Siheyuan: Domineering life

Chapter 515: Do you still want to take over the house?

"Brother, happy new year!"

"Brother, get up quickly."

"Brother, bring me the red envelope."

New Year's Day.

At dawn in the morning, there was a knock on Yang Jun's door.

Yang Jun felt so troubled.

It was agreed yesterday that you are not allowed to call him before ten o'clock.

It's not even seven o'clock. It's strange that he feels so happy when you call him.

I spent most of the night with someone last night and didn't fall asleep until one o'clock in the morning. Now I wake up feeling very angry.

Yi Qiushui squinted her eyes and pouted,

"Husband, get up quickly, otherwise I won't even be able to sleep in later."

After hearing this, Yang Jun was stunned.

He finally figured out that his younger brothers and sisters were looking for trouble and deliberately tormented him.

"Okay, okay, can't I get up?"

Yang Jun had no choice but to get dressed and get up.

After getting dressed, I took a wad of money and went out.

"What's the ghost screaming? Everyone is screaming."

Yang Jun opened the door to the living room and said with a look of resentment.

"Brother, happy New Year, here is the red envelope."

Yang Mei and her younger brothers and sisters lined up in a row to wish him New Year's greetings in unison.

When Yang Jun saw this, he narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Come on, follow me to the kitchen."

You don’t want me to sleep in, and you don’t want to get the New Year’s red envelope so easily.

There is a stove in the kitchen and it is very warm.

Wang Yuying sat alone in front of the chopping board making dumplings.

People here don’t have the habit of making dumplings in the middle of the night. They say the dumplings made overnight are not fresh.

Therefore, dumplings are basically made on the morning of the first day of junior high school.

When he arrived in the kitchen, Yang Jun took a chair, sat down and crossed his legs.

"bring it on!"

Yang Mei and the others looked at each other, all curled their lips and rolled their eyes at him.

"Brother, you don't want us to kowtow to you in the New Year, do you?"

"What? I'm not worthy of you kowtow?"

Yang Jun's face darkened and he said displeasedly: "A brother is like a father. I enjoy this head for our father. Hurry up."

Except for Yang Mei who looked embarrassed, the others were fine.

Especially Yang Laosi and Yang Laowu, they are eager to kowtow to him right now and say New Year greetings.

At this time, Wang Yuying, who was making dumplings, interrupted and said,
"Your eldest brother is right. He can bear this. Your father is gone. If it weren't for your eldest brother, would you be able to live such a comfortable life?"

"Mei Zi, you don't need to say it. If it weren't for your brother, you would still be wielding a sledgehammer in the workshop. Liu'er, you are also a glorious people's soldier now. Yu'er, needless to say, you are getting paid in the grain store for nothing. Not to mention, your eldest brother also specially hired a tutor to teach you how to study, and Huaier, he will give you whatever you ask for, and the old landlord's life was not as comfortable as him."

"So, your eldest brother can afford this."

After Wang Yuying finished speaking, she heard Yang Mei mutter: "Now I have been sent to the grain store by him."

"Ok?"

Wang Yuying's eyes widened, and Yang Meizhi was so frightened that she couldn't help but take a step back.

"What are you waiting for? Kowtow quickly."

As Wang Yuying shouted loudly, Yang Mei was so frightened that she took the lead and knelt on the ground.

He kowtowed respectfully.

"Brother, happy new year."

When Yang Jun saw this, a smile appeared on his face.

He took out 20 yuan from his pocket and handed it to her.

"Meizi, happy new year."

"Thank you bro."

Yang Mei took the money, pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, you are so stingy. Our mother even gave me 20 yuan as a new year's gift. You can't give it less than my mother, right?"

When Yang Jun heard this, he looked back at Wang Yuying.

Wang Yuying nodded slightly.

"Mom, is the sun coming out in the west?"

In previous years, Wang Yuying gave them lucky money, one or two yuan at most, but now it's better, she gives them twenty as soon as they spend it. Doesn't this make him, the eldest brother, unable to get off the stage?
"What nonsense are you talking about? Why should I keep the money? I won't have to give it all to you in the future." Aunt Wang rolled her eyes.

When Yang Jun heard this, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Okay, let's add another ten dollars each."

"Brother, during the Chinese New Year, good things come in pairs, so I'll add twenty for each person," Yang Liu said.

Yang Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Now these younger brothers and sisters gang up to bully him.

Especially Yangliu and Yangmei, they had long been dissatisfied with themselves and took advantage of the Chinese New Year to kill him severely.

"Okay, as you wish, your eldest brother lacks everything except money."

Yang Jun took out a wad of money and gave each person forty.

Even Liu Zhi and Liu Lanqing have them.

After Yang Mei and the others finished their New Year greetings, Yang Jun stood up and kowtowed three times to Wang Yuying respectfully.

"Mom, happy new year."

Wang Yuying didn't even raise her head. She was wrapping dumplings in her hands and said,

"I received the heartfelt message, but not the red envelope. In addition, you can make up for the New Year's money I gave to your younger brothers and sisters later."

Yang Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this.

"Mom, I'm not like you."

For those who are celebrating the New Year, it is enough to kowtow without getting a red envelope. They also ask him to make up the money, so where can I go to reason with him.

"Hmph, just be content. They didn't even kowtow when they paid me New Year greetings."

Wang Yuying complained.

When Yang Jun heard this, he suddenly felt more balanced.

"Okay, I'll make it up to you later." Then, the family began to wash their hands and help make dumplings.

With the strength of many people, the dumplings were ready in less than half an hour.

Then start cooking the dumplings.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang Jun went back to the room and asked Yi Qiushui to get up.

Then, he took his four and five children to worship God.

The ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven is also very simple, that is, setting up an Eight Immortals table outside your living room.

Five-colored fruits are placed on it, and several bowls are filled with whole grains, begging God to ensure that the family has enough food and clothing in the coming year.

Then burn three sticks of incense, burn some fire paper, and kowtow three times, and the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven is completed.

Of course, before eating dumplings, firecrackers must be set off.

Yang Jun placed a thousand firecrackers on the road in front of his house, took out the matches and prepared to set off the firecrackers.

"Brother, let me come."

Yang Laosi jumped out from behind him, took a stick of incense and went to light the firecrackers.

"Be careful……"

Before I finished speaking, the crackling firecrackers sounded.

Yang Jun quickly picked up Yang Huai, who was about to join in the fun, and ran home in his arms.

As soon as he entered the door, he found that Yang Laosi had gone home before him.

Yang Jun saw this and tapped her with his hand.

"Girls, what kind of firecrackers do you want to set off?"

Judging from her skillful movements, she probably sets off firecrackers a lot.

"Hmph! I want you to take care of it."

Yang Laosi rolled his eyes and disappeared before Yang Jun could get angry.

"Fifth child, don't be like that crazy girl like your fourth sister. Do you know that setting off firecrackers is dangerous?"

Lao Wu Yang Huaigan didn't know what danger was, so he thought it was fun to set off firecrackers.

At this time, because there were no firecrackers, he had an unhappy expression on his face and pouted,

"Got it, big brother."

Yang Jun didn't care if he was happy or not, he just carried him back to eat dumplings.

There are two kinds of fillings for dumplings, one is pork and green onions, and the other is leek and egg.

The leeks were taken out when he gave Mu Sheng the ingredients for the wedding banquet a few years ago.

Dumplings dipped in minced garlic are a perfect match, one bite at a time, not to mention how fragrant it is.

After breakfast, the whole family gathered around to play cards.

It's the kind of money gambling, the game is 'go fast', it's a dime a piece.

It was rare for a family to be so happy, so Yang Jun deliberately lost a lot of money to make his younger brothers and sisters very happy.

Later, Yang Laowu couldn't sit still.

The little guy took his fourth sister out to set off firecrackers. Yang Jun was worried and followed him out.

This era is much more lively than later generations, and the flavor of the year is stronger. Adults and children all have smiles on their faces, and they say hello when they meet.

With the New Year's money, the children all bought firecrackers and set them off to play.

The girl is fine, let's set off a firecracker and listen to it.

Boys are much more naughty. They look at crowded places and throw firecrackers into crowds of people when they are not paying attention, making people scream.

Some children threw firecrackers directly into the public toilet, causing adults to chase them around with their pants up before they could finish solving the problem.

Although Yang Laosi was naughty, he still followed the rules and didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

This girl is a demon who helps her younger brother. When she plays by herself, she doesn't forget to take Yang Huai with her.

The weather today is very good and the temperature is high. Standing under the sun, my whole body is warmed by the sun.

Yang Jun wrapped up his military coat and squatted at the foot of the wall in front of his house, smoking leisurely.

There are many people like him, and everyone lines up under the wall in a dragon gate formation.

Yang Jun didn't know his neighbors, and he didn't bother to join in the fun. He sat there alone, basking in the sun with his eyes half closed.

Not to mention, life like this is quite pleasant.

I don’t know how long it took, but just when he was about to fall asleep, he felt a sudden movement around him, as if someone sat down.
Yang Jun opened his eyes and saw an old man in his late seventies squatting next to him.

Yang Jun had met this man before, and he also lived in this alley. He lived in the third house next to his own house.

"Grandpa, happy new year!"

Yang Jun moved his body and took the initiative to greet him.

"Happy New Year to you, young man."

The old man greeted him with a smile.

After he sat down, Yang Jun took out a cigarette, pulled one out and handed it to him.

The old man was polite, took it, and clamped it on his ear.

Then he took out a cigarette holder from his waist and gestured.

"I smoke this."

Yang Jun was startled.

I didn’t expect that people in the city also smoke pot.

This kind of smoking pot is not the long bamboo stem like in the countryside, but a cigarette holder carved from jade, only as long as a palm.

Yang Jun took a careful look at his cigarette holder.

It can be seen at a glance that this cigarette holder is very expensive.

The cigarette holder has turned dark brown. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that it is made of jade.

Yang Jun was shocked. He didn't expect that this old man had quite good taste. It seemed that his ancestors belonged to a wealthy family that was either rich or noble.

However, on second thought, he was relieved.

Sijiucheng was originally the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties, and the streets were full of dignitaries. Moreover, people here liked literary and entertainment, so it was not surprising to have a jade cigarette holder.

"Old man, what's wrong with you?"

Yang Jun asked after the old man lit the fire.

It was obvious that this old man had something to do with him.

Otherwise, no one would chat with strangers for no reason.

When the old man heard this, he nodded slightly, with an expression of appreciation on his face, and said with squinted eyes,

"Are you still taking the house?"

(End of this chapter)