The girl Feng Xi who followed Yan Xin knew Bai Xiaoling, the daughter of the white widow who sold tofu, they used to be classmates, just like the relationship between Yan Xin and Feng Chen, they were classmates from elementary school to junior high school, but in high school, she was admitted to the first middle school, and Bai Xiaoling was studying in the second middle school.

No. 1 Middle School is the best high school in the county, but No. 2 Middle School is not the second best high school in the county, but the one at the bottom.

Both the third and fourth middle schools are better than the second middle schools.

Bai Xiaoling's grades were not good enough, so she went to the second middle school with the worst teaching quality.

When they were in primary school in the village, they were classmates, but they didn't have the same class in junior high school.

Feng Xi was more impressed by Bai Xiaoling, and that was because Bai Xiaoling was considered the most beautiful female classmate in the class.

So she recognized it at a glance.

Bai Xiaoling is the daughter of the White Widow, but the White Widow is not surnamed Bai, but surnamed Wu, called Wu Xiuhong.

Everyone called her the White Widow, just because her husband's family name was Bai, and after her husband died, she still lived there and was a member of the Bai family.

That's basically what it's called here.

Feng Xi recognized Bai Xiaoling at a glance, and Bai Xiaoling also recognized Feng Xi at a glance.

The reason is very simple - when they were studying together, Feng Xi was the one with the best grades in the class, and she was the envy of her classmates, and every classmate was very impressed by her, and it was difficult to forget.

As soon as Feng Xi got out of the car, Bai Xiaoling exclaimed in surprise and greeted her: "Feng Xi, it's you!" It's been a long time, why are you here? ”

Feng Xi nodded to Feng Chen and said, "My brother wants to come to see his old classmate, so he has to come over, so I came over." ”

Feng Chen looked at his sister, with a question mark on his face, and wondered: "Did I have to ask her to come over?" Didn't she have to come with me? ”

There was a lot of doubt in his heart, but after Feng Xi glared at him, he decided to pretend that he didn't hear it, and then greeted Yan Xin.

Feng Xi asked Bai Xiaoling rhetorically: "Why are you here?" I think you seem to be living in group two. ”

From west to east in the south of this village, groups 1 to 6 live under the river embankment, Feng Xi lives in group 6, in the easternmost part of the village, and one road passes to another village.

On the north side, from west to east, there are groups of seven to twelve.

The Yan family is in the twelfth group, which also belongs to the east of the village, but it is not as east as the Feng family, and the distance between the north and the south is also a little far, and then the people are separated by a mile or two.

The Bai family is in the second group, in the southwest of the village, and the distance from the Yan family is relatively far, with three or four miles of road.

It rained yesterday, and it was not easy to walk all the way, Bai Xiaoling appeared here so early, so Feng Xi couldn't help but doubt the relationship between her and Yan Xin, and even had a little doubt that Bai Xiaoling was staying here with Yan Xin last night.

Now Bai Xiaoling is still wearing slippers on her feet, obviously not from home, but the shoes of the Yan family.

Thinking about it like this, I feel even more uncomfortable.

Before Bai Xiaoling could speak, Yan Xin on the side opened his mouth to explain:

"Yesterday my dad and I came home from my aunt's New Year's greetings, and we met her and her mom on the way, it was raining at that time, and they didn't bring an umbrella, so they drove them for a ride, and today her mom asked her to send some tofu over to express her gratitude."

Originally, he didn't ask, but when he saw that Feng Xi's face was a little unsightly, he felt inexplicably weak in his heart, so he hurriedly explained.

Bai Xiaoling helped: "Yan Xin is really a good person, my mother sighed yesterday, if we hadn't met him, we would all have been drenched in soup." ”

Feng Xi sighed, felt a little more comfortable, and didn't say anything.

Feng Chen and Ruan Mengyao both brought gifts when they got out of the car, which also included the basket of oranges that Feng Xi brought to the car.

Bai Xiaoling looked at the gifts they proposed, needless to say, the oranges were worthless, but those two nutritional products looked quite tall, and she was immediately ashamed of herself, thinking in her heart:

"My mother asked me to give a gift, so I gave a few pieces of tofu, which is such a heavy gift. It's not for me to come over to say thank you, it's for me to come over and be ashamed. ”

Feng Chen was a little embarrassed about the basket of oranges, feeling a little unable to handle it, and explained to Yan Xin with a smile: "This orange was brought by my sister." ”

Yan Xin glanced at Feng Xi, and then said to Feng Chen: "Your oranges are quite delicious, I like to eat them." ”

Feng Chen: "Well, you like to eat, let my dad send a bag to your family this winter." ”

Yan Xin smiled and said, "Then thank you." ”

For the two nutritional products, he actually disagreed, knowing that this was something that collected an IQ tax.

But he also bought some of these gifts when he went home for the New Year, not for his father to eat, but to give away to save face.

That's pretty much what everyone thinks.

It's not easy for him to refuse to send a gift, because he sent a pair of wine before the Chinese New Year, and it would be a bit hypocritical to say no in this case.

Welcome them all into the house.

Feng Chen also asked, "What about your father?" Why didn't you see it? ”

Yan Xin said depressedly: "After breakfast, I went to the next town, saying that it was the sixth day of the new year today, and it was already over the New Year, so I should work and go there to buy seeds." ”

The town next door he said was not from their county, but a town across the river, which belonged to another prefecture-level city, and this village was on the other side of the river, which was much more convenient than going to their own town, and it was more than ten miles away.

But it takes half a day to walk back and forth.

- Yan's father can pedal a bicycle, but it only rained on the road yesterday, and now the road is not dry, so there is no way to pedal a bicycle.

Yan Xin mentioned that he drove to the town to help buy seeds, but his father vetoed it, and his father said that the car would get a cart of mud on the road in this weather, so don't stain the boss's car, it's better for him to walk over by himself.

He also said that he had been sitting in the car since the Chinese New Year, and he hadn't walked for a long time, so he should also walk around.

It was only the sixth day of the first lunar month, and Yan Xin really didn't want his father to work so early, but there was no way to stop it, and he was a little depressed in his heart.

What made him even more depressed was that his father didn't just go to buy seeds, but he also picked up a load of brooms that he had tied himself and went to town to sell them.

Even if those brooms are sold out, they can only be sold for dozens of dollars, and it is not easy to pick them all the way.

Yan Xin asked his father not to work so hard, but persuasion was useless, his father's reason was that the brooms had already been tied, and they would not be sold and wasted at home.

And it's still the beginning of the first month, and there are a lot of people in the town, so you have to sell things a little faster.

In previous years, he was like this for the Chinese New Year.

Yan Xin's persuasion was ineffective, so he could only watch his father carry a load of brooms to sell.

Feng Xi saw that Yan Xin was depressed, and couldn't help but say: "Your father is also really diligent, but he is a little too diligent." ”

Yan Xin said: "Isn't it? It's not that he's short of money, I don't know what he's doing so hard? ”

Feng Chen said with a smile: "Probably I was used to being poor before, and I haven't adapted to the rich life now." ”

Yan Xin hurriedly said: "My family is not rich, but I don't have to worry about money so much." ”

Feng Chen knew what he was worried about, so he smiled and didn't say anything.

Bai Xiaoling said beside her: "The older generation is like this, especially those from single-parent families. My mother too, just went home from relatives yesterday and began to prepare to make tofu, not to mention a few more days off for the Chinese New Year. ”

The more she talked, the more depressed she became: "It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to rest during the New Year, she has to pull me up, so that I can't live in peace during the New Year." ”

Making tofu is a very hard thing, and making tofu by one person is even harder.

If you can have someone to help, of course, you won't let it go.

Although Bai Xiaoling was just helping out on the side, she also felt that it was very hard, so she was naturally unhappy and had some complaints about her mother.

It's normal for a child who is only seventeen or eighteen years old to have such thoughts.

When Yan Xin was seventeen or eighteen years old in his last life, he was not much better, and it can even be said that it was much too much.

So now although Yan Xin feels that Bai Xiaoling's idea is unacceptable, he doesn't have the face to look down on others, but he just sighs:

"It's not for themselves that they work so hard, it's just to make their children's lives better, it's just that for their children, their sacrifice is too unworthy."

"Forehead ......"

Bai Xiaoling glanced at Yan Xin in surprise, and thought to herself, "Is this person's consciousness so high?" ”

- She was not happy, just because her mother had to work for the New Year, and she had to pull her up.

In contrast, he was somewhat ashamed and said embarrassedly:

"yes, it shouldn't have been so hard......"

Her mother started making tofu before dawn, and she ate her meals early, and after eating, she had to carry her burden and go from house to house to sell tofu.

- I usually push a bicycle, but there is too much mud on the rainy road, and the wheels will be blocked by the mud, which is very inconvenient, so I can only pick it up and sell it.

You also have to sell it before others make breakfast, and you have to eat breakfast very early.

Bai Xiaoling also ate early, and then brought a few pieces of tofu over.

If the tofu is not released, it is not good to send too much, the father and son can't eat so much, they will only spoil it.

She didn't know why she sent a few pieces of tofu from afar, it was better to give a few dollars directly yesterday, but her mother told her like this, and she could only comply.

Her mother hoped that she could deliver the tofu before the Yan family made breakfast, so that she could eat it in the morning.

However, Yan's father is going to the town today, and breakfast is relatively early, and by the time she arrives, Yan's father has already gone out.

Yan Xin was also quite surprised when he saw Bai Xiaoling sending a few pieces of tofu from so far away - this tofu cost five cents a piece, and five pieces of tofu were sent, that is, two yuan and a half cents, and it was really not worth running a few miles to send this thing.

It's just that people have already sent it over, and they said no, and let them take it back, which is too unusual.

You can only take it.

Then Bai Xiaoling was quite interested in his house and asked to take a look.

He had no choice but to take the little girl upstairs to have a look.

Bai Xiaoling walked all the way, the soles of her shoes were already covered with mud, and they would get very dirty when she entered the house, so Yan Xin took her a pair of slippers and let her wear them in.

Before he finished shopping, Feng Chen's car drove over, and then it was the current situation.

Bai Xiaoling originally just wanted to satisfy her curiosity, and then went back.

But after a walk around this small villa and feeling what the rich are like, my mind has become different, and I don't want to leave just like that.

I even had an idea in my heart: "My mother asked me to send tofu all the way over, maybe not to thank him, but to create such an opportunity for me......"

When I think about it, I feel a little excited in my heart.

She is eighteen years old, and the school in No. 2 Middle School is not a pure place, and among her classmates, there are many young lovers, although she has not been in early love, but she understands many things.

The difficulties at home also make her more realistic than other peers.

Her academic performance is not good, and it is impossible for her to be admitted to university.

In a few months, after the college entrance examination, I will go out into society and go out to work.

It is impossible not to take into account those realities.

Yan Xin is quite handsome, the house is beautifully built, and I heard that the salary is quite high.

She felt that if she could be with such a man, it should be a good choice.

So she decided not to waste such a great opportunity that her mother had created for him, as long as the master didn't push her away, she would stay here.

Feng Chen and the others came, Yan Xin naturally wanted to entertain, invited them all into the house, took slippers and changed them on, and put a fruit plate and drinks in the hall to entertain.

He also brought the coal stove in the kitchen, and the coal was burning in it, and everyone happened to be around the stove to make a fire.

Bai Xiaoling didn't leave, so she was naturally among the hospitality.

Sitting there, eating melon seeds, I thought:

"That's the difference between eating fruit and fruit - I only sent a few pieces of tofu over, and there was nothing, they sent nutrients, and then they ate and drank."

Yan Xin originally thought that Bai Xiaoling would leave by himself after Feng Chen and the others came over, and he even thought about the words to stay:

"Won't you sit for a while?"

Then the other party replied: "No, I have something at home and want to go back." ”

Then he said, "Then you go slowly." ”

Such courtesy and courtesy, everyone is happy.

I didn't expect people to sit down like an old friend and eat snacks together, which made it clear that they didn't want to leave.

made him a little depressed, thinking to himself: "Are these melon seeds really that delicious?" ”

Feng Xi also felt quite strange, and thought to himself: "Why is this woman still here?" In what capacity did she stay here? ”

I can't wait to throw Bai Xiaoling out.

But this is not her home, it is Yan Xin's home, she can't do such a thing.

In fact, even if it was her home, she couldn't do anything like that.

I can only endure it.

Feng Chen didn't have any other ideas, and chatted with Yan Xin about some things about visiting relatives during the New Year, and they chatted quite happily.

After chatting for a few words, Bai Xiaoling got involved and shared with them some happy and unhappy things about her relatives during the New Year.

This little girl's academic performance is not good, but she is thick-skinned, and she doesn't treat herself as an outsider when she sits down.

The only one who couldn't fit in was Feng Xi.

She was holding a bottle of Wahaha in her hand, sucking there with a straw in her mouth, looking at this for a while, looking at that for a while, without saying a word, her face was a little unsightly, and she looked like an outsider.

Feng Chen also observed this, and had some worries in his heart:

"My sister is stupid at reading, she doesn't have any social skills at all, she sits here without saying a word, and she is more introverted than before. With such a character, what can I do when I go out of society in the future? ”

(End of chapter)