The Cycle of Reincarnation in the Four-Courtyard House: A Journey Through the Heavens

Overjoyed, Li Xiao immediately embarked on a brand-new excavation experience.

In just two minutes, he dug out an underground space that was 15 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 8 meters deep.

As he stood in the middle of the newly completed basement, examining the incredibly smooth walls around him and above him with his camping lamp, his heart pounded wildly.

"No wonder the fantasy novels of my past life described spatial cutting as the sharpest blade in the world!"

After admiring his masterpiece for a while, he neatly stacked the supplies he had moved from the Japanese warehouse into the space supermarket.

There are just too many supplies; it would be impossible to take them all out and put them all in the warehouse. Even if we could put them all in the warehouse, the people my aunt's husband arranged wouldn't be able to move them.

So he stopped after filling 80% of the underground space.

The next morning, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer quietly arrived at the local earth god temple.

He walked behind the statue of the Earth God and immediately saw the stones arranged in a triangular pattern on the ground.

The man was startled, and then an excited expression appeared on his face.

He surveyed the surroundings again, and after confirming it was safe, he carefully opened the cover.

When he walked down the mud steps to the basement, he was immediately shocked by the supplies inside.

"Great! With these supplies, our comrades are saved!"

......

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Wang Min had fully recovered. After saying goodbye to her sister's family, she left No. 95 Courtyard through a newly opened door in the east wing.

There were many people and eyes in the No. 95 courtyard, so Li Xiao did not intend to make public the relationship between Wang Min and his family.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's December 12th. Today is the opening day of the "Zhengyangchun" restaurant.

On Zhengyangmen Street, the cold wind, carrying scattered snowflakes, lashed against the vermilion gate tower, but it couldn't drown out the bustling crowd in front of Zhengyangchun Restaurant.

The two-story building was decorated with red lanterns, giving it a warm feel. The three gilded characters "正阳春" (Zheng Yang Chun) on the lintel gleamed in the warm winter sun, and couplets with red backgrounds and gold characters hung on both sides of the door.

The first line reads: "Making friends and gathering together in joyful times"; the second line reads: "Raising a cup and holding a glass, we chat happily together."

Today, the shopkeeper, Lu Yuan, was wearing a dark blue silk cotton robe with silver cufflinks on his cuffs, and he was standing at the door, bowing to welcome guests.

His smile was gentle yet capable. Seeing the merchants in fur coats approaching the gate, he quickly instructed his shop assistant to offer them hot towels: "Boss Zhang, Manager Li, please come in. Thank you for your patronage today!"

The proprietress, Wang Xiuying, was wearing a maroon cheongsam with a pearl hairpin in her hair. She was directing the staff to carefully hang the customers' fox fur coats and cotton overcoats on the clothes rack by the entrance, and called out in a clear voice, "Please be careful, everyone, the steps are slippery."

Shortly after, the sound of a car engine could be heard, and Zhou Peian, the director of the Public Security Bureau, arrived in a black sedan.

He was wearing a navy blue uniform with a holster at his waist. As he got out of the car, Lu Yuan quickly stepped forward, a happy smile on his face: "Director Zhou, your presence is truly an honor to our humble establishment!"

Zhou Pei'an patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder, his gaze sweeping over the restaurant's facade, and nodded with a smile: "Manager Lu, I've come to congratulate you on the grand opening of your restaurant today! It's certainly a lively place in the middle of spring!"

"Oh, Director Zhou, you're too kind. A private room has been prepared for you on the second floor. Please come up!"

Zhou Peian nodded in satisfaction, then stepped through the gate.

As he passed through the lobby on the first floor, all the merchants stood up to greet Director Zhou. Zhou Pei'an didn't put on any airs and waved to everyone with a smile.

These were his benefactors; Zhou Pei'an had served as the director of the Public Security Bureau in Beijing for three years, and these merchants had shown him no shortage of respect.

In the kitchen, head chef He Daqing, wearing a white apron, stood in front of the stove, staring at the dishes in the pot.

He juggled the spatula in his hand so fast that the flames in the stove leaped up to half a person's height, making his face shine.

The apprentice chefs nearby were busy chopping vegetables and preparing ingredients. Steam carrying the aroma of meat and sauce wafted from the kitchen to the front of the dining room, attracting the newly seated guests to peek out: "We've heard that Chef He is one of the inheritors of the Tan family cuisine. We must have a good taste today!"

"Yes, these days supplies are scarce, so it's not easy to find authentic Tan family cuisine."

"This Manager Lu from Zhengyangchun is said to have some connections; he can get his hands on a lot of good ingredients!"

"My eldest son is getting married next month, and I've already booked ten tables at Zhengyangchun Restaurant. I would be honored if you could all grace us with your presence!"

"Of course, of course!"

Congratulations, Manager Chen!

"Thank you, congratulations to you too!"

Lu Yuan accompanied Zhou Pei'an to a private room on the second floor facing the street. Outside the window, pedestrians and street vendors were coming and going on Zhengyangmen Street.

Wang Xiuying brought in a pot of freshly cooked braised beef, smiling as she said, "Director Zhou, this is a braised beef dish that Chef He specially made for you. Please try it!"

Zhou Pei'an picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, chewed it for a while, and then nodded repeatedly in praise, saying, "Not bad, really not bad! Manager Lu, your restaurant is sure to be a huge success in Beijing!"

Lu Yuan beamed and said, "Then I'll take your good wishes to heart! You must eat and drink well today!"

After he finished speaking, he picked up the wine pot on the table and poured wine glasses for some of the minor officials from the public security bureau.

"Please enjoy your meal, I'll go attend to the other guests!"

"Alright, Manager Lu, please proceed!"

Just then, a burst of firecrackers went off downstairs, and red firecracker debris fell onto the snow in front of the door, like a layer of scattered red.

Li Xiao stood at the window of the innermost private room on the second floor, watching the crowd grow larger and larger in front of him, and listening to the laughter and chatter inside. His smile widened even more – the days at Zhengyangchun Restaurant had truly begun from this day forward.

This restaurant is the best place to gather information, so at least these super soldiers who will still be stationed in Beijing will have a legitimate job.

In order to make the most of the resources in the space supermarket, Li Xiao specially arranged for Song Xuan and Zhao Linli, a married couple, to open a vegetable station in Beijing, specifically responsible for supplying the massive amount of vegetables, meat, eggs, etc. from the space supermarket to restaurants like Zhengyangchun.

After more than half a month of hard work, Song Xuan's vegetable stand has become a supplier for four restaurants on Zhengyangmen Street. In addition, he has also opened up supply channels for Quanjude and Bianyifang.

The main reason is that the vegetables he supplies look much better than those of other vendors, but the price is not much higher.

According to Song Xuan, all the vegetables, meat, and eggs in his shop are high-quality products.

These are all products from the Space Supermarket, so at least they look much better than what we have now!