August 1st is Xu Yan's birthday. On this day...

"Yan Na, how are you going to celebrate your birthday? Do you want me to buy ingredients for you or do you want to go out for dinner?"

Xu's mother asked Xu Yan who was walking down the stairs. Xu Yan blurted out, "But I don't want to celebrate my birthday. How about just cooking something casually?"

Father Xu, who was reading a novel nearby, heard this and said disapprovingly, "No, you're eighteen years old this year, you're almost an adult, you have to go out to eat anyway."

Father Xu waved his hand and said, "Are we going to meet at night or at noon? I'll pay!"

Of course Xu Yan suggested going again in the evening, and then she went upstairs to wake Xu Yun up to discuss where to eat.

"Sis! Don't sleep anymore. Today is my birthday. Let's get up and discuss where to eat!"

Xu Yan pulled Xu Yun's arm to wake her up. Xu Yun was still asleep, but was woken up by Xu Yan.

"What are you doing? I need to sleep. Just chat with dad and the others. I don't care where you go to eat. I'll just follow you."

Xu Jun pulled his arm back, found a suitable position, covered himself with the quilt, and fell asleep again.

Xu Yan looked at Xu Yun with dead eyes.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep. All you do is sleep. I'm so angry!"

Xu Yan complained softly as she walked. She returned to her room, picked up her computer and went downstairs. Xu's father and mother were also sitting downstairs.

"Let me see if there are any good restaurants."

"Compare and choose. Anyway, my job is to drive you there."

Xu's father echoed beside him, and Xu's mother took over his words, "See which one has the best value for money. I see that many young people like to go to Haidilao and hot pot restaurants for birthdays. Why don't we go there too?"

Xu Yan nodded: "Okay. I'll add these stores and see which one I like."

Xu's mother nodded and said, "It's up to you to decide. It's your birthday, you can go wherever you want, but don't go somewhere too expensive, or your dad won't be able to afford it."

Father Xu scratched his head, feeling as if he had been exposed.

"It's okay. My daughter gave me money before. Although I spent a lot on business turnover and loans, I also made some money in the past few days. I must have some money."

"That sounds nice, but didn't you leave all your money with me?"

"Oh, that's right."

Father Xu then remembered that he had transferred all his money to Mother Xu. He checked his WeChat account balance and found that there was only 4.5 yuan left. As expected, Father Xu checked his WeChat Pay account and found that there was no money left either.

"Mo has no money, Mo has no money!"

Along with the tune, Xu's father started to "sing". Xu Yan and Xu's mother had already gotten used to it. Xu's father liked to "sing folk songs" occasionally.

"Dad, do you want me to transfer some money to you?"

Xu Yan picked up the phone and started operating it.

"No need."

Father Xu waved his hand and said, "Yan, when I am old, I will be happy if you transfer 500 yuan to me every month. You can spend the money yourself now, do you understand?" Father Xu began to teach him earnestly.

Xu Yan didn't care what Xu's father said and simply pointed her phone camera at the QR code in the store.

"Transfer it." As soon as Xu Yan finished speaking, the transfer machine in the store announced: "30,000 yuan has arrived in Weixin."

"Yan, is it possible that you forgot that this QR code belongs to your mother, not me."

Father Xu said in a low voice.

"I know, the QR code shows my mother's name. What I'm saying is that you don't have to treat me to a meal. Just let me treat you." After Xu Yan finished speaking, she looked at Xu's mother with an expression that said, "It's your turn to treat me to a meal."

"Okay, it's my treat~" Xu's mother said helplessly.

"Xu Guohai, go buy the vegetables first." Ms. Wu kicked Mr. Xu's leg. "Go buy them later. I'll listen to the novel." Mr. Xu said he would wait. "You and your daughter are the same. You both like to read novels. Are novels so interesting?"

Xu Yan coughed lightly and said, "Ms. Wu, if you want to scold Mr. Xu Guohai, don't bring me along. Thank you. After all, Comrade Xu reads novels with his ears, and I read with my eyes. As the saying goes, people with different ideals cannot work together."

Mother Xu almost choked while drinking water when she heard these words.

"You're the best at talking back. The floor hasn't been mopped for two days. Go mop it now."

"Let's go." Xu Yan made a face at her mother, took the computer and ran upstairs. In the corridor, she saw the sweeping robot she had bought before. "Good child, it's your turn now." As she said that, she opened the software on her mobile phone and operated it to start working. Xu Yan watched it start to move and walked into her room.

Xu Yan sat down and started looking for where to go for dinner that night. After looking for a long time, Xu Yan was almost suffering from decision-making difficulty.

"Xiao Tong, come out and help me..."

Xu Yan began to ask for help. Since she couldn't solve the problem, she would look for the system. This is the eternal truth for those who own the system.

"Humph, if you have nothing to do, call the system. If you have something to do, call Xiaotong. Woman, I have seen through you!"

The system said in a tone that said, "There is only one truth."

"Hey, you're really good, can you please help me recommend something?"

Xu Yan looked at the air emotionally. The system rolled its eyes invisibly and said that the host was hopeless.

"So, host, have you forgotten that I have a search function? Why don't you just search it? Here, whether it's Chinese or Western food, whether it's rice or noodles, whether it's hot pot or spicy hot pot, I can handle it all."

Xu Yan looked constipated and said:

"Why do I feel like your words sound like advertisements, especially those used by search engines."

"Hey, I can tell from your expression that you don't like this. Isn't this slogan good? I searched for it specially and finally integrated it together and installed it on my language system. Once it is triggered, I will say these involuntarily, hehehe."

When Xu Yan heard this, she felt that this stupid system had too little contact with the world. Forget it, she didn't plan to persuade it anymore, because the system would not change even if she persuaded it.

"Please help me search for Chinese food. Western food is not filling enough."

Xu Yan is a typical glutton at night. She gets hungrier faster and wants to eat more at night.

"Okay, we are searching for the host. Please wait." After a few seconds, the system displayed the stores that could be reached within an hour and a half by car in front of Xu Yan through the screen.

"It's great, there are so many shops."

Xu Yan took a rough look and found the system very considerate, with many precautions marked on it. Xu Yan finally decided to go to "Jimu", which is also a very good Shandong cuisine restaurant. Xu Yan also checked this restaurant on the Internet and found that the dumplings in this restaurant are known as the ceiling of the dumpling world, and the taste is also said to be good, and the price is also very cost-effective. Xu Yan waved her hand.

"It's up to you!"

After reading it, Xu Yan went downstairs and spread the computer in front of Xu's father and mother.

"I think this one is good, do you want to go?"

"How far is it?" Father Xu asked her.

"It's more than 40 kilometers, and it will take an hour and a half to drive there." Xu Yan said to Xu's father.

"That's fine, you can go, I don't care."

Xu's mother took the computer and asked, "What kind of food does this restaurant serve?"

"This is a Shandong cuisine restaurant. Their dumplings are very famous, and the price-performance ratio is also good."

Seeing that Xu's mother nodded and asked Xu Yan to confirm it herself, Xu Yan called and booked a private room. "I booked a private room. This restaurant has a lobby. I think I need some space for my birthday. It won't disturb other people's meals."

Xu's father and mother agreed.

"What are you talking about? The restaurant?"

Xu Yun, who had just woken up, went downstairs and heard what they were talking about in the private room and lobby. He had no idea what they were talking about.

"Didn't I call you?"

When Xu Jun heard Xu Yan called him in the morning, his brows turned into peaks. After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "It seems...it seems...you did call me." In fact, Xu Jun almost had no recollection.

Xu Yan expressed that she didn't understand her sister's sleepy state, and Xu Yun's state was basically unsolvable...

"We are going here."

Xu Yan showed Xu Yun the pictures of the store on her phone.

......

"Kime?"

Xu Jun looked at the building and said, "I thought it was a company, but it turned out to be a hotel. It's well decorated."

"The dumplings here are very famous." Ever since Xu Yan learned about this restaurant in the morning, she has wanted to visit this so-called ceiling in the dumpling world.

As soon as they entered, they could see the lobby and the front desk. Xu Yan went forward and asked the front desk staff.

"Hello, I have reserved a private room."

"Okay, please tell me the last four digits of your mobile phone number."

"0153"

"0153..." the staff member repeated softly, typing on the keyboard.

"It's Miss Xu, right?" the staff member said to Xu Yan with a smile.

"Your private room is on the third floor, room 307. Take the elevator first. There will be service staff in the corridor. You can find them if you need anything."

Xu Yan and her group took the elevator to the third floor. They asked the service staff on the third floor and found the private room easily.

The waiter knocked on the door and came in, picked up the menu on the counter and handed it to Xu Yan and the others, and said:

"Hello, sir. Here is the menu. When you have ordered, please press the bell here and we will come over."

"OK, thanks."

"You're welcome." Then he closed the door.

"Sea urchin dumplings are said to be the signature dish, so we must order some. I'd also like some okra." Xu Yan picked up a pen and ticked the two dishes.

Xu Yun ordered shrimp balls, while Xu's father and mother ordered dumplings with minced meat and sea cucumber and dumplings with celery and fresh meat.

After ringing the bell, it's time to wait.

But there seemed to be a little surprise. While we were waiting, four or five staff members came in to help sing the birthday song.

At first Xu Yan was shocked, because she had not told the hotel that she was going to have a birthday when she made the reservation. But when she saw Xu Jun's gaze, she remembered that Xu Jun had gone out before, and Xu Yan smiled knowingly.

The happiest thing about a birthday is not that someone remembers it, but that when someone remembers it, there is a little surprise, no matter how small.

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