Xu Qinning made a reservation for an Italian restaurant called "Briciola" (breadcrumbs), which is located in Midtown Manhattan, and because it was still early, Xu Qinning told the driver to drive slowly and go to downtown Manhattan first. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the earliest Chinatown is in Lower Manhattan, once called Chinatown, after crossing the Manhattan Bridge, the past is full of Chinese signs with red letters on a yellow background, which is filled with a strong Republic of China atmosphere, even if you look closely, you will not feel that you are in the heart of New York, but like returning to those old and forced neighborhoods in Hong Kong.

When passing by Lin Zexu Square, Xiao Zhiyan also asked Cheng Xiaoyu who the bronze statue with the Qing Dynasty auspicious dress crown was, Cheng Xiaoyu didn't stay in New York for a long time, and he hadn't been to Chinatown, so he naturally didn't know that it was Lin Zexu.

But fortunately, Zhou Peipei knew very well and relieved Cheng Xiaoyu's embarrassment, otherwise Cheng Xiaoyu's image as omnipotent as Su Yuxi in Xiao Lori's memory would be greatly reduced.

One of the characteristics of women is that they love to take pictures, even Zhou Peipei is not exempt from vulgarity, the nanny car deliberately stopped at the entrance to the west of Broadway, and let the three generations of beauties in the car get out of the car and take pictures.

Lin Zexu Square is very close to the spire city hall, and many government departments are not far away, including the federal courthouse, the immigration office is in this area, and a little up is Wall Street, the world's financial center.

Because of the large number of people in Fuzhou, it is also known as Fuzhou Avenue, and Cantonese and Hokkien are the mainstream in Chinatown.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't plan to get out of the car, but Xiao Zhiyan had to pull Cheng Xiaoyu down to take a group photo, Cheng Xiaoyu didn't have much resistance to this soft and cute little Lori who liked to be coquettish, so he got out of the car.

He also underestimated his influence in the United States, plus there are too many Chinese people in this area, and the four of them haven't taken a few photos yet, Cheng Xiaoyu and Xu Qinning were recognized, although they are protected by bodyguards, they can't stop others from watching with mobile phones, after all, Cheng Xiaoyu is popular in the United States at this time, and is regarded as proud by most Chinese Americans, plus there is an extremely eye-catching Xu Qinning around him, which makes countless people gather in a circle to take pictures as if they are looking at rare animals.

In desperation, a few people could only return to the nanny car and drive away.

Xiao Lori, who returned to the car, was called over by Zhou Peipei to talk earnestly, roughly hoping that she would understand the particularity of her brother and sister's profession, not only not to be overly proud and vain about this, but also to understand the difficulties of her brother and sister.

Under Su Yuxi's free-range education, the little Lori with high emotional intelligence has developed a "good habit" of talking to people and talking about ghosts, she will be coquettish to Cheng Xiaoyu, and she will also sell cuteness to Xu Qinning, but she is honest in the face of Zhou Peipei.

After all, Zhou Peipei has been engaged in the work of people's educator for more than ten years, and as a teacher, he is also a teacher with a very high status, so he naturally has a temperament that is not angry but powerful.

Little Lori sat on the chair and said loudly: "Then I also want to be a star like my brothers and sisters!"

Cheng Xiaoyu looked back at Xiao Lori and said, "You are still young, read the book first..... What's so good about being a star?"

"You're all stars, so I'm going to be a star too. Xiao Zhiyan said with a pout.

Xu Qinning sat aside and teased Xiao Lori and said: "It's very hard to be a star, you have to be able to sing and dance, you have to be able to learn to dance with Aunt Zhou to have a chance to be a star!"

Little Lori turned around and looked at Zhou Peipei pitifully and said, "Auntie, do you want to accept a little apprentice?"

Zhou Peipei smiled, looked at the little Lori who was shaking her arm, and said, "I want to accept you as an apprentice, it depends on whether you have artistic talent." ”

Zhou Peipei is still very rigorous about art teaching, and she has been publishing papers against the current evaluation system, she thinks: it is still feasible to teach the history of dance and music in the category of general knowledge, and it is still feasible to pass the examination and evaluation, but the actual creation is different, and the artistic talent of students is difficult to evaluate, and as an educator, it is dangerous to judge easily

Then she paused and said very seriously: "Zhiyan, your attitude is incorrect, it is not advisable to learn singing and dancing in order to be a star, you must really like and yearn for it, if you think you are really interested in dance, I will create opportunities for you to contact dance." But you can't have the idea of being a star, those who see art as a lifelong career are worthy of respect, if it's just to make money or become famous, it's tarnishing art. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Xiaoyu pushed down her glasses, smiled bitterly and said, "Aunt Zhou, aren't you criticizing me in disguise!"

Zhou Peipei said: "I just hope that you don't forget your original intention before you do anything." ”

After listening to Zhou Peipei's words, Xiao Lori said a little timidly: "Auntie, I don't know if I like dancing or not, but I really like singing, and I also practice the guitar!

Cheng Xiaoyu remembered that snowy night, and was a little ashamed, if he didn't have no money, maybe he would only buy a few roses instead of singing to Xiaozhi.

Zhou Peipei touched the little Lori's mutton fat white jade face and said, "If you like it, work hard! Your brother Xiaoyu will not sit idly by." ”

Xu Qinning stretched out his hand and pinched Cheng Xiaoyu and whispered: "How many songs do you owe me, do you remember it yourself?

Cheng Xiaoyu said righteously: "How dare you! I have already written, when you come to Los Angeles, I will help you record, and then send a new order......

After a few idle words, I went to the "Briciola" Italian restaurant where Xu Qinning had booked a place, this restaurant is on the tenth floor of an office building, it is not a restaurant in the traditional sense, it only accepts reservations, and only accepts one table of guests, and it cannot exceed six people, but the price is the same whether you come to one person or six people.

Originally, Cheng Xiaoyu wanted to call Duanmu Linsha, Chen Haoran and Mo Lingshu together, but Xu Qinning refused on the grounds that he exceeded the number of people and that this was a family gathering.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't refute either, emotionally speaking, Xu Qinning and Xiao Zhiyan are indeed closer to their families than friends.

The dining room consists of a long white marble-topped table, plus a bar with silver candlesticks and porcelain cutlery, and is decorated less like a dining room than a study, with bookshelves full of books on three sides.

The four of them came to the table, and the Italian boss and host came over to say hello warmly, and saw a handsome guy and three beauties, although they didn't know that there were stars among them, they still asked for a group photo.

The dishes are very fast, eating Italian food is not as particular and etiquette as eating French and Western food, and there is no hard rule to order according to the full set of orders, which is a bit similar to the casualness of eating Chinese food, and guests can also choose their favorite dishes according to their own needs, preferences, and number of people.

The first thing to serve is the milk stewed suckling pig: three or four months old suckling pig who has not yet quit milk, the meat is pink and white, rolled up and soaked in milk stew for four hours and then sliced, adding mushrooms, black truffles and baked crisp hazelnuts, the pork melts in the mouth and is fragrant.

Black Truffle Fried Oysters: Fresh Oysters from Cove Bay, Australia's near-zero pollution, dipped in a thin batter and fried crispy, stuffed with black truffle sauce and spinach cream, juicy and not greasy at all.

Mixed Vegetable Ribbon Spaghetti: Ribbon-like lace-like fettuccine, this kind of noodles are hand-cut, whole wheat flour is used, and it is served with goat's milk cheese, tomatoes and roasted vegetables.

Then there is ham and cheese steak, salad, red stewed white bean tripe.....

Xu Qinning knew that Zhou Peipei liked to drink red wine, so she prepared two bottles of 2000-year-old Hongyanrong, which was given a perfect score of 100 by the world's master wine critic Robert Parker.

Zhou Peipei, who had never told Cheng Xiaoyu about "going to the river" during the tasting of food, asked Cheng Xiaoyu worriedly for the first time: "Xiaoyu, do you say that the Huaxia record industry can still be saved?"

If someone asks him, he is too lazy to answer, or just say a few words at will, he has tried to worry about the country and the people for the industry, but it seems that people are soft-spoken, no one cares about his intentions, but most people think that he is pretending to be B, and there are not many people in the industry who have written so many popular science articles.

In addition, the "Shanghe" reform, which he originally wanted to use as a model, was interrupted by the Su family before it began, so he naturally had no interest in paying attention to these thankless things.

But Zhou Peipei asked him that he had to answer seriously, so he thought about it for a while and said: "In fact, it is not too difficult to save 'Shanghe', it is very difficult to save this industry, and in the United States, where the degree of record industrialization is so high, there are countless small record companies that have gone bankrupt, not to mention that the Chinese record industry is unhealthy from the root.... In fact, Chinese films and music can't produce good works, for similar reasons, political factors and putting the cart before the horse in the creative process..... If the record industry wants to survive, it must first industrialize, and then transform, and there is no way out if it still holds on to the old ideas....."

Cheng Xiaoyu remembered that he had written a compendium for Su Yuxi on how to develop "Shanghe", but Su Yuxi didn't do this, naturally she had her thoughts, and Zhou Peipei didn't know the existence of "Xiyu" now, although Su Yuxi didn't explain to him, but he still had a tacit understanding with Su Yuxi, so he paused and said: "When it comes to 'Shanghe', I'm not very good at saying anything, after all, I don't know what the situation of 'Shanghe' is now....."

Xu Qinning snorted coldly and said, "What's the situation? Now the reputation of 'Shanghe' has been made by your cousin, and he has done a lot of good things with 'Shanghe' in order to make money...."

Zhou Peipei interrupted Xu Qinning's words and said: "Xiao Ning, what the Su family does is the Su family's business, anyway, 'Shanghe' is also their Su family, I can't control it, the reason why I asked Xiaoyu is not because I want him to give ideas or write songs, I can't speak at all in Shanghe, but there are many old employees and .... The major shareholders are still looking forward to your return, and now that they have started to lay off employees again, I don't want to persuade them to quit 'Shanghe', or simply quit the industry and find other means of making a living. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu said: "Aunt Zhou, although the record industry is dead, but music will not die, as long as you are really capable, it is still easy to eat with music, I also have a music company, if there is really anyone who needs to be taken care of or talented people, you tell me, I can arrange for him to work with me." ”

Zhou Peipei shook his head and said: "There is no need for this, if you return to China, it is better to talk ......about it" Then Zhou Peipei sighed again and said: "I think you plan to take root in the United States like this....!"

Cheng Xiaoyu took a sip of red wine and said, "No, Aunt Zhou, I will go back the year after tomorrow.... I stayed in the U.S. just to fulfill a wish, and I will go back when I fulfill that wish!"

Zhou Peipei said lightly: "That's right! It's better for us to be in Shanghai..... You're not at home..... Xiaoxi is often not at home, and I always feel that the house is really empty when I am alone at home. ”

It was a very resentful sentence, which came out of Zhou Peipei's mouth, but there was no loneliness, only a kind of indifference that did not move the eight winds.

Then Zhou Peipei glanced at Xu Qinning again and said, "Xiaoyu, I don't have any other expectations now, I just hope that you will get married as soon as possible and give birth to a few babies, so that I can take my grandson." ”

Xu Qinning is not an ordinary woman, Xu Qinning, who has a natural fox face that brings disaster to the country and the people, sighed and said: "Aunt Zhou, I have tried my best to inherit the Cheng family, but Director Cheng Da has too many beauties around him now, and they are difficult to live up to.... If you want to wait for your grandson, you might as well marry Xiaoxi as soon as possible!"

Cheng Xiaoyu's face changed when he heard Xu Qinning say this, but he didn't say anything, just drank the red wine in the glass in another sip, and choked himself and coughed a few times.

Xu Qinning grimaced at Cheng Xiaoyu and said ill-intentionedly: "Look at the ..... you are nervous" Only Xu Qinning knows what Cheng Xiaoyu is nervous about.

Zhou Peipei remembered that Cheng Xiaoyu did have a deep Xia Shamo by her side, and she was not easy to interfere in the emotional affairs of her younger generations, and although Xia Shamo's family background was a little worse, she was indeed a beautiful girl, and Cheng Xiaoyu could marry her in the future, and her life should be harmonious and beautiful.

Although Zhou Peipei selfishly prefers Xu Qinning, after all, she has grown up watching her since she was a child and understands her character better, plus Xu Qinning has accompanied her more than Su Yuxi in the past two years, so she naturally has a deeper relationship, it can be said that she is almost the same as her daughter, so she naturally hopes that Cheng Xiaoyu can be with Xu Qinning.

Zhou Peipei hesitated for a moment and asked, "Xiaoyu, do you have a girlfriend now?"

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't have the courage to glare at Xu Qinning, and said with some embarrassment on her face: "Aunt Zhou, I don't have a girlfriend yet!"

"We're all living together and don't have a girlfriend yet!" Xu Qinning interjected.

Cheng Xiaoyu hurriedly said aggrievedly: "How do you call cohabitation, obviously everyone lives there, you also have the house key, don't you also live somewhere?" Miss Xu, he really can't afford to offend, in case this Nizi goes crazy and tells Aunt Zhou that this child has a sister love plot, he really doesn't have to go back to Shanghai from now on.

Zhou Peipei said solemnly: "Xiaoyu, excessive ambiguity is a manifestation of irresponsibility, and you, as a boy, should bear something..... I don't know what you think, but Xiao Ning and that Xia Shamo are both good girls, and you can't do anything to be sorry for them. ”

Xu Qinning, who has always been eccentric, said: "Aunt Zhou, I'm not intolerant! Anyway, I've made up my mind about the young grandmother of the Cheng family, as for the second aunt, the third aunt, the fourth aunt, and the fifth aunt! I'm not unacceptable..."

Cheng Xiaoyu was a little speechless and didn't know how to answer.

Zhou Peipei turned her head and glanced at Xu Qinning and said, "What second aunt, third aunt, do you think this is still a feudal society?" and then couldn't help asking: "Where are there so many? Isn't it just a Xia Shamo?" Zhou Peipei is not the kind of person who completely abides by tradition, in her opinion, as long as Cheng Xiaoyu can give them happiness, even if there are two women, there is nothing unacceptable.

Xu Qinning said: "One, Aunt Zhou, you underestimate the charm of our big director!"

But Cheng Xiaoyu felt even more embarrassed at this time, blushing like a monkey's ass.

At this time, the little Lori on the side held a fork and said loudly as if she raised her hand to answer a question: "Then I want to be the third aunt of Brother Xiaoyu!"

Everyone laughed.