Siheyuan: A warm home with wife and children

Otherwise, given how people nowadays all they do when they meet is show off and compete with each other in social interactions, she really wouldn't be able to get a word in edgewise.

"Then wouldn't they be bothering you every day?" Yang Jianguo joked.

Yingzi smiled and said, "No way, there are plenty of rich people who are high-profile."

People who buy houses, fly, drive cars, and buy rice cookers and thermos flasks from abroad.

Even headbands have become something to show off, but they are indeed quite beautiful.

"Next time we go to Jiangdao, I'll buy it for you too."

Yingzi peeled garlic without looking up and said, "I don't want it. I haven't even used the ones the kids brought back last time!"

"And all those bottles and jars you had sent from Jiangdao, they're so numerous they make my head spin."

Yingzi pointed to the table in front of the makeup cabinet, and said, "I really feel dizzy."

The table was filled with bottles of all shapes, sizes, and heights, numbering over thirty in total.

This was only a portion of what she had hidden away; her colleague saw it when he came to her house last time.

Back at the factory, he talked about it at length, telling everyone he met, "Yingzi's life is truly wonderful."

There were bottles and jars all over the table, all in foreign languages; I couldn't even count them all. And look at the skin on people's faces.

Seeing her helpless expression, Yang Jianguo said with a smile, "Let them talk. We're not afraid of anything, we're perfectly justified."

"I know I'm not afraid, I just can't use them all." Yingzi smiled sweetly, her eyes like crescent moons.

"Others spoil their children rotten, but you spoil me rotten. Jianguo, I have to stay grounded, otherwise I'll easily make mistakes."

"Hahaha..." Yang Jianguo laughed loudly, feeling both smug and amused.

Yingzi is still the same Yingzi, her smile hasn't changed, her personality hasn't changed, and she hasn't changed at all.

These days are wonderful!

After running for several months, I'll definitely have to eat dumplings when I get home.

Yang Jianguo was rolling out the dough, and Yingzi was filling it. They were chatting and laughing when they heard someone calling out from the yard, "Yingzi, is that your husband back?"

Smiling at him, Yingzi said towards the outside, "Yes, Qiuye, don't be busy tonight, come eat here with Zhuzi and the children."

"Hey, I'll have Zhu Zi bring the good wine." Ran Qiuye pulled the child along and happily went back into the house.

“I told you it was Jianguo. When else have you ever seen her smiling like that, except when he came back?”

Sha Zhu nodded and smiled, "That's true, they're usually in the next yard at this time!"

"The big boss gave you that Moutai last time, take it and let's go lend a hand."

"Okay, I'll go get it. You go ahead." Sha Zhu turned around and went to find the best wine he had hidden away.

This is his precious treasure; he's just waiting for Jianguo to come back!

After Yingzi finished wrapping a basket of food inside, she put it aside and said, "I'll go see if Aunt Liu and Huairu have come back yet."

Today is a Sunday, so everyone is out and about.

"Okay, slow down, be careful of the slippery ground." With winter approaching, you have to be careful when walking on the streets.

As soon as Yingzi went out, Shazhu and Ran Qiuye brought Xiaozhuang over.

"Jianguo, look at this." Shazhu picked up a bottle of Moutai and said smugly, "This was specially saved for you. How about that? Pretty generous, right?"

"Okay." Yang Jianguo nodded and smiled, "I have two more bottles here, let's drink to our hearts' content today."

"Alright, I'll sing my way back today." Sha Zhu put down his wine, rolled up his sleeves, and came to help.

Seeing his smug look, Ran Qiuye said angrily, "Then you don't have to go back. You'll sleep in the side room tonight."

Sha Zhu was stunned, and looked at Yang Jianguo with a wry smile: "Look, look, all these years, you've kept me firmly under your thumb."

Yang Jianguo laughed and scolded, "Don't try to show off to me, I'm carrying a stick in my hand!"

He glanced at the rolling pin in his hand, then grinned and made faces at the man, showing off in a silly way.

You won't let me say it, but you won't even let me brag about it?

Chapter 424 Gathering, an Insatiable Heart

At night, half of the people in the compound gathered at Yang Jian's house.

Yingzi had originally prepared dumplings and four cold dishes.

But there's no room left on the table.

This family comes to pick up two dishes, that family comes to bring two more, and a whole table is cobbled together.

A dozen or so people were crammed into one room.

Needless to say, it was very lively, but Yan Jiecheng was huddled in a corner.

He hunched over, head down, and remained silent.

"Solution."

With nothing to do, Yang Jianguo sat down next to him, put his arm around his shoulder, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you looking so dejected?"

Yan Jiecheng looked up at him, then lowered his head again.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yang Jianguo took the initiative to ask, "Are you two really going to get a divorce this time? Why?"

Yan Jiecheng couldn't hold it in any longer; he felt incredibly frustrated.

"She has changed; she's not the same as before."

Yan Jiecheng sat up straight and said in a huff, "She wants everything that others have: a big color TV, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a VCR, she wants everything."

"I'm useless, and she complains every day. I can't live like this anymore."

Hearing him say that, Yang Jianguo asked curiously, "With your salary, buying these shouldn't be a problem, right?"

His words only made Yan Jiecheng angrier.

"That's because she used all her money to learn how to trade stocks and ended up losing it all."

"Now that we're broke, they blame us for not being able to earn money."

"You know what she said... It's just a little loss, isn't it because you didn't earn enough?"

"If you earn enough, what's a little money to lose?"

The more Yang Jianguo listened, the stranger his expression became; this was so different from the Yu Li he remembered.

When did Yu Li become so materialistic and snobbish?

So, television is television, but reality is reality—that's absolutely true.

There are scripts in TV shows, and the characters are fixed.

But in reality, people are alive and cannot remain unchanged.

"So what do you say now? Do you really want a divorce?" Yang Jianguo pressed.

Yan Jiecheng tilted his head and said, "Li, I can't live like this anymore."

"Are you really not going to reconsider?"

Yang Jianguo wanted to offer advice, but he didn't know how to do it.

He advised Yan Jiecheng to earn more money so as to satisfy Yu Li's needs.

Judging from what he said, it cannot be satisfied.

If you satisfy these desires today, tomorrow you'll want designer clothes, and the day after tomorrow you'll want an airplane!

How can the greed fueled by comparison be satisfied?

There will always be someone who is better off than you. Are you suggesting that Yan Jiecheng become the richest man in the world?

The key is that he also needs to be capable.

"Jianguo, you have no idea how stifling my life is."

As Yan Jiecheng spoke, his eyes reddened.

He believed he had worked hard enough in the past, diligently and conscientiously, and handed over all his earnings to his wife.

Whatever she says goes.

To make her happy, I funded her to open a restaurant.

Since the restaurant was closed, she was allowed to do whatever she liked.

No matter how much money was spent, Yan Jiecheng never questioned it.

Back then, she insisted on learning stock trading from someone despite my objections, saying that it could make a lot of money.

He lost money and then blamed himself for not stopping her from ordering.

In the end, it turned out that she had earned too little, which made it seem like she had lost a lot.

There were some things Yan Jiecheng didn't want to say in front of Yang Jianguo, but Yu Li would always bring up Li Aimin and him whenever she talked about it.

"Look at Yang Jianguo and Li Aimin, how capable they are! Why don't you learn from them?"

Yan Jiecheng had heard these words so many times he was sick of them; only he knew how frustrated he felt.

If it weren't for the child, he would have broken up with Yu Li long ago.

"People say you should advise reconciliation, not separation. Anyway, let's think about it some more." Yang Jianguo patted his shoulder and got up to help serve the dishes.

Even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes!

"Hey, the food's ready, hurry up and put it on the table before it gets cold."

Sha Zhu wiped his hands with a rag, untied his apron, and called out, "Wife, bring me the wine."

"Here, you'll definitely want some." Ran Qiuye placed the wine on the table.

"Uncle He, you've really gone on a spending spree today." Seeing that it was Moutai, Huaihua looked at it with surprise.

"That's for sure, your Uncle He is only generous like this now," Qin Huairu joked.

"Yingzi, come and sit down." Aunt Liu invited the hostess to sit down.

This table is full of dishes, and every family has brought some.

Yingzi did most of the work; she's exhausted today.

"They're here, they're here. Everyone, please sit down. Jie Cheng, Xiao Zhuang."

Yingzi sat down next to Yang Jianguo and waved to the two who had not yet taken their seats.

Once everyone was seated and everyone had arrived, Huaihua opened the bottle of Moutai and poured it for them.

This girl is as eager as a little bee.

He ran back and forth around the table, filling everyone's glass to the brim.

Back in her seat, she shook the bottle and looked at her mother with a slightly craving look.

"Mom, can I have a drink?"

"Huai Ru, you're a grown woman now, a drink won't hurt you," Aunt Liu said cheerfully.

Yingzi also said, "Drink less, so you won't get scammed when you go out in the future."

Hearing everyone say so, Qin Huairu nodded readily: "Okay, it's just one cup!"

"Ah."

Huaihua nodded happily and said, "Just one cup, just one cup."

Everything had been agreed upon, but when Huaihua brought the cup, Qin Huairu changed her mind.

This girl didn't take the small wine cup that was washed on the stove.

He just used a huge tea mug...

Back in the day, Sha Zhu and Yang Jianguo would drink together, and two cups would fill a whole ceramic teacup.

"Hahaha~"

Everyone was amused by the clever little girl.