Chapter 418 The Troubles of Happiness
For Chinese people, celebrating the New Year is something that is ingrained into their DNA. “Whether you have money or not, go home for the New Year” is a popular phrase that is popular for a while.
As a province with a strong clan atmosphere, celebrating the New Year means a lot of ancestor worship activities.
At this time last year, Zhao Ping and Zhou Yaoguo stayed in their hometown to celebrate the New Year, because they didn’t want to cause too much trouble to their son who was far away in the imperial capital, and they still had to do all kinds of sacrifices in their hometown.
But this year is different. After all, they left their hometown and came to the imperial capital, living in the house prepared for them by their son.
As for the activities in their hometown…
The main point is that sincerity is effective. Sacrifices are not sacrifices anywhere. At most, they can ask someone to help burn incense.
If it doesn’t work, they will go back to their hometown to make up for it after celebrating the New Year in the imperial capital.
After all, Zhou Yaoguo and Zhao Ping, whose connections and networks are mostly in their hometown, don't live very comfortably in the capital. They come to the capital to celebrate the New Year simply because their son Zhou Yi is going to perform on the Spring Festival Gala and doesn't have time to go home for the New Year.
Since their son can't leave, they can come to the capital.
"I think it's the same here. It's so hard to order a good goose. If it were at home, I would have already ordered all the geese from the village head."
Zhao Ping got up early to prepare for a New Year's Eve dinner and rode an electric bike to pick up the goose that had been reserved.
After arriving home, they bled and plucked the goose, and the pots and pans clanged. The not-so-large living room was filled with a busy atmosphere for a while: "If we were at home, we would have moved it directly to the yard, but it wouldn't work here.
"It's all your fault. Yi Yi said before that we could live at his place, and we could choose between the two residential areas. ”
Zhao Ping, who was sweating profusely from plucking goose feathers, kept muttering.
“What do you know? That guy is now a big star and he hasn’t started a family yet. It’s inconvenient to live with him.”
On this matter, the stubborn Zhou Yaoguo no longer showed any sign of giving in: “Isn’t it good to live here now? If you want to see him, just go and see him. He can be at ease, and we can see him anytime we want.”
This is the residential house that Zhou Yi bought before. After he moved out, they lived there.
Although the fact that their son had quietly become a “landlord” shocked the two elders, Zhou Yaoguo still chose not to live with him out of respect for his son’s privacy.
Although he only had an elementary school education, Zhou Yaoguo still knew his son, who had been independent since childhood, very well.
Each generation has its own way of living. Since his son has made a name for himself, he feels that as a drag, it would be best if he could not cause trouble for his son.
There is always that thing between the two generations…expert What generation gap?
Different living habits will always cause friction when living together.
Besides, the son has them in his heart. It is enough to have this filial heart. Didn’t you see that he wrote a song "Mom and Dad"?
This song is very popular.
After a busy day, the two elders prepared the New Year's Eve dinner and ate it in the evening. They waited for their son and the suspected daughter-in-law to sing on stage, and then turned on the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala...
On the evening of January 31, the 2003 Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Sheep kicked off under the hosting of hosts Ni Ping, Zhu Jun, Li Yong, Zhou Tao and others.
On major Internet websites, Many people have also listed the highlights of this year's Spring Festival Gala that are worth watching -
Zhou Yi's "Young China" and Zhao Benshan's "Heart Disease" are in the first echelon;
Others such as "Mom and Dad" by Sun and Xiao, and programs by Huang Hong, Lin Yilian, Feng Gong and others are in the second echelon.
Other than that, there is nothing else.
In fact, there was already a rumor that "the Spring Festival Gala is over" in the 2003 Spring Festival Gala.
This year, in order to create a gimmick and seek change, even the unprecedented online voting for songs was introduced - shortly after the opening dance, the song "DV Live" sung by Xie Xiaodong and Zhang Baizhi was It was a song collected by the audience.
To be honest, it was quite average.
After that, it was Feng Gong's controversial "composite crosstalk": "Road Love Song".
Feng Gong, who parted ways with Guo Donglin this year, continued his behavior of changing the skin of skits into crosstalk, and performed a gender-swapped version of "Police and Thief" with Zhou Tao, the host of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Zhou Yi didn't feel much, but Sun Yanzi was laughing and clapping, and his two big front teeth were particularly eye-catching when the camera shot over -
Xiao Yaxuan, who didn't have much contact with skits, also covered her mouth and laughed.
"Hey! Look, it's my son! And the two daughters-in-law!"
At home, seeing the TV live camera sweeping over the "two daughters-in-law" mentioned by her son and the media, Zhao Ping slapped her thigh happily and called Zhou Yaoguo, who was smoking alone on the balcony, to come in and see, with a bit of boasting in her tone -
"See, my son is getting more and more handsome. These two are the ones who are suspected of wanting to be my daughter-in-law. Which one should I choose? "
Zhao Ping was in a state of happy worry.
She also watched the news and knew which female celebrities were closest to her son.
Although his son is tight-lipped when he calls on weekdays, judging from the number of times he mentions the name, there is definitely a chance for these two and Cheng Hao.
Seeing his son's "competitiveness", Zhou Yaoguo also showed a helpless smile on his face: "You are dreaming, who else do you want to choose? Your son is probably just playing with others."
He knows his son's character too well.
Young people are all fun.
He can't control it.
He just hopes that his son will not cause any scandals.
Zhao Ping was blinded by his son's achievements and was proud of it. He could still look at the series of scandals behind his son's butt relatively objectively.
Of course, these are scandals in the eyes of the outside world, but in Zhao Ping's own words, that is "my son's ability."
Time passed in the old couple's nonsense, until the host began to announce the singing of "Mom and Dad", the two were shocked.
On the TV screen, Sun Yanzi and Xiao Yaxuan, dressed simply, slowly walked onto the stage, like a pair of sisters, smiled at each other, and sang a ballad -
"I used to want to know how many times I should say the same thing
"Those old-fashioned things that I have emphasized over and over again, I only know whether they are necessary when I grow up. ”
Amid the melodious piano sound, behind the two women, against the background of a tree, a child-like person sat on a swing under the big tree and lived a carefree life. As soon as Xiao Yaxuan opened her mouth, her emotional alto voice matched the performance on the big screen, gradually pulling the whole audience into the mood.
"I rarely take the initiative to hug, even if it's for pride
"Shy smile, strong but low-key
"The fabric I wear, the coat I gave, I won't throw it away even if it's out of date~"
Compared to Xiao Yaxuan, Sun Yanzi's voice is obviously clearer. She is more like a sweet and obedient girl when she sings this part with the microphone in her hand.
The top timbres of the two Chinese music scenes are combined together, and the lyrics are full of substitution.
At least Zhao Ping and Zhou Yaoguo, who were still "happy troubles" in front of the TV, suddenly quieted down, with a complicated look on their faces.
Especially Zhou Yaoguo.
He used to He had no money, so he worked as a painter while traveling with others to work far away. He only went home once a year during the Spring Festival. At that time, Zhao Ping was the only one who took care of all the big and small things at home. The independence of his son really saved them a lot of worries.
Although he was called to school from time to time because of various rebellious experiences, his son's academic performance remained excellent, which led to him not knowing how to teach his son and could only accompany the teacher to train him.
The most direct result of this was that his son wanted to live alone.
He saved money from working, built a foundation and a house in his hometown, and his son also had an independent room. Although the communication between him and his son was not less, it was definitely not as frequent as that between him and Zhao Ping.
Strict father and kind mother, their family is almost the standard configuration of most Chinese families.
"Oh~ Dad and Mom gave me a lot
"Enough for me to run around in this era
"Enough for me to live~"