Reborn since 2005

Chapter 398
This night, Yan Xin slept better. She went to bed before ten o'clock, and when she woke up the next morning, it was only after seven o'clock.

I slept for more than nine hours, and I had enough sleep time to nourish my energy.

After washing up, they went downstairs, and breakfast was already prepared, which was made by Wu Xiuhong.

At this time, Bai Xiaoling just got up, and she was woken up by her mother. She was a little angry, and she washed her face and brushed her teeth by the well.

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

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

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

What I ate was rice noodles, which Wu Xiuhong did not buy, but made by herself, which was more reassuring and tasted better than the bought ones.

Many women in the village make rice noodles by themselves, which is called rice noodles here, and they usually do it in winter.

But Dad Yan can't, 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 her a few times while eating.

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

"Then I won't be polite." Yan Xin said.

It's more suitable for breakfast.

As a southerner, he is not very used to eating noodles, and prefers to eat rice noodles and rice rolls.

After eating, they cleaned up 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, they can just take Yan Xin's car.

A family of four, no problem at all.

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

After getting in the car, she was very excited. Although it was not the first time for her to make this 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 it feels completely different.

She also pulled out her phone to take a few selfies.

Before driving, Yan Xin first confirmed that they were all wearing their seat belts, and then drove after confirming that they were correct.

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

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

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

——At the beginning, she was envious of her classmates who could ride in a small car, and now she also wants to be the envy of others.

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

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

Yan Xin was married in her previous life, so she knew where to go to go through the formalities and what procedures to go through. She also brought all the documents and certificates she should bring, and drove her own car, so she went directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

The whole process went smoothly.

It was less than ten o'clock when they got their documents and came out.

After looking at the time, Yan Xin suggested: "It's rare to come out, why don't we go shopping again?"

Both Dad Yan and Wu Xiuhong hesitated.

Shopping costs money.

And there will be guests at home today, it seems that it is not good to be outside for a long time.

If the guests come, there is no one in the house, that's not a big deal.

——Although it was agreed to have dinner with others, there may be a few of them who will come early.

They all said there was nothing to do.

But Bai Xiaoling excitedly expressed her approval 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 time of the college entrance examination, she just passed by the rest of the time, and has never experienced what this bustling world is like.

I thought it was very beautiful, and the shop windows were full of beautiful things, but I didn't have a chance to look at them seriously.

During the college entrance examination, I stayed in this county for quite a long time, but it was busy with the college entrance examination, so I didn't have time or mood to go shopping.

This time it was hard to come, and Yan Xin put forward such an opinion again, of course she had to agree.

In this way, it would be difficult for Father Yan to say anything - Bai Xiaoling is his stepdaughter, not his biological daughter, he can only obey this stepdaughter's opinion, but it is not easy to object, for fear that it will make Wu Xiuhong feel unhappy , affecting the harmony of the family.

Wu Xiuhong could reprimand Bai Xiaoling--it's okay to scold Bai Xiaoling, even to hit her.

But in the same way, it is not convenient for her to object to Yan Xin's opinion.

This was first proposed by Yan Xin, and her daughter followed suit, and she couldn't scold her daughter, because that would be tantamount to scolding Yan Xin, so she could only express her disagreement more tactfully.

But Bai Xiaoling is not afraid of her being euphemistic.

The mother and daughter have been together for so many years, and she already has this kind of awareness - as long as her mother doesn't object strongly enough, then she agrees.

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

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

Big bags and small bags, I bought a lot of things.

Food and drink, and clothes.

Yan Xin didn't buy clothes himself, but bought several clothes for the other three in the family.

Of course, Bai Xiaoling bought the most.

She is going to work in the capital, where the temperature is lower, so she needs to buy some warm clothes.

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

In addition to clothes and shoes.

There are three or four thousand dollars spent on clothes and shoes.

This is because the two old people are unwilling to spend so much money, so they vigorously stop it, otherwise he will spend more.

At least if you buy a down jacket, you will choose the one that costs more than 1000, not the one that costs hundreds.

This little money is really nothing to him, but the two elders don't think so, thinking that he doesn't have enough money to make him spend so much money.

Even Bai Xiaoling felt a little embarrassed, and felt that she didn't deserve to wear such expensive clothes, just about the same.

Now that the clothes and shoes that Yan Xin bought for her are already very expensive, she even has an idea in her mind--how great would it be if I could return these things and exchange them for cash?
As a girl with no more than one hundred pocket money, she felt that it was a huge sum of money, and she could even be called achieving financial freedom.

Of course, the favor for Yan Xin is even worse.

They are not brothers and sisters yet, but other people's brothers can't treat their sisters so well.

It made her feel good to have an older brother.

It feels so good to be pampered.

When Yan Xin spat out the word "buy" one after another, she felt that this was the most gentle and pleasant voice in the world.

I even wanted to cry a few times - so happy!
When he came out of the supermarket checkout, he saw that there were people buying gold jewelry next to him, so Yan Xin took them to the counter again.

Wu Xiuhong's face changed color: "You don't need to go, everything there is extremely expensive. You have 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, right? There is nothing. If it spreads, won't it make others laugh at our family? You still have to buy what you 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 father, "Dad, don't you think so?"

Wu Xiuhong signaled Yan's father to refuse, but Yan's father felt that what his son said was reasonable. If there were no things that should be there, the woman would be wronged, and the woman's natal family would feel that her daughter had been wronged, and outsiders would feel that she was old. The Yan family looked down on people.

So he didn't object, but nodded and agreed with his son's opinion: "Yes, there must be what should be."

Wu Xiuhong never wore gold jewelry, but the last time she got married, the man's family gave her a pair of silver bracelets, which she had worn for ten years, but she had no money to sell them.

She is already in her 40s and has suffered too much. She really doesn't pay much attention to these things, and pays more attention to practical things.

In her eyes, gold jewelry is a flashy thing, and it is not worth spending money on these things.

Seeing that Dad Yan didn't object, knowing that this consumption was inevitable, he was a little touched, but also felt very uneasy, sighed and said:
"But this is too expensive..."

"Gold is a store of value, so buying this is not a waste." Yan Xin said.

When he said that, Wu Xiuhong felt better.

The gold jewelry sold here is a well-known national chain gold store, not the pheasant brand.

They have chosen several pieces of jewelry here, all in solid gold.

Rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets cost a total of 9000 yuan.

Among them, I bought two necklaces, and gave one to Bai Xiaoling—because Bai Xiaoling was so greedy when she saw that gold necklace, Yan Xin simply bought an extra one.

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

Just going to the supermarket like this, I spent more than 1 yuan before and after, which made the two elders tremble with fear. They both felt that Yan Xin spent too much money, and he was like a prodigal son.

It also made Bai Xiaoling look at Yan Xin differently, thinking that this brother is simply too handsome, so handsome that there is no limit!
Especially when paying the bill, the whole person exudes a bright light.

On the way home, Yan Xin instilled consumption concepts in them again.

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

Too stingy and unnecessary.

Everyone has suffered. After suffering so much, it is time to enjoy it.

Of course, he also said that he still needs to have a certain sense of risk, so he should save money as well.

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

Enjoy while you can, lest you regret when you can't.

In the past, I was worried about the so much money I owed to build a house, and I didn't dare to spend it recklessly. Now that all the debts have been paid off, and I can still earn money, why are you so stingy?
Moreover, they are not willing to spend money on such an important day as marriage, so 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 said casually: "The money in the card has been almost spent, but the salary will be paid in two days, and there will be more than 1 yuan. And there will be a year-end bonus at the end of the year. The company's efficiency is very good this year. I am very satisfied, he said that the year-end bonus may be as high as tens of thousands, so you don't have to worry at all, by the time of the new year, my savings may reach [-]."

One hundred thousand is also a huge number in the countryside of this era.

The two elders were shocked by this figure, and then felt that it was not unacceptable for Yan Xin to spend more than 1 yuan today.

Father Yan still told him: "You also need to save that money, you will marry a wife in the future, and marrying a wife now requires a lot of money, 10 may not be enough, so don't spend it indiscriminately."

Yan Xin smiled and said: "Dad, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who likes to spend money recklessly. Isn't this your marriage? These should be spent. I don't spend much money when I am alone. Spending is less than a tenth of my income."

This statement is also true in a sense, he does not spend more than one-tenth of his income in a single month.

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

Dad Yan didn't know his actual situation, so he could only calculate from his salary of more than 1 yuan a month. If it was one-tenth, it would be more than 1000 yuan a month.

Not to mention less than one-tenth.

Not too high, not too low.

Many people who go out to work now do not have a monthly salary of more than 1000 yuan. He spends more than 1000 yuan a month, which of course is not low, and his life is better than most migrant workers.

But Yan Xin's monthly salary is more than 1 yuan, and after spending more than 1000 yuan, there is still a lot of money left every month.

In this way, he is more at ease - he is a person who lives too much and has no sense of security financially. 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 also have to learn from your brother, don't spend all the money you earn, you have to stay. You promised me that you will send half of your salary to me every month. You don't want to." Forget it, I have to save it for you."

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

"Then you don't want to spend the remaining half, but keep some in case you need something urgent one day." Wu Xiuhong said again.

Bai Xiaoling said with a crying face, "Got it."

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

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

Sure enough, there are still relatives who came early.

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

I didn't come empty-handed, I brought a gift.

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

In Yan Xin's heart, there are not many relatives in this world.

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

But he didn't regard everyone as an enemy.

Because he knew that those relatives were indeed not very well-off, and his life was very tight, and he had no ability to help others.

Not much family affection is true, but it's hard to say how bad it is.

There is no need to hold grudges.

In the past two years, he also followed his father to those relatives' homes to pay New Year's greetings. He didn't have much affection, but he still had to do what he had to do in order to save face.

Now seeing people coming, before getting out of the car, there is a smile on his face.

When he opened the car door, he greeted him affectionately, and then introduced which relative he was to Bai Xiaoling who was beside him.

It's already this time. After getting off the car, we exchanged some pleasantries, and the old couple went to prepare lunch.

The relatives are accompanied by Yan Xin, mainly because the relatives are most interested in Yan Xin, so they pester him to ask this and that.

Bai Xiaoling stayed by Yan Xin's side for a while, feeling quite uncomfortable, so she went to the kitchen to help.

When they came home late, they just cooked a few random dishes for lunch, three meat and one vegetarian, and ate one meal.

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

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

In addition, soft-shelled turtles, eels, beef, and mutton were also prepared.

In the afternoon, relatives came over one after another.

By three or four o'clock, everyone who should come has come.

There were a dozen or so guests, old and young, all of whom were very friendly.

Including the matchmaker's house, two more came.

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

Bai Xiaoling was by his side most of the time, the main thing was to get to know these new relatives.

The dinner is very rich, there are 12 dishes in total, there are not so many bells and whistles, most of them are hard dishes.

After the meal, some left and some stayed.

The few who left brought the gifts Yan Xin prepared for them when they left, and the gifts they brought were much more expensive.

The few who stayed lived far away, not in the village, or even in this town. It was obviously impossible to go back so late, so they could only stay here for one night.

Fortunately, this small villa has enough rooms to accommodate them.

This noisy day passed, and a new family was officially established.

After breakfast the next day, the remaining relatives also left one after another, taking away the gifts prepared for them.

What they ate at noon was yesterday's leftovers, and there were only four members of their family left at this time.

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

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

The picture of the happy family of four will soon be gone.

Even before leaving, Wu Xiuhong couldn't bear it anymore.

But she also knows that her daughter will eventually leave when she grows up, and it is not a good thing to keep her at home.

So she didn't object.

It's just that the whole afternoon, I was talking to Bai Xiaoling in a rambling manner. After I took it out, I couldn't do it, I should do it.

As he spoke, his eye circles turned 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."

Privately said to Yan Xin: "My mother is in menopause, it's so scary, a sentence is repeated again and again, I don't know how many times I have repeated it."

(End of this chapter)