"You little rascal, you still remember Old Guan's joke?"

That old rascal is so vengeful; he often brings that up to provoke me!

After chatting for a while, Fang Yitong asked Chen Hong, "You're such a busy person, you only come here when you have something important to say."

What brings you to Beijing? If you need our help, just say so.

Chen Hong smiled sheepishly, "It seems that I've been asking Uncle Fang for help so often that I've scared you away."

Nothing much happened on this trip to Beijing. I just got back from a long-distance sea voyage.

Before my child starts elementary school, I'm taking this opportunity to visit Beijing, see the cultural relics and historical sites, and broaden his horizons.

Principal Jin strongly agreed, saying, "This is a good thing. It's better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. It's very important to broaden children's horizons."

Since we're here, let's take the kids out for a few more days while the weather isn't too hot and it's not a holiday.

Take the kids out and explore; there are so many beautiful and fun places to visit in Beijing.

"Yes, that's what I think too. While I'm still young and can still get around, I can take my child around and travel."

"Are you joking? With your financial resources and proper care, living to be a hundred is definitely not a problem. You're not even thirty yet!"

The group chatted and laughed for a while, and then talked about Chen Hong's fishing trip at sea. Even Fang Xiaoying ran out of the room and pricked up her ears to listen.

They were all filled with curiosity and longing for Chen Hong's life of fishing at sea.

Chen Hong extended an invitation, "When summer vacation starts, why don't you and Xiaoyun and Director Guan's family come to our place for the summer vacation?"

Summer at the beach isn't hot at all; the temperature stays around 25 degrees Celsius on average, and you need to wear a light jacket in the mornings and evenings.

The air is fresh, the seafood is delicious—it's the perfect place for a summer vacation.

Director Jin nodded happily, "That's wonderful! You don't know how abnormal the temperature has been in Beijing this year."

In spring, there was a particularly heavy smog, and many people developed respiratory illnesses. The air in Beijing is not clean at all now.

I'm worried about how to get through the hot and humid summer.

Your Uncle Fang and Lao Guan probably won't get many days off, but Xiaoying and I have a long summer vacation. It's a good time for Xiaoyun and me to bring the kids to stay with you for a while."

Fang Yitong asked worriedly, "Won't it cause you trouble if so many people go?"

"What's the trouble? We have seafood to eat, and as for accommodation, the countryside has no shortage of houses."

Not to mention that we have our own hotel, we don't lack places to stay.

I remember telling you last year that my family built a three-story villa, which is over 500 square meters in total.

It's just my mother and me at home, and many rooms are empty.

You can all stay here; one room per person is plenty of space. We don't have much else in the countryside, but we have plenty of seafood and plenty of houses!

Seeing Chen Hong's smug look, Fang Yitong and his wife breathed a sigh of relief.

It would be best not to cause Chen Hong any trouble, otherwise they would feel really bad.

The families are getting along very well now, but we can't trouble Chen Hong too much, or things will get difficult in the future.

As they were talking, Fang Xiaoying brought out a durian.

"Mom, come quick! Sister Chen Hong brought me a durian. The smell is so addictive, it's amazing!"

"Hurry up and open it for me. Everyone's here, let's all try it together. Just smelling it through the skin, I know it must be delicious."

Director Jin took the durian and smelled it. "Oh, I knew you had a keen sense of smell. Nothing delicious can escape your eyes."

What kind of durian is this? It smells amazing! Chen Hong, where did you buy it?

As Chen Hong got up to go home, she said, "I can't remember either."

On my way back from Tiananmen Square, I passed a fruit shop. The aroma was wonderful from afar, so I bought two fruit.

I don't remember which street or which shop it is. Don't open it yet. Wait until Yu Yang and I leave, then you can eat.

Otherwise, I'd be covered in the smell of durian, and the taxis wouldn't let me get in. I'd have to walk home with my child.

Chen Hong hadn't expected that Fang Yitong's family were all durian lovers.

The family of three saw Chen Hong and her mother off at the door with some embarrassment, then turned around and went back inside to open the durian.

Chen Hong took Yu Yang out, hailed a taxi, and returned to the courtyard house. After locking the gate and taking a shower, the mother and son went to sleep.

There are new attractions to visit tomorrow, and I'm quite busy these next few days.

There are so many fun places in Beijing, you could go a month and still not see them all if you don't hurry.

The next day, the mother and daughter ate breakfast early and met up with Yang Wenwen at eight o'clock sharp.

They visited two more attractions that day, both of which were museums not far from their home and suitable for children.

Their first stop that morning was the Beijing Museum of Natural History. For the next decade or so, getting tickets to this museum became extremely difficult.

Not only do you need to make a reservation in advance, but the number of tickets released each day is also very limited, and they are snapped up in the blink of an eye.

Many tourists from other places come with high expectations but leave disappointed, making it one of the most popular museums that you can't visit if you're not quick enough.

Yang Wenwen called yesterday and asked an acquaintance to buy tickets for today in advance, so that Chen Hong and her son could avoid the crowds and long queues to grab tickets.