Chapter 420: Overnight
Yan Xin and his party did not stay on the embankment for long. Mainly there is wind above the embankment. It was already evening, and the weather was very cold, and the cold wind was blowing, and it was useless to wear thick clothes.
Yan Xin pointed to Ruan Siyao's home, and also said which roads to take to get to his house. If you know the way, you can take the path and break through the ridges.
When he and Bai Xiaoling came over, they took the path. If you don't know the road, you may take a fork in the road, and if you go around and around, you will lose time.
There are a lot of rice paddies here, and some of them are relatively low and have water, and even if there is no water, there is silt, and if you are not careful, you will sink into it, but you can't break through the fields directly.
If you don't know the road, you have to take the road that is a little straighter and a little wider, which is a road that can be passed by a tractor, also known as a machine farming road, so that you will not go wrong, but it is more round.
If you don't take the machine farming road, you have to go back to the road and go around again, which is also relatively far. If you drive there, there is only one way, and that is to go around the road.
Although Feng Chen's car could pass through most of the machine farming road, there were still a few places where the road was broken and there was no way to pass.
And the road is still in poor condition, with a lot of potholes. It is most convenient to drive there, but Ruan Siyao thought about walking there, because the distance was not very far, so it could be regarded as a walk.
She also wanted to immerse herself in what the countryside was like. To feel the countryside, of course, you can better feel it by going to the fields.
Although her hometown is also rural, it is a northern countryside and a great plain, which is completely different from the scenery here.
Yan Xin didn't have anything to say about this, it was up to them to make their own decisions, and they could go to his house anyway.
I just talked for a while, I felt that it was too cold in the wind, and then I went back to Feng's house. Continue to make a fire in the hall.
In the kitchen, the Feng family's parents are busy, and there is an aunt who is helping. Feng Xi didn't go to the kitchen to help, so he sat next to Yan Xin to roast the fire.
On the other side of Yan Xin, Bai Xiaoling was sitting. When they went out, the seats were not like this, but when they came back, they could choose a place to sit again, Feng Xi and Bai Xiaoling were more witty, and grabbed the position next to Yan Xin before Ruan Siyao.
After sitting down, the two of them looked at each other and smiled at Yan Xin, happy that they had sniped Ruan Siyao, and almost raised two fingers and shouted.
Ruan Siyao was a step late, so she could only sit on the edge, feeling a little depressed: "They ...... I don't seem to be very welcome......" Feng Chen and Ruan Mengyao couldn't help but shake their heads.
Ruan Mengyao thought in her heart: "Feng Xi is really interesting to Yan Xin, my sister has no chance, the gap between the two is too big, I have to persuade my sister well, let her retreat in the face of difficulties, so as not to fall into it and bring humiliation on herself." Feng Chen thought in his heart: "My sister is good at everything, but her EQ is a little low, I told her that I want to introduce Si Yao to Yan Xin, if the two of them become friends, then we will be relatives, won't the relationship be more stable?" If you don't have a chance, you should take the initiative to create opportunities for her, so why take away her opportunities? Alas, emotional intelligence is too low! I thought to myself, when there is no one, I have to talk to my sister and ask her to help create an opportunity.
Now there are so many people in the house roasting the fire, it's too inconvenient to say. It didn't take long for dinner to be ready, Feng Mu came over and said, everyone got up, removed the chairs, and covered a table of eight immortals on top of the still burning coal stove as a dining table.
Feng Xi went to the kitchen, brought another burning coal stove, and put a table of eight immortals.
There were quite a lot of guests, fifteen or sixteen together, and one table could not be sitting, so only two tables could be placed.
Now the weather is so cold that if you don't put a coal stove under the table, it will be too cold, and the food will easily cool down.
Everyone also moved their hands and set their chairs around the table. Feng Xi's mother and aunt began to serve the food, and Feng Xi also went to the kitchen to scoop food.
Ruan Mengyao is the future daughter-in-law of this family, and she has been here twice before, so she can be regarded as the one who has confirmed the relationship, so she can't treat herself as a guest.
Here she also gave full play to the subjective initiative of the owner, followed to the kitchen to help serve the food, and also called her sister over.
This is where she is sensible. Bai Xiaoling was sitting there and didn't want to move, but when she saw Ruan Siyao following over, she felt that she couldn't behave too lazily in front of Yan Xin, so she also went over to help.
Ruan's mother also praised Yan Xin with a smile: "Your sister is really good, very diligent." After a while, the food was put on the table, and everyone was seated one by one.
Yan Xin and the other young people sat at a table, and two younger elders sat over, and there were bottles of liquor, beer, and oranges on the table.
At the other table, the parents of the Feng family and the parents of the Ruan family were all over there, and the tables were all white. Except for the difference in drinking, those dishes are all the same, in duplicate.
This dinner is still relatively rich, and the ingredients are already the top in rural hospitality here, and most of them are hard dishes.
As for the taste, there is nothing particularly outstanding, it can only be said that it is still delicious to eat with the light of the ingredients, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.
For the countryside here, the Feng family's preparation today is already of the highest standard.
They still attach great importance to their in-laws' coming over this time. This is not an ordinary visit to relatives, this time the parents of both sides meet, and their marriage has to be decided.
Feng Chen is already twenty-one years old, and he can get married in another year. The Feng family's parents are really not very good to Feng Xi, but they still attach importance to this son.
Correspondingly, I also attach great importance to this daughter-in-law. Therefore, in terms of hospitality, it can be said that everything that can be used is used.
In this regard, Master Ruan also expressed his gratitude again and again. The elders drank more at the table, starting with two bottles of liquor, and it didn't take long to drink them up.
Two more bottles of liquor were added to the back. It was all a few hundred yuan a bottle of wine, and when she drank it like this, Feng's mother really had some pain.
If the in-laws drank this wine, it would not be so painful, and I originally bought such an expensive wine to entertain the in-laws.
But the family didn't drink much. Master Ruan drank a little more, but his wife drank two glasses—the kind of small cups that were only one or two full.
The ones who drank fiercely were the elders of the Feng family who were brought in to accompany the guests. For these people, a bottle of wine for a few hundred yuan has never been drunk, and now that they have this opportunity, of course they have to drink a lot.
A glass will cost dozens of dollars in the stomach. Naturally, the more you drink, the more you earn. Even if you don't usually drink much, you still drink a lot at this time.
Drink a little more today, and brag about it with others in the future. After today, there may not be such an opportunity in the future.
If you drink it like this, it does look a little unbearable. Feng's mother hurts, which is understandable.
All she can do is drink less for herself, and then ask her husband to drink less. This will make the losses less.
She has no way to persuade others not to drink, and she can only control her husband, the reason is that the amount of alcohol is not good, and she can't drink too much.
As soon as people drink alcohol, they talk a lot, and the voice is very loud. After a while, the room became as noisy as the vegetable market.
Luckily, no one went crazy. There are only two elders at Yan Xin's table, and they are not very old, and the rest of the young people don't drink white, there is no atmosphere, they don't drink too much, and they haven't finished a bottle of liquor.
The beer was dry for four or five bottles. Everyone can drink beer, it's just a matter of whether you like it or not. Yan Xin also drank two beers with him.
Although he drank a small amount, no matter how small it was, it was impossible for two beers to fit him. The atmosphere was there, everyone drank, and he was too embarrassed not to drink.
After all, this is the New Year, and we have to talk about Feng Chen's marriage, which is a festive occasion, and it is not like to drink it.
After eating a meal, Yan Xin didn't want to leave immediately, sat there and chatted with him for more than half an hour, seeing that the time was more than eight o'clock in the evening, and it was not suitable to continue to stay, so he got up and said goodbye.
It was pitch black outside, and I couldn't see the road clearly. Fortunately, Bai Xiaoling has a flashlight in her pocket, and if she turns on the flashlight, she can shine on the road one or twenty meters ahead, as long as she doesn't take the ridge road, it's still no problem.
They had only left Feng's house for a few dozen steps, when they heard someone shouting behind them: "Xiaoling, Yan Xin, wait a minute!" But it was Feng Xi's voice.
The two of them stopped, the flashlight shone in this direction, and they saw Feng Xi running over this way. Bai Xiaoling asked curiously, "Sister Xi, is there anything wrong with you rushing over?" Feng Xi ran closer, glanced at Yan Xin, and then said to Bai Xiaoling: "There are guests at home, there is not enough place to live, I want to give up my bed, my mother asked me to go to my uncle's house to live, I said that there is no spare room in their house, so I said that you have a lot of rooms, and said that I have a good relationship with you, and I will go to you to borrow a night, and my mother will not say anything." When she said this, she couldn't hide the smile on her face, and she looked quite happy.
- I finally found an opportunity to go to Yan Xin's house openly, of course she was happy.
A few days ago, she was in a village, but she couldn't meet, and even if she did, she couldn't do much, which made her feel very aggrieved, and sometimes she even wanted to simply announce the relationship between the two people.
Now that we have such an excuse to be together, that's certainly for the best. At first, her mother wanted Ruan Siyao to live with her, but she refused, saying that she was used to sleeping alone, and she would move around when she slept at night, sleeping with others, for fear of kicking people.
She would rather get out of bed than sleep with anyone else. In fact, she was a little worried.
After all, I have been sleeping with Yan Xin for a long time, and I have developed some not very good habits, if I sleep with Ruan Siyao, a monkey suddenly comes to pick peaches in the misty lake, it will be embarrassing.
She now has a little status at home, and her mother can't force her too hard, so she can only let her go to someone else's house to spend the night, and then she took the opportunity to propose to go to Yan's house to borrow a night.
Of course, the reason for coming up is not what the relationship is with Yan Xin, but what the relationship with Bai Xiaoling is.
Bai Xiaoling works in her company, and it is obviously not a very excessive request to go to her for a night or a few days.
So her mom agreed. It's to go to the Yan family, not to the bad family, not to the poor family, there is not so much to worry about.
Bai Xiaoling was unhappy in her heart, but she didn't show it, but her face still looked quite happy: "Is this so?" That's great, we can be together again. Feng Xi glanced at her and thought to herself, "Is the point that I can be with you?" The point should be that my brother and I can be together, right? It was so close to home that she didn't say anything and went with them.
They're going to get around the road. It's safer to walk like this at night, so as not to accidentally fall down.
Feng Xi walked next to Bai Xiaoling at the beginning, walked out of more than half a mile, looked back at the back, it was already far away from home, no one came behind, and there were no passers-by in front, so he went around to Yan Xin's side, took one of his hands, and said, "It's so cold, I didn't even bring gloves out." Yan Xin didn't come out without gloves, he played a flashlight with one hand, and held Feng Xi's hand with the other, and said, "It's indeed a little cold, colder than a snowy day." ”
"I've heard that it's going to snow again in two days, but I don't know if this snow will be big." Feng Xi said.
"Whatever, just wear more clothes." Yan Xin disagreed. The two of them walked in front talking and laughing.
Bai Xiaoling walked behind alone, looked at her two hands, and thought to herself: "I don't wear gloves either, I'm so cold......" When she first came out, she was still thinking that she would take a longer journey, so she took the excuse of cold hands and the excuse that she couldn't see the road clearly and was afraid of falling, so that the two of them had intimate contact.
She even thought that when there was a stir, she suddenly shouted that there was a ghost, so that she could pounce into Yan Xin's arms.
But now, those ideas don't make sense. Feng Xi, the big demon king, came, graciously took her brother's hand, and took away the warmth that belonged to her.
Dare to be angry but dare not speak, she can only follow silently behind, and the more she walks, the colder it gets. Finally, he put both hands in his pocket.
Listening to the two people in front of him walking together holding hands, talking and laughing, another thought arose in his heart: "Have they forgotten that there is another person behind them?" I wanted to cough and remind me, but I felt that it was too sad to need to remind myself of my existence like this, so I held back.
Seeing the two people in front of me showing affection there, but I was alone and blowing the cold wind, I felt so sad.
The road is still a bit long to detour like this, and it is impossible to walk too fast at night, and by the time they reached the Yan family's small villa, it was already past nine o'clock.
They changed hands several times along the way. Because it was too cold this night, Yan Xin's hand with the flashlight was even colder, and after a while, he had to change his hand, otherwise he would freeze in this big night.
Whenever it was time to change hands, Feng Xi would also turn to his other side and take the other hand. When I got to the door, I could finally put away the flashlight.
It is still the Chinese New Year, and the two red lanterns in front of the gate of the Yan family have not been removed. It's a lantern, but instead of a candle, it's a light bulb, and it stays on.
Feng Xi looked at it and said, "It's still your house beautiful, I should take hundreds of thousands of dollars out and build such a small villa in my house." ”
"You can build it bigger, otherwise there will be no place for the guests to stay." Yan Xin reminded her.
"Why didn't you make it bigger?" Feng Xi asked him with a smile. Yan Xin shrugged: "When my family built a house, there were only two people in the house, my father and me, and it was inconvenient to build it bigger." Besides, there is also a question of money. Your family is different, the brother and sister are both entrepreneurs, and it makes sense to take hundreds of thousands more to build a big villa. Anyway, there is no limit to the area of houses we can build in rural areas, and it is better to build a bigger one. Feng Xi nodded: "That makes sense, then I'll take more money out and let them build a little bigger." After finishing speaking, he smiled: "When the time comes, you have to go to my house for dinner again, and if you are late, you don't have to walk so far to go home at night, you can just stay at my house." Yan Xin: "It's a good idea." Bai Xiaoling was already behind them, and at this time, she also pushed the door open in front of them.
The family knew that they were coming back in the evening, so the door was not bolted, but just closed and opened as soon as it was pushed.
Bai Xiaoling turned on the light in the hall, with a smile on her face, and pointed to a room very enthusiastically and said to Feng Xi: "Sister Xi, this bedroom is empty, you can live here." Feng Xi glanced at her, her brows furrowed, and she wondered: "She was quite sensible before, why is she suddenly ignorant now?" He asked Yan Xin in a low voice, "Where do you live?" Yan Xin stretched out his hand and pointed upstairs: "Above." Feng Xi said in a low voice: "I'm going up there too." The movement of their return alarmed Wu Xiuhong, who lived in the master bedroom on the first floor, and pushed open the door: "Are you back?" "There was still a TV in the room, and the old couple was not sleeping, they were watching TV.
Did she hear the movement and come out to take a look—what if it wasn't her son and daughter who came back, but a thief?
Before he finished speaking, he saw that there was another girl in the family, he was stunned for a moment, looked at it seriously, and recognized it: "Xiaoxi, you are here too?" ”
"Hello Auntie!" Feng Xi screamed sweetly, and then explained,
"I have a guest at home, and I have no place to live, so I'll come over and borrow it for a night, Auntie, do you have any opinions?" Wu Xiuhong understood, and said with a smile: "Of course there is no opinion, you are welcome." "This is her daughter's boss, and if she wants to come and borrow it, of course she won't refuse.
Coming out of the room: "I'll make your bed." Feng Xi hurriedly shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't bother Auntie, I'll just live with Xiaoling, Auntie, go back to your room to rest, it's so cold, don't freeze." When Wu Xiuhong heard her say this, she didn't insist anymore and retracted into the room.
She was originally lying in bed watching TV, but now she just goes out to watch the movement, and she doesn't wear much clothes, and it's really cold after a long time.
only explained to Bai Xiaoling: "Xiaoling, treat you Sister Xi well." ”
"Got it, Mom." Bai Xiaoling replied. They went up to the second floor. At this time, Bai Xiaoling was still thinking in her heart: "Fortunately, she wants to sleep with me, so it's not a big deal." When he arrived on the second floor, Feng Xi smiled and asked Yan Xin in a low voice, "Which room do you live in?" Yan Xin pointed to the master bedroom: "This is it." With that, he opened the door.
The lights inside were also turned on. Feng Xi naturally went in, stood at the door, and said to Bai Xiaoling, who was stunned: "Xiaoling, you can rest early, we'll see you tomorrow!" After saying this, he naturally closed the door and locked it.
Bai Xiaoling stood outside the door, her fists clenched. I thought to myself, "What about sleeping with me?" "I feel like I'm all green on top of my head.
But there is no way, she is Yan Xin's serious girlfriend, and she can live with him. And she, after all, is just a sister.