stood beside him without saying a word.

Immediately after, one little one after another also shouted that they were full.

Then they ran over and stood in line behind Yuan Haoyu.

Old Four hurriedly finished her meal, put down her chopsticks, and walked over.

"What are you doing?"

Yuan Haoyu pointed to Zhou Andong: "Wait for Uncle to finish eating, and take me to Tiananmen."

Old Four patted her chest: "No need to wait for him; Fourth Aunt will take you."

After speaking, Old Four waved her hand: "Set off!"

"Set off my ass." Zhou Andong grabbed Old Four by the collar: "Stay honestly, wait for me to finish eating."

Old Four blinked, slapped away Zhou Andong's hand that was grabbing her collar, and sighed.

"It's not that Fourth Aunt won't take you, but your Uncle won't give us the chance."

Zhou Andong rolled his eyes at her: "Take your nephews and nieces out to play, but you can't go out the main gate."

Old Four giggled foolishly and waved her hand again.

"Go, I'll take you to the instrument room and listen to Fourth Aunt play the suona for you."

Old Four walked in front, and Yuan Haoyu followed behind with a string of little ones.

Soon, the sound of the suona came from outside: "I picked up a cent on the side of the road."

Zhou Andong listened, full of surprise. The breath was very steady, and the breathing was also very smooth.

The pitch and tone were grasped just right. Although there were some flaws, you couldn't really hear them if you didn't listen carefully.

"Ha!"

Zhou Andong laughed, put down his chopsticks, and looked at the old man at the next table.

"Man Man Laoyezi, your craft can be considered to have a successor."

The old man laughed loudly: "Playing the suona, the one with the most talent is your Old Uncle."

Zhou Xiaoli proudly looked at his wife, which earned him a roll of the eyes from his wife.

"But!" The old man continued: "His ambition is not here, so he didn't want to play later, and I didn't force him. But I didn't expect that Ningning's talent is even better than her Old Uncle's."

"Mainly because Old Four likes it." Zhou Andong said with a smile: "If she didn't like it, let alone two months, she wouldn't necessarily know how to play this nursery rhyme in two years."

When everyone heard this, they shifted the topic to Old Four.

No one didn't like the eccentric little Old Four.

Eating and chatting, it was almost nine o'clock when they finished.

Zhou Qianyi arrived, holding a micro-video camera in her hand.

Yuan Liying asked: "Qianyi, have you eaten?"

"I ate before coming." Zhou Qianyi greeted the elders first, then came to Seeing Jian Qiu's side: "They are going to Tiananmen in a while; are you going?"

Seeing Jian Qiu shook her head: "I'm not going."

"If you don't go, I won't go either." Zhou Qianyi handed the camera to Zhou Andong: "Do you know how to use it?"

Zhou Andong waved his hand: "Give it to Little Qin, let her be responsible for recording."

Zhou Anqin took the camera, and Zhou Qianyi explained it.

"I know how." Zhou Anqin fiddled with it.

"Let's go." Zhou Andong said, and took a large group of people, including uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters-in-law, and siblings, out the door.

They didn't drive. After leaving the hutong, they saw several old grandpas and grandmas sitting on small stools under the willow tree in front, chatting.

"Oh my!" An old lady greeted enthusiastically: "Boss Zhou is back."

"Aunt Wang." Zhou Andong said with a smile: "Sunbathing here?"

"The weather is good today, so I came out to sunbathe." Aunt Wang stood up: "Relatives came to the house again?"

"Right." Zhou Andong said: "My uncles."

Aunt Wang asked: "Spending the New Year here?"

"Right!" Zhou Andong took out cigarettes and lit them for the grandpas and grandmas: "Because they are far away, we haven't seen each other for many years, so this year I brought them over to spend the New Year together."

"Good, good, good!" Aunt Wang nodded: "It's lively to spend the New Year together. Like our family, we want to find so many relatives but can't."

After chatting for a while, Zhou Andong left, but before they had gone far, an old man chased after them.

"Boss Zhou!"

Zhou Andong stopped, and the old man ran over panting.

"Do you still want a courtyard?"

"Uncle Liu!" Zhou Andong asked: "Are you selling your courtyard?"

The old man said: "My son wants to buy a building, and he is short of

Zhou Andong asked: "You sold the courtyard house, are you going to live with your son?"

The old man nodded: "My wife and I are moving upstairs, also to help the young couple take care of the child."

"Alright then!" Zhou Andong naturally wouldn't refuse: "There are no issues with the property rights, right?"

"Pah!" The old man smiled: "That was a single-entry courtyard of mine. When my son and daughter weren't married yet, our whole family lived there. The property rights definitely have no issues."

"As long as there are no issues with the property rights, that's fine." Zhou Andong said: "After the New Year, I will have someone come find you. Since we are neighbors, I will definitely give you a high price."

"I definitely trust you." The old man left, and thinking of the happy prospect, he even skipped twice.

This made everyone unable to help but laugh out loud.

"Men are teenagers until they die; this saying is not false at all." Zhou Andong sighed and said: "Let's go!"

A large group of people headed toward Tiananmen in a grand procession.

The happiest ones were still the children, jumping and skipping.

Led by the fourth child, they sang as they walked.

Zhou Anqin turned on the video camera and captured this scene.

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In Madian, there was a six-story white residential building, and a family lived on the third floor.

Cao Yi sat cross-legged, curled up on the sofa watching TV.

She was holding an apple in her hand, crunching away as she bit into it.

At this moment, the door was knocked, and Cao Yi's mother, Deng Yuzhi, poked her head out from the study.

"Didn't you hear the knocking? Your brother and sister-in-law are here, hurry up and open the door."

Cao Yi got out of bed reluctantly and ran over barefoot to open the door.

"Little Aunt!" A chubby little girl hugged Cao Yi all at once.

"Ouch!" Cao Yi was almost knocked over by the little girl: "Cao Mingming, why have you gotten fat again?"

Cao Yi's sister-in-law, Hu Lan, came in, changed into slippers, and said.

"She only knows how to eat meat every day, and she also likes to eat fatty meat. It would be strange if she weren't fat."

"That won't do." Cao Yi pulled Cao Mingming to the front of the sofa: "I'm telling you, you can't eat fatty meat anymore. It's very bad for your health. If this goes on for a long time, your body will have problems."

"What problems can eating meat cause?" Deng Yuzhi came out of the study with ink stains on her hands, presumably from practicing calligraphy or painting.

"Look at this!" Older brother Cao Mo muttered: "Just indulging her like this, who can say anything about it?"

Deng Yuzhi washed her hands and came out: "When I was young, let alone eating meat, just smelling the scent could satisfy my cravings for a month."

Hu Lan laughed and sat down beside Cao Yi: "Are you dating?"

Cao Yi looked at Deng Yuzhi: "Old lady, your mouth is fast enough."

Deng Yuzhi said: "For such a big matter, shouldn't I call your brother and sister-in-law over to discuss it?"

Cao Yi said with dissatisfaction: "He's coming over on the third day of the New Year for a meal so you can get to know each other. What is there to discuss?"

"Where's my dad?" Cao Mo hurriedly changed the subject, very afraid that the mother and daughter would start arguing as they talked.

"Isn't it the end of the year?" Deng Yuzhi snorted: "There are a bunch of messy things at the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and he's never home all day."

Hu Lan held Cao Yi's arm and asked curiously: "Is your boyfriend really the boss of 365 Home Furnishings?"