Meilixiong and Meilijun discussed and came up with the final plan. Considering that their daughter Meiyue has already started working and Meilixiong and his wife have retired, it is time for them to return to their hometown to spend their old age. Returning to Baimei County to settle down is a good plan, and the demolished house of the ancestral home will be inherited by Meilixiong.
As for their younger sister Mei Lirong who was far away in Star City and unable to return home, the two brothers decided to give her some money when the time came.
After the arrangements were confirmed, the brothers drove home together.
The journey from Baizhou to Baimei County only takes 2 hours. Mei Fang sent a message to the group earlier and soon returned to his long-lost hometown in Baimei County.
As the year was coming to an end, the traffic in the county town was very heavy and there were beeps everywhere. Mei Ya jumped up and down beside the car window and was patted on the butt by Mei Fang.
"Sit still and be nice."
"Brother, aren't you excited at all? You will be able to meet Sister Yuanyuan and Sister Youxi soon."
"What's so exciting about this? It's only been a while since we last met."
Mei Fang pulled her sister down from the car.
Xiang Xiaoxia glanced at Mei Fang through the rearview mirror and said, "Speaking of Fang, you guys are being taken care of by Aunt Liang Meijuan. Do you think Youxi has ever called Liang Meijuan mom?"
Mei Fang shook her head. "You can still call me Auntie, but now I'll call you Aunt Meijuan. I think that's a little more intimate, right?"
"Um… "
"She's not your original mother. You might not be used to her suddenly calling you mom, right?"
Meiya interjected, "By the way, if my mother died—"
"square!"
"receive!"
Following Xiang Xiaoxia's order, Mei Fang held her sister down and moved her face in front of Xiang Xiaoxia, while Xiang Xiaoxia slapped Mei Ya's mouth with her hand.
"You're talking nonsense during the New Year, I'll wipe your mouth clean!"
“Wuwu… I’m sorry mom… Umm… I won’t dare to talk nonsense again!”
In the Mei family, there is no such thing as children speaking without restraint, especially during the Chinese New Year.
The Mei family arrived at the old neighborhood of the Mei family. Mei Fang knocked on the door gently, and the door of the house was opened directly.
The person who opened the door was Xia Yuan, who was wearing an apron. When she looked at Mei Fang, her eyes flickered noticeably.
But she just smiled at Mei Fang and quickly shifted her gaze to the adults behind her.
"Uncle Mei, Aunt Xiang, you're back!"
"Yeah... I'm back."
Xiang Xiaoxia hadn't seen Xia Yuan for a long time. She was very happy to see Xia Yuan this time. "I haven't seen you for half a year. Yuanyuan, you have changed a lot. You are different every day."
"Haha... I ate a lot this year and I look fat."
Xia Yuan scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Not fat, not fat. Girls look better if they are a little plump!"
"By the way, Youxi and I cleaned the house yesterday, so it should be relatively clean."
"Oh... why bother you two to do this? Mei Fang is really outrageous."
"No, no, we wanted to do it ourselves! Don't blame Ah Fang."
Meilijun looked at his spacious little house full of memories with contentment, and suddenly he felt mixed emotions.
"Very good. Very good."
Xia Yuan led the family into the house, and when the next person came in, Xia Yuan paused for a moment.
"Um... these two are Ah Fang's uncle and aunt, right? Hello, uncle and aunt!"
"Well, hello, you are..."
Melixiong and his wife didn't expect that when Melixon's family returned, they would be greeted by a strange girl.
While the two were confused, Mei Yue had been looking forward to meeting Xia Yuan. As soon as she entered the room, she took Xia Yuan's hand and held it tightly:
"Hello! This is one of our Mei Fang's girlfriends, Yuanyuan, right?"
"No, no, no, no!"
Xia Yuan quickly denied it with a blushing face, "I am Ah Fang's childhood sweetheart, which means... Ah Fang's good friend."
Are good friends close enough to trust each other with their house keys
The sound of cooking smoke came from the kitchen. After Mei Fang entered the room, she first went to greet Lin Youxi, and then was asked by Lin Youxi to help with the cooking. She then wiped her hands and came out to meet the Mei family.
“Uncle Mei, Aunt Xiang.”
Lin Youxi nodded gently and obediently.
"Hello, you're so nice... I feel like you've grown taller again."
Xiang Xiaoxia walked forward to help Lin Youxi fix her hair, "You kid... Why are you going to someone else's house to cook during Chinese New Year? Really..."
Lin Youxi did not protest against Xiang Xiaoxia's accusation, but just smiled at Xiang Xiaoxia and said:
"Because we haven't seen each other for a long time, I wanted to let Aunt Xiang taste my cooking skills to see if they have improved."
"The aroma is wafting out... This must be an improvement! I'll cook next, you take a break, these guys are..."
"I know. Hello, uncle and aunt."
Lin Youxi came up and called them uncle and aunt directly. This is also a way to address friends and relatives when there are many people around. Otherwise, it is easy to feel dizzy if everyone you meet is called uncle or aunt.
In fact, no matter how good the relationship is between a couple, they will be somewhat reluctant when meeting each other's relatives and elders, after all, they are not acquaintances.
However, Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan seemed to be competing with each other, and both were very active in showing themselves in front of Mei Fang and Mei Fang's family to gain impression points.
After Lin Youxi greeted Mei Yue's parents, she also greeted Mei Yue who was holding Xia Yuan's hand:
"Sister Yueyue, right... You really are as beautiful as Ah Fang said."
Mei Yue originally held Xia Yuan's hand to show her identity as a member of the Yuan Party, but Lin Youxi left a very deep first impression on her. She was overjoyed at the moment, holding Lin Youxi with one hand and Xia Yuan with the other, and they kept close:
"Oh, Xiao Fangzi actually praised my cousin in front of others. How embarrassing... But if you ask me, you two will definitely be prettier than me when you grow up."
Little Meiya, who was unable to get a word in, tugged at her brother Mei Fang's hand and said, "Brother, you are so lucky..."
Mei Fang smiled and pinched her sister's face:
"You are happy too."
Mei Fang was indeed a little emotional watching the scene in front of him. After all, when he first met Lin Youxi, she was a strange girl who didn't even dare to speak to adults, but now she can handle it very smoothly.
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi seemed to be hired as chefs and waiters. After chatting with the Mei family for a while, they said they wanted to go home for dinner so as not to disturb the Mei family's reunion in Baimei County. After repeated attempts to persuade them to stay failed, Xiang Xiaoxia first forced a red envelope on Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan, and then ordered Mei Fang to send the girls home.
Therefore, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi, through their own efforts, earned an opportunity to be alone with Mei Fang.
Mei Fang sent Xia Yuanlin Youxi downstairs, and the three of them in the elevator suddenly stopped talking tacitly.
Xia Yuan was very reserved in combing her hair in front of her reflection in the elevator, while Lin Youxi kept touching the back of Mei Fang's hand in the elevator.
... is clearly hinting at me.
So Mei Fang asked, "Well, do you want to stay in the pavilion for a while and talk?"
"good!"
Xia Yuan agreed immediately.
The pavilion in the community is where Mei Fang and Xia Yuan replenish their super energy on a daily basis. Staying in the pavilion for a while is no different from a hint of replenishing energy.
For Youxi, this is the first time to use the energy patch here to replenish energy.
During the broad day of the New Year, there were a lot of cars coming and going in the community, but fortunately the pavilion was not conspicuous, so there was no need to go out for a walk. Lin Youxi sat next to the pavilion and watched Xia Yuan paste the stickers first, and then he went over to paste the stickers himself, and then the three of them were satisfied.
"It feels like Alfonso has a lot of super energy today."
"It's probably because I haven't replenished it in many days."
"Come to think of it, this state is like that... that... a little separation is better than the other—"
Xia Yuan suddenly shut her mouth and stopped talking. She felt ashamed.
"What's the benefit of a short separation?" Lin Youxi tilted her head and asked Xia Yuan.
"No, nothing!"
Xia Yuan lowered her head and pushed Lin Youxi forward, then said to Mei Fang with a red face: "I'm going home to eat first! Ah Fang, you can take Youxi home."
"Yeah, okay."
Yay! I’ve finished three chapters today!
I will take some leave tomorrow and update all at once the day after tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)