Reborn since 2005

Chapter 410 Warmth

Author: Hometown Three Thousand Miles

Chapter 410 Warmth

Bai Xiaoling was waiting on the embankment, pouting with an unhappy look on her face.

I finally took the opportunity to go shopping with Yan Xin, but I was still intercepted by Feng Xi.

I thought to myself: "Let's see how you still fight with me when it's evening."

The relationship between Feng Xi and Yan Xin is not clear, and it seems that they have not yet decided to clear their relationship. Even if there is a reason during the day, there is no way to stay at Yan's house at night.

She was different. She was Yan Xin's sister and they lived together.

This is her advantage.

Of course, she also knew that this advantage was not big and she had no chance of winning against Feng Xi.

What she can count on is that if one day the relationship between the two of them breaks down, she will be the first to gain the upper hand and take advantage of the opportunity to take action.

Not long after, he saw Yan Xin driving Feng Xi over.

Seeing her from a distance, a smile appeared on her face.

When he got a little closer, he waved and greeted warmly: "Brother, Sister Xi, you are here!"

This was in a village, and she might meet someone she knew accidentally, so she didn't dare call her sister-in-law.

Feng Xi herself is unwilling to expose this relationship. Of course, she cannot take the initiative to help expose it. It will not do her any good.

Yan Xin didn't stop, he rode his bicycle and went straight over, shouting to Bai Xiaoling: "Get in the car and let's go!"

Bai Xiaoling got on the car and chased after him.

When we got to the ferry, we crossed the river.

When crossing the river, Yan Xin also saw a few people he knew who were returning from the town. They were all former classmates.

Some are classmates in junior high school, some are classmates in high school, both male and female.

Everyone greeted me warmly when I saw them, but we didn't talk much. After a few words, we missed each other.

That is to say, during the Chinese New Year, you can meet classmates in your hometown. At other times, these young people have gone to other places to make a living, and basically they are not at home.

It's the Chinese New Year, a rare break. These young people can't stay idle at home, so they come to town to stroll around and enjoy the feeling of being rich.

——For farmers, they, wage earners, are considered wealthy people, and their spending power is much stronger.

The group of people who belong to the lowest level in big cities are completely different when they return home.

It’s the Chinese New Year again, everyone is in a better mood, smiles on their faces, and looks like they’ve made a lot of money.

On the other hand, Yan Xin and Feng Xi, who have really made a lot of money, are relatively low-key and don't speak so loudly.

Across the river is the town, which is much larger than their town. There are several streets in total, unlike their town which has just one straight street.

There also need to be a lot more shops.

There were quite a lot of people walking along the way.

But now there are many people around the Chinese New Year, and at other times you don’t see many people.

The main force of consumption is still those who go home to celebrate the New Year.

Those shops can just about maintain their capital during normal times, and they mainly rely on the Spring Festival to make some money.

Overall, it is not as good as it was ten years ago.

This is also a problem faced by many small towns in the mainland.

Before going out to work, Bai Xiaoling always felt that this town was very prosperous. She even thought that it would be great if she lived in this town. She would be right on the street when she went out. How convenient would her life be?

But after going to the capital for more than a month, when I came back here, I felt that this town was very run-down.

On the way, I couldn't help complaining to Yan Xin: "Why are the roads here so dilapidated? It's hard to stumble even while riding a bicycle."

Yan Xin said: "In town, it's normal to build roads that cost a lot of money. With the current economic situation, it's not worth spending so much money to build roads."

In his memory, it would take five or six years for the roads in this town to be rebuilt.

At that time, the roads in their village had been repaired and were easier to travel than the roads in this town.

It's the same thing in their own town.

In those years, the focus was on building new roads rather than renovating old ones.

When we got to the street, we rode the bicycle for a short time and entered the main street. Then we got off the bicycle and pushed the bicycle away.

It is no longer convenient to ride a bicycle in this place because there are too many people.

They started buying new year's goods.

I went to the vegetable market and bought some beef and mutton, as well as turtles, eels and so on.

I also bought a lot of various snacks, mostly bought by Bai Xiaoling, who bought them according to her own taste, but the person who paid for them was Yan Xin.

In addition, we also bought some fireworks and firecrackers.

My family did buy some fireworks, but not much, just over 100 yuan in total.

This does not satisfy Yan Xin.

This time he bought more than a thousand yuan worth of fireworks in one go.

If it wasn't for two people's bicycles that couldn't fit on top, he could have bought more.

Feng Xi also bought some ingredients and a bicycle, otherwise he would have to walk back.

——Yan Xin and Bai Xiaoling had several snakeskin bags tied to their bicycles, but there was no place for her to sit.

I will still return to this home in the future, so buying a new bicycle is no big deal.

With her current wealth, she wouldn't even have to frown if she bought such a bicycle.

——In this town, the most expensive bicycles only cost a few hundred yuan, not even more than 1,000 yuan. There is no need to worry about encountering bicycle assassins who cost hundreds of thousands.

Only a fool would buy such luxury goods and sell them in this remote and backward town.

If it were really hundreds of thousands, Feng Xi really couldn't afford it - she didn't have that much money with her, and now she couldn't pay with her mobile phone, and most shops here couldn't even swipe a bank card.

To be honest, Bai Xiaoling was quite envious when she saw Feng Xi talking about buying a bicycle and spending hundreds of dollars on it without blinking an eye.

It's not that she doesn't have that kind of money, she has saved several thousand yuan now, but if she were to spend hundreds of yuan all at once, she would still feel pain.

Two months ago, it was an unexpected surprise for her to get ten yuan of pocket money.

I haven’t had time to develop the habit of spending money lavishly so quickly.

Her salary is only one or two thousand yuan a month, and she has to give half of it to her mother to help save it. Now she has a little more money, but that is also because of the Chinese New Year, which also includes a few dollars that Yan Xin gave her.

A thousand yuan pocket money and the living expenses her mother gave her when she went out to work didn't mean she could earn so much money every month.

She was able to save thousands of dollars, mainly because she wanted to buy a good mobile phone.

But today Yan Xin said that he would give her a new mobile phone, so there seems to be no need to save money now.

But she had already made a decision in her mind on how to use the money, such as buying some beautiful clothes, a beautiful bag, and two beautiful pieces of jewelry. She also had to keep some money there for emergencies.

Calculating it this way, my money is quite tight.

When can one day be able to spend money like Feng Xi without frowning, and buy things without looking at the price, then that will be considered as achieving financial freedom, and that is true happiness, right?

She thought so in her heart.

There was no hiding the envy in his eyes.

However, this kind of envy will not make people feel unhappy, and it will even give the envied person a small sense of superiority.

When we came, it was three people and two cars, and when we went back, it was three cars.

Riding a bicycle home was a little better in the town. Although the road had some potholes, it was a cement-hardened road after all.

After crossing the river and returning to the village, the dirt road was full of potholes and bumps.

Just riding a bicycle is not a big problem. Now each of them has something on the back of the bicycle, which is quite heavy.

That would be a bit tiring.

After pedaling for a while, Yan Xin couldn't help but said: "It's still too inconvenient not to have a car. How nice would it be to have a car at this time?"

Bai Xiaoling deeply agreed: "Brother, you are not short of money anyway. How about you buy a car and keep it at home? How about driving it for a drive when you go home? It is convenient to buy anything. You can go to the county town if you want to.

If you want to go to the county town, you can go to the city and you don’t have to wait for a bus.”

"How many times can I go home a year? It's not good if the car is empty when I'm not home. In the eyes of others, they might think our family has a lot of money - although we do have a little money.

." Yan Xin said.

"Then I'll drive home next time." Bai Xiaoling said.

Yan Xin said depressedly: "It's a little far to drive home by myself, it's quite hard."

Driving home from Yangcheng, he found it very hard.

If you drive home from the capital, it will be even more difficult.

The distance between work and home creates so many inconveniences.

Feng Xi said: "Let's wait until later. After I graduate from college, I will buy a car and put it at home. Anyway, our two brothers and sisters are already entrepreneurs in the eyes of others, so we don't care about this."

Yan Xin thought for a while and said: "You can buy a van and put it at home. It doesn't cost much, it won't cause much discussion, and it is quite practical in rural areas."

He could have such an idea because Feng Chen usually likes to drive a van or a pickup truck, mainly because he likes to drive things easily.

He came home in a van.

The current economic level in the village is not very good, and people who go out to work are not very popular now. Having a van is already a pretentious thing.

In ten years or so, half of the households will have cars. During the Chinese New Year, when people visit their graves to worship ancestors, they will even cause traffic jams on village roads.

Until then, the van will be considered at the bottom of the contempt chain.

Feng Xi also thought of her brother and couldn't help but laugh: "That's good too."

Then he said: "It's a pity that your dad didn't study and couldn't get a driver's license. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a waste to get a driver's license and buy him a car."

You don’t need too much knowledge to get a driver’s license, but at the very least you need to be able to recognize some Chinese characters and be able to read the rules and regulations.

Otherwise, even if you can pass the driving skills test, you will not be able to pass the written test.

There is no problem regarding age. People who are under 50 years old can definitely learn to drive in time.

Bai Xiaoling's heart moved and she said, "My mother has read some books."

Her mother finished primary school, which was pretty good in the countryside at that time.

Feng Xi said with a smile: "Then let your mother learn to drive. Once she learns how to drive, Yan Xin will buy her a car. This will make it easier to go out."

Bai Xiaoling glanced at Yan Xin: "Brother, what do you think?"

Yan Xin was silent for a while and said: "Buying a car is nothing. It's not worth much, so I'm worried about it being unsafe to drive."

"As long as you are cautious, you will be fine," Feng Xi said, "Aunt Wu is not a reckless person."

"Yes, yes," Bai Xiaoling nodded, "My mother is very stable. In the past few years, she has been riding a bicycle selling tofu, and she has never fallen down once. In one word, stable!"

Yan Xin smiled: "Then you do her ideological work. If she learns to drive and gets her driver's license, I will buy a car for her to drive."

Bai Xiaoling became excited: "Don't worry, I will do her ideological work well."

Having a car at home is indeed much more convenient.

Yan Xin didn't say anything more.

Feng Xi did not stay with Yan Xin because they did not live in the same place.

When you get to Group 9, there is a road that goes directly to the embankment. Then follow the road under the embankment to the east and you can reach Feng Xi's house.

When they reached the fork in the road, they separated.

Yan Xin just said, "Be careful on the road, don't fall." Then he continued riding his bicycle home.

When I got home, it was only four or five o'clock.

The old couple had already started preparing dinner in the kitchen when they heard the noise and came out again. They were shocked to see so many things tied to the back of their bicycles.

"How much did you buy this thing for?" Wu Xiuhong asked.

Yan Xin smiled and said: "It's not much, it's only two to three thousand yuan in total."

If Bai Xiaoling had said this, she would have been scolded.

It's no problem for him.

First, he earns more money.

Secondly, he is not Wu Xiuhong’s biological child, and Wu Xiuhong cannot talk about him.

But Wu Xiuhong still felt a little distressed: "In fact, there is no need to buy so much..."

"It's okay. It's better to have more excitement during the New Year. If you don't spend money during the New Year, then when will you spend money?" Yan Xin said with a smile.

"That's right." Bai Xiaoling supported from the side.

Take off all those things.

Bai Xiaoling bought a lot of snacks, but those snacks were not very valuable. They looked like a snakeskin bag, but in fact they only cost two to three hundred yuan.

There are no expensive snacks in this small place.

The most expensive items are fireworks and ingredients such as beef and mutton.

That night, two dishes were added to their table, one plate of beef and one plate of mutton.

Yan Xin cooked these two dishes himself.

Wu Xiuhong is capable, but she has never cooked beef and mutton many times. It is too expensive for her and she is reluctant to buy it.

Yan Xin still has more experience in this area.

When eating the food he cooked, Bai Xiaoling couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Brother, you are so awesome! I didn't expect you to make so much money and cook so well! Where did you learn such good cooking skills?"

Yan Xin smiled: "Seeing others do a lot, you will gradually get better at it."

When I said this, I couldn't help but think of Ellie.

He originally had no cooking skills. Just like his father, cooking was extremely unpalatable.

It wasn't until he lived with Ellie and he helped her when she cooked that he slowly learned some cooking skills.

Thinking of Ellie, I feel a little melancholy.

That's a good girl too.

She is devoted to him and is kind to him without any reservation.

However, Feng Xi was kind to him, with kindness from the previous life and love from this life.

Neither one should be let down, but both ended up being let down.

Ai Lili wanted to go home with him for the New Year, but he refused.

When I think about it, I feel very sorry for him.

He shook his head to dispel the guilt and put a smile on his face.

This is the Chinese New Year, so it’s better to be a little more festive.

Wu Xiuhong took this opportunity to teach her daughter a lesson and let her learn a little bit.

Yan Xin is a good cook even for a man, but she is a girl who cannot cook well. She will be disliked by others when she gets married.

Bai Xiaoling listened to those words and looked at her mother aggrievedly:

"Mom, it's New Year's Eve tomorrow, so why don't you stop talking about me, okay? I've traveled thousands of miles to come back to celebrate the New Year with you, can you give me a few compliments?"

Having said that, Wu Xiuhong felt a little embarrassed.

Yan Xin promptly praised Bai Xiaoling:

"Mom, I heard Feng Xi say that Xiaoling is doing really well in her company. It's not a big deal if she can't cook. As long as she can make money, she won't be looked down upon no matter where she goes."

As he spoke, he patted his chest again: "Besides, she is my sister. If others want to bully her, they have to ask me if I agree."

Bai Xiaoling thought to herself: "I don't want to get married - unless I can marry you."

With such a standard as Yan Xin, any other man who cannot meet this standard is considered a useless man in her eyes. She would rather never marry than to wrong herself.

——For a girl, meeting a very good man when she is young is not a very lucky thing.

This probably means that it will be difficult to meet a man who interests you in the future.

This is what Bai Xiaoling is like.

When Wu Xiuhong heard what Yan Xin said, she was moved and her eyes became hot.

For a combined family with children each, the most troublesome issue is the integration of the children.

Many people eventually separated, mainly because of this reason, they couldn't get along and couldn't accept new family members.

As time goes by, instead of getting smaller and smaller, the gap becomes bigger and bigger, until the day it breaks apart completely.

But she was lucky. The son of her husband's family was very sensible and could accept her as her stepmother and Bai Xiaoling, her unrelated sister.

This kind of acceptance is not just words, but is reflected in actions.

Let alone a combined family, even if it is really a family, it is rare to have such a sensible son.

She felt that she was so lucky.

Looking at Yan Xin, she didn't know what to say, so she put vegetables into his bowl, including the ones she thought were the most delicious.

This made Yan Xin quite embarrassed.

Bai Xiaoling looked at her own mother diligently picking up food for other people's sons, and felt a little depressed. She really wanted to remind her mother:

"Hey, wake up, I am your biological child!"

Unable to pass, he gave Dad Yan a chopstick of beef with a smile on his face and said, "Dad, eat this, it's delicious."

Dad Yan was flattered and said quickly: "You can eat more if you like, I will pick it up myself."

Yan Xin is his son. This son has been quite filial in the past two years, but he has never served him food.

Unexpectedly, the first time I experienced such family warmth came from my stepdaughter.

I thought to myself: "It would be nice to have a daughter..."

(End of chapter)