The next day, Yun Jin and Xiao Niangao went shopping at the mall.
Yun Jin bought ten DVDs of the movie she wanted. The box office has been doing well these past few days, and Director Liu is very happy. He said that if there are suitable roles available, they can continue to work together.
Yun Jin was happy to deal with Director Liu and pave the way for Xiao Niangao.
Yun Jin and the others arrived at the airport with lots of bags, and Charlie arranged a car to take them there.
Lin Wenfang and her husband are abroad with their child. If they were in Hong Kong, they would definitely arrange to meet up and have a meal together.
Charlie also prepared gifts for Xiao Niangao, as well as for Yun Jin and the others, which were arranged by Charlie's mother: "Next time you come to Gangcheng, be sure to let me know in advance."
"Okay!" Yun Jin nodded and accepted the gift. "When you have time to visit Beijing, I'll take you to eat delicious food."
Charlie nodded: "Okay, let's climb the Great Wall."
"Can."
When they parted at the airport, Xiao Niangao was reluctant to leave Xiao Charlie and hugged him, saying, "Brother, study hard and when you get into a university in Beijing, we can meet more often in Beijing."
"Okay!" Charlie nodded readily, already taking it to heart. He would go back and study hard, determined to get into a university in Beijing.
Charlie's choice amused his parents. They had no intention of letting Charlie go to university in Beijing. Charlie had better options. They were open to other choices, but when it came to university, Charlie had no say.
That's a story for another time.
Yun Jin and the others arrived in Beijing in the evening.
The assistant came to pick them up in a car, but there weren't enough seats, so He Zizhen and Gao Min took the bus back to school. There are direct buses from the airport, and Yun Jin was relieved to see them get on the bus.
Originally, they wanted their assistant to take them to school, but Yun Jin and the others had bought too many things, so having a car would be more convenient.
He Zizhen and the others are all grown women, so they are not afraid of getting lost and taking the bus is fine with them.
Yun Jin and her friends were only away for a few days this time. Dou Bao was left in the care of the neighbors. When they returned, they brought back a lot of gifts and invited them to their home to watch a movie. Yun Jin couldn't wait to share the movie with Xiao Niangao.
That evening, after the news ended, the He family's house was filled with people.
The big TV was playing DVDs. Yun Jin brought back a DVD player. In addition to the movie that Xiao Niangao made, she also bought other DVDs so that everyone could watch movies from Hong Kong when they had free time.
Before the little rice cake even appeared, they couldn't help but ask, "Where's the rice cake?"
When will the rice cakes be available?
Does the rice cake have a lot of screen time?
Yun Jin explained that the rice cake wouldn't have many scenes, and would appear in a flashback in the middle of the story, so they shouldn't worry.
When the rice cake appeared, everyone couldn't help but excitedly point at the TV: "Rice cake, it's rice cake!"
"Oh my, I almost didn't recognize you."
The residential compound is mostly inhabited by retired cadres, and they are the ones who come to watch the movies. Most of them have presbyopia, so they all wear reading glasses to watch the movie. When they see the little rice cake, they get really excited.
After the rice cake scene ended, they even asked if there was any left.
Everyone complained that the director didn't know how to film, and why there weren't more scenes featuring rice cakes; they simply hadn't seen enough.
Yun Jin was both amused and exasperated. It wasn't the director's fault; there were only so many roles available.
In addition to inviting the people in the yard to watch a movie, Xiao Niangao also invited her friends to her home.
When they saw Xiao Nian Gao in a movie, they were all jealous and envious, and they clamored to make movies too, which made their parents very angry. Is it possible to make a movie just like that?
All they could advise the children was to study hard, get into film school when they grew up, and then they could act in movies and television.
Yun Jin brought the DVDs she had promised He Tingchuan in person.
Since there was nothing else to do, I took Xiao Niangao and flew to the base over the weekend. He Tingchuan had no idea that Yun Jin had come. He was still waiting for the discs and heard from Yun Jin that they had been sent out.
To his surprise, as soon as he returned to the family compound, the women he met all greeted him with smiles and said, "Oh, Nian Gao's dad is back. Did you know they were coming?"
"Daddy Rice Cake is so kind, your wife and daughter have come to see you again."
Upon hearing this, He Tingchuan quickened his pace and started running. When he arrived at the family building and saw the open door, his heart pounded. He rushed upstairs and heard Yun Jin's voice, which filled him with joy.
Yun Jin washed Xiao Niangao's face and was about to wash the towel when she saw the person standing at the door. She smiled and handed him the towel, saying, "Go wash your daughter's towel. The child went out for a run and is covered in sweat. She's filthy."
He Tingchuan's eyes locked on them, overjoyed: "Why are you here?"
"I miss my husband, and your daughter misses her dad. Who else would we come to if not you?" Yun Jin chuckled and gave him a reproachful look, then called to Xiao Niangao, "Come and see who's back!"
Little Rice Cake, clutching a box of cookies, saw her father and jumped up excitedly, rushing towards him: "Daddy, I missed you so much! Daddy, you're finally back!"
He Tingchuan held his excited daughter, his eyes fixed on Yun Jin. It had been almost two months since he last saw his wife, and she seemed even more beautiful than before.
He Tingchuan couldn't get enough of looking at him.
The couple exchanged glances, and it felt like they were about to catch fire.
Finally, Xiao Niangao interrupted, wanting to show off the DVDs to her father, as well as the DVD player they brought, and the medicated oil, ointment, food, and drinks she bought for him in Hong Kong.
The entire suitcase was filled with gifts prepared for He Tingchuan, which warmed his heart.
The family went to the cafeteria for dinner. He Tingchuan held hands with his wife and daughter, swaggering around the cafeteria and showing off their affection.
They used to say it had a bad influence, but now He Tingchuan doesn't care. This is a family compound, a place where families live. What's wrong with his wife holding hands?
His daughter is so cute, is there a problem with him holding her hand?
When they arrived at the cafeteria, everyone watched He Tingchuan and Yun Jin showing off their affection in a high-profile manner and joked with each other: "It's different when Nian Gao's mom comes back. We don't usually see Nian Gao's dad."
"Look how happy he is. He's usually so fierce and has such a long face, but he's actually smiling today."
"It's so different when my wife comes back!"
"Absolutely, it has to be with my wife by my side."
He Tingchuan ignored their teasing and just kept getting his wife and daughter what they wanted to eat, afraid that they would go hungry.
During the meal, they complained that the other people were too noisy and told them to finish eating and get out of there so as not to interfere with their family's meal.
Yun Jin looked at He Tingchuan, whose brows were relaxed, whose mouth was fierce but whose eyes were gentle as he looked at her, and the smile on her face never faded.
After eating and drinking their fill, Yun Jin and the others strolled around Sister Gao's stall, ate some barbecue, and ate several skewers of small rice cakes before stopping when they couldn't eat anymore.
Sister-in-law Gao received a gift from Gao Min, which was brought by Yun Jin.
When Sister-in-law Gao found out that Yun Jin had taken Gao Min to Hong Kong, she was extremely embarrassed: "How much money did you spend? I can't let you suffer a loss."
"Don't worry, it won't cost much. We can have a few more barbecues and that will be enough." Yun Jin was willing to spend money on Gao Min and didn't need Gao's sister-in-law to subsidize her.
However, to put Sister-in-law Gao at ease, we should eat barbecue a few more times.
After all, this barbecue is nothing compared to the cost of the plane ticket.
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