System: Master Your Life

Chapter 1043 - 281: Helping the Elder Sisters Get Pregnant, New Year’s Eve Arrives (Part 3)

Actually, the Xu Family, they only have people with the surname Xu in this village and a nearby village, and these people are of the same lineage. On Qingming Festival, when they go to pay respects at the large tomb, it’s always the Xu-surnames from both villages going together.

Now, Xu Lin has become famous, renowned worldwide, and even the ancestral temple in the city has voluntarily recognized them.

In their city alone, there are over two hundred thousand people with the surname Xu.

The saying goes, "In bustling places the poor are unnoticed, but in remote mountains, the wealthy have distant relatives," and this is exactly the truth of it.

Ms. Ren and Rong Xiyi returned to the village a few days ago.

When Xu Lin got home, he saw the two of them, and Ms. Ren was holding a baby while Rong Xiyi was playing with the little one.

"Whose child is this?"

Xu Lin asked.

"Your fourth cousin’s daughter, the second child, now six months old, your cousin-in-law just went to the restroom."

"I see."

Xu Lin suddenly realized.

"Looks quite cute."

"Aren’t all kids cute?" Rong Xiyi said.

"That’s not always the case, usually, kids are only cute if their parents are good-looking."

Xu Lin said, "Let me hold her!"

Ms. Ren handed the child to Xu Lin, "Be careful!"

"Don’t worry, I have experience. By the way, what’s her name again?"

Rong Xiyi: "Ningning, like in ’to gather.’

"Ningning, I’m your uncle."

Xu Lin gently teased her. Ningning couldn’t speak yet, only looking curiously at him while sucking on a small pacifier.

"Xu Lin, when are you going to marry Hanhan? So I can hold our family’s child too?"

"Ms. Ren, you’re jumping the gun here?"

"Becoming a grandma in your forties isn’t early. In families with some means, kids get married and have children in their early twenties, making their parents grandparents."

"Soon, don’t worry."

Xu Lin thought you could be a grandma this year, and not just once, but with two children.

He was very confident in himself, this time for sure they’d conceive.

By February, it would be confirmed, nine or ten months later, by the year’s end, Xu Lin would be a father, and Ms. Ren would naturally become a grandmother.

"Lin, when did you get back?"

At this moment, his cousin-in-law returned from the restroom.

"Fourth sister-in-law, I just got home."

"Lin, you’re really amazing!"

"Fourth sister-in-law is overpraising me." Xu Lin modestly replied.

The cousin-in-law laughed, "Not at all, you’re quite something out there!"

As she spoke, she reached out to gently pinch her daughter’s chubby cheeks.

"Ningning, look who’s holding you, your little uncle is the most amazing person in the world!"

Xu Lin felt a bit overwhelmed but didn’t mind.

Of course, Ningning didn’t understand. She just looked at Xu Lin, wide-eyed, maybe wondering about him.

The cousin-in-law stayed for over an hour.

Most of the time, it was Xu Lin holding Ningning.

It’s just that she’s too young and can’t walk yet. Otherwise, Xu Lin could play with her like he did with Xixi.

Around two in the afternoon.

Each household in the village began to bustle with activity.

And those who needed to return to the town for the night had already started praying, and the village was filled with the sound of firecrackers.

At around two o’clock, Xu Lin was at home killing chickens.

This was Xu Lin’s responsibility, while Rong Xiyi handled the task of removing the chicken intestines.

Since coming to Xu Lin’s home, Rong Xiyi couldn’t put on airs; she had to pluck chicken feathers and remove innards.

Here, she was no longer a princess.

A little after three, the Xu family also started their prayers.

This took another half an hour in bits and pieces.

After the prayers, they put up couplets.

The couplets at Xu Lin’s house were written by him.

His handwriting was much more elegant and grand than the printed couplets from outside.

However, couplets are just pasted on the doorway, and no one really comes to admire them.

"Xu Lin, we’re going to set off fireworks tonight!"

"Did you buy fireworks?"

"We bought them the day we came back!"

"Alright, we’ll set off fireworks tonight."

After dinner, Xu Lin brought out half of the fireworks. He hadn’t expected Rong Xiyi to buy so many, supposedly five thousand yuan worth, to be set off over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day night.

Ms. Ren came out snacking on sunflower seeds.

Going home for the New Year was quite dull, especially for someone like Ms. Ren, who had no friends in the village and couldn’t really integrate as a city person. Xu Cheng could still chat with the village men and women.

So Ms. Ren thought about Xu Lin having two or three kids later to liven up the home.

Moreover, given their current family situation, having three or four wouldn’t be a problem.

"Xu Lin, is that smoke rising from the mountain over there?"

Rong Xiyi pointed to a distant mountain, likely on the other side, where it seemed there was a fire, and thick smoke was rising.

Ms. Ren said, "Maybe someone in the neighboring village set off fireworks carelessly and started a fire. It’s been quite dry recently."

"Don’t mention it, I nearly set the hill on fire during the afternoon prayers."

Xu Lin chuckled, in the afternoon village prayers, the prayer site was at the foot of the hill, covered with leaves and bamboo leaves, and given the dry weather, unintentional sparks from fireworks could easily start a fire.

Ms. Ren emphasized, "So you need to be careful!"

Xu Lin: "Alright, I’m going to set off the fireworks now!"

With that, Xu Lin started lighting the fireworks.

Their family was the first in the village to set off fireworks.

The Xu village had a large population, lots of children too, lively and bustling, with plenty of fireworks to watch tonight.

With a "whiz," the first firework soared into the sky, followed by a "boom," as brilliant fireworks burst into the sky.

"Wow, so beautiful!"

"Xu Lin, look, the stars tonight are beautiful too!"

The moon was nearly invisible that night, with the new moon coming on the first day of the lunar month.

But the stars were plentiful, densely scattered across the sky, offering a serene and lovely sight.

In the midst of it all, fireworks soared up, bursting magnificently in the sky.

At that moment, two families nearby also started setting off fireworks.

In no time, three families were lighting up the sky with fireworks, filling the night with bright, dazzling colors.

Rong Xiyi quickly opened her camera to record, sending the video to Xia Xiyao.

"Xu Lin, have Hanhan’s family finished their New Year’s Eve dinner?"

"I think they have, but I haven’t asked yet."

"When are you bringing her over? It’s been over two years, hasn’t it?"

"Don’t rush, let’s see how things go this year."

"Isn’t Hanhan graduating this year?"

"Yes, she’s graduating in June."

Ms. Ren believed that dating shouldn’t drag on too long. After three or four years, it was time to think about marriage and visiting the family. If marriage wasn’t in the picture, it was better not to waste each other’s time and make a clean break.

Ms. Ren also thought Ning Yuhuan was a good girl, someone he could marry.

Now it was up to Xu Lin.

Xu Lin added, "She qualified for guaranteed admission to graduate school; she’ll be going to Jiangdu University in September."

"Securing a spot in Jiangdu University for grad school, impressive!"

"Mom, I want to go to Jiangdu University of Political Science and Law to study law too!"

Rong Xiyi was also preparing for her graduate exams, and going to Jiangdu University of Political Science and Law shouldn’t be a big problem.

Jiangdu University of Political Science and Law ranks second in legal studies in the country.

Technically, the capital city has better law schools, but Rong Xiyi found it too far, since Xu Lin was in Jiangdu, and so was Xia Xiyao, she didn’t want to study in the capital.

"Great, in the new year, Mom hopes Yanyan achieves success in her studies, and that your exams go smoothly!"

This December, it would be time for Rong Xiyi’s entrance exams.

Time flies like water flowing.

"Ms. Ren, what about me?"

Xu Lin asked with a smile.

"For you, I hope you stay safe and sound!"

Ms. Ren truly didn’t have high expectations for her son; he had already achieved so much, it was impossible to hope for more.

His safety was her biggest wish.

For a talent like Xu Lin, Ms. Ren worried about him being targeted.

So, she just wished for Xu Lin to be safe and sound.

Safety is above all.