Reborn since 2005

Chapter 414

In the sound of crackling firecrackers, the Dinghai Year of the lunar calendar has just passed, and it has entered the Year of Wuzi.

From the Year of the Pig to the Year of the Rat.

At this time, there are still passengers stranded on some roads in the south, and people from some local power companies are still urgently repairing the power grid.

But for most people, they have entered the new year in a lively atmosphere.

For Chinese people, only the Lunar New Year is the real Chinese New Year.

After setting off the firecrackers, Yan Xin took his mobile phone and sent messages of New Year greetings to those QQ friends.

Some are sent in groups, and some close friends send alone.

Bai Xiaoling also followed suit, taking her mobile phone and sending New Year greetings to all her QQ friends.

Some responded in time, and some did not.

After all, not every qq is online.

There are not many people who have mobile phones now, and there are even fewer mobile phones that can load QQ software.

Most of the domestic counterfeit phones do not have that function - some seem to have a qq software installed, but in fact they don't work at all.

Others have received messages but just don't want to reply.

In the end, there are only a few who can reply.

However, most of the New Year's greeting messages sent by Yan Xin received a reply.

Now most of his qq friends are employees of his company, and some are very good friends. These people must reply to the New Year's greeting message.

Only high school students responded less, and 1/4 did not respond.

Yan Xin also specially sent a New Year greeting message to his guiding light "The stray cat in reincarnation", but from his point of view, the other party showed offline.

Did not get a reply after sending it out.

In addition, he also sent a message of New Year greetings to Liang Wei, which was not a group message.

I just wished her a happy Year of the Rat, and then asked her how her current physical condition was.

Liang Wei also replied to him with a happy New Year of the Rat, and then told him that she is in good health and her due date is just a few days away, and she is already in the hospital waiting to give birth.

Her due date is in February.

It was only at this time that Yan Xin remembered.

Then he said a few words of congratulations.

Then I asked Chen Li who had just exchanged New Year greetings with him on QQ:
"Your son is about to be born, do you know?"

Chen Li: "I know, Liang Wei has already gone to the delivery room in the past few days, and I also asked Sister Ru to transfer [-] US dollars to her so that she can find a good person to take care of her."

Now that the guy knew about it and sent extra money, Yan Xin didn't say anything.

That guy is indeed a scumbag, and he doesn't look very responsible.

But for an unexpected child, I have already paid more than 100 million RMB to settle the bad relationship. Now that I heard that the child is about to be born, I can still take the initiative to send [-] US dollars to the child, which is not bad.

Scum is scum, but not completely irresponsible.

Yan Xin's group message immediately selected a large number of people.

Then, quite embarrassingly, Bai Xiaoling was clicked accidentally, and Bai Xiaoling also received his group message.

When Bai Xiaoling received this group message, she was shocked. After reading it several times, she asked Yan Xin:

"Brother, what message did you send me?"

After being reminded by her, Yan Xin realized that he had also chosen her in his group post, a little embarrassed, and said:
"Isn't it Chinese New Year? I'll send you a message of blessing."

"However, we are together. If you have something to say, you can just say no. Why do you have to say it through QQ? This feels so strange." Bai Xiaoling said.

"Uh," Yan Xin forcefully explained, "This is to reflect the sense of ritual."

Bai Xiaoling groaned, and then sent him a QQ message:

"Dear brother, happy new year!"

It took almost half an hour to send these messages, and continued playing cards after sending them out.

At one or two o'clock in the morning, I couldn't hold on any longer, so I went to bed.

According to the previous rules, one should not sleep all night. This is called keeping the year old.

Under normal circumstances, it is an all-night card game.

But now they are a little bit overwhelmed.

There is no need to hold on to this, so I just put it away.

I went to bed in the middle of the night, and was woken up before dawn the next day.

When I woke up, there were crackling firecrackers outside again.

Celebrating the Lunar New Year is the most ceremonial festival in the countryside, and people have to get up before dawn.

Yan Xin came out of the bedroom, just in time to see Bai Xiaoling who came out rubbing her eyes.

She was also woken up by her mother.

As soon as they met, Yan Xin wished her a happy new year.

"Brother, happy new year!" She also said.

Just about to go downstairs, Yan Xin stopped him:
"What are you doing walking so fast? There's still a ceremony."

"Eh?" Bai Xiaoling was taken aback, and looked at him suspiciously.

Yan Xin took out a big red envelope that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it over: "Don't you want this?"

As soon as Bai Xiaoling saw the red envelope, she immediately cheered up, with a smile on her face, and said quickly: "I want it, I want it!"

"Then what should you do?" Yan Xin asked again.

Bai Xiaoling arched her hands and bowed to him: "Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai, here are the red envelopes!"

Yan Xin smiled and handed her the red envelope, and rubbed her head: "Happy New Year! You will also make a fortune this year!"

Bai Xiaoling smiled and let him rub her head, and said, "Thank you brother, brother, you are the best person in this world to me."

"No, our mother is the one who treats you best in this world." Yan Xin said.

"But I think you are the one who treats me best in this world." Bai Xiaoling insisted.

Opening the red envelope in front of Yan Xin, there was a large stack of red notes inside.

I'm sorry to count carefully, but just by looking at the thickness, I know that the money will not be less.

Putting the red envelope in his pocket, he opened his arms and hugged Yan Xin: "Brother, you are so kind!"

In Bai Xiaoling's embrace, Yan Xin was a little lost, and he thought it was really good.

With a little money, you can make the people around you so happy and make the family atmosphere more harmonious.

It's good to have money!

The two went downstairs, the food was ready in the kitchen, and Dad Yan was facing south to worship the gods.

These are old customs.

The two siblings got up early, but the parents got up earlier, at least an hour before them.

This night, the two older ones basically didn't fall asleep much.

Chinese New Year is like this, it is lively, but the person in charge is actually very hard.

As soon as the two siblings came down, Wu Xiuhong gave each of them a red envelope.

This is lucky money.

After Wu Xiuhong gave it, Dad Yan also came over from his work, took out a red envelope from his pocket, and gave each of them a red envelope.

It is natural for unmarried children to receive red envelopes.

Some will choose to give it on the [-]th day of the New Year, and some will choose to give it on the first day of the junior high school, each has its own opinion.

But this New Year's money is not a lot, 100 yuan per person.

For these two parents, giving one hundred as a New Year's Eve money is already extravagant.

But for Bai Xiaoling who just got a thick stack of banknotes, this New Year's money is dispensable.

But she happily accepted it.

Of course Yan Xin accepted it.

It doesn't matter if it's money or not, the main thing is the atmosphere, the sense of ritual.

After worshiping God and setting off firecrackers, the family went to have breakfast.

The breakfast on the first day of the new year is also relatively rich, second only to the meal at noon on the thirtieth day of the new year.

After dinner, it was already dawn.

This time is not to catch up on sleep, but to visit relatives.

This time I went to Wu Xiuhong's natal family.

When she remarried, she entertained some relatives at Yan's house without a banquet, and confiscated the red envelopes.

This is the case with remarriage, and it is not as important as first marriage.

But when I go back to my mother's house on the first day of the new year, I still have to do this, otherwise it would be too disrespectful.

The Yan family used to go to Yan Xin's grandmother's house, but now that Wu Xiuhong is married, it would be a bit ugly to bring someone there.

The people on his grandmother's side will not be happy, and Wu Xiuhong and Bai Xiaoling will also be wronged.

The dead are gone, and the living still have to live a good life. In some things, the living have to be respected.

So this time I went to Bai Xiaoling's grandmother's house.

This is a respect for the two new members of the family, which means that they are not outsiders, but a family.

Yan Xin also followed.

Bai Xiaoling's grandmother's house is not in this village, and the distance is a little far away. It is not convenient to go there by car, so they went there by bicycle.

Fortunately, there are two bicycles at home, and one bicycle can accommodate two people.

All are cyclists who can take turns riding.

There are gifts to be sent in the bicycle basket, which are not very expensive, but they are definitely handy.

The four members of their family went to Wu Xiuhong's mother's house to pay New Year's greetings, and the people there were also surprised-they all had some accidents.

It was no accident that Wu Xiuhong's mother and daughter came here, because it happened every year, so there was nothing unexpected.

Surprisingly, the Yan family's father and son also came, especially the child of the Yan family who is very good at making money.

Dad Yan can also be said to be the son-in-law of their family, and he should live as he should.

But Yan Xin is so old, has grown up, and has become the pillar of the family. He has nothing to do with them, and he is willing to come here, which is really unexpected.

Surprised, but also very relieved, I think this is a kind family.

With this attitude, she will never bully that mother and daughter.

The cigarettes and alcohol they brought over were quite expensive, so that made them even more satisfied.

In the Wu family, the father and son of the Yan family received warm hospitality and were not treated as outsiders.

But they only stayed here for one night and left the next day.

In previous years, Wu Xiuhong brought her daughter to stay for a few days.

——There is no one at home anymore, of course it is more lively to live in my mother's house.

Now that she is married to the Yan family, she will have some more relatives, so naturally she can't stay here forever.

For the next two or three days, I will be visiting relatives.

Just passed by on a bicycle.

If you are far away, you have to go by car.

During this period, Yan Xin also went to his grandmother with gifts, and paid New Year's greetings to his uncles and aunts, but basically said a few words, left the gifts and left, without staying, just a meal None have eaten.

After his mother passed away, there was very little walking between the two sides, and the family relationship was gradually weakening.

When his father remarried, the family relationship became even more indifferent.

This is also impossible.

Now everyone can maintain a decent face and not speak ill of each other, which is already very good.

During Yan Xin's past New Year's greetings, some of them talked about his father's faults in front of him, that he was going to remarry when he was too old, and I don't know if he took some kind of ecstasy drug from that woman.

He also asked Yan Xin to be on guard against the mother and daughter, and not to be too nice to his father, lest his hard-earned money be given to others by his father.

At the same time, he also mentioned how good his mother was to him, and how good they were to his mother.

The main reason is that Yan Xin is now a person who can earn money. They don't want to lose such a relative, and they hope that Yan Xin can be more towards them.

This kind of atmosphere is indeed a bit embarrassing, Yan Xin has no way to deal with it calmly, and can only come and leave in a hurry.

When I left on my bicycle, I still felt a little bit sad in my heart—I am afraid that the relatives on this side will only become more and more distant in the future, and maybe one day, everyone will become strangers.

Not that he wants to, but such a trend is inevitable.

He felt a little sorry for his mother.

However, it is still the same sentence, the dead are dead, and the living still live and live well.

Then we can only take care of the emotions of the living as much as possible.

In the first few days of the Spring Festival, I was running around, visiting all places to pay New Year's greetings.

Some people just gave gifts and didn't stay for dinner.

Those who stayed for dinner sometimes just happened to be at that meal time.

I was busy until the fifth day of the new year, and then I stopped, and I didn't go to New Year's greetings anymore.

It's not just his family who are busy during the Chinese New Year, many other families are like that.

Some want to entertain guests who come to pay New Year's greetings, and some go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings.

Some go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings first, and then receive the guests who came to pay New Year's greetings after returning.

Feng Xi is also like this these days, running around.

Talking about this matter with Yan Xin, he expressed his annoyance.

Then he said that it was too inconvenient without a car.

In the future, during the Chinese New Year, she will have to encourage her brother to go home early to celebrate the New Year and bring the car over.

This will be much easier.

The traffic in the south that was paralyzed by the snowstorm was slowly clearing up. Feng Chen had already set off on the fifth day of the lunar new year, driving Master Ruan's family of four in his seven-seater car.

That is, on the fifth day of the lunar new year, Yan Xin invited Feng Xi to go to the county town together, and Bai Xiaoling also went with him.

The prosperity of the town can no longer satisfy them, they are going to the county town to have fun.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when Yan Xin and Xiao Shiyu were chatting through QQ, Xiao Shiyu asked him if he had time to meet up.

Yan Xin didn't want her to come to the house, it would make his father misunderstand that the two of them were disconnected, so he said that he could go to the county to meet him when he had time.

Because he had promised Bai Xiaoling before that he would give her a new mobile phone as a gift during the Spring Festival.

There are no good mobile phones for sale in the town. If you want to choose a good mobile phone, you still have to go to the county town.

It's a good chance to meet you at this opportunity.

After all, we are friends, or friends who have helped him.

A friend made such a request, and he had no way to refuse.

It's just a meeting, and it's not about doing anything against morality.

However, he still reported this matter to Feng Xi.

Feng Xi didn't object, but said that he also wanted to go to the county town for a stroll, because it was too boring at home.

Although Yan Xin felt that this was quite dangerous, but Feng Xi made this request, if he did not agree, it might be even more dangerous.

So he agreed.

Then he told Xiao Shiyu about it.

Xiao Shiyu asked him curiously: "Bring her here too, aren't you afraid that I'll tell you about you and Sister Lily?"

Of course Yan Xin was afraid, but he could only reply:
"You are my old classmate and my friend. I believe you won't take the time of Chinese New Year to talk about this matter."

Xiao Shiyu didn't scare him either, telling him:
"You can rest assured that now I am a contracted model of Jinxi E-commerce Company, and your little girlfriend is my boss. I will not provoke the boss."

With her words, Yan Xin was relieved a lot.

It's impossible to be completely assured, but he felt that since Xiao Shiyu said such a thing, he would not deliberately mention Ai Lili in front of Feng Xi.

If you really want to do this, those two friends will have nothing to do.

The only worry is that Xiao Shiyu will accidentally say it.

This also made him make up his mind to go to the county to meet, and the time to get along should not be too long, at most it would be a meal.

Can't live there.

After discussing for two days, it was finally decided to meet on the fifth day of the fifth day.

So on the fifth day of the first lunar month, early in the morning, after eating with Bai Xiaoling, he went to the canteen by the road to wait for the car.

There were still a few people waiting for the bus there, some were visiting relatives, some were carrying large bags, and they seemed to be going out to work.

At [-]:[-], the minibus came over, and when they got on the bus, it was almost full.

The two of them quickly grabbed their seats.

Not sitting together, there are several rows apart.

Those who came up from behind had no seats left.

No way, this is how it is during the Spring Festival. They are not the starting station here, and it is already very good to have a seat.

In two days, a large number of people will go out to work. When they come to their place, not to mention the seats, whether they can squeeze in is a problem.

After everyone got on, the minibus started.

After driving for more than a mile, I saw Feng Xi was already waiting by the side of the road.

After she got into the car, she frowned when she saw that there was no seat.

But there is no taxi here. If you want to go to the county town, you only have this car.

Then the waiting time will be long.

And there may not be a seat on the next trip.

So she can only go up.

Yan Xin was about to ask her to sit in her own seat, but she was a little hesitant, because there were some people from the village in the car who gave up their seats to Feng Xi in front of them, wondering if there would be any rumors.

While hesitating, Bai Xiaoling spoke:

"Sister Xi, you are here! Come and sit with me!"

As he spoke, he patted his thigh.

Apparently it was to let Feng Xi sit on his lap.

When Feng Xi saw her, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "It's not that good, is it?"

"It's okay, you are so light, I can bear it." Bai Xiaoling said.

Feng Xi walked over.

When passing by Yan Xin, he and Yan Xin looked at each other with a smile in the corner of their eyes, but neither of them said a word.

(End of this chapter)