Chapter 113
"Ah?" Tang Peiyu blinked. "Although he can't adapt to the high-intensity training of military life, Brother's body should have recovered well. As for the rest—"
Tang Peiyu scratched his head and said, "Brother Xu, I'll ask my senior brother to come over, and you two can chat."
"You're right, but there's no need to call Brother Hai over." Huan Xu stood up and decided to ask the person involved.
Even if Brother Hai himself is not willing, perhaps he can recommend some suitable candidates.
After all, the wilderness survival film that Huan Xu is going to shoot this time aims to introduce the beauty of nature to everyone while imparting some knowledge, and this requires personally going deep into the wild environment.
So the protagonist needed in the film is not an actor, but a wilderness survival expert.
Huan Xu's best choice is veterans who have received training during their military career.
Things went even more smoothly than Huan Xu had imagined. After listening to Huan Xu's outline of the program, Xiang Hai's eyes lit up and he was eager to try when Huan Xu told him that he needed to go into nature and challenge the wilderness himself.
As a Xuantian person, they are not afraid of challenges and even yearn for challenges.
Huan Xu hadn't expected that this trip to Xuantian Star would bring such an unexpected surprise. Before the venue was decided, the protagonist had already been decided.
Later, during the field investigation, in addition to Huan Xu and Tang Peiyu who acted as a tour guide, the protagonist Xiang Hai also boarded the flying ship.
Everyone was quick and decisive. Since the decision had been made, Huan Xu simply extended his stay on Xuantian Star and began preparing and filming the show...
Half a month later, Huan Xu boarded the ship back to Cangtian Star, carrying the unedited first episode of Wilderness Survival recorded with many wonderful shots on his laptop.
At this time, the time of Cang Tianxing has come to February.
Sitting on the flying ship, watching the clouds passing by quickly, Huan Xu suddenly felt some emotion. After carefully calculating, it had been almost a year since his plane crashed on Blue Star and he had traveled through the stars.
He met many people and did many things this year.
Uncle Gu, Uncle Wang, Xiaochen, Ye Qian, Qin Dongxiao, Wu Qianying and others... as well as the figure of Yan Ze flashed through Huan Xu's mind, and the corners of Huan Xu's lips unconsciously raised.
I wonder how the director’s grandmother and her family are doing now. Although he is gone, with the inheritance he left behind, at least there will be no financial problems, and it can allow more children like him to pursue their own dreams.
He is living well in the new world and is also working hard.
It has now obtained certification from Haotianxing and Youtianxing.
Huan Xu was one step closer to the goal he had set for himself. He tilted his head to look at the clouds outside the window and whispered, "There are seven left."
Yes, that's right, seven.
The star guide's requirement is to reach the highest certification of five planets, and gaining recognition from all planets is the goal Huan Xu set for himself.
So what if no director in the history of Nine Star Entertainment has ever achieved a Grand Slam? The more difficult something is, the more challenging it is, isn't it?
In addition, according to the lunar calendar of Blue Star, February is only a few days away from the most important festival of the Daxia people from ancient times to the present, the New Year, which is engraved in the blood and genes of every Xia person.
Huan Xu bid farewell to Mr. Tang and hurried back to Cangtian Star because the Spring Festival is a time to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and to reunite with family.
Young swallows return to their nests, and wanderers return home. This is a tradition passed down from generation to generation by the people of Daxia.
Even in today's interstellar age, almost no one remembers the New Year's traditions. As an ancient human who traveled through time, Huan Xu still wants to celebrate the New Year with his family.
After returning home, when Huan Xu mentioned his idea to Professor Gu and Xiao Gu, Professor Gu, a professor of folklore at the Institute of Ancient Studies, fully agreed with it. As for Xiao Chen, he would not oppose his elder brother either.
Even though online shopping is convenient and fast, the family still chose the most troublesome process of going to the supermarket in person to buy New Year's goods.
Wearing masks, three men each pushed a large shopping cart and selected fruits, vegetables and fresh meat for making dumplings in the fresh food area.
Huan Xu's cooking skills are only at the level of cooking instant noodles, and at most adding a poached egg.
Although he can't cook, he still knows how to make dumplings and rice dumplings.
In the orphanage, the director brings the children together to celebrate various festivals. It is not lonely but lively. The director does not mind the children making trouble. She always encourages everyone to participate and build their own little home.
For example, during the Chinese New Year, the director’s grandmother and the older children are responsible for chopping stuffing, rolling out dough, making dumplings, etc., and the younger children also have their own tasks.
Some children will hand the rolled dumpling wrappers to their older brothers and sisters who are responsible for making dumplings, while others will be responsible for placing the dumplings neatly on the lid, waiting to be put into the pot.
Professor Gu and Gu Chen originally wanted to make a reservation online. They didn't expect Huan Xu to be able to make dumplings. Huan Xu just said that he learned it from Mr. Tang and others on Xuantian Star, and Professor Gu and Gu Chen didn't doubt it.
Huan Xu wanted to do it himself, and there was no reason for the two to refuse.
Fortunately, nowadays there are very few young people who go to supermarkets to shop in person, and shopping guides and checkout are all done by intelligent robots.
Huan Xu was not afraid of being recognized.
After paying for the food in the three shopping carts and transporting them back to the hovercraft, the three of them went directly to the clothing area on the upper level of the commercial district to shop. Of course, they had to wear new clothes for the New Year, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, hoping that everything would go well in the new year.
Huan Xu's current height is the same as in his previous life, 1.81 meters. Obviously, the height of his family members all exceeds the average. The late Ms. Feng was 1.74 meters tall, which was considered tall among women. Professor Gu and little Gu were also big people. Little Gu was only 1.82 meters tall. In the second half of his senior year, perhaps because of the excess nutrition fed by Huan Xu and Professor Gu, his body did not gain weight horizontally. Instead, the extra nutrition made the child grow another two centimeters taller.
Not to mention Huan Xu, the "model" personally certified by Master Fei, Xiao Gu and Professor Gu are also natural clothes hangers. Not to mention college student Xiao Gu, no matter whether he is wearing casual clothes or formal clothes, he looks youthful and handsome.
Although Professor Gu is middle-aged, he has maintained a pretty good figure. Coupled with the scholarly air he has, he is also an elegant man.
When choosing clothes for Professor Gu and Little Gu, Director Huan, who is praised by fans as a trendsetter in the fashion world and has always had a keen eye for quality, almost suffered from decision-making difficulties.
No other, every piece is suitable.
Finally, the wealthy Director Huan simply bought them all with a wave of his hand.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t wear so many new clothes during the New Year. You can wear them on a regular basis and change them every day.
Thinking of this, Huan Xu simply rushed to the high-end formal wear area with the two children, one adult and one child, since they were already here. Professor Gu occasionally needed to participate in some academic activities, and Little Gu was adapting to the process of becoming General Manager Gu in the company. When the opportunity arose, Ye Qian would also take him to some business activities, where formal wear was essential.
Huan Xu thought about it carefully and realized that there were not many formal clothes for the two of them in the wardrobe at home. He took this opportunity to enrich their wardrobes.
Seeing Huan Xu's enthusiastic look, Professor Gu and Little Gu exchanged a glance. Although they both felt that having enough clothes was enough, as long as Huan Xu was happy, they would just cooperate and act as a clothes hanger.
With formal attire, matching accessories are also essential. After paying with a credit card and putting the purchased clothes in the car, Huan Xu simply went to the accessories area next door and helped the two of them match some ties, collar clips, cufflinks and brooches.
However, Xiao Gu keenly discovered that in addition to the accessories selected for him and Professor Gu, his brother also stayed in the watch area for a long time. Although interstellar watches are also one of the decorations, most people do not have the habit of wearing them. Isn't the time on the optical computer more accurate and convenient?
Speaking of watches, Gu Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes, and he thought of someone - Yan Ze.
Because the media has captured photos of Yan Ze taking out a pocket watch from his chest or rolling up his sleeves to look at his watch on more than one occasion, many netizens have learned that Fenghuo Yan has a hobby, that is, old-fashioned watches and pocket watches from his mother planet. Various types of mother planet watches are not only a must-have fashion item for President Yan when he goes out, but President Yan is also more accustomed to checking the time through watches.
Even under his leadership, the fashion of wearing watches became popular among the upper class.
Xiaoyan always raises her arm or takes out her pocket watch from her chest and looks at the time, which looks quite stylish.
Don't underestimate the uncles and grandfathers in these boss circles, they also have a desire to pursue fashion.
So much so that in recent months, watches that were once gathering dust in the corners have now found a place in many luxury stores.
If he remembered correctly, there were a few times when he signed for orders for his brother, and then he saw his brother take apart watches. However, he never saw his brother wear them afterwards. However, the watches or pocket watches that Yan Ze wore in several leaked photos looked somewhat familiar.
Student Gu has restored the truth of the matter with his insight.
Seeing his brother pull out the familiar black card again, Xiao Gu stepped forward and asked casually, "Brother, are these watches also for me and Dad?"
Huan Xu coughed lightly: "Partly."
"part?"
"Well, the rest are New Year's gifts for friends." Huan Xu seemed a little unnatural when he said this.
In fact, Huan Xu had already thought of Yan Ze when Professor Gu and Little Gu were trying on clothes. There was no doubt that no matter whether it was formal wear or casual wear, Yan Ze would look better than the models in the store or even the celebrity endorsements hired by the brand.
Although he was tempted, Huan Xu finally controlled himself and did not pack up a portion of the clothes in the store for Yan Ze as well.
However, when Huan Xu saw the rows of watches, thinking of Yan Ze's love for watches, Huan Xu subconsciously started to choose. At the beginning, it was just as he said, he just wanted to pick a souvenir as a New Year's gift for Yan Ze, just like the previous times.
Unexpectedly, after selecting, he found that no matter whether it was a pocket watch or a wristwatch, no matter whether it was a business model or a casual model, no matter whether it was a pure black dial or a dark blue dial, Yan Ze would look very good wearing it. When he came to his senses, he had placed orders for almost every piece he thought was good, and he even felt a little reluctant to leave.
Meeting Xiao Gu's gaze, Huan Xu subconsciously looked away somewhat unnaturally, and changed the subject somewhat stiffly: "That's about it, let's go to the next stop."
Standing behind him, looking at his brother's reddened ears, Gu Chen thought silently:
It is normal to give gifts to friends, but what is abnormal is that he still thinks about others during family team-building activities. His brother and Brother Ye, Brother Qin, and Sister Wu are all good friends in private. They have the same outstanding temperament and appearance. Isn't it inappropriate to bring those luxury goods? But his brother didn't give everyone a gift.
Even if Yan Ze is his brother's best friend, one piece would be enough. It's not possible that he would almost take over the entire counter.
Especially now that his eldest brother was around, Gu Chen vaguely saw his mother's shadow in him. He still remembered how his mother dressed up his father beautifully with a wave of her hand in a domineering manner in the mall.
I don’t know if his brother noticed that something was “wrong” with him, but Gu had already realized that there would soon be one more person on the list of people whose black cards his brother could use at will.
Although his brother will receive more protection, he will also receive more love from his brother.
It feels a bit subtle.
It’s not hostility, just a little bit of dissatisfaction.
He glanced at Huan Xu, who was already waiting for them behind the door, then turned back to look at his youngest son, who was still standing there, not knowing what he was thinking. Professor Gu, as clueless as ever, said, "Xiaochen, let's go."
"Coming!" Gu Chen responded and followed.
In addition to preparing food and new clothes for the New Year, the few of them also asked around and finally found a small shop selling red paper. They bought a large piece of red paper, went back to write couplets and paste window decorations, and basically all the elements of a simple interstellar version of the New Year were complete.
The New Year's Eve of the Blue Star lunar calendar happens to be a rest day.
Early in the morning, the three men in the family got up early. Huan Xu changed into new clothes and opened the door. Professor Gu and Little Gu, who had gotten up early, also changed into the clothes that Huan Xu had chosen for them.
On New Year’s Eve, we get rid of the old and welcome the new. In addition to the main activities in the evening, we also need to do a thorough cleaning of the house during the day.
Writing and pasting couplets are also done during the day.
Finally, the couplets that Huan Xu and Xiao Gu posted on their doorsteps were nothing special. They were just common couplets with beautiful meanings, and they were also Huan Xu's expectations for the new year.
First couplet: Peace and good luck come from within and without
Second line: Family happiness and wealth
Horizontal banner: Good luck
May good fortune shine upon you, and may you have more luck than wealth. But more important than good luck is the safety of your family, and health is the most important.
After a busy day, it was getting dark.
Professor Gu checked the time and said to the two children, "Shall we start getting ready?"
Huan Xu also checked the time and nodded: "It's almost time to start."
Originally, Huan Xu wanted to go into the kitchen to help, but Professor Gu and Gu Chen asked him to wait in the living room, saying, "Come back when we make dumplings."
Anyway, the preliminary preparations did not require any professional knowledge. Xiao Gu was responsible for washing and picking vegetables, while Professor Gu put on an apron, put the meat on the chopping board, and began to chop the meat and cut the dumpling filling.
Huan Xu did not compete with the other two in the process of making the meat filling by hand, but he was not idle either. He also put on an apron, rolled up his sleeves and started kneading the dough.
While making dumplings, the Spring Festival Gala, which might be boring but indispensable during the home planet period, was not available. However, the release of the trailer for the new episode of Hello Starman tonight was appropriate. Amidst the epic music and director Steve's speech on the screen, Huan Xu was making dumplings while passing on his skills to two children, one big and one small.
Facts have proved that little Gu's talent lies in his IQ. Even though Huan Xu taught him step by step, little Gu carefully analyzed and recorded the time for each step, and even built a model in his mind. As a result, the dumplings he made were still strange in shape. He personally demonstrated what it means that the brain can learn but the hands cannot.
Professor Gu once again demonstrated his ingenuity and dexterity. Not only did he quickly master the technique, but he also made the dumplings look very realistic.
Looking at the struggle between little Gu and Jiaozi, Professor Gu and Huan Xu looked at each other, and both saw smiles and laughter in their eyes.
Of course, as a qualified parent, Huan Xu also supports praise and teaching, and controls his facial expressions. He must not let little Gu see his snickering and undermine the child's self-confidence.
Huan Xu also assigned a new task to Gu to distract him: "Xiaochen, please help disinfect the coins we exchanged and bring them over. We'll see who gets to eat them tonight."
Upon hearing this, Gu Chen immediately put down the innocent dumpling wrapper he had just picked up: "How many?"
Huan Xu thought for a moment and said, "Ten, perfect."
Although ten coins were a bit too much for three people, the chance of each person getting one would be increased. It was a good omen. Huan Xu, who had always failed to get one before, prayed silently in his heart that he would succeed this time.
Gu Chen went to disinfect the coins. The dumplings on the curtain in front of him were almost full. Huan Xu also stood up, picked up the curtain, and said to Professor Gu, "I'll put these in the kitchen first and replace them with a new one."
"good."
When he came out of the kitchen and saw the situation in the living room, Huan Xu's footsteps suddenly paused and he retreated back to the kitchen.
It turned out that while the two children were busy with their work, Professor Gu in the living room was secretly wiping away tears behind the two children's backs. As a result, the flour on his hands rubbed onto his face, and he quickly took out a tissue to destroy the evidence.
Huan Xu could also guess what Professor Gu was thinking at the moment. He must be missing Ms. Feng again.
Even Huan Xu couldn't help but think that the house might be more lively if the hostess was there too.
Only after Professor Gu wiped his face and put on his glasses again did Huan Xu come out of the kitchen, even deliberately increasing his pace to remind Professor Gu.
When I looked up, I saw Xiao Gu also coming out with the disinfected and rinsed coins.
Xiao Gu must have noticed Professor Gu's little trick before, and deliberately slowed down his pace. Even Xiao Gu's eyes were slightly red. The two brothers sat back in front of the chopping board and tacitly did not mention what they had just secretly seen.
There was only a small amount of noodles and dumpling filling left, which could be handed over to Professor Gu, who had already completed his apprenticeship. Huan Xu went back into the kitchen to prepare to cook dumplings.
"Gurgle, gurgle" the steam rises, carrying a hint of eagerness and anticipation for the water to boil. The water in the pot gradually turns from calm to boiling. Huan Xu stands beside the pot and pours the dumplings in the lid into the pot. As the dumplings enter the water, the originally calm water surface becomes lively. The round dumplings and some strange species mixed in them roll and jump in the water together.
As time went by, the aroma became stronger and stronger, filling the entire kitchen and whetting everyone's appetite.
The first pot of dumplings came out of the pot, and Gu Chen walked into the kitchen with a new pot of dumplings: "Brother, let me help you cook."
Huan Xu: "No need, Xiaochen, you go and rest, I'll do it."
"Aren't you going out yet?"
Huan Xu paused and turned to look at Gu Chen. Gu Chen naturally took the spoon from Huan Xu's hand: "I just saw you messaging with that person. You even bought him a New Year's gift during the day. Well, I also saw an unpacked lunch box over there. There's also a coat at the door. Are you getting ready to go out?"
"Other families don't celebrate the festival, so if you go too late, they might be on vacation."
"The first batch is ready now, and Dad hasn't finished wrapping them yet. It will take some time to cook the rest. Brother, you can send some to your friends first. When you come back, it will be about the same time, and we can have a reunion dinner together."
Huan Xu: ...Xiao Gu's observation skills are really good.
He had indeed exchanged messages with Yan Ze just now. Yan Ze's great-uncle was the director of the Institute of Ancient Research. The Dou family had also been working hard to inherit the culture of their home planet and had also retained the customs of celebrating the New Year.
Under their influence, the Yan family was naturally affected as well.
Huan Xu heard from Yan Ze that his family members had all returned and were also making dumplings.
Originally, Huan Xu was planning to send some "New Year dumplings" to Yan Ze to share in the good fortune, but since the other family was also celebrating the New Year, there was no need for him to go over. Yan Ze must be very busy too.
After listening to Huan Xu's explanation, Gu Chen nodded. However, he stepped back to avoid Huan Xu's hand that was about to take the colander again, and suddenly said, "That friend of yours is Boss Yan, right?"
Huan Xu: Is it that easy to guess?
Gu Chen looked at Huan Xu's expression and sighed in his heart. Without waiting for Huan Xu's reply, he continued, "Brother, go over there. I think President Yan will be very happy to see you."
"It doesn't matter even if the Yan family is also celebrating the New Year. An extra serving of New Year's dumplings means an extra dose of New Year's joy."
“Sharing blessings with good friends is like sharing happiness; I think both can be doubled.”
Huan Xu nodded in a daze, his eyes shifting back to the lunch box. "Is that so? Actually, the first day of the new year is the time to visit relatives and friends."
The fact that he didn't deny it immediately meant that although his brother rationally felt that he shouldn't go out, and even though his brother might not have completely thought through his feelings for Yan Ze, emotionally, he still wanted to see Yan Ze tonight. After all, the other party was also an important person.
"Then go ahead."
Of course it wasn’t for Big Tail Wolf, but for his brother.
Gu Chen nodded firmly: "It's better for the most important friends to greet each other on New Year's Day, just like family, we should be together. Mr. Yan must want to see me, brother, please hurry up, Dad and I will be waiting for you to come back."
Huan Xu: "Then... I'll go?"
"Well, go ahead."
Looking at Huan Xu's back as he walked out, little Gu thought to himself that it was better for his brother to go now than to go later after they had finished their New Year's Eve dinner and the big-tailed wolf came and abducted his brother.
Seeing Huan Xu rushing out, Professor Gu nodded at first, then realized: "Hmm?" Xiao Xu is going out.
Before Professor Gu could open his mouth to ask questions, Huan Xu had already rushed out as fast as he could.
Professor Gu's voice was stuck in his throat. He turned to look at his youngest son for help: "Xiaochen, what's wrong with your brother..."
"It's okay. I'm going out to give some New Year dumplings to my friends. Once I finish cooking them, I'll be back soon. We can start eating right away."
"Oh, oh, good friends, okay."
Professor Gu nodded first, then murmured in a somewhat strange tone, "Is it that Mr. Yan? He and Xiao Xu must have a very good relationship. Xiao Xu still misses him."
It wasn't that Professor Gu suddenly became perceptive, but the artists in their company had already had a meal together and eaten dumplings when they celebrated the Little New Year two days ago. They had spent the New Year together. Huan Xu shouldn't send anyone out alone at this time.
Speaking of good friends, recently, the only person of the same age that Huan Xu often hangs out with is Ms. Xiaoyan.
Gu Chen: ...That’s a great relationship, maybe you’ll have another “son” in the future, Dad.
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