Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 61 Recorder

There are several Xiao families in the village, but the one that has the deepest conflict with Yan Hui is the one next door.

The Xiao family has three sons. The eldest son is 20 years old. The third son is the same age as Yan Hui and is Yan Hui's junior high school classmate. Among the three sons, Xiao Lao San is the only one who is a little scared when he sees Yan Hui because he knows Yan Hui is a good fighter in school.

The two walked home and found a bicycle parked at the door. Qinglan took a look and said, "This bicycle looks like it belongs to my cousin."

"He came back quite early this year." Yan Hui was very happy. He had a good relationship with his cousin.

Yan Hui's father was an only child. His grandfather was much older than his grandmother, and he was the only child. His parents left home to work when Yan Hui was very young, so Yan Hui's sister, Yan Hui, and Qinglan were all raised by his grandparents.

My grandfather was the eldest in his generation, with two younger brothers and three younger sisters. The eldest uncle and fourth uncle mentioned now are both from my second grandfather's family.

The second grandfather has an eldest daughter and four sons. The eldest daughter is Yan Hui's aunt, and the cousin who came here today is the aunt's son. He has had a good relationship with Yan Hui since childhood.

Speaking of the Yan family's history, it's said that my grandfather's grandfather was very wealthy, but by the time of my grandfather's father, the family's fortunes had fallen on hard times, so my grandfather lived a very poor childhood. My grandfather told me that when he was little, he worked for his uncle, who was quite wealthy and hired a private tutor. My grandfather secretly studied with him, so he could read and write at a very young age.

My grandfather was a very good man, never swore a single word, and was highly respected in the village. At that time, my second grandfather's family was also poor, so my uncle was also raised by my grandfather.

My eldest uncle's personality is more like my grandfather's, and Yan Hui is also more like my grandfather. As for my fourth uncle, he was not raised by my grandfather, so his personality is not similar to my eldest uncle.

"Xiaohui! You've grown taller!" The cousin saw Yan Hui and immediately came over to pat Yan Hui on the shoulder. "Oh, it's good, it's good. You're stronger than before."

"Brother, you're back really early." Yan Hui also took action and rubbed his cousin's belly. "You've eaten well in Jianye. You've gained weight!"

"Of course! We have wine and meat every day! It's so comfortable!" The cousin laughed, "Come in and see what I brought you."

"Ah?" Yan Hui knew something good was going to happen as soon as he heard it, and quickly took Qinglan into the house.

My cousin seems to have become rich in Jianye. He actually brought back a new tape recorder for Yan Hui. It can not only play songs but also record songs. It’s just a bit big and cannot be carried around.

"I know you sing well, so I brought this specially for you! Look what this is?" As he said this, my cousin took out a box like he was presenting a treasure. There were more than a dozen tapes in it, all of which were classic songs.

"Brother, you are so nice!" Thinking of this, Yan Hui immediately went back to his room and took out two sachets.

"Brother, you are also in the timber business, do you recognize this?" Yan Hui originally wanted to keep one of the sachets for himself, but since his cousin was there, he gave it to him.

"What is this?" My cousin opened the sachet, took out the peace locket from it, and sniffed it carefully. "This is agarwood!"

"Great, bro, you know what you're talking about!"

"Hahaha, of course I know the goods! I've seen this thing before! I know a big brother from Putian who has one and he showed it off to me." My cousin grinned and stuffed the agarwood sachet into his arms.

"Yeah." Yan Hui looked at his sister and said, "Please keep it safe so that no one can steal it at school."

"I'm not taking it back to school," Qing Lan immediately shook her head, "I'm giving it to Grandpa!"

"Hahaha, Qinglan is a good boy!" My cousin was very happy when he heard this.

In the entire family, Grandpa was the most respected person. Even his nephew, Fourth Uncle, who had a successful business, respected him 100%. This was why Fourth Uncle immediately went to find Yan Hui in the heavy snow as soon as Grandpa called.

"Xiaohui, my friends and I are going to town to play billiards this afternoon. Do you want to go?" said my cousin.

"Go ahead, I don't have anything to do anyway." "Okay, I'll go home for dinner later and come back to see you after dinner."

"Brother, I want to go too." Qinglan said immediately.

"Then," the cousin looked at Yan Hui, "how's your bike riding?"

"I'll still ride even on snowy days." Yan Hui said immediately.

"Okay, I'll borrow a bicycle from my uncle! We'll go together this afternoon!"

"That's great!" Qinglan jumped up happily.

When Yan Hui saw his cousin was about to leave, he took out some candies and wine that he had brought back from Fengtian and gave them to his cousin.

My cousin is an expert at smoking and drinking. He accepted all these things. He took the bag, hung the things on the handlebars of his bicycle, and went straight home.

As soon as their cousin left, Yan Hui and Qing Lan immediately started tinkering with the tape recorder their cousin had given them and put a tape into it.

"Broken?" Qinglan was a little confused.

"No," Yan Hui opened the battery compartment at the back, "There are no batteries in here."

"What size battery is this?"

"Looks like two D-type batteries."

"He didn't even give me batteries for the tape recorder."

"Batteries are cheap. Wait for a moment. I'll go buy some at the village entrance. Go help grandma cook."

"it is good."

Yan Hui didn't know much about batteries; he rarely used them on a daily basis. Although he was sure they were D-type batteries, he was afraid he'd bought the wrong one. To be on the safe side, he held the tape recorder and prepared to test it in the store.

When Yan Hui went out with the tape recorder, he met several elders from the village on the way. They all came over to look at what Yan Hui was holding. Some asked him about it, and some praised him. This made Yan Hui secretly happy and showed off!
My cousin is a rather ostentatious person. If you look at his daily spending and the tone of his voice, you might even think he's richer than my uncle and my fourth uncle. Yan Hui didn't quite understand it before, but now he feels the same way even when he's just carrying a tape recorder out.

At this moment, Yan Hui thought of his fourth uncle's mobile phone again. It was so cool! So cool!

Within three years, I will also have a mobile phone!

Near the village store, Yan Hui met Xiao Laosan again. This time, Xiao Laosan was not alone, and his eldest brother was standing next to him.

Boss Xiao was a little rude when he saw Yan Hui: "Oh, you're back? Looking at you, your leg is healed, right?"

"What's it to you?" Yan Hui held the precious thing and didn't want to have any conflict.

"It's just a broken tape recorder, and you treat it like a treasure," Boss Xiao patted his waist, "Rich people don't have this nowadays."

Yan Hui took one look and knew it was a pager. It was very expensive two or three years ago, costing 2600 yuan, but now it's around 1000 yuan. Yan Hui could afford it, but he didn't think it was necessary. He didn't have many business deals to discuss right now. Especially after seeing the mobile phone, Yan Hui found the pager boring.

(End of this chapter)