The winter solstice has just passed and we have begun to count to nine. The weather is getting colder, so we naturally have to dress more festively when we return home.
Xu Zhiyi wore a long red slim-fitting woolen coat and a black fox fur scarf. Her face was tender and tender, and her eyebrows were filled with joy. She really looked like a little vixen in human form in the Xianxia drama.
Beautiful and smart.
Mingrui is tall and has a good appearance and temperament. He wears a simple black long coat with a stand-up collar, which makes his slender figure and extraordinary temperament even more obvious.
It can be seen from his eyes that he really treasures Xu Zhiyi.
They say that the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes him, and they are absolutely right.
Li Zijuan stared at Octavia, and the more she looked at him, the more she thought this son-in-law was good.
It’s better to pick one out of a thousand.
After changing into slippers, Xu Zhiyi hugged Li Zijuan and said coquettishly, "Mom, I miss you so much and want to eat the food you cooked."
The couple hugged each other affectionately and walked towards the living room. Li Zijuan smiled and said:
"Knowing that you are coming home today, mom specially cooked a large table of delicious food for you and Octavia. From now on, if you want to eat the food cooked by mom, tell mom early that mom has prepared it, and you can come over and eat."
"Well, Mom, you're the best."
The two men following behind raised the corners of their mouths as they looked at the two women.
There is no such thing as an overnight feud between parents and children.
Three days later, when they saw Xu Cheng again, the father and daughter felt closer and missed each other, but were not affected by that incident anymore.
This is completely different from what happened between her and Zhou Lan.
In the Ming family, in fact, every time she saw Zhou Lan, she would think of what happened in Hangcheng, and she couldn't help but not mind it at all.
Perhaps, this is the wonder of blood relationship.
No matter what, Ming Shiyuan's appearance did make Zhou Lan and Ming Huaiyuan's attitude towards her change significantly.
Whether they did it from the bottom of their hearts or out of face, Xu Zhiyi didn't care.
The moment she mustered up the courage to marry Octavia, she told herself that in the future, only Octavia's attitude would affect her in the Ming family.
Other people's attitude towards her was a surprise as long as she had no expectations.
At least these days, she was more surprised than uneasy at Ming's house.
Under Li Zijuan's greeting, the four of them sat down. After a while, Xu Zhiyi suddenly felt a little strange.
"Zhiyi, Mingrui, come and eat some fruit." Li Zijuan greeted politely.
After a while, Xu Cheng said again: "Oming Rui, drink some tea. This is good tea. It's fine green mandarin orange. It tastes good. Zhiyi, you can try it too."
"Come on, come on, eat some dried fruits. Do you two eat walnuts? If so, I'll ask your dad to smash a few for you."
In the past, she could eat whatever she wanted and drink whatever she wanted. No one cared about her at all, let alone her parents.
Now, she and Mingrui were sitting on the sofa, and Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan seemed to be entertaining guests.
This is obviously her home, why does she become a guest when she returns home?
Invisibly, she felt that she was being stripped away from this family.
This feeling of being stripped away is even more obvious when eating at the dinner table.
The family members, because of their politeness and courtesy to Octavia, naturally affected her.
She seemed to be no longer the same person as before, but still the same person.
During lunch time, Xu Zhian specially rode an electric bike back from work.
But he was frozen.
As soon as he entered the door, he first took off his thick military coat, then took off his leather helmet, neck gaiter, gloves, and the leather kneepads that covered most of his legs.
Take off a bunch of warm clothing.
There is no way. After the winter solstice and the ninth day, it is cold in the north. If you don’t wear this when riding an electric bike, you will freeze your body.
Even young people cannot resist it.
The weather is still windy and cold today.
Even so, Xu Zhian still shouted that his hands and feet were frozen.
Xu Zhiyi came in Octavia's car. The car was heated. The two of them wore coats and felt hot while sitting in the car.
Seeing Xu Zhian frozen like this, she felt heartbroken. During lunch, she said to Xu Cheng:
"Dad, buy a car for Xiao An. It only costs about a hundred thousand yuan. If you drive to work, you won't freeze. Don't let him suffer like this."
Originally, Xu Cheng had planned to buy a car before, but now that he lives in a house close to the school, there is no need to buy a car, so he has never thought about it again.
When they got engaged and got married, Xu Zhiyi received a lot of red envelopes. The money was all her own. Even if she bought Xu Zhian a car directly, she would still be willing to do so.
It was inappropriate for her to spend money to buy a car for her brother as soon as she entered the Ming family.
Even if the Ming family didn't say anything, they would still attract gossip and end up with a reputation as a brother-supporting demon.
The most important thing is that based on her understanding of Xu Cheng, he would definitely not agree to her doing this.
Because of her marriage, the Xu family received a lot of gift money this time.
Before getting married, she turned her back on Xu Cheng and secretly gave Li Zijuan a deposit certificate worth 300,000 yuan.
The name on the deposit certificate is Li Zijuan.
Li Zijuan didn't want it, she forced it on her.
Currently, the Xu family can afford to buy a car.
Just as Xu Cheng was about to speak, Xu Zhian stopped him and said to Xu Zhiyi:
"Sister, I don't want it. I'm still young, so this hardship is nothing. Instead of spending hundreds of thousands to buy a car, it's better to sell the old house, put the spare money at home, collect a down payment, and buy a big house.
My dad and I will pay off the mortgage together first. When my salary increases, I can pay it off alone. "
Xu Zhiyi frowned, "Now that I have a big house to live in, what kind of house should I buy?"
Xu Zhian lowered his head and plucked at the rice in the bowl, "This is a betrothal gift from my brother-in-law to my sister. We can't live together as a family for the rest of our lives, so it's better to buy our own house."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
His words actually touched the hearts of Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan.
That's right, this house belongs to the girl after all, not to them. It's okay to live in it for a year or two, but it's not okay to live in it for a long time.
Xu Zhiyi was stimulated by the words "we are a family of three".
They used to be a family of four, but once she got married, even Xu Zhian regarded her as an outsider.
A family of four became a family of three.
Then where is she now?
She thought that what was hers belonged to them, but it turned out that in their eyes, her things belonged to her, not to their family of three.
From now on, the belongings of their family of three have nothing to do with her.
Realizing this, Xu Zhiyi felt very uncomfortable and lowered his head, not knowing what to say.
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Mingrui patted her back gently, lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong, Zhiyi?"
Xu Zhiyi shook his head and forced a smile, "It's nothing, Brother Octavia."
At this moment, Xu Cheng spoke, "I think what Xiao An said makes sense. Zijuan, what do you think?"
Li Zijuan also nodded, "Well, I think that's right. It's better to spend this money on buying a house. Xiao An, if it's too cold in the future, you can stay in your work unit and come back when the weather warms up. This way you will suffer less. "
Xu Zhian raised his head with a smile on his face, "I know, if we let go of the past, if the weather is like today, I won't come back. Today is different. When I come back, sister, no matter how cold the weather is, I will come back. Sister. , Brother-in-law, how about it, little brother, I really love you two, does it count?"
Xu Zhiyi lowered his head and said nothing.
Everyone looked at her in unison.
There's something wrong with the atmosphere.
