??194 Chapter 194
◎ Extra Chapter 11◎
Shanshan's works are generally not appreciated by her family. Everyone advises her to write stories about dogs and dogs, cats and cats, but she is not discouraged. The road of artistic creation is always lonely. It's just that her grandma, dad, mom, uncle and aunt don't understand. It doesn't matter, she still has readers.
In the Hongqi Primary School class, Shanshan circulated her masterpiece to several close classmates.
Jia Jia, her deskmate, was so excited that she couldn't help but give her some advice. "Shan Shan, can you give me a role? I want to help the big yellow dog and the big cat escape."
"Okay, okay!" Shanshan was very generous and willing to give her good friend a role. "Then I'll arrange for you to become a little bee and deliver honey to them."
Nian Nian, who was sitting in the back seat of Jia Jia, was also very interested. "Shan Shan, I want a role too. Can you let me be their neighbor?"
"Okay." Shanshan thought for a while and arranged a luxurious residence for Nian Nian in her mind. "I'll arrange a dog hole for you, right next to the big yellow dog's house."
Nian Nian: “…”
Pang Pang repeatedly savored the story written by Shan Shan. It was so wonderful, but he didn't understand some parts. "Shan Shan, why did they quarrel after they ran away?"
Pangpang thought it was heartbreaking to see the big yellow dog and the big tabby cat quarreling, especially when the big tabby cat took their baby mouse away from home. It was too pitiful.
“Can you please not write this paragraph?”
Shanshan is a principled young author. “I have to write, otherwise the whole story will be too boring.”
This is the conclusion she came to after reading so many stories, she just has to write!
Pangpang is sad and doesn't want to pay attention to the young author Shanshan. This person is so cruel!
Shanshan took her masterpiece to find Peipei who was sitting next to them. Peipei has artistic talent. He has learned many musical instruments and enrolled in many classes at the Children's Palace. He will definitely appreciate it.
"Pepei, take a look at the story I wrote."
Peipei took Shanshan's notebook and looked at it silently, which made Shanshan nervous. Why did this man look like Teacher Yang who was going to correct her composition?
"This word is written wrong." Peipei was about to circle the wrong word with a pen, but then she remembered that this was someone else's notebook, so she simply pointed at the word "quarrel" in Chinese, and she had written "carriage" instead.
Shanshan looked carefully and found that she had written it wrong. She knew how to write it, so how could she have written it wrong? And yesterday, her family had checked it for her and changed all the words she couldn't write and replaced them with pinyin. She didn't expect that there were still some mistakes.
"Thank you, I'll take it back and revise it." Shanshan silently noted the typo and tilted her head to ask him, "Do you think this story is interesting?"
Pei Pei nodded, "It's pretty good."
"Okay!" Shanshan said what she had prepared, "You have better taste than Pangpang!"
Fatty on the other side: “…?”
Shanshan has decided that she will show her stories to her classmates. Adults simply don't understand how to appreciate them and will just say that dogs and cats can't be together. On the contrary, her classmates want them to write a role for them!
Xu Shengya and Fang Zhibin went on a date secretly. On the way, she told Fang Zhibin the story written by her niece, which made Fang Zhibin laugh out loud.
"Shanshan is such an interesting little girl."
"Yeah, even though I don't quite understand the character Shanshan wrote, she's really talented. Now she doesn't like to go out to play as much, and she spends the whole day writing with a pen and paper."
"That's amazing! Maybe a great writer will come out of your family in the future." Fang Zhibin had been to the Xu family many times and was deeply impressed by Shanshan, the clever little girl. She was such a lovely little girl. If he got married and had children in the future, it would be great if he could have such a lovely little girl.
Xu Shengya saw Fang Zhibin suddenly lost in thought and called him back to his senses, "What are you thinking about?"
Fang Zhibin, who had just come back to his senses, blurted out without thinking, "I'm thinking about our future girlfriend..."
Before he finished speaking, both of them were stunned. Fang Zhibin's face flushed, and Xu Shengya's eyes wandered. What was he saying? It was too embarrassing!
The two of them suddenly looked away in tacit understanding. Fang Zhibin touched his nose and said with emotion, "Hey, the weather is so nice today. I'm sweating."
Xu Shengya looked up at the gloomy sky. There was a cold wind blowing from time to time. She could only agree with him and said, "...it is indeed a bit cold."
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Xu Shengwei was dragged home by Lao He to have dinner today. He actually wanted to escape. Somehow, when he had this idea, he thought of the big yellow dog in Shanshan's story, wagging its tail and running away...
"Whether the blind date is successful or not will not affect our relationship, so don't hesitate." Lao He really thinks this young man is good. Even if he can't be a son-in-law, he can still be half a son, especially he wants to show his wife.
Xu Shengwei couldn't refuse, and he learned that He Siqi would not be at home tonight and was going out to dinner with friends, so he accepted He's invitation.
Dong Huajun prepared four dishes and a soup at home to entertain Lao He's friends.
Before leaving the house this morning, Lao He said he was going to bring a friend home for dinner. Dong Huajun looked at his mysterious look and squinted his eyes in silence. How could he not know his friend? It was either Old Man Li or Old Man Liu. He couldn't get away from those four or five people.
"Mom, why did you make so many delicious foods today?" When He Siqi got home, she saw a sumptuous meal on the table, including hot pot mutton, fried meatballs, stir-fried eggplant and beans, stir-fried vegetables, and a pot of steamed buns.
"Your dad's friend is coming over. Hey, why are you back? Didn't you say you were going out to eat with Qingqing?"
"Oh, forget it. They are working overtime in the factory. We can only make an appointment next time."
"That's fine. Mom cooked a lot of dishes today. You're in for a treat."
He Siqi secretly ate a fried meatball, and only spoke after her appetite was satisfied, "Which uncle is coming?"
"Who knows? Your father is so mysterious that he won't tell me. So let me prepare something rich." Dong Huajun prepared all the food and waited for Lao He to come back with his men. While waiting, she thought of the girl. "By the way, how was the table tennis coach your father asked you to meet that day?"
"Ah..." He Siqi felt guilty and embarrassed when she thought of meeting Xu Shengwei again. "Nothing, we just met once, and then I left."
"Not interested?"
"How can I be attracted to a piece of cabbage after just one meeting? It's not like I'm buying cabbage. I can't just pick a juicy one and pay for it and take it away."
"Hey, girl, blind dating is not much different from buying cabbage. If you like someone, just go for it. Otherwise, how many times do you want to see him/her? Three times? Four times? Didn't your dad and I decide on him/her after just one meeting? That's how we've been living our lives."
"Mom, things are different now than they were back then."
"What's the difference..."
"Huajun, we're back!" In the corridor, Lao He's loud voice interrupted the conversation between mother and daughter.
"Your dad and his friends are back, ready to eat."
"Okay." He Siqi was happy. She came back at the right time to avoid her mother's nagging. She walked to the door with a smile and saw her father. "Dad, you're back!"
"Which uncle is here...?" As soon as Old He stepped aside, He Siqi saw Xu Shengwei following behind him.
How...how come we meet again?
"Hey, Qiqi didn't go out? I thought you and Qingqing went out to eat." Lao He warmly invited Xu Shengwei in.
"Well, she has something urgent to do."
Xu Shengwei didn't expect to meet He Siqi again. When the two met again, they both calmed down a lot and nodded as if they were not familiar with each other.
"Hua Jun, this is Xiao Xu, Xu Shengwei, a very solid young man, he taught us how to play table tennis very well." Lao He enthusiastically introduced the man to his daughter-in-law.
Xu Shengwei behaved very well in front of He Siqi's mother. He said hello, "Auntie", and then started eating.
Dong Huajun looked at Xu Shengwei and thought he was a handsome and strong man, so she silently formed a good impression of him. No wonder Lao He wanted to introduce him to his daughter before. It seemed that he was indeed a good candidate for son-in-law.
It was this name that she always felt sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it.
This guy was quite polite while eating, better than many others, not like... not like the blind date my daughter had last year, who actually said he didn't like my daughter!
How blind!
What was that person's name? Dong Huajun was thinking while eating, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Xiao Xu, are you used to eating the dishes that are just made at home?"
"Auntie's cooking is delicious. I'm almost full."
"Then eat more."
He Siqi watched the interaction between her mother and Xu Shengwei and couldn't help but marvel at it. It seemed that her mother had really forgotten about Xu Shengwei, otherwise how could she be so happy?
After the meal, Xu Shengwei was about to say goodbye and go home. Dong Huajun enthusiastically packed a few oranges for him to take away and stuffed the net bag into the girl's hand, "Qiqi, go and see Comrade Xu off."
"Mom...?" He Siqi was suppressed by her mother just as she was about to resist.
"You're not going to see someone off? Then go on a blind date tomorrow!"
He Siqi: "..."
Thinking of the several blind date candidates my mother had arranged, they all looked weird. Never mind, Comrade Xu Shengwei is pleasing to the eye after all.
The two walked out of the textile factory compound, speechless for a moment, only feeling awkward.
This was the third time the two had met, and they had dinner every time they met.
The first official blind date, dinner at a state-owned hotel.
The second time was arranged by Lao He, and we had dinner in the cafeteria.
The third time Xu Shengwei came to He's house, they had another meal.
He Siqi felt that she and this person had some inexplicable fate.
"Comrade Xu Shengwei, you haven't had a successful blind date yet?" He Siqi went straight to the point. She thought this man had a successful blind date last year and had already gotten married.
After all, given his appearance and job, he should be very popular.
"I just met her once." Xu Shengwei was very frank.
Huh? He Siqi looked at him with a slanted eye, thinking that this man was not right. He thought he was not really obsessed with her.
"What about you? I thought you were the one who got married early, but I didn't expect that."
He Siqi lifted her hair and said that she felt uncomfortable about the blind date.
At first, the two of them tacitly stopped contacting each other. They informed the matchmaker and cut off contact. Who knew they would meet again half a year later.
"My grandmother wanted me to continue to visit, but I refused."
"Me too!" He Siqi felt that Comrade Xu Shengwei and she were in the same boat.
The two of them walked out in the sunset, talking as they went along, and their discomfort gradually eased.
He Siqi has recently been urged by her mother to find a partner. She has even listed several candidates, all of whom are regular employees in state-owned factories. They have impressive jobs, but they are not very attractive.
She didn't want to go meet him from the bottom of her heart. She was willing to meet Xu Shengwei because she heard from the matchmaker that the young man was good-looking and quite handsome.
Now if you ask her to go and see someone she finds ugly, she won't want to go!
I glanced at Xu Shengwei quietly. He seemed more handsome than last year. His jaw was sharp and strong. He looked more stable and down-to-earth. Just standing there, he had an imposing manner.
Instead of going on a blind date with those people, isn't it better to go with him...
What are you thinking about?
"Why didn't you agree to go on a blind date?" He Siqi stopped and asked the question in her mind.
Xu Shengwei felt a little annoyed. It was too uncomfortable for two people to sit there and have a forced conversation when they went on a blind date. Now, if he was asked to sit in a state-owned hotel and act out a play, he would find it too tiring.
“I just find it boring.”
"I also find it boring!" He Siqi felt that she had found a soulmate.
Talking about the blind date half a year ago, He Siqi took the initiative to speak up and told him that she used him as a shield, in case Dong Huajun remembered it one day and took it out on Xu Shengwei.
Xu Shengwei almost gasped when he heard this, especially when he heard He Siqi apologize to him, he felt even more guilty, "You don't have to be embarrassed to me, actually, I also..."
"You what?" He Siqi was confused.
"I also used you as an excuse, saying that you didn't like me on the blind date."
After being stunned for a few seconds, He Siqi suddenly smiled, her eyebrows and eyes curved with laughter, just like the winter jasmine in early spring, bright and unrestrained. She had never expected that the two of them would have such a tacit understanding.
"Hahahahahaha, that's great, we're even now, no one owes anyone anything, how about that?"
Xu Shengwei looked at the girl in front of him, who tilted her head and stared at him. Her eyes were clear and bright, with only a hint of smile in them, as if she could suck people in. He felt that the early spring weather was a bit sultry, so he slowly looked away and said softly.
"good."
After sending her to the gate of the textile factory, He Siqi waved goodbye. Xu Shengwei hung the net bag filled with oranges on the handlebars of his bicycle, nodded at her, and then rode away on his bicycle.
On the way back, Xu Shengwei's feet and mind were busy, as he felt that he had a strong connection with the He family.
The lesbian He Siqi is also quite interesting.
I rode all the way to the entrance of the alley and happened to meet my sister coming back from the other direction.
He was about to call for help when he had a bad idea and planned to scare her. When he rode his bike closer to Xu Shengwei, he heard her humming a little song.
The singing is brisk and bright, as if the singer is in a good mood.
"Xiaoya."
"Ah!" Xu Shengya was suddenly called from behind. She shivered violently and looked very scared. When she turned around, she found that it was her second brother!
"Brother, why did you come out so suddenly? You scared me."
Xu Shengwei felt very wronged. He just called his sister's name. How did it become scary?
"What? Are you scared by this?" Xu Shengwei got off the bicycle, pushed the handlebars and went home with his sister. "I see you are very happy today."
Xu Shengya pursed her lips and said pretentiously, "Really? I'm fine."
Today Fang Zhibin made a bookmark for her. It was made of red maple leaves and was very beautiful. She was naturally happy.
Xu Shengwei is still quite sensitive. Today the girl is really different. She has a red plaid hairpin in her hair, which is her favorite hairpin and she rarely uses it. She is also wearing her favorite wool sweater with a skirt and small leather shoes. She looks quite formal.
"I thought you were happy about something."
"Really not!" Xu Shengya smiled at her second brother and urged him to go home.
"Oh, I almost forgot. I have to go look for Binzi and Xiaolong and Xiaohu. You go back first."
"Ah? Why are you looking for them?"
"You don't understand our men's affairs."
Xu Shengya: “…?”
When Xu Shengwei rode his bike to Yueya Hutong, he discovered that his good friend Fang Zhibin was also a bitch!
"Binzi, what are you doing? What weather and occasion? And why are you wearing a suit?"
Zhou Long followed up with a joke, "Yeah, if you didn't know, you would think he was going to cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony."
Fang Zhibin dressed himself up to look particularly handsome today, wearing a black suit, white shirt, black trousers, and shiny black leather shoes. According to his mother, if you didn't know him, you would think he was getting married and was preparing to pick up his bride.
But he didn't say anything nonsense. Is it easy to dress up for a date?
Xu Shengwei joked with him a few times and then ignored him. Talking about the business here, they prepared to find a place to drink.
Zhou Long was getting married, so a few of his friends arranged a drinking party for him. They bought a bottle of white wine and two bottles of beer, and found a quiet place to have a drink.
After three rounds of drinks, everyone raised their glasses to celebrate the first good friend who was about to get married.
"Xiaolong, you will be a man from now on. You have to take care of the family. It's a heavy burden on your shoulders." Fang Zhibin was half drunk and said to his buddy earnestly.
Zhou Long almost thought that these were words spoken by his own family.
"Xiaolong, come on, have another sip! Be good to your wife and be a good family man in the future."
Xiaohu was younger and didn't have a deep impression. He just knew that his family needed another sister-in-law.
"Okay, you two should hold on tight too!" Zhou Long also knew who Fang Zhibin was dating, but that person never said who it was.
While he was drunk, Zhou Long asked, "Binzi, who are you dating? When will you bring everyone over for dinner? Have you decided on a wedding date?"
Xu Shengwei had no interest in talking about his own partner, but was very active in making fun of other people's affairs. "That's right! What's the matter? Is it because you are an ugly daughter-in-law that you can't meet your parents-in-law? Don't hide it, treat us to a meal!"
Xiaohu also wanted to eat, "Brother Binzi, you and your partner must treat us to a meal."
"Go away." Fang Zhibin felt a little dizzy, and there seemed to be several figures flashing in front of him. "My girlfriend is like a fairy, who dares to say she is ugly!!"
"Look at you!" Xu Shengwei put his hand on Binzi's shoulder, "How come such a beauty doesn't dare to sneak out? What, do people in the house disagree with you?"
"Bullshit!" Fang Zhibin was speechless when he heard this. "Her brother and I have been buddies for more than 20 years. We even wore open-crotch pants before. How could he not agree? Burp..."
Zhou Long was the most sober-minded among the group, and he felt that there was something wrong with what he said.
"Binzi, you said you have been friends with your target's brother for more than 20 years?"
"Yeah! What is that, man! How could he not agree?"
"You're just bragging." Xu Shengwei laughed twice, thinking that this person was talking nonsense. Fang Zhibin grew up in the compound, and the only people who could say that they had been friends with him for more than 20 years were just a few of them. How could there be anyone else? "Don't say you've been friends with anyone for more than 20 years. Apart from us, who else could you say that?"
You must be kidding!
Zhou Long patted Xu Shengwei's arm. He seemed to have thought of something extraordinary. "Xiaowei, I don't have a sister."
When Zhou Hu heard this, he also distanced himself from the matter, "I don't have a sister either!"
Xu Shengwei sneered and parroted, "I don't have a sister either... No, I have a sister! How can I have a sister... Fang Zhibin!!! What do you mean by that???"
Xu Shengwei suddenly came to his senses and his eyes widened. What was Fang Zhibin saying? What did he mean? It couldn't be...
"Xiao Wei, that's not right!" Fang Zhibin swayed and pulled Xu Shengwei's arm, saying affectionately, "From now on, we are a family. Outside, we are still good brothers, and when we go home, you are my second uncle!"
After saying that, the drunk Fang Zhibin fell down, leaving Xu Shengwei with a puzzled look on his face, frowning and confused...
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When Fang Zhibin woke up, he felt a sudden pain in his head. When he opened his eyes, he saw his own ceiling.
He struggled to get up, went to the sink in the yard and washed his face with cold water, only then did he feel better.
"Binzi." Father Fang was about to leave for work at the cinema, and before he left, he told him, "Before Xiaowei left yesterday, he asked me to tell you to go to his house for dinner tonight."
"Eat dinner? Is there something going on at his home?" Fang Zhibin calculated and it didn't seem to be anyone's birthday.
"I don't know. Let me tell you something. You are the only one who is drunk the most among the four kids. You are not good enough." Father Fang said and left.
Fang Zhibin shook his head and couldn't remember anything about what happened last night after drinking. He only remembered that everyone congratulated Xiaolong on his upcoming marriage, and then... nothing else.
After work, Fang Zhibin left the steel rolling mill and rode his bicycle to Xu's house. Although he didn't know why he was suddenly asked to go for dinner, at least he could see Xu Shengya!
This is the rush hour after work, and the road is full of the jingle of bicycles. Nowadays, there are many more families with bicycles than a few years ago, and the Fang family also bought one.
Fang Zhibin rode his bicycle to the gate of Xu's house, parked the bicycle in the yard with familiarity, and greeted the Xu family with a smile.
"Binzi is here? Come and sit down, the meal will be served soon." Zhou Yun steamed some bacon and sausage today. They were fragrant and oozing with oil.
"Grandma Zhou, let me help you!" Fang Zhibin and the Xu family were old acquaintances, so he went straight to help serve the dishes.
While they were busy, Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen also brought their daughters home from school.
The two were not surprised to see Fang Zhibin. They were used to having someone come to their house for dinner.
"Brother Xu, Sister Baozhen, is Shanshan back from school?"
"Uncle Fang, you said last time that you would take me out to play!" Shanshan was very outgoing, especially with Fang Zhibin, who she was already quite familiar with.
"I definitely haven't forgotten. Wait for you on Sunday. I'll take you out to play with you... your uncle."
"good!"
"Binzi, Xiaowei hasn't come back yet, you sit down first. There are oranges at home, you can try them." Liang Baozhen put down her bag and went to help her grandmother.
Xu Shengjie placed the three meat dishes he bought from the state-owned hotel on the table. He opened the lid and saw braised pork intestines, stir-fried beef, and twice-cooked pork.
The aroma of meat filled the air, and Shanshan was so hungry that she wanted to secretly eat some. Secretly eating meant letting her father feed her openly.
Shanshan picked up a piece of marinade-colored meat, put it into her mouth and chewed it slowly. At the end, she didn't forget to suck her fingers. It smelled so good.
"The little greedy cat is stealing food again, right?" Xu Shengya just came home and saw her niece sucking her fingers.
"Aunt, you eat too!"
Xu Shengjie patted the lady's head and said, "Do you think everyone likes to cheat like you?"
"That's right, we are adults." Xu Shengya put her bag back into the house and prepared to help put away the dishes, but she ran into Fang Zhibin who was holding the dishes.
The two looked at each other, one with affection, the other in shock.
"Why...are you here?" Xu Shengya was not mentally prepared that the person she was secretly dating suddenly showed up in her home.
Although Fang Zhibin often came to our house for dinner before, it’s different!
"Xiao Ya, what are you talking about?" Xu Shengwei was the last one to come back. He heard his sister's words when he entered the yard. He looked at Fang Zhibin and then at his sister, feeling miserable!!!
This damn Fang Zhibin actually wants to be my brother-in-law!
"Brother, you're back." Xu Shengya immediately put away her surprise and explained, "I was just a little surprised to see Fang Zhibin all of a sudden."
"Oh, really?" Xu Shengwei was tired. His sister had found someone, but she kept it a secret from her twin brother! How could this be right?
He is dating his best friend, but he is hiding the secret from his friend of over 20 years. Is that right?
The most outrageous thing is that they are actually a couple!
Xu Shengwei stopped his twitching mouth and tried to calm down.
"Sit down and eat."
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