Chapter Seventy-Five: Holiday Imagination
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While I am busy with school, I also have to take care of the orphan's home, and only on weekends can I have time to go back to the farm. It is also thanks to Li Jing who built the framework of the orphanage home early, and some of Camppass's subordinates used to support it, otherwise with Anji's current immature ability, it is really not easy to make the orphanage house run harmoniously.
For Zhou Yu, the orphan's home is not only a place to do charity, but more importantly, it is a backup for the power of Kampas.
How to do charity and how to do the welfare of orphans, these are the responsibility of Anji.
Secretly, Camppass inserted people, focusing on selecting suitable seedlings, and a small number of them, unknowingly, sent to the training base for training.
In Zhou Yu's words, although it is charity, it cannot be done in vain.
It's like if there is a genius among the orphans, who is more talented than him in combat, he will naturally be absorbed into Kampas. And if there is talent in other fields such as learning or scientific research or business, Zhou Yu will not hesitate to cultivate and support.
But it needs to be rewarded.
When these people have learned to go out of society and work hard in various fields, they will gradually weave a huge net for Zhou Yu.
At that time, Zhou Yu's power will really take shape!
Of course, that takes time. At least, it won't be seen in ten years. However, Zhou Yu is still young, even ten years later, he is only thirty years old, very young.
To this end, Zhou Yu must make some plans and some checks and balances.
It's not that Zhou Yu cultivated them, and they will be loyal to Zhou Yu. In this world, betrayal is everywhere. It is not easy to weave such a network and grasp it firmly.
Otherwise, those big capitalists would have had infinite power long ago!
Like Zhou Yu, the method of building up power by cultivating orphans is not unexpected. Instead, he thought about it, but he knew that even if those orphans were really promising, they were independent individuals and could not be controlled.
However, Zhou Yu already has a belly case.
Of course, this matter is not urgent now, and it is still too early for the orphans adopted by the orphanage to truly become a force.
When the time comes, it's never too late to implement it.
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The 31st is the eve of Halloween.
This holiday is very grand in the United States, second only to Christmas.
Anji returned to the farm early, and at this time, she was preparing props with Zhou Yu and Tina.
Halloween is similar to the Midyear Festival in Great Xia, which can be called the Ghost Festival, and at the beginning it was mainly to worship the ancestors and remember the ancestral spirits.
And now, it's more of an entertaining atmosphere.
When Anji walked into the villa, he saw Zhou Yu carving pumpkin lanterns.
Jack-o'-lanterns are an essential and important element on Halloween. Households generally make their own jack-o-lanterns. Take a pumpkin and hollow it out, carve it into the shape of a ghost, have eyes, a nose and a mouth, and light a candle inside, and the jack-o'-lantern is made.
Tina decorates the villa on the side, with red, green, and green decorations surrounding the villa, which has a festive atmosphere.
Angie hurriedly put down her backpack and went to help Tina.
Zhou Yu's side, soon, carved seven or eight pumpkin lanterns, each of which was different, some looked like horned demon heads, some seemed to be pig heads, and some also seemed to be fairies, anyway, he carved whatever he wanted.
The pumpkin lantern was ready, Zhou Yu picked up a few pieces of wood on the side, brushed the knife in his hand, and under the strong wrist force, pieces of sawdust flew one after another, and soon, a mask was formed.
This first mask is the most normal image of a demon, with a vicious face and fangs, sprayed with some paint, dyed in various colors, and even more terrifying.
Then he carved a Snow White mask, a succubus mask, and then clapped his hands, picked up a small brush, and colored the three masks.
The ghost mask is blue and black, and Snow White's mask is much more normal, pale yellow. The succubus' mask, on the other hand, is reddish-brown.
Putting the mask aside to dry, Zhou Yu clapped his hands and stood up, at this time, Anji and Tina had already decorated the villa.
Seeing that it was almost dark, Wang Xiaohu took a group of members of his studio to the farm together.
And, of course, his little girlfriend Elsa.
They brought their own masks and jack-o'-lanterns, as well as all sorts of quirky costumes, such as Elsa, who was dressed like a little witch, with a pointed hat on her head, a black robe with a hood, and a broom.
They were all elated.
Over the course of the year, the YYF team studio has been doing well, and since winning the spring championship, they have become famous, and then some businesses have approached them to advertise. Zhou Yu has no objection to this. As a result, they made a lot of money.
With the input, plus Zhou Yu's funding, they invited a few more masters.
In the autumn competition, although Zhou Yu did not participate in the championship, he also won a third place.
It's not easy.
Of course, this is also not unrelated to Zhou Yu - although Zhou Yu can't let Wang Xiaohu and them reach the same level as himself, some experiences and experiences can still be taught to them.
Moreover, it is probably because of the long-term consumption of vegetables and fruits provided by the Jade Seal Farm that their physique has gradually improved, and their reactions have been strengthened. Therefore, the technology of Wang Xiaohu and others has also been significantly improved.
Listening to Wang Xiaohu, he has sent 30,000 US dollars to his family this year.
Converted to Great Xia coins, close to 200,000!
"Brother!"
Wang Xiaohu wore a mask of Sun Dasheng and held a gold-powdered stick in his hand, jumped like a monkey and walked in.
Some other members dressed as various ghosts also greeted Zhou Yu together.
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Dasheng holding a little witch, always felt that something was wrong, smiled, and said, "Don't be busy playing yet, come back after dinner." ”
Then he called a group of people into the house, and everyone worked together to make a sumptuous meal and eat it lively.
After the meal, it was dark.
After cleaning up the messy cups and plates, Zhou Yu took out a big bag of candy, divided a part of each person, and put it in his pocket. I was ready to go out with my jack-o'-lantern.
Just then, there was a knock on the door!
Tina and Angie put on masks, smiled, and walked out of the villa, only to see a few imps waiting outside with jack-o'-lanterns!
"Wow!"
The two women screamed out, and the frightened ghosts jumped in unison, and then shouted: "Candy, candy!" ”
Carrying jack-o-lanterns and asking for candy from door to door, this is the tradition.
When Zhou Yu came out, Wang Xiaohu and the others had already dispersed in a hurry and went crazy outside. Zhou Yu put on a demon mask, wore a blood-red and blood-red costume sprayed with ghosts, and walked out of the villa with Angie in a snow-white priest's robe and Tina in a red tights.
At this time, the outside of the villa, between the villa and the workers' accommodation area, and the vacant land next to the supermarket, is already in full swing!
It's really a hundred ghosts walking at night!
The children are all carrying pumpkin lanterns and fruits, and they are surprised here, and they are happy to play there. Many adults, like Zhou Yu and them, wore masks and fancy clothes, shuttling through the crowd.
On the side, there are several barbecue stalls, beer stalls, and candy stalls, some of which are provided free of charge by employees' families, as well as stalls in supermarkets, hairdressers and other places, all of which are provided free of charge.
The excitement continued until the early hours of the morning of the first day, when it was two or three o'clock, and then gradually subsided.
When the crowd dispersed, Zhou Yu took off his mask, and his face was also red.
Walking in the festive atmosphere, he couldn't help but think of the current festive atmosphere in Daxia, and he felt a little regretful in his heart - the festive atmosphere of Daxia was becoming more and more indifferent.
Many times, Zhou Yu will recall the joy and happiness when he was a child.
At that time, when the festival was approaching, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, early in the morning, Zhou Yu went out with a knife, went to the bank of the river or beside the mountain stream, cut down a few thick reeds and bamboos, and took them back to decorate them neatly.
As for the grandfather, he steamed a pot of glutinous rice, poured it into a stone jar, and used reed bamboo to crush the cooked glutinous rice one by one, and the glutinous rice was freshly baked.
Or eat it with brown sugar water, or use the flour that has been cooked long ago and fried with sesame seeds, peanuts, and soybeans and then grinded out of the grinder.
Fragrant and sweet!
At that time, although I felt that it was a bit troublesome to make glutinous rice cakes, wasn't the atmosphere of the festival hidden in this kind of trouble?
Later, people don't use reed bamboo, directly use the pocket, a bag of glutinous rice, and then use a mallet to beat, which is much faster than using reed bamboo, but unfortunately the charm is also much less.
Later, I stopped making glutinous rice cakes and bought moon cakes instead.
The festive atmosphere is completely gone.
Another example is the Spring Festival, when Zhou Yu was thinking most about the Spring Festival. Because there is New Year's money! When he was a child, Zhou Yu basically had no pocket money. Many times, watching other children's snacks can only swallow saliva on one side.
Therefore, I am extremely looking forward to the time when there will be money.
And the New Year's money is probably the largest amount.
When the New Year is approaching, grandpa will go to the street to buy pairs of paper, buy back and write pairs by himself, like what kind of new year, new scenery, new atmosphere, more blessings, more wealth, more peace, etc., are all handwritten by grandpa, and then set up a stool, with rice paste to paste a crimson pair on the door frame.
When the Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty, they often go out to worship their ancestors. Carrying a steamed and square piece of meat, as well as wine, paper money, candles, and incense, starting from the grandparents, they went to their graves, worshiped them, and prayed for blessings.
After dinner in the evening, it's time to pay the New Year's money.
At the beginning, Zhou Yu remembered that it seemed to be two or five.
When I got the money, I couldn't sleep all night, so I thought about how to spend it.
Then he got up early in the morning on the first day of the new year, and ran to the commissary at the head of the village. At that time, Zhou Yu coveted toy guns very much, but the cheapest pistols cost five or six yuan. He couldn't afford it.
The best choice is to wipe the cannon, throw the cannon, and race the mouse, and then buy some snacks and play while eating.
Or find a bottle lid or something, light the cannon, put it in the bottle, or close it with the lid, and bang, the bottle will burst and the lid will blow up!
Or do evil, stick the cannon in the cow dung heap, and light it, and if you can't run, there will be a bang, and the back of the new clothes will be spotted.
Either go and fry the fish, and after the cannon is lit, take it for a while, look at it, and then throw it into the pond. Just see a flash under the water, and then a muffled sound, and a trembling under your feet, and a fish may be blown up and jump.
Of course, there are dangers in this. The time from ignition to explosion is too short, and if the time is not accurate, it will explode in the hand, and it is very likely to blow up the fingers and buzz in the ears.