Metropolis: My Rising Life

"Yingying, what are you doing here? Don't hurry up and help my sister."

Yu Zixi went to cook in the kitchen on the side, while Chen Yi helped the old lady walk into the house and sat on a chair that looked rather shabby.

A family apprentice surrounded by walls, Chen Yi understood for the first time what the word meant. There were no valuable objects in the house, and the only electrical appliance might be the old electric fan.

Thanks to the country, even such a mountain village in the mountains is still powered on, and there are signal base stations nearby.

Although the base station may be a little far apart, the signal of the mobile phone and the network are a little bit different, but at least the signal and the network are still there.

Perhaps only our country can do this, because these base stations are simply losing money. If the communications provider is controlled by capitalists, they will definitely not build such a loss-making thing.

Yu Ziying over there just finished eating the chicken McNuggets that Chen Yi gave him, with sauce at the corner of his mouth.

She stretched out her little fragrant tongue to lick the sauce at the corners of her mouth, and even ate the sauce in the small box of chicken McNuggets.

Those big beautiful clear eyes blinked, and he looked at Chen Yi still intently, with expectations in his eyes.

"Snacks can't be eaten all the time, wait until the meal is over before eating snacks."

Chen Yi reprimanded.

Unexpectedly, one day I will become the most annoying look.

These words were what his parents said to him when he was a child, not always eating snacks, eating more, not always eating meat, eating more vegetables, not always drinking beverages, etc.

I used to think my parents were very annoying, but as I got older, I found out that what my parents said was correct.

The children of the poor are in charge early, and Yu Ziying is very obedient.

Although she was still greedy, she nodded obediently, smiled shyly, showing her white teeth.

The big beautiful eyes still stared at Chen Yi, the elder brother she had never seen before, with a little curious look.

"I see... the mother-in-law, sit here and rest, and I will help my sister."

The little girl looked at Chen Yi again, then turned around and ran to the kitchen.

"Old lady, I'm just such a pair of well-behaved granddaughters, as long as they can be raised well."

Although the old lady has inflexible legs and feet, she is in good physical condition. Seeing the stranger Chen Yi, the parents talked with him briefly.

Her accent is a bit heavy, Chen Yi sounds strenuous, but she can barely understand it.

From the old lady, Chen Yi fully understands Yu Zixi's family situation.

Yu Zixi's parents are just like all the people who live in the North.

Yu Zixi and his sister were not born in this village, but his parents had them when they were working outside.

However, shortly after the birth of her sister, her parents may be emotionally discordant, or her mother felt that her father was too poor to have two children, and eventually divorced.

Yu Zixi's father had to take two children and had to work part-time. One of the children was still swaddling, and he finally sent the two sisters back to their hometown in desperation.

But he himself worked hard outside, sending money back every month.

It may be that Yu Zixi's father worked too hard outside and eventually fell ill and died soon after.(Read more @ mtlarchive.com)

However, because it was impossible to fully determine the work-related injury, the compensation was available but not much, and the whole family was completely transformed into two children and two elderly people.

Moreover, I still live in such a poor mountain village, which shows that my life is poor.

The old man can't farm the land when he is old, and it is even more impossible for the two children to do this job.

Fortunately, Yu Zixi's grandfather is very capable. He is both a carpenter and a cook. He helps the villagers in the street and the people in the nearby villages with some chores. Although he lives in poverty, he can make a living.

It wasn't until grandpa passed away that life really went from bad to worse.

An old lady and two children who were physically impaired simply lost the capital to support their lives. Fortunately, there were also subsistence allowances in rural areas. If it were in ancient times, this family would have been completely over.

"The poverty alleviation cadres are very good. They sent us some poultry when they knew the situation of my family. Even my old lady and two children can raise poultry."

This old lady may have learned something when she was young, she was also very organized, and she also nagged Chen Yi about many things in the village.

For example, most of the villages are elderly and left-behind children, and young people have gone out to work.

Some people who are not too old to be able to farm, such as her old age, really can't do anything.

For example, there are lazy people in the village who neither go out to work nor do farm work, but live on subsistence allowances.

The poultry sent by the poverty alleviation cadre, the lazy man not only did not raise the poultry, but also ate the poultry. The poverty alleviation cadre cried angrily when he knew it.

Chen Yi nodded secretly when he heard this. The country also has poverty alleviation targets. Some sluggards started to behave as hooligans when they knew this.

I only think about taking advantage and don't want to pay any labor. I can only say that this kind of people deserves to be poor, and I can't blame anyone.

After talking with the old lady again, Yu Zixi finally finished cooking, and the two sisters moved a wooden table. Chen Yi wanted to help them but refused.

It may be that there are guests today and the food is a little bit more, but it is only three dishes.

These dishes look very delicate, although it is not like Chen Yi in those Michelin restaurants, the chef puts the dishes to the point of magic.

However, the dishes are also bright in color, which makes the population overflow from the visual sense alone.

It is estimated that it is very rare to find a girl who can cook these dishes in the city.

Yu Zixi said that she is very good at cooking, and now Chen Yi is finally convinced, and she is doing much better than she thought.

"There is nothing good in a mountain village, it can't be compared to a big city, so don't care too much about the doll."

The old lady said with a smile.

"It's okay, I have suffered, and I don't care about it."

Chen Yi smiled and shook his head.

The pots and pans are very old, but they are very clean. Picking up the chopsticks and tasting them lightly, Chen Yi just raised his brow.

"Why, doesn't it meet your appetite? Chen Yi."

Seeing this, Yu Zixi asked cautiously, her joints turned white, and she clung to the chopsticks in her hands, as if she was afraid that Chen Yi would not like it.

On the side, Yu Ziying puts down his chopsticks very quickly, perhaps because he rarely has the opportunity to eat such a sumptuous dish.

It wasn't until her grandma hit her hand that the girl in the third grade slowed down.

"It's delicious, it should be said that it is more delicious than I thought."

Chen Yi gave Yu Zixi an encouraging smile.

What he said was not a lie, except that the taste was a little weaker, the meal tasted without any other major flaws.

It is estimated that the taste is light, and it is also Yu Zixi's habitual fuel-saving and salt-saving.

You have to say that it is incomparable with those Michelin chefs, but it is better than this meal but it is closer to life, with a natural and timeless taste, and more people have the desire to eat.

When she heard Chen Yi's words, Yu Zixi let go of her heart. She smiled shyly and put vegetables in the bowl for Chen Yi, but she ate very little.

This made Chen Yi feel that this girl is really suitable for ordinary people to ask to be a wife.

After eating, there was no entertainment in the countryside, and everyone went to bed very early.

Yu Zixi made the bed for Chen Yi in an unoccupied room. These sheets and quilts were all newly bought by Chen Yi today. It was originally intended for Yu Zixi and the others to use at home, but he did not expect to use them first.

After making the bed, Yu Zixi took the only dilapidated electric fan in her house and placed it in Chen Yi's room.

"It’s cooler at night in the mountains, but if you still feel hot, use this electric fan."

After finishing everything, Yu Zixi lowered his head and stood in front of Chen Yi and whispered.

"Okay, I see, you are tired from taking the car for a day, so go to rest early."

Chen Yi said softly that Yu Zixi's physical fitness was not good. The journey was exhausted. Once she got home, she was cooking and doing this and doing for Chen Yi. She was very tired when she wanted to come.

"Well, then I won't bother you, and you should also take a good rest. This bed may be a bit hard, Chen Yi, you, you can make do with it first."

Yu Zixi said shyly, embarrassed on his face.

"You don't have to worry about me, I'm fine here."

Seeing Chen Yi really didn't seem to be disgusted, Yu Zixi let go and went to live in her sister's house.

The room Chen Yi lives in should be Yu Zixi's boudoir in the past, although this simple room does not look like a girl's boudoir at all.

Chen Yi couldn't sleep so early. He took out his mobile phone and started playing through the unpleasant internet, and found that the dean had uploaded a new video.

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