Reborn since 2005

Chapter 294
On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Ai Lili also returned to Xiaorong Town on this day.

She really didn't like staying with her mother, so she went to work in the company and didn't go home until the last day, and she didn't go back until the afternoon.

That night, she chatted with Yan Xin until very late before going to bed.

It was past eight o'clock when Yan Xin came home. He didn't go back to bed right away, but watched TV with his father for a while, and chatted about Feng Chen's return home.

During this period, I was chatting with Ellie.

While typing on the keyboard with the mobile phone, a silly smile appeared on his face.

This made Dad Yan feel that his son was chatting with his partner, otherwise he wouldn't laugh so strangely.

——That smile is clearly a little lewd.

I couldn't help asking Yan Xin curiously: "Who are you chatting with?"

"Um, chatting with a friend." Yan Xin replied.

Dad Yan thought to himself: "Will I not know that you are chatting with a friend?"

However, his son didn't say anything, so he wisely didn't ask.

As a father, he is not the kind of father who likes to chatter and ask questions. This may have something to do with Yan Xin's rebellion a few years ago. After a few questions, he becomes very impatient.

Later, I developed that habit. If my son didn't want to say it, I didn't ask him, so as not to make the relationship stalemate.

After watching TV, Yan Xin returned to her bedroom upstairs and was still chatting.

I used to chat with Ai Lili, but I didn't talk that much. I talked a little more tonight, probably because Ai Lili who spent the New Year with her mother was too boring.

After about 10:30 in the evening, the two people said good night to each other and got ready to go to bed.

The next day is New Year's Eve.

After eating rice noodles in the morning, the father and son began to put up Spring Festival couplets. Several doors and windows were pasted with Spring Festival couplets, and lanterns were hung at the gate.

There was no such style before. At most, a pair of couplets was pasted on the gate. After Yan Xin's mother passed away, the red spring couplets became white elegiac couplets.

It was never posted again.

At that time, the relationship between the father and son was very bad, and the Chinese New Year was also deserted, and no one was in the mood to do this.

The situation got better last year, so I posted the Spring Festival couplets.

The situation is better this year, and the houses are built, so we need to make it more lively, not only the Spring Festival couplets have to be posted, but even the lanterns have to be hung up.

There are light bulbs inside the lanterns, not candles, and when connected to a power source, the lights can be illuminated by pressing a switch.

But it's daytime now, so I'm not in such a hurry to press the switch.

After finishing these, start preparing the New Year's dinner.

On the other side of the river is an area of ​​another prefecture-level city, where the customs are different, and the New Year's dinner is finished early, and firecrackers are set off.

The sound of firecrackers is one after another, full of New Year flavor.

There are also people setting off firecrackers here one after another, but they are basically for children to play, and they have not yet formed the scale of the other side of the river.

This is not the New Year's Eve dinner, but the one at noon.

The situation is better this year, and the New Year's meal is also prepared more sumptuously.

There are ingredients that Yan Xin brought over from the south, and they can be eaten with a little processing.

There are also chickens and fish raised at home, and meat and ribs bought from the butcher shop in the village.

In addition, I went to the town to buy beef and donkey meat.

A leg of venison sent by Xiao Shiyu's family was also taken in half to make a bowl.

Adding all kinds of dishes together, there are meat and vegetables, and there are twelve dishes, which fill the whole table.

It was not easy to cook this meal. The three pots were made at the same time, and it was hard to prepare all the dishes.

This meal cannot be eaten in the kitchen, but must be eaten in the hall.

By the time the food was on the table, it was almost twelve o'clock at noon.

First of all, incense candles are lit to worship the ancestors, so that the ancestors can enjoy it first.

Then set off firecrackers, close the door, and the father and son began to eat.

This new year's meal at Yan's family was unprecedentedly rich.

There are few more prosperous ones in the village.

Dad Yan was a little relieved that he was finally living a good life.

At the same time, there was some sadness—his wife couldn't see such a prosperous life.

After that woman married him, she didn't have a good day, and he felt guilty thinking about it.

Now having a reunion dinner, in such a beautiful home, there is such a large table of dishes, but there are only father and son eating.

It is said to be a reunion year, but it seems deserted.

While eating, I couldn't help but say to Yan Xin:
"During the Chinese New Year, if there are a few more people, it will be lively..."

Yan Xin said with a smile: "Dad, you don't have to worry. In a few years, when I marry a wife and have children, our family will be lively."

But in my heart, I thought of the years when I first came out to work in my previous life, and I never went home.

In those few years, his father spent every Chinese New Year alone. He cooked a large table of dishes by himself, worshiped the ancestors by himself, completed those ceremonies, and then ate the reunion dinner by himself.

Thinking about it, I felt that I was too ignorant at the beginning.

I also think that I should make good compensation in this life.

It's just that other things can make up for it. He can't make up for the fact that he wants to have a lively new year.

Many things can be bought, but loved ones cannot.

Even if he gets married and has children as quickly as possible after reaching the marriageable age, it will take two or three years.

That's all I can say now.

After the reunion dinner, in the afternoon, I went up to the mountain to worship Yan Xin's mother, weeded the grass again in front of the grave, lit joss sticks, put down the tribute, and knelt down to worship Ruyi.

In front of his mother's grave, Yan Xin said to his father, "I will strive to come back to visit the grave next year on Qingming."

Father Yan really wanted his son to go home, but he still said: "It's best to come back, but it also depends on whether there is time, don't delay work, I'm still here."

"Time can still be squeezed out." Yan Xin said.

"That's good." Dad Yan said.

Yan Xin asked again: "When I pay off all the money I owe next year, can I consider building a tomb for my mother?"

Dad Yan thought about it for a while.

Of course, he also hopes that his wife's tomb can be repaired, so that it can exist for a longer period of time, reminding the world that there is such a person buried here in that place.

The end of a person's life cannot be regarded as real death, only when all traces of his existence are obliterated, then it is considered real death, as if it never came.

Repairing the tomb can obviously make this pile of loess exist in the state of a tomb for a longer period of time.

However, he didn't want the tomb repair to affect his son's real life.

——It still costs a little money to repair the tomb, and it costs several thousand yuan if it is cheap.

He hesitated and said: "There is no need for these two years. After you get married and have children, you can repair the tombstone and engrave your child's name on it, so that your mother will feel at ease when she goes underground."

Yan Xin said: "The stele can not be erected first, but we can repair the tomb first."

The graves piled up with soil are easy to collapse, and the weeds and vines on the mountain grow too fast, and it takes a lot of time to clean up every time they come here.

If a tomb is built, it will be much easier to clean.

You can also set aside a part of the place to plant cypress trees to make the environment better.

——Thinking of the desolation of her mother's final resting place, Yan Xin feels a little uncomfortable.

If there is no money, there is no way. With money, the environment should be improved appropriately.

"That's fine," said Dad Yan, "I will build a tomb for your mother after you pay off the debt."

The father and son went down the mountain, and along the way they met several people who went up the mountain to worship, some they didn't know, and some they knew.

Those who knew each other warmly greeted the father and son, and some people asked Yan Xin if he really drove back. Yan Xin still used the tricks of fooling his father to fool others—the car was not his own, It's the boss's car that I borrowed.

He found that this time when he went home for the New Year, the attitudes of the folks he met became much more enthusiastic.

I don't know if it's because he built a small villa at home, or because he drove home.

Anyway, in the eyes of others, he has become a promising person.

Once I met a family with a young man waiting for work at home, and asked Yan Xin where he worked and whether the company needed employees. I hope Yan Xin could help introduce a job.

Yan Xin didn't want to cause trouble, he could only say that the company is not short of people, and he has no idea of ​​recruiting employees for the time being, and he has no way to introduce jobs for people.

However, he still recommended Feng Chen's home improvement company, saying that Feng Chen's company needs workers, and it doesn't matter whether they have decoration experience or not, as long as they are hardworking and willing to learn, they can go to work there.

He also said that he was a little tired, but he could still get a salary of two to three thousand yuan a month.

——In 07, I was able to get a salary of two to three thousand yuan a month, which was already very good.

It's just that when the person he was talking to heard that he was going to do such a job, he immediately lost interest, probably because he felt that the decoration work was too tiring.

In this way, Yan Xin has nothing to say.

When they got home, it was past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the father and son did nothing else, just chatted while watching TV, and ate snacks by the way.

There are only two people, and there is nothing else that can be done—even Dou Dizhu is still short of one person.

They all had one thought in their minds - there were too few people, and at this early Chinese New Year point, there was no atmosphere of Chinese New Year.

At other times it's nothing.

But this is a big Chinese New Year, other people's homes are celebrating the New Year lively, family reunion, laughing and laughing.

As far as their family is concerned, there are only father and son, no matter how lively it is, it will not be lively.

Apart from turning up the sound of the TV, there seems to be no way to make it lively.

However, on New Year's Eve, the TV was quite lively.

The father and son were chatting casually, and Yan Xin was chatting with people on QQ.

Chatted with Feng Chen for a few words, and asked each other what they ate for this New Year's dinner.

Feng Chen also told Yan Xin that he and Ruan Mengyao each gave Feng Xi 500 yuan in red envelopes as lucky money.

Then, his parents each gave Ruan Mengyao 500 yuan as lucky money.

After all, the winner in the end is Feng Xi.

They are a young couple.

Yan Xin couldn't help asking: "Then did your parents give your sister New Year's money?"

Feng Chen: "Yes, ten yuan."

Yan Xin was speechless about this.

I feel that the gap between 500 yuan and [-] yuan is too big.

Although an unmarried daughter-in-law is much more noble than a daughter, there shouldn't be such a big gap in New Year's money.

But he also felt a little gloating—in fact, Feng Xi was already very rich, but her parents didn't know it. The worse her parents' attitude towards her now, the less benefits they would get from her in the future.

Feng Xi is no longer a child, she will keep this kind of differential treatment in mind.

In the previous life, there was no way. Without Feng Chen, Feng Xi could only bear the responsibility of providing for his parents in the elderly. This is not the case in this life.

I don't know if they will regret it after they understand it.

In addition, I chatted with Chen Li for a while.

Chen Li had already brought Liang Wei back to his hometown, this time he was really returning home.

He is a disliked person at home, he feels that he is not motivated, and he is looked down upon by relatives, and he is often pulled out as a negative example.

After only going out for a year or two, he drove a Mercedes-Benz and came back with a young and beautiful girlfriend. It can be said that he completed a perfect counterattack.

When Chen Li arrived at the house yesterday, he hadn't told his parents about bringing his girlfriend back by car.

Going back this time shocked the family and neighbors.

He told of the sensation he had caused upon his return, with an undeniable joy in his words.

He also said that this time he bought more than 1 yuan of fireworks and firecrackers, and he was ready to spend a lot of money, so that everyone around him would know that Chen Li had come out, and let those who looked down on him see who was the real one. A real strongman.

When saying these words, Yan Xin seemed to be watching the story of Hexi in the 30 years of Hedong and 30 years of Hexi in "Fights Break the Sphere".

I thought to myself: "If he writes this novel now, it should be even more exciting."

Chen Li did not hide his happiness, nor did he hide his disdain for those who looked down on him, including his parents, brother and sister-in-law.

This also made Yan Xin understand that this guy's family relationship is really bad, and it's no wonder he didn't go home during the Chinese New Year last year.

Chen Li also told Yan Xin that he won't stay at home for long, and when he has finished pretending to be the best, he will leave with Liang Wei and continue his trip.

This time should be the last time he returns to his hometown for the New Year.

As for the contact with family members in the future, it will probably be by phone.

However, he also said that he will still fulfill his responsibilities, and he will send some money to his family every month in the future, which can be regarded as a return to his parents for their kindness in nurturing.

As for family affection, he said that he didn't feel it himself, so he wouldn't reciprocate it.

I don't know how much disgust I received at home, anyway, there is still an unconcealable resentment between the lines now.

Yan Xin didn't persuade him anything.

Everyone has their own experience. Don't persuade others to be kind without others suffering.

Persuading people to be kind without principle is actually a kind of evil.

He half-jokingly and half-seriously said to Chen Li: "If you don't go back to your hometown to celebrate the New Year next year, you can come to my house to celebrate the New Year and feel the atmosphere of our New Year here."

Generally, guests would not go to other people's homes for the New Year, but Chen Li didn't care about this, and agreed at the time: "No problem, anyway, it's the same wherever I go."

Seeing his reply, Yan Xin thought to himself:

"It's all right now, next year's Chinese New Year will not be as deserted as this year."

(End of this chapter)