There is a saying in "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Xiang Yu": "Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, but travel at night like embroidered clothes. Who would have known!"
At this time, Xu Chuan, who was more or less famous and wealthy, got out of the taxi and stood in front of the courtyard gate. He looked up at the three-story self-built building in the courtyard, his eyes and mood were equally complicated.
Houses are very interesting. Even if they are inhabited, they still look alive. However, no matter how nice they are, they still look desolate.
Perhaps it was never the house that was desolate.
Taking off his sunglasses and mask so that he could see more clearly, and after looking at it carefully, Xu Chuan reached into his backpack and took out the key to his house.
Just as he was about to open the door, a head popped out of the yard next to him.
"Hey~ Chuanchuan is back?" A middle-aged woman's voice appeared in Xu Chuan's ears.
Xu Chuan turned his head and looked over. It turned out to be his neighbor's aunt. Judging from her past attitude towards him, she was neither a good person nor a bad person.
Thinking of this, Xu Chuan turned to her and smiled: "Yes."
"When did you arrive?" As she spoke, the aunt had already stepped out of the yard.
There was a plastic bag hanging on her hand, and the bag contained a ball of wool. The two knitting needles in her hand were skillfully interspersed, and talking and communicating did not affect her operation at all.
"Just arrived." Xu Chuan smiled again, then stretched out his hand to open the door.
The courtyard walls in their hometown are generally not high, and the courtyard gates are usually made of welded steel pipes without iron sheets, so it naturally does not block the view. The symbolic significance of building a courtyard is greater than the role of protecting privacy.
"Oh, it's so pitiful. I came back empty. What good people your parents used to be..." After opening the door, the aunt followed Xu Chuan directly inside without noticing anything, and kept sighing as she walked.
Of course, when she said "poor", she didn't mean it as a mockery, and it didn't necessarily mean she really cared or sympathized with him.
People who have read Mr. Lu Xun's "Blessing" should know her mentality.
Earn some tears on Mrs. Xianglin to confirm your ability to empathize and be compassionate to heaven and earth as a good person.
This is the nature of many people, and it’s hard to say whether it’s good or bad.
Misery needs to be talked out, and others will cry and get what they need.
In fact, this aunt would say this every year when she saw Xu Chuan. If we didn't talk about it, there would be nothing to talk about.
After talking to Xu Chuan, she would turn around and talk to other people in the village.
The beginning is always the sentence "That damn kid from the second family is back, oh, how pitiful...".
In addition to being used for flirting, dead ghost also refers to people who have passed away in a neutral way.
Xu Chuan just smiled when he heard this and didn't answer too much. He was not Xianglin's wife, so he didn't need to talk about his misery.
Opening the door of the house, the dryness of winter made the dust rise even more. Xu Chuan turned to look at the aunt and said: "Aunt, it's very dusty here. Don't make your clothes dirty. Go ahead and do your work. I have to clean it." one time."
"How long do you have to pack alone? Wait until I put the things away to help you." This was the first time she said this.
"No need." Xu Chuan waved his hand.
"What you need is what you need. Your uncle and his family are not here, and your mother is an only child and has no relatives. Oh, how pitiful you are. Wait until I put something to help you." After the aunt finished speaking, she was about to walk out.
Again, she wouldn't have helped clean up in previous years, but Xu Chuan is different now.
However, Xu Chuan didn't pay attention to this. He quickly called out to the aunt and asked doubtfully: "Aren't my uncle's family here?"
Why aren't you here?
So what happened to donating the stage and ordering the score?
Didn't they make random promises in the village?
The aunt was stunned when she heard this, and then immediately said: "You don't know? I heard that Yangyang didn't work well outside and was cheated by others when gambling online. Debt collectors called him everywhere and wanted to sue him. Woolen cloth.
Your uncle and aunt borrowed a lot of money from our village to help him pay off his debts. If you have debts before the New Year, you have to collect debts at this time. I think they are hiding and not daring to come back. "
Yangyang is talking about Xu Chuan’s cousin Xu Yang.
"Is that so?" Hearing this, Xu Chuan suddenly felt ridiculous.
On the way back, I was most irritable about my uncle's family. As the aunt said, Xu Chuan's mother was an only child, and he didn't even have an aunt or uncle.
On my father's side, I have my uncle's family and two aunts. My aunts married far away and I have no contact with them.
Therefore, after returning, the relatives Xu Chuan will face are his uncle's family.
To be honest, all kinds of vulgar plots kept churning through Xu Chuan's mind along the way.
But now, the uncle's family is not here. They are hiding from their debts and dare not come back?
This is completely different from what I expected.
For a moment, Xu Chuan blinked his eyes rapidly several times, and then asked: "How much money do they owe?"
"I don't know. Our village has borrowed 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. That's not enough. I heard that we still owe some loan sharks. I can't figure out the details. Anyway, we owe a lot."
"Oh." Xu Chuan nodded when he heard this and did not ask this question again.
Then he said again: "Hey, when we came back, the driver told me that our village needs to build a stage?"
"Ghost repair, we say we need to repair it every year, but no one wants to pay for it. If we ask everyone to chip in, who is willing to do it? Let me tell you,
You really don’t want to donate randomly. It’s not certain who’s pocket the money will go to when the time comes. "This aunt doesn't hold back anything when she speaks.
This is normal. If she is a vested interest, then it is probably a different story. She can't get the benefits, and others shouldn't try to get them either.
When Xu Chuan heard this, he probably understood how the news came.
My relatives haven't taken notice of me yet, but this group of people did.
That's right, the uncle's family owes so much money, and what he is thinking about now is definitely asking him to repay the debt for them. After paying off the debt, there will be no face-related issues.
Thinking of this, he smiled at the aunt and said, "Okay, I understand."
"As for the donation later, don't tell others what I told you." The aunt became a little scared after saying this and quickly reminded her.
"No, don't worry."
"Okay, oh, now you are promising, let's all take advantage of it. Just wait for me, and I'll call a few more helpers." After saying that, she ran out in a hurry.
Xu Chuan watched her leave and suddenly felt a trance. Standing in the hall on the first floor and looking around, it took him a while to come back to his senses.
Then he put the bag on the suitcase.
Skillfully, he found a blue coat and overalls in the back room and put it on. He found a broom, mop, and rag bucket, and started to put them away.
The main purpose of tidying up was to tidy up the hall. He didn't plan to stay in this house even for one night.
Although he is not superstitious, what if the original owner's parents, grandparents come over to see him late at night?
How should we explain it then?
Xu Chuan has been restless these days.
I always feel like a duckweed, without any sense of stability.
On the other side, the neighbor's aunt didn't go home either. Instead, she carried her woolen bag and walked to a small supermarket in the village.
Of course, the small supermarket is a side business, and the main purpose here is to serve as a chess and card room.
Every New Year, this place is bustling with people. People play mahjong and poker. After making a year's money, there are always people who lose everything here.
Of course, there are also many unconventional people, young and old, who make a living here all year round by gambling. With the rise of gambling, people will be taken to bigger venues to play games with bigger stakes.
Have you ever seen an old lady in her 70s who is so desperate for gambling that she takes off the gold jewelry her children buy and then puts it up as a bet? If someone refuses to accept it, she will scold her.
Xu Chuan has seen it.
The aunt walked into the chess and card room. The pungent smell of smoke did not affect her. She seemed to be used to it. She looked around and finally saw a young man on a table with a cigarette in his mouth and cursing.
This young man is her son.
"Don't fight after this one." The aunt said, standing behind her son.
Her son turned his head and looked at his mother impatiently, then turned back and said, "We haven't turned over the book yet. You don't want so many things."
"Xu Chuan is back. He has been following you since he was a child. It's so pitiful to clean the house by yourself now. If you come back next time, go over and help."
As soon as the aunt said this, people in other places couldn't hear her clearly because it was too noisy, but everyone at this table heard it.
"Xu Chuan is back?" A woman opposite looked at the aunt and asked.
"I just came back, and let me tell you, it's really different. He wore those glasses and clothes when he came back, and he looked very pompous. If he hadn't opened the door with a key, I wouldn't have recognized him."
"Let's go, let's go and have a look." The onlookers immediately became interested when they heard this.
The aunt seemed to be willing to take everyone to watch the fun. She patted her son on the shoulder and said, "Don't beat him after this. Go over and do a favor. Maybe they will take you to make a fortune next year."
After saying that, she ignored her son and led a group of people out of the chess and card room in a noisy manner, and walked towards Xuchuan's house in a noisy manner.
"Damn, he's so awesome. He's a big star. When he was in elementary school, he wouldn't even dare to fart when he met me." Another young man at the card table seemed a little unhappy. He was Xu Chuan's elementary school classmate.
"I'm still talking about elementary school. When someone was admitted to a prestigious university, you were still having an abortion. Why don't you try it now? See if he doesn't even dare to fart when he sees you." Another man heard this Then he immediately said something.
"Playing cards, no matter how awesome people are, they won't give you money, and you still have to help clean the house. How much free time do you have?"
"Hey, Xu Yang still owes me three thousand yuan for the last time he played cards. He is hiding now and won't come back. You can always ask Xu Chuan for it."
"Go ahead. Since ancient times, father's debt has been repaid by son, and husband's debt has been repaid by wife. There is no cousin who owes money to his cousin."
"Xu Yang still owes my family more than 5,000 yuan. I will definitely not be able to get it from him. I really have to go to Xu Chuan to get it. He can make money. Are we not taking this lightly to him?"
"How about giving it a try?"
"Let's go and see the excitement."
After that, the game of cards happened to be over, and several people collected their money and walked out.
In fact, the news of Xu Chuan's return made most of the people watching the card game leave.
Even these card players couldn't sit still. They really wanted to see what Xu Chuan had become now.
Star, this is so fresh.
When these people arrived at Xu Chuan's door, they found that the yard of Xu Chuan's house was already full of people.
To be honest, the Xu Chuan family has never been so lively.
Although there is nothing in his house now, it doesn't matter. The east family brings melon seeds and the west family brings peanuts.
Squatting, standing, and sitting, everyone gathered here and kept asking Xu Chuan questions.
"I heard that tens of thousands of people came to watch your singing?"
"I heard you made millions from your last TV show?"
The people asking questions were all older people, while the young people were just making noises from the side.
To this, Xu Chuan responded patiently: "There are not that many people, don't listen to other people's nonsense, but now I have more than 20 million fans, that is, more than 20 million people pay attention to me."
Xu Chuan knows what answers everyone wants to hear. The more powerful you brag, the happier they will be, and this will become their talk with the outside world in the future.
However, Xu Chuan would not brag, but would use another way to talk about his "excellence".
He wasn't trying to show off. There were two porcelain portraits in the main hall.
Xu Chuan needs to grow a face for them.
"There are more than 20 million people, and our province only has more than 40 million people. I've seen that you are a useful person since you were a child."
"Yes, yes, the teacher at that time said that he was smart and had good grades, and he even got into a good university."
"You have to be good-looking, otherwise you won't be a star."
"You are good-looking and can make money. When do you plan to get married? I will introduce you to one."
"The person you introduced seems to like him. He is a celebrity, so he must be looking for a celebrity as his wife."
When Xu Chuan heard this, he quickly said: "You're still young, you can't get married, hahaha, you can't even fall in love. If you do, you'll be scolded."
"Yes, yes, all you celebrities are like this."
"Hahahahaha."
Everyone's faces were filled with happy smiles, and all kinds of compliments kept pouring into Xu Chuan's ears.
At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Well, Xu Chuan, your brother still owes..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Chuan: "Xu Han, understand something. Everyone is happy today. Don't say boring words."
"Yeah, yeah, tell me something else." Several people quickly agreed. They didn't lend money to Uncle Xu Chuan's family, so naturally they wouldn't help.
Again, there is no such thing as a cousin who owes money and a cousin who helps pay it back.
This person named Xu Han just wanted to test it out. If Xu Chuan had a good attitude, he might just take the money back.
Xu Chuan knew what he was thinking and would not give him a chance to speak.
Return one, and all the rest will come.
This matter was quickly passed over. The small episode did not affect the atmosphere of the scene. Slowly, the scene started to laugh again.
In the hustle and bustle of laughter, time passed slowly. When it was time to eat, Xu Chuan was taken away directly by a man named Xu Bin, who was Xu Chuan's brother of the same race.
He gets married tomorrow.
According to the rules, I am going to have a dinner at his house tonight, and there will be a table at noon tomorrow.
Not only that, along the way, people kept inviting Xu Chuan to their home for dinner, tomorrow's meal, the day after tomorrow's meal, and even the meal from now to the eighth day of the lunar month.
As long as he wanted to, he could eat from the beginning of the village to the end of the village. Everyone said that he would be entertained with good wine and good food.
He has never enjoyed this kind of treatment in his whole life.
The dinner was not peaceful. Everyone was still watching Xu Chuan, taking pictures and chatting.
If Xu Chuan had their Weixin, he would definitely be able to see himself when he opened his circle of friends.
After eating, a classmate from the same village who had a car took him to the county town to stay in a hotel. The county town was only more than 20 kilometers away from his home, which was very close.
Huang Bo has a good saying, if you are popular, you will be surrounded by good people.
Xu Chuan is now considered the most promising person in the village. All his fellow villagers have become good people, and everyone smiles when they see him.
In the past, Xu Chuan's home was deserted.
Now, it's lively and full of laughter.
But these laughters did not make Xu Chuan feel the slightest warmth.
His mood became even more depressed.
The next day, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Chuan took a taxi back early in the morning. Xu Bin's team to pick up the bride was expected to leave soon.
Of course, this had nothing to do with Xu Chuan. He had no interest in helping him pick up the bride, and he had no interest in feeling the surprised and surprised looks from Xu Bin's wife's bridesmaids.
He didn't even plan to eat lunch. He had already given the red envelope yesterday. It was very big and he had done his best.
He first went to the New Year's shop and bought couplets and lanterns. Then he went to the funeral supplies shop and bought firecrackers, fake flowers, incense candles and paper money.
Then he borrowed a tricycle from the aunt next door, picked up a hoe, rake and a large bamboo dustpan, and dragged these things to his parents' cemetery.
Xu Chuan's parents and his grandparents are buried in the same place.
Four people, two graves.
Standing in front of the cemetery, Xu Chuan was speechless.
Logically speaking, he should say something, but he really didn't know what to say.
Silently putting on gloves, weeding and adding new soil to the grave.
After working for nearly two hours, Xu Chuan was finally ready.
He still didn't speak, but silently burned paper money for his grandparents, lit incense candles, placed artificial flowers, and finally blew off firecrackers.
When he got to his parents, he did the same thing.
The largest firecrackers bought in the store were scattered by Xu Chuan and placed around the tomb.
He lit silently.
There was a crackling sound.
Xu Chuan couldn't help but speak the first sentence along with the sound of firecrackers. He couldn't even hear the words clearly.
"I have to go, I can't stay here any longer."
"Actually, what I originally wanted to do was to have a fight with my uncle and the others, so that I could openly announce to the public that they have nothing to do with me in the future.
Really, I have thought up a lot of tricks for them to exploit. I have preset all the bad things they can do, and I have a very good way to solve every bad thing.
I also envisioned that I would have trouble with them every year.
See how pitiful they are, help them with compassion, and then continue to cause trouble.
If there is no trouble, why would I stay here during the Chinese New Year? I have nothing to do. The better the atmosphere here, the more I miss home.
You think, how great would it be if this were on Earth?
It would be great if the people sitting there praising me yesterday were my neighbors on Earth.
That way I don't have to deal with the task, I will definitely brag from the bottom of my heart and brag to the sky.
Look at how long I look now.
Everyone thinks I'm a loser.
What do you think?
You can't see it!
Who can I show my future to?
Why don't you live?
You are my parents too, so you might as well take care of them for me. "
Xu Chuan's heart twitched in pain when he faced this tomb. It was not just the original owner's parents who were buried here.
To be honest, he had imagined that his parents here would look the same as his parents on earth. After all, his appearance had not changed at all.
Unfortunately, they are different, they look completely different.
There really was no thought left for him at all, and he no longer even had the right to look at the photos of his parents.
After calming down, Xu Chuan wiped his face, packed his tools, and rode his tricycle back.
"Hey, your eyes are red from crying. Don't be too sad. Your parents' spirits in heaven will be happy for you." The neighbor's aunt looked at Xu Chuan's face and quickly comforted him.
Xu Chuan shook his head and smiled, then said: "Borrow me a brush."
"There is one next to the well that needs to be brushed off. It's covered in mud."
More than ten minutes later, Xu Chuan cleaned up the mud spots on his body.
Then they moved the ladder out, and started pasting Spring Festival couplets in front of and behind the house, and hung a red lantern on the eaves at the door.
Finally, he looked at the two porcelain portraits in the living room and said softly: "I'll come back next year."
After that, he exited the hall and locked the door, then exited the courtyard and locked the door.
Then he waved to the neighbor's aunt and said, "I'm leaving first."
The neighbor's aunt just thought that Xu Chuan was going to have a dinner and said, "It's almost time to start dinner."
Xu Chuan smiled, took out his mobile phone and hailed a taxi, and left this sad place more than ten minutes later.
It wasn't until Xu Bin's wedding banquet started that everyone realized that Xu Chuan didn't seem to be here.
"Where's Xu Chuan?"
"I don't know. Did you sleep late?"
"Probably not."
"I even told my wife's bridesmaid that there were celebrities to watch. This Xu Chuan is really unreliable. Isn't this deliberately embarrassing me?"
The next day, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, several village cadres looked at the closed door of Xu Chuan's house and seemed to realize that Xu Chuan seemed to be gone.
"Won't he stay here for the New Year?"
"What's it like to spend the New Year here alone?"
"makes sense."
"Let me tell you, he should just find a wife and start a family as soon as possible. It would be so sad to be alone all the time."
"yes."
"Oops, I forgot to ask him about the donation. This stage is not in good repair. Does any of you have his phone number?"
"No, there's no phone number. The original one was, but it seems to have been changed and I can't get through at all."
On the third day, the 29th night of the twelfth lunar month, Qiu Yicheng had just finished today's shooting task.
The seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are almost opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s still summer in New Zealand in February. Although it’s night now, I don’t feel a hint of cold.
The working group arranged for Qiu Yicheng a detached villa hotel with a yard and swimming pool.
Qiu Yicheng can swim, but she is not in the mood. She lies on the chair and looks up at the stars in the southern hemisphere, feeling a little irritable.
I don’t know what happened to Xu Chuan when he returned home this time.
Don't you want to fight with his uncle?
Can he defeat them alone?
It's not good to make things too ugly, and public opinion can be cannibalistic.
Just when she was thinking wildly, her phone suddenly rang. When she picked it up, she found that it was Lin Mengying who had played a video for her.
Qiu Yicheng was speechless now. Ever since he knew that he couldn't eat well, this idiot had been harassing him every day, either sending pictures of eating or taking videos of eating.
After thinking about it, she clicked on the video, rolled her eyes and said, "What are you doing again?"
"Here, let me show you what I ate today." Lin Mengying's voice came from the video.
"Don't watch it." Qiu Yicheng said and hung up the video.
After all, this is a foreign country, and Chinese food doesn’t even taste like Chinese food. Qiu Yicheng also has a southern Hunan stomach and can’t eat anything.
After hanging up the phone, Qiu Yicheng looked at the time and began to stare at the night sky in a daze.
Another day passed, New Year's Eve, and I ended work relatively early today, finishing the shooting around three in the afternoon.
The people who came with Qiu Yicheng were excited to compete. They were planning to go shopping in Oakland's Chinatown today, where there would be activities to celebrate the Spring Festival.
There is a four-hour time difference between New Zealand and China, and it is four hours earlier here. In other words, if it is 12 o'clock in the morning here, it is only 8 o'clock in the evening in China.
After celebrating the New Year here, I can still come back to watch the global live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala. Watching the Spring Festival Gala abroad is a different experience, except that a table of mahjong is missing.
"Sister Cheng, you really don't want to go shopping with us?" Assistant A Liu looked at Qiu Yicheng expectantly. She has gone abroad to celebrate the New Year. It would be a pity not to go to Chinatown.
Qiu Yicheng shook her head when she heard this: "I'm a little tired these days. You go and play. I'll lie down in the hotel."
"Go ahead, go ahead." A Liu took Qiu Yicheng's hand and started to act coquettishly.
"In this case, I'll lie down for a while and you guys go play first. I'll come find you later." Qiu Yicheng was a little helpless because of A Liu's troubles.
"Okay." Seeing that he couldn't persuade her anymore, A Liu lowered his head and went out.
Qiu Yicheng closed the door and lay down on the deck chair in the yard again. She checked her phone and it was 6 pm local time. After conversion, it was two o'clock in China.
I heard from Xu Chuan that the New Year's Eve dinner at his house was very early, and some people started eating at noon. I don't know where he is eating now.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yicheng opened Weixin and played a video to Xu Chuan.
I called for a long time but couldn't get through.
This made her worried again.
But then I thought about it. With Xu Chuan's IQ, nothing would happen. Maybe he was busy.
Ever since, Qiu Yicheng flipped through her phone and made a video call to her family.
Qiu Yicheng and her parents had very little to say. Most of the time they were talking to each other, and they hung up the phone after a short conversation.
Another boring day.
Why didn’t that annoying Lin Mengying show off her New Year’s Eve dinner to me today?
Just when Qiu Yicheng was looking at the sky boredly, the doorbell suddenly rang.
After hearing this, Qiu Yicheng stood up and walked to the door. While saying, "Oh, I already told you I won't go," she looked into the cat's eyes.
She was stunned at this sight.
She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, then poked her eyes over again, waiting to confirm again. She quickly unlocked the safety lock and opened the door.
"You...why are you here?" Qiu Yicheng stared at the person in front of him with wide eyes and said, the person who came was none other than Xu Chuan.
"I'm not welcome?" Xu Chuan said, pushing his luggage directly into Qiu Yicheng's room.
"No...no, I'm just a little surprised. Didn't you go home?" Qiu Yicheng asked doubtfully after closing the door.
"I thought you would give me a hug when you saw me." Xu Chuan turned around and looked at Qiu Yicheng, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Qiu Yicheng saw the look in his eyes, and before she could make a move, she felt herself being pulled into Xu Chuan's arms.
Xu Chuan's state was very wrong. Qiu Yicheng felt it, so she hugged Xu Chuan and asked softly: "What's wrong? Are you angry at home?"
Xu Chuan did not answer, but shook his head.
"Did you have an ugly fight with your uncle?"
"No, they didn't go back this year." Xu Chuan finally spoke.
"What's the matter? Other people in the village looked down on you?"
"No, they were very nice to me. Everyone greeted me with a smile. Except for one person who wanted me to help my cousin pay back the money, no one else said any unpleasant words.
Going back this time was different from what I thought. I thought I would cause a scene, but it was very calm and nothing happened. "
"Then don't be unhappy. Isn't this good? Having less trouble is a good thing." Qiu Yicheng comforted her softly.
Hearing this, Xu Chuan tightened his arms again.
After a long time, he finally said, "I miss my mother."
As soon as these words came out, Qiu Yicheng's nose couldn't help but feel sore, and her eyes couldn't help blinking several times.
She has known Xu Chuan for so long, but she has never seen Xu Chuan look so fragile.
She let out a breath and said, "It's all over. Don't think too much about it. They don't want you to be like this either. You have to be happy."
"Um."
"Shall we go to Chinatown later? I heard there are activities there." Qiu Yicheng continued.
Xu Chuan did not answer whether it was good or not, but continued to hold Qiu Yicheng.
Qiu Yicheng stopped talking and just kept stroking Xu Chuan's back, hoping to give him some comfort.
After an unknown amount of time, Xu Chuan let go of Qiu Yicheng.
His visa was actually applied for with Qiu Yicheng, and the air ticket had been purchased long ago. He had already thought about whether to come to Qiu Yicheng.
But he wasn't sure he could come.
In the past two days since he returned, he felt that he was really in a trance. Only Qiu Yicheng and Lin Mengying could give him a sense of stability.
Lin Mengying can't go there.
At the moment when he was holding Qiu Yicheng, he felt that his unreal feeling gradually dissipated.
"You should rest for a while. Have you eaten? Are you hungry?" Qiu Yicheng pulled Xu Chuan to sit on the sofa aside and asked with concern.
"I haven't eaten properly in a few days, so I'm really hungry."
"Well, why don't you eat some instant noodles? They're brought from China. The food here is not delicious."
Xu Chuan was in a better mood at this time. He looked at Qiu Yicheng and asked, "Don't tell me that you eat instant noodles here every day."
"I don't eat it every day." Qiu Yicheng was a little embarrassed when she heard this.
Many people in the industry think that people who don’t like Western food are country bumpkins, and they don’t know where this inexplicable chain of contempt comes from.
"Aren't you going to Chinatown? There is a Chinese restaurant over there. Let's go and take you to have a big meal." Xu Chuan cheered up and said to Qiu Yicheng.
"Okay, I want a big meal!!" Qiu Yicheng also deliberately coaxed Xu Chuan, and actually started to act cute.
Seeing Qiu Yicheng like this, Xu Chuan finally laughed.
He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub Qiu Yicheng's face, and then squeezed her face into a pout with both hands.
"Oh~suck it~~" Qiu Yicheng's face was squeezed, and her saliva was almost squeezed out by Xu Chuan.
"Why are you so cute?"
"Tch~" Qiu Yicheng felt a little sweet when she heard this.
This look made Qiu Yicheng even cuter, and Xu Chuan couldn't help but peck her on the mouth.
Then he let her go and said, "Let's go, change clothes, let's go shopping. I brought red clothes over and bought you a set of red cheongsam. You can try it on."
"Then should I stick two more balls on my head?" Qiu Yicheng said while gesturing on her head.
"all right."
"Hahaha."
Half an hour later, Qiu Yicheng actually pierced two balls on her head, and she wore a red cheongsam, which was festive and cute.
As for Xu Chuan, he is wearing a red Tang suit.
After about half an hour, the two of them were taken to Chinatown by the hotel car.
Needless to say, it is really lively, and it is much more festive than Xuchuan’s hometown. There are all kinds of Chinese New Year elements. In addition to Chinese people, there are also foreigners. There are many people.
In foreign countries, Xu Chuan did not think that as many people would recognize him as in China.
Although there are many Chinese here, he is a new artist after all, and Qiu Yicheng is a popular artist.
However, the two of them are now considered a combination of handsome men and beautiful women, and they are still eye-catching.
Xu Chuan didn't care about so much, he just wanted to have a good New Year with Qiu Yicheng, and a place with her would feel like home.
So, he took Qiu Yicheng's hand and entered the crowd.
After Qiu Yicheng was held by Xu Chuan, she also held Xu Chuan's hand tightly with her backhand. Her face turned slightly red. She didn't know if it was the red reflected by the red lanterns on the roadside or because of the fine hair after being happy. The joy brought about by the dilation of blood vessels.
At this moment, the two of them were just like ordinary lovers, taking photos, checking in, and eating some authentic Chinese snacks that were really not authentic.
"Hey, hey, are those Mr. Xu and Sister Cheng?" Among the crowd, there was also a man and woman shopping, they were Qiu Yicheng's assistants A Liu and Liu Guang.
A Liu had sharp eyes and spotted Xu Chuan and Qiu Yicheng in the crowd at a glance.
When Liu Guang heard this, he turned around and said, "Where are you?"
"There, there, oh, what kind of eyes do you have? There are two people wearing cheongsam on their heads." A Liu pointed with his finger and said.
Only then did Liu Guang see two people, Xu Chuan and Qiu Yicheng, who were buying candied haws.
For a moment, his eyes widened, and he said to Alyu in disbelief: "What the fuck? When did Mr. Xu come?"
"I don't know. No wonder Sister Cheng doesn't come out to play with us. We have an appointment." A Liu showed a shocked expression.
"Holy shit, that's amazing, really, they're holding hands, they're holding hands!"
"You care so much about this talented man and beautiful woman?" A Liu said with some dissatisfaction.
"I don't care about them. There are a lot of people in our team here. If we see it, they will probably see it too. When we go back in the evening, we have to tell them not to spread it randomly and pay attention to the risk of public opinion." Liu Guang said.
"Oh, I didn't see it. You're thinking quite far, and you're a bit like being a leader. Don't worry, this is a foreign country, and not many people know them."
"Don't make trouble." Liu Guang felt a little embarrassed when A Liu said this.
As time passed by, Xu Chuan and Qiu Yicheng were still interested in shopping.
I walked around until after 12 o'clock local time before returning to the hotel.
At this time, it was around eight o'clock in China. Xu Chuan took out his mobile phone and saw that the chat software was filled with various blessing messages.
Xu Chuan then remembered that he was an artist and had to send New Year greetings on a public platform. Just as he was about to send it, Lin Mengying's voice invitation was sent.
Qiu Yicheng heard the movement, glanced at it, and immediately said, "Is it this annoying guy again?"
"Ah?" Xu Chuan was stunned.
"Let me show you how hateful she is these days." Qiu Yicheng said and opened her phone directly, flipped through Lin Mengying's chat history and raised it in front of Xu Chuan.
The first thing I saw was a picture of fish head with chopped pepper, which can be regarded as a representative of folk Hunan cuisine.
Then there was the message Lin Mengying sent to Qiu Yicheng [The fish head with chopped pepper is so delicious, this is the first time I think this dish is so delicious]
Qiu Yicheng’s reply was also very straightforward [Why didn’t so many chili peppers kill you? 】
"Hahahaha, you guys are quite interesting too." Xu Chuan laughed out loud, but still said to Qiu Yicheng, I'll go outside and call her back.
Qiu Yicheng curled her lips when she heard this, but didn't say much.
Seeing this, Xu Chuan stood up and walked to the yard, calling back a voice message to Lin Mengying.
Soon the voice call was connected. Xu Chuan put the phone to his ear. Before he could speak, he heard Lin Mengying say: "Happy New Year!!"
"Happy New Year."
"How about it, did you miss me?"
"What do you think? Of course."
"Hey, let me tell you..." Lin Mengying then started chatting, talking about what she was doing these days and thinking about Xu Chuan.
He didn't mention how happy she was at home.
He didn’t say what he ate, who he met, or where he went.
He didn't even ask where Xu Chuan was now, what he was doing, how he was doing at home these days, and whether he had any conflicts with his uncle.
She was afraid that saying this would put Xu Chuan in a bad mood.
Therefore, she only said that she missed Xu Chuan.
In fact, she only dared to play the voice for Xu Chuan. She didn't want the bustle of her home to make Xu Chuan emotional.
At this time, Xu Chuan heard Lin Mengying's thoughts about him.
What she saw in her eyes was Qiu Yicheng, who was leaning on the sofa in the room and smiling innocently while scrolling through her mobile phone. She saw herself looking at her and "humming" at herself from time to time.
At this moment, Xu Chuan's eyes suddenly felt sour.
After a while, Xu Chuan hung up the phone with Lin Mengying.
He put down his phone and couldn't help but look up at the starry sky.
If starlight can send text messages, please tell my family that I am doing well in this world and wish them good health.
(End of chapter)
