Siheyuan: Domineering life

Nineteen ninety, winter solstice.

It was a cold day, with a faint sign of snowing. It was gloomy outside, and the whole sky was grey, giving people a depressing feeling.

Yang Jun originally wanted to go to the office, but seeing the weather, he turned back when he reached the door and went straight into the air-conditioned room by the pond.

As soon as I opened the door of the air-conditioned room, a fragrance hit my nose.

The stove had been lit long ago, and the area around it was filled with sweet potatoes, potatoes, and peanuts. Sun Zhaocai and Sha Zhu were turning over the sweet potatoes around the stove.

These two guys are very focused on food. After more than ten years, their skills in roasting duck and roasting sweet potatoes are unique and no worse than those outside.

Yang Jun usually indulges the two of them and is never willing to restrict them. He is very tolerant of them. Even if they set the air-conditioned room on fire, Yang Jun would not say anything. As long as it is not a matter of principle, Yang Jun generally does not interfere.

"Uncle Yang, the sweet potatoes are ready. Would you like to eat one?" Sun Zhaocai handed over a sweet potato dripping with oil and kept turning it over.

"Hey, I just ate... Never mind, let's eat less."

Yang Jun took the sweet potato, broke it in half, and returned the other half to him.

The sweet potatoes are roasted very well, and they are full of oil when you take a bite. The unique aroma of the grain immediately fills your entire mouth, making you unable to stop.

"Don't bake it too soft next time. I like it a little harder." Yang Jun said.

"Then you eat this, it's chewy." Sun Zhaocai handed over another harder sweet potato.

"I'm a little full, maybe next time."

"it is good."

Afterwards, the three of them stopped talking.

Yang Jun was lying on a rattan chair looking at the foggy weather outside. The branches and leaves on the trees were dancing in the cold wind. It looked very cold. Judging from the weather, it wouldn't be long before the first snow of the year would fall.

At this time, the door of the air-conditioned room opened and Yi Qiu Shui came in.

"Godmother."

"Aunt Yang."

Sun Zhaocai and Sha Zhu quickly stood up and greeted them.

Yi Qiushui nodded at them and said, "You two should step aside for a moment. I want to talk to your uncle Yang about something."

"Ok."

The two of them responded and went out.

After he left, Yang Jun sat up from the rattan chair and started turning the sweet potatoes on the stove to prevent them from getting burnt.

"What's the matter? Why are you asking them to stay away?" Yang Jun asked.

Yi Qiu Shui did not rush to answer his question, but picked up a roasted peanut from the stove and started eating it.

"Didn't you say a while ago that you were going to Hong Kong City? When do you plan to leave?"

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

If Yi Qiu Shui hadn't mentioned this matter today, he would have almost forgotten it.

"It's too cold. I want to wait until spring..."

"The funds won't last until then." Yi Qiushui interrupted him before he could finish, then paused for a moment and continued, "Besides, it's not cold in Hong Kong City."

Yang Jun smacked his lips a few times, then thought for a moment and said, "Then let's do it tomorrow."

To be honest, he really didn't want to go out in such a cold day. In this weather, wouldn't it be nice to hide in the air-conditioned room, eat sweet potatoes, and brag and chat with people around him?

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you."

"Is there anything else?" Yang Jun asked.

He really didn't want to turn over those sweet potatoes and potatoes anymore. He just hoped that Sun Zhaocai and the other two would come back.

"Why, can't you just stay here if nothing happens?" Yi Qiu Shui glared.

"Yes, you can stay as long as you want."

After saying that, Yang Jun lay back on the rattan chair and added, "Watch it carefully, don't get confused."

"You are just lazy." Yi Qiu Shui said coquettishly.

"That's right. Now that I have you, what should I worry about?" Yang Jun held his head with both hands and said lazily.

After hearing this, Yi Qiu Shui smiled and looked at him lovingly.

"By the way, the kids will be on winter vacation in a month. Do you have any plans for this winter vacation?"

"Please don't organize a long cruise again. The one last year was too dangerous."

During the winter vacation last year, Yang Jun organized a long cruise for the whole family in the Pacific Ocean. They experienced many dangers that time. First, the cruise ship ran aground, and then they encountered pirates who robbed them. They almost couldn't come back.

"That definitely won't happen."

Yang Jun also looked like he was still in shock, and then he said calmly: "I don't have any plans, you can do whatever you want."

"If you don't have any special arrangements, I plan to organize a trip to Hainan for the whole family." Yi Qiu Shui.

"Going to the beach again?" Yang Jun frowned.

"Didn't you say you don't care?"

"I'm not interfering with you, I'm just talking."

Yi Qiushui explained: "It's winter now, and we can't go anywhere. We can only go to the south, where we don't have to endure the cold."

"It's up to you."

After Yang Jun finished speaking, he added: "I only have one request, that is to pay attention to safety and bring more people."

"Don't worry about it, I will."

After the two of them finished talking about this, they stopped talking. Yang Jun lay there with his eyes slightly closed, while Yi Qiu Shui sat there eating roasted sweet potatoes and roasted potatoes. Time seemed quiet and warm.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Yang Jun asked again.

"Are you going to chase me away again?"

"No, you can stay as long as you want."

Yi Qiu Shui was not calm this time. Yang Jun had chased her away twice in a row, and she felt a little unhappy.

"I'm not leaving today. I want to see who you're going to date."

"Who can I date? Why are you so jealous?"

Yang Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Even if I were to date a girl, it wouldn't be at home."

"Hmph, you don't even have me in your eyes right now. Maybe you've even invited a woman to your house." Yi Qiu Shui.

"No more talk. You've killed this conversation."

Yang Jun waved his hands and closed his eyes.

Whenever this happened, Yang Jun would never get entangled with her, otherwise it would be a tangled mess with more troubles to come.

"That's because you ignored me." Yi Qiu Shui said angrily.

"Hey, I better go to work."

Yang Jun felt annoyed by her noise, so he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Sit down for me."

Yi Qiushui glared at him and said, "Do you think I'm so annoying now? Don't you even have the patience to sit down and chat with me?"

"Hey, where were you talking about? I...I won't go to work, okay?"

Yang Jun lay back down.

He closed his eyes and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Yi Qiu Shui stopped pressing him. She knew that Yang Jun had reached his limit. If she really pissed Yang Jun off, she would be the one who would suffer.

"Well, since you don't want me to stay here, can't I just leave?"

After saying that, he stood up.

When he reached the door, he turned around and looked at Yang Jun.

"I'm really leaving, huh?"

Seeing that Yang Jun didn't say anything, Yi Qiu Shui stamped her feet and left.

……

In the afternoon, it really snowed, and it snowed very heavily. In a short while, the ground was covered with a white world, and the vast earth looked unusually clean.

"Snowing."

Yang Jun looked at the snow outside and put on his coat.

"Let's go outside and have a snowball fight."

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu and Sun Zhaocai looked at each other and said, "Just the three of us?"

"Um...who else do you want to take with you?"

Sha Zhu said: "We don't want to bring anyone along, we're just asking casually."

Sun Zhaocai: "Are we two going to beat you alone?" Yang Jun's face twitched when he heard that.

"Why can't I just beat you two?"

"That's fine." They said in unison.

When Yang Jun heard this, he relaxed for a moment.

"When did you two become smart?"

“We are smart.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Jun smacked his lips.

"Forget it, no more snowball fights."

He thought he was no match for these two guys, so he had to give up.

Yang Jun sat back in the rattan chair and looked at the heavy white snow outside. He felt that he would be sorry for the snowy scene if he didn't do something.

"Hey, it's snowing today, so no one should come."

Yang Jun stood up again, walked to the door, turned around and said to the two guys: "That's enough for today, you can go back."

"Let's not go back for now. We haven't finished eating yet." Sha Zhu pointed to the roasted sweet potatoes on the stove.

"Yes, let's go back after we finish eating." Sun Zhaocai.

"Okay, you guys stay here."

After Yang Jun finished speaking, he turned and walked out.

As soon as he opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew into his neck, making him shiver.

He wrapped his coat around himself, glanced at the snow-covered area, identified the road, and ran to the backyard.

Come to the backyard.

A group of women were gathered in the living room eating melon seeds and chatting. There were also a few younger children leaning against the window, looking at the heavy snow outside through the glass. Their mother wouldn't let them go out, so they were throwing a tantrum.

When they saw Yang Jun coming, the children immediately stopped making noise and became much more well-behaved.

"Let's have dinner early today." Yang Jun said.

"You've been eating sweet potatoes all day and you're still not full." Yi Qiu Shui rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

In the morning, Yang Jun kept chasing her away, and she is still angry about it.

“Sweet potatoes don’t help with hunger.”

Yang Jun didn't care about it. Besides, he had to give her some face in front of so many women.

"Eat early and rest early. I have to go to Hong Kong City tomorrow."

"Lao Yang, what are you going to do in Gangcheng? Can I go with you?" Huang Yani asked.

For the past ten years, she had been running a business in Hong Kong and was very familiar with the place. Now, she also wanted to revisit the old place and see her old friends.

"No, I'll go and come back the same day." Yang Jun.

"Ah, you're not staying there overnight?"

Huang Yani was a little disappointed after hearing this.

She originally wanted to go for two days, but when she heard that Yang Jun would go and come back the same day, she had to give up. After all, she was Yang Jun's woman now, and it was not good for her to spend the night alone. Besides, Yi Qiushui would not agree.

"Old Yang, Sister Qiu Shui said she is going to Hainan for vacation this year. Do you want to go?" asked Nalan Qingmeng.

"No." Yang Jun.

"The whole family is going out to play, so just go." Nalan Qingmeng said coquettishly.

"If I go, you won't have fun." Yang Jun.

At this time, Yi Qiushui interrupted: "It's better not to let Lao Yang go, otherwise none of us will have fun."

"Then can I not go and stay at home with Old Yang?" Nalan Qingmeng asked weakly, and there was a hint of pleading in his eyes when he looked at Yi Qiu Shui.

"Of course you have to stay."

Yi Qiushui said: "Your child is only a few months old, he can't go out and wander around, you should stay at home."

After saying that, he turned around and said to Yang Qingxiang, Nini and the others, "You too, stay at home this year, and go out together next year when the children are older."

"We'll listen to you, Sister Qiu Shui." The girls said in unison.

"Heh, why did you agree so readily this time?"

This reaction of theirs was somewhat beyond her expectations.

"Oh, I got it."

Yi Qiushui pointed at them and said sternly, "Listen to me, everyone. You must exercise restraint."

"Giggle!"

"Giggle!"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.

Even Yang Jun was embarrassed.

These women often make fun of him, and sometimes even arrange everything for him without his consent.

"I'll go see if dinner is ready."

Yang Jun couldn't stand their whispering, so he got up and went to the kitchen.

Seeing this, the other women laughed again.

Yang Jun heard this and shook his head.

"It's really a drama between three women."

When I arrived at the kitchen, the chefs were cooking and it would take at least an hour to finish the meal.

Yang Jun didn't eat lunch and only had some roasted sweet potatoes. His stomach had long been empty and he was already hungry.

He did not trouble the cook, but went straight back to the study.

Coming to the study, he tidied up the things on the coffee table and cleared some space.

Then, with a thought, four plates of exquisite meals appeared on the table.

Shredded pork with fish flavor, Dongpo pork, four-happiness meatballs and a plate of Shanghai greens.

Afterwards, he took out a bottle of Jiannanchun from the space and started drinking it alone.

He has been drinking this brand for many years. He can't get used to other brands like Tai Zi.

He poured himself a glass of wine and started drinking.

At this moment, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open.

Yang Jun was startled and subconsciously wanted to put the wine and food into the space, but when he saw that the person coming was Yi Qiu Shui, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't you even knock before you come in?"

Yang Jun looked at her with some anger.

Hearing this, Yi Qiushui walked up to her with a smile, first looked at the dishes on the coffee table, and then said, "This doesn't seem to be the work of our chef."

"Yeah, I made it."

Yang Jun did not hide it from her and told her the source directly.

Anyway, Yi Qiu Shui knew his secret, and he didn't want to hide it from her.

"Transformed?"

Yi Qiushui rubbed his hands and said, "Make me a cup, I'll drink with you."

Yang Jun didn't say anything. He just moved his mind and an exquisite wine glass suddenly appeared on the coffee table in front of Yi Qiu Shui. It seemed to be made of Hetian jade and was obviously worth a lot of money.

"Do you want to order anything else?"

Yang Jun asked, holding a glass of wine.

"Hmm...give me a plate of beef with soy sauce."

Yi Qiu Shui didn't like eating soy sauce beef, she was simply curious about how Yang Jun could create these things out of thin air.

Yang Jun didn't say anything, and directly produced a stack of braised beef.

"Old Yang, you are amazing."

Yi Qiushui's mouth opened wide, looking at the scene in shock.

Even though she watched without blinking, she still couldn't figure out how Yang Jun created all this out of thin air.

"Haha, I have something even more amazing."

After saying that, Yang Jun's mind moved again, and a bottle of wine appeared in his hand.

Yi Qiu Shui was stunned for a moment, and before she could be surprised, she discovered that the wine in Yang Jun's hand was not ordinary wine, but medicinal wine. Her pretty face suddenly turned red.

"Oh, Lao Yang, you are so bad." (End of this chapter)