Cao Xuan parked the car in the garage, closed the door and greeted Cao Yang and Cao Li in the back seat to get out of the car. Zeng Li came over after hearing the news: "Xiao Xian is gone?"
"Well, I watched as I got on the plane. Someone will pick me up over there. I will call you back when I get home."
Cao Xian stayed at home for a day. Near evening, Cao Xuan drove to the airport. Cao Li and Cao Li were reluctant to leave their eldest brother, so they also went to see him off.
"Have you got a meal yet?"
"I bought them some food on the way back."
Zeng Li looked at the oil stains accidentally left on Cao Yang's collar and raised his eyebrows: "Eating fried chicken outside again? Didn't I tell you that the food outside may not be healthy? If you want to eat it, we can make it at home."
“The food at home is not as delicious as the food sold outside.”
Cao Li, the initiator of the figurines, was very confident, but what he said did not make sense.
Many of the employees in fast food restaurants outside are temporary workers with limited cooking skills. They are definitely not as good as the chefs specially hired at home. The raw materials and ingredients at home are also the best, and they even have recipes. The taste is better than that in fast food restaurants.
But I don’t know whether it’s because the domestic flowers don’t have the fragrance of wild flowers or something else. The two children in the family just love snacks bought outside, so the ones made at home can only be used as substitutes.
"Okay, don't eat at home from now on."
The Empress of the West Palace was so angry with her daughter that she would have gone up to twist her ears if Cao Xuan had not stopped her.
After the daily filial piety of mother and daughter, the family went back to the main courtyard. Hu Jing was watching TV. It seemed to be the local Spring Festival Gala that was broadcast in advance on a certain satellite TV. Da Mimi was wearing a mink, lined with a low-cut hip skirt, jumping up and down.
Ah trembling.
Cao Xuan seemed to criticize a few times inadvertently, and then commented on Damimi's singing skills as a professional singer.
"It's much better than before, but my voice is still a bit white, and my singing is a bit artificial."
"She's not a singer, that's all."
Hu Jing calmly changed the channel and defended her little sister, her tone a bit sad.
"It's not easy to be your own boss. You have to take care of all the joints. I heard that this year Mimi took on four galas in order to have a good relationship with these TV stations."
Hu Jing was a little worried about Damimi's busy schedule. As for whether her performance style was marginal, Empress Donggong didn't care at all.
Sexiness is also a style for artists to show off their looks and perform arts. It’s not like Damimi has performed similar performances before. It’s nothing unusual. It would be shocking if Liu Tianxian came to perform such a performance.
"The path you choose must be completed even on your knees."
Cao Xuan was very depressed, and Hu Jing felt sorry for Da Mi Mi. Maybe she was still enjoying it.
Fanxing has its own plan for artist announcements, so there will be no lack of exposure, but it will not be exposed too frequently to avoid going too far.
This is a very good state for most artists, busy but not excessive.
And for a character like Damimi, who is a hard-working Sanniang with a strong desire for external performance, she can't wait to be in the spotlight 24 hours a day. After leaving the stars, she can finally let go.
"I remember today is the finale of "In the Name of the People". Watching TV, Xiaoxian has been here for two days and has no time to catch up on the show."
Zeng Li was not very interested in Damimi's entrepreneurial journey. He checked the time and urged him to tune in to watch "In the Name of the People".
After the show was aired, because of its excellent quality and the participation of Cao and Hu, the Cao family became loyal viewers and watched the show almost every day. If they didn't have time, they would go online to catch up.
I was supposed to watch it yesterday, but after asking the children to sleep, Cao Xuan kept teasing them, and finally the three of them got together. After a fierce battle, everyone was tired and went to sleep directly.
Hu Jing and Cao Xuan knew the plot and had no strong desire to follow the drama. Zeng Li was on vacation and had nothing to do. Cao Xuan just went to the airport to catch up on the drama and remembered the finale tonight.
"Melon seeds, pistachios, almonds, dried fruit and meat...Li Li, take the white box in the tea room and I'll make some hot fruit tea."
Zeng Li really likes the atmosphere where the family gathers together to watch dramas and chat. Every time, the hardware is well prepared, the atmosphere is great, and the experience is great.
Hot fruit tea is a recipe dreamed up by Zeng Li. The ingredients include black tea, brown sugar, honey, apple, fresh orange, lemon, red dates and longan. It tastes fruity and sweet, and is very warm to drink in winter.
"Supposedly your tea tastes good, so why doesn't anyone drink it?"
Hu Jing tasted it for a few times and was a little puzzled. Empress Xigong, who was originally in high spirits, immediately dropped her face.
"I'm also wondering why no one comes to the tea room."
Zeng Li's major hobby was tea ceremony, which became more and more out of control over the past ten years. It was she who introduced Cao Xuan's family to the tea-drinking habit.
She has always been a Buddhist and doesn't like to do things. Because of her love for tea, she even opened a teahouse called "Expert Tea Ceremony" with her own money, planning to meet friends over tea and discuss with some of her peers.
The teahouse was opened in September last year. It was also a birthday gift from her, which shows that she attaches great importance to it. Cao Xuan even personally asked the elder for a calligraphy treasure to add glory to her teahouse.
Because he felt that the teahouse was quiet, Zeng Li did not do anything to promote it. He just shouted a few times in the small circle, planning to have a cup of tea that was not afraid of the deep alley.
The price is that half a year has passed and the business is basically only half a step away from bankruptcy.
The house is owned by the family, so there is no need for rent, but the expenses and losses of artificial water, electricity, tea and snacks are unavoidable. Except for the first month, the rest is all due to Zeng Li's contribution.
Although the Cao family doesn't care about the money, it's always bad to lose money when buying and selling.
Empress Nishigong was very shocked. She was not interested in Damimi's entrepreneurial journey, and she also had a bit of bitter resentment.
"You're not a business person. If you want to stay in the teahouse, you can stay. If you don't want to, just stop."
Cao Xuan was not surprised at all. The rules set by the Empress of the West Palace were not the way to do business.
If you want to do well in the teahouse business, one thing is to ensure the quality of the tea, and the other thing is to have connections and repeat customers.
She chose all the types of tea in Zeng Li, patronizing what she liked, but not caring about the customers. She stayed behind the scenes, but she also liked to blindly direct the management, and she was an outsider and an expert.
Moreover, there is a problem in planning the route. It is nice to have a quiet teahouse, but more guests like to gather together to drink tea and chat, so it should be quiet and active, depending on the guest.
Zeng Li misunderstood it and cut it across the board. The atmosphere in the teahouse was as cold as a haunted house and he lost a lot of customers.
All these stupid tricks were repeated, and when Cao Xuan learned about it afterwards, he didn't know how to save it.
Unless he came forward to promote and become an internet celebrity, but this was contrary to Zeng Li's original intention. Seeing that Empress Xigong's interest was declining day by day, it was better to stop and stop the loss in time.
It doesn't matter if you keep it, it doesn't cost much every month, just think of it as a way to amuse Zeng Li.
"It's better to stop it. After the new year, I'll see if I can find someone to sell it to. Otherwise, I'll pack up the teahouse and sell it."
One of the great advantages of Zeng Li is that he can listen to advice and think broadly. If it were Hu Jing, he would have to fight for a year, but she would not cause trouble for herself and would let go when she needed to.
"Don't worry about it. I'll find someone to help you deal with it later."
Cao Xuan took Xigong's management ability into account and decisively took over to help wipe the mess.
"We've lost money this time. Our family has to tighten our belts and live a better life. You two should save money and stop eating out."
The Empress of the West Palace sighed, not caring about the shame, and turned around to fool her daughter and son.
Cao Yang was confused and began to wonder whether to hand over the New Year's money to subsidize the family. Cao Li was not as fooled as she was when she was a child. Although she had not realized how rich her family was, she now understood that her family was not poor.
At least her pocket money and new year's money are the most among her classmates.
Therefore, when faced with her mother's misfortune, she questioned: "How much did our family lose?"
"It's tens of millions. I still owe a lot of debt to the bank. Didn't you see that there are several missing cars at home? Your dad sold them all and replaced them with cheaper ones."
Zeng Li opened his mouth and came without even typing a draft. Hu Jing next to her chewed the pork breasts in her mouth desperately to keep from laughing.
Cao Xuan: "..."
If he remembered correctly, last year he thought some of his family's cars were a bit old, so he simply arranged for them to be used as company cars at a discount, and then purchased a Bentley, a Maybach and two low-key mid-size cars.
Nishinomiya Empress is completely deceiving these two children into not knowing how to drive.
But don't mention it, she really let her fool you. Cao Yang follows his father and is not interested in cars. This is especially true for Cao Li, a girl.
They can recognize high-end cars like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi that are common on the street, but the logos of Maybach and Bentley are quite unfamiliar to them.
Coincidentally, the cars that were disposed of included BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes. In the eyes of the two children, it naturally turned into the family's luxury car being sold and worthless "junk cars" bought.
As for how many cars their family needs to buy at once, they have no concrete concept.
Even in their minds, it is very normal for their family to have several cars and live in a courtyard house in an alley with a swimming pool, garden and running track in the yard.
As for the situation at home being different from that of their classmates, this is understandable. After all, the classmates were also surprised that they still lived in a "shabby" bungalow and had not eaten takeout a few times since they were young...
Children are actually smart, but there is a lack of information and adults are misleading them in a bad way.
As a result, the two children have misunderstandings about many things, and they always have a clear and innocent attitude towards some things.
For example, now, Cao Li, who was still a little skeptical at first, suddenly became worried when he heard that his family's luxury car was sold and he lost tens of millions and owed tens of millions.
As the children grew older, they could no longer hide decimals. Tens of millions could still be deceived. The two children immediately began to imagine the miserable life of a bankrupt family.
They won’t be able to afford school in the future, so they can go out and pick up rags!!!
Miss Cao's face was solemn, and Cao Yang was also a little scared, but there was also a bit of expectation and excitement in the fear.
Looking at the two worried children, Cao Xuan looked at the Empress of the West Palace speechlessly.
"As for that, don't scare them."
Zeng Li rarely showed a hint of pride and playfulness on his face: "Who told them to say that my fried chicken is not delicious? If it doesn't taste good, then don't eat it."
Cao Xuan shook his head helplessly, and Hu Jing was also eager to give it a try and patted him: "Don't worry, I'll turn around and try hard to see if I can take out the two people's small treasury."
"What are you doing? You're not short of money."
"Of course I'm not short of money, but the New Year's money I got when I was a kid was confiscated. Why should they keep it? Don't worry, I'll just fool you once and enjoy it."
The Empress of the East Palace spoke plausibly, and Zeng Li also agreed, and took the initiative to suggest: "You go and coax Yangyang, and I will come, Li Li."
If you get caught in the rain, tear up other people's umbrellas!
Cao Xuan deeply despised the East and West Palaces: "Just be a human being."
However, not long after, Cao Xian called at home. He still gave his son a reminder, telling him not to spill the beans, and that he could play a trick if necessary, and that he would receive 15% of the confiscated New Year's money.
"This is not good..."
Cao Xian refused on the surface, but in his heart he thought that if he took one-third of the 15% and bought gifts for his younger brothers and sisters, he would win the hearts of the people.
Ignoring the two heavy-hearted children, Cao Xuan and the other three watched TV happily.
In the last two episodes, Hu Jing performed outstandingly, playing two roles, perfectly interpreting the well-behaved and gentle sister Gao Xiaofeng and the smart and confident sister Gao Xiaoqin.
The same face, slightly different clothes, close-to-back shots, facial expressions, tone of voice, eyes and other details allow the audience to easily tell that they are two different characters, which proves the strength of the Tokyo actress back then.
[Hu Jing is so great, her acting skills made me stupid]
[Please, I must act more in the future, don’t let such a good actor be buried]
[It’s hard to say what the male actors are in this drama, but actress Hu Jing’s performance is top-notch, but it’s a pity that she has too few roles]
[Although I shouldn’t, I really admire Xiaoqin and Director Qi, they are a pair of soul mates who share life and death]
[Really, at that moment, I wished the two of us could really fly away]
[No matter how deformed this love is accused of being, at least it is sincere enough]
[Really, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing are so perfect for each other. I especially love watching their scenes opposite each other. There is so much affection in their eyes that it really blows my mind.]
[Don’t get too caught up in the drama, there’s no need to empathize with criminals]
[Gao Xiaoqin is really miserable. I can understand why Cao Xuan and Hu Jing took these two roles. They are very tense and embarrassing]
[Gao Xiaoqinsa, Gao Xiaofengruan, Hu Jingmeimei]
【……】
While scrolling through Weibo and seeing all the praises and compliments, Empress Donggong almost laughed like a pig.
Nowadays, netizens are so good at praising others that it makes her feel a little itchy. She is considering acting in a few more dramas if she has the opportunity in the future.
After the plot of Gao Xiaoqin's sisters, it's time for Qi Tongwei's ending. If Hu Jing's acting skills can't help but be praised, the plot of Qi Tongwei at the end is enough to shock people.
"Monkey, the grudge between you and me has been cleared. I will repay Chen Hai's life. In this world, no one can judge me. Damn you, God..."
With a desperate and determined roar, Qi Tongwei swallowed his gun and committed suicide. This complex character who turned from a hero to a dragon came to an end.
Most viewers will not feel relieved when they see this. Instead, they will be extremely silent or even sad.
Cao Xuan and the others also sighed a little. Before they could comment, they heard the sound of crying from next to them. When they looked back, they saw that Miss Cao was crying.
"Good boy, what's wrong? This is all fake. It's just an act."
Cao Xuan was startled, thinking it was his daughter who was frightened, so he quickly comforted her, but Cao Li's voice was a bit choked up.
"My classmate's uncle jumped off a building because he owed money. Dad, our family owes money. You can't help but think about it."
Cao Xuan: "..."
The second house of East and West: "..."
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ps: Are there any outstanding new Huayu books recently? Can you recommend them? I will study them and look for inspiration.
