Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1209 All at One Place

This humble market, which originated in 1978, had become a proper large market by 95, with crowds of Chinese and foreign people thronging here every day in search of their own happiness.

This place not only attracts ordinary people, but also some celebrities and dignitaries to make pilgrimages, and is known as the Qingming Scroll of the new century.

Unfortunately, even this renowned old commercial street couldn't escape the fate of being renovated for "modernization and internationalization." In 05, it was forcibly closed and relocated to a newly built building. Everywhere, there were songs praising the new Xiushui.

Rent and sales costs have skyrocketed, and selling prices can only follow suit.

Xiushui Street finally became internationalized as the officials wished, but it lost its original feel and gradually lost its reputation, becoming just one of thousands of similar shopping malls.

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Chen Xiao said, "When are you guys going? I'd like to go too."

Qin Xuemei looked at Xiuer, who said, "Then let's go together, how about this Sunday?"

Aunt Chen smiled and said, "Okay, you two can go together on Sunday. Your dad and I will stay home and take care of the kids."

Xiuer suddenly realized something and stuck out her tongue: "Godmother, these are my classmates, Zhang Yanting, Zhang Mingfang, Yang Xue, Cheng Jingchun, and Wen Sijing. I forgot. This is my godmother, you can just call her Aunt Chen."

Zhang Yanting and the others called her Aunt Chen one by one.

Xiao Wei said, "Then let's go to that place called 'Du Yi Chu'. Where is it?"

Yang Xue said, "There are a lot of old restaurants over there near Qianmen."

Xiao Wei glanced at his watch and said, "Okay, we'll go together when Uncle Chen gets back. Auntie, why don't you let the rest of the family cook for themselves?"

Aunt Chen said, "Okay, I'll hang out with you guys today. You book a table, and I'll make the arrangements here." She picked up Xiao Xiao Hui and went to the kitchen in the backyard while playing with him.

Chen Hui said, "How many people? Six, eleven, thirteen, sixteen, twenty people should be enough, right?"

Xiao Wei said, "That's enough. Is there a table that big? If not, then we'll have two tables."

Chen Hui said, "Let me ask." He took out his phone and dialed 114 to find the order number for Du Yi Chu.

Zhang Yanting asked, "Are there so many people in your family?"

Xiuer said, "Yes, there are six of us. My godfather's family has five: my second brother, my sister, Brother Mi, Brother Wang, and Uncle Geng, my godfather's driver. That's all, right?" She turned to ask Xiaowei.

Xiao Wei said, "Okay, that's all. We'll need two more in a few days to get a driver for your sister and Chen Xiao."

Xiuer said, "So, is the garage big enough? I'm planning to get another car."

Xiao Wei said, "What's the rush? You can drive now, don't you?"

Xiuer snorted: "I've been practicing for a long time, Uncle Geng taught me."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "Okay, if Uncle Geng says you're good enough, I'll buy you one. What kind of car do you want?"

Xiuer said, "You can figure out how to do it, as long as it can squeeze in a few of us."

Xiao Wei said, "Why don't you drive that Cadillac for now? You can get a new car once you've gotten the hang of it. That way, you won't run out of space in the garage. I'll see if we can expand the garage when the front yard is being renovated in a few days."

Xiuer said, "Okay."

Chen Hui walked over and said, "We booked two tables, but we don't have tables that big."

Aunt Chen came out from the back carrying Xiao Xiaohui: "Is everything arranged? Let's go first, your dad can go straight there."

After everyone tidied up, they called Wang Jiwei and the other two to go outside.

They locked the main gate outside the compound. The garage door next to it flipped up, and Wang Jiwei and the others drove out their car, and everyone got in.

As the garage door slowly closed, the three cars drove away.

People in Kyoto like to speak loudly and boisterously, even talking about something as simple as fried noodles with sauce can sound like a discussion about the Gulf War.

Traffic police stood in the midst of the torrent of vehicles at the intersection, directing traffic; elderly people wearing red armbands blew whistles and waved small flags at the pedestrian crossing; and near the school, there were volunteer traffic groups composed of students, waving the red flag of the Young Pioneers to maintain order.

Once we got to the Qianmen Tower area, the streets weren't so crowded anymore, and a few cars pulled over to the side of the road.

After everyone got out of the car and locked it, they went into the restaurant. Chen Hui went to the bar to confirm the table they had booked.

At this time, the place had not yet been renovated, and it did not have the current private rooms and foreign guest rooms. The furnishings and decorations looked a bit old and dilapidated, but it had already broken away from the style of a state-run canteen and was starting to look like a restaurant.

Everyone sat down casually. Aunt Chen held Xiao Xiaohui, Xiu'er, Qin Xuemei, and Chen Xiao, and took the menu to order food. Xiao Wei, Chen Hui, and Mi Le went outside the gate to smoke and wait for Old Chen.

After waiting outside for a while, the crowds on the street had thinned out and it had gotten dark. Old Chen's Audi slowly drove up.

Old Chen got out of the car with his briefcase, looked up at the restaurant sign, and then saw Xiao Wei and the other two. He walked over with a smile: "Have you been waiting a while? A meeting kept you running late. Miler's here."

Miler bowed and greeted him.

Chen Hui said, "It wasn't long, only ten or twenty minutes."

Uncle Geng parked and locked his car and came over. The group of people went inside together.

When Aunt Chen saw Old Chen, she said, "You're really persistent! Bring on the food, my grandson is starving."

Little Hui gave Old Chen a big smile: "Grandpa, come and wait, we're going to have something delicious to eat."

Xiuer's classmates all stood up to greet Old Chen. Old Chen smiled and sat down next to Aunt Chen: "Sit down, sit down, no need to be so polite, we're all family here."

Xiuer went to call out, and they prepared to serve the dishes. Aunt Chen said, "Order whatever you want to eat. We only pick what we want to eat."

Old Chen said, "Their shumai is exceptional. I'll just have some shumai; I don't care about anything else. Let Xiuer and the others order."

Aunt Chen said, "Yes, I'll take five portions. More if it's not enough."

Old Chen turned to Miler and asked, "Are your parents doing well?"

Miler said, "It's still the same. My dad spends all his time thinking about tearing down Xidu and rebuilding it, and my mom spends all her time thinking about inviting people to play mahjong."

Old Chen laughed, nodded, and said, "You're older than Xiao Hui, right? Are you married?"

Miler said, "We're married. My wife will give birth this year, in the second half of the year."

Old Chen said, "That's good. You've all grown up. We're the ones who are getting old."

Miler said, "Look how much younger my dad looks! Half of his hair is white."

Old Chen said, "Your dad worries more than I do."

Chen Hui said, "We sent Miler to Hainan to set up the company, set up the framework in Haikou, and then use this company to jointly invest with Wu Guolin and others in Sanya to start a new company."

Old Chen said, "You guys should make your own decisions about business. Just think things through more and don't rush into things. Look around and consider things more carefully."

(End of this chapter)