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Chapter 767: I want a girl. No, I want a boy (excessive)

After Lin Yi and his companions returned to the village for several days, the Spring Festival was getting closer and closer.

The New Year atmosphere in the countryside is becoming increasingly strong. Some young people who work away from home have driven back to their hometowns, and everyone has started busy preparing for the upcoming Spring Festival.

It was another sunny noon. After lunch, Lin Yi planned to take Taozi and a few others out for a walk on the street.

Pick out two pairs of Spring Festival couplets and some door canvases, buy some food and drinks, and go shopping and take a walk.

After hearing Lin Yi's thoughts, Lin's mother gave him an ultimatum without any hesitation, "If you want to take Xueqiu out, you must keep an eye on her. If her stomach is squeezed and she becomes uncomfortable, you don't have to come back."

This made Lin Yi confused after hearing this, "No, Mom, I am your son."

"Your son who doesn't call you for a year? Xueqiu only says hello to us every few days, do you? And she's pregnant now. How old is your child? You're still comparing yourself to a pregnant woman, aren't you ashamed?"

Seeing Lin Yi, who used to be sharp-tongued in front of them, but was now speechless after being rebuked by Lin's mother, Taozi and the others nearby looked at each other very happily and laughed secretly.

Just like that, Lin Yi, who was suppressed by his bloodline, didn't dare to refute anything, he could only nod obediently, "Got it."

Then he waved to Taozi and the others, took them to the open space on the side, and went out in two small electric cars, two people in each.

Originally, there was only one car at home, but for convenience, Lin Yi went to buy another one yesterday.

It is convenient, but I am a little worried about the driver of the new car behind me.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi slowed down the car, and when he was level with the other party, he said, "Shao Xi, are you sure you can do this?"

Lee So Hee responded easily, "Oppa, it's not like I don't drive a small train in Seoul, what are you worried about?"

"No, I'm definitely not worried about this kind of road, but I'm a little worried when we get to the town. You probably don't know how many people there are on the street, and there won't be such a wide road for you to drive."

"Ah, then I'll drive slower."

"That's all we can do. Be careful."

After giving a few instructions, Lin Yi stepped on the accelerator and drove to the front with Taozi to lead the way.

Taozi, who was sitting in the back seat, was hugging Lin Yi's waist happily, leaning on it, enjoying the country breeze blowing past. Isn't this the life she has always dreamed of?

With the help of the tram's speed, they quickly arrived in the town.

As the center of this countryside, although this small town is not as prosperous as the commercial areas of big cities, it still has a unique modern atmosphere.

As the Spring Festival approaches, shops on both sides of the street have hung up red lanterns and their windows are filled with all kinds of New Year goods, exuding a strong festive atmosphere.

The electronic screens on the streets are also constantly playing advertisements for Spring Festival greetings. The loudspeakers placed at the store entrances are blasting various "Gong Xi Fa Cai" songs all day long. Promotional activities are basically being held at the entrances of supermarkets, attracting passers-by to stop.

Although the main street of this town is not very wide, it is already crowded with pedestrians coming and going. Because in recent days, people who return home later are busy buying the last of the New Year's goods.

The crowd surged like a tide, with almost no end in sight.

There were long queues in front of the shops. Some people hurried into the stores, while others were greeting acquaintances. The sound of laughter and conversation mixed together, creating a festive atmosphere.

But it also frightened a few people who had just debuted on the town streets, especially Li Shaoxi, who had spoken confidently before, and now they dared not turn the accelerator for fear of hitting the child in front of them.

She even shouted, "There are so many people, Oppa, I feel it's hard to drive."

Lin Yi, who had already thought of this, waved at her and said, "Here, park the car here and walk around."

After saying this, Lin Yi skillfully carried Taozi through the crowd and drove towards the manual parking lot not far away.

Behind the two of them, Li Shaoxi was driving cautiously and did not dare to speed up at all.

"Wow, there are so many people! Shaoxi, right, there are not many people on the right."

Goo Hara, who was sitting behind her, also smiled in surprise and looked ahead with some worry, trying to help Lee So Hee find a way.

By the time the two of them reached the parking lot, Lin Yi and Taozi were already waiting there, looking at them with smiles.

"You still dare to talk big."

Lin Yi took over the tram and joked as he squeezed the car into the small space.

Li Shaoxi, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, said, "When I went out two days ago, there weren't so many people. What happened today?"

"In two days it will be New Year's Eve, and all the migrant workers will be back. They didn't have their day off in the past few days, so there are not many people here."

“But looking at the flow of people, I feel like there are too many people here than in Myeongdong.”

Goo Hara came to Taozi and spoke loudly while she and Lee So Hee were protecting each other.

I looked around at the vehicles honking their horns and raising dust, feeling a little surprised.

Although this town is not big, the scene before us is in no way inferior to the commercial street scenes in big cities.

After parking the car, Lin Yi looked at the three people, then walked forward first, "Come on, follow me closely, I will show you what the New Year atmosphere is like."

"Okay, gogogo~"

"Truth, watch your stomach."

"Keep an eye on her, Shaoxi, don't let her go too crazy."

Turning back and holding Taozi's little hand, Lin Yi planned to take them to choose Spring Festival couplets as the first stop, so he went straight to the market where they usually hung Spring Festival couplets.

About ten minutes later, a few people who had been walking in the crowd finally arrived at the market that specialized in selling Spring Festival couplets and red paper.

Looking at the big red spring couplets hanging in the surrounding stalls, some festive door banners, and the old farmer selling tobacco on the side.

All of this made Taozi and the others, who were participating in this kind of activity for the first time, feel very curious.

"In our area, every household puts up Spring Festival couplets every year. Last year, Yuner and I came out to pick them out. This year, Taozi, you can pick one you like."

After coming here, Lin Yi turned around with a smile and whispered into Taozi's ear.

As he spoke, he pointed to different Spring Festival couplets and told people to pick whichever ones they liked.

"I never thought there are so many styles of Spring Festival couplets. How do I choose?"

Taozi was happy at first when she got the power, but soon she felt a little troubled.

Because the Spring Festival couplets in front of her were of various kinds, some were bright red, some were golden, some had patterns, some had simple words, and some had very distinctive ones. Anyway, she was dazzled by them and didn't know how to choose for a while.

Beside her, Goo Hara and Lee So Hee also opened their mouths wide, stunned by the local scenes before them.

Lin Yi led the others to a stall, asked a young man who was watching over the stall for a book of Spring Festival couplets and handed it to Taozi and the others, "Here, it's full of the couplets listed above. We want to choose the 2.2-meter couplets, Taozi, you can just choose the 2.2-meter one."

"Choose these two lines of words?" Taozi pointed at the words.

After seeing Lin Yi nod, she was a little at a loss.

Although she has been working hard to learn Chinese in the past two years, she can't understand much of the words in front of her. Fortunately, the receptionist stood up at this time. She was forced by Lin Yi to take online classes, so she was still a little useful in this regard. "Let me read it to you, Zhenli, and see which pair you like."

"Shao Xi, do you understand?"

Goo Hara was surprised. In her opinion, Chinese is basically the most difficult language to learn in the world.

It's too much that one word has several meanings to remember.

Hearing this, Li Shaoxi glanced at Lin Yi, and then said with resentment, "Ouni, you don't know how I have been through these two years. Every day I am either working or on the way to class. How can I not learn?"

After complaining, Li Shaoxi lowered his head to the booklet in his hand and read it softly.

"Look at this couple, may everything go smoothly every year and may everything go well and be successful every step of the way."

"What does this mean, good or bad?"

It was Goo Hara again. She didn't understand what was meant. The look in her eyes now gave off a sense of clear and stupid illiteracy among the few people.

Taozi understood roughly what he heard, "Oppa, does it mean smooth sailing?"

"Yeah, that's right, it's great." Lin Yi praised.

Taozi looked at the receptionist happily, "Shao Xi, where's the next one?"

"The next one, the door welcomes peace and happiness in all seasons, and the house brings in wealth from all directions."

"There's more, there's more."

"People are prosperous and their homes are prosperous, and wealth is like spring and blessings fill the house..."

"May everything go well and realize your ambitions, may your dreams come true and your great undertakings flourish..."

"..."

The receptionist who had been reading several sentences in a row was suddenly stopped by Taozi when she read the sentence "A prosperous home with both wealth and good fortune, a prosperous family with a good year and good scenery..." and said, "Wait a minute."

Goo Hara asked, "Hmm? Zhenli, do you like this one?"

Li Shaoxi lowered his head and carefully looked at the words on the couplet, finally set his eyes on the first few words, and turned to look at Lin Yi.

The latter had already guessed Taozi's thoughts, and stepped forward to hug her shoulders and smiled, "Actually, I prefer girls. Brats are too noisy and not as cute as little girls."

Taozi, who had always obeyed Lin Yi, shook her head this time and said, "No, I heard that boys are preferred in rural areas to carry on the family line."

After saying that, he nodded to Li Shaoxi, "I want this one, Shaoxi, let's write it down first."

So, the first pair of Spring Festival couplets was decided, and then the second pair of peaches was chosen with the words "smooth sailing and people's wishes, prosperity of population and wealth, and a prosperous family", which made Lin Yi laugh.

But I didn't say anything, as long as she was happy. Every Spring Festival couplet was very festive anyway.

After choosing the couplets for the Spring Festival, it is time to decide on the style.

This time, Lin Yi did not let Taozi worry, but directly asked the boy guarding the stall to take the one with a white forehead and handwriting. He did not like the other products from the assembly line at all.

Afterwards, he picked up some red envelopes from store fronts, and selected a few large "Fu" pendants, and finally Taozi paid the bill.

In her words, Lin Yi is not allowed to spend any money today.

Lin Yi was also relieved and didn't have to take out his phone anymore.

After solving the problem of Spring Festival couplets, the next thing is to buy New Year's goods. After all, buying New Year's goods is inevitable during the Chinese New Year, and this is an even bigger project in rural areas.

The things they brought back from Yangcheng had long disappeared due to the consumption in the past few days.

So after knowing that Lin Yi was going out shopping, Lin's mother made a list for him, listing the ingredients, cured meat, rice noodles, etc. that he needed to buy.

These things are not only prepared for the Spring Festival, but also gifts given to each other by neighbors.

Seeing Taozi staring at the list seriously, Lin Yi smiled and said, "Don't look at these. There are too many and too many things. I'm too lazy to go shopping here. Tomorrow I'll drive you to the wholesale market to get them directly, and by the way, we'll go to the seafood market to prepare the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner."

When Taozi heard this, she looked up at Lin Yi with some curiosity, "But didn't Auntie tell us to buy it here?"

"I just made a temporary decision."

"OK then."

Although he responded to Lin Yi's request for a peach, he still bought a lot of things with Goo Hara and the receptionist.

Including nuts, peanuts, dried fruits, as well as some dried mushrooms and bacon brought back from the mountains. The bags were so heavy that Lin Yi's fingers turned white as he followed them.

Looking down at the toys in his hands, Lin Yi sighed deeply, "Ah, I knew it would be like this, so I thought I would buy it tomorrow, but I didn't expect that I couldn't escape this."

After walking around for a long time, Taozi and her friends followed the crowd and walked into a store that focused on local specialties.

There are some handicrafts and New Year gift boxes on display, all of which are very suitable as gifts.

As soon as they entered the room, they became interested in the exquisite porcelain tea sets. They went up to their favorite items and looked at them carefully.

This made Lin Yi, who was following behind them, a little puzzled, "We already have these things at home, why are you still looking at them?"

Then Taozi killed the game with one sentence, "Give it to my uncles and aunts."

It also made Lin Yi gasp.

Because even Bambi hadn't reached this step yet, he quickly stopped Taozi and said, "No need to send gifts. The custom here is that young people need to send gifts to their elders after marriage. Before marriage, my father was the head of the family, so it's not my turn to send gifts."

"Is it not possible to just give a simple gift?" Taozi asked curiously.

"It's possible to deliver it, but it won't be easy after delivering it."

Scratching his itchy nose, Lin Yi smiled lightly and put his mouth close to Taozi's ear and breathed softly, "Because usually after giving gifts like this, it's time to get married and have a banquet. Are you sure you're ready, little Taozi?"

"Ah, is there such a thing? Then I won't buy it. I won't buy it."

"Of course, because this is a gift for asking someone to come and help."

Taozi had a complicated expression when she put down the porcelain plate.

In fact, it wasn't that she wasn't willing or that she wasn't ready.

But she knew very well that being able to get pregnant successfully was already a great fortune.

As for things like getting married and holding a wedding banquet, no matter how much she wanted to, she didn't dare to ask for or hope for anything.

Because all these special moments in life belong only to her, Yoona.

(End of this chapter)