Siheyuan: Domineering life

"Honey, how are you going to celebrate the New Year this year?"

That day, after dinner, Yang Jun and his family sat in the living room chatting.

The older children went back to their rooms, and the younger children played hide-and-seek around the adults. A group of women sat around the coffee table discussing how to celebrate the New Year this year.

As soon as Yi Qiu Shui finished speaking, the women started chattering and Yang Jun couldn't get a word in.

"How else can we celebrate the New Year? Put up Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, and eat dumplings."

Huang Yani sounded sour when she spoke, and there was more complaint in her eyes when she looked at Yang Jun.

Other families celebrate the New Year with great excitement, but the Yang family can only celebrate it at home. These women have an improper status and cannot go out openly, so they dare not go out even if there is anything fun.

"Hey, who says it isn't? It's the same every year, so boring." Nalan Qingmeng echoed.

Among this group of women, only Nalan Qingmeng and Huang Yani have seniority, so they don't have many scruples when speaking, and they are the only ones who dare to confront Yang Jun.

"Kowtow to wish a happy new year, set off fireworks, and get together to chat. It's so boring."

As soon as the two finished speaking, the other women started complaining, and Yang Jun also received a wave of complaints.

Yang Jun didn't have any attitude either. He just sat there leisurely with his legs crossed.

At this time, Yi Qiu Shui, who had been silent, coughed dryly.

"Almost got it."

Seeing that they were getting happier and happier, Yi Qiu Shui had to give them a heads up.

"What are you complaining about? I let you go out to play every summer for two months."

"Only once a year, it's too little." Huang Yani muttered.

"I think Lao Yang is too indulgent towards you. If he didn't let you go out even once, you would be able to endure it."

Yi Qiushui rolled her eyes at her and said, "You should know your own limits. Our family situation is special. Don't wander around and cause trouble for the Yang family."

Upon hearing this, several women lowered their heads, not daring to look at Yi Qiu Shui.

The wife has spoken, and the concubines can only listen.

Yi Qiu Shui was right. Yang Jun had been too indulgent towards them in the past two years. In the past, he would never have let them go out in public. It was only now that the children had grown up that he gave them some freedom. Otherwise, they would still be locked up at home as before.

"Chinese New Year is Chinese New Year, just spend it peacefully at home. Why do you become restless every time Chinese New Year comes? Oh, do you have to go out and play to celebrate it?"

Yi Qiu Shui was unyielding and started to scold.

"Do you think it's so easy to go out for fun? There are so many elderly people and children at home, can we just go out whenever we want?"

The atmosphere in the living room was very awkward. The women were scolded so much that they lowered their heads and kept silent. The children who were playing didn't know what was going on and looked at their mothers.

"cough……"

Seeing that it was almost done, Yang Jun gave a dry cough.

"Okay, they know they are wrong, let's just forget about it this time."

Yi Qiu Shui turned around and glared at him, blaming him for coming out to smooth things over at this time.

Yang Jun smiled at her and said, "Don't be too harsh on them. They will get bored staying at home all day."

"I decided to take you out for a trip to celebrate the New Year this year."

As soon as Yang Jun finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent.

A group of women and children looked at him in astonishment, and even Yi Qiu Shui opened his mouth wide.

Seeing that they had no reaction, Yang Jun shrugged and said, "Since you don't want to, forget it."

"We do."

The room suddenly became noisy, and a group of women gathered around Yang Jun, trying to fawn on him, almost clinging to him.

"Oh, Old Yang is really considerate of us. We have been locked up at home for 365 days a year. We are getting sick from idleness. It's time for us to go out and have some fun."

"Yes, it's still Old Yang who loves us."

"That's right, that's right, Lao Yang is the best."

"..."

Yi Qiu Shui on the side had a stern face and looked at Yang Jun with a reproachful expression.

"I'll play the villain and you'll play the hero?"

Yang Jun: "Hehe, not really, not really."

"We are all family, there is no need to be so clear."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a pain in his waist. Yi Qiu Shui's death hand was pinching his flesh so hard that it was almost falling off.

"You'll be the good guy."

The group of people made a fuss for a while, and then each returned to their seats and sat down.

"Honey, where are you going to take us?" Nalan Qingyun looked at him expectantly.

The other women had the same expression when they heard this.

"Um...how about we rent a passenger ship and go out to sea?"

After that, Yang Jun added: "It's cold now, let's go south, it's warmer there."

"Yes, yes, that's great."

"We have wanted to go on a sea trip for a long time, but we never had the chance."

"I heard it's very hot in the south, is that true?"

“I’m looking forward to seeing the endless blue sky and sea.”

When a group of women heard that they were going to go on a sea trip on a cruise ship, they were extremely excited. Even the children were shouting with joy. They didn't know how to express their inner joy.

But after being happy, Yi Qiushui asked, "Husband, will you join us this time?"

Upon hearing this, the group of women all looked at him expectantly.

When they went out to play in the past, Yang Jun never followed them, so they didn’t have much fun. They thought of taking Yang Jun with them so that they could have more fun.

"Go, I'm going this time."

Yang Jun said, "I will rent a cruise ship this time. I will not only take you, but also everyone else. Mei Zi, Liu Er, An Guo, An Bang, Ju Zi, and all my godchildren."

"Our whole family is having a great time this time."

As soon as Yang Jun finished speaking, the atmosphere in the living room became boiling again.

"That's great, that's great, it's more fun with more people."

The group of women were extremely happy after hearing this.

"Honey, can I bring my parents with me?" Chen Ruolan asked cautiously.

"Of course!" Yang Jun said, "You can all bring your parents and brothers."

"That's great, thank you, my husband." Chen Ruolan said excitedly.

"Hey, what can a family say to thank you."

When the other women heard this, they all rolled their eyes at Yang Jun.

"Even if we want to bring our family members, there's no one to take with us. We're all alone." Huang Yani emphasized.

"Who said it wasn't? I lost my parents a long time ago, and I don't even have any brothers or sisters." Yang Qingxiang said sourly.

"Except for sister Ruolan, all of us women are orphans."

Upon hearing this, Yi Qiu Shui rolled her eyes at Meng Wenya.

"I'm not an orphan. I have a younger sister."

"I'm sorry, sister, you are the eldest wife, so of course you can't be counted in." Meng Wenya explained with a smile.

Yi Qiushui said: "In fact, we can't bring so many people. It's best if they are all our relatives. As for ordinary friends, there is no need to bring them. After all, Lao Yang has a special status..."

"I know, sister."

When the girls heard this, they immediately became serious. At this time, Yang Jun, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.

"It's the end of the year now, Qiu Shui is busy with various business matters, she can't spare the time, so let Yani take care of the outing."

After saying that, he turned around and said to Huang Yani: “Yani, I’ll leave this matter to you. You must do a good job of planning and coordination.”

Huang Yani patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me."

"Oh, you guys also have to assist Yani and take all aspects into consideration, including clothes, food, medicine, the children's tutor, and the ship's doctor. Especially the ship's doctor, you should bring more. Now you are all pregnant, so you can't be careless." Yang Jun reminded.

"Lao Yang, just don't worry. We women are more careful than you about this kind of thing." Huang Yani.

"Okay, you guys prepare in the next few days, and as soon as the kids are on holiday, we'll go out and play." Yang Jun.

Yi Qiushui said to Huang Yani, "Leave the luxury cruise ship to me. It just so happens that our shipping company has a 50,000-ton luxury cruise ship launched this month. It's a good opportunity for us to go and experience it."

"That's great, sister. You helped me solve the cruise ship problem, which means you solved most of the difficulties."

Afterwards, several women gathered together to discuss the details of the outing, completely excluding Yang Jun.

Yang Jun sat there bored and planned to go back to his room to rest.

Halfway through the walk, he turned back and touched Nini with his hand.

Yang Jun nodded, motioning her to follow him.

Nini was happily discussing something and didn't react to Yang Jun's meaning for a moment, so she turned around and continued the discussion.

"Come with me, hurry up."

Yang Jun whispered, then dragged her outside.

Nini pouted and followed him reluctantly.

……

The next day, when Yang Jun was having breakfast, a group of women were still enthusiastically discussing their trip.

"We have a team of doctors and teachers. Food and water will be supplied by the ferry. Now we need to make our own preparations..."

A group of women were chattering, making Yang Jun's head hurt.

I quickly ate a few mouthfuls of rice and then went to the glass house by the river.

"Brother, let's go fishing again."

Yangmei came in from outside, greeted him with a smile, then went to the backyard without looking back.

"Brother, you're not working today?"

They met Ma Xiangxiu on the way, and he and Zhao Hongmei went to the backyard arm in arm.

On the road less than 200 meters from the backyard to the river, he met four or five groups of people. Each of them had a smile on their face, as if there was some happy event.

Yang Jun stood with his hands behind his back, looking at them in confusion.

"There's nothing happy happening at home?" Yang Jun said to himself.

"Godfather."

Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw Ding Erzhu and Sun Zhaodi walking towards this side with smiles on their faces.

After Sun Zhaodi greeted him, she went straight to the backyard.

"Shazhu, is there any happy event at home?" Yang Jun asked.

"No?"

Sha Zhu scratched his head, then suddenly said, "Godfather, you're talking about going out for fun, right?"

"Oh, I see."

As soon as Yang Jun heard it, he understood what was going on.

The news of the cruise ship trip spread early in the morning, and all the people came.

Even though they were all wealthy and had traveled all over the country, they had never taken a cruise on the high seas. When they heard that they could charter the entire cruise ship for the trip, they were immediately delighted and could not wait to come over to discuss the trip arrangements.

As soon as Yang Jun arrived at the glass house, Shi Tou came.

"Godfather, I heard that you are going to travel to the sea during this Spring Festival?" Shi Tou asked excitedly.

"Um...you know that too?"

Yang Jun was stunned.

It's just a trip, why are you making it like Chinese New Year?

"Godfather, give me all the fruits for the supplies. I just airlifted a batch of fruits from the south, which will be perfect for the ship's supplies."

"Don't tell me about this, tell your godmother, oh... tell your aunt Huang, she is in charge of this matter." Yang Jun said.

"Well, I've asked my wife to tell my godmother."

"Okay, let's not just talk about this. Let me ask you, what have you been busy with during this period? I haven't seen you for several months." Yang Jun said.

"Well, what else can I be busy with? It's just business stuff. Oh, and there are also things at work. It coincides with the change of leadership, so I have to do some preparation in advance." Shi Tou said with a smile.

"I'll take care of the change of leadership, what are you afraid of?"

"Yes, I have the confidence with my godfather behind me, but I can't rely on him for everything. I have to work hard myself. I can't ask him for everything."

"Well, that's true. You are the most sensible among all my godsons."

Yang Jun sighed: "I will grow old one day. You must learn to be independent and learn to face difficulties with opposition, so that you can go further in the future."

"That's what Godfather said."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Yang Jun looked at the fruit plate on the coffee table. These fruits were taken out from the space two days ago. Suddenly he thought of something.

"Oh, these fruits you gave me yesterday are good. Godfather likes them very much."

"fruit?"

Shitou looked at Yang Jun in confusion: "Godfather, I just got off the plane this morning and came to you as soon as I got off the plane. I was in Southeast Asia yesterday."

"I told you that you came yesterday, so why are you talking so much nonsense?" Yang Jun said with a straight face.

When Shi Tou saw this, he immediately understood what was going on.

Then he looked at the fruits on the table and immediately guessed that he must be taking the blame for Yang Jun again.

He once suspected that Yang Jun was a time traveler like himself, and that he had a system. Various signs over the years showed that Yang Jun was a time traveler like him. In addition, the incident today that made him take the blame further confirmed his thoughts.

"Oh, godfather, I understand."

"I suddenly remembered that I came here yesterday and brought a lot of fruit to visit you."

After saying that, he turned around and glanced at Sha Zhu and Sun Zhaocai behind him, and whispered, "Godfather, is it okay for me to say this?"

Yang Jun pretended not to understand what he said and picked up a grape and put it into his mouth in a serious manner.

"Yeah, that's right, that's the taste."

"Ha ha!"

Then the two laughed.

"Forehead……"

Yang Jun felt something was wrong while eating and turned around to look at Shi Tou.

"You came here empty-handed this time?"

When Shitou heard this, he jumped up from the stool as if his tail was caught in the door.

"how is this possible?"

"When did I come here empty-handed?"

"I brought a whole truckload of fruit this time. I've asked the security guard to unload it."

"That's pretty good." Yang Jun. (End of this chapter)