"..." Seeing Xie Yan's face change slightly, Sang Yan realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he quickly made up for it, "Don't think too much, you and Miss Xiao will not be like me and Xiaojing.
I can see that Miss Xiao really likes you, and she has a straightforward and forthright personality. If she feels uncomfortable living in Times City, she will definitely tell you.
But look at her, after moving here for so long, I haven’t heard her complain once.”
Thinking of himself, Sang Yan sighed and said, "And your family's situation is much simpler than mine."
"..." Xie Yan smiled bitterly.
His relatives have all passed away, so the situation at home can't be simple.
Xie Yan ate dumplings absentmindedly.
At this moment.
The cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Xie Yan thought it was a call from the hospital and quickly took out the cell phone. It turned out to be a number he had noted. He was slightly surprised and hesitated before answering the call.
"Hello?"
"Yanyan, Happy New Year."
Xie Yan had a smile in his eyes, "Happy New Year, aunt."
"I thought you had forgotten your aunt.
You kid, you haven’t gone back to your hometown to celebrate the New Year since you went to college in Yuncheng. Your parents and grandparents are gone. Don’t you still have an aunt? You are planning to not even have an aunt."
Xie Yan felt warm in his heart, holding the phone and saying, "I've been busy with work lately... After this period of time, I'll take time off to go back and see you."
The other party paused for two seconds and said quickly, "I know you are busy with work, and the round-trip air ticket from Yuncheng to your hometown costs more than 2,000. It is not easy for you to be alone outside, so you should save some money and come back.
There is no need to come back, as long as Auntie knows that you are doing well."
"..." Xie Yan's nose felt a little sore.
He put down his chopsticks, made a gesture to Sang Yan, stood up from the sofa with his cell phone, took the empty bowl into the kitchen sink, then held the cell phone and planned to go back to the room to have a good chat with his aunt.
then.
His relative passed away, and his aunt took him in and took care of him for two years.
It's just that... the conditions of his aunt's family are not good. His cousin is only one year older than him. The aunt has to take care of the children and parents-in-law. The family's expenses are entirely dependent on the uncle. Therefore, after he stayed at home for two years, his uncle was not happy anymore.
.
For this reason, my aunt and uncle secretly quarreled several times. Later, he took the initiative to mention it to them, saying that he was nine years old, could take care of himself, and wanted to move back home.
My uncle immediately agreed.
My aunt had no right to speak at home. Although she felt sorry for him, she could only nod in agreement.
Then he moved back to the three tile-roofed houses that were rebuilt with government funding after the earthquake.
Knowing that his uncle didn't like him, he rarely went to their house anymore.
During the winter and summer vacations, he would go to the county town to hand out leaflets to people. While he could earn some money and save it for tuition, he would also have an excuse not to go to his aunt's house.
His aunt gave birth to a second child the year after he moved back home.
after that.
He was admitted to a key junior high school, and then because of his excellent grades, he was admitted to the best local high school, with full tuition waived. Afterwards, he exceeded the admission score of more than 30 points in the college entrance examination, and applied for medical school in Yuncheng
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When I first chose Yuncheng, there was a reason why Yuncheng was too far away from my hometown, so I had a reason not to go back.
When he first entered college, his aunt would occasionally call him, and he would occasionally call back. Once on the phone, he heard his uncle yelling at his aunt.
He said that she didn't take care of her children much when she had time, so why did she make so many phone calls to irrelevant people every day? He didn't want to embarrass his aunt, so he rarely called back.
after graduation.
Occasionally he would send some money back to his aunt, and his uncle's attitude instantly became friendly, but there was a barrier in his heart and he couldn't get close to her.
His aunt rarely called him after work, so he was quite surprised when he saw the caller ID was his aunt just now.
New Year's Day.
On such a special day, Xie Yan really wanted to have a good chat with his aunt.
"...I'm living a good life in Yuncheng."
He smiled and said, "Are you in good health? How is your family?"
On the phone, Xie Guilan sighed heavily.
Xie Yan's heart tightened, "What's wrong?"
"Yanyan... my aunt has something to ask you."
"You say."
Xie Guilan stuttered and said, "That's it... During the twelfth lunar month, your brother returned to his hometown to work. He was not too young, so your uncle and I used our connections to arrange a few blind dates for him.
On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, your brother fell in love with a girl from the next village."
Xie Yan said, "This is a good thing."
"Yes, it's a good thing."
Xie Guilan smiled bitterly and said, "But you also know the situation at home. In recent years, your uncle has been working alone to make money to support a large family.
Your Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu have passed away in recent years. They were not in good health when they were still alive, so the family spent a lot of money to treat them."
His uncle's surname is Liu, and Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu are his uncle's parents.
Xie Yan listened silently.
"Your brother's academic performance is not good. He went to work outside after graduating from junior high school. He has no education, the work is tiring and the salary is low. He is a boy and has a lot of expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation outside. He has not much money left over the years.
He is one year older than you, and will be 28 this year after the Chinese New Year. At this age, he is considered an older youth in our hometown.
Nowadays, there are more men than women, and girls are precious. If you wait another two years until you reach your thirties, it will be even harder for your brother to find a partner."
Xie Yan smiled bitterly.
He had already guessed the purpose of the call.
He was silent when his aunt continued, "You haven't been back to your hometown in the past few years, so you don't know the situation in your hometown.
Nowadays, marriages in our hometown are different from those in the past. Girls are very demanding, including houses, cars and betrothal gifts.
Especially girls who heard that there was an underage brother at home were desperate for the bride price.
Now your brother and this girl have started talking about getting married, but your uncle and I have worked so hard these years to build a house for your brother, and we really can’t afford the car and the bride price."
"..." Xie Guilan sighed and said, "Your uncle and I borrowed everything we could from relatives and friends, but we still couldn't raise enough money to do things for your brother... Yanyan, my aunt really has no choice, so
..." My heart suddenly became cold.
He thought his aunt called him on New Year's Day because she missed him, but unexpectedly... Xie Yan paused slightly.
He stopped smiling and held the phone tightly, "I still have some money in my hand..." "Really?"
That's great!"
Before Xie Yan could finish speaking, Xie Guilan shouted excitedly, "Yanyan, my aunt knows that you are a good boy and you will definitely help my aunt get through this difficult time.
My aunt won’t borrow more from you, just two hundred thousand, and after your brother gets married, your uncle and I will pay it back to you slowly!"