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Chapter 398 Finally a family

Author: Hometown Three Thousand Miles

Chapter 398 Finally a family

Yan Xin slept better that night and went to bed before ten o'clock. When he woke up the next morning, it was only about seven o'clock.

I slept for more than nine hours, which was enough sleep time to replenish my energy.

After washing up, I went downstairs and found breakfast had been prepared by Wu Xiuhong.

Bai Xiaoling got up at this time, and was woken up by her mother. She was a little angry and went to the well to wash her face and brush her teeth.

There is no running water in the village now, and all the people eat are well water. What is better than more than ten years ago is that the wells are all closed and not open like before.

In the middle of winter, the water shaken up from the well is still steaming, which is warmer than the air outside. It's not a big problem to just wash your face and brush your teeth.

The preparation of breakfast was rather perfunctory, and I had to go to the county to register in the morning, so I didn't have much time to prepare, so it was almost enough.

What I ate was rice noodles. This rice noodles was not bought but made by Wu Xiuhong herself. It felt more secure and tasted better than the bought ones.

Many women in the village make their own rice noodles, which are called rice noodles here. They usually make them in winter.

But Dad Yan doesn’t know how to eat rice noodles. If he wants to eat rice noodles, he can only buy them.

This was Yan Xin's first time eating rice noodles made by Wu Xiuhong, and he praised it a few times while eating.

Wu Xiuhong said with a smile: "I made a lot at home. If you like to eat, you can bring some over."

"Then I'm not welcome." Yan Xin said.

It is more suitable to eat this for breakfast.

As a southerner, he is not very accustomed to eating noodles, and would rather eat rice noodles and rice rolls.

After finishing the meal, they cleared away the dishes and went out.

This reflects the convenience of having a car. They don't have to wait for the minibus to go to the county town, they can just take the Yanxin bus.

For a family of four, no problem at all.

The parents sat in the back seat, Yan Xin drove, and Bai Xiaoling sat in the passenger seat.

She was quite excited after getting in the car. Although it was not her first time doing this kind of car, she was still excited.

The last time I took this car, it was someone else's car.

This time it has become my own car, and the feeling is completely different.

She also took out her mobile phone and took some selfies.

Before driving, Yan Xin first made sure that they all fastened their seat belts, and then drove after confirming that everything was correct.

While driving, Bai Xiaoling took photos and recorded videos with her mobile phone. If the memory of her mobile phone was not too small, she would have wanted to take pictures all the way.

In this way, you can show your sense of superiority in front of your friends - not everyone in this era has ridden in such a luxury car, and many people have even never ridden in a small car.

If she has such a video to prove herself, she can appear superior to others and have a higher level of life.

——At first she envied her classmates who could ride in small cars, but now she also wants to be the envy of others.

They set off before eight o'clock and did not stop on the way.

It was only forty or fifty miles to the county seat. Although the road conditions were not very good and the driving was not fast, it only took more than half an hour from departure to the county seat.

Yan Xin had been married in his previous life, so he knew where to go and what procedures he had to go through. He also brought all the necessary documents and certificates, and he drove his own car, so he went directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

The whole process went smoothly.

By the time they got their documents and came out, it was less than ten o'clock.

After checking the time, Yan Xin suggested: "It's rare to come out, how about we go shopping again?"

Both Yan's father and Wu Xiuhong were hesitant.

Shopping costs money.

Moreover, there will be guests at home today, and it seems not good to be out for a long time.

It wouldn't be a good idea if a guest comes and there is no one at home.

——Although we have agreed to have dinner with others, there is no guarantee that some of them will come early.

They all said there was nothing to see.

But Bai Xiaoling expressed her agreement excitedly and wanted to stay in this county for a while.

The county seat is the most prosperous place she has ever been to. She has been here a few times, but except for the college entrance examination, she just passed by it the rest of the time and has never experienced what this prosperous world is like.

I just thought it was very beautiful. The shop windows were full of beautiful things, but I didn’t have the chance to look at them carefully.

I stayed in this county for a long time during the college entrance examination, but I was busy with the college entrance examination and had no time or mood to go shopping.

This time, after a long time, Yan Xin put forward such an opinion again, and of course she had to agree.

In this way, it would be hard for Yan's father to say anything - Bai Xiaoling is his stepdaughter, not his biological daughter. He can only obey the stepdaughter's opinions, but he can't object, for fear of making Wu Xiuhong unhappy.

, affecting family harmony.

Wu Xiuhong could scold Bai Xiaoling - she was her own child. It didn't matter how much she scolded her, and it didn't hurt to hit her.

But similarly, it was not easy for her to oppose Yan Xin's opinions.

This was what Yan Xin first proposed, and her daughter followed suit. She couldn't scold her daughter, because it would be tantamount to scolding Yan Xin, so she could only express her different opinions tactfully.

But Bai Xiaoling is not afraid of being tactful.

Mother and daughter have been together for so many years, and she has already realized that as long as her mother doesn't object strongly enough, she agrees.

So in the end I went to the largest supermarket in the county and went shopping for more than an hour, and didn't come out until eleven o'clock.

When they came out, everyone had shopping bags in their hands.

I bought a lot of things, big and small.

There is food, drink, and clothes.

Yan Xin didn't buy any clothes for herself, but she bought several pieces of clothes for the three other people in her family.

Of course I bought the most for Bai Xiaoling.

She was going to work in the capital, where the temperature was even lower, so she had to buy some warm clothes.

Not to mention thermal underwear, I also bought her two down jackets that cost several hundred yuan each.

In addition to clothes and shoes.

I spent three to four thousand on clothes and shoes.

This is because the two old men were unwilling for him to spend so much money and tried hard to stop him, otherwise he would spend more.

At least when buying down jackets, you will choose ones that cost more than a thousand, rather than hundreds.

This little money really didn't mean anything to him, but the two old men didn't think so. They felt that he didn't have enough money yet and couldn't let him spend so much money.

Even Bai Xiaoling was a little embarrassed and felt that she didn't deserve to wear such expensive clothes, so she could just wear something similar.

Now the clothes and shoes that Yan Xin bought for her already felt very expensive, and she even had an idea in her mind - how great would it be if she could return all these things and exchange them for cash?

As a girl who does not have more than one hundred pocket money on hand, she feels that is a huge sum of money and can even be called financial freedom.

Of course, his favorable impression of Yan Xin is even greater.

They are not biological brothers and sisters, but other people's biological brothers cannot be as kind to their younger sisters.

This made her feel that it was great to have a brother.

It feels so good to be pampered.

When Yan Xin uttered the word "buy" one after another, she felt that this was the gentlest and most beautiful voice in the world.

I even wanted to cry a few times - I was so happy!

When they came out of the supermarket checkout, they saw people buying gold jewelry, so Yan Xin took them to the counter again.

Wu Xiuhong's face changed color: "There's no need to go here. Everything there is extremely expensive. You've already spent so much money today, so don't spend any more."

Yan Xin smiled and said: "Today is a great day for you to get married. You must have a wedding ring when you get married, right? If you don't have anything, won't it make others laugh at our family if it spreads? We still have to buy what we should buy."

"But these things are too expensive." Wu Xiuhong said.

"This is the money that should be spent," Yan Xin said, turning to look at his dad, "Dad, don't you think so?"

Wu Xiuhong signaled to Yan's father to refuse, but Yan's father felt that what his son said was reasonable. If the things that should be missing were not available, the woman would be wronged, and the woman's family would feel that her daughter had been wronged, and outsiders would feel that she was old.

The Yan family looks down upon others.

So he didn't object. Instead, he nodded and agreed with his son's opinion: "Yes, we still have to have what we should have."

Wu Xiuhong has never worn gold jewelry. When she got married last time, her husband's family gave her a pair of silver bracelets, which she kept for more than ten years, but later she sold them out of money.

She is already over 40 years old and has suffered too much. She really doesn't value these things and pays more attention to practical things.

In her eyes, gold jewelry is just flashy things, and it is not worth spending money to buy these things.

Seeing that Yan's father had no objection, knowing that this consumption was inevitable, he was a little moved, but also felt very uneasy, and sighed and said:

"But this is too expensive..."

"Gold maintains its value, so buying this is not a waste." Yan Xin said.

When he said this, Wu Xiuhong felt better.

The gold jewelry sold here is a nationally renowned gold store chain, not the Pheasant brand.

They chose several pieces of jewelry here, all made of pure gold.

Rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets cost eight to nine thousand yuan in total.

Among them, I bought two necklaces, and one was given to Bai Xiaoling - because Bai Xiaoling was very greedy when she saw the gold necklace, Yan Xin simply bought an extra one.

Before Wu Xiuhong could refuse, Bai Xiaoling had already started to thank her.

Just a trip to the supermarket cost more than 10,000 yuan, which frightened the two old men. They both felt that Yan Xin spent too much money and was acting like a prodigal son.

It also made Bai Xiaoling look at Yan Xin differently. She felt that this brother was so handsome, so handsome!

Especially when paying the bill, the whole person exudes a bright light.

On the way home, Yan Xin once again instilled his consumption concept into them.

If you have money, you should spend it, and enjoy what you should enjoy.

It's so stingy and there's no need.

We have all suffered. After suffering so much, it is time to enjoy.

Of course, he also said that you still have to have a certain awareness of risks, so you have to save money when you need to.

But there is no need to save all the money you earn.

Enjoy it while you can, so as not to regret it when you can't.

In the past, I was worried about the huge amount of money I owed for building a house and didn't dare to spend it arbitrarily. Now that all the debts have been paid off and I can still make money, why are you so stingy?

And if you are not willing to spend money on such an important day like your wedding, what is the use of keeping the money?

Father Yan tremblingly asked him if he still had any money and how much money he had.

Yan Xin made random remarks: "The money in the card has been almost spent, but the salary will be paid in two days, and there will be more than 10,000 yuan. And there will be a year-end bonus at the end of the year. The company's efficiency this year is very good, and the boss is very

I am very satisfied. He said that the year-end bonus may be tens of thousands, so you don’t have to worry at all. By the Chinese New Year, my deposit may reach 100,000."

One hundred thousand is also a huge number in rural areas of this era.

The two old men were shocked by this figure, and then they felt that Yan Xin's spending of more than 10,000 yuan today was not so unacceptable.

Yan's father still warned him: "You have to save your money. You will have to marry a wife in the future. Marrying a wife now requires a lot of money. Even 100,000 is not necessarily enough. Don't spend it randomly."

Yan Xin smiled and said: "Dad, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who likes to spend money randomly. Isn't this your wedding? These are all things that should be spent. I don't spend much money when I am alone outside. A month's worth of

My consumption is less than one-tenth of my income.”

This is true in a sense. He did not spend more than one-tenth of his income in any month.

After being out for more than two years, his average monthly income is tens of millions, one-tenth of which is several million. It is impossible for him to spend that much.

Yan's father didn't know his actual situation, so he could only calculate it based on his reported salary of more than 10,000 yuan a month. If it was one-tenth, that would mean his monthly consumption was more than 1,000 yuan.

What's more, it's less than one-tenth.

Not too high, not too low.

Nowadays, many people who go out to work do not earn more than a thousand yuan a month. Their monthly consumption is more than a thousand yuan, which is certainly not low. They live better than most working people.

But Yan Xin's monthly salary is more than 10,000 yuan, and he spends more than 1,000 yuan, and there is still a lot of money left every month.

This way he feels more at ease - he is a person who has lived too much in poverty and has no sense of financial security. He doesn't want his son to spend all the money he earns, but he also doesn't want his son to treat him too badly outside.

Wu Xiuhong took the opportunity to say to Bai Xiaoling: "You must also learn from your brother. Don't spend all the money you earn when you go out. You must stay. You promised me that you would send me half of your salary every month, but you don't want to

Forgot, I have to save it for you."

Bai Xiaoling whispered: "I didn't say I wouldn't send it to you..."

"Then don't spend the remaining half, but keep some in case you need it urgently one day." Wu Xiuhong added.

Bai Xiaoling said with a crying face: "I know."

It was only twelve o'clock when we got home.

When I was passing by my neighbor's house, I saw a relative sitting at the door of my neighbor's house chatting with him.

Sure enough, there were relatives who came early.

But Yan Xin stopped the car and the relative came over.

I didn’t come empty-handed, I brought gifts.

They don't hold a banquet, so they don't accept red envelopes, but people are too embarrassed to come empty-handed, so they still have to bring some gifts.

In Yan Xin's heart, there are few relatives in this world.

He remembered very clearly what those people were like in his previous life.

But he didn't regard everyone as his enemy.

Because he knows that those relatives are indeed not very well-off, and his life is very tight, and he has little ability to help others.

Not much family affection is true, but to say how bad it is, I really can’t say.

There is no need to hold grudges.

In the past two years, he has followed his father to visit relatives' homes during the Chinese New Year. There is not much affection, but he still has to do what needs to be done to save face.

Now when I see people arriving, my face is filled with smiles even before I get out of the car.

He opened the car door and greeted him affectionately, and then introduced to Bai Xiaoling next to him which relative he was.

It was already this time. After getting off the bus, they exchanged a few words and the old couple went to prepare lunch.

Yan Xin accompanied the relatives, mainly because the relatives were most interested in Yan Xin, so they pestered him to ask questions.

Bai Xiaoling stayed with Yan Xin for a while and felt quite uncomfortable, so she went to the kitchen to help.

It was quite late when they got home, so they just made a few dishes for lunch, including three meat dishes and one vegetable meal.

After eating, I didn't rest long before starting to prepare the evening meal.

I caught a chicken and slaughtered it, and also fished out the big grass carp that I put into the pond yesterday.

In addition, soft-shell turtle, eel, beef, and mutton are also prepared.

In the afternoon, relatives came over one after another.

By three or four o'clock, everything that should come has arrived.

There were about ten guests in total, old and young, and they all seemed very friendly to me.

Including the matchmaker's house, two more came.

Yan Xin didn't help make dinner, but just chatted with the guests.

Bai Xiaoling often stays with him, mainly to get to know these new relatives.

The dinner was very sumptuous, with a total of 12 dishes, not too many fancy dishes, most of them were hard dishes.

After finishing the meal, some left and a few stayed.

Those who left took the gifts that Yan Xin had prepared for them when they left. The gifts brought to them were much more valuable.

The remaining ones live far away, not in the village or even in this town. It is obviously impossible to go back so late, so we can only stay here for one night.

Fortunately, this small villa has enough rooms and can be easily arranged.

After this noisy day, a new family was officially established.

After breakfast the next day, the few remaining relatives also left and took away the gifts prepared for them.

What we ate for lunch were yesterday's leftovers, and at this time, only their family of four was left.

Well, now they are a family recognized by national law.

However, Yan Xin will take Bai Xiaoling out to work tomorrow.

This scene of a family of four enjoying themselves will soon be gone.

They haven't set off yet, but Wu Xiuhong can't bear to leave.

But she also knows that her daughter will eventually leave when she grows up, so leaving her at home is not a good thing.

So she didn't object.

I just spent the whole afternoon chatting with Bai Xiaoling, talking about what should not be done after going out, and what should be done.

As he spoke, his eye circles became red.

Bai Xiaoling was a little impatient and wanted to get angry several times, but seeing her mother like that, she couldn't get angry, so she could only express perfunctorily:

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes."

I told Yan Xin privately: "My mother is going through menopause. It's so scary. She repeats the same sentence over and over again. I don't know how many times she repeated it."

(End of chapter)