Chapter 77: My friend Sheng Lanyue
There were twelve men and women outside the courtyard, and a girl was crowded in the center of the crowd.
As soon as Chen Zhao finished speaking, they exploded.
"Hey, what do you mean? Who has a pointed face?"
"The most beautiful girl from the provincial military art troupe is standing here, don't you have eyes?"
"The shirts we wear can feed you rural people for a month. How can the swindlers afford these clothes?"
Each of them spoke a sentence, one after another, towards Chen Zhaofei.
Chen Zhao curled his lips, rolled his eyes at them, and slammed the door shut, shutting out all the noise.
When he turned around, he was startled to see Yu Zhile and others suddenly appear.
"What's going on?" Yu Zhile asked.
Half an hour ago, Chen Zhao came back to the courtyard after work, washed his hands and helped to skewer the vegetables.
While he was working, he heard the sound of a melodious bell coming from the path. Through the half-open gate, he saw several bicycles riding towards the yard. The boys riding the bicycles were all wearing white shirts and holding pens.
Soon, the group of people got off the car and looked into the yard, muttering to themselves.
"Yu Zhile lives here? It's so remote and shabby. No wonder it took so long to find him." Someone complained.
Another person responded with a smile: "She has been driven back to the countryside, and now she has to live in these shabby houses. She may even have to sleep with rats at night."
Several girls among the group made sounds of disgust.
At this time, Chen Zhao suddenly opened the gate and asked, "Who are you? What are you mumbling at the door of someone else's house?"
The group was greatly surprised. Seeing that he was wearing linen clothes, they couldn't help but look down on him. They sent the lowest-ranking person in the group, the Back-haired Man, to talk to him.
"We are Yu Zhile's high school classmates, and we are here to catch up with her." The guy with the slicked-back hair had acne all over his face, and his voice was as unpleasant as a violin being sawed, with a hint of arrogance in his tone.
Chen Zhao was very sensitive to this kind of emotion and frowned when he heard it.
He thought it was Yu Zhile who invited him, so he turned around to confirm with Yu Yue.
Yu Yue shook his head to deny it.
"He's not at home. You guys wait outside first." He was about to close the door, but the man with the slicked-back hair raised his hand to stop him.
The guy with the back hair asked in surprise: "You want us to stand and wait?"
"Yes, there is no place for you to sit." Chen Zhao said unhappily.
We are all honest people, and for fear that our friends will suffer losses, everyone's big vegetable basket is stuffed to the brim, so much so that now there are wooden basins all over the ground, and the road is difficult to walk on.
The girl standing in the middle opened her lips slightly and said, "Okay."
"Shuyi, why don't you go in? You must be so tired standing all the time." He spoke in a low voice with his head back, afraid of disturbing the fairy in front of him.
Liu Shuyi has a standard oval face, thin eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and her eyebrows and eyes reveal the charm of a classical oriental beauty.
Because she has been learning classical dance since she was young, she has a tall and graceful posture, and her every move is graceful and elegant.
She had been a darling in the family compound of the provincial cannery since she was a child. She joined the provincial military region's art troupe and became very popular because of her outstanding dancing skills.
"Are you stupid? Rural people build their chicken, duck and pig pens in the yard. It must be so smelly inside." The speaker was Liu Shuyi's best friend Gu Rong, who fanned the air with her hand as if to show seriousness.
After waiting for half an hour, the group of people could not stand it anymore and sent the guy with the back hair to knock on the door.
So there happened the scene that Yu Zhile and others saw.
"Sister, those people are so rude." Chen Zhao did not forget to complain.
Yu Zhile had no impression of these people and opened the door directly.
His eyes swept across the faces of the uninvited guests one by one, and the scenes deep in his memory emerged in his mind, and he successfully matched each face with a name.
These were children of cannery workers and had been her classmates since elementary school.
"Yu Zhile, where have you been? You made us wait for so long." The guy with the back hair was the first to attack.
Yu Zhile felt puzzled: "What does it have to do with you?"
"No, why do you have such an attitude? Why don't you invite us in?" The guy with the back hair started to get angry for no reason.
Yu Zhile said coldly: "First, you have a bad attitude. Second, I didn't invite you here. Third, I don't have any friendship with you, why should I invite you in?"
"You, you." The guy with the back hair was so angry that he couldn't speak a complete sentence.
"She's still as annoying as before." Gu Rong said in a low voice, "I don't know why Sheng Lan likes her so much."
Liu Shuyi frowned and said softly, "Zhi Le, don't be angry. We came to the countryside to collect folk songs. We heard that your family is in Haiyu Village, so we came to visit you specially."
"So you came here specially to visit my sister. I didn't see you mention any gift, so I thought you were here to make a scene." Chen Zhao said sarcastically.
Zhang Wenxin burst out laughing and said, "That's right, this uncle acted like he was here to collect a debt, and he scared me."
Hu Shuang and Zhang Haimei laughed out loud, while Lan Yuanyuan and others covered their mouths and laughed secretly.
Facing Zhang Wenxin and Chen Zhao who spoke in a sarcastic tone, Liu Shuyi was still able to maintain her expression, but her fans' faces turned pale and blue.
"You are afraid of being embarrassed. After all, none of us have tried living in the same yard with chickens, ducks, geese and pigs." Gu Rong thought for a moment and found a point of counterattack, looking at Yu Zhile complacently.
Chen Zhao always spoke faster than he thought, and he said sarcastically, "Yes, you are a whole family crammed into a palm-sized tube building, and the kitchen is too crowded for multiple people. We are so envious."
At the same time, Zhang Wenxin opened the door.
The spacious yard is filled with flowers, plants and trees scattered around, and there's even a big swing!
Gu Rong felt jealous, curled her lips and had nothing to refute.
The guy with the back hair took a look at the various vegetables in the wooden basin and laughed, "Wow, we are going to have a party, but why are there only vegetable leaves? Can't you afford meat?"
Zhang Haimei and others poured seafood into the empty wooden basin, including yellow croaker and sea crucian carp that were sold at very high prices in the provincial capital.
Everyone in the group stared with their eyes wide open.
They had tried a dry-pot seafood stew at the state-owned restaurant in town at noon and knew the taste of these seafood very well.
It was almost time for dinner, and some people swallowed unconsciously.
"Zhi Le, Gu Rong and Xia Jian were just joking. You are a magnanimous person, please forgive them." Liu Shuyi came out to mediate.
"Leave my house with your self-righteous sense of superiority." Yu Zhile sneered and looked at them as if they were a clown.
Liu Shuyi's brows were tightly locked, but suddenly relaxed the next second. He stared at her with resentful eyes, and then let out a long sigh.
After this series of actions, Yu Zhile looked more like the party at fault.
Her followers became enraged and glared at Yu Zhile.
Yu Zhile still had no expression on his face: "This is not your stage."
"Zhi Le, how can you say that to me?" Liu Shuyi's eyes were misty.
The sound of the car broke the atmosphere she had deliberately created.
Everyone looked towards the path and saw two jeeps braked to a stop one after the other, raising a cloud of dust.
Under everyone's gaze, eight doors opened at the same time, and eventually nine people got off the bus.
Yu Haiguang was carrying half a slab of beef, Ning Tan and Zhou Yuesheng were carrying three chickens each, Yu Peilan and his wife were carrying large and small bags, and Hu Laosan was pulling a large, wet wooden box on a cart.
"Then, aren't those He Motou and Yu Peilan?" Gu Rong's voice trembled as she grabbed Liu Shuyi's arm. "Didn't they want Yu Zhile anymore?"
Liu Shuyi's attention was completely focused on the gentle woman on the right side of Hu Laosan.
She stared at Wen Wanbai intently with burning eyes.
He is the most famous musical drama scriptwriter in the country. If he catches her eye, he will be able to rise to the top and no longer have to stay in a small, low-ranking place like the provincial military region art troupe.
"Shuyi, Sheng Lanyue is here too." Gu Rong shook her arm.
As the nine people approached, Liu Shuyi subconsciously straightened his back.
"Mom, you're back!" Hu Shuang ran out of the yard like a gust of wind.
When passing by Liu Shuyi, she accidentally bumped into the other person's shoulder, causing Gu Rong to fall to one side and almost fall.
Wen Wanbai opened her arms and hugged Hu Shuang, gently touching her hair.
Lan Yuanyuan also trotted to Hu Lan's side.
"Aunt, Uncle." Yu Zhile ignored Liu Shuyi and others and stepped forward to help get things.
Gu Rong steadied her steps and pulled Liu Shuyi a few steps to the side, whispering, "That lame man is the head of the armed forces department of Haidong Town. He has strong connections in Beijing. We can't afford to offend him."
She didn't even dare to think about the identities of the two equally tall men beside Ning Tan.
"Xia Jian, why are you here?" Yu Peilan glanced at the familiar face and asked with a frown.
She didn't have a good impression of this small group. They just played with cats and dogs all day long, and only one of them had a proper job.
Xia Jian laughed dryly: "Director Yu, we came to Haidong Town to collect folk songs and visit old classmates."
"They came here specifically to laugh at me for living in a shabby house and not being able to afford meat." Yu Zhile dropped a bomb with a calm expression.
Zhang Wenxin jumped out to testify: "Aunt, I heard it."
"We heard it too," the girls said in unison.
He Youan stared at Xia Jian with a sullen face, frightening him so much that his legs were shaking.
"Uncle He, we still have to go back to town to catch the bus, so we'll leave first." The other boy was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat, but he gritted his teeth and pulled Xia Jian away.
Liu Shuyi was unwilling, but was pulled and pushed to the back seat of the car by Gu Rong, and the group rode away with a grunt.
"When you get back, you have to report this issue to the street office." Yu Peilan glanced at He Youan.
He Youan responded in a repetitive voice.
"Don't just stand there, the ice is almost melted." Hu Lao San said loudly, "This soda won't taste good when it's heated up."
Hearing this, everyone started to move.
Under the guidance of Zhang Wenxin, the girls processed the seafood, Hu Laosan helped slice the beef, the four Yu Haiguang brothers were responsible for killing the chickens, and Chen Zhao lit a handful of mugwort and placed it near the barbecue area.
The yard became lively again.
Yu Zhile and Sheng Lanyue looked at each other from a distance, and a wonderful feeling rose in their hearts.
It was an illusion that the two had been friends for several lifetimes.
"Let's go for a walk by the river?" Sheng Lanyue made an invitation.
Yu Zhile smiled and nodded slightly.
The two of them left the yard and walked quietly toward the river.
This scene fell into Zhou Yuesheng's eyes.
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