At noon.
Uncle Chen Hailin was cooking, and Li Guohong came to Ying Zhicheng's house next door and invited his family to come over and eat together.
There are only three people in Ying Zhicheng's family, his father and Ying Chanxi. Because Ying's grandfather came here from other places to take root in his early years, he has no relatives here, so the family is not busy during the Chinese New Year.
When they were young, Grandpa Ying and Li Luo's grandfather had a very good relationship, just like Ying Zhicheng and Li Guohong now.
So when the New Year comes, the Li family will directly call the three members of the Ying family to celebrate the New Year together.
With the arrival of Ying Zhicheng and others, the Li family's living room suddenly became more lively.
Grandparents, uncle Chen Hailin, aunt Li Xuexian, cousin Chen Yongqi.
Li Luo's family of three.
Adding in Ying Zhicheng's three people, we can have a table of 11 people at noon.
"It smells so good." Li Luo walked into the kitchen after smelling the smell, and saw Chen Hailin holding a large iron pot in his hand, stir-frying very skillfully, and the steam from the pot came to his face.
He glanced at the hot fried kidneys next to him, reached out and secretly picked up a piece, stuffed it into his mouth and started eating it.
"You kid." Chen Hailin couldn't do anything, so he could only laugh and scold, "You still want to eat? Help take it outside."
"Okay." Li Luo chuckled and took out some freshly fried vegetables beside him.
His uncle, Chen Hailin, was a very straightforward man. He was born in Chenjia Village next door. In his early years, his family was in poverty and there was no money to bury him after his father died, so he married into the Li family. Li Luo's grandfather paid for the burial of the old man.
Since then, my uncle has been living with his aunt in the countryside. He is responsible for taking care of the two elderly people on weekdays. At the same time, at the request of Li Guohong, he also takes care of Grandpa Ying next door.
In addition to taking care of the elderly, my uncle's main job is to follow a rural cooking team in surrounding villages and towns to cook for everyone.
Generally, whenever a family needs to set up a banquet, whether it's a wedding or a funeral, my uncle's cooking team can handle it.
Years of experience in cooking have also allowed him to develop good cooking skills.
After Li Luo graduated from college, he was able to work in a restaurant, but it was through his uncle's acquaintances that he was able to get the job.
Later, when he was down and out, he chose to sell fried rice noodles on the street. In fact, it was Chen Hailin's idea.
If it weren't for his uncle's repeated persuasion, Li Luo wouldn't have had the nerve to sell fried rice noodles on the street.
If the time at that time were pushed forward ten or twenty years, Li Luo might have followed his uncle to join their cooking team and set up banquets in the villages.
However, with the further development of urbanization later, there were more and more hotels and restaurants around the village. As people became richer, every household had a car. Young people did not like to set up banquets in rural areas and disliked the mess.
As a result, the kitchen team became lonely and turned more into setting up tables in restaurants.
My uncle also followed the disbanded cooking team and found a job in a nearby restaurant. The income was not as much as the previous cooking team, but the advantage was stability and he no longer had to work around. He also enjoyed the benefits of urbanization in disguise.
Bar.
"Hey, I'll do it, I'll do it. Li Luo, go sit and watch TV." Aunt Li Xuexian saw Li Luo coming out with a plate and said quickly, "Hailin, what's the matter with you? Did you ask Li Luo to help?"
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"I have nothing to do. Auntie, go and sit down." Li Luo smiled and brought the dishes to the round table in the living room.
Naturally, Li Xuexian would not be idle, and she brought out the next dishes together. A round table was filled with more than ten dishes. After the meal was served, she greeted the people in the living room to come to the table.
"Where's the brother-in-law?" Li Guohong asked Li Xuexian after he sat down, "Let's eat together."
"He said there are still two dishes that haven't been fried yet, so let's keep them hot first." Li Xuexian called everyone to sit down and said with a smile, "Otherwise, the dishes in front will not taste good when they are cold."
"Come, Qiqi sit with your brother, and Xixi sit next to Li Luo? You kids sit together."
"Hey, Zhicheng, your Xixi is really getting more and more beautiful. With her juicy face, she must be very popular in school."
"Thank you, aunt." Ying Chanxi smiled shyly, thanked her in a low voice, and then sat down next to Li Luo obediently.
Ying Zhicheng and Li Guohong were brothers, so when Ying Chanxi was at Li Luo's house, it was customary for Ying Chanxi to call him whatever Li Luo called his elder.
"I remember how good Xixi's academic performance is? She used to be the first in grade." Li Xuexian shared the bowls and chopsticks for everyone and sat down. Her eldest brother Li Guoru was not here and her husband was cooking. She, the second sister in the family, was responsible for taking care of the food.
topic at the dinner table.
Ying Zhicheng also smiled, picked up the bowl and asked Li Guohong to pour wine for him, and responded: "Xixi is now in the No. 1 Middle School, and at the end of the semester she is still the first in her grade, right?"
Ying Chanxi nodded reservedly.
Li Xuexian praised: "It would be great if Xixi was my daughter. I am so beautiful. Our family Qiqi didn't do well in studies before. If she could be one-tenth of Xixi's level, I would be so happy."
Already."
Chen Yongqi glanced at his mother, picked up the chopsticks without saying a word, and ate the food silently.
Lin Xiuhong on the side smiled and said: "I heard from Li Dao that Qiqi has been working with him recently, right? They all praise him for his serious work. His previous academic performance in school cannot explain everything."
When Li Luo heard this, he shook his head and laughed, thinking, Mom, that's not what you said about me at home.
As soon as these words came out, Li Xuexian also turned his attention to Li Luo and sighed: "As Xiu Hongqian said, doesn't your Li Luo also have a future? He performed exceptionally well in the high school entrance examination and was admitted to the attached No. 1 Middle School. He will be a promising undergraduate in the future.
Woolen cloth."
"By the way, Li Luo, how was your final exam?"
"I usually study more from Xixi. If I work hard, I can pass the exam, right? It's much better than your brother's junior college."
"Auntie." As soon as he talked about Li Luo, Ying Chanxi couldn't help but interrupt, even his voice was a little louder, with a little pride in his eyes, "Li Luo's grades are very good now. In the finals,
He ranked 17th in the school and ranked first in the class, not much worse than me."
She was showing off, but those who didn't know thought she was talking about her own achievements.
Just now, Li Xuexian praised her for being the first in her grade, but she was just saying thank you. Now when they talked about Li Luo's grades, she started talking on Li Luo's behalf instead.
When Li Xuexian heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Luo in surprise: "It's not easy, Li Luo, you worked so hard?"
"Xixi taught me well." Li Luo took a sip of the drink Ying Chanxi poured for him and said modestly, "She usually tutors me in my homework. Otherwise, how could I improve so quickly?"
"That's right, thanks to Xixi." Lin Xiuhong also said, "Don't say thank you in words, show it in action and give Xixi a chicken drumstick to eat."
"Have I not started to show off yet?" Li Luo stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a chicken drumstick for Ying Chanxi.
Ying Chanxi's eyebrows curled up happily, he raised his bowl to take the chicken legs, lowered his head and ate happily.
At the dinner table, we talked about the children's studies, future plans, Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong's breakfast shop, and the various banquets hosted by my uncle Chen Hailin recently.
Li Xuexian also talked about a lot of gossip in the village. This family was in debt and borrowed money from everywhere. That family got married. Her daughter joined a wealthy family and became a phoenix. She even bought a house in the city and followed her.
Lin Xiuhong and the two chatted happily.
Li Guohong and Ying Zhicheng were drinking some wine with the two elderly people, chatting casually about the world. Grandma was staring at Grandpa's wine glass, and stopped drinking when the amount was reached.
The three children on Li Luo's side ate their food in silence, and would only respond a few words when the adults talked about their topic.
"Brother, you are working with Brother Li Dao about running a factory, right?" Li Luo looked around and saw that the adults were chatting animatedly, so he started talking to Chen Yongqi.
Chen Yongqi hummed and continued to eat.
"What does the factory do?" Li Luo didn't know this in his previous life and had never heard anyone talk about it, so he had no idea what Li Dao was doing.
Moreover, because Li Dao did not take over the family business of his uncle Li Guoru, he instead likes to tinker with things on his own, so what he does may be different in a few years.
Li Luo only knew that after he graduated from college, Li Dao worked in live streaming, handling logistics, connecting with various suppliers, and providing consulting services to various anchors behind the scenes.
As for what Li Dao was doing in 2015, Li Luo really didn't know.
"It's just a factory that makes customized packaging materials and so on." Chen Yongqi said, "Isn't takeout very popular recently?"
"Brother Dao ordered takeout before, but every time it was delivered, it was cold, so I was wondering if this takeout box could have better insulation effect."
"Later, I worked with others and realized that there were indeed similar materials that could achieve the effect, so I found a few partners and built a factory together."
"However, because the factory was recently required by the government to move north, we haven't had time to expand our business. We will have to wait until next year to see the effects."
After hearing this, Li Luo was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his cousin was quite financially savvy.
Most people can only see the turmoil in the takeout industry and wonder if they can go in and have a drink, but he can see that the scraps next to this market are also of immeasurable value.
This takeout box business is neither small nor large. The demand is large, but the profit is low, so we can only follow the path of small profits but quick turnover.
In this current stage of fierce competition in the food delivery industry, it is definitely possible to make money.
Li Xuexian obviously heard what his son said, so he couldn't help but said to Lin Xiuhong next to him: "Qiqi set up that factory with Li Dao this year, and the salary offered to him is not low, more than 10,000, and letting him manage a workshop is much better than
His previous job with a few thousand people was much more reliable."
"That's really good." Lin Xiuhong was slightly surprised and praised her along with her words.
This job sounds easy. It mainly involves managing the work of the workers in the workshop. Unlike Lin Xiuhong and Li Guohong's breakfast shop, they have to get up early every day and do it themselves.
If it were in the past, Lin Xiuhong would probably be very envious, thinking that it would be great if her son could have such a high salary in the future.
But now... Lin Xiuhong just smiled and agreed with the compliment.
Although I don't want to show off that my son writes novels to earn royalties, at least I feel comfortable, and I am very happy just thinking about it.
People are created by comparison.
When she learned that her son's monthly manuscript fee was 370,000 yuan, Lin Xiuhong was even more shocked.
But at this moment, after actually comparing with other people's children, after having a very obvious advantage, the original shock gradually turned into secret joy, and the sense of superiority suddenly came up in my heart.
It's just that Lin Xiuhong is not a person who doesn't know the rules. It's enough to show off Li Luo's academic performance when she goes home. She won't say more about writing novels.
After all, the 370,000 yuan is somewhat exaggerated, and it is better to keep silent and make a fortune.
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After eating, Lin Xiuhong and Li Xuexian were responsible for washing the dishes.
Several grown men made an appointment to go fishing at a nearby pond.
The old man felt sleepy after lunch and went back to the first floor to take a nap.
As soon as Chen Yongqi finished eating, he went back to his room to play games. Li Luo got up and walked towards the third floor, planning to clean up his bedroom first.
When Ying Chanxi saw this, he didn't want to go back to his home and followed Li Luo upstairs.
Grandpa Li Luo's house has a total of four floors. Because of the inconvenience of the legs and feet, the grandparents usually live on the first floor, so they can avoid walking up the stairs.
The second floor is a large living room and kitchen, which can accommodate up to four round tables.
Usually, my family gathers here for Chinese New Year dinner.
Going up to the third floor is the room reserved for Li Luo's family.
There are three bedrooms in total, and the master bedroom is reserved for Li Guohong and his wife.
Li Luo stayed in the second bedroom next to him. Grandma had already packed the sheets and quilts before he came back, so he didn't have to do any work himself.
Li Luo threw his schoolbag on the table, took out his notebook, sat on a chair and stretched his body.
"You still have to type during the New Year?" Ying Chanxi saw this and couldn't help but said, "Didn't you say you have a lot of manuscripts?"
"The main reason is that I don't know what to do." Li Luo said, "Code writing has become a habit. If I don't write something for a day, my hands will itch."
"You are really dedicated." Ying Chanxi took off his shoes politely, climbed onto Li Luo's bed, stepped on his quilt with his feet in white socks, and lay down comfortably.
"No matter how fast I write, I can't read it as fast as you." Li Luo subconsciously glanced at her little feet wrapped in white socks, recalling how pink and tender they looked when he soaked her feet before.
To be honest, Ying Chanxi's hands and feet are much smaller than those of Yan Zhusheng and Xu Youyu.
She opened her hand completely, and her fingertips only reached Li Luo's first knuckle.
The feet are also very small, and the shoes are only size 35, which is almost as long as Li Luo's hand.
Very cute little ones.
Ying Chanxi noticed his gaze and subconsciously shrank her feet. Then she suddenly thought of something and became alert: "Speaking of which, do you have any quirks?"
"What do you mean?" Li Luo looked back and asked doubtfully.
"I read your book, why do you always describe my feet when you write about my plot?" Ying Chanxi asked, "Can't you write something else?"
"Cough, cough..." Li Luo suddenly coughed when Ying Chanxi said this, "This is just a writing technique, focusing on one characteristic of the character, emphasizing it repeatedly, it will be in the reader's mind.
Leaves a very clear impression.”
"After waiting for a long time, readers will immediately think of her cute little feet whenever they mention Shen Dongdong."
"Or maybe when I see some pictures or videos of beautiful feet, I subconsciously think of the character Shen Dongdong."
"Once this effect is achieved, it means that the labeling of this character is very successful."
"Is that so?" Ying Chanxi looked suspicious, but couldn't find any angle to refute.
However, Li Luo made such a long nonsense. Although it makes sense, it is actually because the other characteristics of Yingchan River are not obvious.
That is to say, Ying Chanxi didn't read the plot descriptions of Mo Qinghan and Jiang Mingyue very carefully, otherwise she would have discovered something.
When Li Luo wrote about Shen Dongdong, he wrote about feet. When it came to Mo Qinghan, he would describe in detail her long legs that can make people die.
And when it came to Jiang Mingyue, naturally she couldn't escape the magnificence on her chest.
It's just that Li Luo's descriptions are relatively tactful, not as rough and direct as those in other popular books nowadays.
After all, he knew that in 2017, the entire network ushered in a very wide-ranging network cleanup operation.
In order not to follow the old path of his predecessors in the previous life, Li Luo paid great attention to this aspect and basically described it according to the intensity of the review ten years later.
In terms of astringency, the clear soup is indeed a little too watery, but it also has a refreshing style, which is unique among many coquettish bitches, and many readers fall in love with it.
"But speaking of your book." Ying Chanxi suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Luo with a dangerous look, "Why does the protagonist like three girls at the same time? Can't he just like one?"
When asked this question, Li Luo immediately glanced out the window guiltily and said with an excuse: "You don't understand, this is how men's online stories are. If the male protagonist is too good, he will attract all kinds of people."
girl."
"And readers each like different types of girls. No matter which one the protagonist chooses, other readers will be dissatisfied."
"So let's just take them all, so that no one will be offended and everyone will be happy."
"It's a novel, so don't take it too seriously."
Hearing Li Luo's explanation, Ying Chanxi pursed his lips, originally thinking about whether to persuade him to make sure there was only one female protagonist.
But considering that his book has made so much money and is loved by so many readers, this is probably part of the reason.
When it comes to creating such a personal matter, it's definitely not good for me to be a bystander and point fingers at it.
When the words came to her lips, Ying Chanxi swallowed them back, and finally had to whisper: "Then can you write more plots about Shen Dongdong? I like to watch this."
"Ahem, I'll try my best, don't worry." Li Luo promised, "After all, the three heroines are all linked to the protagonist's career line, haven't you noticed?"
"Mo Qinghan sings, so Li Yang will copy songs for her."
"Shen Dongdong wants to be an actress, so Li Yang will copy TV series for her."
"When Jiang Mingyue wanted to get into movies, Li Yang prepared a tailor-made movie script for her."
"Actually, if you think about it carefully, you will know that although there are multiple female protagonists, in fact, each female protagonist is a plot promoter created to advance the corresponding career line."
"The troika of music, TV series, and movies moves forward in parallel, which not only ensures the richness of the content of the work, but also slows down the rise of the protagonist, allowing me to have more content to write."
Well... to put it simply, water plots are more convenient.
I got a little tired of writing the singing side, and the protagonist was progressing a little too fast, so I quickly switched to the TV drama side to cool down the music career.
There is another hit TV series here. It will take at least a month or two to be aired on the timeline, right?
Then keep it popular while broadcasting it, and arrange for the protagonist to film a movie.
Then when you make a movie, you have to have a theme song and a promotional song, right? Then you can go back to music.
Three business lines spiraling upwards look much richer and less boring than one business line.
In particular, Li Luo assigned a female protagonist to each career line as a daily adjustment when advancing the career line, which took this model to a higher level.
As a person who has returned from rebirth, with the complete routines and experience of entertainment novels from later generations, in this era, it does feel a bit like a dimensionality reduction attack.
"So when will there be a story about Dongdong kissing the protagonist later?" Ying Chanxi blushed slightly and did not dare to look at Li Luo. He asked in a low voice, "Mo Qinghan even had a secret kiss."
"When Jiang Mingyue was still filming a movie, she came to see the director, the protagonist, for an audition and asked for advice on how to shoot a kissing scene." When talking about this, Ying Chanxi almost bit her own lip, "So the kissing scene is so...
At what time?"
"Um..." Li Luo suddenly laughed twice when he heard Ying Chanxi's straightforward question, "I have written it, but it is still in my archive. When it is sent out, it will be time to start school."
Ying Chanxi: "...?"
"I've only read over two hundred chapters. You've already published over six hundred chapters in this book, and you didn't even mention Dong Dong kissing the protagonist?!"
Ying Chanxi jumped up from the bed angrily and kicked him directly.
After kicking him, he still wasn't relieved, so he raised his other foot.
When Li Luo saw this, he quickly got up and ran around in the bedroom to avoid Ying Chanxi's vent.
"Listen to my explanation! Qingmei's favorability level is at full level at the beginning. I have to keep track of the progress. Otherwise, how can I beat the other two heroines? Why are you more serious about writing online?"
"Scumbag! You are evil!" Ying Chanxi chased Li Luo angrily, "Don't run away if you can!"
At this moment, Lin Xiuhong shouted from downstairs: "Xixi! Li Luo! A classmate is looking for me!"
Hearing his mother's voice, Li Luo felt as if he had received a shower of sweet rain. He quickly shouted to Yingchan River: "My mother is calling us, please respond quickly."
"Why don't you stop and respond?"
"She called your name first. Come back quickly and ask who is looking for her."
"Humph!" Ying Chanxi was embarrassed to keep Lin Xiuhong waiting, so she had to stop her crusade, went to the window, opened it, and looked downstairs, "Aunt Lin, who is looking for you?"
"Jin Yuting, Zhao Rongjun." Lin Xiuhong shouted, "They are all your classmates, right? They are here to play with you."
"Oh!" Ying Chanxi nodded quickly and responded, "Then Li Luo and I are coming down!"
Chapter completed!