Chapter Eighty-Seven: Encounters
"You're not going up with me, are you?"
On the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Xu family was downstairs.
There were snowflakes in the sky, and the light from the upper floors shone on the two of them, casting a blurry shadow on the ground.
Lao Xu stayed with him until five o'clock in the evening before he was sent back on a motorcycle.
Di Yun was a little helpless, this was asked the fifth time, and said: "Let's not fight about this matter, Chinese New Year's Eve, what I do at your house, it's not a matter." ”
Lao Xu saw that he was resolute, so he no longer insisted, pursed his lips and said, "Otherwise, I won't go back, and I'll go over the courtyard with you......"
"Don't!" Before she could finish speaking, Di Yun hurriedly interrupted, "I'm afraid that your mother will rush over with a kitchen knife when the time comes." ”
"Ha, how can it be so exaggerated as you say?" Lao Xu said with a smile.
"I can't say for sure." Di Yun said, "If the Chinese New Year's Eve daughter does not go home to accompany her parents, but she is outside with her boyfriend, your parents must feel uncomfortable." Hurry up and get up, I have to go, and if the snow gets bigger, the bike won't be easy to ride. ”
"Then you're ...... alone"
"Can someone with hands and feet starve to death?"
"Okay, I have vegetables and meat in my room, you can make some dumplings for yourself."
"yes, I see. Hurry up and get up. Di Yun said.
"You ride slower on the road, I will only start to pay New Year's greetings the day after tomorrow, and I can go over tomorrow to accompany you for a day."
"Okay."
Lao Xu turned around and went upstairs, Di Yun looked down, until the light on the balcony upstairs turned on, she lay on the side and waved down, he started the motorcycle and left.
In Xu's house, Xu's mother counted when she saw her: "People say that you have a daughter-in-law and forget your mother, and you have a boyfriend and forget your home!" Do you know how to come back? Why don't you come back tonight! ”
Xu Jinglei muttered: "I originally thought so, but I didn't dare. ”
Mother Xu heard it, and her eyes suddenly widened: "If you really dare to come tonight, I will carry a kitchen knife to clean you up!" ”
I really arrived with it! Lao Xu stuck out his tongue.
"As soon as I came back, I hurriedly leaned on the balcony to look, what did I see?" Mother Xu asked.
"He just sent me back."
"Xiaoyun downstairs?"
"Gone."
Mother Xu walked to the balcony and looked down, but there was no one in sight, only the faint sound of the motorcycle in the distance.
Mother Xu patted Xu Jinglei on the back: "You damn girl, you don't know how to bring it when people come?" ”
"You think I don't want to? If people don't want to come up, what can I do? ”
"This kid..."Mother Xu shook her head and said softly, and then said to Xu Jinglei, "Hurry up and come in and help me prepare things." ”
The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and soon a thin layer was accumulating on the ground.
Di Yun erected the collar of his coat and wrapped his scarf halfway around his face, covering his mouth and nose to prevent the unbridled snowflakes from sneaking into it.
The snow always makes the New Year smell stronger, but this night, all the laughter and laughter were locked in the house, only the sporadic sound of firecrackers and the rustle of falling snow. It seems that the snow is a little cold and desolate.
Once again, he experienced the taste of being alone on Chinese New Year's Eve, and suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette. Stopping the motorcycle to shield himself from the wind and snow, he lit one with difficulty, took a hard breath, and then spit it out for a long time, and the smoke was quickly blown away by the wind in the sky.
There are not many pedestrians on the street, and those who are still wandering outside at this time must have a reason for this or that, and most of them are in a hurry. Apart from...... Two women standing under a stop sign not far from him to avoid the snowstorm.
Di Yun smoked a cigarette and looked at the two women who seemed to be anxiously waiting for the bus. One year older and one younger, the older one is about forty years old, and the younger one is in his twenties, wearing an orange down jacket and a very iconic face.
He thought to himself that when he finished smoking this cigarette, if they came to ask for it, he wouldn't mind giving them a ride, if not, then... Forget it, a man on the uninhabited street of Liao takes the initiative to be courteous, which is easy to make people wary and vigilant, but it is not beautiful.
Zhang Aijia took her apprentice back from the United States to visit friends, but she didn't expect to encounter this kind of problem, seeing that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, but she never saw a taxi pass by.
Naturally, they also saw Di Yun who stopped his motorcycle to smoke.
The young woman said, "Teacher, look at that person......"
Zhang Aijia took a closer look and said, "Looking at the dress, it shouldn't be a robbery." ”
It turned out that the two were discussing the question of whether Di Yun would be a robber.
Just when Di Yunyan smoked only a cigarette butt and was about to throw away the motorcycle, Zhang Aijia looked left and right, and saw that there was no sign of the car, so he said to the apprentice: "You wait here, I'll go over." ”
Seeing her coming, Di Yun stopped what he was doing and waited.
"Hello."
"Hello." Di Yun replied with a smile.
"When will the car come here?"
Di Yun unloaded the pager and looked at the time, it was past seven o'clock, and said: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, it is probably difficult to wait for the car." ”
"Hmm." Zhang Aijia nodded, in fact, she also knew that the time was not right tonight, and she didn't know when she would have to wait until the car would come, the question just now was not the point, and the next thing she said was the point, "That, can Mr. give us a ride, of course, we will pay you for the car." ”
"Oh? Where do you go? Di Yun asked.
"Here's the address, you see."
Di Yun took the address she handed over and looked at the embassy in Sanlitun. said: "This is just not far from Sanlitun, okay, I'll send you over." ”
Zhang Aijia sat in the back, and the apprentice sat in the middle, without armrests, so he could only hold on to the clothes on both sides of Di Yun.
Lao Xu's house is near Sanlitun, so he knows where Sanlitun is, but he doesn't know where the embassy is, so he can only look at it while riding, and it took more than 20 minutes to find it.
"Here we are."
After they got out of the car, Di Yun was about to leave.
turned out to be stopped by Zhang Aijia: "Sir, wait a minute." ”
"What? What else? ”
Maybe he was a lot more relieved when he arrived at the place, and he talked more: "My name is Zhang Aijia, this is my student Liu Wanying, I don't know what Mr. is called?" ”
"Diyun."
"Thank you so much tonight, Mr. Di." Zhang Aijia said.
"Little thing, that, I'll leave first if there's nothing else."
"Mr. Di, wait a minute." Zhang Aijia stopped him again, stopped Liu Wanying's action of preparing to pay the money, and said, "I vaguely feel that Mr. Di is a little familiar, I don't know what Mr. Di does?" ”
Familiar? Di Yun touched his face, guessing that he might have seen himself on a certain movie or TV series, so he felt this way. said with a smile: "I'm filming, you probably have seen it." ”
"Filming?" Zhang Aijia also laughed, "That's a coincidence, I and Wuying are also actors." ”
Di Yun was also a little surprised, and looked at the two of them carefully, but he was not impressed.
"Since it's a peer, it's shabby to pay the fare again. Mr. Di did me a favor tonight, I owe you a favor, you leave a contact information to get in touch" said and handed over a business card "This is my business card, there is contact information on it, if Mr. Di needs help, you can call the above number." ”
Di Yun originally wanted to say no, but the people had already handed over their business cards, so they had to say their pagers, and Liu Wanying took out the paper and notes from her bag.
Zhang Aijia is also a legend, originally a singer, and then transferred to the film and television industry, and was a double actress at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Island Film Awards. In the 90s, he gradually withdrew from the screen and began to move behind the scenes and became a director. Last year, he filmed Yan Geling's script "Girl Little Fish", which won two awards at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival: Best Film and Best Screenplay.
The person she and Liu Wanying visited tonight is Yan Geling, a name that few actors may know, but in the director's circle, he is a famous writer, and then a famous screenwriter. There are works such as "Girl Xiaoyu", "Mei Lanfang", "Heavenly Bath" and later "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", and he is a gold medal screenwriter in the circle.
Her husband was an American, so she became Chinese-American and lived with her husband in the embassy in China. Hearing the report, Zhang Aijia and the two were welcomed in.
The more Zhang Aijia thought about it, the more she felt that she had heard of the name Di Yun somewhere, and after entering the embassy, she said: "Ge Ling, I'll make two phone calls first." ”
"The phone is on the table." Yan Geling saw that she was in a hurry, and thought that something was wrong, "What happened?" ”
"It's okay, I'll ask someone."
After dialing the phone, he asked a few questions, but he didn't know who was on the other side of the phone, but he seemed to know Di Yun very well, and said a series of movies and TV series he had starred in.
"It turned out that I had acted in Brother Chen Kai's "Fengyue", no wonder I felt very familiar." Hanging up the phone, Zhang Aijia smiled.
"Who's familiar?" Yan Geling asked.
"One of the people I met tonight, there were no cars on the road, the shops on the street were closed, there was no place to even make a phone call, and Wuying and I were almost thrown into the snow. Luckily, a young man got us on a motorcycle. And coincidentally, I was still an insider, so I inquired and had the opportunity to repay this favor in the future. ”
Yan Geling is not an artist, but a literati, and he doesn't know much about these things about actors, so he didn't ask much, and said: "How is the release of "Girl Xiaoyu" in Europe? ”
"Pretty good, I'm about to tell you about it......"