Because the Three Fires series was the first time that Shanghai and the Americas produced a series, the original plan when it was first adapted was to make it like a TV series, with one episode lasting one hour. The original work has a total of seven parts, so there would be seven episodes.
But during the adaptation process, they felt that 50 to 60 minutes per episode was too long, so they ended up cutting one episode into three, for a total of 21 episodes in the entire animated series.
This time, the show will be broadcast on TV, with two episodes aired every Monday and Tuesday, and will end in more than a month.
One or two episodes aired today were aired several years ago, but at that time only two or three households in the compound had televisions, so not many people watched it. In addition, several years have passed and everyone has forgotten the content, so watching it again is no different from watching a new cartoon.
The animated adaptation continues the heartwarming style of the original novel, but is a little funnier. Less than three minutes into the show, laughter broke out in the yard.
Especially the children sitting in the front, they surrounded He Yan and asked all kinds of questions before the show started. But once the cartoon started, they were no longer curious and just laughed while watching.
Of course, we didn’t forget to eat the fried skewers. Because of Meng Xiuzhen’s generosity, everyone in the front row had a fried skewer.
Smelling the aroma of fried skewers that surrounded him from all sides, He Yan felt like his mouth was watering and he couldn't help but look left and right.
Gradually, she noticed her brother's gaze, raised the bowl in her hand, and asked quietly, "Brother, do you want some fried skewers?"
He Yan shook his head: "No."
He was wearing a suit, and in order to meet clients, he even smeared a lot of hair oil on his head. He felt like Xu Wenqiang from the Navy Compound, how could he eat fried skewers!
But as soon as he finished speaking, his stomach started to growl.
The sound was not obvious under the cover of the cartoon sound, but the brother and sister were close to each other, and each was more than 20 centimeters shorter than He Yan, so their ears were closer to his stomach than he was, so they heard the gurgling sound.
At first, I didn’t think about He Yan. After all, he just said he didn’t want to eat fried skewers. I gradually thought he was not hungry, so I looked back.
Sitting behind He Yan was a chubby little boy, holding a fried skewer in his hand, staring at the TV intently. When he met the inquiring gaze, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"
Slowly and doubtfully asked: "Are you hungry?"
"Not hungry," the little boy shook his head, misunderstanding what Manman meant, and added, "But I can still eat a lot of fried skewers." His eyes were fixed on the bowl in Manman's hand.
Among the children sitting in the front, Manman had the most fried skewers in his hands. The others only had two or three in their hands at most, and she had to put them in a bowl.
Some of them were ordered by her, and some were packed for her by Meng Xiuzhen without her knowing why.
The children all envied her.
However, Man Man had no intention of sharing with him. It was not because she was stingy, but at least half of the forty or fifty children sitting in front of her were invited by her. However, there were less than twenty fried skewers in her bowl, so it would be inappropriate to share with anyone else.
Anyway, each of them got a free fried skewer, and their parents would buy them some extra fried skewers if they were around, so she should keep hers for herself.
Oh, you can also share it with your brother.
While He Yan was talking to the little boy, her stomach growled a few times, so she was now very sure that it was her brother who was growling because of hunger.
I gradually started to think about this and asked myself this question.
He Yan didn't want to admit it, and said vaguely: "I'm not very hungry."
He slowly exposed the truth and said, "You're lying. I can hear your stomach growling. Do you really not want to eat the fried skewers? You can eat fried skewers when you are hungry." Then he put the fried skewers in front of He Yan again.
The aroma of fried skewers wafted into his nose, tempting him. He Yan felt that his willpower was being destroyed by force until it was completely defeated. He picked up the fried skewers resignedly and said, "Eat!"
Fried skewers are a non-nutritious food that can easily make people want to stop.
He Yan is like this, if he doesn't want to eat, it's fine, but once he starts eating, he can't stop. Before an episode of the cartoon is over, the brother and sister have finished a bowl of fried skewers.
But He Yan hasn't eaten enough.
After discussing cooperation with someone, he calculated that it was dinner time when he got home, so he returned without eating anything. Unfortunately, the whole compound crowded downstairs of their house to see his dark history.
He was really hungry now. After eating a dozen fried skewers, not even a corner of his stomach was filled. So he stood up with the bowl and went to the fried skewers stall to continue ordering.
Although no one ordered skewers after the cartoon started, the skewers ordered previously were still not prepared, so Meng Xiuzhen still stayed in front of the skewers stall to help out.
Seeing He Yan coming over, Meng Xiuzhen asked with a smile: "How does it taste?"
"tasty."
Meng Xiuzhen noticed it and asked, "Do you want to eat more?"
"I want to." He Yan ordered a lot of ingredients right away, and all of them started with ten skewers.
Meng Xiuzhen was stunned: "Can you finish all this?"
He Yan said: "I can finish it. If there is any extra, I will share it with the kids."
When he started eating the skewers, the children around him had already finished eating. Although they didn't all stare at him, many of them were distracted by watching TV, which made him feel uncomfortable while eating.
“…All right then.”
"How much is it in total?"
Meng Xiuzhen waved her hand and said, "No need. It's rare for you to come back, so why would I ask you to pay?"
"No, that won't work." He Yan said, taking out a hundred-dollar bill from his pocket and handing it to Meng Xiuzhen, "If you don't accept the money, I won't eat anything."
"You kid!" Meng Xiuzhen muttered helplessly. She took the 100 yuan and gave the change to He Yan, saying, "Go sit down and watch TV. I'll bring it to you when I'm done."
"Okay." He Yan said, "Please divide each into two bunches and send them to my parents."
"knew."
When He Yan came over, the fried skewers ordered by others were almost ready, so Meng Xiuzhen prepared the ingredients he ordered according to the list, and then the other two military wives started frying.
By the time the first episode of the cartoon ended, the fried skewers were almost ready, so Meng Xiuzhen brought them directly to them.
Because He Yan ordered too much, when the fried skewers were brought over, the kids in front of him were excited and stared at the plates, unable to move their eyes away. So after he got the fried skewers, he directly gave one to each of them.
The children ate with gusto, and the adults sitting in the back also started to get excited. When Meng Xiuzhen brought two plates of fried skewers to Su Ting and his wife, the people sitting next to them couldn't help themselves and started a fried skewers craze again.
Su Ting and He Dongchuan each held a plate of fried skewers and ate leisurely.
It's good to have my son back~
…
Because the animated film "Three Fires" was originally planned to be one episode but was cut into three episodes, the ending of the second episode was right at the climax. When the ending music sounded, there were constant wailing sounds in the yard.
But when they heard Su Ting say that two more episodes would be broadcast tomorrow, everyone gradually calmed down and started asking if they could come downstairs to watch TV tomorrow.
To be honest, Su Ting had never thought about this. She originally thought that today would be enough.
But then again, people were invited gradually in the beginning, and when others heard about it and approached her, asking if they could join, she agreed. Now that we have seen the beginning, it seems a bit unreasonable not to let everyone see the end.
Moreover, being watched by so many expectant eyes, Su Ting really couldn't say no, so she said, "Okay, okay, the open space downstairs is shared by all the residents in our building. If you want to see it, you may need to ask for the consent of all the residents first."
One military wife immediately said, "What's the big deal? Aren't they all here? If you agree or not, just ask directly."
Others quickly agreed and began to ask the residents in the building.
There are four bedrooms in the building. The men who can be allocated a house here are all of high status and their salaries are also high. However, televisions were not cheap in that era, and only the He family had one in the whole building.
Normally, if they wanted to watch TV, they could only shamelessly go to other people’s homes to watch it. Now that the He family was willing to move the TV out for everyone to watch, they naturally had no objection and happily agreed.
So, it was quickly decided that we would continue watching TV at the same time tomorrow.
After listening to this, He Yan felt that, although the fried skewers were delicious and it was fun to watch TV with everyone, but... fortunately he had to take the train back to Shenzhen tomorrow morning!
As for public executions, once is enough!
…
Although the original intention of the 300 people gathering downstairs was to watch "Three Fires", it was a holiday after all, so after the cartoon ended, He Dongchuan did not move the TV back immediately, but changed the channel to play "News Broadcast" for everyone.
After the "News Broadcast" ended, the weather forecast was broadcast, and then each channel began to broadcast TV series. Based on everyone's opinions, He Dongchuan switched to the TV series with the most votes.
If cartoons are for children, then the TV series shown after the weather forecast are what parents like. Everyone's eyes seem to be glued to the TV.
It lasted until after nine o'clock, when two episodes of the TV series were finished and the food stalls on both sides were almost all gone, and then everyone gradually dispersed.
He Dongchuan and He Yan carried the TV upstairs together, while Su Ting and Man Man each took a stool home and took He Yan's luggage home.
After entering the room and seeing the dishes on the table, Su Ting put down the stool and He Yan's luggage and began to pack up. However, just as she put the dishes into the kitchen, He Dongchuan came in, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let me wash it."
Su Ting didn't bother to be polite with him, stepped aside and asked, "Where are the children?"
"I went downstairs to play."
"I'll go and take a look."
After saying this, Su Ting left the kitchen and walked to the balcony to look down.
Although the audience gradually dispersed, there were still many people downstairs, some helping to clean up, some chatting, it was very lively. Su Ting's eyes passed over the adults and fell on a group of half-grown children who were playing Eagle Catches Chicken.
The eagle was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, the hen was played by He Yan, who followed him slowly, pulling the hem of his suit. The third person was Ji Yi, followed by about ten children in order of height and shortness.
The eagle reacted quickly, constantly changing direction in an attempt to break through.
But He Yan is faster and can always judge whether he is making a fake move, which direction his body will move, and quickly stop the eagle.
The chicks' voices were faster than their movements. Whenever the eagle was about to break through, they would start clucking before they even made a move.
Moreover, unlike He Yan, they were not able to accurately judge whether the Eagle's moves were fake or not. They were confused and failed to keep up several times and were almost caught by the Eagle. It was very thrilling.
Because of the thrill, the chicks became more excited after escaping. For a while, their laughter and shouting were intertwined. Even He Dongchuan was attracted and stood side by side with Su Ting.
But he didn't stare at the group of children for too long. He quickly turned his gaze and fell on Su Ting.
The moonlight was beautiful tonight, but compared to the orange light coming from the room, it was not enough to illuminate her face. All he could see were her beautiful features and the corners of her lips that were raised with joy.
As if she sensed his gaze, Su Ting suddenly turned her head and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"
Because of the movement of turning her head, Su Ting's left cheek was covered by the warm light, her skin looked a little warm and her dark eyes looked brighter.
He Dongchuan unconsciously reached out and stroked Su Ting's cheek. He moved closer to her and slowly lowered his head.
At this moment, the north wind blew in with a chill. Su Ting took off her hat and scarf before washing the dishes. She shivered in the wind and sneezed lightly.
The sound was not loud, but it attracted a child who had been eliminated from the game of "Eagle Catches Chicken" downstairs. When he looked up and saw the two people on the balcony on the second floor, he blurted out, "Sister Manman! Your father and mother kissed!"
The noise downstairs stopped abruptly, and everyone stood in unison, looking up at the balcony on the second floor.
But the imagined kissing scene did not appear. They only saw He Dongchuan reaching out and touching Su Ting's cheek, and said in a serious tone: "It may be the oil stains from eating fried skewers just now. Wash your face and it will be clean."
Then he pointed to the child downstairs and said, "You, yes, you, come up and let's have a good chat."
Although there was no anger in He Dongchuan's voice, the child not only did not go upstairs, but also stepped back. When others saw this, they hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "The child misunderstood. Old He, please don't bother with him."
"Yeah, it's normal for a grown-up kid to get a little surprised."
Amid the noise of people trying to smooth things over, He Yan lowered his voice and asked, "Was there anything dirty on Mom's face before we went downstairs?"
After thinking for a while, he said, "It seems not. What's wrong?"
Since the stains were from eating fried skewers, they must have been there before they got home. But after they got home, he and Man Man didn’t see the stains on Mom’s face, but Dad said this…
He Yan felt that there was only one truth, and that was that his father lied.
There is only one reason for lying, his parents were really kissing just now, or maybe they wanted to kiss but were interrupted before they could kiss.
Sure enough, after a few words of persuasion from everyone, his father gave up the idea of asking people to go upstairs to talk, and then his mother and father left the balcony one after another.
He Yan said in a faint voice: "Nothing, I just feel a little lonely suddenly."
Everyone is drunk and I am the only one awake. I feel so lonely~