Chapter 11: The Floating Life in Hong Kong (2)
At seven o'clock in the morning, many members of the Yang family had already gotten up, and when Zhang Lexing returned to the hall, it was just in time for breakfast.
"Lexing, come and eat together!" Old Man Yang saw Zhang Lexing coming in from outside, greeted him warmly, and then turned his head and shouted: "Mama Feng has added another pair of chopsticks!"
Zhang Lexing was not polite, went straight to the dining table, found an empty seat and sat down. Maybe it's still early, and there is no shadow of Yang Xinxin on the table, and I don't know if I've gotten up. There were a total of five people at the dinner table, in addition to Old Man Yang and Old Mrs. Yang, there was also Yang Yu'an, who was uncomfortable when he saw it yesterday, and there was also a middle-aged man who looked slightly older than him.
"Lexing, let me introduce, next to me is my eldest son Yang Yuping, he is Xin'er's father, and next to him is the one you saw yesterday, my second son Yang Yu'an. ”
"Good morning Old Man Yang, good morning Old Lady Yang, good morning to the two Mr. Yang. Zhang Lexing greeted several people at the table warmly.
Old Man Yang and Old Lady Yang also greeted Zhang Lexing very warmly, and even Yang Xinxin's father Yang Yuping nodded to him, only Yang Yu'an was still the same as yesterday, although he didn't say anything strange, but he pretended to bow his head to eat, and deliberately ignored it. Zhang Lexing was even more disdainful of Yang Yu'an in his heart, if he hadn't taken care of Old Man Yang's face, he really wanted to leave. Fortunately, at this time, Feng's mother sent the dishes and chopsticks, and most of the bowl of porridge had already been filled in the bowl, and Zhang Lexing just turned his attention to the breakfast on the table.
After eating for a while, Yang Yu'an seemed to be a little impatient, and deliberately said to Yang Yuping: "Big brother, I heard that the company has often done business with the mainland recently, I don't know if you have ever been to the mainland, and whether the people there are all like that Ah Can (Note 1)." ”
Yang Yuping smiled lightly and replied, "I don't know, I haven't been to the mainland yet." However, Xin'er has been there a few times in the past two years, if you really want to know, you can ask Xin'er. ”
Yang Yu'an, who was bored, still didn't give up, and said to Yang Yuping: "Big brother, I heard from a friend that many people from the mainland came to Hong Kong, and it is said that some people came by swimming. Haha, big brother, you say it's funny, it's not funny!"
The more Old Man Yang listened, the more he didn't taste it, he glared at Yang Yu'an angrily, and said, "Yu'an, don't talk so much nonsense at the dinner table!"
Yang Yu'an reined in at this time, and his mouth no longer muttered casually, but his eyes were still full of disdain when he looked at Zhang Lexing. was disturbed by this annoying Yang Yu'an, this breakfast was tasteless, if it weren't for Zhang Lexing's psychological quality over the years, he would have been unable to help but leave the table.
Finally insisted on eating breakfast, Zhang Lexing got up and said goodbye to Old Man Yang and the others, and then turned around and walked upstairs. Halfway through, Zhang Lexing met Yang Xinxin, who was about to go downstairs for breakfast. Yang Xinxin was wearing a white plush coat with a set of pink Hello-Kitty cotton pajamas inside, perhaps because she hadn't slept well yet, and she yawned from time to time as she walked.
"Sister Xin, good morning!" Zhang Lexing waved his hand and said hello.
"Oh, good morning. Yang Xinxin replied lightly and continued to walk down.
It's boring again, Zhang Lexing is very unhappy, but there is nothing he can do, who will let him send someone under the fence, but Zhang Lexing also secretly made up his mind that as long as he has the opportunity, he must find a way to move out. But now that I am not familiar with my life, I can only insist on it first, at least when Dr. Yu comes. Thinking as he walked, Zhang Lexing came to the outside of his workshop, pushed the door and walked in.
Zhang Le walked to the desk, pulled out a chair and sat down, looked up at the window, the floating clouds in the sky were floating quietly, and his mood slowly calmed down. Zhang Lexing took out the Kylin operating system disk he wrote from the floppy disk box and put it into the floppy drive of Apple II, and then reached out to turn on the host power of Apple II, with the appearance of the system command line, he began to immerse himself in the digital world of 0 and 1. Whenever at this time, Zhang Lexing can always have a relaxed and happy feeling, perhaps because there are not so many human warmth in the computer world, and there is no such complex human sophistication.
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Slowly Zhang Lexing also adapted to the life here, usually he rarely goes out except to buy some necessities, basically using the computer in the studio, or drawing cartoons on the terrace on the roof, life is simple, if it is not for the existence of unpleasant people, it is really a comfortable and comfortable life.
During this period, Zhang Lexing also had a better understanding of the attitude of the Yang family, and Old Man Yang and Old Lady Yang were the best for him, perhaps because they both came from the mainland. Yang Xinxin's second uncle Yang Yu'an is the one with the worst attitude, and he sneers at every opportunity, but fortunately, Yang Yu'an has his own house outside, and he usually comes relatively rarely, otherwise Zhang Lexing doesn't know if he can endure it for so long. Yang Xinxin's father Yang Yuping basically has an indifferent attitude towards Zhang Lexing, in addition to maintaining politeness on the surface, he almost treats Zhang Lexing as air. Yang Xinxin is a special one, at the beginning, it was only because of the request of Mr. Yang that she often took Zhang Lexing out to buy things or help with other things, but as the contact time increased, Yang Xinxin found that Zhang Lexing was not as conservative and closed as the mainlanders she had seen before, and she could often put forward some insightful opinions. Even once when Yang Xinxin was shopping for clothes, Zhang Lexing also helped her choose a few very fashionable ones, and Yang Xinxin's attitude towards Zhang Lexing also changed greatly, and Zhang Lexing began to have a friend who could talk.
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One day in mid-November, Zhang Lexing was drawing cartoons on the terrace on the roof of the building as usual, and now that the weather is starting to get a little cooler, Zhang Lexing specially added a long-sleeved shirt. In the breeze, Zhang Lexing first took out the blue pencil he bought after coming to Hong Kong to make a sketch, and drew several in a row, and then put down the pen and re-examined the sketch, feeling that there was no problem, Zhang Lexing picked up the dipping pen and began to stroke and color, when he was drawing, there was a loud bang, the pen in Zhang Lexing's hand trembled and painted, and the work that had been suffering for a while immediately became a piece of waste paper.
Zhang Lexing was in a very unhappy mood, and followed the sound to see who the culprit was, but he saw a person who was even more unhappy than him. It turned out that the loud noise just now was made by Yang Xinxin when she opened the patio door, and her current expression was a little scary, it was estimated that if anyone appeared in front of her now, it was likely to suffer the same fate as the poor door, Zhang Lexing wisely gave up the idea of trying to get back to the field just now.
Obviously, Yang Xinxin didn't notice Zhang Lexing's existence, she walked directly to the edge of the terrace and looked into the distance, a pair of green jade hands tightly grasped the handrails of the terrace, and her back under the tulle moved gently. The wind on the terrace gradually became stronger, looking at Yang Xinxin, who was a little thin, Zhang Lexing sighed, took off his long-sleeved shirt, and walked over to help Yang Xinxin put it on.
"Sister Xin, it's windy outside, let's go downstairs. Zhang Lexing said.
"It's okay, I want to stand for a while. Thank you for the clothes. Yang Xinxin didn't look back, and her tone was a little different from her usual.
"Sister Xin, why don't you come and sit down. Zhang Lexing felt as if there were droplets of water blown into his mouth by the wind, and a trace of salty bitter taste spread in his mouth.
Maybe it was a change in mood, maybe the wind was really strong, Yang Xinxin didn't insist anymore, and came to the place where Zhang Lexing had just painted and sat down. Zhang Lexing took out a chair next to him where painting tools were placed and sat down.
Seeing Zhang Lexing's sketch on the workbench, Yang Xinxin asked curiously: "I heard Uncle Zeng say that you often go to the terrace to paint, is this it?"
Zhang Lexing replied: "Yes, but these are still semi-finished products. ”
"Oh, what are you drawing?" Yang Xinxin picked up one casually and asked as she looked at it, looking very interested.
"Comics, it's just that the one you're holding is just a pencil sketch. Zhang Lexing explained.
"I didn't expect you to draw this, if you have any finished drawings, show me. Yang Xinxin looked at Zhang Lexing with anticipation, and that posture didn't look so easy to get rid of.
"There are still some old drawings in the bedroom, you can look at them, but don't mess up the order of the drawings. "There was no way, Zhang Lexing had to contribute a part of the manuscript first.
After getting Zhang Lexing's manuscript, Yang Xinxin quickly quieted down, "Once upon a time, thousands of kilometers away from the capital, there was a deep mountain, and our whimsical story started from here ......", as the plot unfolded, she gradually immersed herself in it. Zhang Lexing is temporarily clean, but since then there is one more routine, every day Yang Xinxin will go home from work will find Zhang Lexing to get some sketches to see, bad luck encounters weekend rest Zhang Lexing has to add more to it, once looked thick The manuscript is getting thinner and thinner.
More than two weeks later, something that Zhang Lexing and Yang Xinxin didn't want to see finally happened, and it was broken!
"Why is it so slow, it's been so long to draw like this, I haven't seen it since yesterday. Yang Xinxin muttered to Zhang Lexing very dissatisfied.
"Sister Xin, I'm just alone, I have to study the computer in the morning, and I only have time to draw in the afternoon. I'm going to spend two hours at night this week to speed things up, but this comic is a hassle to draw. Why don't we change from one day to one day a week?" Zhang Lexing was also very painful, during this time, in order to draw comics, even the time for studying computers was affected, and if he continued to force it like this, he would probably change to a professional cartoonist.
"That's not good, you only update four or five pages at a time, and I can't afford to wait if it's updated every Monday. Yang Xinxin immediately rejected the proposal.
"Sister Xin, I'm just alone, you just split me, and I can't draw so much. Zhang Lexing had a headache, his plan was not like this.
"Otherwise, you can't be busy alone, and it should be a lot faster to find a few more people to help. Yang Xinxin quickly came up with an idea.
Looking for someone to help? Zhang Lexing thinks this is a good idea, not only can he finish the comics in his hands as soon as possible, but he can also withdraw from this aspect as soon as possible and devote his energy to what he is better at.
"Very good, then let's set up a comic studio!" The problem was solved, and Zhang Lexing was in a much better mood.
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Note 1: In 1979, Television Broadcasts Co., Ltd.'s drama "People in the Net" successfully portrayed Cheng Can (played by Liu Weixiong), a mainlander who came to Hong Kong to reunite with his family. Ah Chan has also become a code name for new immigrants from the mainland. This code name has a wink meaning, however, the semantic association is only "in the countryside", the level of knowledge is not high, "old-fashioned", often "bumping into the board", etc., and does not involve moral character, Ah Can is a small person, ridiculous, but not a bad person.
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