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Chapter 544

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Su Xinghui said, "Okay."

After hanging up, Su Xinghui went to knock on Lu Xiaoya's door. A few seconds later, Lu Xiaoya opened the door. Su Xinghui smiled, "Xiaoya, are you up? I was afraid you hadn't gotten up yet."

Lu Xiaoya smiled, "Sister Ruoqiu said she would take me out to play today, so of course I wouldn't sleep in."

Su Xinghui said, "It's good that you're up. Brother Yu just called and said he and Ruoqiu will come to pick us up in a while."

Lu Xiaoya said, "Fine, then I'll go to your room to wait for them."

Lu Xiaoya entered Su Xinghui's room, and after waiting for a few minutes, Yu Ruizhi came with Yu Ruoqiu.

Yu Ruizhi said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat breakfast."

Su Xinghui said, "Doesn't this Friendship Hotel provide breakfast? Why don't we just eat something here together?"

Yu Ruizhi said, "Since you've come to Jingcheng, you have to eat some Jingcheng-style breakfast. You can't eat authentic Jingcheng-style breakfast at this Friendship Hotel; you have to go into the hutongs to eat. Let's go."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Fine, then let's go out to eat."

Yu Ruizhi said, "By the way, after breakfast, I'll take you to my house to meet the old man."

"Meet the old man?" Su Xinghui was a little surprised. Yu Ruizhi wanted to take them to meet Elder Yu, to meet that founding father who once shook China with his prestige? That was a name he had only seen in books since he was a child. Was he going to see him with his own eyes today?

Yu Ruizhi nodded and said, "Yes. After I went home last night, I saw the old man was in a good mood, so I told him about you coming to Jingcheng. The old man seems very interested in you. He said to let me bring you home to take a look, and he also wants to thank you in person."

Su Xinghui asked curiously, "What does the old man have to thank me for?"

Yu Ruizhi said, "He said the box of liquor you gave him was too delicious, and he wants to thank you!"

Su Xinghui said, "What does that count for?"

That was what he said, but Su Xinghui was still quite excited inside. The opportunity to visit such a founding father was not something everyone had. Even an ordinary ministerial-level cadre might not necessarily get such an opportunity.

Yu Ruizhi said, "Then let's go."

The group went downstairs together. Today, Yu Ruoqiu was still driving her Audi. In Jingcheng, she was still very low-key. The car she drove didn't even have any special license plates. Ordinary people would definitely never know that the person driving this car was actually the granddaughter of a founding father.

Before long, the car drove to the entrance of a hutong. This hutong was relatively narrow, so Yu Ruoqiu did not drive the car in but parked it at the entrance of the hutong. The group got out of the car and went in together.

Although it wasn't even seven o'clock yet, the hutong was already crowded with people. These were all people who had come to eat breakfast.

There were several breakfast shops in the hutong. Yu Ruizhi lined up at the entrance of a breakfast shop just like an ordinary person. On this point, he never did anything special. But then again, at the entrance of this most ordinary breakfast shop, no one could do anything special.

Was he supposed to pull out his identity and tell others that he was Elder Yu's grandson, asking others to let him buy breakfast first? He couldn't afford to lose that face; it was better to line up honestly.

Yu Ruoqiu took Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya to another breakfast shop. She found a small table at the entrance that others were about to finish eating at, let Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya wait there, and she went to line up.

Lu Xiaoya said, "Business here is really booming!"

Su Xinghui said, "Booming business just means the food here is delicious."

They waited for a while, and the two people at that small table finished eating and left in a hurry. Su Xinghui sat down with Lu Xiaoya and waited for the Yu siblings to come over.

A waiter came over, took away the bowls on the table, and wiped the table clean. The two waited for more than ten minutes before they saw Yu Ruizhi coming over, sweating profusely, carrying a stack of pancake-like food. He took an empty plate, put these pancakes on the plate, and said, "You guys eat first, I'll go help Ruoqiu carry the noodle tea."

Su Xinghui also walked towards Yu Ruoqiu with Yu Ruizhi. Just in time, she had also reached the window. She bought five bowls of noodle tea, one of which was in a thermos she had brought. Yu Ruizhi and Su Xinghui carried the other four bowls over together.

The four sat next to the small table. Yu Ruizhi said, "Eat quickly while it's hot. Don't look at these things as inconspicuous; these are famous Jingcheng snacks, sugar oil pancakes and noodle tea. They are delicious."

Su Xinghui picked up a sugar oil pancake and started eating. Upon eating it, he realized that this sugar oil pancake lived up to its reputation; it was both crispy and chewy, fragrant and sweet, especially the granulated white sugar on the pancake, which had a very good texture.

Looking at Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya's appearance, Yu Ruizhi said, "Delicious, right? We loved eating this when we were kids. Every time we ate it, we had to ask the boss to add sugar. What you are eating today is specially added with sugar, more than the usual sugar."

Lu Xiaoya nodded and said, "Delicious, but Brother Yu, you bought such a big stack, can the four of us finish it?"

This sugar oil pancake was quite a big piece, and plus a big bowl of noodle tea for each person, it was indeed a full portion.

Yu Ruizhi said, "It's just right if we can't finish it. I'll take it back for the old man, heat it up for him to eat. He just likes this bite. Ruoqiu even bought him a bowl of noodle tea."

Lu Xiaoya nodded and buried her head in eating the sugar oil pancake.

Su Xinghui picked up a spoon, scooped up some noodle tea, blew on it, and put it in his mouth. This noodle tea was made from millet flour, with some sesame paste added on top. This sesame paste was something people in some places couldn't get used to, but for Su Xinghui, who was used to eating hot dry noodles, this sesame paste was too fragrant. He nodded and said, "Delicious."

Yu Ruizhi also started drinking the noodle tea, but he didn't use a spoon. He picked up the bowl and drank it just like that, and he drank it in a circular motion. Lu Xiaoya said, "Brother Yu, you don't use a spoon?"

Yu Ruizhi said, "Look at the people around, is anyone using a spoon?"

Lu Xiaoya took a look, and sure enough, the people around all drank noodle tea like this.

Yu Ruizhi said, "Locals all drink noodle tea like this, but if you are not used to it, using a spoon is also fine."

The group talked and chatted, and before long, they finished this breakfast. Sure enough, there were four sugar oil pancakes left, just enough to take back for Elder Yu.

The group left the hutong and got into the car. Yu Ruoqiu drove towards the city. After about ten minutes, the car drove to the entrance of a hutong. There were armed police on guard at the entrance of this hutong. Su Xinghui knew that this should be the destination.

The armed police saw the car Yu Ruoqiu was driving, saluted her, and let them pass directly. Yu Ruoqiu drove the car into the hutong and parked it at the entrance of a courtyard. The group got out of the car together and entered the courtyard. Yu Ruizhi took the sugar oil pancakes into the kitchen, had someone heat them up, and then took them to the main room of the main house and shouted, "Grandpa, I'm back. I brought you sugar oil pancakes and noodle tea."

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