Chapter 3 Part 1
Translator: Rya
The news that Chu Xiaoyi decided to return home on the afternoon of New Year's Day filled the house with a joyful atmosphere.
The family was busy preparing the ingredients, while Chu Xiaoxiao slipped out of the house alone to find Sister Yang Yin. Chu Xiaoxiao, who has always been very clever, sneaked away from her parents' eyes but was noticed by her meticulous grandaunt.
Grandaunt, Song Chun was normally a quiet, low-key, softly spoken woman. When she saw the little girl open the door of the small courtyard, she hurriedly put down the vegetable bowl in her hand and said, "Xiao Xiao, where do you want to go? Want me to accompany you out?"
"No, I'm in the community and I'll be back soon!" Chu Xiaoxiao was wrapped in a thick and warm padded jacket. She didn't want to be caught up by her grandaunt, so she ran out in a hurry.
Grandaunt stood up and shouted: "Put your hat on!"
Chu Xiaoxiao had to put on her cotton-padded hat and coat, like a heavily armed doll, jumping to the gate of the community.
The Yurongtai community has strict management and surveillance, and even takeout and express delivery are inaccessible to enter. The safety factor of the community is very high. Therefore, the family had no objection to Chu Xiaoxiao's behavior of running and playing outside, knowing that she went to play with Yang Yin in the community’s guard room again.
In the remote part of the community, there was a small one-story house where the security guards lived. Yang Yin, a fifteen-year-old high school student, only during holidays will live in Yurongtai during her vacation, which she helped her father to clean and cook. Her father was a gatekeeper in the community, and the rest of her family stayed in the countryside next door, relying on her father's income.
When Chu Xiaoxiao arrived at the dormitory bungalow, Yang Yin was cooking garlic sprouts in a small pot, and the fume of oily smoke drifted out through the small open window. Yang Yin opened the door for Chu Xiaoxiao, turned off the fire, and asked: "Has Xiao Xiao eaten? Would you like to have some?"
Chu Xiaoxiao shook her head and said honestly: "I have eaten at home."
Yang Yin nodded when she heard the words. She swiftly packed the food into the lunch box, and said: "Sit down and wait for me, I will come back after delivering the meal."
Yang Yin put on the old coat and brought the hot lunch box, and then was ready to go to the community gate to deliver food to her on-duty father. Before leaving, she closed the door of the dormitory and reminded Chu Xiaoxiao not to run around, and then left in a hurry.
There is not much space in the security dormitory. Iron bunk beds, mottled wooden tables, and seasoned wooden chairs occupied a lot of space. Coupled with the pots and warm kettles piled up in the corners, it's a completely packed place. Chu Xiaoxiao was no stranger to this, pulled out a small chair from under the wooden table, and sat on it obediently until Yang Yin returned.
The wooden table was covered with Yang Yin's study materials, and Chu Xiaoxiao glanced at the math problems at random and skimmed over in turn.
Within a few minutes, Yang Yin returned with a meal. She simply used the pot as a bowl, finished the remaining meals, and went outside to clean the kitchen utensils.
Seeing that Yang Yin finally put the pot in place, Chu Xiaoxiao knew that the other party's work had ended. She pointed to the numbers in the exercise book and reminded her aloud: "Sister Yang Yin, this question is wrong."
"Really? Let me see?" Yang Yin hurriedly walked over while drying her frozen red hands with a towel. She checked carefully for a long time, and then smiled gently and said with emotion, "It's really wrong, Xiao Xiao is really amazing. "
Yang Yin immediately took a pen to correct the answer. She was very serious about her homework and worked hard on the questions in her free time. Chu Xiaoxiao also studied English with Yang Yin before, and they read the English version of ‘The Little Prince '’ together. Later, Chu Xiaoxiao's level gradually surpassed Yang Yin, and Yang Yin didn't feel annoyed or upset. Instead, she asked Chu Xiaoxiao to practice oral English with her.
Yang Yin is a special presence among Chu Xiaoxiao's friends. Their ages and family circumstances are very different, but inexplicably the relationship is very good. Now Chu Xiaoxiao still doesn't understand the secular rules of making friends. She has a unique way of identifying people, which is to judge based on the emotional color of the other person. When she first saw Yang Yin, she saw a red heart. It was the first time she saw the red heart outside her family, and she naturally has a good impression of Yang Yin.
Although Yang Yin's linguistic talent is not too high, she can pick persimmons with bamboo poles, weave beautiful bracelets with colored ropes, and bake fragrant potatoes. In Chu Xiaoxiao's eyes, she is already omnipotent. Chu Xiaoxiao couldn't consult the matter with her cheerful family members, so she could only find her trusted sister, Yang Yin, and talked about her troubles.
"You have a biological brother? And he's coming back soon?" Yang Yin was taken aback when she heard the news, with a trace of distress on her face, "It’s a bit difficult to handle..."
"But my dad said he would like me. So, the problem doesn't seem too serious." Chu Xiaoxiao felt a little worried inside and was not comforted by Chu Jiadong's words. She had heard a lot of the black history of Yang Yin's brother before, and she was very wary of the creature named brother.
Yang Yin rarely sneered: "Of course, you won't snatch the family property from him, and you can even earn dowry for the family when you marry. Why should he hate you?”
Yang Yin instantly projected her own experience onto Chu Xiaoxiao, feeling a little irritable when she thought of the trouble that the other party was about to face.
Although Chu Xiaoxiao’s intellectual development was higher than that of her peers, she still couldn’t understand certain vocabulary, and she ignorantly asked: "What is a dowry?"
After Yang Yin struggled to explain for a long time, Chu Xiaoxiao realized it immediately, and then retorted: "Mom and Dad won’t sell me!”
Yang Yin was silent for a moment, and said, “That’s because your family’s conditions are pretty good now, so you won’t be anxious to let you marry someone to earn a dowry, just as I can still study now. If one day my family is very short of money, I will have to go back to the village and get married, so I won't be able to go to school anymore.”
"You think your parents are good to you now, but it's not a difficult time yet. I used to see it a lot." Yang Yin's face showed an age-defying precociousness, calmly revealing the truth. Many people around her couldn’t even go to high school. They worked at home before they got married, and the dowry was used to subsidize the brothers.
Thinking of the lively and cheerful atmosphere of the family, Chu Xiaoxiao felt that Yang Yin's words made sense. Chu Xiaoyi did seem to have a lot of weight in the family and had already demonstrated his status before arriving. She lowered her head slightly and said anxiously: "Is there anything I can do?"
Yang Yin thought for a while and said helplessly: "Not for the time being, let's bear it for a while. Since you are so smart now, you must have done well on the college entrance exam, and when the time comes, you should choose a university far away from home. The farther you can escape, the better.”
Chu Xiaoxiao: “Sister Yang Yin also wants to run away?”
Yang Yin nodded: "Yes, I will definitely not give up studying, and I will be admitted to a university in the south at that time.”
Chu Xiaoxiao did not stay in the security dormitory for too long. She said goodbye to Yang Yin after asking for help to no avail. After she went home, she was a little downhearted. First, she was anxious about her brother's affairs. Second, she felt a little sad when she thought that Yang Yin would leave sooner or later.
Chu Xiaoxiao was holding her iPad, but completely lost her usual enthusiasm for learning, and had no intention of opening a foreign language video.
On the other side, Chu Xiaoyi was sitting in the nanny's car. He stared at the entrance of the familiar community and sat motionlessly. Seeing that he was not moving, the agent, He Xin said: "Shall we get off? We've reached the place already, haven't we?"
There was no one else in the car. Chu Xiaoyi suddenly chuckled and said with emotion: "I was dragging my luggage away from the entrance, and my dad was chasing and swearing at the back, telling me not to come back again if I have the ability."
He Xin looked at the complex and nostalgic look on Chu Xiaoyi's face and didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only remain silent.
"Don't come back if you have the ability! I no longer have you as my son!"
This was what the 18-year-old Chu Xiaoyi heard at the entrance of Yurongtai. At that time, he had no intention of catching up with his father, and followed the agent to the car, just wanting to chase his dream of being a singer. Chu Xiaoyi still remembered his father's furious face after he was left behind. His face was red with anger and staring at himself in the car in rage as if he was going to eat people.
Chu Xiaoyi abandoned his studies, abandoned his family, and went to the company to practice alone. He was resentful at that time and couldn't wait to prove himself to his father. He wanted to stand on the top and shine, then beat the stubborn and arrogant Chu Jiadong fiercely, but he fell violently first.
The company that Chu Xiaoyi worked for soon went bankrupt, he received very little compensation at that time. He had no place to live in the vast city, much less a platform to realize his dreams. His mother, Xiao Bi, came forward to persuade Chu Xiaoyi to go back to continue his studies and look for good opportunities in the future, but he refused.
Chu Xiaoyi didn't want to face Chu Jiadong with shame and didn't want to beg from him again. From the moment he left home, there was a fire in his heart that prevented him from bowing to his father. Chu Xiaoyi frantically searched for work, contacted new brokerage companies everywhere, and moved around in friends' houses or cheap homes. There was a kind of rebellious obsession he had.
Meanwhile, for the first time, Chu Jiadong abandoned his strict fatherhood, humbly begging Chu Xiaoyi to go back, even at one point his eyes were red and choked. That was the first time that Chu Xiaoyi saw his father lowered his head but he was rather hammered to the ground without any sense of victory. He was like a whimsical child who has proved nothing but his incompetence.
Translator: Rya
The news that Chu Xiaoyi decided to return home on the afternoon of New Year's Day filled the house with a joyful atmosphere.
The family was busy preparing the ingredients, while Chu Xiaoxiao slipped out of the house alone to find Sister Yang Yin. Chu Xiaoxiao, who has always been very clever, sneaked away from her parents' eyes but was noticed by her meticulous grandaunt.
Grandaunt, Song Chun was normally a quiet, low-key, softly spoken woman. When she saw the little girl open the door of the small courtyard, she hurriedly put down the vegetable bowl in her hand and said, "Xiao Xiao, where do you want to go? Want me to accompany you out?"
"No, I'm in the community and I'll be back soon!" Chu Xiaoxiao was wrapped in a thick and warm padded jacket. She didn't want to be caught up by her grandaunt, so she ran out in a hurry.
Grandaunt stood up and shouted: "Put your hat on!"
Chu Xiaoxiao had to put on her cotton-padded hat and coat, like a heavily armed doll, jumping to the gate of the community.
The Yurongtai community has strict management and surveillance, and even takeout and express delivery are inaccessible to enter. The safety factor of the community is very high. Therefore, the family had no objection to Chu Xiaoxiao's behavior of running and playing outside, knowing that she went to play with Yang Yin in the community’s guard room again.
In the remote part of the community, there was a small one-story house where the security guards lived. Yang Yin, a fifteen-year-old high school student, only during holidays will live in Yurongtai during her vacation, which she helped her father to clean and cook. Her father was a gatekeeper in the community, and the rest of her family stayed in the countryside next door, relying on her father's income.
When Chu Xiaoxiao arrived at the dormitory bungalow, Yang Yin was cooking garlic sprouts in a small pot, and the fume of oily smoke drifted out through the small open window. Yang Yin opened the door for Chu Xiaoxiao, turned off the fire, and asked: "Has Xiao Xiao eaten? Would you like to have some?"
Chu Xiaoxiao shook her head and said honestly: "I have eaten at home."
Yang Yin nodded when she heard the words. She swiftly packed the food into the lunch box, and said: "Sit down and wait for me, I will come back after delivering the meal."
Yang Yin put on the old coat and brought the hot lunch box, and then was ready to go to the community gate to deliver food to her on-duty father. Before leaving, she closed the door of the dormitory and reminded Chu Xiaoxiao not to run around, and then left in a hurry.
There is not much space in the security dormitory. Iron bunk beds, mottled wooden tables, and seasoned wooden chairs occupied a lot of space. Coupled with the pots and warm kettles piled up in the corners, it's a completely packed place. Chu Xiaoxiao was no stranger to this, pulled out a small chair from under the wooden table, and sat on it obediently until Yang Yin returned.
The wooden table was covered with Yang Yin's study materials, and Chu Xiaoxiao glanced at the math problems at random and skimmed over in turn.
Within a few minutes, Yang Yin returned with a meal. She simply used the pot as a bowl, finished the remaining meals, and went outside to clean the kitchen utensils.
Seeing that Yang Yin finally put the pot in place, Chu Xiaoxiao knew that the other party's work had ended. She pointed to the numbers in the exercise book and reminded her aloud: "Sister Yang Yin, this question is wrong."
"Really? Let me see?" Yang Yin hurriedly walked over while drying her frozen red hands with a towel. She checked carefully for a long time, and then smiled gently and said with emotion, "It's really wrong, Xiao Xiao is really amazing. "
Yang Yin immediately took a pen to correct the answer. She was very serious about her homework and worked hard on the questions in her free time. Chu Xiaoxiao also studied English with Yang Yin before, and they read the English version of ‘The Little Prince '’ together. Later, Chu Xiaoxiao's level gradually surpassed Yang Yin, and Yang Yin didn't feel annoyed or upset. Instead, she asked Chu Xiaoxiao to practice oral English with her.
Yang Yin is a special presence among Chu Xiaoxiao's friends. Their ages and family circumstances are very different, but inexplicably the relationship is very good. Now Chu Xiaoxiao still doesn't understand the secular rules of making friends. She has a unique way of identifying people, which is to judge based on the emotional color of the other person. When she first saw Yang Yin, she saw a red heart. It was the first time she saw the red heart outside her family, and she naturally has a good impression of Yang Yin.
Although Yang Yin's linguistic talent is not too high, she can pick persimmons with bamboo poles, weave beautiful bracelets with colored ropes, and bake fragrant potatoes. In Chu Xiaoxiao's eyes, she is already omnipotent. Chu Xiaoxiao couldn't consult the matter with her cheerful family members, so she could only find her trusted sister, Yang Yin, and talked about her troubles.
"You have a biological brother? And he's coming back soon?" Yang Yin was taken aback when she heard the news, with a trace of distress on her face, "It’s a bit difficult to handle..."
"But my dad said he would like me. So, the problem doesn't seem too serious." Chu Xiaoxiao felt a little worried inside and was not comforted by Chu Jiadong's words. She had heard a lot of the black history of Yang Yin's brother before, and she was very wary of the creature named brother.
Yang Yin rarely sneered: "Of course, you won't snatch the family property from him, and you can even earn dowry for the family when you marry. Why should he hate you?”
Yang Yin instantly projected her own experience onto Chu Xiaoxiao, feeling a little irritable when she thought of the trouble that the other party was about to face.
Although Chu Xiaoxiao’s intellectual development was higher than that of her peers, she still couldn’t understand certain vocabulary, and she ignorantly asked: "What is a dowry?"
After Yang Yin struggled to explain for a long time, Chu Xiaoxiao realized it immediately, and then retorted: "Mom and Dad won’t sell me!”
Yang Yin was silent for a moment, and said, “That’s because your family’s conditions are pretty good now, so you won’t be anxious to let you marry someone to earn a dowry, just as I can still study now. If one day my family is very short of money, I will have to go back to the village and get married, so I won't be able to go to school anymore.”
"You think your parents are good to you now, but it's not a difficult time yet. I used to see it a lot." Yang Yin's face showed an age-defying precociousness, calmly revealing the truth. Many people around her couldn’t even go to high school. They worked at home before they got married, and the dowry was used to subsidize the brothers.
Thinking of the lively and cheerful atmosphere of the family, Chu Xiaoxiao felt that Yang Yin's words made sense. Chu Xiaoyi did seem to have a lot of weight in the family and had already demonstrated his status before arriving. She lowered her head slightly and said anxiously: "Is there anything I can do?"
Yang Yin thought for a while and said helplessly: "Not for the time being, let's bear it for a while. Since you are so smart now, you must have done well on the college entrance exam, and when the time comes, you should choose a university far away from home. The farther you can escape, the better.”
Chu Xiaoxiao: “Sister Yang Yin also wants to run away?”
Yang Yin nodded: "Yes, I will definitely not give up studying, and I will be admitted to a university in the south at that time.”
Chu Xiaoxiao did not stay in the security dormitory for too long. She said goodbye to Yang Yin after asking for help to no avail. After she went home, she was a little downhearted. First, she was anxious about her brother's affairs. Second, she felt a little sad when she thought that Yang Yin would leave sooner or later.
Chu Xiaoxiao was holding her iPad, but completely lost her usual enthusiasm for learning, and had no intention of opening a foreign language video.
On the other side, Chu Xiaoyi was sitting in the nanny's car. He stared at the entrance of the familiar community and sat motionlessly. Seeing that he was not moving, the agent, He Xin said: "Shall we get off? We've reached the place already, haven't we?"
There was no one else in the car. Chu Xiaoyi suddenly chuckled and said with emotion: "I was dragging my luggage away from the entrance, and my dad was chasing and swearing at the back, telling me not to come back again if I have the ability."
He Xin looked at the complex and nostalgic look on Chu Xiaoyi's face and didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only remain silent.
"Don't come back if you have the ability! I no longer have you as my son!"
This was what the 18-year-old Chu Xiaoyi heard at the entrance of Yurongtai. At that time, he had no intention of catching up with his father, and followed the agent to the car, just wanting to chase his dream of being a singer. Chu Xiaoyi still remembered his father's furious face after he was left behind. His face was red with anger and staring at himself in the car in rage as if he was going to eat people.
Chu Xiaoyi abandoned his studies, abandoned his family, and went to the company to practice alone. He was resentful at that time and couldn't wait to prove himself to his father. He wanted to stand on the top and shine, then beat the stubborn and arrogant Chu Jiadong fiercely, but he fell violently first.
The company that Chu Xiaoyi worked for soon went bankrupt, he received very little compensation at that time. He had no place to live in the vast city, much less a platform to realize his dreams. His mother, Xiao Bi, came forward to persuade Chu Xiaoyi to go back to continue his studies and look for good opportunities in the future, but he refused.
Chu Xiaoyi didn't want to face Chu Jiadong with shame and didn't want to beg from him again. From the moment he left home, there was a fire in his heart that prevented him from bowing to his father. Chu Xiaoyi frantically searched for work, contacted new brokerage companies everywhere, and moved around in friends' houses or cheap homes. There was a kind of rebellious obsession he had.
Meanwhile, for the first time, Chu Jiadong abandoned his strict fatherhood, humbly begging Chu Xiaoyi to go back, even at one point his eyes were red and choked. That was the first time that Chu Xiaoyi saw his father lowered his head but he was rather hammered to the ground without any sense of victory. He was like a whimsical child who has proved nothing but his incompetence.
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