Chapter 378 Aunt goes home and Xinyuan takes a foot bath (Thanks to the master of Biyunzhai)

Chapter 378 Aunt goes home and Xinyuan takes a foot bath (Thanks to the master of Biyunzhai)

"The snow in Jingnan this year is so heavy."

"Yeah, I feel like I can build a snowman."

After entering Jingnan, the husband and son looked at the endless snow outside the window, feeling a little strange.

Only Xia Fang, who was sitting in the back, was always in a low mood.

At this time, her husband asked with some concern: "What's wrong? Aren't you happy to go home?"

At this point, Xia Fang's inner guilt was put into focus, and she said: "The weather was bad and the suspension of operations was indeed an excuse. But Xiao Chen took a car and went home with Xinyu as soon as the lockdown was lifted. That was still fair. On the first day of the new year, he left his own family behind, and I..."

As a biological daughter, she only came back in the second year of junior high school.

It’s okay to do it on the second day of the Lunar New Year, it’s also in line with tradition.

But this year, it's different.

"Yes." My uncle thought so too, but he also gave himself a little 'justification', "But it's not that we did too badly. It was Chen Yuan who did too well."

My aunt agreed very much with this and sighed: "This child's mind is completely beyond his age. It can be said that many adults cannot compare with his emotional intelligence."

"Because his IQ is very high." said his uncle.

"People who can score 700 points in the exam will soon be able to understand things like human nature and sophistication if they think about it." My aunt also said.

"But I really have to thank Xiao Chen." My uncle said very seriously, "Now, he is neither son-in-law nor engaged. These things are really not his responsibility."

"It's because I like Xinyu so much."

Now that my aunt thinks about it, her questions and tests about Chen Yuan are really too narrow-minded.

But those difficulties can indeed persuade boys who are not determined enough to give up.

As a teacher, she actually witnessed the infinite power of love.

"You must praise Chen Yuan more." My uncle said in a special way.

"I know." Xia Fang, who had always been in charge of diplomacy at home, felt a little embarrassed after her husband said this.

But he was right to remind.

Don't let Chen Yuan think that she is a devil teacher in No. 4 Middle School, but an amiable aunt...

So amiable.

Xia Fang tried hard to show gentleness? A kind smile…

While she was managing her expression like this, Zheng Minghao on the side seemed to be frightened by something terrible, and said timidly: "Mom, I'm scared."

"Tsk." Auntie's face darkened and her brows furrowed.

But what's even more annoying is that Zheng Minghao suddenly isn't afraid anymore.

If he hadn't grown up, he would have been beaten today.

The train arrived at Shaoxiang Station, then I called a taxi and went directly to my home.

By this time, it was already getting late.

As soon as they got out of the car and the trunk opened, Chen Yuan and Xia Xinyu came over to help with their luggage.

"No need, Xiao Chen, I'll do it..."

My uncle was about to refuse, but then Chen Yuan forcibly took the suitcase and said very naturally: "It's been a long journey, thank you for the hard work, I'll do it."

"Auntie, Happy New Year." Xia Xinyu took the initiative to greet Xia Fang.

"Xinyu, Happy New Year." Xia Fang also smiled and nodded.

"smell good……"

Before he even entered the door, Zheng Minghao smelled the particularly tempting aroma of food and couldn't help but say.

"Have you cooked?" asked my aunt.

"Yes, come and eat the New Year's dinner cooked by Xiao Chen and me."

Xia Xinyu brought her aunt and others into the main room.

Everyone just looked at the table of dishes with great admiration.

"Xinyu's craftsmanship is still so good." Uncle praised.

"Are you going to pickle bacon and fish this year?" my aunt asked curiously.

Speaking of this, Xia Xinyu said somewhat mysteriously: "Auntie, guess who gave this to me?"

"I can't guess." My aunt shook her head, "But grandpa probably didn't pickle it."

Then, Xia Xinyu revealed: "It was given by the grandma next door."

"Ah?!" My aunt was dumbfounded and said in disbelief, "That grandma is the scariest. I don't even dare to look at her. Besides, I heard she is very stingy, so why did she bring you meat?"

"It was originally like this." Xia Xinyu smiled and explained, "But Xiao Chen took the initiative to clean her house and help her adjust the TV. The grandma was moved and sent the things Well. And I also told grandpa that if I need firewood in the future, I don’t need to go to the back mountain to chop it, just chop it behind her house.”

"..." Xia Fang was dumbfounded and couldn't believe that this kind of favor was managed by a minor, "Xiao Chen, why is he doing this?"

"On the one hand, I don't want her to spread gossip about me..." Xia Xinyu said gratefully, "On the other hand, after we left, grandpa had no one to take care of him. So please ask the grandparents in the village... how much, I can take care of you."

Hearing this, Xia Fang pursed her lips and lowered her head. Her mood suddenly became depressed.

She owes Xiao Chen too much...

That was not his biological grandfather, but he was his biological father.

I really shouldn't.

At this time, Chen Yuan walked out and brought grandpa over at the same time to serve dinner.

"We have packed up my parents' room on the first floor. You can live in it," Xia Xinyu said.

"Yeah, okay." Xia Fang nodded and accepted the arrangement.

"Uncle, have a drink."

At this time, Chen Yuan took out the pot of sorghum wine that almost made him lose consciousness all day and night, and greeted him like a host.

"I'm a heavy drinker, so I can't drink much." My uncle said with a smile.

"Drink a little, the home-brewed grain wine has no alcohol content." Chen Yuan said.

Xia Xinyu: "..."

No, these are all my words.

"Would you like to have a drink with me?" asked my uncle.

"I'm underage and can't drink. I can drink Pepsi instead of a bar." Chen Yuan said.

Xia Xinyu: "..."

You are now a minor again.

Just now, I claimed to be eighteen years old to my uncle and aunt.

"Okay, then pour me some." My uncle smiled and held the wine glass with both hands.

So, Chen Yuan filled the bowl for his uncle.

Then, after he took a sip and drank it slowly, he said with some surprise: "Your Jingnan grain wine is quite sweet, very soft in the mouth, and not harsh at all."

Since that's the case, it's okay to have a drink or two.

"...Ah, haha." Xia Xinyu always had a premonition that she would repeat some of the same mistakes today.

"Dad, are you okay?" Xia Fang asked during the New Year dinner.

"Okay, no problem." Grandpa nodded and said.

"Then this time, you can go to Xiahai with us. Xinyu is also there, not far away." Aunt said.

"No, I can stay in the countryside comfortably." Grandpa waved his hand and refused directly.

"But you are alone at home with no one to take care of you." Xia Fang insisted.

"Don't go, don't go, stop talking." Gradually, Grandpa's tone became emotional.

The uncle quickly patted Xia Fang's leg to tell her to stop talking.

Xia Fang had no choice but to stop insisting.

"Auntie, try the lotus root soup I stewed. Have your skills improved?" Xia Xinyu spooned soup for her aunt in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"Yeah, it tastes delicious, Xinyu is great."

Auntie sipped the lotus root soup and nodded.

In this way, the family ate the New Year's Eve dinner harmoniously, and the uncle drank wine, spending a quite reunited night.

However, the conversation between aunt and grandpa just now still lingers in everyone's mind, and they can't get rid of it.

"This wine is indeed low in alcohol content, but the wind... makes it a bit confusing."

Standing at the back door to sober up, my uncle suddenly felt dizzy.

It’s strange, I felt fine just now, my throat wasn’t stuck at all, and I felt that my drinking capacity had improved a lot, so why did I suddenly...

"It's bad for Chen Yuan."

Xia Xinyu, who was standing next to Chen Yuan and looking at her uncle's back, couldn't help but complain.

"If you want to say auspicious words in the New Year to avoid prophecies, it should be bad for getting rich." Chen Yuan corrected.

"Indeed, it takes a bad guy like you to get rich."

"Stop moving, I'll help you." Seeing that my uncle was dizzy and wanted to go out to the vegetable field, my aunt quickly stepped forward to help him and took him to the room.

After placing him on the bed, he walked out, looked at Xinyuan and the other two, and then said to Xia Xinyu among them, "Do you have a basin? I'll give your uncle some water to soak his feet."

"Yes, it's upstairs. I'll get it." Xia Xinyu nodded and went upstairs.

When she left, Xia Fang walked up to Chen Yuan and patted his back with her hand: "There is dust. It must have been rubbed in the kitchen."

"Oh, thank you." Chen Yuan responded politely.

"I should thank you." Xia Fang showed a smile, looked at this good young man, and said with special gratitude, "I am very grateful to you for taking care of grandpa, and he also likes you very much. Unlike me, I can only say beautiful words verbally. .”

Chen Yuan saw that his aunt's head was blue.

She was still sad about being scolded by her grandfather just now.

Although that can't be called a curse, it is still a firm denial.

"Auntie really wants to take grandpa to live here, not just with nice words." Chen Yuan said.

"But he doesn't think so."

The aunt's eyes were filled with tears, and she said in a very aggrieved tone: "If my brother said such things, he would definitely agree. But for me, he would think that I was just talking. After all, the married girl threw water, and I still I have a family of my own, and my husband is also from Xia Hai, so I am no different from an outsider..."

"no."

Rarely, Chen Yuan directly interrupted his aunt's words and flatly denied it.

Auntie raised her head and looked at Chen Yuan, a little confused.

Then, Chen Yuan asked: "Auntie, what do you think of the room?"

"Is it where I live? It's very clean. Didn't you clean it?"

Chen Yuan shook his head and said, "We made the quilt and bedding, but we haven't cleaned it."

"Then grandpa scanned this?"

"Xinyu's room was also very clean when we first went up."

According to the law of entropy increase, if no one lives in a house and it is not cleaned, it will deteriorate very quickly.

There may even be situations where the entire house collapses.

But when Chen Yuan came back this time, he found that there was no difference from before.

Looking at his depressed and aggrieved aunt, Chen Yuan comforted him and conveyed truthfully: "Grandpa is staying here because he hopes to have a home that Xinyu and aunt can return to during the holidays."

"..." My aunt, who had not thought of this at all, was stunned for a moment. After thinking about the details that Chen Yuan just said, she suddenly realized.

All of a sudden, I understood everything.

Grandpa can indeed go to Natsumi with him.

But this house will gradually become abandoned.

The home that belongs to Xinyu and oneself is gone.

So what I care about does not exist at all.

The things she struggles with are also internal conflicts caused by guilt.

Tears welled up all at once.

Xia Fang leaned her head on Chen Yuan's shoulder, covered her face with her hands, and said with a choked voice: "Ang, I understand... I'm overthinking it, thank you."

"Unkind."

Chen Yuan smiled slightly and responded.

At this time, Xia Xinyu, who came down from upstairs, was holding a basin and standing beside her, tilting her head slightly, looking at this scene with a smile...

…

At night.

When Chen Yuan was leaning on the bedside and looking at his mobile phone, Xia Xinyu came over with a basin of hot water: "I haven't taken a shower in the past two days, so let's soak my feet."

"I can't do it. I can't do it." Chen Yuan sat up quickly.

"The baby is doing very well. It's been a hard day and this is a reward."

Xia Xinyu placed the basin next to the bed and sat next to it.

"Reward? Then will you tell me the story of the little duck?" Chen Yuan asked.

"The story of the little duck?" Xia Xinyu thought for a while and asked, "Are you talking about the one in the bowl in front of you today?"

"...The story of the little duck is quite interesting."

Xia Xinyu took off a pair of pink socks and prepared to soak her feet. However, I was a little afraid of getting burned, so I said, "You go down first."

"OK." Chen Yuan made a gesture and then put his foot down.

After his feet were submerged in the hot water, he put them down directly and steadily.

"Isn't it hot?"

"just."

After Chen Yuan answered like this, Xia Xinyu naturally put her feet in.

Then, he suddenly pulled out: "It's hot!"

The moment she pulled out, Chen Yuan also lifted his feet out, stepped on the edge of the basin, and then exhaled a long breath: "Hiss..."

"You are really bad at getting rich. Just to burn me like this, you killed eight hundred enemies and lost one thousand six hundred to yourself!"

Xia Xinyu really saw that men are at the pinnacle of childishness.

"Suddenly I felt a little hot." Chen Yuan explained.

"Bad guy." Xia Xinyu snorted, then stepped on his foot.

The red feet are soft and small, with clean nails and smooth soles. They are like a pair of works of art. People can't help but admire them...

But Xia Xinyu didn't seem to realize the lethality of this action, and she continued to do it like this.

"It feels like an activity like soaking feet together is like an old couple." Chen Yuan exclaimed.

"Is there any..." Xia Xinyu complained, "Does it mean that you are no longer interested in me?"

"It's not like there are still a lot of things that haven't been done after all."

"Oh." Xia Xinyu found something new in the new year, "So after those things are done, there is no freshness anymore?"

"Look, he's in a hurry."

Chen Yuan put his arm around Xia Xinyu's waist and said with a smile: "Xinyu will always be fresh to me, and it won't be fresh or disappear after I finish it, because it can still be so special..."

"Water is fine."

Before Chen Yuan could finish speaking, Xia Xinyu interrupted directly.

Then, Chen Yuan put his feet in.

It still felt a little hot, but soon, a pair of little feet stepped on it.

suppress.

Because half of Xia Xinyu's feet were still untouched, and the soles of her feet were relatively resistant to burns, it was now said that the real damage to the enemy was 800, and the damage to herself was a little over 200.

"Begging for mercy now, I can still let you go." Xia Xinyu said with a smile.

"Hiss...not hot."

"What a tough mouth."

Xia Xinyu pressed Chen Yuan with the soles of her feet.

At this moment, she suddenly felt the gentle hand holding her waist, like a python, crawling up...

Xia Xinyu blushed, then sighed: "Master Chen, he started his massage again."

"How's it going?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Humph, that's it." Xia Xinyu turned her face to the side and said with great force.

Gradually she felt something was wrong.

It's like a gust of wind blowing, and my belly is a little cold...

When he turned his head, he could only see the top of Chen Yuan's head.

"ah?"

Xia Xinyu, who had no idea about the current situation, instantly turned red on her cheeks.

And as the toes on the opponent's instep moved downwards, Xia Xinyu's words of "baby" really came true...