040 Versailles, Spring Festival Gala and Return to Beijing
After Cao Xuan was exposed in the village, his family became the center of Cao Guanzhuang.
In order to keep a low profile, Cao Xuan simply hid out most of the time.
It happened that the family was short of many things, and Sun Lan and his wife were reluctant to buy them even after giving them to Qian, so Cao Xuan had to buy them himself.
As a result, large items such as telephones, washing machines, air conditioners, refrigerators, solar water heaters, and three-wheeled motorcycles were moved to the house every day, which frightened Sun Lan into sending Cao Shuangguo to keep an eye on his son to prevent him from "wasting" money.
Although she said she was distressed, but her son was filial, Sun Lan felt happy in her heart. She had nothing to do in the past two days and started to give it to her neighbor Versailles.
"Look at this refrigerator, do you see those two naked kids? It's a famous brand, more than 2,000 yuan."
"This kid is so incompetent. I told him not to buy a washing machine. It's the same with hand washing, but he won't listen to me."
"Ang, this thing costs a full 1,500, but it is indeed cleaner than what we can wash by hand, and it can also be tumbled dry."
"I have set up a special phone number so that you don't have to go to the village committee to call me. If you have anything in the future, just leave it to my house. The number is 72**404."
"What number is unlucky? Don't call my home number if you have anything to do in the future."
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Thanks to his mother Sun Lan, Cao Xuan suddenly became someone else's child in the eyes of the village elders.
Sun Lan's ordinary words also drove away many melon-eating people in the village, allowing Cao Xuan's family to regain some peace.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Xuan took over a private job through the husband of his cousin Cao Wei.
A large shopping mall chain in the city held an event at the end of the year and asked him to help stand for a day. The appearance fee was 100,000.
With the lobby's brother-in-law as a guarantor, Cao Xuan was sure that the business performance was formal and rewarded the elders in his hometown.
After making 100,000 yuan and paying taxes, he bought an air conditioner for his uncle's house, left 50,000 yuan to his parents, and donated the rest to the village.
Cao Xuan was famous, so naturally people came to borrow money.
They are all from the same village, and some of them are actually relatives, so it is impossible not to borrow them.
But if it is borrowed, who should be borrowed and who should not be borrowed, how much should be borrowed, whether to borrow it later, etc., it is not clear when broken down.
Cao Xuan simply chatted with the village cadres and gave some money to the village to support the orphans, widows and disabled people in the village, which silenced most of the people in the village.
With his parents and uncles watching, Cao Xuan was not afraid of the village hacking his money. He lived in the same village and could check the accounts just by asking.
As for the others, Cao Xuan also told his parents that they would not help the poor, but they would need to write an IOU.
Whether or not someone should pay back the money depends on a detailed analysis of the specific situation, but Cao Xuan must show an attitude of asking people to pay back the money. His money did not come from the strong wind. If he just borrowed it without paying it back, everyone would not come to him for free prostitution.
It is foreseeable that Cao Xuan's approach will definitely not satisfy everyone.
But Cao Xuan doesn't care, as long as it doesn't damage the reputation of the old Cao family and he has a clear conscience.
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On the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Xuan posted Spring Festival couplets with his father.
Both the uncle and the uncle came to his house to celebrate the New Year this year. The whole family had a reunion dinner and then watched the Spring Festival Gala in front of the TV.
This year's Spring Festival Gala, the main hosts were still Ni Ping and Zhao Zhongxiang. He Dan, who had not yet resigned from CCTV, served as the guest host.
Feng Gong has not yet entered sketches at this time. He and his partner Niu Qun are now the most anticipated crosstalk actor group in the Spring Festival Gala.
Jiang Kun, the most popular cross talk actor in the past, has obviously seen a decline in his acting career since Liang Zuo's death, and he has focused more on his music association.
The future king of sketches, Zhao Benshan, has not yet ascended the throne, but is ranked three times behind Chen Peisi and Zhao Lirong.
However, in this year's work "New Year's Greetings", Lao Zhao collaborated with Fan Wei and Gao Xiumin for the first time in the Spring Festival Gala, and they performed extremely well, with constant golden lines.
"When you get mad, we all go crazy."
"What are you supporting? It's corrupt?"
"Good news spreads in the delivery room, someone has been promoted."
"The earth has to revolve around you, are you the sun?"
"A rat works as an escort for a cat, and you make money at the expense of your life."
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Personally speaking, Cao Xuan's favorite language program of this year's Spring Festival Gala is "New Year's Greetings", followed by Chen Peisi's Spring Festival Gala masterpiece "The Postman".
Compared with cross talk sketches, as a singer, Cao Xuan is more concerned about the song program of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Cao Xuan had previously wondered whether he could sing a solo song in the Spring Festival Gala this year. After reading the list of the 1998 Spring Festival Gala, he knew the importance of solo singing in this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Putting aside the medleys and medleys of songs, there are only 5 real solo songs.
"Good Days" Song Zuying, this is the queen of folk songs, no need to say more.
"I Love You China" Fan Yuwen, a native of Taiwan Province, has a regional halo bonus.
Dong Wenhua in "The Voyage" and Cao Xuan, the fellow eldest sister in "The Beauty of the Country", have both qualifications, fame and background.
"Song of the Hero" Liu Huan, a big name in the music industry + "Water Margin" bonus.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that everyone else doesn’t have the capital to sing solo.
For example, Liu Tianwang in "The Chinese" can sing solo by himself.
However, after comprehensive consideration, the Spring Festival Gala program team allowed him to sing a duet with Mainland King Mao Ning, Taiwan Love Song Prince Zhang Xinze, and a superstar from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Coincidentally, Wang Fei and Naying, two Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland queens, also sang the song "Meet Me in 1998" together for the first time.
These two songs, together with Liu Huan's "Heroic Song", are basically the top three songs in this year's Spring Festival Gala singing program.
Especially "Meet Me in 1998" is almost the most profound memory of the 1998 Spring Festival Gala. It ranks among the classics and has become an indispensable program for the review of previous Spring Festival Galas.
Seeing these senior colleagues singing loudly at the Spring Festival Gala, Cao Xuan would be lying if he said he was not envious.
No matter how bad the Spring Festival Gala is in the future, it is currently the largest stage in the country. For children like Cao Xuan who grew up watching the Spring Festival Gala, they have a special feeling for it.
Not receiving an invitation this year is a small regret in Cao Xuan's heart.
I can only hope that the new album will achieve good results after it is released, and see if I can take the opportunity to attend next year's Spring Festival Gala.
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After the Spring Festival, Cao Xuan began to visit relatives, mainly his grandma's house.
Cao Xuan's grandfather has passed away, and only his grandmother is left to live with his uncle. In addition, he also has an aunt and a second aunt. Sun Lan is the youngest child in the family.
Cao Xuan's grandma was an old lady with small feet. Before liberation, she was the daughter of a landlord.
It is said that when Grandma Cao Xuan's family was the richest, they built three watchtowers, owned more than 20 spears, and had double-digit number of servants.
However, it was later looted by the Japanese, Guo army and bandits. After liberation, I was not even considered a rich peasant. When my grandma married into the Sun family, she brought a pack of quilts and clothes.
When Cao Xuan was a child, she loved listening to the old lady telling stories, but now that she is old and deaf and blind, daily communication is difficult, let alone telling stories.
At this time, Lu Provincial Television had just introduced "Water Margin" for rebroadcasts, and Cao Xuan, Ximen Qing, once again became a rare "mascot" for everyone.
Sun Lan was a master of Versailles in Caoguanzhuang. Now that she was back at her parents' home court, Sun Lan was completely shaken, with her uncle and aunt supporting her.
The brothers and sisters teamed up to scare the melon-eaters who were watching the fun.
Cao Xuan finally understands why his mother likes to show off. Emotions are inherited in the entire Sun family...
After visiting relatives, Cao Xuan stayed at home for a few days and spent some time with his parents.
February 2, 1998, the sixth day of the first lunar month.
Cao Xuan took a big bag of pancakes and local specialties, said goodbye to his parents, relatives and friends, and flew back to the capital from Linshi.
