evening tide

Fortunately, the embarrassment didn't last long, and Yu Zhou and the others came over.

Ms. Zhao put her hands on the back of the sofa in a generous manner, with a sense of nobility like a house full of children and grandchildren, and announced grandly: "Uncle is steaming fish. Uncle's steamed fish is delicious. You can start dinner later."

Yu Zhou sat next to Su Chang and held her hand: "Is there only one fish missing? Why don't you sit down and rest for a while."

"Oh, you young people have a party, how dare I sit here." Ms. Zhao said, brushing off her skirt, and sat next to Chao Xin.

Xiang Wan arrived late and sat on another single sofa.

"How old are the cards?" Ms. Zhao took a few symbolic glances at the TV and decided to make a detour and start with children.

"Ten and a half years old." Paipai leaned on the armrest of the sofa, jumping up and down.

"Then you are very tall, you look like a junior high school student."

Children like to compare their heights the most, and after hearing about it, they unconsciously become a little taller.

"I'm only in elementary school, and I haven't been to junior high school yet. If I go to junior high school and have heavy learning tasks, I won't be able to pass the exam like this year, the second grade in Chinese and fifth in math class." Paipai said modestly.

The adults could hear her thoughts, Yu Zhou leaned his head on Su Chang's shoulder and smiled.

"Paper." Chao Xin took her hand.

Ms. Zhao has never seen such a little girl who actively shows off her grades. She is almost too cute, so she closed her chin exaggeratedly: "So good? There are many people in one class, right?"

"Sixty. The total score is second in the class, and the first is only 0.5 more than me." Papai finished speaking as naturally as possible, and turned to watch TV.

In fact, she is not a girl who likes to show off, but she thought, if she has better grades and grandma likes her more, maybe she won't feel that she is particularly a drag on Chao Xin.

"That should be praised," Ms. Zhao said naturally, "Grandma will give you a red envelope."

"No, no, no." Chao Xin shook his head, glanced at Ms. Zhao, and his ears turned red.

Yu Zhou thought it was so funny, he exchanged glances with Xiang Wan, and Xiang Wan also covered his lips and smiled, smiling, feeling a little embarrassed again.

Now that Chao Xin answered the question, the topic turned to Chao Xin smoothly.

Ms. Zhao leaned over to pick up an orange, peeled it in her hand and asked Chao Xin: "Xin Xin, can I call you like that, auntie?"

"Yes, Auntie."

Chao Xin's voice was very soft, so low that Su Chang couldn't help but glance at her.

"What does Xinxin do?" The juice from the orange peel was stinging, and Ms. Zhao squinted her eyes.

"Like Wan Wan, I am a voice actor."

"Oh, that's very good, my colleague." Ms. Zhao turned her face away, her eyes were still looking at Tangerine, "Then Xinxin entered the industry early, so he is considered a senior?"

"Mom, Mrs. Chao is very famous," Yu Zhou began to assist, "She is the voice of "Green Crane", which is rebroadcast every year on satellite TV, and the three saints in the movie "The Story of Chen Xiang" that you especially liked last year are Chao. teacher."

Ms. Zhao opened her mouth wide in shock, her voice raised an octave: "It's Qinghe!"

Yu Zhou laughed till he trembled: "That's right, do you hear her voice like that?"

"Ouch!" Ms. Zhao scanned her up and down, "It's a bit similar! It's Qinghe!"

She put down the orange and clapped her hands together: "Did I tell you, porridge, I said that when the god died, Qinghe acted so well, every time I watched it, tears fell from my eyes. , isn’t it? You also told me that the dubbing is well matched, and I said at that time, no wonder, I haven’t seen that actor so well in other dramas.”

"Uh..." Yu Zhou was a little embarrassed, "You can't say that, he also acted very well, the icing on the cake, the icing on the cake."

"It's Qinghe, Wanwan." Ms. Zhao stretched her eyelids and looked at Xiangwan again, "You didn't tell me that Xinxin is Qinghe."

"I……"

"Oh, it's really Qinghe." Ms. Zhao glanced at Chao Xin again, "Then have you seen that actor? Now she's the actress."

"I saw it once, and later a friend made an appointment for dinner."

"Then is she really pretty?"

Chao Xin pondered for a while, then glanced at Xiang Wan: "Very beautiful."

"Yeah? I heard that those actors don't look too thin for the camera."

"Fortunately."

"Then Xinxin, can you use Qinghe's voice to say something to Auntie? Can you say that sentence—dissatisfaction? God will allow you to fight!"

Xiang Wan's heart skipped a beat, remembering that when he went to a dinner with Chao Xin before, the investor coaxed Chao Xin to dub.This was a bad memory between her and Chao Xin. She was afraid that Chao Xin would be uncomfortable, so she raised her breath and wanted to talk.

"Yes." But Chao Xin agreed.

"Teacher Chao..." Xiang Wan called out to her.

Chao Xin looked at her, her ears were still red.

"Oh my mother," Yu Zhou couldn't take it anymore, "You seem like the kind of parent who goes home to chase after their children to perform during the Chinese New Year. He just came here. Is it suitable for you?"

Ms. Zhao hissed and patted her forehead: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Auntie likes that character so much, you really deserve it so well, Xinxin don't mind." She took Chao Xin's hand and patted it .

Chao Xin smiled: "It's okay."

Ms. Zhao pulled Chao Xin and asked, is this role suitable for you? It sounds a bit like Qing He, have you seen that actor before?

Yu Zhou and Xiang Wan looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that Xiang Wan didn't have to worry that Ms. Zhao didn't like Chao Xin anymore.

It's simply too much to like.

So, women, you still have to start a career.Your career is the foundation of your life, and you might even impress your mother-in-law when you come to your door.

But at the same time, Yu Zhou was a little sore, leaning on Su Chang's shoulder and whispering: "Look at it, look at it."

"Ok?"

"Tsk, the attitude is very different from when someone introduced himself for the first time."

At that time, Ms. Zhao asked Su Chang what roles she had played. Ms. Zhao had never heard of it, whether it was a game or a radio drama, so she nodded understandingly and said "ah...".

Very good, very good.

Su Chang wasn't sour at first, but when Yu Zhou said this, she really became a little sour. She lifted her shoulders to let Yu Zhou get up, and then sat aside to play with her mobile phone.

"On the Internet, it is said that the No. 1 'son-in-law' that the mother-in-law dislikes the most is the one who only plays with his mobile phone when he goes home." Yu Zhou sat cross-legged on the sofa to make up his knife.

Chao Xin quickly got closer to Ms. Zhao by relying on Qinghe, and even sat on Ms. Zhao's left side when eating.

Ms. Zhao turned into her manager and introduced Chao Xin's role to her father like a treasure.The meal was enjoyable, and the embarrassing atmosphere in the afternoon quickly dissipated.

After dinner, Ms. Zhao went upstairs to tidy up a bedroom for Chao Xinhe Paipai, changed the sheets, and found another electric blanket to cover.

After showing Chao Xin how to use the electric blanket, they turned off the lights and went downstairs to watch Yu Zhousu sing and set off fireworks in the yard.

Chao Xin leaned against the door, looking at the dark night, accidentally illuminated by fireworks, and the moment of lighting up was frozen together, and he stopped and watched with a smile. In my impression, the Chinese New Year is not like this. Fireworks and firecrackers are all other people. Yes, but at her house, it was broken plates, heart-piercing crying, a bowl of meat that was steamed with great difficulty was swept to the floor, and Gululu was covered in a layer of dust. My sister picked it up quickly and didn't care It's hot, hold it under the faucet, rinse it off carefully, and let her eat it quietly.

This is the sound that belongs to the New Year. It is the crackling noise, the sister squatting in front of her, whispering to her to eat quickly.

I just learned today that Chinese New Year can also be whispered to Xiang Wan asking her if she eats nuts amidst the sound of crackling firecrackers.

She couldn't stand it anymore, and went back to the sofa in the living room to reply some messages to the client.

Paipai in the yard was also fascinated by the colorful fireworks, nestled in Xiang Wan's arms, and the two sat on the swing, swinging one after another.

It was Xiang Wan who invited her to come and sit. After watching for a while, she might be a little tired of the cards, so her body softened and she hugged Xiang Wan.

The child's body is always warm, and Xiang Wan's hands and feet are also warmed up by her.

"Teacher Xiang." Paipai suddenly called her in a hoarse voice.

This cry made Xiang Wan very dazed, maybe it was also at this juncture of the New Year's Eve, it made Xiang Wan feel like when they first met.

At that time, Papai liked her very much, and when he called her, he took a peek at her, with a bit of reluctant attachment in his eyes.

"Teacher Xiang, if Grandma likes Auntie very much, can we celebrate New Year like this every year?" Paipai asked her.

There are steamed fish to eat, there are amiable grandma and grandpa, and they set off fireworks together in the beautiful small yard.

Xiang Wan hugged her and asked, "You like it very much, don't you?"

She also likes it very much. After coming here once, she fell in love with the atmosphere of this family. It is too easy for a "vagrant" like her to feel attached to it, so she understands Papai very well.

"When I was very young, one winter, my mother hugged me to watch fireworks like this. We didn't buy them, and watched others set them off by the river."

Xiang Wan had an intuition that the mother mentioned by Pa Pai did not refer to Chao Xin.

"Is it your mother, or your aunt?" She asked softly.

"My mother, my own mother, my aunt's sister." Pa Pai raised his hand and wiped his eyes, as if a mosquito had entered.

Xiang Wan sighed inwardly, and asked her a little cautiously: "What about your mother?"

"died."

Silence for two or three seconds.

"My aunt brought me out after I died."

Xiang Wan still didn't speak, Pa Pa Pai could hear the faint reverberation in her chest, and her heartbeat pounding like a swinging hammer.

This rhythm made her feel at ease and feel guilty.

"Teacher Xiang, I was ignorant before. I thought that my aunt would not want to support me if she had you, so I didn't like you at all."

Xiang Wanyou smiled: "I know, it's okay."

"You don't know," Papa said.

"Actually, I like you much earlier than my aunt liked you."

"I know too." Knowing that she offered a reward to herself, Chao Xin came to her door for the reward.Xiang Wan smiled and stroked his chin.

Just such an action made Pai Pai become in a rare trance.

"Then do you know why I like you?"

"why?"

"Because you are like my mother."

"Like you..." Xiang Wan couldn't recover for a moment.

"Well, it's the first time I saw your photo on the Internet. Your nose and mouth corners are very similar to my mother. I was very young at the time, and I don't remember my mother very much. I just remember her chin."

Xiang Wan listened in a daze, her ears seemed to be stuffed with cotton, and the sound of fireworks could not be heard, but a gap was left for Pa Pai's immature voice to slip in.

She swallowed her throat and asked Papai: "Does Teacher Chao know?"

"I know, so I donated so much, and she didn't blame me. She knows that I miss my mother, and she misses her very much."

Papai wants to say that she has figured it out. Teacher Xiang is like her mother. Maybe it is fate, maybe it is God’s compensation for her and her aunt. They can live happily as a family in the future. It is a pity that I bought fireworks with my mother, and my aunt will not lock herself in the recording studio every Spring Festival, and has been recording.

Xiang Wan blinked, and the fireworks blooming in front of him blurred into colorful lines, like distorted reptiles.

"Since I'm like your mother, why haven't you liked me for a while?" She looked ahead and asked calmly.

"Because I found out that you and my mother have different personalities at that time, and I don't feel like a mother anymore." Paipai said honestly, so he "lost the fan".

But later I found out that Mr. Xiang is also good, except for being squeamish and crying and not being able to fly, everything else is very good.

I see.Xiang Wan whispered to himself.