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Chapter 421

Chapter 421 Staying Overnight

Author: Hometown Three Thousand Miles

Chapter 421 Staying Overnight

Yan Xin and his party did not stay on the river embankment for long.

The main reason is that there is wind on the river embankment.

It is already evening now, and the weather is very cold. The cold wind is blowing so hard that it is useless to wear thick clothes.

Yan Xin pointed out his home to Ruan Siyao and told him which roads could be taken to get there.

If you know the way, you can take the small path and cross over the field ridges.

When he and Bai Xiaoling came here, they took the path.

If you don't know the way, you may go astray if you take a small path, and if you go around in circles, you will waste time.

There are many rice fields here, and some of them are relatively low and still have water. Even if there is no water, there is still mud. If you are not careful, you will sink in, but you cannot break through the fields directly.

If you don't know the road, you should take a straighter and wider road that can allow tractors to pass. It is also called a tractor road. This way you will not go wrong, but it will be more circuitous.

If you don't take the mechanical tillage road, you have to go back to the road and then go around it, which is a relatively long distance.

If you drive there, there is only one way, which is to go around the highway.

Although Feng Chen's car could pass through most of the tractor-taught roads, there were still a few places where the roads were broken and it was impossible to pass.

Moreover, the road condition was still very bad, with many potholes.

It was most convenient to drive there, but Ruan Siyao wanted to walk there because the distance was not very far to begin with, so it could just be a walk.

She also wanted to immerse herself in what the countryside here was like.

To feel the countryside, of course, you can better feel it by going to the fields.

Although her hometown is also in a rural area, it is a northern rural area and a great plain, and the scenery is completely different from the scenery here.

Yan Xin had nothing to say about this. It was their own decision. They could go to his house no matter what.

I just talked for a while, feeling that it was too cold in the wind, and then returned to Feng's house.

Continue to warm yourself by the fire in the main room.

In the kitchen, the Feng family's parents were busy, and an aunt was helping.

Feng Xi did not go to the kitchen to help, but sat next to Yan Xin to warm himself by the fire.

Sitting on the other side of Yan Xin was Bai Xiaoling.

The seats were not like this when they went out, but when they came back they could choose where to sit again. Feng Xi and Bai Xiaoling were both smarter and grabbed the seat next to Yan Xin before Ruan Siyao did.

After sitting down, the two of them looked at each other and smiled across Yan Xin. They were so happy that they had sniped Ruan Siyao that they almost raised two fingers and shouted.

Ruan Siyao was a step late and could only sit on the edge, feeling a little depressed:

"They... don't seem to welcome me very much..."

Feng Chen and Ruan Mengyao couldn't help but shake their heads.

Ruan Mengyao was thinking: "Feng Xi is indeed interested in Yan Xin. My sister has no chance. The gap between the two of us is too big. I have to persuade my sister to get out of the way so as not to fall into it."

Yes, you are bringing shame upon yourself."

What Feng Chen was thinking in his mind was: "My sister is good at everything, but her emotional intelligence is a bit low. I have told her that I want to introduce Siyao to Yan Xin. If the two of them get married, then we will be relatives, and we will not be related."

Is it more stable? If there is no opportunity, we should take the initiative to create opportunities for her. Why should we take away her opportunities? Alas, the emotional intelligence is too low!"

I thought to myself that when there is no one around, I have to have a good talk with my sister and ask her to help create opportunities.

There are so many people warming up in the house right now, it's really inconvenient to talk.

Not long after, dinner was ready. Mother Feng came over and said something. Everyone got up and moved the chairs away. An Eight Immortals table was placed on top of the still burning coal stove to serve as a dining table.

Feng Xi went to the kitchen, brought over a burning coal stove, and placed an Eight Immortals table on it.

There were quite a lot of guests, fifteen or six in total, and there was no room for one table, so only two tables could be placed.

It's extremely cold now. If you don't put a coal stove under the table, it will be too cold and the food will easily get cold.

Everyone also took action and moved the chairs around the table one by one.

Feng Xi's mother and aunt began to serve food, and Feng Xi also went to the kitchen to scoop out rice.

Ruan Mengyao is the future daughter-in-law of this family. She has been here twice before, which is the kind of relationship that has been confirmed, so she cannot treat herself as a guest.

Here she also showed her master's subjective initiative and went to the kitchen to help serve the food, and also called her sister over.

This is where she is sensible.

Bai Xiaoling originally sat there and didn't want to move, but when she saw Ruan Siyao following him, she felt that she couldn't act too lazy in front of Yan Xin, so she also followed him to help.

Ruan’s mother also praised Yan Xin with a smile:

"Your sister is really nice and very hardworking."

After a while, the food was put on the table and everyone sat down one by one.

Young people like Yan Xin sat at the same table, and two younger elders followed them. There were a bottle of liquor, several bottles of beer, and a bottle of orange on the table.

At the other table, the Feng family's parents and the Ruan family's parents were there, and everything on the table was white.

Except for the different drinks, the dishes are all the same, served in duplicate.

This dinner was quite sumptuous, and the ingredients were the best in rural hospitality here. Most of them were hard dishes.

As for the taste, there is nothing particularly outstanding. I can only say that it is delicious due to the ingredients, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.

For the rural areas here, the preparations made by the Feng family today are of the highest standard.

They attach great importance to the in-laws coming over this time.

This is not an ordinary visit to visit relatives. This time the parents of both parties met and had to decide on their marriage.

Feng Chen is already twenty-one years old and will get married in another year.

The Feng family's parents did not treat Feng Xi very well, but they still valued their son.

Correspondingly, I also attach great importance to this daughter-in-law.

So in terms of hospitality, it can be said that everything that can be used is used.

In this regard, Master Ruan also repeatedly expressed his gratitude.

The elders at the table drank more. They started with two bottles of white wine and drank them all in a short time.

Two more bottles of white wine were added later.

That was a bottle of wine that cost several hundred yuan. After drinking it like this, Feng's mother really felt a little bit sick.

If the in-laws drank this wine, it wouldn't hurt so much. I originally bought such an expensive wine just to entertain the in-laws.

Ke Qinjia didn’t drink much.

Master Ruan drank a little more, but his wife only drank two cups - a small cup that was only filled with one or two cups.

The ones who drank heavily were the elders of the Feng family who were invited to accompany the guests.

For these people, they have never drunk a bottle of wine that costs hundreds of dollars. Now that they have this opportunity, of course they have to drink it.

Just one cup will cost you dozens of dollars.

Of course, the more you drink, the more money you make.

Even if I don't usually drink much, I still drink a lot at this time.

If you drink more today, you will have more capital to brag to others in the future.

After today, there may not be another opportunity like this in the future.

If you drink like this, you will indeed feel a bit unable to hold on.

It's understandable that Feng's mother feels pain.

All she can do is drink less and ask her husband to drink less.

This will reduce losses.

She had no way to persuade others not to drink, so she could only control her husband. The reason was that he was not a good drinker and could not drink too much.

When people drink, they talk a lot and their voices are very loud.

After a while, the main room became as noisy as a vegetable market.

Fortunately, no one went crazy with alcohol.

There were only two elders at Yan Xin's table, and they were not very old. The other young people did not drink white wine. There was no such atmosphere, and they did not drink too much. They did not finish a bottle of white wine.

I finished four or five bottles of beer.

Everyone can drink beer, it’s just a matter of whether they like it or not.

Yan Xin also drank two glasses of beer.

Although his drinking capacity is very small, no matter how small it is, two glasses of beer will not be able to hold him down.

The atmosphere was there, everyone was drinking, and he was too embarrassed not to drink.

After all, this is the Chinese New Year, and Feng Chen's marriage has to be discussed. This is a festive occasion, and it would be outrageous not to drink.

After finishing the meal, Yan Xin couldn't leave right away. He sat there and chatted with her for more than half an hour. After seeing that the time was already past eight o'clock in the evening, it was not suitable to stay any longer, so he stood up and left.

It was pitch dark outside and I couldn't see the road clearly.

Fortunately, Bai Xiaoling had a flashlight in her pocket. When she turned on the flashlight, it could illuminate the road ten to twenty meters ahead. As long as she didn't take the path between the fields, it would be fine.

They had only been a few dozen steps away from Feng's house when they heard someone shouting from behind:

"Xiao Ling, Yan Xin, wait a minute!"

But it was Feng Xi's voice.

The two people stopped, shined their flashlights in this direction, and saw Feng Xi running over.

Bai Xiaoling asked curiously: "Sister Xi, what's the matter with you coming here?"

Feng Xi ran closer, glanced at Yan Xin, and then said to Bai Xiaoling:

"There are guests at home, and there is not enough room to live in. I want to give up my bed. My mother asked me to stay at my uncle's house. I said that they didn't have any spare rooms, so I said that your house has more rooms, and I told you

We have a good relationship and I came to stay with you for a night, so my mother didn’t say anything."

When she said this, the smile on her face could not be concealed, and she looked very happy.

——Finally found an opportunity to go to Yan Xin's house openly, of course she was happy.

In the past few days, she was in the same village but couldn't meet each other. Even if she did meet, she couldn't do anything, which made her feel quite aggrieved. Sometimes she even wanted to just announce their relationship.

Now that we have such an excuse to be together, that is of course the best.

At first, her mother wanted Ruan Siyao to live with her, but she refused, saying that she was used to sleeping alone and would move around at night. If she slept with others, she was afraid of kicking them.

She would rather give up her bed than sleep with others.

In fact, she was a little worried.

After all, I spent a lot of time sleeping with Yan Xin and developed some bad habits. It would be embarrassing if a monkey suddenly came to pick peaches while I was sleeping with Ruan Siyao.

Now that she had some status in the family, her mother couldn't push her too hard, so she had no choice but to let her stay at someone else's house. Then she took the opportunity to propose staying at Yan's house for a night.

The reason I brought up was of course not my relationship with Yan Xin, but my relationship with Bai Xiaoling.

Bai Xiaoling works in her company, so staying with her for a night or a few days is obviously not an excessive request.

So her mother agreed.

I am going to the Yan family, not to a bad family, nor to a poor family. There is not much to worry about.

Bai Xiaoling was unhappy, but she didn't show it. Instead, she looked quite happy: "Is that so? That's great, we can be together again."

Feng Xi glanced at her and thought to herself: "Is the point that you and I can be together? The point should be that your brother and I can be together, right?"

It was very close to home, so she followed them without saying anything.

They want to go around the road.

It's safer to walk like this at night, so you don't accidentally fall.

Feng Xi walked next to Bai Xiaoling at first. After walking for more than half a mile, he turned around and looked back. He was already far away from home. No one was coming from behind and no passers-by were seen in front. Then he walked around to Yan Xin

Beside him, he held one of his hands and said:

"It's so cold, I didn't even wear gloves when I came out."

Yan Xin came out without wearing gloves. He held a flashlight with one hand and held Feng Xi's hand with the other hand and said:

"It's indeed a bit cold, even colder than a snowy day."

"I heard it's going to snow again in two days, but I don't know if this snow will be serious or not," Feng Xi said.

"Whatever, just wear more clothes." Yan Xin disagreed.

The two people walked in front talking and laughing.

Bai Xiaoling walked behind alone, looked at her own hands, and thought to herself: "I'm not wearing gloves, and I'm so cold..."

When she first came out, she was still thinking about walking a little longer, so she used the excuse that her hands were cold and that she couldn't see the road clearly and was afraid of falling to hold Yan Xin's hand, so that the two of them had close contact.

She even thought about suddenly shouting "there is a ghost" when there is any disturbance, so that she can rush into Yan Xin's arms.

But now, those assumptions have no meaning.

Feng Xi, the big devil, came and took her brother's hand generously, robbing her of the warmth that belonged to her.

Daring to be angry but not daring to speak, she could only follow behind silently, getting colder and colder as she walked.

Finally, he put both hands into his pockets.

Listening to the two people in front of me walking hand in hand, talking and laughing, another thought came to my mind:

"Have they forgotten that there is another person behind them?"

I wanted to cough as a reminder, but I thought it was too sad that I needed to be reminded of my existence, so I held back.

Seeing the two people in front of me showing off their affection, while I was alone and blowing the cold wind, I felt very sad.

It was a bit long to go around like this, and it was impossible to walk too fast at night. By the time they arrived at the small villa of the Yan family, it was already past nine o'clock.

Along the way, the hands they held changed several times.

Because it was too cold at night, the hand Yan Xin used to hold the flashlight was even colder. After a while, he would have to use another hand, otherwise he would freeze in this dark night.

Every time when hands were changed, Feng Xi would turn to his other side and hold the other hand.

When we arrived at the door of our house, we could finally put away the flashlight.

It is still the Chinese New Year, and the two red lanterns in front of the Yan family's gate have not been taken down.

Although it is a lantern, it contains not candles but light bulbs, which can be kept on.

Feng Xi looked at it and said: "Your house is still beautiful. I should spend hundreds of thousands to build a small villa like this in my house."

"You can build it bigger, otherwise there won't be room for guests to stay." Yan Xin reminded her.

"Why didn't you build it bigger in the first place?" Feng Xi asked him with a smile.

Yan Xin shrugged: "When my family built a house, it was just me and my father. It was inconvenient to build a big house. Besides, there was also a problem of money. Your family is different. Both brothers and sisters are entrepreneurs.

Yes, it makes sense to spend hundreds of thousands more to build a large villa. Anyway, there is no limit on the area of building houses in our rural areas now, and it is better to build a bigger one."

Feng Xi nodded: "That makes sense, then I'll spend more money and let them build it bigger."

After saying that, he smiled again: "When the time comes, you will go to my house for dinner. If you are late, you don't have to walk such a long way home at night. You can just stay at my house."

Yan Xin: "That's a good idea."

Bai Xiaoling was originally behind them, but at this time she was in front of them and pushed the door open.

The family knew they would be back at night, so the door was not bolted, just closed and opened when pushed.

Bai Xiaoling turned on the lights in the hall, with a smile on her face, pointed to a room and said to Feng Xi enthusiastically:

"Sister Xi, this bedroom is empty, you can stay here."

Feng Xi glanced at her, frowned, and thought:

"She was quite sensible before, why is she suddenly ignorant now?"

Ask Yan Xin in a low voice: "Where do you live?"

Yan Xin reached out and pointed upstairs: "Above."

Feng Xi whispered: "I want to go up there too."

The news of their return alarmed Wu Xiuhong, who lived in the master bedroom on the first floor, and opened the door: "Are you back?"

There was a TV in the room, and the old couple were not sleeping either and were watching TV.

She heard the noise and came out to take a look - what if it was not her son or daughter who came back, but a thief?

Before he finished speaking, he saw that there was another girl in the house. He was stunned for a moment, looked at it carefully, and recognized it:

"Xiao Xi, are you here too?"

"Hello, aunt!" Feng Xi called out sweetly, and then explained, "I have guests at home, and I have no place to stay, so I will come over and stay for the night. Do you have any objection, aunt?"

Wu Xiuhong understood and smiled: "Of course I have no objection, you are welcome."

This is her daughter's boss, and he wants to stay here, so of course he won't refuse.

Walked out of the room: "I'll make your bed."

Feng Xi shook his head quickly and said with a smile: "Don't bother Auntie, I will just live with Xiaoling. Auntie, please go back to your room and rest. It's so cold, don't freeze."

When Wu Xiuhong heard what she said, she stopped insisting and retreated into the room again.

She was originally lying in bed watching TV, but now she just went out to watch the action. She didn't wear much clothes. It was indeed quite cold after a long time.

He only told Bai Xiaoling: "Xiaoling, treat you well, Sister Xi."

"I know, Mom." Bai Xiaoling replied.

They walked up to the second floor.

At this time, Bai Xiaoling was still thinking: "Fortunately, she wants to sleep with me, so it's not a big deal."

When they reached the second floor, Feng Xi smiled and asked Yan Xin in a low voice:

"Which room do you live in?"

Yan Xin pointed to the master bedroom: "This is it."

He said and opened the door.

The lights inside were also turned on.

Feng Xi went in naturally, stood at the door, and said to the stunned Bai Xiaoling: "Xiaoling, you should go to bed early, we will see you tomorrow!"

After saying this, he naturally closed the door and locked it.

Bai Xiaoling stood outside the door, her fists clenched.