The film and television city is now a scenic area in Yahe, and it is usually crowded with people coming to watch the excitement.
For now, the ticket price for each venue is two yuan. Once all the venues are built, a combined ticket for all six venues will be available for ten yuan.
Open source, without delaying film production, can speed up the process of recouping investment.
This place was closed during the Chinese New Year holiday, but people from the neighborhood still came here to join in the fun.
Adults and children alike were bustling about.
When Liang Liang came to the film and television city last year, he gave each of the night watchmen on duty during the Spring Festival a red envelope of 200 yuan.
This year he plans to continue this tradition.
Night watchmen may seem insignificant, but they are a relatively important part of a company.
If night watchmen are responsible for the businesses they serve and take good care of the front and back yards, those businesses can reduce their losses significantly each year.
Liang Liang and Xu Mei drove around to each scenic spot.
At each venue, I would greet the night watchman with a thank you for his hard work and give each of them a 200 yuan red envelope.
There are more than a dozen people on duty here this year, and Liang Liang gave out more than 3,000 yuan in red envelopes.
The smiles on the faces of these night watchmen were genuine, and they patted their chests as they made a promise to Liang Liang: they would guard this place as if it were their own home.
See, the saying "money makes the world go round" is really true.
After confirming that everyone on duty during the Spring Festival had received a red envelope, it was almost noon when Liang Liang and Xu Mei went home.
While his mother was cooking, Liang Liang sat down at the stove to help tend the fire.
"Mom! I have a question for you. If my second son were to find a girlfriend now, would you allow it?"
Liang Liang added a handful of firewood into the stove hole, asking seemingly casually.
Liang Liang's mother hesitated for a moment: "Your younger brother is looking for a girlfriend? What about you?"
"Me? Aren't I still a child!"
"Say it again! I'll break your legs."
"Mom! You know, I'm just starting out in my career. How can I have time to deal with these personal matters? My personal life will probably be postponed for several years, maybe until I'm in my thirties..."
"Dare! Twenty-five or twenty-six is the latest; it can't be delayed any longer!" The mother's attitude was unusually firm.
"I'll try my best to let the second child get married first."
"You're pursuing a career, but your brother isn't?"
“That’s different. He works on fixed projects in the countryside, with fewer miscellaneous things to do, so he has the energy to do other things. My line of work has a lot of miscellaneous things to do, which takes too much energy, and I simply don’t have time to date or anything like that. I’m just worried that you’re eager to have a grandchild!”
The mother pondered it for a while and felt that something was wrong.
"Huh? Why are you suddenly asking this question?"
"Don't ask me why this question came up. First, answer me whether you object to your second child finding a partner, right?"
The mother thought about it carefully: "The second son is twenty this year, it's not impossible for him to find a partner. Hmm! Are you implying that there might be some kind of omen about your brother?"
"No, no! I was just asking casually. If you two are in a hurry to have a grandson, then you can count on the second son for now."
"No! Although you sometimes speak without thinking, there must be a reason for this. There must be something we don't know. Your brother has been going to the shop a lot these past few months. Could it be that he's interested in the shop owner's daughter?"
Liang Liang is so tired. There's so much money at home for you guys to spend, why do you still need to be so smart?
How did you guess that so quickly?
Don't you understand the principle that people with simple minds live longer?
"Old Yang's daughter is quite nice; she's tall, good-looking, and has a good temperament, but she's a little too young. If she's given to your brother, and Xiaomei is given to you in the future, then both of our daughters-in-law will be in our own village," the mother muttered to herself.
Liang Liang was feeling exhausted earlier and is now feeling depressed.
Oh no, this time he's tied up too, his mother has already arranged a wife for him.
Xu Mei, that idiot, would probably be ecstatic to hear this news.
"The fact that you asked this question means you know something. So, what do you think of Yang Jia Xiaoli?"
The mother is now really into the role; she probably already considers Yang Xiaoli her daughter-in-law.
Since the mother has started to get into character, it means she has feelings for Yang Xiaoli.
“I think it’s alright. The Yang family are the elders in our village. We know them well. At least we haven’t heard of any trouble in their family over the years.”
"That makes sense, so why didn't your brother mention it when he went home?"
"Look at the question you're asking. What do you mean? Should I tell you he found a girlfriend?"
"Yeah! Shouldn't he tell us if he's looking for a girlfriend?"
What are you talking about? It's probably not even close to being a done deal yet, how can you say that?
Besides, Liang Feng, in rural terms, is a bit of a nobody.
It means he's not good at socializing and speaking. Only someone as quiet and reserved as Yang Xiaoli could connect with him. It might not have worked out with anyone else.
"I just think the two of them seem to be interested in each other. It seems neither of them has made it clear yet. They're both secretive and I don't know when they'll bring it up. I'll ask the second brother again. If she's interested, then you should find a matchmaker to settle things."
"That's good. Let's settle the marriage first, and then get married when they're both older in a couple of years."
My mother is quite open-minded and didn't try to trip me up at all; she's already started dreaming about getting married.
During lunch, my mother kept smiling mysteriously.
According to local custom, the fourth day of the first lunar month is the day to call one's wife home.
On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the engaged couple dressed neatly and carried gifts to the groom's parents' house to invite their brides home for the holiday.
Even if Liang Feng and Yang Xiaoli developed feelings for each other, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, they could only watch helplessly as others called their wives home for the holiday.
Although Xu Hebin is not engaged, he can bring his wife back home if she is willing. Today he went to call his wife back for the New Year.
His girlfriend's family also came from Yahe, but their home was in the northern mountainous area, about 90 miles away.
Riding a bicycle over such a long distance is out of the question, and riding a motorcycle would be too cold.
It's best to drive there.
He doesn't have a car yet.
It's not a problem that he doesn't have a car; some people do.
Liang Liang is the one who owns a car.
At 7:30 a.m., Liang Liang drove to Xu Hebin's house.
Xu Hebin tidied himself up and got into the car with eight gifts.
"Wait! I'm going too!" Xu Mei rushed out in a panic.
"Your brother went to call his wife, why are you, the younger sister, getting involved? Don't you know that sisters-in-law and younger sisters-in-law are naturally at odds! Go play somewhere else."
Liang Liang refused to open the door for her, which made Xu Mei stomp her feet in anger.
The roads in the northern mountainous area are still dirt roads, but they are quite smooth.
Liang Liang and his group left home at 7:40 and arrived at Madaokou, a village in Sanjiashan Township, north of Yahe, before 9:00.
Xu Hebin's girlfriend lives here.
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