On July 2, 1997, people across the country were still immersed in the joy of Hong Kong's return.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, Ma Xiaolong and his party of five arrived in the capital.
This time was just right, the ladies were all taking a nap, so Ma Xiaolong and the others walked into the alley unobstructed and opened the door to the courtyard.
"Come on, beauties." After putting down the salute, Ma Xiaolong picked up the broom and said, "Let's clean up first. I'll treat everyone to roast duck tonight."
When she heard that she was going to eat roast duck, Ma Xiaofeng perked up and said, "It's so hygienic, but it's ridiculous. Brother, please warm up the wine and let me go ahead and kill it. It won't be too late to drink again when I get back."
"Well, my sister has the demeanor of a general. I'll keep the wine warm for you. You can go ahead!" Ma Xiaolong threw the rag to her: "Wipe it clean."
"Got the order!"
Seeing the two brothers and sisters performing a small theater, Dai Yu found it very interesting. He turned to look at Zhu Sha and said: "It turns out that Xiaolong is not only like you, but also likes his sister!"
"Actually, Xiaojun and I wanted to hone our acting skills, and Xiaofeng simply wanted to help us, which is why it gradually became like this." Zhu Sha smiled and said, "The more I practice my acting skills, the more my thoughts become.
"
"You have more thoughts?" Dai Yu was stunned and asked quickly: "What will happen?"
"It's not like that." Zhu Sha said, "It's just that I have a better understanding of people's personalities, psychological activities, behaviors, etc., and therefore I learned how to disguise myself and how to use my psychology to benefit myself."
"..." Dai Yu was a little shocked.
Seeing her look, Zhu Sha pinched her face and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't have any harmful intentions, I just have some skills to avoid being deceived."
After a pause: "Sister, let me teach you some experience. You are so beautiful and weak, and liars like you like this. Learn from your sister how to identify people's hearts, and you will not be afraid of bad things in the future."
Dai Yu thought for a while and nodded: "Okay."
Talking to smart people saves trouble.
Zhusha smiled: "Let's work!"
"good."
…
After working hard all afternoon, I finally finished cleaning.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Ma Xiaolong washed his hands and said, "Let's do this for now! Go out to eat."
"I want to take a shower first." Ma Xiaofeng stuck out her tongue in a hot voice: "My whole body stinks."
"I want to take a shower too." Zhu Sha was no longer in the mood to laugh: "It's too hot today. I have no appetite for hot food."
"Then you guys take a shower first." Ma Xiaolong said, "I'll buy some fruit and come back and make iced juice for you."
"Um..." Dai Yu said with a slight blush, "I can't drink anything cold yet."
She is now on her sixth day and it's not over yet.
"Don't worry, I'll make you some ginger brown sugar water when I get back." Ma Xiaolong wiped the sweat from his face and went out with a smile.
At this time, every household was having dinner with their families, and there was still no one in the alley. Ma Xiaolong walked out of the alley very smoothly, bought a bunch of fruits and vegetables in a nearby shopping mall, and returned home carrying two large bags of stuff.
At this moment, the girls have just finished taking a shower and are blowing each other's hair with a hair dryer, which is pleasing to the eye.
"Brother, you're back!" Chen Jun walked over with fluffy hair and reached out to pick up the plastic bag: "I'll help you carry one."
"No, it's quite heavy." Ma Xiaolong smiled and said, "Come into the kitchen and help me!"
"Yeah." Chen Jun nodded, a little happy.
Dai Yu saw this scene and said, "Why do I feel more and more like Xiaojun is Xiaolong's biological sister the more I look at it?"
Zhu Sha chuckled softly: "Isn't it true? Xiaojun has been kissing my husband since he was a child, but Xiaofeng is not attached to him at all."
"I heard it all." Ma Xiaofeng said with a look of displeasure: "That stinky brother beats me at every turn. I only stick to him when I'm sick."
Dai Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Xiao Feng, is it possible that your brother beat you because you did something that warranted a beating?"
"..." Ma Xiaofeng's hand holding the hair dryer paused on the spot, and she was dumbfounded: "Sister Yu, you... make me so sad."
"But I am telling the truth!" Dai Yu said: "The few times I have seen you do something wrong or say the wrong thing, your brother will teach you a lesson, isn't it?"
Ma Xiaofeng was instantly petrified and had no love left in her life.
Zhusha chuckled and said: "Okay, okay! Xiaofeng is much more sensible now, and the times he gets beaten are much less than before. Don't blame your brother, if you weren't his sister, he wouldn't be so harsh on you.
, in the end, it’s still for your own good.”
Ma Xiaofeng's expression returned to normal, she snorted softly and whispered: "Of course I know he is doing it for my own good, but I am also a girl, can't I be gentler?"
Zhu Sha smiled and said: "Okay, I will tell your brother later and ask him to be gentler to you in the future."
"Don't tell him that I said it." Ma Xiaofeng was a little nervous: "Otherwise he will beat me again."
Zhusha giggled, rubbed Ma Xiaofeng's fluffy hair, and said, "Xiaofeng, why are you so cute?"
"..."
In the kitchen, Ma Xiaolong threw the cut fruits into the juicer to squeeze the juice, while Chen Jun washed the mung beans. The best drink in summer is indeed mung bean soup, which clears away heat and relieves heat, and is also cheap.
"Xiaojun, do you want to practice dancing in the company during these days?" Ma Xiaolong asked.
Xiaolong Entertainment has been established for one year, and its trainee business has been in operation for almost a year. Currently, the company has more than 20 trainees, nearly 20 girls and only seven boys.
Although the number of samples is insufficient, judging from the male-to-female ratio of these twenty-odd people, it can be seen that boys in this era still don't like to show off themselves, but girls have more desire to show off themselves.
To be honest, Ma Xiaolong was a little disappointed, because most of the fans who are obsessed with idols are little girls who have no brains, and the idols that attract the attention of little girls are of course men.
Thinking about the main consumption force of the domestic economy in the next twenty years, it is definitely the most cost-effective to create a male idol group. However, there are only seven male trainees at the moment. Even if one is not eliminated, it is just the number of people in a group.
In the future, trainees will have to sing and dance on stage, which consumes a lot of physical energy. In order to use their strengths and avoid weaknesses, they must sing a line each and then step aside to dance, so as to maximize the assurance that the singing will not be out of tune.
This year, the hot groups over at Bangzi have become popular, and there are signs of a Korean wave in China. Ma Xiaolong is a little anxious now.
It's still a little late. If he had set up the entertainment company two years earlier and brought out the trainees earlier, maybe the domestic idol group he created would already dominate the screen, so there would be no need to worry about the combination of sticks.
To be honest, this hot group is really amazing. There are five people who are good at singing and dancing. Although a few of them are a little bit ugly, they can be ignored by people because they wear heavy makeup and sing and dance on the stage in a seductive manner.
Ignore their original appearance and only pay attention to the talents they show.
The most important thing is that Chinese young people of this era have never seen such a performance. As soon as it appeared on the Chinese stage, it shocked the Chinese young people, and the Korean Wave started like this.
In the final analysis, it is a question of speed and sequence. Now that the Chinese people have just had enough to eat, there is a natural shortage of entertainment talents. Even though many idol groups have been created later, they are a bit behind Bangzi in terms of strength. Some
After several years of training at Bangzi, he immediately became one of the top players in the country and became very popular.
To be honest, if Bangzi hadn't committed suicide by himself, angered the people above, and directly imposed a ban on it, many young talents in the country would never have had a chance to get ahead.
Generally speaking, there are still not enough jobs in the country, and people who have not learned their skills just come out to make quick money. They are all like shooting stars. They were popular for two or three years and soon disappeared without a trace.
Ma Xiaolong doesn't want all the trainees he trains to be good at singing, so he has extremely high requirements for the trainees. After nearly a year of practice, the current trainees are definitely not as good as professional singers in terms of singing skills, but when it comes to 'singing'
In terms of dancing ability, he absolutely crushes all the singers in the country.
Logically speaking, it was possible to arrange a debut now, but when Ma Xiaolong recalled the strength of Bangzi's singing and dancing group, he still felt that they were not strong enough, so he could only grit his teeth and let them continue training.
However, the domestic market must not be taken away by Bangzi. He has already made a plan and will implement it in the next half month.
Chen Jun thought for a while and said, "I think my brother taught me better."
It means: Is it okay not to go?
Ma Xiaolong smiled: "I like hearing this, but I have to go over and have a look. Do you want to come with me?"
"Yeah." Chen Jun nodded: "I'll go."
This little girl.
…
"Hey, why is there light in Xiaolong's house?"
After dinner, the aunts all went out for some activities. While strolling around, they saw lights in Ma Xiaolong's courtyard. After thinking about it, I suddenly became excited: "Xiaolong is back, is this?"
An aunt quickly ran over and knocked on the door.
Bang bang bang——
"Xiaolong! Is Xiaolong back?"
In the room, everyone who was drinking cold drinks looked helpless.
Ma Xiaolong put down his cup and said, "It seems I won't be able to go out tonight."
Soon, all the aunts in the alley, Wuyang Wuyang, came over. When they learned that the children had not eaten yet, a dozen aunts immediately ran home and quickly brought more than a dozen kinds of dinner.
There are noodles with soybean paste, braised noodles, stir-fried vegetables, cold dishes, dumplings, fried steamed bun slices, stewed hairtail... A big table was set up: "Eat quickly! Don't starve."
"..."
The aunts are so enthusiastic that I can’t even think about getting annoyed.
"Thank you, aunt."
This is the reason why Ma Xiaolong still comes to live here every year even though he knows that aunts are like wolves and tigers. Who would be willing to leave when he meets so many aunts who like him and are warm-hearted?
While Ma Xiaolong and the others were eating, the aunts happily asked some questions: "Xiaolong, how long will you stay here this time?"
"Half a month!" Ma Xiaolong said.
"Only half a month?" The aunts were unhappy when they heard this: "That's okay, at least stay for a month before leaving!"
Ma Xiaolong smiled helplessly and said: "I can't help it. I will be in the third grade of junior high school soon. The study pressure is a bit heavy. I originally didn't plan to come this year, but because I miss you, I came here to stay for half a month, but I really don't have more time.
Already."
"Ouch! That's what I said..." The aunts were so moved: "You kids have said this, how can you not know what is good and what is wrong? You have had a lot of fun in the past half month. Tell the aunts what you want, here.
There's nothing we old sisters can't do in an alley."
Auntie is mighty.
Ma Xiaolong smiled and nodded: "Thank you, aunt, I will definitely trouble you if something happens. Just don't bother me then."
"No!" The aunts wished he would bother them more! The atmosphere was so harmonious.
Just as the aunts were chatting with Ma Xiaolong, they heard a voice coming from the door of the courtyard: "Hey! Are all the old sisters here?"
Hearing this voice, the aunts frowned and their mood became a little bad.
Ma Xiaolong knew why they were like this. After a while, he saw Aunt Yi and Elizabeth walking in.
Seeing the people in this room, Aunt Yi said: "There are so many people!"
"Aunt Yi, little Shabai, sit down quickly, sit down and say." Ma Xiaolong stood up and said hello.
A year later, when she saw Ma Xiaolong again, Isabel's eyes suddenly became wet, and she was deeply moved: Brother Xiaolong is still so handsome, and he is taller and more mature than last year. He is so handsome, how can he be so handsome!
?
"Okay, oh! This table is quite sumptuous. The ladies are all bringing it, right?" Aunt Yi understood immediately when she saw the food on the table, and murmured to herself: There is no hope for each of them.
Why are you so enthusiastic?
"Yes!" an aunt said with a smile, "Xiaolong and the others have been cleaning all afternoon today, and they haven't eaten yet! We old ladies will bring some food here, but we can't leave the children hungry."
"Sister Yi, you don't know that Xiaolong is very fast in sprinting. The coach of their provincial track and field team went to their school to give Xiaolong professional training. He also said that he will participate in the provincial sports meeting in August. Maybe Xiaolong will become a world champion in the future!
"An aunt said proudly, as if she was showing off her own grandson.
"Really?" Aunt Yi was surprised: "Xiaolong, are you really good at participating in the competition?"
"Actually, I just run around casually." Ma Xiaolong brought two cups of hot tea to Aunt Yi and Isabel: "Coach Zhou of the provincial track and field team saw that I have some talent, and originally wanted to transfer me to the provincial track and field team for training, but in the future I
He wanted to get into a top university like Qingbei, but he had no choice, so he came to my school to give me some training. In fact, he only practiced for an hour at school every day."
"That's amazing!" Aunt Yi took the tea and said: "If you were an ordinary person, how could the provincial team coach come to your school to coach you? Xiaolong, have you broken the middle school student record?"
"Probably! We are a small place and don't have such formal statistics." Ma Xiaolong said: "It was Coach Zhou who said that I broke the national record for middle school students, so he came over to guide me."
"That's amazing." Isabel's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she showed a hint of nymphomaniac expression again: "Brother Xiaolong will definitely become a world champion in the future."
Ma Xiaolong smiled: "I can lend you some good words."
"Okay, Xiaolong, hurry up and eat, and leave us alone." Aunt Yi said.
"Hey! Then you guys sit down and I will chat with you and little Sha Bai after dinner." Ma Xiaolong said.
Aunt Yi smiled broadly: "Okay, go and eat!"
"Um."
When the other aunts saw this scene, they all gnashed their teeth in hatred. But there was nothing they could do. They couldn't quarrel in front of Ma Xiaolong, right? What would Ma Xiaolong think of them in the future?
I'll endure this tone for now, and I'll talk about it later after Xiaolong leaves.
As soon as Aunt Yi came, the other aunts started to pester Aunt Yi and didn't give her a chance to talk to Ma Xiaolong. This made Aunt Yi very angry: These old ladies all have bad intentions.
However, Isabel took advantage of her young age and darted left and right like a croaker. She got in front of the dining table, then sat down on the empty seat opposite Ma Xiaolong and gave Ma Xiaofeng and Chen Jun a friendly smile: "Sister Xiaofeng, little sister."
Sister Jun, I haven’t seen you for a year, you are even more beautiful.”
"..." Ma Xiaofeng was not fooled by her, and looked at her with doubtful eyes: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" Elizabeth smiled and said, "What about you? How have you been in the past year? Are you still happy?"
Ma Xiaofeng and Chen Jun were both silent. Why is this Elizabeth so shameless?
This was the first time Dai Yu saw Isabel. Among other things, she was amazed by the silver hair. She had never seen silver hair in her life: does hair of this color really exist in reality?
?
As if feeling her gaze, Isabel turned her head and glanced at her. At this glance, she suddenly felt wary: Where did this girl come from? Her appearance is not inferior to mine!
"Hello, my name is Isabel. I am of mixed Chinese and European descent. I am 14 years old. I am currently studying in Beijing No. 4 Middle School. How about you?" Isabel said with a polite smile on her lips and began to feel the situation.
"Hello." Dai Yu nodded: "My name is Dai Yu, and I am classmates with Xiaolong and Zhusha."
Turns out they are classmates!
Isabel breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "It turns out that you are brother Xiaolong's classmate, so I should call you sister."
Dai Yu nodded. Although she had a young birthday and was still considered to be fourteen years old, she was definitely older than Isabella in terms of age. It was totally okay to call her sister.
"Brother Xiaolong can bring his sister to the capital, so he must have a good relationship with her, right?" Isabel asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Dai Yu nodded and said, "That's good."
"..." The alarm in Elizabeth's heart suddenly rang, which made her very surprised: Who is this Dai Yu? Why does she give me such a strong sense of oppression? Could it be that she is a hidden NPC?
Yi·Game Girl·Shabai.
There was definitely not much to talk about at the dinner table. As Ma Xiaolong and the others waited patiently for dinner, Isabel immediately helped clear the tables, chairs, dishes, and chopsticks, without even looking at Cinnabar from the beginning to the end.
Cinnabar didn't care. He stayed the same as usual all night, smiling and not arguing or quarreling.
Elizabeth became even more vigilant. In the past year, she had read some books related to the Chinese people. After a year of practice, she thought she should be able to see through everyone's psychological activities, but in Zhusha, it failed.
Damn it, she is indeed my lifelong enemy!
Elizabeth's fighting spirit was burning again.
Put the leftovers into new bowls, wash the plates and bowls brought by the aunts, and thank the aunts one by one.
Good-looking and well-mannered children are easy to make the elderly want to stop. All the aunts are so happy that they feel that none of their own grandchildren can compare to Ma Xiaolong.
Alas! It’s a pity that such a juicy cabbage was overtaken by a red pig.
The aunts looked at Zhu Sha who was trying to chat with Isabel and sighed again: With such a beautiful little daughter-in-law, no wonder the little girls of the Yi family didn't win over Xiaolong.
If you are the only one who is unlucky, then it is indeed unlucky, but Aunt Yi has deliberately stolen the chicken and lost the rice. The aunts do not feel that they are unfortunate, but their attitude towards Aunt Yi has softened a bit, which makes Aunt Yi puzzled.
It was already half past nine in the evening when we had dinner. The aunts took their own plates and bowls and said goodbye and went home. In the end, Aunt Yi also left, but Isabel stayed.
"Why don't you leave?" When Ma Xiaolong and the others were seeing Aunt Yi off, Zhu Sha fell behind and asked Elizabeth in a low voice: "Do you have a lot to say to my husband?"
"..." Elizabeth looked at her squarely for the first time today, and whispered: "I'm telling you, you'd better not be disliked by Brother Xiaolong, otherwise don't blame me for taking Brother Xiaolong away."
Zhu Sha chuckled softly: "You really still have crooked ideas, but that's right. This is the you I know."
"You look down on me!?" Elizabeth was very angry: "I tell you, I am very charming. Maybe one day in the future, Brother Xiaolong will get bored of you and think of me. By then... haha."
"..." Zhusha shook his head: "I wish you good luck."
Isabel gritted her teeth: You really look down on me. If you wait, you will definitely regret it.
After sending Aunt Yi away, Ma Xiaolong and the girls returned to the house. Looking at Elizabeth who was following him "obediently", he said: "Little Elizabeth, do you have something to tell me?"
Isabel nodded, shook her head, and said, "I want to apologize to Brother Xiaolong. I did something wrong last year. Please forgive me, Brother Xiaolong."
Ma Xiaolong smiled slightly and said, "The person you want to apologize to is not me."
"..." Isabel walked up to Zhusha silently, bowed her head and apologized: "I'm sorry, I was too naive last year, please forgive me."
"Haha." Cinnabar laughed. This was nothing at first, but to Elizabeth's ears, it was clearly mocking her.
Don't be angry, don't be angry. In order to stay with brother Xiaolong, you must not be angry.
"Seeing as you simply like my husband, I will forgive you this time." Zhusha smiled and said, "But if you say bad things about me in the future, don't blame me for blowing my husband's pillow."
Pillow... pillow style!?
Isabel's face turned pale, and her voice trembled slightly: "You...have you already...already..."
This reaction made Zhu Sha feel embarrassed. Her cheeks turned slightly red and she said, "What do you think?"
Elizabeth had a dark look on her face.
"..." Seeing this, Dai Yu probably understood and whispered to Ma Xiaolong: "Isabel likes you?"
"Obviously." Ma Xiaolong nodded.
"..." Dai Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Can you stop messing around with women outside all the time?"
"Am I a philanderer?" Ma Xiaolong thought this was outrageous: "Sister Lin, if I were a philanderer, do you think my wife can still be so loving to me with her character?"
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