Chapter 396. The poor and lower-middle peasants among the rich
By the way, just as everyone is paying attention to the unprecedented TV battle between TVB and ATV, Chen Xiaotang, who was recently promoted to a "millionaire", was accompanying his family for a reunion dinner.
My father Chen Fugui, my mother Li Shuzhen, and my younger sister Chen Xiaoxiao were all looking at Chen Xiaotang with chopsticks at the dining table, staring blankly, without picking up food...
Chen Xiaotang was embarrassed by their eyes and said, "What are you looking at me? The food is not on my face!"
Chen Fugui: "Atang, you finally make a fortune."
Li Shuzhen: "Yes, millionaire, just like dreaming!"
Chen Xiaoxiao: "My strong dowry will be settled in the future!"
Chen Xiaotang: "I'm picking, you guys are so crazy..."
"Nonsense! Suddenly someone told you that your son has earned 10 million yuan, it would be strange if he is not nervous!" Chen Fugui thought, "Fortunately, I have enough concentration, otherwise I would have fainted before your mother fainted!"
"No, just because of this little money, you are actually..." Chen Xiaotang looked at her mother speechless.
Li Shuzhen's face turned red and she had no face to face her son, so she had to point at Chen Fugui and said, "You old man, why don't you pick up any pot? I made me look like I've never seen Tang Zai, who was on the market. Don't listen to your father's nonsense. I didn't faint. It was just a temporary shock. The doctor said that he had high blood pressure and had to pay attention to his diet!"
Chen Xiaotang fainted.
"Ahem, OK, I won't say it anymore. Have a meal soon, mom, you made this abalone pretty good..."
"I originally wanted to buy a grouper when I went to the vegetable market today. But when I thought that our family was like this, I was extravagant so that people would say that we were petty and didn't know that when buying abalone, I would choose the most expensive and largest one. The abalone guy looked at me so respectfully. He used to look down on me and always looked at me with a slanted eye."
"Don't be too scruples," said his father Chen Fugui. "The abalone is a famous squinted boy. He looks like everyone!"
Li Shuzhen: "…??!! Good boy. You should eat more!"
"Hey, I've actually been to the mainland for so long, and I miss you the dishes you cooked by mom!" Chen Xiaotang started to eat in big mouthfuls.
Then Chen Xiaotang realized that the situation was wrong. Why was it wrong? No one came to pick up any dish he picked up. In the past, my younger sister liked to scramble to eat with her.
Look at my parents again, looking at themselves with a particularly reserved attitude. Often, they take action after picking up the dishes themselves. When the younger sister wants to compete with them, they stare at them... it looks like... it's like the low-level cadres who accompanied officials to have dinner in their previous lives...
Chen Xiaotang put down his chopsticks helplessly, "Mom and Mom, if you do this again, I won't be able to eat!"
Dad Chen Fugui glanced at his wife and said suddenly: "I'll do it. Even if he gets rich, he's still my son!"
Chen Xiaotang, Li Shuzhen, and Chen Xiaoxiao were collectively shocked.
Only then did Chen Fugui realize that he had accidentally sweared in front of his children, and hurriedly covered up: "This is an emotional vent, don't learn, especially you, Xiaoxiao. Girls should be noble, reserved and elegant..."
During the meal, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
My mother Li Shuzhen suddenly said: "I heard that the tap water needs to be taken over recently in our hometown in the countryside. I want to take out some money..."
Chen Xiaotang didn't care at all, but his father Chen Fugui said wonderly: "What kind of tube should I connect to?"
Li Shuzhen: "The water level there is lowered, and it is impossible to press the water without taking the pipe!"
Chen Xiaoxiao suddenly laughed. He ate rice and said, "Mom, it's rare that you are generous once. You are usually very stingy to outsiders!"
Li Shuzhen sighed and said, "Hey, who reminds me of my childhood... I remember clearly that my hometown was a very beautiful water town at that time. Except for the big road leading to the county town to the east, there was almost a pond around it..."
Li Shuzhen took the chopsticks to imagine, "Nantang has a lot of fish. When the weather is too hot, the fish will go up to the shore and can't jump on the shore and float on sleep to cool off. People can catch fish by sieve with nets. The water in Xihe pond is shallow and there are dense reeds. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, I went to pick reed leaves and make rice dumplings with my grandma; Beitang is big, and here is a lotus flower near the village. The umbrella-shaped oily green leaves set off the red-mouthed pink lotus flower..."
The little sister Chen Xiaoxiao opened her mouth in surprise: "Wow, it's so beautiful! I'm sincerely sighing!"
"This is not beautiful, there is something even more beautiful. There is a drainage ditch in the northwest of the village, and the crabs in the ditch are crawling out by themselves."
"Hey, is there such a good thing?" Even Chen Xiaotang found it interesting this time.
My mother Li Shuzhen smiled slightly, "In the evening, Uncle was carrying a glass-covered kerosene lamp and a roll of reed curtains strung with reed poles, which were similar to a mat. I asked me to carry a bucket and go to the edge of the ditch, spread the reed curtains, light the oil lamp and put them on the curtain, and you squat on the edge of the curtain and wait."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Don't talk, the crab is climbing up the curtain with a 'sweeping'!"
"No, these crabs are stupid enough!" the little sister said disbelief.
My mother curled her lips and said, "You think about it, it's tired of staying in the water. She found that there was light outside, not light or dark, like the Karaoke Hall. Who doesn't want to go see it? You think it's not his dad?"
Chen Fugui usually goes to the karaoke hall like that crab.
"Ahem, aren't you talking about crabs? I suddenly mentioned what I did?"
"It can't stand loneliness just like you, and likes light!"
"Cough cough cough! Eat, stop talking nonsense!"
Unfortunately, no one responded to my father's words.
My mother Li Shuzhen continued, "Haha, at that time, no matter what those crabs like, I will catch one if they climb up, and I will catch one if they climb up..." She grabbed her husband as she said.
"Just say it, what are you doing to catch me?" Chen Fugui hid like a monkey. "Okay, don't catch me for now, why are there so many crabs?"
"Because there is water!" Li Shuzhen said it to the end when she mentioned the water, "So, let alone crabs over there, even the river has dried up, and it is very difficult to get water. I want to take out some money to help my hometown. What do you think?"
"I agree!"
"I raise my hands to agree!"
Chen Xiaotang and Chen Xiaoxiao said.
Li Shuzhen glanced at her husband.
Chen Fugui snorted coldly: "As long as you stop saying that I am a crab in the future, I... agree!"
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As soon as the family finished supper, Chen Xiaotang had time to drink tea and clear his throat, he heard someone outside learning the croaker.
When Chen Xiaotang heard the "miserable" bird cry, he couldn't help but push the window open and shouted down: "Indian Star, can you scream better? The ventriloquy has not improved for so long!"
Zhou Xingchi laughed and said, "I'm afraid you won't hear it, so why do I call it so special? I won't know you as a brother after getting rich?!"
Chen Xiaotang: "How could that be? Even if you don't know people, you have to know your Indian star. Who made you look so dark? If you stand under the light, you will think you have seen a ghost!"
"I'll lose it! Everyone can wait for you below, come down quickly!"
"do what?"
"Let you treat you and go to a nightclub to have fun!"
"Disap, you just want to kill me, and don't ask me if I have been filming in mainland China? I'm really beastly and inhumane!" As he spoke, Chen Xiaotang said hello to his family and went downstairs quickly.
It doesn't matter when I go downstairs. I'm benevolent. Almost all of my friends have come. Brother Fa, Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, and Zhou Xingchi. In addition, there are two good brothers Aaron and Ah Hu.
"How is it? I was shocked when I saw such a large lineup?" Zhou Xingchi smiled.
Chen Xiaotang nodded, "Yes, I didn't expect... everyone could get together."
Fa Ge is the oldest and stepped forward and said, "We will first congratulate you on your smooth trip to the mainland; then congratulate you on your great box office; finally, it is also the most important thing. We all have always thought that since you have become rich, you will be sorry for yourself if you don't beat you!!!"
Chen Xiaotang fainted. "What money do you make? Compared to Brother Fa, I am just a little bitch!"
Chen Xiaotang is right. There are too many millionaires in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Fa Ge earns at least 1 million yuan in a movie. There are four movies this year alone, which can earn another 4 to 5 million yuan. Not to mention big names like Xu Guanjie and Cheng Long, who are now worth hundreds of millions.
By this calculation, Chen Xiaotang is just a "poor and lower-middle peasant". However, he was so popular that everyone was attracted to the attention of because he only made 10 million yuan by filming three or four dramas, but Chen Xiaotang was able to handle it in one drama, so why doesn’t it make people jealous?!
No matter what, you can't escape being slaughtered.
The question is where to get slaughtered.
In the end, Brother Fa decided, "It's still early, so we might as well go to Macau to have fun. After all, there are many people in Hong Kong..."
"Okay, I heard that a new nightclub was opened there called "Never Night Sky". Tonight, the newly launched pure version of Mei Yanfang's little queen Xia Ziwei will come to support her. We can just listen to her singing and see what it is!" Zhou Xingchi shouted loudly.
Chen Xiaotang guessed that there are never any big-name stars in the Macau entertainment industry. **This little Macau queen is just an ordinary female singer who sings through the mouth. It is probably because of her pure and sweet appearance, she has been sought after by many Macau locals. Otherwise, how could she have never heard of a female star called "Xia Ziwei" in her previous life? Such a small star looks awesome. If she really compares to a big-name female singer like Mei Yanfang, it would be a world of all over the world. It would be better if she went over and saw it, after all, this female singer is very popular recently.
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