After everyone chatted for a while and became somewhat familiar with each other, Yan Chen and his grandfather held Xi Bao in his arms and asked them, "I heard that there is a house near you?"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and Yan Chen said, "Well, it's about a kilometer away. The area is a little smaller, only half the size here."
His grandfather nodded, "How many rooms are there? Can people live in them?"
Yan Chen nodded, "There are seven or eight rooms that can be occupied by people. They were just renovated this summer."
His grandfather nodded again, "Okay, then we will live there then."
Xiang Jin was surprised, "Grandpa, won't you live with us?" Originally, they planned to let his subordinates live there, but he still lives with them? Why did this old man suddenly become like this?
So arranged?
Yan Chen also said, "Yes, grandpa, will you live with us?"
Several other elders also persuaded him to live with them.
The old man waved his hand and explained, "In a few days, my new appointment will be announced. By then, I will be in constant communication with people at work. It's not good for people to come and go here, so I
It's better to be in a separate place.
Besides, I'm not that far away from you, only about a kilometer or a few steps away. We can visit each other at any time. I miss Xibao. I can come over and take a look when I'm free.
The same goes for him, or you, when you have time, you can bring your children to see me."
The elders nodded, and then said to Xiang Jin, "But grandpa, the decoration over there is just a simple decoration. It was originally for the New Year and the holidays. If there are many people in the family, there will be no room here.
As soon as we get there, we will arrange to live there.”
Yan Chen's grandfather waved his hand again, "It's not a problem, it's not a problem. In the army, what we advocate is hardship, simplicity, diligence and frugality. No matter how simple you decorate, the house won't still be leaking, right?"
Faced with the old man's joke, Xiang Jin said, "That's not possible! It's just that the furnishings inside are a bit simple."
The old man said cheerfully, "That's all right. Oh, by the way, the water and electricity inside are connected, right?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, it's all cleared up."
"That's it, let's go, let's go and settle down first, and then have dinner together here in the evening." After saying that, he handed the Xibao in his arms to Xiang Jin, and Xiang Jin reached out to take it, and then said it again
He handed it to her grandma and said, "Grandma, please take a look at the child for us first. Yan Chen and I will also go over there and take a look."
Her grandma nodded, "Oh, go ahead, go ahead."
Xiang Jin took Yan Chen's arm and said, "There are no decorations over there. How about we bring some decorations?"
Yan Chen asked, "What to bring?"
Xiang Jin said, "Let's bring the pot of Phalaenopsis in our room and some other bamboo and wood carvings, and then bring some of the calligraphy and paintings in our study, so that when the time comes there will be
It seems less monotonous.”
Yan Chen said, "It's up to you to make the decision."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Then help me move it."
"good!"
When Yan Chen's grandfather saw the things they were carrying into the car, he couldn't help laughing and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiang Jin said, "I'll bring you some accessories to decorate the house so that it doesn't look too monotonous."
The old man suddenly felt dumbfounded, "Everyone has moved to our place, so shouldn't your house be monotonous?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, we will just buy something else when the time comes. Anyway, these things are not valuable. They were all bought when he and I looked like they were okay when we were traveling around in the past few years. Most of these things are
It comes from Suzhou, so it won’t be a hassle to buy a new one.”
The old man nodded, "Okay, then grandpa will accept it."
After everyone arrived at the courtyard, Yan Chen and his grandfather stood at the gate and looked inside, then said, "Oh, it's pretty good. There are a lot of flowers in it? Flowers here, flowers there
Planting vegetables on the side, um, not bad, not bad!”
The old man nodded jokingly, and then his subordinates also smiled.
Xiang Jin explained to them, "These flowers are raised by my grandpa. He usually likes to take care of some flowers and plants when he has nothing to do. Later, we suggested that he raise them in the yard here. Originally, he wanted to keep these flowers and plants."
After they were raised, they were moved to our company to make decorations, but our company couldn’t afford so many, so we later suggested that he sell these flowers and plants in our fruit shop.”
"Flowers are sold in a fruit shop?" Yan Chen and his grandfather were surprised to hear this, "Are they easy to sell?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "It's okay, so these words have been sold in the store ever since."
The old man said, "Your grandpa has always been a restless person and has worked hard all his life. How about your uncle and aunt, are you going to come back during the Spring Festival this year?"
Yan Chen said, "They won't come back to celebrate the New Year this year. They came back last year to celebrate the New Year, and then they came back to visit their grandparents during the National Day this year. My uncle will retire next year, and they will settle in BJ after retirement.
This way.”
His grandfather asked, "Will they follow your cousin?"
Yan Chen said, "No, they bought a house here."
His grandfather nodded, and then everyone walked inside. Xiang Jin said to the old man, "Grandpa, you can stay in the main house. There are two rooms over there, one can be used as your bedroom, and the other can be used as a bedroom."
The reception room, the ear room next to it can be used as a study room
Yes, they can live in the wing rooms on both sides. There are four wing rooms on both sides, just enough for each person. The two sitting rooms at the entrance can store some miscellaneous things. Of course, if there are others, they can also be used as bedrooms.
For guest room use.”
The old man nodded, "Oh, good, good!"
Then Yan Chen introduced it to the people around the old man, "The kitchen is over there, and the bathroom is over there. Grandpa, there is a separate bathroom in your master bedroom."
The old man nodded and said, "Okay, okay. Are all the paints on the exterior walls newly painted by you?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, when we were renovating, we asked them to renovate the exterior walls and windows."
The old man nodded again, "Well, not bad, not bad, Girl Jin, is this not bad? It's much better than I expected!"
Xiang Jin said, "Grandpa, you just need to live comfortably!"
The old man said, "It's comfortable, it's comfortable. Oh, I didn't expect that when I arrived in the capital, there would be such a large courtyard with an elegant environment."
Xiang Jin's eyes narrowed with a smile.
The secretary Li Weidong asked, "Is it convenient for shopping here?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Convenient, convenient, very convenient. There is a vegetable market nearby, but we grow more than ten kinds of vegetables at home. You don't have to go out to buy them. You can pick them directly from our home.
, that is the freshest thing to eat.
Then it takes about ten minutes to drive to the shopping mall. In this way, tomorrow I will ask my secretary Chen Ran, the girl you saw yesterday, to take you to the nearby vegetable market and shopping mall.
Let's go shopping for a while, and if you need to buy some daily necessities in the future, you will know how to get there."
A few people said, "No, no, we can just find it ourselves when the time comes."
Xiang Jin said, "If you look for it yourself, it will probably be a bit difficult, because the alleys in our area are enough to confuse you."
Then the few of them looked at each other, and no longer refused Xiang Jin's kindness, and they all thanked her.
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "No, no, it should be!"
The old man said, "Okay, then when Liu Wu comes, let him come to your place to pick fresh vegetables every day."
Xiang Jin was stunned. Is there another person?
Yan Chen explained to her, "Grandpa, I have a dedicated chef. He went home to visit relatives and will be back in a few days."
Xiang Jin nodded, indicating that he understood.
Secretary Li then tentatively asked Xiang Jin and the others, "Can Secretary Chen take us to the mall in the afternoon, because we want to prepare some bedding."
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "You don't need to prepare any of this, including your toiletries and some daily necessities. We have them at home. You just need to make a bed, clean up, and burn a fire."
Just make some water and make tea. Grandpa, we forgot to bring you the tea. We will bring it to you when we get there later, right?"
The old man looked at his surroundings and waved his hands indifferently, "It's okay, it's okay!"
After hearing what Xiang Jin said, several others also expressed their gratitude to them.
Xiang Jin waved his hand without paying much attention, "Those things are placed in the cabinets in your respective rooms. How about you go get them yourself when the time comes?"
Everyone nodded and said "Okay!"
After several people followed them to see the old man's residence, they each picked a room to settle in. However, when they saw that all the things in their rooms were available, they were deeply moved.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen moved all the accessories from the car and placed them in the old man's room and the reception room next to his bedroom. Then they went to the yard and moved two pots of other flowers and plants and placed them in the two rooms.
, and the location at his door.
When the old man saw the room that was suddenly decorated with a new look, he was immediately satisfied and said, "Well, not bad, not bad, it suddenly came to life."
Yan Chen said, "Grandpa, tomorrow I will have someone put some furniture in your study."
His grandfather was not polite to them, and just nodded in agreement, "Oh, okay, okay!"
Xiang Jin told Yan Chen, "We need to add some furniture to the two sleeping rooms. We didn't prepare the sleeping rooms before. Since grandpa also has a dedicated chef, these beds will not be enough, otherwise they will come when the time comes.
There is no place to sleep.”
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, okay, let's prepare together then."
After Yan Chen and his grandfather heard what the two of them said, he said, "Let them prepare when the time comes. You have to be busy with your work, so how can you keep occupying your manpower?"
Yan Chen said, "It's okay, it's just a phone call away."
Xiang Jin explained to him, "We all have specialized furniture procurement partners. We just need to call them and report the specific models of furniture we purchased before and the quantity we will purchase. They will arrive
The corresponding furniture will be delivered directly to us at that time.
Moreover, this can also ensure that all the furniture in the home is consistent in terms of style, color, and material. If they are asked to contact the furniture manufacturer themselves, color differences will easily occur, and models and specifications will not be uniform. This arrangement
It doesn’t look good at home.”
The old man nodded, "Okay, then you can make unified arrangements!"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen then went to make the bed for the old man.
Xiang Jin asked the old man, "Grandpa, will you work in Beijing from now on?"
The old man nodded, "Yes, but the specific duties will not be clear until two days later."
Xiang Jin nodded and said, "It's okay, as long as we stay in Beijing, we can see you often and let us perform our filial piety in front of you for two days."
The old man burst out laughing immediately, "Okay, okay, I didn't expect that my old man could also enjoy the happiness of having children and grandchildren around his knees."
Xiang Jin said, "Look what you said, you don't have any children or grandchildren, so why can't you enjoy the family happiness of having children and grandchildren around your knees? As long as you are healthy and live a long life,
You will have great fun later."
"Oh? How did you say this?"
Xiang Jin said, "As long as you are healthy, it will not be a problem for four generations to live under the same roof, let alone five generations. You see, you now have a great-grandson, Xibao. If Xibao gets married in the future,
If it’s early, wouldn’t it be possible for five generations to live under the same roof?”
"Oh, haha..." The old man laughed again, and then nodded, "Well, you are right, then it seems that I have to try to live longer."
Yan Chen said, "My grandparents and grandparents brewed ginseng wine there. Would you like to pour a bottle over and drink it when the time comes?"
Yan Chen and his grandfather looked at Xiang Jin and said, "Isn't your grandma allergic to alcohol and can't drink?"
Xiang Jin said, "My grandma can't drink alcohol, but my grandpa can indeed drink. Oh, grandpa, let me tell you that ginseng wine is really good. After drinking it, my grandpa and grandparents said that they are in good health now."
I have improved a lot. In the past, I was prone to back pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and fatigue. Now those problems are gone, and colds have never appeared."
The old man said, "Oh, is it really that magical?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "They said it themselves."
The old man said, "Then tomorrow, I'll buy some and make some bubbles."
Xiang Jin said, "You don't need to buy it. We have it at home. Although it may not be guaranteed to be pure wild, garden ginseng is still a ginseng. It may be that the medicinal effect is not that good. Then you can brew one more and two more."
branch.
There are less and less wild ginseng now. To be honest, you won't recognize it. Even if you go to the most famous pharmacy in BJ to buy it, they may give you a garden ginseng and sell it to you as a wild ginseng.
"
The old man nodded, "Well, you're right. Alas, the ones your grandparents brewed were just wild ones?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, they are wild ones. I have a college classmate whose hometown is in the Northeast. We are usually very close friends. After I gave birth to Xibao, she took a pack of them.
All kinds of precious medicinal materials came to visit me, one of which was a wild ginseng.
Oh, by the way, their family owns a traditional Chinese medicine shop in Shanghai, and the ginseng is said to have been dug by her grandfather and her father in Changbai Mountain when they were in their hometown in Northeast China.
Their family had a total of four wild ones. They said they would give them to her as a dowry when she got married. Later, their family gave me one, so I didn’t need such a big mending.
Let grandpa and the others go make ginseng wine."
The old man said, "Oh, your classmate is really generous to you."
Yan Chen looked at her with a smile, and Xiang Jin nodded slightly, "Well, we have a good relationship."
During dinner in the evening, Yan Chen went out to bring out a few bottles of good wine. The old man said to their grandfather, "I heard from the children that you brewed that ginseng wine. Brother, please pour a glass for our family to try."
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Grandpa Zeng slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, look, I forgot about this. Wait, I'll get some for you." Then he got up and went back to the house.
After a while, he came back with a cup, "The benefits of ginseng wine are that it can maintain health, nourish qi and blood, relieve insomnia, etc. It can also relieve those who usually have chest tightness, shortness of breath, and weak limbs."
It has the effect of enhancing the body's immunity.
But another disadvantage is that you can't drink too much, just a small cup at a time. If you drink too much, it will easily cause people to get angry.
Last time we just started drinking because we didn't know this, so we drank too much, and then several of us got angry to varying degrees. Two of them had inflammation in their throats, and I had sores in my mouth.
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Later, we asked the doctor, and the doctor told us this trick, and then let us eat light food for a few days, and then the anger slowly came down. From then on, we have been following the doctor's advice.
Yes, a small cup each in the morning and evening.
Hey, I didn’t expect that after drinking for a while, the physical problems we had before were gradually relieved a lot. Then after drinking for a while, the previous problems of backache, limb weakness, chest tightness and shortness of breath disappeared.
Now, we are all full of energy, and sometimes we can even walk for a long time without getting out of breath."
Yan Chen and his grandfather laughed heartily and said, "I dare you to say that this is so amazing."
Grandpa Zeng said, "Oh, I'm not exaggerating, it's the truth." After that, he poured a glass for each of them.
Several subordinates stood up politely and said to let them do it by themselves. Grandpa Zeng immediately handed the wine in his hand to one of them, and then the other person poured the wine for everyone in turn.
When the pour was delivered to Yan Chen and Xiang Jin, the other party said, "Hey, why don't you have a cup?"
Yan Chen said, "We don't drink."
The other party was obviously stunned, so Xiang Jin explained, "I'm allergic to alcohol, so my husband doesn't drink either."
The other party nodded, then jumped over them and poured wine to his comrades.
Then everyone raised their glasses and tasted the taste of the ginseng wine.
Grandpa Zeng stared at everyone and asked, "How are you doing?"
A few young people said nothing, but Yan Chen and his grandfather said, "It's sweet with a little bitterness and a little earthy smell."
Grandpa Zeng nodded, "Because some red dates and wolfberries are soaked in this ginseng wine, the wine has a bit of sweetness and bitterness, and because this ginseng grows in the soil all year round, it also has a bit of sweetness and bitterness."
It smells a little earthy, how about it, are you still used to drinking it? If you are used to drinking it, I will bring a bottle over to drink it later, and I will fill it up for you when it is finished."
Yan Chen and his grandfather said, "Bring me a bottle later."
Grandpa Zeng nodded, "It may be a bit unaccustomed to me just starting to drink, but I'll get used to it after a day of drinking."
After dinner, Grandpa Zeng and the others went to pour a bottle of ginseng wine for the old man. Xiang Jin also went to get a box of tea for the old man. After everyone talked for a while in the reception room, Yan Chen and his grandfathers were about to
Went to the house over there.
Yan Chen said to Xiang Jin, "I'll send them there. Are they all drinking tonight?"