I Can Turn into a Fish

For the current Chu Xian, five million rmb was not a very large sum, but it was still enough money that his parents probably would not even know how to spend it all. Chu Xian planned to give some of the money to his older sister; last time he had transferred money they had used the capital to open up a couple of stores that were doing pretty decent, but the franchise fee was very expensive and they’d used up pretty much all the money starting up the stores.

Chu Xian was prepared to give them a couple more million so they would not have to work themselves to the bone, after all this was his sister, and even if he was to give her five or six million he would not feel any regret.

“Okay, yes mom. Don’t worry. Just take this money and spend it. You have to work hard and spend it! Don’t be afraid and save it up!” Chu Xian said again.

“Okay, okay. You don’t have to worry about us. Your father just lies around all day and either plays cards or goes fishing. Our days are very carefree; just use this money to buy your sister’s family a car. Don’t worry, when we have time we’ll come see your stores!”

“Okay mom!”

Chu Xian hung up the phone and turned to look at Xiao Ying; her face was covered with a smile as she watched him. Chu Xian laughed quietly: “It’s always so troublesome sending back money!”

“Hehe, you are just showing off!” Xiao Ying rolled her eyes at him.

Chu Xian laughed: “Let’s go, let’s go. We can rest well for the rest of the day, and tomorrow you bring me around to show off!”

“Haha, stop it!”

The next day, a spick and span Rolls-Royce Cabriolet drove down the road.

“it’s going to take five hours by car, why did you want to drive? We could have just taken the high speed rail and gotten a taxi. Why do you want to spend two extra hours?”

Inside the Rolls-Royce, Xiao Ying was a little irritated as she complained to Chu Xian.

“This is where you are wrong. Showing off starts from the luxury car; just think about when I park this Rolls-Royce at your door and all of your neighbors look at their window and point, and they’ll cry out ‘wow, this son is so handsome, and he drives such a good car. Look at their family’s Xiao Ying, she found such a good boyfriend.’ You’ll have face pouring out the windows!”

“Puh! Can you not be this narcissistic, I’m bring you home to meet my parents, not for you to show off!” Xiao Ying looked at him with a speechless gaze.

“Heihei, baby, don’t worry. I won’t show off when we get to your village. I’ll just stand beside you, and when people praise me I’ll just tell them about how back then it took me over half a year to get you to be my girlfriend, stealing you away from a bunch of other guys, and this was my good fortune. Once I say this, everyone will immediately think so much higher of your, right? Haha!” Chu Xian said happily with some expectation.

Xiao Ying viciously rolled her eyes!

On the car, the two laughed and talked as they drove, stopping for a bit at noon to eat at a rest station. A little after two, they arrived at Jiu Yun City.

“We’re almost there. We’ll be at my house in about half an hour!” Xiao Ying said excitedly.

Xiao Ying’s hometown was a village in a town part of the Jiu Yun City area. Feng Li Village sat in the town of Li Shan and was in most regards a classical old village, with green roofed tiles and a large river running by the front of the village.

Just as Chu Xian expected, the shiny Rolls-Royce Cabriolet attracted a lot of attention as it drove its wave into the village, and the vacationing school kids all peered with unabashed curiosity. The car was immediately the subject of gossip for the groups of villagers chatting and playing cards under the shade of trees.

“Isn’t that Er Dong family’s Xiao Ying?”

Under the roadside trees, a woman sitting with a group of other women was darting glances at the car when to her great surprise she suddenly recognized Xiao Ying.

“Yi, it really is. Xiao Ying has been beautiful ever since she was little! My heavens, this car is handsome!”

“I heard from Er Dong that Xiao Ying is a teacher at a university. Is that man with her her boyfriend? Isn’t this car a little too luxurious?”

As the car meandered its way through the village, everyone chatted and pointed. Xiao Ying saw them looking over and she could not stop a light blush from covering her face. She was not used to this attention.

Especially with the clear and see through windows of the Cabriolet, the gossip that Xiao Ying overheard from these aunts and uncles was all the more direct, and all the more embarrassing to listen to.

“Aunt Er, Uncle Jing, Grandma Lian, Grandpa Shan!” As they passed by people she was more familiar with, even though Xiao Ying was embarrassed she still pushed herself to call out greetings, turning her head as they passed to wave at them.

“I was just saying that it was you, Xiao Ying. Look at her, after this half year she’s gotten even prettier, and who is this young man? Your boyfriend?” A woman called out loudly.

Chu Xian saw the group of people Xiao Ying had greeted and slowed the car; these were all relatives of an elder generation, and Xiao Ying was not comfortable sitting inside the car, so Chu Xian parked and followed Xiao Ying over.

Xiao Ying wore a red dress with white heels and a silver necklace that matched her white watch and bracelet. The light dusting of makeup on her gorgeous face completed the graceful picture, and she appeared to those staring as if a Jiangnan beauty who’d just walked off a masterpiece watercolor.

Chu Xian followed in her wake as Xiao Ying walked up to her relatives. “Aunt Er, this is my boyfriend Chu Xian. How are you Uncle Er, are you feeling better?”

 “Good, good. Child, your boyfriend is very handsome, he really fits well with our beautiful Xiao Ying. Okay, you don’t have to stop here for us, go on home first. I heard that your mother was very excited that you were bringing your boyfriend home, and your dad even took a few days off. Go on now, hurry home!” Uncle Er said pleasantly, all the while glancing at Chu Xian.

“Hello Aunt Her, Hello Uncles and Aunts, Grandpas and Grandmas!” Chu Xian smiled and greeted the small group of people, and then took out some cigarettes to hand over to each of the men. In a village, this was the most basic politeness.

“Good, good. This son is not bad, hehe, and your car is pretty good as well. It does not look cheap!” An old grandpa said with cheerful laughter.

Chu Xian laughed in response and nodded.

“Okay, Aunt Er, Grandpa, Grandma, we are going to go first.” Xiao Ying waved goodbye and returned to the car.

Chu Xian nodded to the crowd and got back into the driver’s seat.

Very quickly, Chu Xian discovered the price of showing off; the village was not large, and they encountered acquaintances on every street. Any car would stand out on these streets so there was no need of mentioning the effect of a car like the Cabriolet, and every curious passerby immediately recognized Xiao Ying and called out. To be polite, they had to get out of the car and greet these people, and they must have already climbed in out and out of the car five or six times after driving a mere couple hundred meters.

But Xiao Ying’s face carried a permanent grin, and it was clear that she was very happy.

“Showing off feels pretty good, doesn’t it!” Chu Xian leaned over and smiled.

“Screw you, drive! My home is right there!” Xiao Ying said playfully, lightly pushing his head away, but she could not cover her grin.

Chu Xian chuckled and parked his car by the house with a red door.

“Mom! I’m home!” Xiao Ying walked through the open door and called out.

Chu Xian quickly followed her in and entered the yard. His heart beat nervously, after all, this was his first time meeting his future parents and there was no way he would not be worried.

“They’re here! They’re here!” Xiao Ying’s parents immediately called out and response, and the silhouette of a farmer and his voice quickly followed.

“Daughter, this must be Xiao Xian. Come, come, come. Sit, sit!” Xiao Ying’s mother looked Chu Xian over and called out with obvious satisfaction.

“Uncle, Aunt!” Chu Xian greeted.

“Wait, we drove here, let’s open the front gate and park the car inside first!”

Xiao Ying could only laugh.