Early in the morning, Wu Jianye was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.
Wu Jianye and Zhu Yan climbed up on the bed, scooped a basin of water from the water tank, and after washing up, they walked out of the bedroom and saw that my mother had brought Wu Nian with her.
"Baby, be good, daddy is going to set off firecrackers for you!" Wu Jianye teased Wu Nianyi for a while, then walked out with a smile.
Yan Wen didn't come back with him this year, so Wu Jianye had to do it himself.
In the warehouse, they took out the firecrackers they had bought in Yanjing. Wu Jianye placed them horizontally in the yard, stretched the wrapping paper with the firecrackers on them, lit the wrapping paper, and then ran back to the room.
Crackling!
Happy New Year with the sound of firecrackers!
After the sound of firecrackers, it’s time to put up Spring Festival couplets.
Wu Jianye was in charge of posting, while Zhu Hao stood aside to help. Finally, my mother hugged Wu Nian to accept it, and the family of four was happy.
After all this busy chatter, Wu Nianyi arrived in Wu Jianye's arms, while my mother and Zhu Xie began to take care of what they were going to eat today.
Naturally, there will be no shortage of chicken, duck, and fish. Instead, there will be some vegetables, which are more difficult to buy at this time. The main ones are Chinese cabbage, and the dumplings are also made of cabbage and pork.
The whole morning passed in such a busy manner. Wu Jianye originally wanted to pick up his grandma and grandpa, but my mother said that her uncle had already picked her up, so Wu Jianye didn't say anything.
In the past, grandma and grandpa would spend the New Year at their house, but as the conditions of my uncle's and brother-in-law's families have improved now, they always take grandma and grandpa over every Chinese New Year.
At noon, I simply made something to eat. The real feast will not officially start until the evening. In fact, Wu Jianye has no expectations for the so-called feast at this time. What he really looks forward to is this.
Plant a New Year atmosphere.
Just after dinner, Zhou Tao came to see Wu Jianye with his tools.
The purpose was still to smash flowers. Yesterday Zhou Tao promised his son that he would continue to smash flowers for him, and now he obviously came to Wu Jianye for help.
"Didn't I tell you? There are too many things to do today and I don't have time to smash the flowers!" Wu Jianye didn't want to go. The soreness after smashing the fireworks yesterday lasted for a long time. He didn't seem to suffer from this anymore.
Unfortunately, Zhou Tao did not intend to let Wu Jianye go, so he dragged Wu Jianye to the venue. In desperation, Wu Jianye had no choice but to continue smashing flowers.
But this time, I wasn't as tired as yesterday. First, Wu Jianye and Zhou Tao were already familiar with this kind of work, and second, there were a lot more people helping me today.
At this time, we can see what the New Year means to everyone in this era. On the venue and in the alley, everyone can be seen with a warm smile on their face.
The children were wearing new clothes. The older ones were holding firecrackers and incense. The bolder ones lit the firecrackers in their hands and threw them out quickly. The more timid ones put the firecrackers on the ground and hid far away.
He stretched out his hand, lit firecrackers and quickly fled the scene.
From the perspective of future generations, this behavior seems meaningless, but it is the most popular game among children in this era.
The adults were all beaming, wishing each other a happy New Year, and then agreed to have dinner together, or play mahjong or cards after the New Year.
Wu Jianye and Zhou Tao have very high prestige in the village, so when everyone saw the two smashing flowers, they all came over to help, so the workload for the day was quickly completed.
But even so, after finishing, Wu Jianye still held his waist and complained: "I never want to spend money again in this life!"
Zhou Tao's appearance was not much better, "This is the last time!"
The two of them carried their tools and made an appointment with the fellow villagers to put out fireworks in the evening. Then they went back to their homes to find their mothers.
"The phone at home just rang." After seeing Wu Jianye, Zhu Hao helped Wu Jianye take off his coat, and then took out a set of clean clothes and handed them to Wu Jianye.
Although Wu Jianye has a mobile phone, there is no signal in the village at all, and it is still a landline. However, according to Wu Tao's report, Tunan Technology is already discussing with the country about jointly building a tower.
"Who are they?" Wu Jianye asked casually.
"They're all here to pay New Year's greetings, so there's nothing serious to do." Zhu Xian said with a smile.
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Then don't worry about it. Let's talk about it after we get back!"
"Um!"
The family of three was not idle at all. My mother was already mixing stuffing and preparing to make dumplings.
Wu Jianye went to wash his hands and then started kneading the noodles, while Zhu Hao took a rolling pin and started rolling out the dumpling wrappers. Because he had to take care of Wu Nianyi, he did not do this work in the kitchen, but put the guy everywhere.
After getting to my mother's room, Wu Nian lay on the bed and didn't know what he was playing.
The three ladies chatted, and time flew by very quickly.
When the sky slowly darkened, they also finished making dumplings, and Zhu Hao also put five nickels in several dumplings.
The dumplings are not cooked at this time, but will be cooked until almost twelve o'clock. The remaining work is to make this year's New Year's Eve dinner.
Although Wu Jianye did not buy a refrigerator at home due to frequent power outages, there is no need to worry about the chicken, duck, and fish going bad at this time, because the weather outside is more effective than the refrigerator.
And they put all the meat in the kitchen to defrost it in the afternoon.
At this time, Wu Jianye came to the living room with Wu Nianyi in his arms. He was responsible for taking care of Wu Nianyi, while my mother and Zhu Xie started cooking.
Wu Jianye put Wu Nianyi in the cart, walked to the wine cabinet, opened the wine cabinet, and saw that there was a lot less white wine inside, but the red wine was almost untouched. Wu Jianye shook his head and smiled bitterly,
After thinking for a while, I took out a few bottles of 1959 Lafite, opened them, and started to sober up.
Wu Jianye's drinking ability is inherited from his mother, so when building a new house, Wu Jianye specially asked them to build a wine cabinet, and even brought all the good wines given to him by others for his mother.
However, in order to take care of my mother's health, Wu Jianye prepared more red wine. Drinking less red wine is still good for the body.
But judging from the look in the wine cabinet, I still prefer the liquor from my motherland.
The prepared dishes were brought out one by one by Zhu Xia.
Although there are only three of them and a little guy Wu Nianyi during the Chinese New Year this year, the food is still very rich.
Wu Jianye thought for a while, walked to the phone, and called the orphanage. The person who answered the phone was Director Gu, who was full of energy and had a cheerful tone.
"Who?"
"Dean Gu, I am Wu Jianye!"
"Director Wu, have a great New Year!" Dean Gu was also very happy when he heard it was Wu Jianye.
"Happy New Year to you too, say Happy New Year to the children for me!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Okay, okay!" Dean Gu laughed heartily and said, "Just now Xiaoqing asked big brother when he would call them."
"Really, where are the children?" Wu Jianye was also very concerned about his brothers and sisters in future generations.
Dean Gu smiled and said: "You are all watching TV, I will call you over now!"
"No need, let the children have fun." Wu Jianye said with a smile. If he asked them to answer the phone at this time, he would probably not be able to hang up the phone for a while.
"By the way, Dean Gu, I may have to go see them later this year." Wu Jianye thought that he had to attend the Berlin Film Festival, and there would definitely be no way to go see them during the New Year like in previous years.
"I understand, I understand, I saw it on TV. You are going to attend the Berlin Film Festival. This is business. Don't worry, the children will understand!" Dean Gu is living a very happy life now, seeing that the children can eat well and be able to
Nothing could make Dean Gu happier than wearing warm clothes and being able to go to school.
After chatting some more about the children with Dean Gu, Wu Jianye hung up the phone.
This was the only New Year's call Wu Jianye made during the New Year period.
"Ready to eat!" At this time, my mother and Zhu Xian also came to the room carrying the last two plates of food.
Wu Jianye walked to the wine cabinet, took out the goblet, and said with a smile: "Let's drink some red wine today!"
The old lady said dissatisfiedly: "That stuff doesn't taste good at all. It's better to drink it for free!"
Wu Jianye said helplessly: "Drinking too much white stuff is not good for your health. Drinking some red stuff will improve your sleep quality and help your body."
In fact, Wu Jianye doesn't like drinking red wine very much, but this is just to set an example for me. My wine capacity is not that of ordinary men, and even average men are no match for me.
Now that I am getting older and Wu Jianye is not around, I naturally hope that I can drink as little liquor as possible.
"That's right, Mom, let's drink some red wine!" Zhu Xian also advised from the side.
The old lady said helplessly: "Okay."
Wu Jianye smiled and poured the red wine in the decanter into the goblet. The three of them plus Wu Nianyi sat around the table.
"Happy New Year!" Wu Jianye raised his glass and said with a smile.
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
The same goes for my mother and Zhu Xian. The three of them clinked glasses, took a sip of red wine, and started the first New Year's Eve dinner of the year. There will be another meal at twelve o'clock in the evening.
That's the time to eat dumplings.
At this time, today's "New
The three of them chatted, drank wine, and watched the news. Half an hour passed quickly, and at this time, there were more and more reports about the Spring Festival Gala on TV.
Zhu Xian asked curiously: "Are there Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao this year?"
The programs of the Spring Festival Gala have always been a mystery. Until the last moment, no one knows whose program will be on and whose program will not be on.
Although Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao had only attended the 1984 Spring Festival Gala once before, the skit they performed that time still left a deep impression on everyone. For entertainment workers like Zhu Hao, seeing their performance was even more impressive.
There are more.
"There should be. I remember Chen Peisi told me before that the skit between him and Zhu Shimao this year was very interesting." Wu Jianye said.
In fact, it is true that this year Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao will officially become the anchors of the Spring Festival Gala in the following years. The skit they performed this year is called "Pepper Noodles". It is a performance without real objects. Even thirty years later, they will not go there again
Look, you can still make people laugh.
In the following years, they successively released "The Protagonist and the Supporting Actor", "The Cop and the Thief", "Brother-in-law and Brother-in-law", "The Great Transformation", "Cosmic Gymnastics Trials", and "The Prince and the Postman".
During the honeymoon period between the two and CCTV, the CCTV program "East, West, South, North, Middle" even had "Pace Happy Island".
As for the news about Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao and CCTV later, everyone knows...
Zhu Xian laughed and said: "They are so interesting. When we held a seminar in Yangcheng a few years ago, the two performed a skit called "Director and Actor". It was really hilarious."
Wu Jianye knew that Zhu Xi was talking about a seminar held by domestic movie stars and directors at the Luohu Hotel in Yangcheng on the eve of the Spring Festival in 1985. That seminar could be said to be the most grand seminar since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
More than 250 celebrity directors were present, and CCTV filmed a documentary specifically for this purpose.
However, at that time, Wu Jianye was busy dealing with the 1985 Plaza Accord, so he was traveling between North America and Hong Kong and did not have time to participate.
If Wu Jianye hadn't appeared, this seminar would have also held a local party. The hosts were Guo Kaimin, who served as the male lead in "Lushan Love", and Gong Yin from "Under the Bridge".
At the same time, Li Xiuming will also participate in this seminar. In the beginning of the documentary filmed by CCTV, Li Xiuming represents the northern actors and Gong Yin represents the southern actors. The two will have a scene of the north and the south embracing each other that is very typical of this era.
By the way, Li Xiuming and Gong Ying had many interactions. In 1973, when the Shanghai Film Studio was preparing to remake "The Young Generation", Gong Ying, who was returning home to visit relatives, was the first to be chosen to play the role of Lin Yusheng's sister Lin Lan. However, there was still
Before she had time to be happy, the factory leaders rejected the casting plan. Because of Gong Ying's status at that time, the Shanghai Film Studio did not dare to cast her into filming and bear the charge of "xxx".
Later, Li Xiuming replaced Gong Yin and played this role.
In 1983, director Xie Jin was preparing to shoot "Autumn x", and the first confirmed starring role was Gong Yin. For this reason, Gong Yin also specialized in calligraphy and swordsmanship. As a result, when the filming started, director Xie Jin thought that Gong Yin was not suitable for the movie.
Due to the temperament of the protagonist, Gong Yin was replaced and finally replaced by Li Xiuming.
For this reason, Gong Yin wrote a small poem to express his anger:
Full of enthusiasm for more than four months,
Study hard and practice hard.
Ambition fails and takes a sudden turn,
I regret that I was angry at the sky.
Full of anger and despair,
Where to call and to whom?
However, due to Wu Jianye's rebirth, Gong Yin did not attend the seminar in 1985. She was already in Xiangjiang at that time.