Siheyuan: Domineering life

"Mr. Yang, my wife and the fetus are both fine."

In a quiet courtyard located in the southeast corner of Pengyuan, family doctor Cui Jie is performing a prenatal examination on the new patient Li Jingqiu.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Dr. Cui."

Yang Jun nodded at her.

Cui Jie packed up his things with a smile, told Li Jingqiu some precautions, and then left.

After she left, Li Jingqiu stood up and sat next to Yang Jun. Seeing this, Yang Jun quickly put out his cigarette. Although he was a heavy smoker, he still had to be careful.

"Husband." Li Jingqiu called out coquettishly, and then looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Yang Jun asked.

"Um……"

Li Jingqiu hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to say, "I'm not being overly suspicious. I...I want to ask if this Doctor Cui is reliable?"

"Are you worried that Dr. Cui is Qiu Shui's man?"

Yang Jun immediately knew what she was worried about. Not to mention her, even Nalan Qingyun and the others had the same worry when they first came in. Yang Jun told them very clearly that Cui Jie was a very reliable person who was only responsible for himself and would not listen to anyone else.

Now, Li Jingqiu is also facing this situation.

Yang Jun held her hand, patted it a few times, and said, "Don't worry, Cui Jie is mine, and she is only responsible for me."

"You don't have to think so badly of your sister Qiushui. If she really had any intentions, she wouldn't have let you into the house. Besides, aren't the other sisters fine over the years?"

"Husband, I don't doubt Sister Qiu Shui's intentions, but... this kind of wealthy family... is bound to make people worry about that." Li Jingqiu said apologetically.

"I know what you are worried about, but don't worry, your sister Qiu Shui is definitely not that kind of person, and I will not allow such a thing to happen."

After a slight pause, Yang Jun continued, "You just came in, so you don't understand some things. After a while, you will find that everyone gets along well. Over the years, I have never seen them quarrel over anything."

"Honey, I feel relieved when you say that."

After hearing this, Li Jingqiu breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest and said, "Before entering this room, I made a lot of mental preparations, imagining the difficult days ahead. Now that I hear what you said, it seems that my previous worries were unnecessary."

Yang Jun looked at her with a smile and said, "You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. It is better to be vigilant."

Yang Jun couldn't say that he didn't have to be on guard against anyone at all, that was unrealistic. He could guarantee that he would not harm Li Jingqiu, but he couldn't defend himself against others. After all, this was a wealthy family, and intrigues in the harem were inevitable. No one knew what anyone could do.

But at present, the characters of his women are all good.

"what?"

Li Jingqiu, who had originally put her mind at ease, immediately became worried again after hearing this.

"I just said that, it doesn't mean it will happen." Yang Jun said: "However, there is one thing you have to remember, you can trust no one in this family, but you must trust me."

Li Jingqiu: "Of course I trust you. We women rely on men to survive. If I don't trust you, who else can I trust?"

Yang Jun held her hand and said, "It's okay, just live here peacefully, I'll take care of everything."

After saying that, he paused for a moment, then continued, "I have no other requirements for you. Just do your duty. Don't fight or scheme. I won't give you less of the share that belongs to you and your child, and you must never touch what doesn't belong to you."

"Thank you, husband. I understand." Li Jingqiu.

In fact, even if Yang Jun didn't tell her, she knew what to do.

She was the last one to enter the house and the youngest in terms of seniority. No matter what was in the house, it would not be her turn, not to mention that they had lived in this family for so many years. Of course, after observing the past few days since she entered the house, she found that Yang Jun's women got along very well, and even their children had no barriers between them, so she was relieved.

Today, after hearing what Yang Jun said, she completely put her mind at ease.

Yang Jun listened, smiled and nodded, then stroked her belly and said, "As for you, don't think about anything, just take care of your pregnancy and give birth to more children for our Yang family. As for whether it's a boy or a girl, don't worry about it. In this family, it's impossible for you not to give me more children."

"I understand, husband." Li Jingqiu said shyly, "I will definitely give birth to more children for you when the time comes."

"That's right, may you have more children and more blessings." Yang Jun looked at her with a smile.

Afterwards, Li Jingqiu asked about the family situation, such as how many children Yang Qingxiang had given birth to, which child was whose, and a series of trivial questions. Yang Jun patiently told her about it and also asked her to prepare some small gifts for the children.

"You've been here for a few days. If the yard is short of staff, I'll send you a few more." Yang Jun.

"No need, husband. There are eight nannies in the yard and the old maid who takes care of me. We have enough manpower."

Li Jingqiu smiled and said, "Sister Qiushui is very kind to me. She assigned so many people to my yard. I am very grateful to her."

"If you are grateful to her, go and tell her in person." Yang Jun smiled and said, "I don't need to teach you about the ways of the world, do I?"

Li Jingqiu listened and pouted her cherry lips and said, "I know, it's just being humble."

"That's not what I meant... If you understand it that way, then you are right."

"Hate."

Li Jingqiu punched him with her little pink fist and snuggled shyly in his arms.

Yang Jun chatted with her for a while, and then went to Diaoyutai.

The weather is too hot now, so he can only move his position to the glass house on the shore.

There was air conditioning inside and two idiots who could always make her happy, so he felt very comfortable.

"Uncle Yang, I want to have grilled fish for lunch today. Is that okay with you?"

As soon as Yang Jun lay down, Sun Zhaocai's face as big as a basin came over.

"Did your brain get squeezed by the door?"

Yang Jun pushed the big face aside and said, "It's so hot, you want to eat grilled fish?"

"So what? I'm the one who bakes it, not you. You can just wait and eat it, right?"

"Okay, that's fine."

Yang Jun said it didn't matter since he wasn't allowed to grill anyway.

"Then would you like to drink some?" Sun Zhaocai said with a chuckle.

"You are at work, can you drink?" Yang Jun rolled his eyes.

"Drink less, two bottles at most... No, one bottle."

"can."

Yang Jun just wanted to be quiet for a while and wanted to get rid of this nagging guy as soon as possible.

"Thank you, Uncle Yang."

Sun Zhaocai finished speaking, his eyes darted around, and then he smiled and said, "Just grilled fish isn't enough, should we ask the kitchen to prepare some side dishes to go with the wine..."

"You're not done yet, are you?"

"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Seeing this, Sun Zhaocai didn't dare to continue talking, for fear that the plan of grilling fish and drinking would fail.

Sha Zhu was sitting next to him eating watermelon, smacking his lips very loudly. Yang Jun glared at him, but Sha Zhu was slow to react and thought Yang Jun wanted to eat watermelon, so he quickly handed him a piece.

"Godfather, please eat it. It's iced."

"I don't want to eat." Yang Jun rolled his eyes and closed them.

He has talked about the lip smacking issue more than once, but this habit cannot be changed. After Yang Jun talked about it a few times and saw that there was no effect, he stopped talking about it. As an elder, he still has some tolerance.

"Oh."

When he heard that Yang Jun didn't want to eat it, Sha Zhu immediately took the watermelon back, as if he was afraid that Yang Jun would eat it.

"Uncle Yang, there is something I want to discuss with you." Sun Zhaocai said.

"What's the matter?" Yang Jun answered lazily with his eyes closed.

"Um...Xiaoguo called me and said she wanted to come back..."

"No." Yang Jun refused without thinking.

Although the incident happened more than a year ago, that man's family is still suing them. If they come back at this time, it might affect Yang Chengdao. His son Yang Chengdao has just taken over the family business, and it is a time for him to make great efforts. He cannot be affected by this incident.

However, he could also understand why Sun Xiaoguo wanted to come back. The Orphan Island was surrounded by the sea and isolated from the world. Life in that place was very boring and lonely. Unless someone was like Lucy who had lived on an island since childhood, no one could bear that loneliness.

"Oh."

Seeing that Yang Jun disagreed, Sun Zhaocai was relieved: "I'll call that guy later and tell him that you don't agree."

After saying that, he chuckled and said, "That kid doesn't listen to me, but he listens to you the most."

Hearing this, Yang Jun rolled his eyes at him and said, "Are you always using me as a scapegoat? Please don't affect my image in the eyes of the children, okay?"

"I don't. The children all admire you very much and take you as a role model." Sun Zhaocai said with his neck stiff.

"Stop talking nonsense. If you use me as a scapegoat again, I'll beat you to death." Yang Jun.

"Hehe, I get it, Uncle Yang. I won't dare to do it again."

After that, the two stopped talking about this topic.

Sun Zhaocai quickly forgot about this matter and was thinking about having grilled fish for lunch.

"I'm going to go fishing."

When Sun Zhaocai thought about having a great meal at noon, he couldn't sit still anymore.

"Silly Zhu, do you want to go?"

When Sha Zhu heard that there would be grilled fish for lunch, his mouth almost watered. Without thinking, he said, "I'll go, I'll go, and catch a few more."

Then, the two men opened the door of the glass house and ran out shirtless.

These two guys are foodies. They have gained experience in catching fish over the years. In less than five minutes, they caught two carps weighing more than ten pounds. They were not idle either, as they cleaned the carps on the shore.

The action of killing the fish was very skillful. With just a few cuts, the two fish were cooked.

While Sun Zhaocai was killing the fish, Sha Zhu was not idle either. He went straight to the small hut on the shore where sundries were stored and moved out the grill. Then he also moved out various seasonings. Not only that, he also made a phone call to ask the kitchen to prepare some snacks.

"big eater."

Yang Jun looked at the wall clock. It was only nine o'clock and they started preparing lunch.

However, Yang Jun didn't care about them. He was used to it.

Just as I was about to close my eyes and rest, I glanced at the shore and saw my sister Yangmei walking towards me.

Yang Mei did not go directly into the air-conditioned room, but went to watch Sun Zhaocai kill fish. The two chatted for a few words before coming into the room.

"elder brother."

Yangmei cried out loudly.

"Plum is here."

Yang Jun didn't move and just lay there.

Yangmei seemed to have gotten used to it and sat down on the small stool next to her.

"Brother, Xiao Zhuang is holding an engagement banquet the day after tomorrow, you must come and attend."

Yang Mei did not beat around the bush and directly stated her purpose.

"Forehead."

Yang Jun neither agreed nor refused, but just responded faintly.

"What does that mean? Are we going or not?"

Yang Mei seemed dissatisfied with his answer. She came here today specifically to invite Yang Jun to attend her eldest daughter's engagement party. She is now a married woman with her own family, and she also wanted Yang Jun to be there to support her.

The reason I came here today is just to get a definite word from Yang Jun.

Yang Jun opened his eyes and looked at her.

"Mei Zi, I'm not going."

"elder brother……"

Yang Mei was about to speak when she was interrupted by Yang Jun.

"What if I go, what if I don't go?"

Yang Jun didn't give her a chance to speak, and continued: "We are brother and sister, this fact cannot be changed. Even if I don't go, will others look at you? If I go, will others look at you more?"

"On the contrary, they are afraid because I don't go, do you understand?"

"I don't understand." Yang Mei sulked and said, "Your own niece is getting engaged, and as an uncle, is it justifiable for you not to go?"

"Can't I let your sister-in-law go?"

"Sister-in-law is sister-in-law, and you are you, can it be the same?"

"Your sister-in-law is me, and I am your sister-in-law. We are a family. If she goes, she will represent me. It's the same for everyone."

Yang Jun didn't give her a chance to speak, and waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind, so don't say anything."

"elder brother!"

Yang Mei cried out in dissatisfaction, then dodged and said, "If mom were still here, you would definitely go."

Yang Jun didn't say anything, thinking to himself: "Even if my mother was still alive, I wouldn't go."

He has lived two lives and is almost 90 years old. At this age, what else can he not see through? Birth, aging, sickness and death, marriage and funerals are common events in the world. He has reached this state of not being happy with things or sad with himself. Therefore, unless it is necessary, he will not participate in such meaningless activities.

If I attend Xiaozhuang's engagement party this time, then do other children still need to attend? Do I still need to attend the engagement parties of Yang Liu and Yang Yu's children?

This is just an engagement banquet, there will be a wedding banquet later. Does he want to attend?
The thought of endless banquets and endless small talk made him feel a chill in his heart.

"Brother, please, just go."

Seeing that Yang Jun didn't say anything, Yang Mei poked Yang Jun's waist with her hand.

Yang Jun was ticklish, so he took his hands from the back of his head and placed them on his waist.

"Stop talking, Mei Zi. I won't go."

"Brother, it's only been a short time since Mom left, has our relationship as siblings become so weak?"

Hearing this, Yang Jun slowly opened his eyes.

"Meizi, this has nothing to do with Mom. I just don't want to participate in such a meaningless activity."

"You know how special my identity is, can you please stop forcing me?"

Yang Mei: "Brother, but I want you to participate."

Seeing that Yang Mei was not giving up, Yang Jun thought for a while and finally said, "How about this, Mei Zi."

"I'll ask your sister-in-law and Cheng Dao to attend the engagement banquet to show your respect. Is that okay now?"

"Hey, that's all it can do."

Yang Mei scolded me, and she punched Yang Jun again out of anger. (End of this chapter)