Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 519: 141: Dominance Teaches How to Be a Human, Traveling Abroad_5

Have another child?

An expression of difficulty flickered through Lin Fang’s eyes. If she could have another child, would she still entertain the idea of marrying Chang Yue to Shangguan Xu?

Of course, these were things she could not say to the old lady Lin.

Lin Fang nodded, “Okay, I understand.”

After instructing her on a few things, the old lady Lin left.

Lin Fang saw her off to the bottom of the apartment block.

…

By the time Ni Yang finished shopping for clothes with the old lady Shangguan, it was already past three in the afternoon. Taking advantage of this time, Ni Yang visited the four noodle restaurants and milk teashops, which were now managing stable incomes.

Next, Ni Yang headed to the skincare shop.

Through her efforts over this period, Ni Yang had now opened three branches of “Ice Skin Jade Skin”.

Looking at the empire she built single-handedly, a faint smile surfaced at the corner of Ni Yang’s mouth.

The feeling of independence without relying on anyone else was truly great!

However, her goal of becoming the richest woman was still a long way off. She still had to make her business bigger and better!

After leaving the skincare shop, Ni Yang entered a café, ordered a cup of Rose Summer Coffee and a delicate pastry.

Rose Summer Coffee is one of the top-grade coffees in the world.

In the future, a cup of it would sell at a staggering price of 1,000 yuan. In the eighties in China, it’d sell for 180 yuan a cup. Adding a pastry, it totaled 220 yuan.

Life sometimes requires some ceremonial senses, so Ni Yang didn’t find it pricey.

There was a small desk calendar on the table. It was only then that Ni Yang belatedly realized that today was the second of July.

Ni Cuihua’s birthday was on July 8th.

Last year was her first year in Beijing. At this time, she was busy selling pickled vegetable noodles and inadvertently forgot about Ni Cuihua’s birthday, but she couldn’t forget about it this year.

What should she give Ni Cuihua?

As Ni Yang stirs her coffee, she thought, Ni Cuihua doesn’t seem to lack anything now…

Why not take Ni Cuihua out for a trip?

Traveling not only relaxes one’s mood, but it also exposes the traveler to local customs, thus broadening their horizons.

Wasn’t there a popular saying in the future?

‘The world is so big, I want to see it.’

It just so happens that the restaurant hasn’t opened yet, so she can relax and travel. Once the restaurant opens, Ni Yang will be busy again.

So, where should Ni Cuihua be taken?

Ni Yang squinted her eyes and decided on Miami, Xisuo Island in M Country.

M Country’s economy is well developed. Affected by the invasion of China, China was far behind M Country. At this time, the living standard of M Country had already reached that of the year 2000 in China.

This trip would surely benefit Ni Cuihua immensely.

Ever since her rebirth, Ni Yang has been trying to broaden Ni Cuihua’s horizons.

Ni Cuihua hasn’t been abroad or seen the sea, so this is perfect.

That evening, Ni Yang mentioned this plan at the dinner table.

Ni Cuihua declined, “Going abroad would be such a waste of money! Isn’t it just a birthday? There’s no need for such grand preparations.”

Ni Yang laughed and said, “You don’t have to worry about the money.”

Ni Cuihua knew Ni Yang had money, but she didn’t want to waste it because she knew that it wasn’t easy for Ni Yang to earn money.

After all, she had been selling spicy sticks for more than two months and only earned over a thousand yuan.

Ni Chenggui commented, “Yangyang’s mom, YangYang is sincere in her filial piety, so don’t refuse. I’ve been wanting to travel. Have you noticed that Chunhua hasn’t been home since last year?”

Ni Yang turned her head towards Ni Chenggui. “Auntie Ni, why don’t you come with us?”

Ni Chenggui said, “I won’t go, if I were to go, I would let my daughter Chunhua take me.”

As much as she said that, Ni Chenggui knew she couldn’t rely on her daughter at all.

Although her daughter had a stable job, the pay was low.

She was in the kind of situation where she had no shortage of small changes but lacked large sums of money. Otherwise, she wouldn’t hesitate to come home during holidays because round-trip fares for both her and her husband would cost them almost three hundred yuan. That was still money, wasn’t it?

Such a job is at best just good-looking, and it can’t compare with Ni Yang’s.

Ni Chenggui had already accepted, she couldn’t count on her daughter anymore in this lifetime.

Ni Yang continued, “Auntie Ni, just come with us, consider it an early employee benefit from me. If you don’t go, my mother won’t go either.”

Going abroad would cost a lot! Ni Chenggui was not the sort of ignorant person.

“Yangyang, don’t be polite. Besides, I can’t go now anyway, you and your mother should go.” After saying that, Ni Chenggui continued, “Don’t worry, Cuihua. I will take good care of the chickens and ducks at home.”

But Ni Cuihua still refused.

Ni Yang held Ni Cuihua’s hand, “Mom, can you come with me? I really want to go to M Country!”

Ni Cuihua said: “Then you can go and play by yourself. Young people like you should travel around and broaden your horizons. I’m really not interested in traveling. M Country, F Country, I think they’re no better than our China.”

Ni Yang laughed and said: “I’m just asking you to go for a trip, not to settle down there. Besides, are you sure you’d let me go and play alone? What if I, a young girl, run into some bad people? Mom, don’t you worry about me?”

At these words, Ni Cuihua’s originally firm heart began to waver.

She was afraid Ni Yang might run into danger.

“Mom, just come with me,” said Ni Yang, pushing the envelope.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Ni Chenggui added from the side: “Cuihua, you should go with Yangyang! It’s rare for Yangyang to be so filial. Besides, it’s indeed unsafe for a young girl to travel alone.”

Only then did Ni Cuihua agree with some hesitation.

Ni Yang continued: “Then we’ll apply for passports tomorrow.”

Although identity cards were only legally established in 1986, a passport was already needed to travel abroad at that time. Just like in contemporary times, one needed to go to the Public Security Bureau’s Immigration Department to process it.

Visa applications had to go through the consulates of various countries.

In the 1980s, the closed national doors reopened, igniting a wave of going abroad. Therefore, passports and visas of this era were relatively easy to obtain.

“What is a passport?” Ni Cuihua asked with confusion.

Ni Yang explained: “A passport is a document that can prove your nationality and identity. Without a passport, you cannot go abroad.”

Ni Cuihua nodded, “Oh, I see.”

The next day, Ni Yang took Ni Cuihua to apply for a passport early in the morning.

Today was also the day when Lin Fang took Chang Yue to the Shangguan family to acknowledge kinship.

In the morning, Shangguan Dehui drove to pick up Lin Fang.

This was Chang Yue’s first time riding in a car. Prior to this, she had only taken electric trams, so it all felt a bit surreal.

Lin Fang and her daughter Chang Yue sat in the back seat while Shangguan Dehui drove.

“How old is Xiaoyue this year? Is she still in school?” Shangguan Dehui asked.

Although he and Lin Fang had been seeing each other for quite some time, Shangguan Dehui only knew she had a daughter, and didn’t know any other specifics.

Chang Yue replied politely: “Uncle Shangguan, I’m seventeen this year. I’m currently a junior at No. 3 City High School. After the summer vacation, I’ll be a senior.”

Shangguan Dehui nodded, “Looking at Xiaoyue, I bet her grades are excellent?”

“Not bad,” Chang Yue replied modestly.

In fact, she ranked first in all her exams, her performance was outstanding!

Shangguan Dehui continued, “Your senior year is the crucial time. Have you thought about which college you want to apply to?”

Chang Yue replied: “I want to apply to Beijing University, but I don’t know if I can get in.”