178 I'm going back to sleep now~~

Mr. Hu's house is a standard two-entry courtyard house. It doesn't have many entrances, but it's large enough. Maybe because it's been renovated, it's very similar to the courtyard houses that Su Taotao saw in the 21st century.

The courtyard is surrounded by the main house, the east and west side rooms, and the back house. The courtyard is surrounded in the middle from all four sides. In the middle is also a pomegranate tree with branches full of fruits, but not yet ripe.

The people of the capital seem to like to plant some fruit trees with good intentions in the courtyard, such as pomegranates, persimmons, dates... These fruit trees are deeply loved by them.

There is also a grape rack near the screen wall, with bunches of green fruits hanging on it, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye.

In short, the architecture and decoration of the entire courtyard show the identity and status of the people living here.

They walked around the screen wall, and an old lady wearing a cheongsam, with an elegant posture and gray hair, walked towards them with a smile.

"Zhengtu is here?"

Fu Zhengtu bent slightly: "Grandma Hu."

The old lady looked at Su Taotao first, then looked at the two children, with surprise in her eyes: "Zhengtu, are you married? The older one is your brother, right? This little kid looks like you, is he your son?"

Fu Zhengtu nodded: "Yes," and reached out to embrace Su Taotao, "My wife Su Taotao, Xiao Su, this is Grandma Song."

"Hello, Grandma Song." Su Taotao greeted with a smile.

Old Lady Song smiled with her teeth showing: "Good, good, you match Zhengtu very well."

Fu Zhengtu introduced Chenchen and Fu Yuanhang.

Mrs. Song kept her mouth shut the whole time. She looked at Su Taotao and the two children. She was so delighted that she felt her eyes were not enough. She kept saying good things.

She looked at Fu Zhengtu and said,

"You haven't been here for so long, but you brought me such a big surprise as soon as you came. Good, very good." She bent down and looked at Fu Yuanhang, saying lovingly, "My brother is so big now, and this is the first time I see him."

Mrs. Song said, not knowing what she was thinking about, and asked Fu Zhengtu, "Is your mother okay?"

Fu Zhengtu nodded, "Everything is fine."

Mrs. Song sighed, "That's good, your grandpa..."

Fu Zhengtu interrupted her, "Grandma Song."

Mrs. Song gave Fu Zhengtu a grouchy look and waved her hand. "Okay, okay, I won't say anything, okay?"

Old Mrs. Song held a child in each hand: "Come on, two little darlings, go have dinner with grandma."

Old Man Hu was not to be outdone. He didn't even want his crutches. He forcefully put two boxes of coconut candies into the old lady's arms and held the dusty little hands himself: "At least leave one for me, and each of us holds one."

Su Taotao: "..."

Old Mrs. Song said unhappily: "You walk slowly because of your lame leg? Who can you blame?" She was still strong enough.

Old Man Hu: "My legs are not lame, I just have rheumatism!"

Old Lady Song stuffed the coconut candy back into his arms and shook off the dust: "It's not raining or snowing, how did you get rheumatism? Little baby, follow grandma, don't pay attention to the old man."

Old Man Hu blew his beard and glared: "You don't want this candy? Don't regret it later!"

Old Lady Song: "Who wants your broken candy!"

Su Taotao: "..." Broken candy...

Then she looked at Fu Zhengtu with a speechless look, as if asking, "Isn't Grandma Song a dignified and elegant old lady? Why are you so fierce to Old Man Hu?"

Fu Zhengtu took her hand and said softly, "Grandma Song is as brave as any man. She went to the battlefield when she was young."

Su Taotao nodded: "She's amazing."

Fu Zhengtu said nothing more and took her hand and went inside.

The interior decoration is very simple, and the furniture is simple and elegant mahogany. Compared with this majestic courtyard, it seems a little bit small and beautiful. The decoration is also simple, without any luxurious or redundant decorations. It can be seen that the two elderly people still live a simple life.

Originally, I thought that the old man only brought Fu Zhengtu back, and the dishes were quite rich, enough for more people, but the staple food was not prepared enough, so Grandma Song asked the helper at home to make another pot of staple food.

There were only two elderly people and Su Taotao's family at dinner.

There were only two elderly people living in such a large courtyard. Although Su Taotao felt very curious, she didn't ask.

There was also Hu Die mentioned by Grandpa Hu before, and Su Taotao was also curious.

Just now, Mrs. Song mentioned Zhou Linglan and Fu Zhengtu's grandfather. Su Taotao was also curious about their relationship with Fu Zhengtu.

Unfortunately, Fu Zhengtu didn't like to talk about family matters. The two old people really liked the two children too much. They served dishes to one and gave rolls to the other. They also quarreled with each other occasionally. They were so busy that they had no time to answer Su Taotao's questions. The two children,

who have always been independent, were a little overwhelmed by their service.

It was a rare occasion for them to come, and the old people were happy. Su Taotao naturally wouldn't spoil their fun and let the two children be mascots in front of them.

Su Taotao almost ate the whole meal with a lot of questions in her mind.

After the meal, Mr. Hu took the coconut candy again as if he were presenting a treasure and asked Mrs. Song: "Do you know what this is?"

Mrs. Song said unhappily: "You always bring back the same things after a meeting. What's so special about them?"

Mr. Hu touched the packaging bag lovingly and said proudly: "You don't understand this. This is produced by Xiao Su's factory. Xiao Su is the factory manager!"

Su Taotao: "..." Shame on her, it's still not, not yet, just a small workshop.

Old Mrs. Song exclaimed, then took the reading glasses and put them on: "Xiao Su is so amazing? Then I have to take a closer look. Is this food subsidiary factory opened by you?"

Su Taotao had to nod: "It was established not long ago and is still in the starting stage. It's a small workshop."

Old Mrs. Song waved her hand and said: "Don't be modest. Don't think that I don't know the goods. I can tell from the packaging that it is produced by a big factory. This packaging bag is interesting. What's in it? Is it delicious?"

Su Taotao: "..." She could only smile and say nothing. You know the goods, you know the goods. Who said it was broken candy just now?

Mr. Hu pointed at the words with a proud look on his face: "Are you too old to read? Coconut candy, made from coconuts that are unique to the south, is especially delicious."

He pointed at the pattern on it: "This one was drawn by Xiao Hang."

Old lady Song opened her mouth wide, looked at the packaging bag and then at Fu Yuanhang: "Xiaohang is so amazing at such a young age?"

Fu Yuanhang smiled shyly, not knowing what to say.

Old man Hu repeated everything Su Taotao told him, and finally said: "When Chenchen grows up, the little man on the packaging bag will grow up too. Let Xiaohang draw it again and change the packaging bag. Isn't it interesting?"

Old lady Song laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth: "Interesting, interesting, you young people have a good brain. How did

you come up with this?" Old man Hu didn't finish yet, and continued to show off: "Xiaohang is also a student of Old Tang, learning painting from Old Tang. Look at his painting skills, the old man is lucky."

People who don't know would think Fu Yuanhang is his grandson.

Old Lady Song thought she had misheard: "What?"

Old Master Hu knew she had heard it, and nodded: "It's what you heard."

Old Lady Song: "The old man Tang next door is arrogant and has been looking for a student for more than ten years but has not found one. He is either dissatisfied with this one or that one, and even finds fault with the one who is not good-looking. How could he be willing to teach Xiaohang?"

Old Master Hu's white beard was about to curl up: "Of course! Xiaohang is amazing, right?"

Old Lady Song smiled and hugged Fu Yuanhang: "He is worthy of being Linglan's child, handsome and capable."

...

After dinner, they chatted for more than an hour. The two old people were reluctant to let him go. Old Master Hu took Xiaohang to talk about painting for a long time and took him to see his paintings.

Su Taotao found that Old Master Hu really loved painting, and the whole study was filled with his paintings.

Fu Zhengtu called him "old chief" when he was helpless. He was able to attend the meetings of the base and everyone respected him. He could live in such a good yard and was equipped with a driver and orderly after retirement. He must be a high-ranking leader in this system.

Therefore, he must have never given up his amateur painting since he was a child and he really loves it.

Mr. Hu's hobby is not only painting. After he knew that Chenchen liked origami and was particularly good at it, he wanted to detain Chenchen and play with him all night.

Old Lady Song had sent everyone to the door, but Old Man Hu was still reluctant to leave and said, "Chenchen, Xiaohang, Grandpa has many rooms here, you can choose one and stay. Grandpa finally got to see you once.

Grandpa has a bad leg and is old, so he can't go to see you. I don't know if I can see you next time."

Look, even the self-torture trick was used.

Old Lady Song asked the driver to put the prepared gifts in the trunk of the car, and pulled Old Man Hu:

"That's enough. Who wants to stay with an old man like you? The children are sleepy. Let them go back and rest early."

Mr. Hu was not discouraged and asked, "How many days will you stay in the capital? Can I send someone to pick you up tomorrow morning? Grandpa will take you to eat the most delicious roast duck in the capital!" Chenchen

was really sleepy. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Mom took us~~ After eating the roast duck~~ I want to go back to sleep now." "La~~"

Old Mrs. Song held the car door: "Don't worry about him, go back and go to bed early. Come again when you are free, or next time if you are not free. But you can't come for a few years, or I will be angry."

Fu Zhengtu shook his head: "No, now I am basically at the base, and I have to report to the capital every year."

The two old people touched this and pinched that, and after bidding farewell, Su Taotao and her family set off on the road back to the guesthouse.

The first update of 8.25, the big fat chapter.