Chapter 742: Returning

Xie Zhiyao said twenty minutes, but when he came over, it was already half an hour later. He came with Xie Xiaochun and Huang Xinxin, and also brought Xie Xiaoxia, as well as a few children who were indispensable.

Xie Xiaoxia, of course, ran over to join the fun because he knew Nana was coming. The most beautiful encounter of a rural teenager is always remembered for a lifetime. It pops up in countless nights, making people toss and turn, hard to sleep peacefully.

Speaking of which, this kid is not bad now. Carving is always a craft. Borrowing from the passenger flow of Yunmiao Village, although the things he carved didn't sell for much, he earned a lot by selling one after another. He could earn seven or eight thousand a month. This was because he hadn't finished his apprenticeship, and a part of it was given to his master. Even so, in such a place, it was obviously a very high income.

His master was Xie Heshun, who was also an old acquaintance of Wang Yan and could be considered half a brother-in-law. He was Duan Xifeng from "Let's Get Married," who played with a little sister outside and got stuck, but he still helped solve it.

As he experienced more and more, he had more and more acquaintances. Especially women, it's quite embarrassing to say...

The group of people who had visited Nanxing Inn inside and out and expressed the joy of reunion sat at the long dining table in the kitchen. The children were at the end, and the adults were in front. The dishes were all double portions; some were pulled for the children, and the remaining were divided into two plates, which was convenient for everyone to eat. It was also because of this that there was nothing else on the table, just plates stacked together.

As the host of this gathering, Wang Yan raised his glass with a chuckle and said, "Thank you all for coming to support. Come, let's all have a drink together, for our reunion."

Hu Youyu shouted, "What thanks? Even if you didn't open for business, everyone would have come anyway. It was all agreed that we have to gather at least once a year."

"Exactly." Seeing Da Mai nodded. "Hurry up and drink; holding it is quite tiring."

Everyone laughed and toasted. The men drank white liquor, the women drank beer, and there were also those who drank fruit wine, and the little brats also raised their fruit juice like a model. Those who joined the fun shouted "Cheers" together, and very loudly.

Xie Xiaochun asked, "I'm clear about Ma Ye and Teacher Hu, Seeing Da Mai, how are you now?"

"Very good."

Seeing Da Mai grinned foolishly. "When Wang Laoshi guided the outline of my new book, the results of the new book soared, much stronger than my original book. The various lists were either first or second, similar to Yunmiao Village; it was considered explosive. A few days ago, my editor told me that a company wanted to buy the copyright, but the price wasn't negotiated. However, there is a first and a second; it will definitely be sold. In the future, maybe you will see TV series, movies, etc., adapted from my books."

Huang Xinxin clapped her hands and said, "That should be a lot of money, right? I heard that copyrights like yours are all millions."

"Hmm... about that. I haven't sold it before, so I don't know exactly how much money, but millions are definitely there. Because I heard the editor say that the opening price of two million didn't sell. She said that if this book doesn't collapse and is completed smoothly, it will be even higher."

Seeing Da Mai said very conservatively, not wanting to reveal these things very much. But she had already said quite a bit; after all, she had revealed the two-million floor.

"Thank you, Wang Laoshi. If it weren't for your help, I would have been finished in this life." Seeing Da Mai wisely thanked Wang Yan, changing the subject. This is the big boss; you guys stop staring at me...

"It has something to do with me, but not too much. After all, no matter how good the outline is, it's useless if you don't have the ability to write it out. Your writing is still good, so I wish you a big fortune first."

"Even if I make a fortune like this every year, it's not as good as your unique vision, Wang Laoshi. I remember when Ma Ye wanted to start a business again, although we all said we supported him, we were just saying it. When it came to you, it was real money."

Wang Yan pointed at her with his chopsticks. "It seems Seeing Da Mai has experienced a lot in the half year since she went home. Look at how she speaks now; she has a level."

"It's not really any experience; it's just that there are human relationships everywhere. Before, I was too 'finished,' so I couldn't feel these things and thought I didn't need to care so much. Only now that I'm popular do I realize that I can't escape these social interactions at all. After contacting more, I naturally learned some." Seeing Da Mai giggled, a bit embarrassed. "Thank you all for your tolerance of me before. I know sometimes what I said was quite hurtful."

Ma Qiushan had a smile like an old father: "Actually, it was also very good before—straightforward, honest, cute. We didn't feel anything, otherwise, wouldn't we have told you long ago? You, just keep your own mentality, face life with a smile every day, that's all. You must never be like before, locking yourself in the room all day."

Nana patted Seeing Da Mai on the shoulder: "It's quite good now. Your dad doesn't oppose it anymore, right?"

"That's for sure. My monthly manuscript fee is enough for him to earn for more than a year. Besides, you don't know, I've kept my routine all along. I go to bed early and get up early every day, do the Eight-Section Brocade once a day, and I also bought a rowing machine. If I'm annoyed by writing, I practice. Plus, I walk the dog twice a day. What reason does my dad have to oppose it?"

Xie Zhiyao realized with an "oh": "I was wondering why Seeing Da Mai looked so sturdy; I thought it was because she was fat, but it turns out she was practicing."

Seeing Da Mai was stunned for a moment, looking a bit terrified. Clearly, she was thinking of the scene where the cute Seeing Da Mai turned into a muscular Seeing Da Mai.

Seeing this, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, as long as you exercise normally, you can't become a muscle monster. Men and women have different structures, and it's not that easy to gain muscle. It's just that if you exercise for a long time and don't relax your muscles for a long time, it will make your calves thick and so on. But based on your amount of exercise, there's no big problem. Go to the hospital or other rehabilitation centers once a month; they all have this kind of project, and the price is not expensive."

Seeing Da Mai nodded to show she knew.

Hu Youyu shouted again, inviting everyone to have a drink.

Ma Qiushan asked with a sigh: "I usually have a lot of things to do and don't pay much attention. Nana, how are you?"

Without waiting for Nana to speak, Hu Youyu spoke first: "Nana is definitely very good. A proper big internet celebrity, two or three thousand people watching as soon as she starts streaming. You don't know about the previous things; Nana's deeds are still circulating now. Those marketing accounts have nothing to do but flip them out to hype them up. I don't know about others, but anyway, I haven't seen anyone scolding in Nana's comment section. The most excessive thing is saying her singing is not good and she doesn't look good. There isn't a single excessive word; this is amazing."

He gave a thumbs up, expressing his admiration for Nana.

Nana smiled bitterly: "I was also under pressure. Think about it, a weak woman like me, fighting against so many people; thinking about it now, I'm still scared. After all, my home address, my parents' information, and their work units, etc., were all exposed. It also had an impact on them working in the unit; it was quite difficult."

Seeing Da Mai said: "You've persisted through it now, so you don't have to be afraid in the future. Actually, just like we said before, they only dare to be keyboard warriors on the internet. In real life, they are all cowards. Unless there is a mental patient here, they won't risk their lives to find trouble for you. But then again, those who are truly mentally ill don't have the heart to scold people on the internet."

"Better safe than sorry." Nana said: "Actually, some of the people who scolded me are still quite pitiful. Several of them are seventeen or eighteen-year-old children, with no one to discipline them, and they are full of anger. But more people are hateful. They all look honest, and they do all kinds of jobs, but the things they say are vicious. The most excessive thing is that among more than a hundred people, there are quite a few women. Thinking about it now, I'm trembling, and I don't know where I offended them, but they are scolding me for their lives."

Xie Zhiyao laughed and said: "They just want to scold you; what can you do? It's the same in the village now; there are also quite a few people scolding. Maybe they didn't take advantage when they came, or said something wrong, and went back to make a video to scold, which is understandable. But many people didn't come at all, and they were still scolding under various videos related to Yunmiao Village. You tell me, where did we offend them? Didn't they scold just the same?"

"Isn't it all the same? People scold me for the broken things I take photos of even when I let netizens 'free-load' wallpapers on Weibo." Wang Yan shook his head amusedly. "Alright, let's stop talking about these. Let's talk about something happy, like love life?"

Seeing Da Mai blinked and asked: "Wang Laoshi, are you sure it's a happy topic?"

"Of course, isn't it happy?"

Except for Wang Yan, Hongdou, Hu Youyu, and Huang Xinxin, the others looked at each other and shook their heads in unison: "Very unhappy."

Hu Youyu was amused and laughed: "It's time to find one. Ma Ye is over forty, and Seeing Da Mai is twenty-nine, right? Nana is one year younger than Seeing Da Mai, also twenty-eight. Xie Zong is thirty-four, and Xiaochun is twenty-nine, right? Xinxin..."

"Hey, I have a partner." Huang Xinxin quickly waved her hand. "When I went home before, my mom introduced me to a volunteer teacher, and we are getting along quite well."

Hu Youyu was stunned for a moment: "I always thought you and Xie Zong..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Zhiyao quickly spoke: "Where did you get that? I'm eight years older than Xinxin..."

"Hey, are you mocking me? Are you mocking me?" Hu Youyu said twice in a row, expressing his seriousness.

"I don't have that meaning at all; I'm just saying that I'm not suitable with Xinxin. Right, Xinxin?"

"Of course." Huang Xinxin nodded. "But Xie Zong, seriously, you really should find a companion. Xiaochun introduced so many to you, you can't drag it out and not meet them. You have to open your heart to welcome the knock and inquiry of love."

"Forget it, Xiaochun hasn't solved her own yet, so stop worrying about me."

Xie Xiaochun couldn't sit still: "I don't want to find one, not that I can't find one."

"Then I don't want to find one either. I'm so busy every day; where do I have time to be romantic with others?" Xie Zhiyao, whose destined woman was intercepted by someone, said insincere words. How could anyone not want a love that is sweet to the point of being cloying?

Hu Youyu ruthlessly tore off his mask: "Stop telling lies; I think it's just that you haven't met the right one. You need to know more people. Old Ma too, over forty and still a bachelor; I'm worried for your parents. You should pay more attention."

"Stop worrying about me; it's just a matter of these two years. If I unfortunately fail this time, maybe I'll really become a monk. If I succeed, then I won't worry about not finding a wife at all. By then, I should worry about how to distinguish who is for me as a person and who is for my money. I believe Xie Zong, Xiaochun, Seeing Da Mai, and Nana all have the same concerns."

Xie Xiaochun waved her hand repeatedly: "Don't, I'm just a worker; I'm different from the three of them. Although I do have some shares in my eldest brother's company, it's not much. And now that development is fast, there hasn't been any dividend, just a salary of more than ten thousand a month. I mainly consider the problem of Little Hululu; no matter what, I can't let the child suffer, and besides, I really didn't think about finding another one. It's quite good like this now."

"Why are you calling me, Mom?" The little girl with a flowery face looked over when she heard the sound.

"It's nothing. I'm saying you can eat. Oh my, look at how you're eating; wipe your mouth."

Little Hululu said "oh," pulled a tissue from the table to wipe her mouth, and didn't forget to tell the other little friends to do the same.

Everyone had a kind smile, looking at the few children.

"Really good." Hu Youyu drank his wine to himself.

Ma Qiushan laughed and took over the conversation: "Want a child? Then why don't you have one?"

"What are you talking about? I'm saying it's really good that we are all sitting together like this now."

Seeing Da Mai nodded: "It's really not bad; it's been a long time since I've been so relaxed."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Xie Zhiyao raised his glass to invite a drink. "Drink."

"Cheers!"

The group drank like this. After a few cups of wine, a few painless jokes were said, the strangeness of not seeing each other for a long time faded, and the feeling of everyone looking up at the blue sky together in boredom for many days and nights surged again.

It was in this transition that everyone's friendship deepened by another point.

They talked nonsense, talked nonsense, talked about love, about life, about the future, about money, about current hot topics, and were not taboo about anything.

They drank cup after cup without any scruples, laughed when they were happy, cried when they were sad, but always laughed more.

This meal lasted from three o'clock in the afternoon until eight o'clock in the evening, basically talking through everything they hadn't said in the past half year. Except for Hu Youyu, who drank today and tomorrow because of work, the others rarely had such an opportunity to drink and revel, so basically everyone was drunk.

Wang Yan could drink, Xu Hongdou could control, Huang Xinxin could drink, and Xie Xiaochun couldn't drink too much because she had to take care of the child. The four of them sent the people back to their rooms, cleaned up the mess, and then Huang Xinxin and Xie Xiaochun drove Xie Zhiyao away.

In this Nanxing Inn, only Wang Yan and Hongdou were left sober. After washing up, they had a round of "hmm-huh-ah-hey" to clean up the battlefield. Hongdou was wearing cool silk pajamas, while Wang Yan was bare-chested and wearing big shorts. The two lay lazily on the sofa in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window in the bedroom. Hongdou lay in Wang Yan's arms, quietly looking at the starry sky at night.

Xu Hongdou murmured: "This kind of life is really good. Hmm, the design you made is also good. Now looking at the night sky so quietly, it feels very comfortable. I don't even want to go back to Shandong Province."

"It's not like I haven't said it, your parents don't want to, right? They just went back."

This house could have been lived in long ago, especially the main building for their own residence, which was the first to be finished. The reason it only opened for business now was that the other houses were finally completely finished. Xu's father and mother had stayed here for more than a month before, traveled everywhere, and then shouted that they wanted to leave; they couldn't stay.

"Whose parents?" Xu Hongdou's tone was dangerous.

"Our parents." Wang Yan changed his address very decisively, then continued, "Actually, it's just for a while of freshness; after a long time, they'll be annoyed. Maybe we'll stay for a few years, and by then your ideas will change again."

"That's true. But it's really good like today, everyone together, carefree and happy. You say, in the future, when guests come to our homestay, will it be this happy every day?"

"That's just Ma Ye and the others. Our group of people is compatible, and our temperaments happen to match. As for the new guests in our homestay..."

Wang Yan shook his head and said with a chuckle, "I know you want the feeling of 'Midnight Diner,' which is listening to different people's stories, looking for greatness in the ordinary, and moving moments in life. But don't forget, we have three rooms, each rented for four months, three waves a year, six waves in two years. Every wave of people comes, they will definitely ask the same questions, and we will probably tell them the same stories. Think carefully, is there a picture of such a scene?"

Xu Hongdou thought seriously for a while, couldn't help but frown, and hissed in dissatisfaction: "I found that why are you so boring? I'm imagining beauty here, and you have to pour a basin of cold water?"

"Just to let you be prepared."

"That's just sophistry."

"Fine, what I said is sophistry."

"You're impatient!"

Wang Yan "hey"ed: "Are you looking for trouble? I'm going to execute family law."

Xu Hongdou burst into laughter: "Just teasing you, but you're good, you lost patience in three sentences. I see the jokes on the internet aren't played like this."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You know they are jokes, yet you take them as real things? Such a fool is hard to find. Haven't you sobered up yet?"

"Hmm, still a bit dizzy."

"Then sleep. The night sky is always there; look at it tomorrow."

Xu Hongdou wrapped her arms around Wang Yan's neck and said coquettishly: "Then carry me back."

Wang Yan laughed, carried her in his arms, got up, lay on the bed, and drilled into the quilt. Xu Hongdou lay on her side on Wang Yan's chest, kicked her legs, straddled Wang Yan, arched a few times to adjust her posture, and closed her eyes contentedly...

In the guest room next door, Ma Qiushan was snoring, with a smile on his face; it looked like his tea drink brand had gone public in his dream. Hu Youyu was also laughing, and at the same time, he was humming an unpleasant tune; perhaps he had created a satisfactory song. Seeing Da Mai and Nana lay on the bed with their limbs spread out, without any image; these two didn't seem to have any good dreams, but they slept very well.

The lonely "Cuobazi" lay alone in the pile of paper shells in the courtyard, snoring deeply.

Its long white hair rose and fell slightly; that was the shape of the wind from the wilderness... ===== CHAPTER 743 =====