I asked my wife what yojijukugo she liked while flipping through a book of them. She said this one just as I was looking over the page it was on. That’s the six-fingered hand of Fate right there.

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晴耕雨読
sei.kou.u.doku

Literally: Clear-sky plow rain read.

Alternately: Working outdoors in good weather, reading indoors in bad weather. The traditional ideal lifestyle (including both work and intellectual pursuits). A quiet and fulfilling retirement.

Also, a kind of shōchū