Chapter 471 Ratings Climb
"Ah." Ye Qian was stunned, but she had indeed said it a few times recently. Gu Jinyan might have overthought it, so she quickly explained: "Don't think too much. I was just comparing you to people nowadays. As society gets better and better, people will get married later and later. Everyone is the same."
"How do you know?" Gu Jinyan obviously didn't believe Ye Qian's sloppy explanation. It didn't make sense at all.
"Of course, we'll know when we reach that time."
"Okay, let's see if this is the case when we're old."
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On the 30th anniversary, the time for every family to eat the New Year's dinner is not very important. After Ye Qian and Gu Jinyan got together, he usually accommodated Ye Qian's time. As for her, when she was with her parents in her early years, she had the New Year's dinner at noon, and later when she lived with her grandparents, she had the New Year's dinner in the morning, so any time is fine, their family is not so particular about this.
This year is very special. No matter it is lunch, dinner or midnight snack, there is no way to have breakfast after 30 minutes, so Aunt Lan started preparing at midnight on the 29th. However, it is different from the past. In the past, there were more kinds of food such as fried meatballs, but this year, she changed it to eating dumplings. She put the freshly kneaded dough and the freshly prepared leek and beef filling and started wrapping them in the kitchen.
When Ye Qian got up at 4 o'clock, Auntie Lan had already made two large plates full of dumplings. It would be a lie to say that she wasn't touched. Ye Qian quickly said, "Auntie Lan, why are you up so early to make dumplings? Call me to get up and join you."
Aunt Lan smiled and said, "I'm getting old and sleep less. I can't fall asleep in the middle of the night. It's a good time to make some dumplings. We'll eat them in the morning."
"Yeah." Ye Qian could tell whether it was Young Master Jue or Aunt Lan who was intentional. "Aunt Lan, I'll cook for you in a while. You can take a break."
"I also made some soup with the leftover beef bones. I'll make dumplings with the soup later. You like fried dumplings, so you can fry them yourself. I can't do it well."
"good."
Ye Qian agreed with a smile. It was still dark outside, and she thought it was still early. But when she turned around, she found the three children and Gu Jinyan behind her. "Why are you up so early?"
"Let's have the New Year's Eve dinner." Ningning said curiously with her eyes wide open, and she also sniffed the kitchen to see if there was anything delicious.
"Let's eat dumplings this year." Ranran said happily as she looked at the two large plates full of dumplings on the table.
"Yes, eating dumplings. Do you like them?" Ye Qian asked.
As a southerner, Ye Qian likes dumplings, but she can choose not to eat them. The main reason is that it is troublesome to make them by herself, and the ones bought outside are not as delicious. So she usually thinks about eating this and that, but has never thought about making dumplings.
"We like it." The three children sniffed again and said, "The one with chive filling is our favorite."
Ranran: "Actually, the cabbage and pork ones are delicious too."
Ningning: "The celery and mushroom ones are also very good. That's what we had last year."
Xixi: "Tomato and egg are delicious, sour and sweet."
Ranran: "Yeah, the beef with leeks is also very good."
Ningning: "I think mom didn't put anything weird in the dumplings this year. Last year, I actually ate dumplings with a big red date in them. They were awful. They had no flavor at all, just sweet."
Xixi: "I didn't get any. I think I only packed two and you ate them all."
Ranran: "I also ate a bag of coins, and it knocked out my teeth."
Xixi covered her face and laughed secretly: "Are you stupid? It looked wrong and you bit so hard."
Ranran retorted: "How would I know there would be coins?"
The three children were whispering secretly, but the early morning was exceptionally quiet, and even though the voices were so small, Ye Qian could still hear them clearly. She also recalled that last year she seemed to have knocked out Ranran's teeth that were about to be replaced, and she laughed for a long time at that time.
Ye Qian stood behind the three children and coughed twice. The three children felt a chill on their backs and turned back to look at Ye Qian behind them. They smiled awkwardly and said, "Let's go in and help Grandma Lan make dumplings." After that, she disappeared from the spot in a flash.
Ye Qian said bitterly, "Humph, you don't know what's good for you. There's a meaning behind all the things in those dumplings. You just don't understand. I didn't do anything wrong."
The stewed beef bones are stewed in a separate stove. There are two pots in the kitchen, one for boiling and the other for frying. Soon two plates of dumplings are ready. With some dipping sauce and a bowl of soup, the New Year's Eve dinner in the morning is so delicious.
After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner in the morning and giving out red envelopes to the children, Ye Qian was about to go out. "Just go on time. The three of you must behave well and not make any noises."
"Okay, we got it." Several people said goodbye at the door, and Ye Qian left reluctantly.
This is also the first time she is not at home on New Year's Eve. To be honest, she is still a little uncomfortable, but fortunately they can still get together in the evening. Thinking of this, Ye Qian couldn't help but smile to herself. When did she start to be so homesick?
Ye Qian arrived at the TV station at 7:00 in the morning, a full hour earlier than the scheduled time. However, when she entered, she found that everyone had already arrived at their posts. When she started working, she realized, "So I'm the last one to arrive."
"You just realized that," the director said unhappily. "You're so careless! Although we told everyone to have a good rest, no one dared to actually leave. We all rested for a while in the studio and then continued practicing, fearing that we would make mistakes at night. You're so carefree! Did you sleep well this time?"
"Not only do I sleep well, I also eat well. My family always eats New Year's Eve dinner in the morning, but this year we had it early in the morning," Ye Qian said proudly, deliberately trying to anger the director.
The director also patted his head. How could he be so stupid? He had breakfast at home this morning, so why didn't he think of eating the New Year's Eve dinner directly? He didn't have time in the evening. Oh, he was so angry. "Okay, get busy."
"Okay, crew, let's check the script for the interview. If there are no problems, we can get to our locations."
It's true, compared to other channels, their TV station's Spring Festival Gala live broadcast really attracted a lot of attention, and the ratings climbed steadily throughout the day. Especially when they interviewed popular artists, the ratings skyrocketed. It can be seen that such stimulation is effective in promoting the evening program.
The questions raised by the crew were related to the program, but also had nothing to do with the program. This alone was enough to keep the audience intrigued.
By 5pm, lunchtime, the ratings had soared to 3pm. The station director was grinning from ear to ear and immediately came over to share with Ye Qian: "How did you get this brain of yours? How are you so smart? You even came up with this idea."
(End of this chapter)
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