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Chapter 95 Broken House

When the taxi stopped, Yan's father was fishing in the pond behind the house.

The pond is built behind the house. It is a small pond less than two square meters. It is made of bricks. Usually there is no water in the pond. In winter, after the fish pond is cleared, some fish are left in it for the Chinese New Year.

Eat some fresh fish.

The pond is not big, so you can grab a net and fish in it anytime you want to eat fish.

Yan Xin's family has a fish pond with an area of ​​about an acre, and they raise some fish every year. The big fish are harvested by fishmongers, and they can be sold when the pond is cleared. Crucian carp and other fish will be raised in this small pond, and they can be raised by themselves.

You can eat it, or you can wait until the Chinese New Year to take it to the town and sell it.

During the Chinese New Year, half a catty of this large crucian carp sells for a high price.

A decade or so ago, they would keep fish like this in cages in fish ponds, and it would be easy to fish them out.

However, fish thieves were so rampant in the past few years that fish kept in cages would be stolen by others, so a pond like this was built behind the house.

Hearing the sound of parking and the sound of voices, I guessed that my son must have returned with the object, so I walked through the main room with a net bag and hurried over.

There were four crucian carps of half a catty in the net bag, and they were jumping around.

When he came over, he saw his son giving the taxi driver his fare and asking for his mobile phone number.

Next to his son, a girl wearing a yellow windbreaker stood there holding a bunch of things in both hands.

Just from a casual glance, you can tell that the girl is very beautiful and tall. Standing next to Yan Xin, she is not much shorter.

I felt a little confused all of a sudden, thinking: "Can such a beautiful girl really like my son?"

Xiao Shiyu also saw Yan's father, a little unexpectedly, and thought to herself: "His father is so old! How old must he be?"

With a smile on his face, he nodded and said hello: "Hello, uncle."

He raised the pair of wines he was carrying in his left hand: "This pair of Gujing tribute wines was brought by me."

He then picked up the two bags he was carrying in his right hand: "Here are the down jackets and woolen sweaters. Yan Xing just went to town to buy them for you."

Dad Yan's reaction was a little dull and a little embarrassed: "Hey, hello, you don't need to bring a gift for this."

Yan Xin saved the taxi driver’s mobile phone number, then took two bags of clothes from Xiao Shiyu’s hand and introduced them as he walked home:

"Shishi, this is my dad."

"Dad, the girlfriend I'm dating now has a surname of Xiao and her name is Xiao Shiyu."

Yan's father looked a little at a loss, not knowing how to receive his son.

At this time, I couldn't help but think of my late wife: "It would be great if she was still here."

He shook the fish in the net bag slowly and said:

"I...I'll go to the kitchen and clean up these fish first."

When his son's partner comes to visit, he becomes the most reserved one.

After the death of his wife, the father and son lived together for several years. Suddenly an outsider appeared, which made him uncomfortable.

It's really better to have a hostess at this time.

Yan Xin knew that his father was not adaptable, so he said: "Go and do your work, I will put the things down."

He took Xiao Shiyu into the main room, put away the clothes and wine, and then said to her with a smile: "Are you shocked when you saw my house? I guess you have never seen such a dilapidated house, right?"

He was not embarrassed at all.

The first Xiao Shiyu was not his girlfriend, but an extra who was hired with money. He was his employer, and he had a sense of superiority due to his status.

Second, this house is dilapidated, but it will soon be demolished and rebuilt to build a large villa that will be the envy of the villagers.

He is now also a man with a huge sum of two to three hundred thousand, and the stocks he bought can be turned into tens of millions if they are really what the stray cats in reincarnation boasted.

I feel very confident and will not feel inferior because of this dilapidated house.

In my previous life, I felt like I couldn't hold my head high in front of people I knew because my family lived in such a dilapidated house, but I don't feel that way now.

After he came back, he used his mobile phone to take photos of every corner of the shabby house, preparing to build a villa and reminisce about his youthful days.

In the future, when we have children, we have to let them look at this dilapidated house from time to time, and receive an education about remembering the bitter and sweet things, so that they can understand how the old father started from scratch.

He didn't feel inferior at all about this dilapidated house.

His calm attitude towards poverty made Xiao Shiyu rate him much higher, and he saw in him the kind of confidence that many young people do not have.

He smiled and replied: "It's not like I haven't seen houses more dilapidated than this one, but they are all in movies and TV shows."

Yan Xin smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, if there was no other place to build a house, I would like to preserve this house well. In ten years or so, it will be a cultural relic worth protecting. It can be used for old photos.

Film and television works with social themes are quite good."

Xiao Shiyu laughed, clapped her hands and said, "This is a good idea. There are not many houses with such period characteristics left, so they must be protected."

Dad Yan was handling the crucian carp in the kitchen. He couldn't hear what the two people in the main room were saying, but he could hear Xiao Shiyu's laughter.

With more than forty years of life experience, he could tell that this was not a perfunctory laugh.

Only then did my anxious heart calm down, and I thought to myself: "This girl's family is really nice. She didn't get angry when she saw such a dilapidated house like mine, and she could still talk and laugh with my son."

Yan Xin took Xiao Shiyu around the front and back of the house. Xiao Shiyu had never seen such a poor family before, so it was a novelty for her to be poor, and she looked around as a surprise.

I even took out my mobile phone and took a few photos, with the camera focusing on the most shabby scenes.

Yan Xin squinted at her mobile phone. It was also a Nokia mobile phone. It could also take pictures. Access to QQ would probably cost several thousand yuan.

I thought to myself: "This old classmate doesn't seem to be short of money. How could she marry an old man who is decades older than her just for money? It can't really be true love, right?"

After walking around, he went to the kitchen. His father was scaling the crucian carp at this time and asked: "Are there no cabbages at home? If not, I will go to the vegetable garden to chop some cabbage and fry some cabbage."

Dad Yan replied: "It has been chopped over and washed."

Yan Xin groaned, took out his phone and looked at the time, it was already half past ten.

Ask Xiao Shiyu: "Can you cook?"

Xiao Shiyu was stunned for a moment and said: "It's not bad...I sometimes cook and eat alone at home."

Yan Xin smiled and said, "How about you cook lunch?"

Father Yan and Xiao Shiyu were stunned.

Father Yan thought to himself: "Is this child confused? How can you let someone who comes to your door for the first time cook?"

Xiao Shiyu thought to herself: "You really don't treat me as an outsider."

After being stunned for a moment, Yan's father quickly said: "You can just go and play, I will cook."

Yan Xin explained to Xiao Shiyu with a smile: "The main reason is that the food my dad cooks is really not delicious and the taste is a bit strong. I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

This was so true that Dad Yan felt embarrassed.

Poor people just make do with what they can eat. They don't have the energy or ability to pay attention to it, so their cooking skills are really average. They can't even be said to have cooking skills. They can only be said to be able to cook the food well, but the taste is really bad.

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Xiao Shiyu laughed and said, "Okay, but the food I cook is also very average. Just don't dislike it."

(End of chapter)