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It was the end of the year and winter vacation was coming.
Gu Jinshui and Liang Ying had agreed to take Gu Yousi and Lan Lin to visit the old lady in the United States.
He Chunlian won the Best Supporting Actress Award for "The Last Palace" at the Golden Lion Awards. Although she was not the heroine, this award was important enough. Therefore, someone in the United States offered her an olive branch and invited her to star in a Hollywood movie.
The old lady had been gone for several months, and everyone in the family missed her very much.
Liang Ying said, "I don't know how our mother is doing over there. Although she said there is a translator to accompany her, she is a foreigner after all and doesn't speak English very well."
The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. She thought, "Why don't we buy some gifts and give them to the people in their crew. It would be a nice gesture."
Gu Jinshui was full of confidence and waved his hand, saying, "No need. Didn't our mother say before that she is living very well over there?"
"Maybe she only wants to report good news and not worries. I think I should buy something to take over." Liang Ying was still worried, so she went out to buy some small gifts. She knew that foreigners liked products with Chinese characteristics, so she bought a lot of ink scarves, pearl necklaces, Chinese knots, bamboo baskets and other things.
There were so many things. When He Chunlian and the translator came to pick them up at the airport, they saw how many things they brought, and their jaws dropped to the ground.
He Chunlian touched Yousi's face and said in surprise, "Why did you bring so many things? Didn't I tell you that I have everything here? You just need to come."
"Mom, we didn't bring them for you, but for your colleagues in the crew. They are all small gifts. You can decide when to send them off later."
Liang Ying said with a smile.
She looked at the old lady, with a look of surprise and appreciation in her eyes.
The old lady was a fashionable person when she lived in Beijing. Now she loves to dress up even more in the United States. She wears a white sweater made of seahorse hair, smoke-gray pencil pants, a pair of this year's popular tasseled short boots, a pair of milky white pearls on her earrings, and an imperial green jade pendant around her neck. She looks dignified, calm and elegant.
"Grandma, you look really good in this outfit."
Gu Yousi praised the old lady sweetly.
The old lady couldn't help laughing, her brows relaxed, "Oh, our Niuniu is so sweet, grandma misses you so much, Liang Ying, let's not rush to give gifts, let's go back first, I know you are coming, I have already bought meat and vegetables, and I am waiting to make hot pot."
Gu Jinshui carried a lot of bags and saw the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and granddaughter talking and laughing, shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand and about to go out, so he had no choice but to pull up a few big suitcases and follow.
Although it was the first time for the old lady to film in Hollywood, she was paid a lot of money by the crew for the award, a full 100,000 US dollars.
The old lady herself had no worries about food and clothing, so she was willing to treat herself well and rented a small house near the filming site of the crew.
The house was not big, but it had two floors.
After entering the house, the warm yellow light inside made people feel like they were back home. Liang Ying put down her things to avoid looking around. She saw that the sofa was pure white. The furnishings in the house were simple but complete, with marble coffee tables, wool carpets, floor lamps, and an oven, microwave, and gas stove in the dining room.
"This house is great, Mom, how did you find it?"
Liang Ying was delighted by it.
He Chunlian said, "Oh, what a coincidence. There is an old man in our crew, who is also Chinese. His family runs a restaurant and sponsored the crew. When he heard that I was looking for a house, he rented this house to me. Otherwise, where can I find such a good house when I first arrived here?"
Gu Jinshui put down the suitcase and felt a little strange. "Why is the old man so nice?"
"Yes, after all, we are all Chinese, so we have to take care of each other."
He Chunlian said.
She went into the kitchen and took out the induction cooker. Gu Yousi and Lan Lin helped to get things. Don't mention it, all the things for hot pot are ready, the vegetables are washed, and the beef, mutton, pork and even shrimp are cooked and made into shrimp balls.
In addition, there was actually a butter hot pot soup base.
The soup base was placed in an enamel basin, and it was slightly solidified.
Gu Jinshui took a look and knew that it was not bought in the supermarket. "This soup base is good, Mom, is there a hot pot restaurant nearby?"
"Hey, where can I find it? This is also because the eldest brother knew you were coming and made it a day in advance and sent it to me. He knew you couldn't eat too spicy food, so he didn't add too much chili."
He Chunlian poured the soup base into the pot and plugged it into the induction cooker.
The soup base was taken out in the morning and put in the fresh-keeping box. It slowly melted when it was heated, and the spicy flavor was very overbearing.
Gu Jinshui was originally thinking about asking something, but when he smelled the aroma, his stomach started to rumble, and he had no time to ask any other questions.
Not to mention.
The hot pot was really delicious, the beef and mutton were very fresh, and the shrimp balls were even better.
The family was very satisfied with the meal, and by the next day, Gu Jinshui had almost forgotten about his elder brother.
He Chunlian heard Liang Ying say that she wanted to send something to her colleagues on the crew, so she took them all to the crew, and the translator followed.
Gu Yousi and Lan Lin were a little curious about the crew, but after a closer look, they realized that it was just a photo studio, nothing special.
He Chunlian explained, "This is how it is in the United States. Studio photography is cheaper and less troublesome. You are late. We went to shoot on location before, but there was nothing good to see. We just went to shoot in someone else's house."
"Julia."
Someone called out.
Liang Ying and the others didn't react at first. When He Chunlian looked up and greeted the person who called her name, they realized that Julia was He Chunlian's English name.
The visitor was a man in his fifties with a head full of silver hair, but he was well-groomed. He was wearing a silver-gray striped suit, a velvet shirt, and a snowflake-shaped six-pointed star diamond brooch on his suit. He looked very elegant. When he saw He Chunlian bringing these people, the man smiled and asked in English: "Are these your family members?"
"Yes, this is my son, daughter-in-law..."
He Chunlian introduced the Gu family and said to them: "This is Jules."
Before Gu Jinshui and others could be surprised that He Chunlian's English had improved so quickly, they saw Jules kiss He Chunlian on the cheek.
The Gu family was stunned for a moment.
Jules even greeted them generously.
Liang Ying could still understand what he said, and subconsciously took out a gift she had prepared in advance and gave it to him, a small gift box with a pair of Chinese knots and a bamboo basket inside.
Jules opened it again, and when she saw the things inside, she smiled and thanked him.
"You're welcome."
Liang Ying said subconsciously.
He Chunlian took them to meet Jules, and then took them to meet other people. Coincidentally, the big brother also came to the crew today.
The big brother was from Sichuan, and he said in a loud voice, "Oh, you are so filial. Big sister is looking forward to your coming. She said several days in advance that she would prepare hot pot for you."
The big brother's accent was a bit heavy, but fortunately, it was still understandable.
Gu Jinshui and the others had to thank the elder brother for his help.
The elder brother waved his hands and said, "Why are you being polite? We are all family."
Gu Jinshui was about to nod, but he was stunned halfway through. "Ah?"
He Chunlian laughed, "Elder brother, you are joking. You are really stupid. Elder brother, we are leaving. Come to our house for dinner later."
"Okay." The elder brother agreed readily.
Liang Ying hurriedly stuffed a gift into his pocket.
Liang Ying was completely relieved after they distributed gifts along the way.
Her mother-in-law is so popular that she is popular with men, women, old and young. But this man is a little too popular.
Liang Ying saw that there were five or six men who were interested in her mother-in-law.
He Chunlian had few scenes today, and she took her family back home after the filming.
She led everyone to the supermarket to buy groceries. While selecting ingredients, she said to Liang Ying, "Everything here in the United States is good, but the meat smells too strong. Oh, Americans don't even bleed pigs and cows when they kill them. It's a sin."
Liang Ying agreed and looked at Gu Jinshui. Gu Jinshui took the child away, and Liang Ying spoke cautiously, "Mom, I see that Grandpa Chen and that Jules seem to be quite familiar with you."
"Yes, Brother Chen takes care of me more, and Jules and I have filmed a lot of scenes together, so we became familiar with each other after a while."
He Chunlian said, taking a carrot and putting it in the shopping cart.
Liang Ying coughed, "What do you mean?"
He Chunlian looked at her in surprise, "What what do you mean?"
"Are you interested in them?" Liang Ying was afraid that He Chunlian would misunderstand, so she hurriedly said, "Jinshui and I both support you to look for someone again, but we just want to find out who you are interested in."
He Chunlian uttered an "ah" and her mouth opened. Gradually turning into an o, she looked at Liang Ying in disbelief, "You mean, they like me?"
"Yeah," Liang Ying looked at He Chunlian's expression, and realized that her mother-in-law didn't seem to realize it. She touched her forehead with a smile, "Mom, you don't know yet."
"How would I know."
He Chunlian was stunned. She hadn't thought about it this way before, but after realizing this possibility, she really found that they both seemed to have that intention towards her. He
Chunlian shook her head and said, "If you like it, then you like it. I don't plan to find another one. I just want to make more movies now."
"Mom, do you care about us? We really don't care."
Liang Ying looked at He Chunlian and whispered, "Besides, we don't have to get married. Just talk about it if you are happy."
He Chunlian smiled and said, "Do you think I care about this? If I really want to talk about it, I would have talked about it a long time ago. There is no need to talk about this. As for them, I estimate that they will only be hot for three minutes. After the process, we will go home and it won't take long for people to forget me."
He Chunlian was very open-minded and didn't care about other people's likes at all.
Gu Jinshui and others accompanied the old lady to the end of her life in the United States before returning to Beijing together. After two or three months, when the Gu family was about to forget about Brother Chen and Jules.
One afternoon, the two of them came to Gu's house one after another.
Grandpa Chen was all smiles, and Jules was dusty but still elegant.
Liang Ying subconsciously looked at He Chunlian.
He Chunlian opened her mouth and was confused.
Gu Yousi saw it and narrowed his eyes.
She finally had material for her diary.
Today she would write about her charming grandmother.
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