189 Mikami Spring Festival Gala 'The Brightest Star in the Night Sky'
January 23, 2001, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, is still a day without the New Year’s Eve.
As soon as Cao Xuan got up, he saw his uncle waving a knife to chop mutton. His cousin next to him was holding a pipe to flush water for him. When he saw him coming out, his uncle smiled.
"Xuanzi, this sheep is so tender, you can chop it open without any effort."
"The products my shop brings from Mongolia are less than a year old on the grasslands. You can try them later. They are very delicious. They are not as muttony as the mutton from our hometown."
"Okay, half of this sheep is used to cook mutton soup, and half is used to make mutton dumplings. Your dad said the mutton and zucchini stuffing is delicious. Let's try it later."
While chatting with his uncle, Cao Xuan asked his cousin to give him some water and wiped his face with a towel. The cold water stimulated his whole body and he instantly became energetic.
"Is my grandma up?"
"I'm up. I'm talking to your mother in the main room."
After hearing this, Cao Xuan walked forward. He came to the capital to celebrate the New Year. Five members of his uncle's family, three members of his aunt's family, four members of his second aunt's family, eight members of his uncle's family, four members of his brother-in-law's family, and three members of his master's family.
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There were more than 20 people in the hotel, and Cao Xuan booked half of the hotel in one go.
According to the original plan, Li Xuejian's family lived at home, the couple lived in the west wing, and his junior brother Li Gen lived with Cao Xuan.
Later, Li Xuejian saw that Cao Xuan's uncles and uncles were all staying in hotels. It was unreasonable for him as a master to live at home, so he didn't want to live or die.
Fortunately, the two houses are not far away, so it is convenient to go home after the Chinese New Year. Just in case, Cao Xuan opened two more rooms. If it is too late and cannot go back, you can stay in a hotel.
Therefore, the west wing was given over to my uncle and his wife, Grandma Cao Xuan and Sun Lan, and Cao Shuangguo and Mr. Cao Xuan lived together.
But today, because Cao Xuan was going to attend the Spring Festival Gala, Cao Shuangguo moved to the hotel and slept one night because he was afraid that Cao Xuan would not sleep well.
As soon as he entered the door, Cao Xuan saw Sun Lan and his aunt shouting something into his grandma's ear. When he saw his eldest grandson coming, the old lady immediately became happy.
The old lady is already over 70 years old, but she has no other problems except the deafness and small feet. She can still cook at home.
It was precisely because she was in good physical and mental condition that I dared to bring her here, otherwise I would have to wait until their family went back to see her.
"Grandma, I'm going to perform. I'll give you a shout when I come back in the evening."
"ah?"
Cao Xuan got used to it and shouted again with a raised voice. The old lady heard clearly this time and waved her hand: "Go, go, have a good show."
"Mom, I'm leaving then."
"Have you eaten? I'll make you something."
"No, there may be another rehearsal today. I have to go in advance. There is food there. Don't wait for me tonight. I'll call you after the performance."
"There is milk available, please take two packs."
Cao Xuan stuffed two boiled eggs and three packets of milk into his hands and went out to the CCTV headquarters. As time passed, relatives and friends also arrived.
Have a simple snack at noon, and then start the serious work of the New Year’s Eve dinner in the afternoon.
The men know how to help in the kitchen, but don't know how to play cards nearby, while the women make dumplings and cook, just to have fun.
The children were either watching TV or going to Cao Xuan's computer to watch and play games. If they were a little quieter, they would read a book.
Cao Xuan has a lot of books at home, including various music, film and television theoretical knowledge books, Jin Yong's complete set of martial arts, Gu Long's complete set of martial arts, selected works of Mao Zedong, and various magazines.
The most numerous are history books, such as "Twenty-Four Histories", "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Historical Records".
Cao Xuan doesn't have much time to read at home. When he goes out, he always takes a few books with him, both to recharge his batteries and to relieve his boredom.
There are no smart phones these days, so he often flies in the sky and runs on the ground, relying on the books in his hands to pass the time.
Among the crowd, the one who attracted the most attention was Li Xuejian.
Don't look at Cao Xuanhuo, but he has been seen by this group of relatives since childhood.
Crotchless pants, bare buttocks, peeing and mud, firewood piles lit, parents of both sexes beating...
He knew all the embarrassing things, which left a deep impression on him. Even though he knew he was successful, he didn't regard him as a great star.
But Li Xuejian was different. At that time, "Desire" became popular all over the country, and the whole country admired Song Dacheng. Many of Jiao's movies were screened in the countryside, not to mention "Water Margin" Song Jiang, which made people in Shandong Province crazy.
Like Cao Shuangguo and Sun Lan back then, everyone thought that Li Xuejian was a real big shot different from Cao Xuan.
Shandong province has strong traditional values and respects teachers and ethics, and is definitely one of the top provinces in the country.
In everyone's opinion, Li Xuejian is the master of his nephew/nephew, that is, he is a distinguished guest in the family, and he is very respected. Li Xuejian has no airs at all. They are brothers based on their age, and they start playing cards when they get to know each other well.
There are two most popular card games in Shandong Province, namely, Go level and Baohuang. The former is generally played in Zao City, and both are played in Dutch city.
Li Xuejian left his hometown when he was a teenager, and has lived in many provinces since then. In fact, he is not very good at it. His main talents are Cao Shuangguo, his uncle, and other senior men.
So a scene was staged in Dashizuo Siheyuan that only people from Shandong province could understand.
A group of big men shrank their heads, hid their hands in their arms, and shook their calves. They were no longer honest and honest in the past, engaging in intrigues, duplicity, and intrigues.
The acting skills of Li Xuejian, the Golden Rooster Best Actor, are not even ranked among them.
When he first started playing cards, he screamed in a cowardly manner, but when he played the cards, he screamed and smashed the cards, banged his fingers on the table without shouting, and started shouting wildly and provocatively.
After the cards were played, they had to review the game together and have a heated discussion about who played the cards, how many cards were played, and the big and small numbers. Each of them remembered it better than the grade their children were in.
Li Gen, who grew up in Beijing, was shocked when he saw this scene for the first time.
The other children were not surprised at all, and some even had itchy hands to watch the fun. As long as they talk cheaply about cards, a kick would be considered a minor offense.
It was lively and lively until the evening. There were three tables, two large and one small, in the main room, one for men and one for women. Children went to the small tables. If they couldn't sit down, they crowded in with the adults.
This is also the rule here in Shandong Province. Men and women are seated at separate tables. Firstly, women do not drink. Secondly, it is easier for women to stop drinking. More importantly, there are too many people to sit down.
But later on, this situation became less common. In rural areas, it was okay, but in cities, everyone usually ate together.
"Have you left any food for Xuanzi?"
Although several people were eating, Cao Daguo still occupied the C position and gave orders.
"I've left all the vegetables and dumplings here. You can eat them as soon as they're hot."
"That's fine. The child has agreed in advance, so there's no need to wait for him. Let's eat first.
Today, thanks to Xuanzi, our family is getting together to celebrate the new year together. This is a good thing and I am very happy. I will bring you a drink to celebrate our happy gathering today."
After that, he drank it all in one gulp, and others followed suit. People like Li Xuejian, who couldn't drink, drank tea instead of wine, but no matter what they drank, the atmosphere was indeed good.
After eating some food and chatting for a while, the Spring Festival Gala finally started on TV at 8 o'clock.
A few children who were eating quickly or wanted to watch TV approached the TV, and the adults said "Skit/Your brother, come out and call me" and continued eating.
The opening song and dance of this year's Spring Festival Gala still features Sun Yue partnering with another male singer. The title of the song "It's So Good Today" is lively and cheerful, and it has a good warm-up effect.
The second one is the queen of folk songs. The classic song "Better and Better" she sang was one of the most popular songs in 2001.
The third one is the sketch, "Matchmaker" performed by Guo Da, Cai Ming and others.
Hearing that it was a sketch, adults gathered around to eat and drink. This is also the norm in the Spring Festival Gala. You can listen to the songs or not, and generally watch the sketches and cross talk.
The sketch "Matchmaker" means that the director directs the play and the actors are confused, using various contrasts and accidents to create burdens.
In a sense, this is also a representative model genre of the Spring Festival Gala. The first Spring Festival Gala skit "Eating Noodles" followed this model.
Later, Chen Xiaoer found another way and used this model to create a sketch "Protagonist and Supporting Role".
Later, Feng Gong and Huang Hong also used this model in the Spring Festival Gala to varying degrees, and sketch teams outside the Spring Festival Gala also had similar works, such as Laughing Brothers and Happy Twist.
Many people underestimate Guo Dastanson's comedy ability, but as a frequent visitor to the Spring Festival Gala, his comedy ability is outstanding.
It's just that Guo Da's performance is not intense, which makes the audience less impressed by him. But in fact, whenever you look at his works, a smile will always be on your face.
His collaboration with Cai Ming is a famous golden partner in the Spring Festival Gala, second only to the old Zhao Baiyun Heitu and the Iron Triangle, as well as Zhao Gong's "mother and son" and Chen Zhu's sketch combination.
At the peak of their cooperation, Lao Zhao was basically the first, and they competed with Huang Hong and Feng for second.
After Guo Da withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala, Cai Ming was better off in the first two years of his transformation into a sharp-tongued old lady. However, he was scolded every year for the rest of the year, which also made countless people miss Guo Da Stanson.
At this stage, after many years of combination, Guo Da and Cai Ming have become one of the signatures of language programs, and the effect is also good, making everyone laugh.
After the performance of "The Matchmaker", there were two songs and dances, which was Feng Gong and Guo Junjie's cross talk "Getting Into the Top".
It is said to be a cross talk, but in fact it is almost the same as a sketch. It is also Feng Gong's test work in transforming into a cross talk drama, and he gave it the academic name makeup cross talk.
This cross talk is actually similar in structure to "The Matchmaker". It is also a director's audition, with two actors trying to undermine each other.
I don’t know how the director team reviewed it and made the two language programs conflict with each other, but the results were both good.
In particular, Feng and Guo's "Advancement" is quite famous in later generations, and it can be regarded as the most eye-catching program of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
It can be said that Feng and Guo have become the famous golden partners of the Spring Festival Gala after just a few collaborations. It is because the show is so brilliant that many people have forgotten their original partner Niu Qun.
After reading this paragraph, the uncle looked at the time: "When will Xuanzi come out? It's almost 9 o'clock."
"It's almost there. He said his program was pretty good, ranked ninth."
"It's almost there. There were four or five songs and skits just now. It will be here in another ten minutes."
Just as we were talking, it was time for Li Wen's show. His fiery and passionate dance attracted many gentlemen to watch secretly. The children were not very impressed by it and just counted the shows and waited for Cao Xuan.
After Li Wen, after two more programs, the host finally mentioned Cao Xuan, the curtain call was over, and the cast list appeared.
