SFS Chapter 4 Seeing Mom and Dad Again
Chapter 4 Seeing Mom and Dad Again
The taxi arrived at the Xin Nanfeng Convenience Store in Yueting Garden. He got out of the car and walked for ten minutes along a narrow, bustling street across the street before finally reaching his doorstep.
His house is a privately built, three-story building.
This doesn't mean his family was particularly wealthy. In fact, his family's financial situation was just average. His father ran a small business, a pesticide shop, while his mother worked in a government unit, earning a fixed salary every month. She was honest and hardworking her whole life, and in her previous life, she was still a junior staff member until retirement.
As for building a three-story house, this is normal in the Minnan region, where almost every household builds their own house.
I'm taking the college entrance exam this year and will be starting university soon, plus my older sister who just got accepted into graduate school. Their tuition fees are both quite high.
Then there's the family's food and drink needs, plus the cost of sending two children to university, so it's just enough.
It was clear that my parents' income would be spent for the next three years, leaving them with no savings. Seven years later, when I was 25, my father passed away from lung cancer.
Four years later, he also passed away, and his father had also been gone for four years.
Fortunately, I was reborn, and all regrets can be made up for.
Standing at the door, he could vaguely hear his mother, Gu Ruoning, asking his father, Ye Linzhang, to call him and ask where he had gone.
He took out his key, opened the door, and went inside.
Ye Fan was overjoyed to see his father again after four years.
"Dad! Mom! I'm back!" Ye Fan shouted excitedly.
My mother, Gu Ruoning, is well-maintained and looks like a beautiful woman in her thirties.
Hearing me come back, my mom came out of the kitchen with a spatula, smiling at Ye Fan, which made Ye Fan feel uneasy all over.
"You little brat, where have you been? Coming back so late, why don't you explain yourself?"
Ye Fan trembled and looked to Ye Linzhang for help.
Old Ye was sitting with his legs crossed, drinking tea, without even glancing in their direction.
"Hiss..."
"Tsk tsk, the Guanyin tea that Old Zhang gave me today tastes pretty good!" Old Ye smacked his lips twice.
"My dear father, your wife is lecturing me right now, aren't you going to lend a hand?" Ye Fan looked at his father's expression and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Don't look at your dad, where did he go today?" Gu Ruoning said, looking at her son's carefree attitude.
Seeing that his mother didn't seem really angry, Ye Fan made up a lie: "My dear mother, your son is a good boy. He just went to study with Zhao Mingzhe this afternoon."
"Old Ye, have a cup for your son too. We should drink good tea together, you two should." He then plopped down on the sofa.
"You little rascal, you even know how to drink tea!" Old Ye said as he poured tea.
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Seeing that her son seemed unaffected, Gu Ruoning turned and went back to the kitchen: "Let's eat. The food is ready. Old Ye, come and bring the dishes."
"Coming!" Ye Linzhang followed eagerly.
A short while later.
The table was laden with freshly prepared dishes.
Ye Fan was full of praise for his mother's cooking.
As my company grew bigger and bigger in my past life, I had even less time to go home for meals. It's been almost a month since I last ate my mom's cooking, and I miss it terribly.
However, in my past life, every time I went home, one of the questions my mother would always ask was when I was getting married.
Before his rebirth, Ye Fan could have any kind of woman he wanted.
I had to play the foolish "deeply affectionate man," and looking back now, I feel like I was such an idiot.
I wish I could slap my past self twice.
"Mom and Dad, I'm full. I'm going to take a shower now." She put down her chopsticks and ran back to her room in a flash.
Ye Fan returned to his room.
The couple tacitly refrained from asking further questions and immediately began to converse in hushed tones.
Gu Ruoning asked, "Old Ye, what's wrong with our son? He said he was going to Mingzhe's house to study. I would have believed him if he had said he was going to an internet cafe with Mingzhe."
"I don't know either, but something must have happened." Ye Linzhang shook his head and continued, "But the child is grown up now, so it's normal that he has his own privacy or things he doesn't want us to know. As long as he doesn't do anything illegal or disorderly, we shouldn't interfere too much."
"That's true, and the college entrance exam is coming up soon. Give our son some space; I believe he can manage on his own," Gu Ruoning replied.
inside the room.
Ye Fan took a makeshift microphone made from a bottle neck, pressed his face against the door, and listened to the sounds outside.
He could tell that his parents were avoiding the topic of him, and even though they knew he hadn't actually gone to Zhao Mingzhe to study today, neither of them pressed him for details.
Hearing his parents' conversation, Ye Fan felt a lump in his throat.
My parents are still the same as in my previous life, always thinking of themselves.
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Ye Fan sat in front of the computer desk.
He took out an A4 sheet of paper and started writing quickly.
The important thing now is...
1. "The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao)!!!!"
2. "World Cup!"
I'm not worried about the college entrance exam. I was able to get into a 985 university in my previous life, and I'm reborn with the memories of my previous life. I'll just grab a piece of cake right away.
"The World Cup opens just four days after the college entrance exams. This is a tremendous opportunity and the fastest way to accumulate initial capital."
Although betting on sports is discouraged.
But only a fool would refuse free money.
If there are legitimate ways to make money and you don't seize them, you're out of your mind.
As for other lotteries... well, forget about them. I didn't pay attention to this in my previous life, so I have no memory of winning the lottery. And even if you do remember which one, does that mean you're guaranteed to win if you buy it?
As a loyal fan of Tomato, I have read countless rebirth novels.
Reborn individuals never win the lottery.
Can be imagined.
How deep is the water here?
This is not a benefit that I can obtain on my own.
Ye Fan paused for a moment, then continued writing: "To bet on football, you need a sum of money. You need to get that money before the World Cup starts."
All he could pull out right now was a 50-cash note and a 5-cash note.
Over the years, Ye Fan has received a lot of lucky money every Chinese New Year. If he had saved it up, it would be at least tens of thousands of yuan by now.
But it can't be stored.
Whenever he had money, he would go out and fool around with Zhao Mingzhe, playing games at internet cafes and spending money on in-game purchases.
After organizing his thoughts and clarifying his ideas, Ye Fan tore up the paper he had just written, crumpled it into balls, and threw it into the trash can.
I stretched, took a shower, and went to bed.
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The next day.
early morning.
Ye Fan was brushing his teeth.
His phone started ringing.
I glanced at it and saw it was my best buddy Zhao Mingzhe, who had sent me a bunch of messages.
"Old Ye, are you up yet?"
"Let's go to the internet cafe to play games together today!"
"I just bought an Obama game yesterday, and I'm really good at it..."
After washing up, I quickly typed on my Huawei phone, which had a chipped corner.
Ye Fan replied, "Let's go."
"But you're no match for Obama. I'll show you what the real Obama is like later!"
Zhao Mingzhe: "???"
And so, the father-son game was decided.
As Ye Fan stepped out onto the street, he looked around.
Qingtian Internet Cafe, Zuimei Hair Salon, Qigong Maocai (a type of Sichuan hot pot), Feiyangyang Fast Food...
These are all familiar memories for him; these shops have left their mark on his youth.
I found a breakfast shop I often go to, sat down, and ordered some breakfast items.
Ye Fan stuffed the last bite of the tea egg into his mouth, feeling exceptionally refreshed.
"Burp! That felt so damn good!" A satisfied burp.
"Aunt Li, I'm full! Your cooking is getting better and better; these xiaolongbao are delicious!"
He said this to the proprietress while paying the bill.
Aunt Li watched Ye Fan's departing figure and muttered, "This is the first time Xiao Fan has praised my cooking skills. It's really strange."
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Qingtian Internet Cafe
Regular internet access costs 2 yuan per hour, but a membership card offers a discount of 1.5 yuan per hour.
Even better value at night: a regular overnight stay is 10 yuan, and a monthly membership is only 8 yuan.
The internet cafe is quite large, with over 80 computers, divided into two areas, A and B. Area B was a later expansion, and its equipment is relatively new, with peripherals such as headphones in good working order.
The equipment in Zone A, which was set up earlier, is somewhat outdated, and some stations even lack headphones. Customers seeking a better experience are advised to choose stations in Zone B.