Cold Water and Hot Water

In fact, when visiting someone's home for the first time, whether you're a man or a woman, you should definitely try to make a good impression on their family.

This is also the purpose of the two people meeting each other's parents.

The purpose, of course, is to increase the success rate of the "marriage proposal" by just a tiny bit.

Bringing a box of Want Want Milk Calcium Milk, a Want Want Gift Pack, and a box of Master Kang XX Flavor Instant Noodles as a gift when visiting someone's home will definitely elicit completely different attitudes and reactions from elders compared to bringing two bottles of Maotai, two cartons of Zhonghua cigarettes, and some expensive jewelry as a gift.

Former...

If you have younger siblings, you might be happy, but your elders will almost have "get lost" written on their faces, telling you to take your Want Want gift pack and get as far away as possible. Forget about marriage, you won't even bring fresh tea leaves when you drink tea.

At most, I'll just give you some of the leftovers from last night to tide you over.

The latter, on the other hand, is arguably the best choice in any mode. It doesn't require its own modeling, but it is quite resource-intensive.

The saying "I'd rather cry in a BMW than laugh on an electric scooter" is still a valid viewpoint in today's society.

Money isn't everything, but you can't do without it.

In a world of abundant material resources, few people would genuinely be willing to pursue the so-called ethereal concept of "love."

But...

The above probability will not occur if both sides are using the same version.

If everyone is poor enough or rich enough, then the foundation is the same for both parties. In that case, what they need to have together will often require both of them to work hard together to obtain it.

For the young couple Hua Xin and Xia Yan, Hua Xin didn't want a dowry, Xia Yan had a car and a house.

Besides, what else is there to worry about? Although Hua Xin looks like she has no money and is penniless, she now has a decent amount of savings. After moving in with Xia Yan, she has naturally solved the huge expense of rent. As for the remaining expenses, they are probably just food and some daily necessities.

Xia Yan owns a house and a car. If all else fails, he can even drive Yellow Plate Motorcycle delivery service, which might earn him more than assembling a machine all day. However, this year, due to his relationship with Hua Xin and his grandfather's illness, Xia Yan hasn't been able to work properly for a while, and most of his expenses are covered by his savings. If he were living paycheck to paycheck, he would probably have starved to death like Hua Xin long ago.

However, they are all students from prestigious universities.

Even if you want to take the postgraduate entrance exam in the future, it is very possible if you have a house as a basic place to live.

What should I do after graduating from university?

Is this the kind of thinking you had about taking the postgraduate entrance exam?

Let's forget about it.

Hua Xin ruthlessly picked up the baking soda and rubbed it on the plate. Baking soda, which is comparable to dish soap in cleaning effect, can easily deal with not-so-serious grease stains. It is a very non-toxic and harmless dishwashing tool.

Wasting so much time going to school, and then possibly not being able to find a job after graduation and ending up in a factory making screws, the time and money wasted are practically given away for nothing.

Continue working at the cat cafe?

Thinking of this, Hua Xin nodded slightly, and subconsciously turned on the faucet. The small stream of water washed away the stains and residue on the plate.

Having always lived alone, she had subconsciously developed a habit of thrift and frugality, even though this habit might not save her much on water bills.

But being able to work peacefully in a cat cafe like this seems like a good option.

Sister Li Xue and Brother Shan Qing treated her very well. Her work environment consisted of working with cats she was already very familiar with. There was no workplace politics or backstabbing to worry about. She also didn't have to worry about her salary. Her monthly salary of six or seven thousand yuan was more than enough to make Hua Xin work herself to the bone for the rest of her life.

Thank God, thank Buddha.

It's so great to be able to work at a cat cafe, and it's so wonderful to have a peaceful working environment...

"Why are you using cold water? Your skin will get frostbite."

Xia Yan's slightly reproachful voice came, and Hua Xin felt the icy tap water that had been washing her hands slowly turn from cold to warm.

Xia Yan frowned. Only after getting close to the girl's body did he see clearly that Hua Xin's hands were covered in a faint red color from being frozen by the ice water.

Her skin is actually very fair, so fair that it's noticeable even without makeup or skincare products; it's a typical cool-toned fair skin. But this also increases the likelihood of marks being left on it.

Whether it's bruises, wounds, or temperature changes from hot to cold, all of these can easily damage the skin on Hua Xin's hands.

Why not use hot water to wash the dishes?

His voice sounded somewhat helpless and distressed.

If Xia Yan had known this would happen, he would have cleaned up and washed the dishes himself, but since he always cooked and Hua Xin washed the dishes when they were at home before...

Xia Yan suddenly fell silent.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he has never actually noticed whether Hua Xin uses hot or cold water when washing dishes.

He really wanted to stop Hua Xin from doing it. After all, buying a dishwasher wouldn't cost too much money, and it wouldn't be inconvenient for him to wash the dishes himself.

But he knew that the concept of "equal and mutual contribution" was something deeply ingrained in the girl's heart.

Even though she has developed feelings and thoughts of dependence on him, Hua Xin still often thinks about whether she is making him do too much or give too much, and feels that she should do something to make up for it.

In other words, he cooks, and she washes the dishes.

"I'm used to it."

Hua Xin pursed her lips, not taking it seriously, and picked up the remaining bowl again to slowly wipe it.

But Xia Yan's concern made her very happy.

The numbness in my hands caused by the cold water washing over them gradually warmed up as the hot water dissolved the numbness.

She wasn't unaware that it was common sense to wash dishes with hot water, nor was she deliberately torturing herself to attract Xia Yan's attention and concern.

She's just used to it.

Even after coming to Xia Yan's house, she earned money and no longer had to worry about not being able to afford the water and electricity bills, so she saved water by using cold water for showering. She could use hot water in winter and cold water in Xia Ji.

Even so, I still subconsciously use ice-cold water when taking a shower, and I only realize it when my body trembles as a conditioned reflex.

Habits that are hard to break often take a very long time to heal.

If she hadn't met Xia Yan, she would have remained frozen in the cold water for the rest of her life.

"You'll have to remember this later."

"It's as natural as thinking of me."

Xia Yan said softly, then, without paying any attention to the fact that Hua Xin's hands were still wet and oily, he took her hand.

"..."

"He's so narcissistic."

Hua Xin sniffed and said with some disdain.