Chinese people celebrate the New Year twice a year.
In terms of intensity, the New Year called "New Year's Day" is certainly far less significant than the "Lunar New Year".
Especially this year.
"New Year's Day is only one day off."
Chu Chu was indignant and desperate: "I've never encountered anything like this before..."
Yes, there is only one public holiday for New Year's Day this year.
This seems to be the first time that people of Chu Chu's generation have encountered such a situation.
"Hmm? Little Chu Chu, do you want to go out and play during the holiday?" Lu Yibei asked.
Tonight, we're having a New Year's Eve dinner party, suggested by our class monitor, Chen Wei.
They specifically asked the owner to put two tables together. The owner of this barbecue restaurant was very familiar with Lu Yibei and was very easy to talk to. So, they were now sitting together.
Ji Qingqian also asked, "With whom?"
Chu Chu:…
Having been hit by a combo right from the start, Sister Chu was determined to regain her dignity:
"What I mean is, if I have three days off, I can go home once."
"Come on, you."
Ma Jiaojiao said that while responding to Lu Yibei's choice between cola and orange juice, she chose orange juice and poured half a glass for Chu Chu, saying, "You didn't even go home for National Day, who would believe you'd be back for New Year's Day? It'll take you six or seven hours to drive back, right?"
"Where are you from?" Hao Zhangwen asked casually.
“From Chaoshan,” Ma Jiaojiao answered for her.
“That is indeed quite far.” Hao Zhangwen nodded.
Liu Jie thought for a moment: "Isn't Chaoshan in Guangdong Province?"
"right."
Chu Chu is a good son and daughter who loves his hometown.
Mentioning Chaoshan fills me with pride.
"Can you speak Cantonese? Wow!" Liu Jie asked curiously.
Chu Chu: "...We don't speak Cantonese where I'm from."
Liu Jie was shocked: "If you don't speak Cantonese, how can you be from Guangdong Province?! -- Hey, what are you doing?"
He felt Chen Dan lightly step on his toes.
Chen Dan whispered, "Stupid... Chaoshan dialect is Chaoshan dialect, and Cantonese is Cantonese... They are completely different."
"Although Chaoshan is part of Guangdong Province, its language is more inclined towards Minnan dialect," Lu Yibei said.
"Hokkien! I know that very well, I'm from Fujian province."
Liu Jie laughed heartily and patted his chest: "I'm from Tongshan!"
"That's Mindong, what does it have to do with Mindong at all?" Hao Zhangwen was speechless.
“We are one family in eastern and southern Fujian. Do you think it’s the same as your place?” Liu Jie said.
Chen Wei asked curiously, "Brother Fatty, where are you from?"
"Lianyungang".
"Oh, it's quite far from my home."
"Oh? Who are you?"
"Gusu".
Wang Jue thought for a moment, and if her geographical knowledge was correct, she said, "Then you and your senior aren't from the same province or hometown..."
Hao Zhangwen smiled faintly, how could he admit: "There's nothing at the airport!"
Chen Wei couldn't listen to this anymore:
"Hey, you people from Jiangbei, how dare you talk about our Suzhou Meiyou Airport!"
"It really is the Jiangsu Provincial Federation..."
Ma Jiaojiao shook her head, then pointed to the orange juice and asked Zhao Sun, who was sitting on her other side, "Senior, are you drinking orange juice?"
Zhao Xun casually hummed in agreement.
After pouring him a full glass, Ma Jiaojiao asked softly, "Where does senior live?"
It was only then that she realized that despite spending so much time with this senior, she had never asked him where his happy hometown was.
Zhao Xun gave a brief reply: "Shanghai."
Ma Jiaojiao nodded and chuckled softly, "So you're from a big city."
Hao Zhangwen, who was having a good talk with Chen Wei, turned to Ma Jiaojiao and said:
"Little Ma, that's not right. Shanghai may not be a big city, but it's not small either. You can't just assume our Sun'er is from the city based on the city name. You need to ask for more details!"
Ma Jiaojiao was concerned: "...So?"
Zhao Xun rolled her eyes at Fatty Hao, then replied to Ma Jiaojiao in an annoyed tone, "Hudong... don't just ask whatever they tell you to ask, okay?"
Have some independent thinking ability...
Then, just as Zhao Xun had predicted, Ma Jiaojiao gasped, "A city on top of a city..."
Zhao Xun: "...Let's play a round."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yibei laughed heartily, then stopped and replied calmly, "No."
Zhao Sun responded with the middle finger.
Lu Yibei pretended to tremble: "People on the street are bullying us country bumpkins—"
Zhao Xun cursed, "The vinegar in West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce is so sour, it poisoned you and made you brain-damaged, didn't it?!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Bad news: regional discrimination.
Good news, equality has been completely eliminated.
The northernmost person at this table comes from Northeast China, while the southernmost person traces their ancestry back to Chaoshan.
To the west lies Baling, and to the east lies Shanghai and Hangzhou.
There's also Jiangsu Province—of course, neither side acknowledges itself as part of Jiangsu.
It is also sandwiched between Huizhou and eastern Fujian.
From north to south, everyone's hometown is different.
Some of them left their hometowns and met, got to know, and became friends with each other in other people's hometowns.
Because of some coincidences and fate, we are able to sit together today with people we haven't met in the past twenty years to welcome the upcoming new year.
The group of teenagers raised their glasses, and the rims of the glasses clinked together.
The crisp sounds were like the echoes of youth.
Three or four years from now, they may leave this place, or they may stay on the land that gave them birth and nurtured them.
but.
"Come on, everyone, give me a smile—"
Chu Chu picked up her phone and spoke to the people crowding behind her, then added with dissatisfaction, "No, my face looks too big standing in front..."
"Just hold your phone forward a little more," Ma Jiaojiao suggested.
"My arms are so short!" Chu Chu said, then called out, "Ji Qingqian, come and get the phone, you have a small face."
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