I'm The Hard Rice King

Chapter 347 Parents, you want a second child?

With the development of the times, almost everyone is certain of one problem: the flavor of the year is getting weaker and weaker.

Nowadays, the seven days taken off during the Chinese New Year holidays are almost the same as the usual double holidays for people, and the experience is even worse than the double holidays.

After all, there are few things more unlucky than working seven days in a row the week before Chinese New Year.

In the final analysis, the reason why the taste of the new year has faded is due to some side effects caused by the gradual disintegration of agricultural social communities and farming culture. It may also be the alienation of capital from the overall human society. The working people in most families are The individual way is integrated into the capitalist mode of production, the pace speeds up, and the emotional connection between people weakens, causing all festivals to become more commercial...Capitalism turns people into ghosts!

The most important thing may be that we have grown up as a group of children.

Because when they grow up, they can no longer go around in small groups with firecrackers like they did when they were children; because when they grow up, they can no longer pay New Year greetings to their elders and ask for New Year's money and New Year's gifts like they did before. Instead, they need to spend money on their families. Buy New Year's goods and give red envelopes to the younger generation; because when they grow up, they can no longer play around with runny noses and bubbles as carefree as they did when they were children. They need to step up and cook and become the main force in housework.

As people grow up, they have responsibilities.

Happiness disappears, anxiety increases, and the flavor of the year naturally fades. They even feel like they are one year older. They are vaguely worried about whether their income will increase next year and whether they can pay off their mortgage and car loans. Their anxiety prompts them to enjoy the New Year holiday flawlessly.

"It's so miserable. Why do we have to celebrate the New Year?"

Li Peifeng is also helpless about this, especially since his birthday falls on the Spring Festival. This has resulted in him rarely enjoying the candle-blowing part of his birthday since he was a child. He can't even eat cake, but can only eat dumplings.

Moreover, since Li Peifeng went to college at the age of 18, he has not received any new year's money from his parents because he can already make money.

Every Spring Festival is his birthday, and the taste of the year becomes weaker every year. Without the new year's money, birthdays are not celebrated with enthusiasm, which is just adding insult to injury.

There were still three or four days before New Year's Eve. Li Peifeng returned from her grandma and grandpa's house. She couldn't help but post a complaint on WeChat Moments. Some friends from [Chasing Scum Girl Group] saw it and left messages expressing concern. Another girl specially sent a red envelope to Li Peifeng, which actually included Gulina Zha.

"Take it to buy some candy."

The maximum red envelope is only 200 yuan. After being baptized by a watch worth 1.5 million yuan, Li Peifeng's horizons have also been broadened. He actually looked down on this small amount of money and did not click to receive it. He chatted with Gulinazha and ignored her. other side.

"Ding~ding~"

Xu Manying and Huang Tianxuan, who were closer to him, not only did not give him a red envelope, but also sent messages to criticize him.

Xu Manying: "Withdraw immediately, don't think I don't know you are fishing!!"

Huang Tianxuan: "The fishhook was thrown into my mouth. You are such a badass. You used to ask for red envelopes in the book club group, but now you ask for them directly in the circle of friends? Are you building a nest for your own fish pond again?"

"You can really relate."

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Li Peifeng deleted this circle of friends. The two girls gave up and took the initiative to mention his birthday and asked Li Peifeng how he planned to celebrate his birthday.

"Eat some dumplings to celebrate the Spring Festival together. Don't worry about me. If you are happy, I will be happy too."

Li Peifeng responded like this. After all, February 1st is a special day. The girls have to spend the New Year at home with their families. It is unnecessary and too troublesome to come all the way just to celebrate his birthday with him.

Huang Tianxuan: "Okay, anyway, I gave you the gift in advance when I was in Hangzhou, so I celebrated your birthday in advance."

Li Peifeng: "Yeah, thank you, wife, for the watch."

After replying, I looked at the other person, but Xu Manying fell into silence, as if she really didn't want to celebrate Li Peifeng's birthday, and someone Li connected with her heart to heart, feeling that Miss Xu was still angry about "receiving certificates in order", No further questions were asked.

[The stinking bastard is quite self-aware. If you have the nerve to ask me for a birthday gift, I will let Yueyue buy 250 yuan of firecrackers to blow you up...]

Li Peifeng: "The two hundred and fifty firecrackers are almost interesting, but the five hundred and two firecrackers might scare me."

Xu Manying: "Don't eavesdrop on my inner thoughts!!"

Li Peifeng: "But as long as I think about my wife, I can connect with you. It seems that I can only restrain myself from missing you. I will try my best to restrain myself..."

Xu Manying: “(angry) Don’t miss me!!!”

Li Peifeng: "(Speechless) What do you want me to do?"

Xu Manying: "...Husband, you and Yueyue drive to the capital. I will celebrate the New Year with you and let your uncles and aunts come too."

Li Peifeng: "It's impossible. Who doesn't spend the Chinese New Year at home? I know why you are anxious. Wait until after the Chinese New Year. I will return to Beijing early to meet your parents."

Xu Manying: "What's the use of coming by yourself? Let your uncles and aunts come too. I will announce your plan in front of two families. If they agree to you marrying four wives, I will agree."

Li Peifeng: "...If you want me to die, you can just blow me up with firecrackers. There is no need to go to a lot of trouble."

Xu Manying: "I am your first girlfriend!!"

Li Peifeng suddenly understood why Xu Manying was angry. It turned out that he was angry about the order of receiving the certificate? That would be easy.

"But Qing Ge is older, and the order of marriage doesn't mean anything. The marriage certificate doesn't show the number of marriages. Although you are the third one, as long as we don't reveal it, no one will know. The other party Don’t worry, this won’t make my love for you less, Man Ning, I love you~”

"roll!"

Faced with Xu Manying's remarks, Li Peifeng also made some quibbles. He had to admit that he could not be absolutely fair.

Among the four girls, Li Peifeng is indeed more inclined to Zhao Qingge, because of Lao Zhao's age, personality, identity, appearance, family... Anyway, various reasons combined have led to this imbalance, making him want a third One and Zhao Qingge received the certificate.

In the end, Li Peifeng thought that if he didn't put Zhao Qingge first, Lao Zhao would never agree to get a marriage certificate with him who was married for the second, third or even fourth time. No matter what Li Peifeng explained, Zhao Duoduo would never agree, and turned around and left without even thinking about it.

This woman is very principled, referred to as stubborn.

And the attitude of the other three towards this order of obtaining certificates is definitely not as tough as Zhao Qingge.

What does this mean? The value of the united front represented by Zhao Duoduo is extremely high! !

The value of the united front is high, so they are destined to receive preferential treatment. As for the other three, since they are reluctant to die, they can only be wronged.

"Because of you and I are blown by the cold wind~ shed tears when I'm lonely~"

"Someone asked me what is right and wrong ~ tell me what is right and wrong..."

"Dingle bell bell bell~"

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Peifeng had just released a playing and singing video on Douyin, the phone rang, and the caller was Zhao Qingge.

He was somewhat surprised. The two had phone sex two days ago. After Li Peifeng took the opportunity to ask for the certificates in turn, Zhao Qingge became very angry and stopped contacting him. Why did he take the initiative to call now?

"Hello?"

When he was puzzled, Li Peifeng connected the phone, and Zhao Qingge took the initiative to ask, "Isn't your birthday on the Spring Festival?"

"…right."

"How are you going to live?"

Li Peifeng was flattered: "No, no, I'm very happy if you remember my birthday."

Zhao Qingge said calmly, "Do you want a birthday present?"

The anger dissipated so quickly?

Li Peifeng thought about it, and said with a smile: "I think so, of course I do, what are you going to give me?"

Zhao Qingge spoke concisely and to the point: "Check the mailbox."

Mailbox, gift in the mailbox? What could it be? A love poem written by Lao Zhao? Or a song you sang yourself?

"Hold on."

Li Peifeng was puzzled and looking forward to it. He sat in front of the computer and clicked on TT to check the latest email. It was sent by Zhao Qingge. There is a document in the attachment...

"Translate that English article and give it to me before the first day of junior high school."

Zhao Qingge's words stunned Li Peifeng: "...Aren't you going to give me a birthday present?"

"Look at the text of the email."

Email body?

There are two paragraphs of text in the middle of the entire email, but the font is very small, and because it is in the middle of the page, Li Peifeng just found the attachment and scrolled it directly to the bottom. He did not notice that there were still two paragraphs in the email;

——

"The sunlight gilds you with maturity, and the moonlight adds wisdom to you. As your birthday approaches, may the blessings of your friends gather into a source of happiness for you. I wish you a happy birthday and success in your studies."

"—Translate the following 18,000-word English document, and you will get a birthday reward for improving your English."

——

I thought I would at least have an e-card! ! ! The result... is it damaged or not?

Li Peifeng resisted the urge to complain and kept a calm expression: "Can I not want this reward?"

Zhao Qingge's tone was very light: "Of course you can choose to refuse my gift, but you still have to translate the article because you are now my student."

Of course, I am your closed disciple, the kind who does whatever the teacher has to do and nothing else to do! !

Li Peifeng gritted his teeth and accepted the offer: "Then I'd better accept it."

Zhao Qingge hummed and reminded: "Remember to send it to me before the first day of junior high school."

"Okay, is there anything else?"

Zhao Qingge was silent for a moment and said, "You haven't said thank you yet."

Why should I thank you? Is it because of the insincere birthday greeting you sent me, or is it because of the new winter vacation homework you gave me? ! !

Li Peifeng protested with silence.

But Zhao Qingge didn't take it seriously: "I have been choosing this gift for a long time and spent a lot of thought to choose such a difficult document with a large vocabulary for you to improve your English. If you are not satisfied, I You can change it to a more difficult one..."

Li Peifeng rolled his eyes and interrupted: "Thank you for your birthday gift, hang up!"

I endured the calm for a while, but took a step back and became more and more angry the more I thought about it.

Of the four girls, three couldn't stay with him and got an extra winter vacation homework as a birthday present.

After hanging up the phone, Li Peifeng felt more and more uncomfortable. This feeling was suppressed in his heart, prompting him to post a new circle of friends to express his feelings.

But this time Li Peifeng was smarter. He set the four girls to be invisible and added a nude photo that he had previously sent to Yun Xinyuexing, but the size was not that large, with a simple sentence;

“After all, it’s me alone who bears everything!”

Soon, a lot of new messages were added to the bottom. Most of them were former female friends or members of the scumbag girl chasing group. Li Peifeng focused on typing, only glanced at it occasionally, and did not choose to reply.

Li Peifeng, who is about to turn 24, still has no birthday to celebrate as usual. He is somewhat regretful, but he is also trying to find ways to comfort himself.

Celebrating birthdays is the same as celebrating the New Year. The older you get, the less interesting it becomes. It’s really nothing easy to do. The Spring Festival is already here, so why bother buying a cake and lighting candles to celebrate a birthday? Just to make a wish that is destined to never come true, and double remind yourself that you are old. One year old?

…………

"You've aged another year."

On January 31st, at 8 o'clock on New Year's Eve, a family of three was watching the opening song and dance of the Spring Festival Gala on the TV while making dumplings. Li Qiyuan suddenly expressed such emotion.

"so~peng~so~peng~"

Thousands of lights outside the window, firecrackers and fireworks kept ringing, the reflected glass flickered on and off, and the sound could be clearly heard even indoors. Li Peifeng also spoke with a louder volume: "Bu Lao, I see you and my mother are two He’s still a lot younger.”

Yu Huizhi wrapped the dough slowly with one hand and stuffing in the other, with a smile on her face: "It seems to be a little bit, the health medicine you gave us is really useful."

Li Qiyuan nodded slightly: "Indeed, I thought it was a psychological effect at first, but after taking it for two weeks, I not only felt that my mental state was stronger, but I also found that the crow's feet on your mother's face have also faded."

"The skin has also become tender!" Yu Huizhi added: "A lot of your dad's hair roots were white before, but recently I see it has grown black again! Your aunt even praised me for being at least four or five years younger."

Li Peifeng said with a smile: "Okay, if it works, then continue taking it and finish all the medicine. Maybe your parents will be able to have a second child by then, so I have to remind you not to accidentally kill anyone." Be prepared before you act..."

"Shut up."

Li Qiyuan scolded: "Watch your TV!" Then he glanced at Yu Huizhi, whose face was slightly red, and his eyes evaded.

Because of the latest [Acute Hearing] transformation, in the past week, Mr. Li has heard some things he shouldn't have heard every night, which is very annoying! !

Come every night for seven days in a row. How often is this? The old couple actually started to fall in love like young people!

The reason why my parents' bodies are once again glowing with spring is naturally attributed to the [Purple Ginseng and Polygonum Multiflorum] given to them by Li Peifeng. After experiencing the extraordinary effects of this medicine, the two elders asked Li Peifeng if it could still be purchased and wanted him to buy it again. They bought some, but Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi were deceived on the grounds that the old Chinese medicine doctor who sold his medicine had passed away and the prescriptions and medicinal materials had been lost, which was contrary to the ancestor's decision. Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi were deceived.

However, if similar medicines are drawn in the lottery later, Li Peifeng still plans to give them to them. After all, the second elder is in good health, so he can rest assured to wander outside. If the second elder has an illness, Li Peifeng, the only son, will be in trouble. Heart.

"This is the live broadcast of the 2122 Spring Festival Gala. We and the people of all ethnic groups across the country welcome the arrival of the Renyin Year of the Tiger..."

The firecrackers outside have not stopped since the afternoon. The opening song and dance of the Spring Festival Gala ended. After several hosts came out, there was another wave of more violent firecrackers outside. Right now, this small Ningyuan City is full of flickering lights and Despite the smoke, the family was chatting about home affairs inside the house.

"Your mother and I are going to Sanya Maodong in the third grade of junior high school. Will you come with us or stay at home?"

Li Peifeng was slightly startled: "Ah, I won't go. You guys can go on your honeymoon. I might go back to school early... Hey, has the new building been decorated?"

Li Qiyuan nodded and said: "It's all over. There is no need to buy furniture. The ones given by Qingge are enough, but they still need to be tasted."

"The decoration is all environmentally friendly materials, but your dad and I still plan to move in in half a year."

"If you really want to live there, wait until next fall. Once the temperature rises in summer, harmful gases such as formaldehyde will evaporate."

"Yes, if we move there in the fall, you will probably be able to graduate early by then."

"Fengfeng, your dad and I are still a little worried. You will graduate in one semester..."

Yu Huizhi's hand in making dumplings paused slightly, and she looked at Li Peifeng with sincere eyes: "Now that the matter has come to this, what do you think?"

"About the four of them, you don't plan to tell us any more?" Li Qiyuan, who was rolling the noodles, also stopped his rolling pin, and said in a deep thought: "Anyway, you have to come up with a charter and tell us about it. Your mother and I will also I can give you some advice.”

The topic circled around and turned to his emotional issues again.

Li Peifeng was silent for a moment and sighed: "To be honest, parents, this is what I want to do..."

In the end, he told his parents his plan to get the certificates one by one and get married one by one.

There was no way, even if Li Peifeng wanted to hide it, he couldn't. Because before he marries four girls, Li Yu and his wife must at least meet with the parents of the girls, right?

He is not an orphan. He has both parents. How can a child be married and the parents of both parties never meet? Even if we don’t meet before the wedding, the groom’s parents must be present during the ceremony, right?

Therefore, the plan to obtain certificates in sequence requires the cooperation of the two elders. This cooperation is difficult to say and easy to say...

"It's very simple. When the time comes, parents, you will forget the relationship between me and the other three people, and just chat and get along with their parents normally. Hey, do you understand amnesia? You can have selective amnesia like me before!"

"When seeing Zhao Qingge's parents, forget Xu Manying, Wu Wenyue, Huang Tianxuan, all the memories of these three people, the same is true when meeting Xu Manying..."

Under the increasingly weird looks in Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi's eyes, Li Peifeng's voice became lower and lower, and finally he became silent.

"husband."

Yu Huizhi raised her head and looked at Li Qiyuan who was standing, and said with difficulty: "Do I remember that there was a statement in the newspaper about severing the parent-child relationship?"

Li Qiyuan pursed his lips: "That has no legal basis."

"…This is how to do?"

Yu Huizhi's hands were trembling, but she didn't seem to notice it, and kept chanting as if she lost her soul: "What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?!"

Li Peifeng whispered: "If you want me to say that you should have a second child, I will tell the parents that my mother is pregnant and my father is taking care of my mother. You don't have to come forward and it's fine."

"Pa~"

Li Qiyuan angrily hit the panel with a rolling pin and said angrily: "You little beast, are you done yet?"

"Dingling bell~"

Just as tensions were rising, Li Peifeng's mobile phone placed on the dining table rang the ringtone of a video call...

The caller is He Yimeng!

"Slip away."

Li Peifeng immediately got up, picked up his cell phone and walked into the bedroom. If he didn't run away at this time, he would be easily beaten.

The new body with strengthened muscles and bones would definitely be able to withstand beatings, but he didn't plan to test it out, there was no need!

"..."

The husband and wife in the living room were silent for a moment, Yu Huizhi seemed to have just recovered, hesitated to speak, and looked puzzled: "Who called him just now? I don't think the names on the screen are the four of them."

Li Qiyuan's fingers tightened on the rolling pin, and finally his face turned livid: "It should be the fifth one... right?!"

(End of chapter)