Siheyuan: A warm home with wife and children

Good wine and good food, to welcome my son and his fiancée.

"Auntie, Auntie, I'll help too." Runye rolled up her sleeves to help, but Yingzi stopped her at the kitchen door.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow. You must be tired today. Let Zhiyuan take you to take a bath and rest your feet."

Seeing that she was about to open her mouth again, Yingzi said with a playful smile, "Be good."

Yang Zhiyuan then stepped forward, took her hand, and said, "Mom, I'll take Runye over first."

"Okay, go ahead, go ahead, get some rest." Yingzi smiled broadly.

Shyly led to the front yard by Zhiyuan, Runye asked with some concern, "Zhiyuan, is it inappropriate for me to just sit around like this on my first visit to your home?"

“You should listen to my mom. In my family, my mom is the absolute leader, and even my dad has to listen to her.”

"Besides, I'm really tired after sitting in the car for two days, so I should take a good shower."

Seeing that she was still a little worried, Yang Zhiyuan continued, "You don't want to smell bad when you get on the bus, do you?"

Runye was startled and quickly raised her sleeve to her nose to smell it.

"Where does it smell?" she said playfully, stamping her foot, her previous tension and unease dispelled.

Following him to the guest room, seeing that everything was provided, Runye whispered, "Where am I supposed to shower? Is the public bathhouse far away?"

"No need to go to the public bathhouse, you can wash right here." Zhiyuan led her to a side room.

Upon opening the door, the wooden barrel placed in the center of the room is particularly eye-catching.

Yang Zhiyuan went up and touched the tin bucket; it was scalding hot. Yingzi had already boiled the water.

"The water is boiled, you can wash directly, I'll go add some cold water for you."

After he left, Runye stood in the room, at a loss.

Taking a bath indoors?!

Is life in the capital really that good?

In the kitchen, Ran Qiuye and Yingzi were whispering about their future daughter-in-law.

"I see you're quite satisfied with this girl."

Yingzi said happily, "Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied. She looks so well-behaved and sensible, and she's also very pretty."

"It's just that my butt is a little small, but it doesn't matter, as long as I'm healthy."

Ran Qiuye chuckled to herself and teased, "Your butt wasn't big back then either."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at it, then laughed loudly, "Oh my, it's quite big now. Jianguo must have put in a lot of effort!"

Yingzi blushed at what she said and, annoyed, scratched her.

“You’re not young either; your son must have worked very hard.”

"That's right, my Zhuzi is very diligent."

"..."

My wife is busy in the kitchen, and my son has gone to be with his girlfriend.

Sha Zhu hasn't returned yet, leaving Yang Jianguo as the only idle person.

After pacing around the room twice, I remembered the fine wines and cigarettes in the cupboard.

When we go back home after the New Year, I can't let my daughter go empty-handed.

You should bring something to someone's home; you have to be polite.

Children may not understand, but we must all understand.

There were quite a few bottles of cigarettes and alcohol in the cabinet, including about ten bottles of Moutai alone.

Most of them were gifts from Li Aimin, and the remaining few bottles were his quota from his work unit.

Others also sent gifts, by the boxful.

However, he handed them all over to his work unit.

When the company has holidays, they take it out and distribute it as employee benefits.

Thinking about it this way, it seems like I'm giving myself a perk?

With a smile, Yang Jianguo divided four bottles into two smaller ones and placed two metal boxes of Hua Zi on top of the bottles.

Four bottles of liquor and two packs of cigarettes.

I'll have Yingzi buy some local specialties from the capital later; that should be enough.

When Yingzi came in to get her things, Yang Jianguo mentioned the matter to her.

"Don't worry about that. Tomorrow I'll take her to Wangfujing to buy some clothes for my daughter and some gifts for her mother."

Hearing that she had everything planned out, Yang Jianguo stopped worrying.

He then took out two more bottles of Moutai and placed them on the table, saying, "We'll take these to the front yard restaurant for dinner and drinks later."

"Jianguo, Jianguo, someone's here?" Sha Zhu shouted loudly as soon as he entered the yard.

"They're inside!"

Ran Qiuye peeked out from the kitchen and said, "Go wash up first, then talk to Jianguo. Zhiyuan brought his girlfriend back."

Sha Zhu was overjoyed when he heard this. "Hey, this is great news!"

He propped up his bicycle and said to Yang Jianguo, who came out of the door, "You'd better bring out two bottles of good wine tonight, right?"

"Moutai, enough is fine!" Yang Jianguo was also overjoyed.

slap~

With a slap, Sha Zhu went back to his room to wash up.

Tonight, let's drink until we drop!

In the front yard, Zhiyuan lay in the guest room, but his mind kept wandering outside.

I wonder how her washing went...

A series of fantastical and inexplicable images inexplicably popped into Yang Zhiyuan's mind, causing his heart to beat faster and faster.

The two have been together for nearly two years, but to this day they are still at the stage of having feelings for each other but keeping to a respectful distance.

No one overstepped the bounds.

From childhood to adulthood, nothing he learned, saw, or thought taught him to be rude before marriage.

Marriage is not only about love, but also about commitment and responsibility, and mutual respect and trust.

This is not only a sign of respect for Runye, but also a sign of respect for himself.

To be a good person, you must first respect yourself before you can earn the respect of others.

But this...

That doesn't mean he wouldn't think about it, especially since he had already brought Runye home to meet his parents, and she was taking a shower next door.

Yang Zhiyuan is a normal man; he wouldn't have any thoughts about this.

Then he has no need to date, get married, or have children. Why would someone so heartless need a woman? It's just creating trouble for himself!

Chapter 544 Family Banquet: A Proper Marriage is Essential

I took a relaxing bath, washing away all my fatigue.

She only realized as she was about to leave that she hadn't brought a change of clothes.

The main problem was that he was in a daze after getting off the bus.

I came in in a daze, and now I'm dumbfounded.

After waiting for a long time, Zhiyuan figured it should be about time.

Before she could hear anything, she curiously knocked on the window next door, "Runye, are you alright?"

"without…"

"It's good that you're alright. Are you done washing up? The food will be ready soon."

“…Zhiyuan.”

"what!"

"I forgot my clothes... could you please put them in for me..."

When she came out again, Runye had changed into a floral cotton-padded jacket, dark blue trousers, and small leather shoes.

Yang Zhiyuan, standing guard at the door next door, laughed and said, "It's really beautiful."

Runye tugged at her hem and said, "Really? It looks really good?"

Yang Zhiyuan said confidently, "It's really beautiful."

Yingzi called out from inside the courtyard, asking Zhiyuan to help serve the dishes; it was time to eat.

The two of them ran towards the backyard, one after the other, their faces beaming with smiles.

After several trips back and forth, and with all the dishes laid out on the table, Runye finally had a chance to look around at the room's furnishings.

The main room was decorated like a private room in Tianxia Manor, with a large round table in the center and the stove against the wall on the right converted into a conversation room.

There are two single sofas, a small table, and a bookshelf on the side.

In the suite to the right of the dining table, there are two sofas on each of the three walls, and a square table in the middle.

It's convenient whether you're having a conversation or need to set up another table if there are too many people.

Do all your family members love reading?

Runye went to the bookshelf, took out a book, and flipped through a few pages.

She can see books everywhere; even when she was taking a shower, she saw an unfinished book lying face down on the table.

"That must have been put there by my sister, Zhiyi. She should be back soon."

Just then, a voice came from outside, "Brother, brother~ is that you back? Where's my sister-in-law!"

Yang Zhiyuan turned around and glanced at Runye, who gave him a shy look, her pink face as if she had applied face powder.

She, however, was very open and generous, and came up to him, taking his arm as they walked out, saying, "Zhiyi."

Seeing Runye next to her brother, Zhiyi came over and hugged her tightly: "Sister-in-law, you are so beautiful."

With just one simple sentence, Runye felt at ease.

She had previously worried that her sister-in-law might be difficult to talk to, as the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been a major problem.

She was terrified the whole way because of this.

Now, Runye's heart is completely at ease.

She is so lucky to have met this family.

Once everyone had arrived, Yang Zhiyuan and Runye stood up and opened the bag on the ground: "Dad, Mom, these are gifts that Runye's family brought for us."

"This is tea, and these are some local snacks... These are flower-shaped steamed buns that Aunt Runye made herself; they got a little bruised on the way here."

"Cigarettes, alcohol, home-harvested walnuts, and this..."

Yang Zhiyuan handed the bag of things wrapped in cloth directly to his mother.

Zhiyi, curious, reached out to grab it and asked, "Brother, what's this?"

Zhiyuan raised his hand and slapped her hand away, saying, "This is for Dad, don't touch it."

Yingzi opened the package, glanced at it, then wrapped it up again, her smile unchanged, and said, "Okay, please thank Runye's family for me when you get back."

“Auntie, these are just some of our own things, they’re not worth much,” Runye replied with a sweet smile.

Yang Zhiyuan then took out two more bottles of liquor and cigarettes and placed them in front of Sha Zhu: "Uncle He, this is for you."

Sha Zhu looked at the things in front of him and asked in surprise, "There's one of mine too?"

Zhiyuan nodded without saying a word. Seeing his expression, Runye continued, "Zhiyuan often mentions you, saying that you always cooked delicious food for him when he was a child."

"When I was about to come back, I specifically told Uncle He that you like to drink, so I specially picked out the best wine to bring back."