$180, Life of a Miser

Time flies. In a blink of an eye, the two youngest girls of the Yan family, Yan Fei and Yan Cui, have already started elementary school. The younger brother of the Yan family also started his own nursery career a year ago.

In order to make money, Yan Chu would leave home every two months, and this time he would be away for thirty or forty days. The children in the family had a general idea of ​​what their father earned outside. However, it may be that Yan Chu had laid a good foundation in the early stage. The children all felt that their father was very hard-working and did not force them to eat and wear.

Now it has just been more than a month since the start of school. As first-year students, Yan Fei and Yan Cui go to school with their sisters every day and are still in the process of adapting to school life.

As twins, or identical twins, the Feicui sisters are very popular in the class, especially the two sisters are almost the same in dressing, and their words and deeds. Guessing who is who every day has become a game that the children and teachers never get tired of playing, and the two sisters are also very cooperative.

But so far, as long as the two sisters want, no one can accurately guess their identities every time except for their familiar family members.

Don't underestimate the jealousy of children. Seeing how popular the two sisters are, some spoiled and self-centered little tyrants at home can't stand it.

"This is the skirt my father brought me from Shenzhen. It looks good, right? We don't have it here."

Jin Xiaoxiao proudly lifted the hem of her skirt and turned around in front of all her friends. The pleated and slightly puffy skirt bloomed into a red flower as she turned around. Looking at everyone's eyes, the little girl said confidently and proudly.

Four years have passed, and some things in the south have become more and more popular in inland provinces and cities like them, especially more and more families have bought TV sets. Watching those TV series broadcasted in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the protagonists in them are fashionable and unique, which makes the mainland audiences envy and pursue them.

A few years ago, everyone thought that gray and blue were good, resistant to dirt and washing, and green symbolized the army and was vigorous. In addition to these three colors, black still had a certain audience.

In those years, the streets were full of men and women dressed in gray, regardless of age, they were all the same.

In addition to the color, the style of the clothes is basically the same, loose and not showing the waist, straight down, sometimes men and women walking together, just looking at the back, it is impossible to tell the gender.

In that era, if you wear red, yellow and other eye-catching colors on the street, and the style of the clothes is a little slim, showing the waist or chest, you will only be regarded as indecent, and no one will think that the clothes you wear are beautiful.

Even for marriage, most people wear military green clothes, and few people will make bright red wedding clothes.

It is different now. The economy has begun to develop, there are more and more rich people, and people's aesthetic awareness has begun to have a qualitative leap.

Especially women's clothing, with outstanding colors and novel styles, large shopping malls and small clothing stores are full of them, which can make people dazzled. Among them, the most popular ones are those that claim to be imported from Shenzhen or Hong Kong.

Especially the same style of some heroines in TV dramas, they will be snapped up as soon as they are on the market.

But for children, this has little to do with them.

The children of the Feicui sisters' generation have not encountered the most stringent family planning. Everyone has four, five or six older brothers and sisters. It is normal to wear the old clothes left by their brothers and sisters. Besides, children grow up quickly. If they buy clothes that fit them and wear them for a year or two, they may not fit them next year. That's a lot of money.

Therefore, looking around, the clothes of most students in primary and junior high schools are still mainly black, blue and gray. When school is over, a large area of ​​gray is pressed out.

The living standards of residents in provincial capitals are relatively high. The clothes these children wear are at most washed and whitened. There are only a few patches, and even if they are patched, they are mostly in places that cannot be seen by the naked eye.

Although they are still children, everyone is very conscious of beauty and ugliness. Looking at Jin Xiaoxiao, who is proudly wearing a red puffy skirt like a little peacock, the girls all screamed and looked at her skirt curiously. They wanted to reach out and touch it, but Jin Xiaoxiao glared at them and took their hands back.

"Xiaoxiao, your skirt is so beautiful. Your father is so kind to you."

"Xiaoxiao, can you let me touch your skirt? The color is so beautiful."

The children expressed their feelings very directly. Boys don't pursue clothes too much. They just want to wear them. They like to play more. They are the ones who run the most happily on the playground when the get out of class is over.

Girls are different. Who doesn't want to have a beautiful little skirt?

"Of course, my father is the best to me."

Listening to the compliments of her classmates and watching everyone focus on her, Jin Xiaoxiao was so proud. However, she was a little dissatisfied when she saw the two sisters Feicui talking in a whisper and ignoring her.

"This is the chocolate my father bought for me from Shenzhen. Do you know what chocolate is? This is made abroad. It's precious."

Jin Xiaoxiao took out a handful of chocolate balls and felt a little distressed.

Her father was a trader. He quit his factory job last year and started to resell local specialties in several places. Jin Xiaoxiao's family conditions were not bad before, but after a year, the conditions have become better.

She is the only daughter in their family. No one knows which side of the couple has the problem, but she has been silent since she was born. Now that family planning is strictly enforced, the Jin family is destined to have only this one child. Therefore, the couple dotes on this daughter and gives her everything she wants.

Chocolate is considered a rare thing nowadays. When he came back from this trip, Jin's father didn't bring much to his daughter, just a box of chocolate balls, about fifty or sixty, each one about the size of a thumb, wrapped in a layer of tin foil. , painted so it looks like a football.

Jin Xiaoxiao originally planned to bring these things to school to show off, and just wanted to give them to a few friends who were close to her. But now she was aroused by the indifferent attitude of the Jade sisters, and couldn't help but show off generously. I want to share the handful of chocolates with my classmates.

She felt distressed. She had originally planned to supply these chocolate balls for one week. Every time her father came back from Shenzhen, it would take about a month to ship them out. Then he would rest at home for a few days before going to Shenzhen, plus the amount of chocolate balls on the way. Time and the time to purchase goods in Shenzhen. The next time her father goes to Shenzhen to buy chocolates for her, it will probably take more than three months.

In fact, there are chocolates in large shopping malls in the provincial capital, and several students in the class have eaten them. However, the chocolates in Jin Xiaoxiao’s hand are different. They are bought from Shenzhen City or imported, which sounds more powerful. .

"Yan Fei, Yan Cui, have you two eaten chocolate?"

Jin Xiaoxiao's ultimate goal is to let the twin sisters know how powerful she is. Before sharing the chocolate, of course, she must inform the other party so that the two sisters' attention can be diverted to herself.

The little girl raised her head high, and raised her overfed, fat, white arms high. If she had a tail at this time, she would be swishing it happily.

After lifting it for a while, Jin Xiaoxiao felt tired and quietly lowered the height of his arm, then straightened his belly and still looked at the twin sisters proudly.

"Have eaten."

Yan Fei and Yan Cui answered at the same time, thinking about the taste of eating chocolate that time, and licked their lips.

The chocolate is delicious, but it’s too expensive.

The last time Dad came back, he brought them a piece of chocolate about fifteen centimeters long and three centimeters wide. Just like the Yan family's past habit, the whole family ate this piece of chocolate together.

Grandma and Dad are the elders and the hardest workers in the family, so they get the biggest share. The eldest sister and the second sister are already able to help Grandma with a lot of housework, so they get the second biggest share.

The third sister has good grades. She got full marks in Chinese and mathematics last time, so she got the third highest score.

Only the twin sisters and younger brother had less housework to do, and the two sisters had not yet started studying at that time, so they could not compare their grades, so they were given the smallest chocolates in the family.

It was about a piece of chocolate the size of a coin. The two sisters wrapped it in golden tin foil and nibbled on a small piece every day. No matter how much they saved on food, they still finished the piece of chocolate in three or four days.

Missing the rich and silky taste, Yan Fei and Yan Cui made up their minds to study hard and actively help grandma with housework. When the next time they share chocolate, they will definitely get the same share as their eldest sister, second sister or third sister. Big chocolate.

The two sisters were confident and didn't think there was anything wrong with their father's division.

"The chocolate you eat is definitely different from mine. My chocolate is imported from abroad."

When Jin Xiaoxiao heard that the twins had actually eaten chocolate, the pride on his face could no longer be suppressed, tears were shining in his eyes, and he emphasized with a pout.

"Yeah, yeah, your chocolate is better."

Yan Fei and Yan Cui wondered why Jin Xiaoxiao looked like she was about to cry, and naturally admitted that the other person's chocolate was better.

It's not easy for dad to make money. It's all because their siblings are too young and can only spend money for the family but not earn money for the family.

Although their father said that because the family had no money, he bought the cheapest chocolate and could only buy one piece to share. However, the two sisters still felt very happy and thought about buying chocolate when they grow up. Lots and lots of the most expensive chocolates for dad and grandma to eat to their heart’s content.

Seeing her jealous twin admit that her chocolate was the best, chubby girl Jin Xiaoxiao held back her tears and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

She thought the twins seemed pretty good too.

"Then I'll treat you to my chocolate."

Jin Xiaoxiao generously took out a handful of chocolate balls and shared them with the classmates present.

There were few chocolate balls, but there were a lot of students present. Finally, three or four students shared a chocolate ball, and the atmosphere suddenly became better again.

"Yan Fei Yan Cui, what does your father do?"

Jin Xiaoxiao felt that she was a cute and generous little girl, so she took the initiative to talk to the twin sisters after sharing the chocolates.

"My dad is a businessman. When he goes to Shenzhen, he can always find the best-selling goods and make a lot of money." Before Yan Fei and Yan Cui could figure out what their dad did and explain to the little fat girl, Jin Xiaoxiao pressed Unable to bear the mood of showing off, he started to show off his peacock feathers to the twin sisters.

A few years have passed, and everyone is no longer as taboo about the industry of scalping as before. Many smart people have put a layer of skin behind their own scalping business, and it has gradually become legalized.

So Jin Xiaoxiao showed off her father's work to her classmates without hesitation.

"My father probably does something like this."

The Jade sisters said uncertainly, lamenting in their hearts that the chocolates they were given were a bit small and they couldn't take them home to share with their grandma and sisters and brothers.

Sure enough, the most reliable way is to make money on your own. In the future, you will earn a lot of money to buy endless chocolates.

"Impossible, then why don't you have any pretty little dresses?"

Jin Xiaoxiao didn't believe it. Her father said that although this business was risky, the money earned was huge. Just like her, she always had endless beautiful little skirts to wear, and the twins...

She frowned and felt that the clothes worn by the twins were not as ugly as she had imagined before.

The style was the simplest white pure cotton long sleeves, but an arm was sewn with yellow plaid fabric on the lower left corner of Yan Fei's clothes, and a chubby little palm was sewn with flesh-colored fabric.

The same was true for Yan Cui's clothes, except that the arm on her clothes was sewn on the lower right corner.

It didn't seem so when they were separated, but now that the two sisters were standing together, the little hands on their clothes were just connected together, and it looked like a pattern of holding hands.

Not to mention how exquisite these clothes are, just this ingenuity makes people feel particularly interesting, especially when the two people wearing these two clothes are twins, which makes the design of these clothes even more clever.

Jin Xiaoxiao turned her head and thought about it. Although the twins had never worn a dazzling little skirt like hers, the clothes they wore were never clichéd. Most of them were light-colored, not resistant to dirt but suitable for girls.

And although the styles were all basic, the patterns embroidered on the clothes were different, and they were all patterns not available in the mall.

"Because there is only dad in our family, and dad works hard to make money. We have three sisters and a brother in our family. We have to study and eat, so we can't wear beautiful little skirts."

Yan Fei and Yan Cui sighed and said with a little kid.

Jin Xiaoxiao's family is the only child, so she can save a lot of money, but her family has six children, so it is natural that they are poor.

As a member of the family's finances, Yan Fei and Yan Cui are still a little guilty.

"Besides, our clothes are also very beautiful. We made them by ourselves. Dad said that we can become designers in the future and design clothes for others. We can make a lot of money."

Sisters Yan Fei and Yan Cui hugged each other tightly, and then made a "yeah" gesture. They didn't think that their clothes were inferior to Jin Xiaoxiao's expensive skirt, which might have cost a lot of money.

"Wow, you can make your own clothes. That's amazing."

The classmates who had finished eating chocolate were attracted by the twin sisters' words and couldn't help but start to look at their clothes at the moment.

The two sisters were very happy to see someone appreciate their designs. They happily told everyone the story of how they helped their sister and grandmother choose scraps of cloth and match colors when they were four years old, and started to cut with scissors when they were a little older.

The clothes that children of this age wear are mostly passed down by their brothers and sisters, or made by their parents. No child has ever made clothes for themselves as early as the twin sisters.

Especially when they heard that the sisters' clothes were made of the cheapest white cotton and various free scraps of cloth, everyone admired them even more.

Children of this age are still simple and don't care about money. Many times they admire something because it is really good, not how much it costs.

Of course, sometimes children will admire it if it costs a lot of money, but only because they think that having a lot of money is also amazing.

At this moment, listening to the two sisters showing off their clothing history since they were four years old, no one thought that their family was poor and could only buy the cheapest cloth for their children to make clothes, or laughed at them for many of their clothes being made by dismantling their sisters' clothes and re-patterning them.

I just admire them very much, they have skills that they don't have.

When Jin Xiaoxiao saw that the popularity she had gained by hitting chocolate was once again snatched away by the twin sisters, her cheeks bulged high with anger, just like a frog.

She decided to take back her previous words. Sure enough, twins are still the most annoying.

******

"Now that the family has saved a lot of money, I'm thinking about whether I should buy some beautiful clothes for the children."

The old lady has always been thinking about the promise she made to her granddaughters to buy little skirts, but she broke her promise. Seeing that the family's savings have been rising over the years, this idea started again.

The Yan family still lives in the three-sided courtyard house they rented at the beginning. In recent years, as the educated youth have returned to the city one after another, the housing in the city has become increasingly tight. Even if some factories with good benefits have built welfare houses one after another, this problem has not been alleviated.

As a result, the prices of some privately owned houses in the provincial capital have continued to rise. The house they live in now has risen to 18,000 yuan, an increase of 3,000 yuan compared to four years ago.

In recent years, due to the economic growth, the wages of workers have also risen, but this 3,000 yuan is still the salary of a worker for four or five years, or even longer.

In other words, the money a worker earns without eating or drinking is not as fast as the rising housing prices.

However, this price is still high, so even if the three-sided courtyard house is well maintained and the location is good, it has never been sold.

Several families wanted to split and buy the house. After all, such a large yard is enough to accommodate more than a dozen people, and a small family does not need such a large place.

Although the original owner of the house wanted to sell the house, he still felt that it was his ancestral home and was unwilling to listen to the middleman's advice to divide the house into several independent houses and sell them, so he has been dragging it on until now.

"Mom, I plan to buy the house we are renting now."

Yan Chu listened to the old lady's proposal and said while collecting the peeled melon seeds together.

"Buy this house?"

The old lady frowned and hesitated.

As tenants, when the intermediary brings buyers who are interested in buying a house, they also have to cooperate, so the old lady also knows how much the landlord is paying for the house.

In these years, Yan Chu worked as a moneylender and paid money to his family every two or three months. Sometimes the amount was six to seven hundred, and sometimes it was three or four hundred. The old lady saved everything, except for the children's tuition fees, rice, grain and oil money. , almost no expense.

This is also thanks to the old lady's good housekeeping. After getting the landlord's permission, she opened the front yard into a vegetable field. The yard is large enough to grow enough seasonal vegetables for the family. You need to buy extra from the vegetable market. , only some fruits and vegetables that are difficult to grow in the garden.

In addition, the family also raises several chickens and ducks, all of which lay eggs. In addition to the fixed meat day every week, the usual protein supplement depends on these chicken and duck eggs and tofu.

Therefore, the whole family's expenses are very economical. The children even make their own clothes. The cost of clothing for six children is less than that of an ordinary family with only two or three children.

Lu Aihua took out the wooden box locked in the cabinet and took out her savings over the years.

"Part of it is in the bank, and there is also some cash, which adds up to less than 10,000."

This amount of money is still a big figure now, but it is not enough to buy this house. If you change the location and choose a smaller yard, it may be about the same.

It's just that the whole family has lived here for four years, and the surrounding neighbors have become familiar with each other. It may not be convenient to move again.

"As for the money, I'll figure it out."

Yan Chu himself had money, lots and lots of money, but he was the only one who knew that it would be easy for him to come up with another 8,000 yuan.

But the old lady didn't know. Seeing that her son was determined to buy this house, thinking about the gap of 8,000 yuan, her back molars began to hurt.

"Mom, this house is really nice. It is sold more expensively because the wood and stone bricks used in this house are much better than those in ordinary Sanheyuan houses. Besides, this house has increased by three percent in four years. "Thousands, in a few years, the price will rise to a ridiculous level, so it's better to buy the house as early as possible to save us from wasting time moving when the landlord finds a buyer."

Yan Chu comforted the old lady.

"Eight thousand yuan, if the business is good for three or four years, you will make it back. It will just be a hardship for you and your children, and you will have to live a hard life for a few more years."

Yan Chu gave the old lady money just to make her feel at ease, but now that the old lady was going to ruin his rear, he naturally had to think of a way to spend the money.

He thought this was good, and began to think about what excuses he should come up with before spending all the money next time he had savings.

"Then we have to bear the risk for another three to four years."

Lu Aihua held her son's hand, she just felt sorry for him.

"Don't tell me whether it's hard or not. Mom used to eat grass roots and chew tree bark when she was a child. Who had new clothes to wear at that time? Now Dajin and his siblings have studies, and they can have enough food for every meal. Although the clothes are not I bought them in a big store, but they are also new clothes made of good fabrics.”

The more the old lady talked, the more she felt that her current life was not bad at all. She had eggs to eat every day, and there must be a bowl of meat or a pot of fish on the dining table at home every week. Many families may not have this condition.

Now that the family is about to buy a house, with such a big gap, the whole family will have to live frugally in the coming days. As for the new clothes that she promised her granddaughters a long time ago, she will just treat her as an old lady and forget about it, and wait until the family returns in three or four years. Now that you have money, think about it again.

The old lady didn't know that as long as she had a good son like her at home, she would never be rich.

"But what mom said is right. It's not good to always buy white cotton cloth for the children just to save money."

Yan Chu struggled for a while and gritted his teeth: "Tomorrow, I will buy a piece of fabric with a bright pink and lively color."

He calculated that people's aesthetic consciousness has improved in recent years. The price of white fabric has increased year by year, and it is almost the same as fabrics of other colors. In this case, there is no need for him to stick to white fabric. It is time to change his children to something else. Practice the colors.

"Okay, okay, choose the ones that are red and green. Children should wear bright colors to look good."

The old lady suggested that her son buy new clothes for his granddaughters because he was coveting the clothes of other children in the alley. The main color of the clothes of his own children was white, which in the eyes of the old man was not festive enough after all.

Now that her son was willing to change the color of the fabric, the old lady's remaining heartache for her granddaughters was gone.

As for the style, the old lady doesn’t choose, as long as it can be worn. Who’s family didn’t come here like this? Besides, the skills of several granddaughters in making clothes are not bad now, especially the eldest granddaughter. After a few more years of practice, she will be better than her. Went down.

Six-year-old Jin Yuanbao had a fever today and did not go to the nursery. The chubby little Yuanbao was covered with a tight quilt and almost turned into a silkworm chrysalis.

Listen to grandma and dad discussing whether it is better to buy bright red fabric or pink and rose fabric.

As the only male of the third generation in the family, he has never enjoyed special treatment. Like his sisters, the little boy who started learning to make clothes as soon as he became sensible is surprisingly sad. He doesn’t want to wear pink clothes to school at all. .

*****

"Dad, can you give me a dollar?"

Yan Chu came back from outside. Today he just went to the housing management bureau to complete the house purchase and sale procedures. Now this house officially belongs to their family.

Before entering the main room, he was stopped by his second daughter Yan Zhen in the courtyard.

Yan Zhen is already eleven years old this year. The little girl has developed relatively early. For such an older person, she has already started to have sex. She is taller than her eldest sister. She is slim and graceful, and she is beginning to show the charm of a girl.

The Yan family are all good-looking, including the original wife, who is also a pretty girl. The children choose the parents' best places to grow up, and they attract a lot of attention every time they go out.

“Have you spent all your pocket money this month?”

Yan Chu is not an extremely stingy person. For example, in summer, every month he will give the children 50 cents, and a mung bean popsicle costs 5 cents. If he meets someone who is half-cultured, he can buy three popsicles for 10 cents.

Fifty cents was enough for them to find the man selling popsicles at the entrance of the alley during the scorching heat and buy a popsicle in two or three days to relieve the heat.

You can also choose not to buy it, just drink it cold and boil it to cool down, and the money will be saved to buy other things.

This pocket money is not generous, but it is definitely not stingy.

As for after summer, pocket money will be reduced to 20 cents a month. The children have food and accommodation at home, and there is nothing to spend money on. At most, they can buy some stationery. Pencils and erasers are very useful, especially It's a pencil. It's not used until it can't be sharpened anymore. After a semester, you may not be able to use it for two or three cents.

So Yan Chu was surprised that his second daughter actually asked him for pocket money again, not long after the pocket money was withdrawn this month.

"It's not that we ran out of pocket money, it's because the teacher asked us to buy textbooks and we need one dollar."

This was probably the first time Yan Zhen had lied. She was stumbling when speaking, and she didn't dare to look up into her father's eyes.

In fact, there was no need to buy textbooks at all. Yan Zhen just made an appointment with a few good classmates to go to the newly opened ice rink on Sunday. It is said that it is very interesting there, but renting skates requires money. It takes an hour. Sixty cents.

Coupled with the fact that he might drink soda and so on, Yan Zhen calculated his savings and found that he was still a little short of money.

But she had already agreed with her classmates that it would be embarrassing if she failed to make the appointment. After thinking about it, she came to see her father and lied for the first time in her life.

"My family bought a house and I don't have enough money, but studying is the most important thing. Let's buy textbooks. You should listen to the teacher more at school. But don't swallow it when you are bullied. Come back and tell dad, you know?"

Yan Chu dug into his pockets, and most of them were scattered loose bills, one cent, two cents, and the maximum denomination was only ten cents.

By the time I collected enough money, it was already a pretty thick stack of banknotes.

Yan Zhen looked at the crumpled banknotes and felt a little uncomfortable. She wanted to admit to her father that she had lied, but the charm of skating described by her classmates was even more attractive.

She lowered her head and bit her lower lip. After all, she still did not admit that she had lied. She took the money and returned to her room in a depressed voice.

Yan Chu put the remaining loose bills into his pocket, looked at his daughter's back as she returned to the room, and then touched the pocket on the other side.

Fortunately, there is still change, otherwise there is a thick stack of ten-dollar bills in the other pocket, which would not be easy to break open.

Sure enough, the children have grown up, and the challenge to their father has just begun.

******

As the first ice skating rink in the provincial capital, the business here is very good. Many young people who come to join in the fun are dressed fashionably, just like those on TV.

Although Yan Zhen is not very old, she is tall and well-developed. She looks no different from a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old. With her good-looking face, she has attracted the attention of many young people, including some who claim to be romantic. Whistle at her, making the young girl feel ashamed.

I just felt a little secretly proud in my heart, and even the guilt I felt when I went out with that dollar was reduced a lot.

"You should have been like this a long time ago. Didn't I tell you that your dad earns a lot of money as a businessman? Why is he still living a miserable life? He even has to think twice before eating an ice cream in the summer."

Yan Zhen's deskmate, a young girl who had just transferred from Beijing this semester, said to her, her eyes full of encouragement and admonishment.

"That's not the case. We have many children and have a lot of expenses. In addition, we recently bought a house. Besides, my dad also paid for our sisters to go to school."

Yan Zhen looked at the skating rink, which was busier than she imagined, listened to her deskmate's words, and then explained in a low voice.

"You are your father's daughters, and it is right for him to support you in your studies. What's wrong, just because you have done your duty, do you still want your gratitude?"

The girl didn't agree with Yan Zhen's words: "Besides, does your family's house purchase have anything to do with you? It was bought for your brother. Now the whole family is struggling with it. Believe it or not, it is all for your brother to prepare for the future?" "

Her words were a bit hateful: "Don't say that your father and mother treat you sisters and brothers the same way. If you really didn't care about your son, would you let your mother continue to have children until she died trying to give birth to a son? You, Take your time and think more about how to spend your father's money. This is what he deserves from you."

When she thought of her stepmother's son who was pampered by his father, but she could only be sent back to her grandma's house in the provincial capital, the girl felt angry. Wouldn't it be that having one more son would make her look particularly valuable?

She finally figured it out. Men are cheap. Anyway, she is not yet an adult, so her father has the obligation to give her living expenses. If he is unwilling to give, she will go to his and that woman's workplace to make trouble and see whether they care about money or their reputation and status.

Yan Zhen felt that her deskmate's words were wrong. She knew that her father and grandmother treated her sisters and her brother the same way. Her mother's difficult labor when giving birth to her brother was something no one expected.

But Yan Zhen couldn't explain to her new deskmate. When she started skating, she completely forgot about it and indulged in the fun of skating.

Once a lie is told, it will happen again. Yan Zhen was still restrained. She only went to the skating rink once or twice a month, but every month she asked her father or grandmother for money in the name of textbook fees. After many times, the whole family noticed that she was wrong.

Only Yan Zhen felt that she had concealed it well, and she felt more and more relaxed.

"Anyway, the holiday is coming soon. This time I want to take Da Jin and Er Zhen with me to Shenzhen."

At the dinner table, Yan Chu suddenly spoke.

"I want to go too."

Hearing that their father was actually going to take their eldest and second sisters to Shencheng, the younger children also started to make noises.

"It's so troublesome to take the children with you."

The old lady thought that her son was so tired from buying goods, and it would be even more tiring to take care of the two younger ones.

"Da Jin and Er Zhen are not young anymore, so this trip is a good opportunity for them to broaden their horizons."

Yan Chu touched the younger children and said, "Don't worry, when you are older, Dad will take you with him."

For some reason, Yan Yuanbao and other little kids felt a chill on their backs, and they had a hunch that it was not a good thing.