Chapter 157: Just want to be decent

When Han Songlin and the others returned, they happened to see the poker table being cleared away. Liu Yuyan was sitting on a bench, slowly counting the money on the table. There were a few tens of dollars, all in small bills.

'Ugh, I lost quite a bit today!' Liu Yuyan counted, and now there were only 73 yuan left.

She remembered that she had more than 300 yuan in her pocket.

'Chen Jigu won! Qing'er and I lost too.'

Chen Jigu chuckled as he slipped the money into his pocket: 'Haha, I won almost 400 yuan.'

'I lost the most! I lost almost 300 yuan.' Liu Yuyan felt that this year might not be a good year for mahjong.

Today's luck was terrible, she had won quite a few times, but she lost money!

'Mommy!' Han Ting ran over happily and then hugged Liu Yuyan's leg.

Liu Yuyan wanted to move, but with a little one hanging on to her, it was quite a struggle.

'Look at you covered in mud!' As she said this, Liu Yuyan also gave Han Songlin a dirty look, and she was relieved to see that he was still in a normal state.

I wonder, is it difficult to wash winter clothes?

Gently, she patted the mud off Han Ting's body.

It was obviously impossible to completely get the mud off, so it was just left as it was.

Compared to the number of people who had eaten at noon, there were naturally far fewer at night.

The leftovers from lunch were reheated, and then two stir-fried vegetables were added, and that was dinner.

'Third Brother, when we go back to the city later, are you going back?'

Han Songqing: 'Yes!'

'Okay!'

Someone shouted, 'Hey, Songlin, let's play cards tonight!'

Han Songlin laughed and refused, 'I'm not playing cards tonight.'

It's impossible to stay up late.

He didn't want to do it in this life after staying up too late in his previous life.

'You dare to play mahjong with Songlin, be careful you'll lose everything.'

This remark obviously reminded Han Songlin of the mahjong game at Zhang's house. No one dared to ask Han Songlin to play cards again.

Han Songlin was also happy to be relieved.

After dinner, it was still early, and Liu Yuyan wanted to help with the clean-up, but everyone stopped her.

Liu Yuyan's status was different now, so she shouldn't be allowed to help.

'Uncle Yuan, Uncle Zhang, we'll be going now! Happy New Year and all the best to you!'

'Yes, happy New Year!'

Han Songcai said, 'Brother, could you also take He Hui back to the city?'

Han Songlin was momentarily taken aback, looked at He Hui, then at Han Songcai: 'Are you going to play cards tonight?'

'Oh dear, I haven't played cards all year, I'm just relaxing for the New Year!'

Han Songlin looked deeply at Han Songcai, and he didn't know whether Han Songcai was telling the truth or not.

But it didn't matter, whether it was true or not, he knew for himself.

'Then He Hui, let's go together!'

Han Songqing and the others left, and those who stayed were ready for a showdown until dawn.

First, they saw Han Ze and his grandmother to the north gate. Han Songqing's house was bought here, and after a simple paint job, they moved in.

'He Hui, if you and Yingzi are home alone, why don't you come over to our place, where we can watch the Spring Festival Gala together and chat!' Liu Yuyan thought, and the mother and daughter went back, as they were also very bored.

Han Songcai also thought, 'It's the New Year, how can I let my wife and child stay at home alone?'

Zhang Suyun also said, 'He Hui will go over there tonight.'

In that case, Han Songlin naturally did not send He Hui and the others back.

On the first day of the New Year, people do not visit relatives, and at this time of the year, there is nowhere to go in Yuechi.

In the future, a new park was built on the edge of the county town, with mountains, water and a temple; during the New Year and other holidays, there were a lot of people anyway.

As for the present, the Lechi Park in the centre of the county town, with its pond full of black mud, looks dirty.

There's nothing to do there either.

So, there's no way to go shopping, so just stay at home.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, it's the day of the return visit.

The family went to the Liu family to play.

Han Songlin talked to Liu Mingcheng about his plans, saying that the downstairs flat they were living in would be given to the Liu couple as a retirement home.

To put it bluntly, he said he would give them the house.

Of course, Liu Mingcheng refused. He was still young and healthy, and he could still work and take care of himself.

Yang Xiufang was standing nearby and directly pulled Liu Mingcheng back. She didn't want to live in the countryside anymore.

Living in the city was so much better.

Everything was inconvenient in the countryside.

At that time, the countryside was indeed not comparable to the countryside after the 2010s.

At that time, the countryside also began to have the Internet and various bathing facilities, which were modelled on those in the city.

Running water was also available.

Unlike the tap water in the city, which came from the water plant, the tap water in the countryside generally came from a water storage device installed by the residents themselves.

The water was well water, which was sweet and delicious, and much better than tap water.

At that time, it was really the case that if you were told to move to the city to live, you wouldn't want to.

The countryside was good, the living environment was good, the air was good, and the food was also green and particularly nourishing.

Plus, the roads were paved with concrete, and the traffic was convenient.

If you got on an electric tricycle, you could go to the city and be there in an hour or so.

Han Songlin noticed Yang Xiufang's movements, tilted his head to the side, pretended not to see, and continued talking to Liu Yang.

Liu Yang was also quite happy that the whole family had moved to the city.

But deep down, he was also a little conflicted. He always felt bad about taking his brother-in-law and sister-in-law with him.

After all, they say they are one family, but in reality they are two.

The Liu family needs Liu Yang to uphold the family name!

Facing the pressure from Yang Xiufang, Liu Mingcheng eventually gave in.

'Let's get one thing straight. Going to the city doesn't mean that the family land will be left fallow, and that's not acceptable!'

Liu Yuyan glanced at Han Songlin. She didn't quite understand, as Han Songlin seemed quite resistant to farming.

'Old man, if you want to come back and farm, we won't stop you. Anyway, Songlin and I won't be back to help. You can ask Liuyang to come back and help you husk and thresh the grain, but don't ask us.' Liu Yuyan first had to give Liu Mingcheng a heads-up, otherwise he would be busy farming again.

Han Songlin looked at Liu Yuyan in slight surprise, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

She had spoken her mind!

Yang Xiufang said coquettishly, 'Yu Yan, what are you talking about? You still have to help with the cooking.'

This made Liu Mingcheng so angry that he pointed at everyone and said, "You're forgetting your roots!'

'Old man, come on, do you know how much Songlin makes a day? Hundreds of thousands! It's better to give you tens of thousands of dollars and let you spend it however you like than to let you do manual labour for us!'

Liu Mingcheng said, "I can still work, I don't need you to support me.'

Han Songlin rubbed his forehead lightly, and he understood.

Liu Mingcheng didn't want people to think he was a burden.

'Dad, how about this, I'm going to start a pig farm. Or, why don't you go over there and help?'

He didn't want Liu Mingcheng to do any manual labour, so he just became a security guard at the pig farm.

Security work is easy, right?

'What are you doing?'

Han Songlin: 'Being a security guard, I usually don't have much time to look after the place, so if you do it, you can help me keep an eye on things.'

After thinking about it, Liu Mingcheng asked an important question: 'How much is the salary?'

If you work for me, you have to be paid!

Some people feel shy about talking about money, especially college students who have just started working.

There's nothing to be ashamed of, because it's a legitimate income and only natural.