Siheyuan: A warm home with wife and children

First, make a hole in the wall.

This busy work took another half hour, but once everything was tidied up, the morning was over.

I clapped my hands and noticed that the room had neatly arranged pipes.

Yang Jianguo nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself, 'Now that's what I call good work!'

Today, they take pride in being workers and in their own craftsmanship.

Yang Jianguo really can't stand anyone messing around; he's got a bit of OCD.

If it were someone else's house, he would be able to see it and not be bothered.

But Sha Zhu, the two families often visited each other, and he would often go to the neighbor's house across the street for a meal.

If this is done the way those two people did before, Yang Jianguo will be coming to the house for dinner one day.

You have to get up while you're sitting down and disassemble all the pipes and reassemble them.

It's uncomfortable, so awkward!

"Master Yang, you must keep this wine and these cigarettes." The old master, along with his half-apprentice, insisted on leaving the purchased wine and cigarettes at the door.

After finishing, he turned and left as if he were being chased by wolves.

He raised his hand and called out, "Master Yang, we'll come see you again sometime. You can rest now. Goodbye."

Amused, Yang Jianguo looked at the peaked cap and Red Star Erguotou liquor on the ground and shouted outside, "Slow down, have a good job."

Carrying his things, Yang Jianguo went back into the house.

Just as he handed the cigarettes and alcohol to Yingzi, Shazhu shouted from the opposite room, "Jianguo, Yingzi, stop cooking, come to my room to eat."

Since Jianguo helped him, Shazhu couldn't possibly not show some appreciation.

I cooked two hot dishes and drank half a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).

Ran Qiuye tidied up the pots and pans, urging, "Zhuzi, you didn't say you wanted to invite Jianguo to the bathhouse, but I've already tidied everything up for you."

"Right." Sha Zhu slapped his forehead and grinned sheepishly, "Look at my brain."

"Come on, we've been busy all morning, we're all dirty and tired, let's go take a good shower."

Pushed by Sha Zhu towards the door, Yang Jianguo turned back helplessly and said, "Yingzi, I'll go make some coffee and come right back."

Yingzi, who was helping to tidy up, replied with a smile, "Go ahead, go ahead, come back when you're all clean."

Upon arriving at the bathhouse, Sha Zhu quickly went inside.

The experience of changing clothes with Yang Jianguo became a thing of the past after just one time.

Doing this too often can easily lead to feelings of inferiority!

When Yang Jianguo came in, he saw him using a net to remove the floating dust from the pool.

"Done." Sha Zhu tapped the net against the edge of the pool and laughed, "Go in!"

Soaking in hot water feels like all the pores on my body are opened up.

Comfortable!

"Jianguo, things seem a bit unsettled at the factory lately."

After soaking for a while, Sha Zhu chatted with him about the situation at the factory.

These days, I chat with Yang Jianguo from time to time.

Expanding one's thinking has almost become a habit.

Every time he finished chatting with him, Shazhu felt as if his brain had been unlocked a few more times.

"Nothing serious will happen at the factory." Yang Jianguo murmured with his eyes closed and head tilted back, "But things are really going to go wrong these days."

He stopped short of saying anything after he had made his point.

Sha Zhu was scratching his head like a monkey, unable to figure it out.

What does it mean when life gets turbulent?

Isn't this life pretty good?!

Take his family for example, they have everything they could want, with no shortage of food, clothing, or daily necessities.

Having both a son and a daughter makes a perfect family.

My family now has three bicycles.

Today, they also installed a stove, hot water pipes, and a large metal box.

Although we're missing the sewing machine and radio, our three bicycles are still three major items, aren't they?

It's pretty much done.

Looking at the others, even Aunt Liu, who lived the most secluded life in the courtyard, and Uncle San's family.

Things are getting better every day, so what's going to go wrong next?

Chapter 230 Taking a Stroll, Part 2 (Burst Update, Please Subscribe)

Inside the silly pillar's house, Yingzi was teaching Ran Qiuye how to use the 'water heater'.

"There's water in this pipe, the stove is hot, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

"Oh, right, this is the pressure booster valve. Here's the reading. If the water pressure is too low, check this..."

After explaining it to her, Yingzi should go back to her room: "The baby must be hungry too. Go back and feed him and let him sleep for a while. You should also get some rest."

Ran Qiuye nodded and said happily, "Okay, if I have any questions in the future, I can ask you again. You can't find it annoying, okay?"

"Who told your family to build this?"

Yingzi turned around and smiled, picked up her daughter, and Ran Qiuye helped carry Zhiyuan back to the house.

Only then did he return to his own home, and upon entering, he saw Dazhuang staring intently at the stove on the bed, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Seeing him like that, Ran Qiuye became a little worried.

What if the child accidentally bumps into this stove?

After much deliberation, Ran Qiuye lost her sleepiness and just stared at her son, Dazhuang.

I was afraid that he might get burned or hurt by the stove if I wasn't careful.

squeak~

Sha Zhu came back and, seeing her listless eyes and yawning, asked, "Yingzi went back? Why don't you get some sleep?"

After my wife told me the reasons, I realized she was worried and scared.

Sha Zhu grinned, picked up his son, and said, "Watch closely."

Dazhuang moved closer to the stove and reached out to grab it.

Sha Zhu tucked his left hand into his chest and pinched his right hand, slowly pulling it forward.

As they got closer to the stove, Sha Zhu could feel the heat radiating outwards.

Dazhuang naturally noticed it too, and immediately tried to pull his outstretched finger back.

But his father held him tightly, and he couldn't pull himself out no matter what.

Sha Zhu kept his finger poking at the edge of the stove, and when he felt a burning sensation, he let go of it.

The struggling little hand slipped back in a flash.

"Wow~" Da Zhuang yelled at the top of his lungs.

Ran Qiuye picked up her son with a pained expression, "What are you doing? Let me see, is he burning up? You..."

Sha Zhu scratched his head and chuckled, "It's nothing. How could I not feel sorry for my son?"

I glanced at my son's fingers; apart from being a little red from being squeezed, there was nothing wrong with them.

Ran Qiuye was relieved and glared at Sha Zhu.

He grinned and hugged her ingratiatingly, saying, "Wife, I'm doing this for our son."

"Just you wait and see, he definitely won't go near the stove anymore."

Seeing that Ran Qiuye still didn't quite believe it, Sha Zhu told her to carry her son to the stove.

Meanwhile, Dazhuang had just been calmed down by his mother.

He was happily turning his head left and right.

Hey, I see that stove.

As she got closer and closer to it, her little face immediately flushed, and tears welled up in her eyes.

The next second, 'Wow~'

Twisting over and clinging to Ran Qiuye's shoulder, Dazhuang kicked his little feet wildly, reaching out to his father, "Dad, help!"

Seeing him twisting and struggling, his wife was so upset that she could barely hold him.

Sha Zhu laughed loudly, stepped forward and hugged him tightly, saying proudly, "My son, he's bound to be a little calf someday."

On Sunday, Yang Jianguo and Yingzi decided to take the children out for a drive.

Today, the child is already over six months old.

The two of them rarely took her out, and it wasn't practical to always keep her in the yard with Youyou.

This time, I'll take them to Houhai and Xidan for a stroll.

Place the two little ones on the parallel bars in the 'high-end handmade children's chairs' made of bamboo and rattan.

Yingzi's parents knitted it by hand, isn't that 'high-class'?

Who else but the two of them has ever enjoyed such treatment?

Yang Jianguo laughed and said, "Today, Dad will show you two something new."

Yingzi, who was pedaling the bicycle, chuckled and urged, "Jianguo, hurry up."

"Oh, here it comes." With a cheerful laugh, Yang Jianguo pushed off with his foot and chased after them.

I saw a lot of unusual things at Houhai and Xidan.

When Zhiyuan and Zhiyi saw the crowd of people everywhere for the first time, they were dumbfounded.

Those little eyes darted around, never quite finding the right spot.

After they got tired of shopping, Yingzi, wearing slippers, said, "Jianguo, how about we eat at my place tonight before heading back?"

She had a great time shopping today and didn't want to go back and cook.

Yang Jianguo naturally had no objection and nodded, saying, "I remember there's a shop up ahead, let's go buy two bottles of wine and carry them along."

Yingzi swung her foot back, stepped on the seat, and laughed as she walked: "No, Dad has quit drinking now."

"?" Yang Jianguo asked in surprise, "Why did you suddenly quit?"

Yingzi smiled and said, "Last time we made a fool of ourselves, and when it snowed heavily, several people fell by the roadside and froze to death."

"My mom nagged him for days, and when he got impatient, he finally agreed to quit!"

Yang Jianguo smiled and replied, "Dad probably wants to quit too."

Yingzi agreed with him, nodding and saying, "That's right, those families who froze to death in their early twenties, how do you think they'll survive?"

It's truly a pity to hear about this.

In my early twenties, the prime of my life, I had a good job, and my family had just gotten married and had a child.

He went out for a drink and then disappeared.

That day, the woman cried and screamed.

I didn't see him, and when I heard those older women talking about it, I couldn't help but sigh.

How will this family survive from now on?!

Since this incident, there have been far fewer people drinking and walking at night in Beijing.

Apart from those self-proclaimed 'lawless' street thugs, all the respectable people were persuaded to stay in line.