Comfortable life in Siheyuan

After several days, Nan Yi's restaurant was finally on track. The two apprentices also adapted to the restaurant's procedures and could now cook, so Nan Yi no longer had to cook all the dishes.

Nan Yi also followed the advice of several elderly people and found a talkative female kitchen helper from the canteen of the box factory to be responsible for the front desk chores.

Liu's parents and He Daqing no longer went to the restaurant, but when the three of them came back, they still felt a little lost.

"Lao He! Why do we feel so bored when we have some free time?" The two of them were sitting in the backyard, playing chess out of boredom.

He Daqing threw the two chess pieces in his hand onto the table. "Isn't that right? The restaurant at home doesn't need me. I just play chess and walk around here every day. It's boring!"

"I am like this too. I am almost sick from being idle at home every day. My children are all grown up now. There is only one little girl left at home. She goes to school every day, so there is no need for us to worry too much about her!"

Feng Yu always picked up Xiao Yuwen from school. They were really bored at home.

"I say you don't know how to enjoy your life! You're really like Song Laosan from the next alley. He's almost seventy years old, but he's still not happy doing nothing!" Liu's mother came out to add some tea for the two of them, but she never expected to hear such nonsensical words.

"We don't want to be a gangster, we just want to find something to do. If we sit idle like this every day, our bones will become rusty!" Father Liu shook his head with a wry smile.

"If we don't want to be idle, we can only hope that our granddaughter-in-law gets pregnant soon. Then we'll have something to do!" He Daqing joked with a smile.

When He Daqing said this, everyone laughed!

In the evening, Xu Damao returned home early and sat in the house with his wife Sun Xiaoyan waiting for his son to come back.

For several days in a row, Xu Damao did a lot of ideological work on Erhu, and Erhu finally decided to confess his love to the girl today. Now the girl hasn't come back yet, and they don't know the specific situation yet.

When it was completely dark, Xu Erhu came back. Xu Damao and his wife saw their son's condition and knew there was no need to ask any more questions. Xu Erhu now frowned and muttered to himself.

"Erhu, what's wrong with you? You look absent-minded. Did you confess your feelings today? Tell mom right away so I can give you some advice!" Sun Xiaoyan was very worried about Xu Erhu's condition, so she hurried over and asked, holding his hand.

"Nothing happened. It's just that Hong Chunxia is not considering finding a partner right now. She is currently studying English hard and doesn't want to waste time on a relationship! I didn't understand what she meant either. I thought about it all the way when I came back just now!" It wasn't that Xu Erhu suffered a setback in his relationship, but that he didn't understand what the other person was thinking!

Xu Damao listened carefully to what Erhu said, and thought about it in his heart. After a while, he sighed, "Erhu, you'd better not think about this girl. There is no possibility for you and her. Her ambition is far-reaching!"

Xu Erhu was stunned for a while, and suddenly came to his senses, "Dad, what do you mean by this? Does she have any plans?"

"Son, why does she, a Chinese teacher, insist on learning English?" Xu Damao looked at Erhu calmly and asked.

"She, she wants to... go abroad!" Xu Erhu exclaimed in a sudden high voice.

"What did they say to you? Think about it carefully and see if they really meant it." Xu Damao looked at Erhu calmly and patted him on the shoulder a few times!

After hearing what his father said, Xu Erhu was struck by lightning. He stood there blankly, his heart was filled with confusion.

"Son, there are plenty of good girls. Don't worry. Your father has already asked a matchmaker. Just work hard and when the right one is found, we can meet her!" Sun Xiaoyan was afraid that her son was too deeply in love, so she quickly comforted him.

"Mom, don't worry about me. I'm not a child anymore. My dad has talked to me a lot about relationships. I'm fine!"

Xu Erhu forced a smile, wanting his parents not to worry about him. Then he went back to his room!

Xu Damao looked in the direction of Erhu and felt helpless.

"Da Mao, you'd better ask the matchmaker to hurry up. It's probably impossible for the second son to get married on his own." Sun Xiaoyan said softly while looking at her son's room.

"I understand. Don't worry! I will bring people back to see you in the next few days!" Xu Damao has also made up his mind.

Xu Damao looked at Erhu's room and felt depressed. "What's wrong with this kid? He can't even figure out a relationship, and he's sad about such a small thing. Is this reasonable? Your father is a frequent visitor to the Eight Great Hutongs, and you are..."

The next morning, Xu Damao went out in a hurry without even having breakfast! When he was leaving the door, he happened to run into Nan Yi and his wife who came in with gifts.

Neither of them spoke, just looked at each other and changed the subject.

Nan Yi carried his things and ran straight to the backyard, going to He Daqing's house first.

"Is Uncle He home? I'm Nan Yi!"

He got up early in the morning and is washing up now!

"Why are you here? It's so early in the morning, why don't you young people get some more sleep?" He Daqing smiled and invited the two in.

"Uncle He, we came here specially to thank you. My restaurant is really thanks to your help. I brought you some fruits as a token of my respect." As they said this, the couple put a bag in their hands on the table and bowed to He Daqing.

"It's really not worth it to be so polite. You and Zhuzi are so familiar with each other, there's no need for all this. I'm old now, I just hope you don't mind me being a nuisance." He Daqing said modestly.

"How could that be possible! This restaurant is becoming more and more popular now, all thanks to you!" Nan Yi complimented with a smile.

"Xiao Yi, in fact, with your cooking skills, this business will be popular sooner or later, but it won't be so smooth at the beginning. We old guys are just helping you to sort out the restaurant in advance." He Daqing knew Nan Yi's cooking skills and knew that he was a reasonable and well-behaved young man. He had always admired him.

"Didn't you help me avoid taking a detour?"

They chatted for a while, then Nan Yi said goodbye and left.

After leaving He Daqing's house, Nan Yi and his wife went to Liu's house again.

After knocking on the door, it was Liu Qingshan who opened it.

"Why are you here? It's so early in the morning. Isn't Qiunan going to work?" Liu Qingshan was a little confused and didn't know what was going on.

"Bring some fruit to uncle and aunt. My restaurant opened thanks to you two. You don't know how busy I was on the first day of opening. The waiter couldn't even figure out the bill. Fortunately, your mother stood up at the critical moment!

I was in charge of the front office by myself, and your mother even helped me pay the bills for a few days! I have to thank her very much! "Nan Yi explained with a smile!

"There are so many things? How come I didn't know anything about them? Did your opening day go smoothly?"

"That day after I set off the firecrackers, Uncle He stood in the crowd and shouted at the top of his voice, 'I know this guy. Isn't he the chef of the box factory in the suburbs of Beijing? He is a master chef from a state-owned factory. He has good cooking skills. How come he opened a restaurant?!'

As a result, the restaurant was fully occupied at noon, and my apprentices and I were inexperienced, so we almost made a fool of ourselves.

At this time, your two elders and Uncle He helped me to calm down the situation. My business is now going smoothly. "