Chapter 102: The Older Generation of Art Workers

Sure enough, Duan Zhongqi heard that Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian were leaving, which seemed a little pity, but when he heard that he would come over in half a month at most, he was in a much better mood, and said to Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian: "The day after tomorrow, if you are free, I want to invite you to my mother's house to sit down and chat." ”

"No problem, we came with a friend, it's empty. Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian said.

Duan Zhongqi's mother lives alone in an old house in the seventies, which is a two-suite house. Duan Zhongqi said that his mother had lived in this place for decades.

At that time, the house was the best house in the city, and he spent all his mother's money and borrowed some. Later, Duan Zhongqi bought some real estate, but his mother only lived here and didn't go anywhere, saying that they were all acquaintances and comfortable to live here.

Duan Zhongqi's mother is a very literate person, and she is also very well maintained and hospitable. I was very happy to see my son bring two girls who like to sing model operas. beckoned Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian to eat fruits, and they were busy, and finally sat down, and when they were happy to talk about the opera, they stood up and gestured, and hummed a short paragraph quietly.

Duan Zhongqi's mother is worthy of being a professional, and every look and movement is in place.

Duan Zhongqi's mother said: "There are very few people who sing this now, they all like to sing popular, or ethnic style and the like, like model opera, which requires a certain amount of training before it can be sung better, is too niche, there is no mass base, and I have to forget how to sing." ’

Duan Zhongqi interjected at this time: "Mom, I have always asked you to go to the song hall to open your voice, but you don't go." ”

"I don't know what you're talking about? Can I go there?"

"But you don't go to the villa. ”

"Okay, I think it's very good here, you are so verbose every time you come, you are not old, but you are even more verbose than me. ”

"I'm going to eat here today, yesterday Zhongqi said that there were guests coming, I went to buy a lot of dishes early in the morning, and today let you taste my craftsmanship. Duan Zhongqi's mother walked into the kitchen as she spoke.

"Auntie, let's help you. Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian also followed into the kitchen, the kitchen was too small, and the three of them couldn't spread out in it.

"I don't need yours, I'll be soon, you and Zhongqi will go to the living room to chat. ”

"Auntie, I can cook, I'll give you a hand. Although Duan Zhongqi's mother was still refusing, Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian still rushed to wash and pick vegetables. Duan Zhongqi's mother smiled and watched the two girls busy, and started to stir-fry the vegetables herself.

"Auntie, your food has a bit of the taste of Anhui cuisine, it's delicious. Lin Qianqian said after taking a bite of Duan Zhongqi's mother's cooking.

"Your mouth is quite powerful, that's right, my ancestral home is Anhui, Zhongqi's grandfather is from Anhui, and later we moved to eastern Shaanxi, but the cooking habits in the family still retain the tradition of Anhui cuisine, but many dishes have changed. ”

"Aunt, my ancestral home is also from Anhui, so I ate my aunt's dishes as soon as I ate them. My mother's cooking also tastes like this, and my mother also said that her cooking is different now than before. Lin Qianqian said.

"The taste has changed, but the feeling of hometown cuisine is still there. Duan Zhongqi's mother was very happy.

"My mom sometimes makes tiger skin edamame tofu for us, and it's delicious, but it's not easy to buy, so my mom makes her own edamame tofu. Lin Qianqian said.

"Yes, tiger skin tofu, next time you come to make it for you, I just don't know it's different from your mother's cooking. Duan Zhongqi's mother said with a smile.

"Then I'll thank my aunt first. ”

"Thank you, I'm very happy that you come to play, and it's good that you come to play often when you have time. Your previous vocal habits are different from those of our operas, and the vocalizations of model operas are quite special. It's just that the houses in this neighborhood are not soundproof, and we can't affect the neighbors, but we can figure out how to get lucky. Duan Zhongqi's mother talked about the model drama in two sentences.

"That is, once in the morning, as soon as I sang a song with a happy voice, someone immediately went to the property management, saying that it affected their rest. Wu Yi said some nonsense.

"Yes, some people sleep until the afternoon, our original trumpeter, but now at most can only use that trumpet to blow the enjoyment, once he couldn't hold back the trumpet and let his son take it to the suburbs of the mountains to have a good time, at first it was okay, and then went more times, and was sued by others, which made him very embarrassed, and repeatedly apologized to the other party. Duan Zhongqi's mother sighed.

"Mom, you're talking about that Uncle Hu, I heard that I've been obsessed with square dancing recently. ”

"It's him, he's energetic. It's a pity, but there's still a good venue somewhere. Duan Zhongqi's mother said.

"Auntie, do you square dance?"

"I also persuaded my mother to go square dancing, but my mother never went, not even to watch. Duan Zhongqi said.

"For those like us who have an occasional good time, we can go to a better song hall, but for my aunt, we need to be able to practice every day, so we need to be closer, and there must be some like-minded people who are interesting. Lin Qianqian said.

"I was like buying the house in the activity center, decorating it well, doing a good job of soundproofing, and adding sound to it, but my mother thought I was too wasteful, and I didn't agree, so I had to grieve myself. Duan Zhongqi said helplessly.

"You don't think that if you have money now, you can spend it indiscriminately. Don't forget that when you were young, you didn't have any vegetables to eat, but that Uncle Hu gave you half a piece of tofu and didn't make you happy like the New Year. Duan Zhongqi's mother said with a little reproach.

"Mom, when was that, everyone was poor then, and now everyone's life is better. Besides, I can afford it. ”

"You have money, you can't spend it, you can help those poor children, I haven't seen you donate anything, I think you just forgot your roots. You don't remember how much those uncles and aunts helped us when you were a kid. ”

"Mom. If I set up that activity center, those uncles and aunts can come and play, and I don't charge for it. I'm going to repay them for this. ”

"They want you in return? We're just having a good time, if you really have a lot of money, you can help a few more children. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, I sponsor children in several poor areas. ”

When Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian left, Duan Zhongqi's mother repeatedly invited them to come more when they were free.

On the way back, Duan Zhongqi said to Wu Yi and Lin Qianqian: "My mother likes you very much. If I have time in the future, I really hope to be able to come and talk to my mother again, my mother raised me very hard from a young age, and now she also donates half of her pension to support children in poor areas... ”

Lin Qianqian smiled and said to Duan Zhongqi, "Brother Duan, how many have you funded?"

"I, not one. I can give you money in person, but I will never lend someone else's hand to help others, I only believe that helping the poor is not helping. ”

"I have the same idea as Brother Duan, to help the urgent and not to help the poor. Sometimes I see people on the street asking for money, and if I feel pathetic, even though I know that nine times out of ten I am a liar, but I feel that I should give money, I will give money. As for the invisible, I never paid for it. Lin Qianqian said.

"You're not a good one for them, it's you for your own peace of mind. Duan Zhongqi said.

"Also, if you don't give me a night's discomfort, I immediately feel good and think I've done a good thing. Lin Qianqian said.

"My brother, some time ago I saw a car broken down on the highway, it was dark and cold, and I saw the old and young family, my brother got off the highway at the exit in front of me and turned around to look for them, but they thought my brother was a liar, and it was useless for my brother to explain it, and then my brother left. I blamed my brother for not listening to me, and had to turn around and come back, but my brother said that it would be very uncomfortable not to come back, and he came back, even if he was rejected now, but he was steady, although he was still misunderstood. Wu Yi said.

"Your brother is quite loving. Duan Zhongqi said.

"That's it, he's such a bad guy. ”

"Hahaha, rotten good guy. Now saying that others are good people has become a curse. When you say that a person is a good person, you basically mean that the person is incompetent, cowardly, can be hurt, and can be betrayed. ”

Wu Yi opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Now there is a word like 'Miss' that has been used badly, which was originally a good title, but now I dare not use it casually. There are also words such as 'teacher' and 'expert', and the most comical is the word 'comrade', which means homosexual. Duan Zhongqi didn't see Wu Yi's expression and continued, Duan Zhongqi was extremely excited today, and he talked a lot more.

Wu Yi returned to the hotel and told Li Yan about today's events.

Li Yan told Wu Yi about Duan Zhongqi's situation, Duan Zhongqi's parents divorced when he was very young, and his father never appeared later, and his mother pulled Duan Zhongqi alone.

When he was a child, Duan Zhongqi's family was very bitter, Duan Zhongqi was a filial son, Duan Zhongqi's wife and Duan Zhongqi's mother did not have a good relationship, and now Duan Zhongqi's wife lives abroad with her son and rarely returns to China.

Duan Zhongqi's mother, an older generation of art workers who received the most orthodox traditional Chinese education, was very unaccustomed to the current behavior of her son and daughter-in-law, so she was reluctant to live with them.

Wu Yi asked Li Yan, 'When can I make some requests to Duan Zhongqi?'

Li Yan said: "You and Lin Qianqian can't ask anything about business, if he asks, you just say that you are just to play with friends, and it is not very clear what your friends are doing specifically, but don't resolutely say that you don't know or resolutely deny that it is related to Fu Shan Group, you can simply say that your friends seem to have come to talk to Fu Shan about a big project." If he offers to help, come back and ask, don't refuse and don't accept it right away. ”

Wu Yiqi said: "Brother, when we approach him, don't we just want to ask him for help? Even if we don't take the initiative ourselves, but he wants to help us, why don't we push the boat down the river?"

Li Yan smiled: "To do things, you have to know the word 'wai', not everything has to go straight to the end as soon as you start together." This one is playing, and now he is still an idle man, and he will know whether he is an idle man or a chess player later. ”

Wu Yi frowned and said, "Brother, can you not speak so sourly? What an idle man, chess, I don't understand." ”