System: Master Your Life-Chapter 498 - 117: End of the New Year, Return Trip_2
Xu Lin pulled out two hundred, as you might expect.
So, after getting the money, a few kids immediately ran off, saying they wanted to go to town to buy something tasty.
"Come here!"
Xu Lin waved at Rong Xiyi, and she quickly jogged over.
"Xu Lin, did you buy the kite?"
"Here you go."
Xu Lin handed her the kite and asked, "Have you played with a kite before?"
Classmate Rong shook her head and asked back, "Xu Lin, have you played with one?"
"I played with one when I was a kid."
"Then you teach me how to play!"
"You just throw the kite up in the air and run holding the string; it’s really easy."
Xu Lin taught her, and Rong Xiyi quickly got the hang of it, running around the fields, and the kite soared high, playing joyfully.
"Xu Lin, help me take photos!"
"No, wait, you also need to take a video for me, both! I want to document it!"
"Okay."
Xu Lin obliged, taking a bunch of photos with her phone, and then switched to taking a video.
In the afternoon around four or five o’clock, when the sun was setting over the western hills, the sunlight just happened to shine on the fields and on Xu Lin and Rong Xiyi.
Xu Lin and Rong Xiyi took numerous photos, and there were five videos. Some photos turned out great because of unintentional angles.
"Xu Lin, let me see how they turned out!"
She took the phone and started looking, "Wow! Xu Lin, how did you take such nice photos?"
"Really?"
"Yes, some of the photos look especially good!" Rong Xiyi was quite amazed.
"Xu Lin, I want to take photos of you too!"
"What should I take?"
Xu Lin said, "I’m not too interested."
"No, you have to take them; mom said that while you’re young, you should take more photos, otherwise when you get older, you probably won’t even remember what you looked like when you were young."
"Alright, hurry up and take them, we’ll buy some snacks on the way back to town." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
"Oh, okay."
After the photo session, Rong Xiyi followed Xu Lin to the town market because it was relatively close, taking only about ten minutes to get there.
The two of them bought snacks at the supermarket, and by the time they got home, it was already five or six o’clock.
By then, Xu Lin’s uncle and the others were already slaughtering chickens, and there were many people involved.
Since there were more than thirty people eating, they slaughtered five large roosters alone.
Uncle, aunt, mom, and the others were all busy working, chatting and laughing, depicting a lively and joyous scene.
"Xu Lin, your grandpa’s house is so lively!"
Seeing this scene, Rong Xiyi couldn’t help but say.
"It’s lively because there’s a lot of people."
Xu Lin said, "Indeed, it’s better with more people; it’s more festive this way."
"Lin, Yanyan, these are red envelopes from Grandma for you."
At this moment, Grandma saw the two of them returning.
"Thank you, Grandma. Wishing you good health!"
Rong Xiyi accepted the red envelope, and Xu Lin followed suit.
"Lin, Yanyan, are you getting used to it at Grandma’s place?"
"Yes, we just went to play and flew kites in the fields!"
Rong Xiyi showed off the kite in her hand.
"Good to hear!" Grandma was very pleased.
"Grandpa, are you playing chess?"
Xu Lin saw that on the other side of the yard, Grandpa was playing chess by himself.
"Yes."
Grandpa responded, lifting his eyelids slightly to glance at Xu Lin, "Do you know how to play chess?"
"A little, why don’t I play with you, Grandpa?"
"Then come on."
Xu Lin sat down and started playing with the old man.
The elderly here often gathered at the root of a tree or some shady spot to play chess together.
Xu Lin’s grandpa was quite similar.
When Xu Lin was a child, he had touched chess; he couldn’t say he knew how to play, just that he knew the basic rules.
But now Xu Lin was different; he had a highly capable learning ability, so playing chess was naturally not a problem for him. After a short while, Grandpa couldn’t play against Xu Lin anymore and was easily checkmated by him.
"This kid, how come you’re so good at chess?"
Grandpa was quite astonished.
In fact, Grandpa wasn’t exactly a chess expert, so Xu Lin’s learning ability was more than enough to take him on.
"Grandpa, shall we continue?"
"Sure."
They continued playing; with Xu Lin around, Grandpa was much more engrossed and excited, playing more and more energetically.
Grandpa lost three times, getting more excited each time.
"Lin, let’s go again; Grandpa hasn’t felt this happy in a long time."
Grandpa patted his thigh and laughed heartily.
"Alright, Grandpa, let’s continue."
"Let’s go!"
Unknowingly, it was already past seven in the evening.
It was also dinnertime.
Everyone was eating in the courtyard, with five large round tables set up, each able to seat eight people.
"Dad, Xu Lin, time to eat!"
Ms. Ren came over to call.
Xu Lin replied, "Coming."
Grandpa said, "When can’t you eat? I was just getting into it!"
"Old man, don’t you need to eat?"
Grandma scolded.
"What do you know, old woman?"
Grandpa grumbled but still had to get up to eat.
Tonight was perhaps the time when Grandpa’s family was most complete. All four of Grandpa’s children were there, along with their families. But tomorrow, the fifth day of the lunar new year, the eldest uncle and aunt, along with others, would begin their journey back after celebrating the new year. Within three days, this large courtyard would be empty.
The so-called saying that "all good things must come to an end" rings true.
Five tables were set up in the big courtyard, and everyone chatted and laughed while eating and drinking, losing track of time for an hour or two.
When the gathering ended, Ms. Ren and the others started to clean up the tables.
Grandpa sat on a rocking chair in the courtyard, gazing at the sky. On the fifth day of the lunar new year, there were no brilliant stars or a bright full moon; there were only a few stars, and the moon was less than half full.
"Grandpa, are you looking at the stars?"
Rong Xiyi came over, curiously asking.
"Grandpa is in the sky; yes, the stars and the moon are watching too."
