Black Market Boss: His Beloved Wife's Lazy Life

"Eat more, you'll get used to it and it won't be spicy anymore." Shang Yanfang likes spicy food that she craves; she even eats super spicy spicy ramen.

"Mmm," Gao Jianguo responded and picked up the duck neck to eat.

"Is this kind of thing easy to make?" In Gao Jianguo's opinion, this kind of food would have a great market in the future.

"This... I should be able to do it." In her previous life, Shang Yanfang loved watching videos of bloggers cooking, but she had only watched them and wasn't sure if she could actually make them.

"I'll go get some of this stuff in a few days, and we'll make some braised dishes." Gao Jianguo really went to great lengths to get his wife to eat.

"Okay." Shang Yanfang continued eating her noodles and duck parts.

After finishing her meal, Shang Yanfang patted her round belly and leaned back lazily.

The kang (heated brick bed) was heated, and she wasn't cold even wearing just a sweater. Thinking of the sweater she had just finished knitting, Shang Yanfang said:

"Honey, the sweater is finished. It's on the bench outside. Go try it on later."

Upon hearing that his sweater had been finished, Gao Jianguo immediately got up to get it.

A black sweater will never go out of style, and Gao Jianguo simply wore it.

"Good-looking, handsome." Shang Yanfang praised the man as she looked at him.

Gao Jianguo was flattered by the praise and went straight to Shang Guokang to show off, much to Shang Yanfang's dismay.

For the next two days, Gao Jianguo wandered around outside wearing only a sweater and an overcoat.

People asked him, "Are you cold?"

He replied, "This sweater was knitted for me by my wife; it's very warm."

People asked him, "Where are you going?"

He replied, "You want a sweater too? This was knitted by my wife. If you want one, ask her to knit one for you."

In just two days, the entire Kaoshan Brigade knew that Gao Jianguo's wife had knitted a sweater for her husband. Even the big yellow dog at the village entrance was being shown off by Gao Jianguo.

The scene was like this.

"Hey Dahuang, aren't you cold? You don't even have a sweater to wear. Unlike me, my wife knitted this sweater for me."

Big Yellow: "Woof, woof woof..."

At first, Da Huang could tolerate Gao Jianguo's nagging, but after a few times, whenever Gao Jianguo appeared, Da Huang would chase after him and bite him.

Gao Jianguo grabbed Dahuang and spoke to it in its ear. After that, Dahuang would hide whenever it smelled Gao Jianguo's scent.

Before we knew it, the Lunar New Year was getting closer and closer.

Shang Yanfang's morning sickness completely subsided after about a month, and that day she wanted to eat hot pot.

She snuggled in Gao Jianguo's arms and said sweetly, "Honey, I want to eat hot pot."

"Hot pot? What's hot pot?" Gao Jianguo looked at his wife with a puzzled expression. He had no idea what it was.

"Hot pot is about sitting around a coal stove and eating together, cooking as you eat. You can cook anything in it." Shang Yanfang took out the special hot pot from her space.

Gao Jianguo was fascinated to see a perfectly good pot split in two.

Why do we need to separate the pots?

"This can be used as a hot pot on one side and a non-spicy side on the other," Shang Yanfang explained.

"What dishes do we need to prepare?" Gao Jianguo asked.

"Well? I have all of these here. Let's have mushroom broth and spicy hot pot today!" Shang Yanfang looked at Gao Jianguo pleadingly.

“Okay, Grandpa can eat the non-spicy hot pot.” Gao Jianguo agreed to the little girl’s suggestion.

Shang Yanfang waved her hand and took out a lot of hot pot ingredients: vegetables, lamb rolls, tofu skin, and everything else you could want.

Gao Jianguo looked at the wide variety of ingredients, some of which he had never even seen before.

"Alright, I'm going out for a bit. We'll have hot pot when I get back tonight," Gao Jianguo said, playfully pinching his wife's nose.

Shang Yanfang stuck out her tongue. She had just been acting coquettishly, hoping her husband would find a reason to bring out these ingredients.

Helpless, Gao Jianguo got out of bed and put on his clothes, while Shang Yanfang tore off the packaging of the ingredients on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Wear something warm, it's cold outside." Shang Yanfang was a little surprised when she first saw snow, but it snowed every day after that, so she stopped being so curious.

The snow outside is now as thick as a person, so Shang Yanfang hardly ever goes out anymore. Shang Guokang also rarely comes here to eat anymore.

Gao Jianguo changed into his outdoor boots and military overcoat. This military overcoat was one that Shang Yanfang had previously kept in her space. She had asked Gao Jianguo to find an excuse to send two of them to the cowshed last time.

She gave one to Old Master Zhang next door and exchanged it for one for the brigade leader's family, because she knew that the brigade leader's family wouldn't accept it if she gave it away for free.

After Gao Jianguo got dressed, he went out. Shang Yanfang watched his departing figure with great worry.

I can't concentrate on reading even when I'm sitting there.

Shang Yanfang simply stopped looking and took out the yarn to continue knitting a sweater, which was prepared for Shang Guokang.

Although she didn't verbally promise to knit a sweater for Shang Guokang that time, Shang Yanfang actually did knit one for him.

It's fine as a New Year's gift.

"Wife, I'm back." Gao Jianguo knew that Shang Yanfang was worried about him, so he called out as he entered the yard.

Shang Yanfang put down the sweater she was knitting and walked to the door of the main room, where she saw Gao Jianguo leading Shang Guokang over as well.

Shang Yanfang opened the door to the main room before them. Upon seeing this, Gao Jianguo quickly ran a few steps and entered the room. After Shang Guokang entered the room together, he quickly closed the door.

"Don't open the door here anymore. You're dressed so thinly, what if you catch a cold?" Gao Jianguo sternly lectured Shang Yanfang.

Shang Yanfang then felt the cold and obediently nodded.

"Sis, what delicious food are you making today?" Shang Guokang quickly changed the subject.

"We're having hot pot today," Shang Yanfang said proudly.

"Hot pot? What is that? Does it mean you eat a pot?" Shang Guokang had never heard of it and could only understand it based on the literal meaning.

"Hot pot? You'll find out soon enough," Shang Yanfang said, keeping everyone in suspense.

Shang Guokang wanted to say something more, but Shang Yanfang interrupted him, "Don't ask, let's help wash the vegetables."

"Okay, sis. Where did you get these vegetables in winter?" Shang Guokang looked at the bright green vegetables with great surprise.

"You'll have to ask your brother-in-law about that," Shang Yanfang said, unsure how to answer her younger brother's question, so she simply passed the question on to Gao Jianguo.

Shang Guokang didn't go directly to Gao Jianguo; he figured he could ask him later during dinner.

Soon, the two had prepared all the ingredients, and Gao Jianguo also took out the special hot pot.

Shang Guokang stared wide-eyed at the hot pot with its two broths in the middle.