Chapter 231

Once her son left, Xu Xu Shufen felt empty in her heart. Staying in Yanjing was boring. Fortunately, her daughter was there. Xiaohong wasn't a formal employee after all, so taking leave was casual. Today, she specifically took leave to take her mother and grandmother to stroll around Yanjing.

Before her big brother left, he gave her one hundred yuan of pocket money, as well as some grain coupons, letting her take the two elders to enjoy themselves.

Based on the two elders' simple reverence for the great man, Xiaohong took them to visit the great man's former residence (Fengzeyuan Chrysanthemum Fragrance Study) in the Sea Area. This had been open for visits since May 1st this year.

Actually, compared to visiting and playing, Xu Xu Shufen preferred to stay at home. This way, she could answer the phone for her son.

With no one at home, no one would know if someone was looking for her son.

Especially phone calls from young girls, she particularly liked answering them.

Don't look at Wei Ming being only 19 years old, and she herself being less than 40, but her heart for being a grandmother and holding her grandson was already very enthusiastic.

In their hometown of Gouzitun, several of Wei Ming's classmates from childhood were already married and had children. So what if there was no certificate? They would make up for it when they reached the age.

Xu Xu Shufen had already gone to Oriental Dongfang Dongfang Xintiandi with her daughter and seen the two girls on the posters, Gong Xue and Zhu Lin. She had seen them!

Before, they had met once each at the south gate of Peking University. The real people were even more beautiful than the posters. Gong Xue was gentle, and Zhu Lin was atmospheric. It was just that their ages weren't very suitable, but if her son really liked them, she wouldn't have any opinions.

She had seen many child brides in the early years; knowing how to care for people when they were older was fine.

Besides the home at the Overseas Chinese Apartments, what Xu Xu Shufen liked to go to most was the courtyard in Beichizi.

She wanted to help her son tidy up this new home, and she also wanted to buy some seeds to plant some cabbage and radishes in the courtyard. Her son was too good at living; he even left a patch of land not paved with bricks, specifically for planting things.

Heard that vegetables in the city were all planned, and they had to be snatched in winter, sometimes even failing to snatch them, so she had to take precautions early.

The second day after her son left, Xu Xu Shufen bought radish seeds herself, preparing to plant them for her son.

However, her daughter had a play plan, and she had to cooperate with Xiaohong to complete it first. At noon, after her mother and daughter rested, she could find time to go there.

However, when she arrived at the courtyard, Xu Xu Shufen found that the lock was gone. She was startled, thinking to herself, had the house been robbed?

She pushed lightly, but it didn't open, so it must have been bolted from the inside.

Xu Xu Shufen didn't attack strongly. She was just an ordinary rural woman, and she wasn't an opponent if she really encountered a thief.

So she hid in the corner and observed secretly. She didn't wait long before seeing the door open. A beautiful girl walked out from inside. Xu Xu Shufen recognized her at a glance; this was that Magic City girl named Gong Xue!

Xu Xu Shufen of course didn't think she was a thief. She locked the door very calmly and pulled a key from the lock.

"She also has the key here!" A smile appeared on Xu Xu Shufen's face. Good you stinky kid, you actually hid such a big thing from your mother.

In her view, her son giving the key to this house to Gong Xue, this relationship definitely couldn't be considered ordinary friends.

After Gong Xue left from the opposite direction, Xu Xu Shufen entered the courtyard immediately and didn't see any obvious changes in this house.

Actually, Gong Xue only left a letter for Wei Ming this time, placing it on the desk, pressed under a book.

She knew Wei Ming had already left the capital, and the Shanghai Film Studio had also sent her news, inviting her back to the Magic City to audition for a supporting role in a play called "July Fire."

She didn't care about being a lead or supporting role; she was also a newcomer to acting, and it was fine as long as there was a role to play. Moreover, this time she was auditioning for a pitiful dancing girl role, which was quite challenging.

So she specifically wrote a letter explaining the situation, informing Wei Ming that she had already returned to the Magic City, to avoid him being anxious when he couldn't find her after returning to the capital.

Just didn't expect to be discovered by Aunt Xu Shufen. Xu Xu Shufen was afraid her son only knew how to write and earn money, but neglected personal problems. Now she was completely relieved, humming a Sichuan and Chongqing folk song, happily finishing the work of planting vegetables, and then returned to the Overseas Chinese Apartments.

After returning home, Xu Xu Shufen, who couldn't stay idle, started tidying up her son's room again. Usually, when Wei Ming was at home, she wouldn't take the initiative to enter his bedroom and study to avoid disturbing her son.

Wei Ming knew his mom would enter his room, so he hid Sister Lin's clothes and towels in the house.

Including contraceptives, they were all placed in the deepest part of the wardrobe. Unless his mother deliberately searched for his criminal evidence, she definitely wouldn't see them.

But he forgot there was a magical place in the house called "under the bed." Anything that couldn't be found in the house could ultimately be discovered there. That was a huge treasure house. As long as it was cleaned thoroughly once, many surprises could be discovered.

It was just because cleaning was difficult, so it wouldn't be managed once all year round, but Xu Xu Shufen wasn't afraid of difficulties.

She swept under the bed and found dirty things, so she specifically found a wooden stick and tied it to a broom, so she could clean deeper.

Then one sweep swept out a rubber product without opening the packaging. Xu Xu Shufen didn't recognize what this was at first. Although the rural women's director also distributed this kind of thing, there wasn't this outer packaging.

Until she opened it, Xu Xu Shufen's eyes were about to pop out. A mother discovered for the first time that her son already had a sex life. This mood was very complicated.

There was worry and joy. The joy was that her son had this ability and thought, and the worry was, how can I hold my grandson if I wear this thing!

Xu Xu Shufen first thought of Gong Xue. After waiting for her daughter, she had to ask her how old Little Gong was, how many years older than her son she was specifically, and whether it was time to consider both sides meeting the parents.

And actually, this little thing was dropped under the bed by the two of them accidentally when Melinda came last time, and it had nothing to do with Gong Xue.

Xu Xu Shufen worked even harder. Later, there was indeed an unexpected harvest. She swept out a work badge.

"Mom, you're awake?" Wei Hong finished her nap and saw her mother in her big brother's room in a daze. "What are you holding?"

"Nothing, nothing!" Xu Xu Shufen hurriedly put the work badge into her pocket, her expression very unnatural, and could only use cleaning to cover it up.

Although there was no photo on the work badge, there was a unit and a name. The name was "Zhu Lin"!

So Xu Xu Shufen decisively linked Zhu Lin with that contraceptive again.

So could it be that her son's object was that Yanjing girl surnamed Zhu?

But what about Gong Xue having the key to the courtyard? Could it be that Zhu Lin also had the key here!?

Or could it be that they both...

Xu Xu Shufen couldn't be happy anymore after thinking of that possibility. How could this child mess around like this? What if people found out!

She also remembered that the landlord in her hometown married two wives. Later, the landlord was shot, and the little wife was remarried to a poor peasant.

Xu Xu Shufen was in a mess now. Yesterday they watched the news broadcast, which mentioned that the new marriage law was being reformulated. But she hoped the new marriage law could be relaxed in this regard. If you want to marry two, let people marry two. At worst, fine more to subsidize those who can't marry a wife.

However, men over 37 cannot, because her Wei Wei Jiefang was 38.

A mother is infinitely tolerant to her son, but her husband must be strict.

"Mom, don't work anymore, let's go out and play." Wei Hong called Xu Xu Shufen. She and Grandmother had already put on their clothes.

"Playing again?" Xu Xu Shufen sighed.

Wei Hong: "Let's go stroll around Wang Fujing, and by the way, we can go see my brother's courtyard."

Xu Xu Shufen thought to herself, I just came back from there, but Grandmother was also full of interest, so she didn't spoil the fun.

"Alright, let's go." She swept everything clean under the bed, and then put Zhu Lin's work badge back to its original position under the bed. This thing burned her hands when she held it.

This time strolling around, Wei Hong also used her wages to buy a decent new elderly dress for Grandmother, including shoes.

Because she would soon meet Mei Mei Wenhua's parents, Grandmother couldn't lose face either.

Finally, they went to the courtyard. Wei Hong looked at the vegetable patch and was surprised: "Why is someone planting and watering?"

Xu Xu Shufen joked: "Maybe it was done by the Tianluo girl."

It was still her mother who saw through it: "Xu Shufen, this was done by you, right."

Xu Xu Shufen nodded.

"Oh, Mom, you didn't rest at noon?" Wei Hong felt heartbroken and indicated that she must eat out to reward her mother today.

Xu Xu Shufen poked her forehead: "How come you are like your brother, eating out all day? Is your mom's craft not as good as the restaurant?"

Wei Hong held her mother's arm: "It's too late to go back and cook now. Let's look around here. Not a big restaurant, this is fine, and I got paid, so I'll treat."

Then they walked and walked, passed North Yanhe Street, and saw a small shop in Cuihua Alley, named "Yuebin Restaurant."

The shop wasn't big, just four tables, hanging a blackboard writing dishes and prices, which was still affordable.

The landlady greeted them with a smile: "We just opened today. Please come in. The staple food is supplied for free today, just need grain coupons."

She also remembered the preferential policy of that Oriental Dongfang Dongfang Xintiandi from the newspaper and thought of using this method to attract customers. As a result, she seemed to worry too much. Not long after Wei Hong and the others sat down, the customers who came one after another occupied the four tables.

Hearing her say this, Wei Hong asked: "Just opened? You aren't a public business, right?" Landlady Liu Liu Guixian laughed: "No, we are an individual business, and this shop is our own."

There was also a neighbor who knew the landlady: "Aunt Liu's craft is a must. I've been waiting for you two to open a shop."

Wei Hong could be considered to have eaten quite a few restaurants with her brother, but this was the first time eating at an individual restaurant, and she felt quite novel, so she ordered the garlic elbow and pot-collapsed tofu that the landlady claimed were her best, and then wanted a sweet and sour pork rib, three dishes, three bowls of rice.

According to her brother's saying, if you don't eat meat when eating out, then why eat out?

Wei Hong took a bite of the pot-collapsed tofu and compared it with the one she had eaten at Peking University. Peking University's was already considered very delicious, but the landlady's was even more superb.

And Xu Xu Shufen was also convinced after eating the garlic elbow. She was seeing this kind of processing for the first time, and the taste was indeed very unique. No wonder it sold so expensively.

Originally, she was thinking that since people could open a restaurant, could she also do it?

Xu Xu Shufen felt that where her husband was, where her son was, where her daughter was, that was home.

Now it seemed that her son and daughter would definitely fall in Yanjing. As for her old Wei, it seemed he couldn't stay in his hometown either, so she would likely follow the three of them to Yanjing to live.

And obviously, the quality of life in Yanjing was much stronger than in her hometown. She also liked having a TV to pass the time, having an electric fan to cool off, and having a refrigerator to store vegetables.

But she had to find something to do. After all, she was less than forty and hadn't reached the point of mixing and waiting for death. So just now, hearing that this was an individual shop, she had the thought of "I can do it too."

!

However, after eating the other party's three dishes, she felt that she still had a gap.

After the landlady wasn't so busy, Xu Xu Shufen chatted with her.

"Sister, where did you practice this craft?"

Sister Liu was very polite. She laughed: "I used to be a nanny for others, cooking every day, and practiced it over the years."

"Nanny?" This word sounded quite unfamiliar to Xu Xu Shufen. She just treated it as a family chef. She asked again: "Then can you often make this kind of meat dish?"

"Right, the dish the employer loves to eat most is my best."

Xu Xu Shufen understood. Over the past few years, she had no chance to touch meat dishes, so she could only ponder how to make meat dishes delicious during the New Year. In this regard, she was naturally a bit worse.

Even when cooking, she had to weigh how much oil to put. She could also make this pot-collapsed tofu, but the difference was in the oil.

But if you want to say how to make delicious vegetarian dishes with the least oil, she still had more say in this regard.

After eating, the three returned to the Overseas Chinese Apartments, and happened to see Xu Xu Yunyun riding a bicycle back, still a small Pigeon brand.

Wei Hong excitedly said: "Sister Xu Yunyun, where did you get the bicycle? When did you learn to ride a bicycle? Why didn't Brother Mei Wenhua send you today?"

Grandmother laughed: "You girl, like a string of firecrackers. How do you let her answer?"

Xu Xu Yunyun said slowly: "Brother Mei Wenhua had something to do today, so he let me come back myself. This is his bicycle, temporarily let me ride it. He started teaching me yesterday."

As a child who grew up in the mountains, she rarely had the opportunity to ride a bicycle. However, Xu Yunyun had good talent and learned it in two days.

She hurriedly got down and let Wei Hong try it. Xiaohong already knew how to ride, but there was no car at home.

"My brother said he would give me a bicycle if I got into university. I should have let him fulfill it before leaving."

Xu Yunyun said: "Are you going to work tomorrow? I'll ride a bicycle to send you."

Wei Hong: "Brother Mei Wenhua isn't sending you anymore? What is he busy with?"

Xu Yunyun answered: "He wants to find a restaurant that can stably provide us with cheap and delicious employee meals, busy with that."

Hearing this, Xu Xu Shufen's heart moved.

Shandong, Linyi, in a mountain col of Mount Yimeng Mountain.

Wei Ming arrived in Linyi yesterday, but most of the crew members had already entered the mountains and set up a camp in the mountains, eating and living in the mountains, and didn't plan to go down the mountain in the short term.

So he spent a night and only went up the mountain to find the crew the next day, accompanied by the remaining staff, and found them in the afternoon.

Good heavens, except for the male lead Li Li Baotian who perfectly met Wei Ming's imagination of the male lead, the other staff were all the same, looking like local farmers during the war.

Wei Ming first met Zhang Zhang Yimou, and then was led by him to the tent where Wei Wei Jiefang was resting.

Only when there were scenes with cows would Wei Wei Jiefang be useful. Other times, he could do whatever he wanted. Last night, he chatted with Zhang Zhang Yimou about family history all night. The next day, Zhang Zhang Yimou was still energetic, but Lao Lao Lao Wei was listless.

Zhang Zhang Yimou said: "Writer Wei, you and Uncle Wei Jiefang chat. I'll call you when it's time to eat."

After saying this, he retreated.

"What did you chat with Old Zhang about, so speculative?"

Wei Wei Jiefang laughed: "Last night I opened my heart with Little Zhang. Didn't expect our life experiences to be so similar."

"Your life experiences? Similar?"

Wei Wei Jiefang: "Right. You don't know, right? He also has an uncle who went to Taiwan, and his father chose to stay to work for New China. And his uncle was also the 12th cohort of Whampoa, a junior. In addition, his second uncle was the 15th cohort."

"Oh?"

Wei Ming vaguely remembered that Zhang Zhang Yimou had an uncle in Taiwan, so his family background wasn't good, but he didn't know it was so detailed.

Because Lao Lao Lao Wei and Old Zhang entered the crew because of Wei Ming's relationship, the two were naturally closer. However, Zhang Zhang Yimou was too reticent and just buried his head in doing things.

Lao Lao Lao Wei also kept drinking with him and confessed some of his family's situation, and Old Zhang opened his heart to him, and then Lao Lao Lao Wei discovered: it could be so similar.

Wei Wei Jiefang added: "My grandfather was from Baoding Military Academy, and Little Zhang's grandfather was from Peking University, barely counting as your Peking University. Both are famous schools. After his grandfather returned to his hometown, he wanted to suppress bandits, but didn't succeed, so he sent his three sons to Whampoa Military Academy, which had the same effect as your great-grandfather's initial dedication to serving the country and then cultivating your great-grandfather to enter Whampoa."

Wei Ming: "But you didn't tell him that my grandfather is in Hong Kong now, right?"

"I'm not stupid. I can't say it even if I die." Lao Lao Lao Wei lowered his voice.

Wei Ming nodded: "I recently received a letter from my grandfather and also replied to him, and also mentioned that Xiaohong scored first in the provincial science exam."

"Then did you say that I was invited to film as a special talent?" Lao Lao Lao Wei asked casually, and then stood up and let out a "Wow."

"What did you say? Xiaohong scored what place?"

"First, first in the whole province," Wei Ming said seriously. "The admissions teachers from Tsinghua and Peking University all ran to our house to fight for her. Provincial newspapers and county leaders also visited. People in the nearby villages all surrounded our house to watch the fun."

Hearing Wei Ming's words, Wei Wei Jiefang's face was full of ecstasy, but he laughed and laughed and then beat his chest and stamped his feet.

"Wu Tianming misled me!" Wei Wei Jiefang was extremely regretful. He wasn't at home for such an important moment!

Wei Ming knew he would have this reaction, so he comforted him: "It's okay, there's still a celebration banquet. Let's hold it properly by then and invite everyone in the village."

"When does Xiaohong start school?"

"End of August."

Wei Wei Jiefang hated and beat the bed board: "This play will be filmed until the end of September. I can't catch up with the celebration banquet!"

He clutched his chest, his heart aching into his marrow.

It seemed it was really like this. Wei Ming laughed: "Then how about we hold a supplementary celebration banquet during the October 1st holiday?"

Thinking that this act of showing off had to be delayed for half a year, Lao Lao Lao Wei had no appetite tonight and just looked at Wei Ming talking about the play with Wu Tianming, Li Li Baotian, and others silently.

Sigh, if I had known, I wouldn't have taken this play. Losing big because of small!

Until midnight, when the staff were all asleep, Lao Lao Lao Wei suddenly sat up and woke his son beside him: "You said Xiaohong's school should be on holiday on October 1st, right? How about we hold a celebration banquet then?!"

(Minimum two-in-one, less today, make up tomorrow)

(End of chapter)