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Chapter 394 Our Mom

Author: Hometown Three Thousand Miles

Chapter 394 Our Mom

"Boss? Isn't my boss Feng Xi?" Bai Xiaoling perked up, "Doesn't she have any private matters that she can't tell?"

"Um..." Yan Xin was stunned for a moment, "What I mean is that you should pay attention to confidentiality and don't say something that is not suitable to be said. I want you to have that sense of confidentiality, so as not to offend others accidentally or even violate the law.

She has complied with the relevant laws and regulations, which does not mean that she has something private that cannot be disclosed. This is two different things."

Bai Xiaoling sighed, a little disappointed: "Is that so... I thought you knew some little-known things about her..."

Yan Xin scolded her: "Girls shouldn't be so gossipy, don't inquire about things you shouldn't inquire about, and don't understand things you shouldn't understand."

"Brother, you are wrong about this," Bai Xiaoling said with a smile, "Why do you think those gossips are called bastards? Isn't it because we women like to inquire about these things? This is the talent of us women

instinct."

"But that's not a good habit. Saying anything outside will bring disaster to you." Yan Xin said.

Seeing that he was serious, Bai Xiaoling was embarrassed to smile, and said to him with a serious expression: "Brother, don't worry, I won't talk nonsense. Even if I know something, I won't say it."

Yan Xin said: "You must remember that this is not just lip service."

Bai Xiaoling raised a hand to him and made an oath gesture: "Brother, believe me, I promise not to talk nonsense."

Yan Xin didn't really believe it, but he didn't have any better way.

He had already said what needed to be said. If Bai Xiaoling still talked nonsense, there was nothing he could do.

After moving all the things in the trunk to his home, he originally wanted to park the car in the parking garage.

This small villa had a parking garage built from the beginning, which can accommodate two cars.

But after looking at the garage, I gave up the idea very depressedly.

Because it's full of stuff.

This parking garage is divided into two rooms, but both rooms are full of things.

There were bags of cotton piled in one room, and chopped firewood piled in another.

In addition, some farm tools were placed.

The Yan family doesn't have much land to grow cotton, it's just over an acre, so it's impossible to pile up that much.

Most of them come from Bai Xiaoling's family.

Their family lives under a river embankment, and the terrain in that area is relatively flat, which is more suitable for cotton production.

This time, the mother and daughter moved over. The house over there was given to the Bai family, and the land over there was also given to the Bai family. However, the grain and cotton grown in the land were all brought over, and

Furniture and farm tools at home.

When two families merged into one, not only two people came, but also all the valuable and worthless things were brought over.

Yan Xin felt helpless when he saw that the garage was full of people. He could only pull over and try his best not to interfere with other people's business.

Although he is rich now and doesn't care about the few things stuffed in the garage, after all, the elders have earned it through hard work, so he can't say that he has thrown away these things.

Fortunately, after the two families merged, all the fields owned by the Bai family were thrown away. Now the two families farm the same land, and they are not so tired.

He thought that when the time was right, he should improve his financial strength in front of them, so that they could rest assured about the future and not work so hard.

Needless to say, the chopping ones were the masterpieces of his father. When he had nothing to do, he liked to chop firewood, then bundle them into bundles and pile them up.

In the past, they were stacked under the eaves, but they would get wet when it rained. Now that we have a garage like this, we can simply put them in the garage and they won't get wet.

This can't be blamed on his father, but mainly on Yan Xin himself. It's obviously his own car, but it has to be said that he borrowed the boss's car. In his father's heart, he doesn't have a car. If he doesn't have a car, it would be a bit awkward to have a garage there.

It's wasted, but it would be good to use it to store some miscellaneous items.

Yan Xin actually doesn't want his father to continue burning firewood.

It's a bit baffling to build a small villa and continue to burn firewood.

But his father was reluctant to let him burn coal, let alone gas, and Yan Xin was a little worried.

Obviously there is a kitchen inside the villa, but in order to prevent the villa from being blackened by the smoke and fire caused by burning firewood, an independent kitchen was built next to the villa.

In this way, the oil fumes will not enter the home, but it will look ugly from the outside.

Although this villa is still the most beautiful house in the village, Yan Xin feels quite awkward every time he sees it.

But there is no way. This house is mainly lived in by his father, and his father also uses the kitchen. He can only adapt to his father's living habits.

Now we can only hope that Wu Xiuhong can be more open-minded and not frugal like his father, but can be more willing to live a better life.

Due to his father's frugal habit, even if he sent over ten thousand or eight thousand dollars every month, his father would not be willing to use it himself, and would only save it for him to use when he marries a wife in the future.

Even if he marries a wife, he will still save it for him to raise his children in the future.

It is difficult for a person who has been poor and frugal his whole life to change his mindset.

Although Wu Xiuhong is also known as a diligent and thrifty housekeeper in the village, she is not as good as her father.

And at that time, there were many difficulties in running a household frugally. The main problem was that one daughter had to go to school. If she was not frugal, she would not be able to afford it.

Now that we no longer have that burden and our family conditions are more relaxed, we may not be able to save as much.

The concept cannot be changed for a while, but as long as they can be sure that the conditions at home are very good, they can gradually change.

Wu Xiuhong and Bai Xiaoling moved here some time ago.

Moving this house was not easy. According to Bai Xiaoling, it only took two or three days to move all those things.

I couldn't bear to call a cart to pull it, so I used a cart to pull it and rented an ox as a coolie.

If it was according to her mother's wishes, it would take another day - her mother also wanted to bring over the bed and wardrobe.

This was dissuaded by Bai Xiaoling - there were beds in every bedroom of the Yan family, and they were all new beds, as well as newly built wardrobes. There was no need to bring in things that had been used for ten or twenty years.

And after I got it, there was no place to put it.

It's better to give it to those in need.

In the end, she didn't give it away to others for free. Her mother still found a way to sell it. Although it didn't cost much, it was still better than giving it away for free.

Her mother had brought all the tools for making tofu and placed them in the kitchen.

Tables and chairs were also brought over, as well as pots and pans - in fact, they were not very necessary, but the two old men just couldn't see such waste and had no choice.

Bai Xiaoling was also speechless about this.

Yan Xin was a little curious: "I have brought all the things to make tofu here, is your mother still thinking about making tofu and selling it?"

"What's your mother and my mother? That's our mother." Bai Xiaoling corrected him.

Then he added: "I also asked her, and I said that life is not so difficult now, and there is no need to make tofu and sell it. Our mother said that she has not thought about selling tofu for the time being. She brought these things here because she was thinking about something.

When you want to eat sometimes, you can make some yourself. Then when you really have nothing to do, you can also make some and sell it."

If you don’t want to sell tofu for the time being, that’s fine.

Making tofu for sale is hard work, and Yan Xin doesn't want his stepmother to do such a thing.

It's not that he feels sorry for his stepmother.

Frankly speaking, although Yan Xin did a good job in terms of appearance, in his heart, the mother and daughter were both outsiders, and he didn't care how they lived.

He just didn't want his father to suffer the same fate.

Making tofu is very hard, and making tofu alone is even harder. When there is help, you will definitely find someone to help.

Even if Bai Xiaoling no longer studies, she still has to help her mother make tofu.

His father is married to Wu Xiuhong, and they are a couple. The wife gets up to work before dawn, and the husband cannot continue to sleep there. He has to get up to help anyway, and he may have to do the heaviest and most tiring work.

.

That's not good.

If he wants his father to live a more leisurely life, he must let his stepmother live a more leisurely life, and he must also let his half-sister Bai Xiaoling live a good life.

If one person here is unhappy, then no one else will be happy.

Yan Xin still understands this truth.

The saying that you have nothing to do and sell tofu is just a saying.

If there ever comes a day when I am short of money, I will have to rely on this to make money.

Yan Xin decided that this time he must raise his salary level in front of his father, and then send some money to them every month as pocket money to prevent them from feeling like they don't have enough money.

It’s okay to cook it occasionally. If you cook a little and eat it yourself, you can eat with more confidence.

One thing to say, the tofu made by this stepmother is quite good, and it tastes better than the ones sold outside.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, I chatted with Bai Xiaoling about what happened at home during this period, and asked which relatives had been invited over.

They were going to form a new family. Everyone in the village knew about it, and all the relatives who needed to know knew about it. Yan's father also took the mother and daughter to visit a few relatives, and Bai Xiaoling basically got to know those people.

If you don’t know it, then there is nothing you need to know.

During the chat, Bai Xiaoling didn't stop talking and just ate snacks.

Yan Xin couldn't help but said to her: "It's not good to eat too many snacks. Girls should pay attention to maintaining their body shape and not getting fat."

Bai Xiaoling laughed in surprise: "How can there be so many snacks for me to get fat? That is to say, you came back and brought food. Usually I don't have money to buy snacks. Now my mother gives me a little money, and all the money is eaten.

I used it to recharge my phone bill."

With mobile phones, mobile phones are a fixed consumption item.

Although her monthly mobile phone consumption is only a few dozen yuan, her monthly pocket money is only a few dozen yuan.

In order to support this mobile phone, she became penniless.

Yan Xin also laughed: "It's so pitiful! But it doesn't matter. When this matter with them is over, you can go to work in the capital. By then, you will earn more than the two of them.

Spend as much as you want."

Bai Xiaoling held a lollipop in her mouth, her eyes filled with resentment:

"How can I earn as much as I want and spend as much as I can? Before I even went out to look for a job, my mother told me that she wanted me to transfer half of my salary to her."

"Why?" Yan Xin was surprised.

"She said I couldn't save money and she wanted to save it for me to use as a dowry later." Bai Xiaoling said depressedly, "Brother, you said I'm pretty, but do I have to pay a dowry at home before I can get married?

?Obviously they are just looking for an excuse to steal my hard-earned money! Huh, my daughter is so beautiful, the bride price can make her a fortune, and she is targeting my salary. I think she is more exploitative than a capitalist."

Here, a daughter is not married without a dowry, but generally speaking, the dowry is just a few quilts.

On the contrary, the bride price is quite high.

Based on the current economic level, it takes about ten years for a family to save a daughter-in-law - this is the average level.

Those whose families are in difficulty may not be able to save enough money to marry a wife in twenty years.

Either stay single, or marry a woman with flaws or a divorced woman. Anyway, she has to be the kind that is unsalable in the marriage market.

However, when a wealthy family marries their daughter, they will still pay a relatively generous dowry, which can be equal to the bride price given by the man, and they will not keep the groom's bride price as their own.

This is of course more respectable, but this kind of respect is something only wealthy people can have.

Many poor families who have raised daughters rely on marrying off their daughters to improve their family's conditions, or to save money for their sons' bride price.

If there are more wealthy families living in the town, it will be more respectable.

But in rural areas, most people are still not decent. The dowry is just a few quilts, and usually it is made with money given by the groom’s family, so there is no need to prepare it yourself.

No wonder Bai Xiaoling didn't believe it.

However, Yan Xin did not believe that Wu Xiuhong wanted to embezzle her money and said with a smile: "Your mother said so..."

Bai Xiaoling glanced at him: "Brother, it's our mother."

"Well, our mother," Yan Xin said, "for our mother to say such a thing, she must have planned to do this. Think about it, she has worked so hard for you to study and raised you so big all these years."

, isn’t it all for you? If I were as selfish as you said and just after your money, there would be no need to work so hard these years.”

Bai Xiaoling pouted: "You do speak up for her."

"My dad also treated me like that, so I can understand that if you are really an irresponsible parent, you are not like that." Yan Xin said.

There is a ready-made example, that is Feng Xi’s parents.

That is really turning my daughter into a cash cow.

However, this example cannot be cited to Bai Xiaoling, because now Feng Chen is not dead and has become the boss of a company. Feng Xi has also become a talented woman from Peking University who started her own business. The Feng family's parents do not have a stage to show such faces.

Bai Xiaoling didn't know how her mother treated her, but she just felt a little unhappy thinking about having to pay half of her salary after going to work.

He said depressedly: "I hope that's the case, otherwise my hard-earned money..."

As he spoke, his face became bitter.

But she didn't plan to not pay half of her salary.

Yan Xin smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. When the time comes... well, if our mother can't come up with the dowry, I, as your brother, will give it to you."

Bai Xiaoling finally became happy and said: "Brother, you are really good."

His face suddenly turned red and he said again: "Brother, you are such a good person. If any woman can marry you, it will really be a tribute to her ancestors."

Yan Xin smiled: "No, I'm just an ordinary person."

Thinking: "She doesn't know that I am in two different situations. This shouldn't be a mockery of me."

But I have been a scumbag and received such excessive praise, and I still feel a little bit ashamed of my moral incompetence.

Then I thought: "Just say me, why are you blushing?"

Thinking about it this way, I felt a little uneasy.

It's dangerous to stay in the bedroom with Bai Xiaoling, he knows it.

But I didn't expect that sitting in the living room on the first floor also smelled a little dangerous.

He took out his mobile phone and said: "I don't know if my parents have bought groceries. It won't be easy for them to come back. How about I call and ask them where they are now, and I will drive to pick them up."

"No need," Bai Xiaoling said, "They both went there on bicycles. It's only a few miles away, and it doesn't take too long to get back. You don't need to drive there."

"Then let me make a call and ask where they are now?" Yan Xin said.

"It's not necessary," Bai Xiaoling still shook her head, "What if they are on their way back now, riding their bicycles, and suddenly they feel your phone call and frighten them so much that they fall down?"

Yan Xin thought about the scene for a while, and finally put down the phone: "You are right, then I won't make any calls."

But he still felt that it was not good to sit alone in the living room with Bai Xiaoling, so he stood up and said to Bai Xiaoling:

"It's a rare occasion when I come back and I go out for a walk. If my parents come back, tell them that I went out to play."

Bai Xiaoling also stood up: "Let's go for a walk together. I'm bored staying at home."

Yan Xin felt depressed: "But I just don't want to be with you."

But he couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he could only smile and said: "Then let's go out for a walk."

I thought to myself: "No matter what, it's better to be outside than inside. She is always embarrassed to do some excessive actions outside, right?"

The two of them went out. Bai Xiaoling locked the door. When she saw the car parked on the side, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Brother, it's rare that you drive back this time. How about we go for a drive?"

Yan Xin had no idea of ​​driving with her, and shook his head: "Forget it today, I'm quite tired from driving all the way here, so I don't want to drive for the moment. My parents are going to get the certificate tomorrow, and I'll take you to the county town to play.

Just play.”

Bai Xiaoling felt depressed: "But I just want to be with you."

But there was still a smile on his face: "Okay, brother."

(End of chapter)