Yan Xin and Bai Xiaoling talked about this matter, and they also thought of it temporarily, and when they saw her, they remembered the matchmaker's matchmaking at the beginning, and felt that this was also a good choice, and wanted to know if her mother was talking to other people now, and by the way, I asked Bai Xiaoling's opinion.

If Bai Xiaoling and her mother have already talked to others, then forget it.

If you don't talk to others, Bai Xiaoling herself doesn't object, but she can try it.

It's not that there is no one in this world who is suitable for his father except White Widow, he believes that as long as he behaves more financially, his father will be able to have more choices.

If he shows his economic strength with a net worth of more than 100 million, I'm afraid his father will have no problem finding a woman who is about the same age as him.

It is not uncommon for a rich man in his sixties to find a girl in his twenties to be his wife, not to mention that his father is only in his forties.

It's just that he thinks that his father and Bai Xiaoling and her mother are both middle-aged widows, and then they work hard to raise a child by themselves, and they have similar experiences, and they can empathize in many ways.

And they are all widowed, and there is no such thing as who dislikes and who is unlucky.

He also inquired about Bai Xiaoling's mother, she is a person who can live, and there is no problem with her character.

What's more, last year, the matchmaker also tried to match the two, and the other party had no opinion.

Then there is a great possibility.

If the answer is no, there is nothing to lose.

After Bai Xiaoling heard him say, a smile appeared on her face and said, "I also think that it is okay, how can it be done, it is good for them."

Then he sighed again: "It's not easy for my mother to provide me with education all these years."

"I know, my dad is like that, and I can see how difficult it has been for him in the past few years." Yan Xin said.

Bai Xiaoling looked at him and said enviously, "But you have already found a good job and can repay your father, but I don't have that ability, and I have to let my mother raise you."

"Take your time, it'll be fine later." Yan Xin said.

Bai Xiaoling continued to sell tofu, and she didn't say anything, just chatted casually and left on her bicycle.

At this time, Yan Xin also saw his father carrying a bucket coming from the path down the mountain.

When he brought his father home, he looked into the bucket and saw that it was a small half bucket of crayfish.

I couldn't help but laugh, "That's good, so many crayfish."

There were no crayfish here before, but in the mid-nineties, some wild crayfish came from nowhere, and then they quickly multiplied.

Within a few years, the pond and canal were full of crayfish and flooded.

In the beginning, everyone didn't know how to eat crayfish, so they made more and more of it.

It was only three or four years ago that people began to buy it, and a pound of crayfish was about a dollar, and when it was cheap, it was even only five cents.

At that time, Yan's father bought some ground cages and put them in the water to catch crayfish, and sometimes he could collect thirty or forty catties a day.

However, it can be harvested from April to June, and the rest of the time is rare.

At first, there were no competitors, so I could make dozens of pounds a day.

But after he earned the money, everyone followed suit and went to put the ground cage, so that there was a ground cage a few meters apart in the canal, and there were fewer and fewer crayfish that were already flooded.

In those years, crayfish has become a luxury in snacks, more and more people eat crayfish, and the price of crayfish is getting higher and higher.

Within a few years, the purchase price in the countryside had risen to four yuan a catty.

It's just that there are very few wild crayfish anymore, and there are more and more people catching crayfish.

Don't say that you can make thirty or forty catties a day, even if you can make three or four catties, thank God.

After Yan's father got up in the morning, he went to collect crayfish, and put dozens of them in the ground cage, and the farthest places were three or four miles away, so he didn't come back until this time.

The small half-barrel of crayfish brought back is actually only two or three catties, which is already a good harvest.

There was also a snakeskin bag in the barrel, the mouth was tied, and when it was opened, there were two yellow eels and a few loaches, which was a gift for catching lobsters in a ground cage.

Yan's father carried the snakeskin bag to the patio, where there was a water tank, and in the water tank were yellow eels and loaches, which already had a few catties.

While pouring the yellow eel and loach from the snakeskin bag, he asked Yan Xin, "Do you want to eat this lobster?" If you like it, you can stay and eat it. I don't like to eat it, so when someone comes to collect lobsters, I'll sell it to them."

"Keep it for yourself," Yan Xin said, "I haven't eaten crayfish for a long time, and I miss this taste."

In the past, when crayfish were flooded, the people in the village didn't know how to eat it, and no one liked it.

Later, when it was able to sell for money, people in the village liked to eat it.

The higher the price, the more delicious it is.

I don't know what's going on.

Now the purchase price is four yuan a catty, which is already a very high price for the people in the village.

But Yan Xin knows that the price will get higher and higher in the future.

In his memories of his previous life, the purchase price was at its highest, reaching more than 40 yuan a pound - but it was early spring, when there were very few crayfish that could be caught.

By that time, there were basically no wild crayfish left, and they were all raised in captivity.

At that time, he wanted to eat crayfish enough, and he was reluctant to spend that money at all.

Yan's father is very thrifty, but he is still very generous to his son, since his son wants to keep these crayfish to eat, then he won't sell them, and he will stay and eat them himself.

Two or three catties of crayfish can be sold for more than ten yuan, and it is not a waste, but let his son eat it, and he will not feel reluctant.

He asked Yan Xin again, "What about the yellow eel and the loach?" I've accumulated a few pounds these days, and if you eat them, keep them for yourself, and if you don't eat them, I'll pick them up tomorrow morning and sell them in town."

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The price of loach is not very high, but the price of yellow eel is more expensive, usually a pound costs more than ten yuan, to the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, if you are lucky, you can sell it for more than 20 yuan a catty.

The yellow eels raised in this tank are already four or five catties, and they can be sold for a hundred yuan.

Hundreds of dollars, for Yan's father, that is not a small number.

Yan Xin took a look.

This tank is full of wild eels and loaches, which are absolutely good.

He wanted to stay and eat it.

But after calculating it, he will only stay here for two days, and he will leave after breakfast the day after tomorrow, and he will bring back a lot of food in the county supermarket, and the father and son can't eat so much.

He also knew that after he left, his father would definitely not be willing to eat such expensive things, and he would sell what he could.

These things are worthless after the Dragon Boat Festival.

At that time, his father will inevitably feel distressed.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Keep that big yellow eel, keep two or three catties to eat at noon tomorrow, and sell the rest."

Father Yan said, "There are also a few fat loaches, do you want to keep the fat ones and eat them?"

Yan Xin reached out and touched the water tank, and indeed saw a few fat loaches.

The loaches here are only a few dollars a pound, and it is indeed a bit uneconomical to think that such a good thing is sold cheaply, so it is better to eat it yourself.

He smiled and said, "Okay, let's get a plate of spicy crayfish and a plate of loach stewed tofu at noon today."

Both men washed their hands and went into the kitchen for breakfast.

Two meat dumplings for one person, plus an egg.

This is the first time that Yan's father has eaten meat dumplings - only glutinous rice is put in the dumplings here, nothing else, and they are dipped in sugar when eating.

Yan Xin doesn't like to eat such zongzi, so this time he bought meat zongzi.

Dad Yan ate half of it, and began to praise: "This zongzi is very delicious,

It's better than what we've ever eaten before."

"Of course." Yan Xin said with a smile.

can make his father feel delicious, and make him feel that this thought is not in vain.

Yan's father asked him again, "How much is this?"

Yan Xin didn't want to say that it was too expensive, if he said it was too expensive, his father would be reluctant, and the feeling of eating it would be different.

Of course, it can't be said to be too cheap, it is too cheap to be believed-there is a lot of meat wrapped in it, it is very sincere, and the price cannot be low.

After thinking for a while, he said, "This was originally three yuan a piece, but the supermarket is holding an event, and if you shop for 99 yuan, you can get a coupon and buy this kind of zongzi at a 50% discount, so it's actually only worth 51 yuan."

When Yan's father heard that he had taken advantage of it, he felt that this zongzi was more fragrant when he ate it.

While eating breakfast, Yan Xin also mentioned that he bought five pieces of tofu from Bai Xiaoling.

Yan's father said: "A few days ago, I saw that girl selling tofu on a bicycle, and she was very embarrassed when she asked her, and her face would turn red when others asked her, but she seemed to have gotten used to it in the past two days."

As he spoke, he sighed again, "It's not easy for a teenage girl to do such a thing."

"Yes, it's not easy," Yan Xin said, "I was willing to share my family's worries just after high school, and I can be regarded as a sensible child."

Yan's father nodded in agreement, glanced at his son, and thought in his heart that his son also went out to work after high school, and he was quite sensible, so he was inexplicably a little proud.

Yan Xin said again: "I heard her say that her mother is still alone and has no companion."

Yan's father said, "I've heard people say that others dislike her mother and widow, saying that it is Kefu, which is unlucky, and she has a daughter to raise, so it is not easy to find."

As he spoke, he remembered his hard work in the past few years, and sighed, "I am also a hard-working person."

Yan Xin also sighed, and after a while, he said, "No wonder someone wanted to match her with you last year, and only the two of you can understand each other's difficulties, and you won't dislike each other."

Father Yan suddenly felt uncomfortable: "Say her, just talk about her, what are you doing on me?"

Yan Xin smiled, "I don't mean anything else, I just suddenly feel that you two are really suitable."

"Don't talk nonsense." Yan Dad said.

However, being reminded by Yan Xinyi, he also felt that the two of them were indeed quite suitable - if they had to find a partner.

After breakfast, Yan's father went out to work, and Yan Xin stayed at home and chatted on the Internet.

At ten o'clock, lunch is prepared.

Brush the two or three catties of crayfish one by one with a toothbrush, peel the garlic, cut the ginger, and prepare the chili pepper.

This is to make spicy crayfish.

In addition, he scooped up one or two catties of fat loaches from the water tank, took out the bitter gall and internal organs, cleaned them, and prepared to use the loaches to stew tofu.

There is a practice of stewed tofu with loaches, which is to use very small loaches to serve tofu, but there are no such small loaches in it, so simply use the largest loaches to stew.

By the time the meal was ready, it was already past 12 o'clock, and Yan's father happened to come back, so he started to eat lunch.

Yan's father went out not to do farm work, but to pull a small cart to cut wormwood in the field, preparing to pull it to the town to sell during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The custom here is to hang wormwood and calamus on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival, so that you can ward off evil spirits.

Wormwood and calamus are not worth much when they are farewell, but they can still be sold for some money on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

After lunch, in the afternoon, Yan's father went to the ditch to pull calamus.

When I got home, I mixed the calamus with wormwood and bundled them one by one, so that they could sell better tomorrow.

In fact, the family doesn't need this hard-earned money, but he doesn't know that in his mind, the family still owes a debt of one or two hundred thousand, which needs to be repaid as soon as possible, otherwise he will not feel at ease.

Yan Xin wanted to persuade him not to work so hard, but the words came to his lips and swallowed again.

Being able to turn his labor into wealth, for his father, is realizing the value of his life.

The moment you receive the money, it's definitely blissful.

If he told his father that he didn't need to put in any labor anymore, maybe his father would have a great sense of loss.

It's not particularly tiring labor, and it's good to make his dad feel the joy of making money.

Changing one's habits is a difficult thing to do.

His father has indeed listened to his persuasion in the past two years, he has not worked as hard as before, his body has indeed become better, and the whole person looks like he is more than ten years younger.

That's fine, there's no need to do it in one step, let his dad stay at home honestly, do nothing, just wait for his support.

If that's the case, it's not necessarily a good thing for his dad.

It's not a good thing for the body, it's not a good thing for the mind, and it will lose a lot of pleasure.

Only when his father really realizes that the family no longer needs him to earn money to live a rich life, will he slowly let go.

What Yan Xin can do now is to cook while his father is working.

The dishes he cooked in the evening were brought from the county, both meat and vegetarian, not sumptuous but okay.

As for the taste, even he himself was quite satisfied.

In the past few months, he has given Elili a hand, and he has also learned a little cooking skills, and his cooking skills are already very good in the countryside where he doesn't pay much attention to taste.

When eating, Yan's father sighed that his life is really happy now, and he can eat meat casually.

It wasn't like this a few years ago, it wasn't a New Year's holiday, and it was really rare to get a meat fish.

The grandfather and son reminisced bitterly at the dinner table, and they both felt that they had a hard time before, but now they are very happy.

"I'll be happier and happier in the future!" Yan Xin said this to his father.

Yan's father thought so: "When you pay off your debts this year, save a little more money to marry a daughter-in-law and have a child, then you don't have to worry about anything."

"Don't worry," Yan Xin laughed, "The daughter-in-law will have it, and the child will have it."

Speaking of his daughter-in-law, Yan's father couldn't help but ask, "Are you still talking to that girl from the Xiao family?"

Yan Xin pondered for a moment and said, "There is still a connection, but there is no more talking."

He felt that this matter would be exposed sooner or later, so it was better to expose this matter now.

In this way, whether he takes Feng Xi home or takes Alili home in the future, his father will be able to accept it.

At that time, he coaxed his father, just to build a house smoothly, and now that the house has been built, if he continues to coax, it will not end well in the future.

"Why didn't you talk about it?" Father Yan was anxious when he heard this, "How did you offend her?"

Yan Xin didn't have a good idea of arranging Xiao Shiyu, but said, "I didn't offend her, now we are still friends, and we are in constant contact."

"Then why don't you talk about it?" Yan's father said, "I remember that girl was very good."

"She's really good, but this thing, you still have to talk about fate," Yan Xin said while thinking of the reason, "It's just that the two of us are not in the same place, too far apart, and some things have been figured out, the relationship between us can only be regarded as the love of classmates and friends, not to the point where men and women were before, so after communicating with each other, I think it's better to put it down and be better for everyone."

Father Yan thought to himself, "Why are you so particular about a daughter-in-law?"

The world of young people, he still can't understand.

After a long pause, he finally sighed, "You guys......"

Yan Xin smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry, our conditions are not bad, I will definitely be able to find a daughter-in-law to marry when I reach the age of marriage."

Things have already come to this, and Dad Yan can't say anything except sighing.

Speaking of Xiao Shiyu at dinner, Yan Xin didn't expect to receive Xiao Shiyu's QQ message in the evening.

Seeing that it was Xiao Shiyu who sent the message, Yan Xin was taken aback, and thought to himself, "Is this telepathy?"

Xiao Shiyu has contact with him on QQ, but the contact is not very frequent, and he will chat for a while about a week, and he does not involve any ambiguous things, just greetings, understanding each other's lives, and chatting about people who know each other.

This time, I sent him a message to ask him if he had gone home for the Dragon Boat Festival to accompany his father for the holiday.

Yan Xin replied to her, "I arrived home yesterday."

Then he asked, "Have you ever gone home for the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Xiao Shiyu replied depressedly: "There is no school holiday, and there is no way to go home for the holidays."

Yan Xin: "Poor child."

Xiao Shiyu: "I envy you so much, you make your own decisions, you can go home when you want to go home, and you can go wherever you want."

Yan Xin: "I still envy you to go to college."

Xiao Shiyi: "College is not fun at all."

After posting this one, I posted another one: "Summer vacation in a few days, I made an appointment with a few classmates to go to Guangdong Province to have a look, old classmates, do you have time to meet?"

Yan Xin hesitated for a moment and replied, "Then there must be time, tell me on the day of departure, and I will pick you up."