CHAPTER XIX
Less than 20 minutes later, the car arrived downstairs at Xiao Yi's house, the two brothers carried a big box, walked up to the sixth floor like a fly, this community is newly built, the neighborhood is also very clean, the occupancy rate is very low, Lu Zhou took a look when he got out of the car, and said, "Your home is good." β
"I bought it a few years ago." Xiao Yi said: "Originally, I wanted to buy it for me as a wedding house after graduation, but now my brother lives with his parents and writes my brother's name." β
Lu Zhou nodded, and Xiao Yi said, "Brother Zhou, let's stay at my house tonight, everything is cleaned up, and I will change the hotel tomorrow......"
"No, you don't." Lu Zhou said: "I went back in the third year of junior high school. β
Xiao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Zhou bullied men and women in his own home, and it was not so difficult to serve when he came out, when he entered the house, Xiao's father and Xiao's mother were so enthusiastic that they ran out to greet him, and the first to enter Xiao's house was Lu Zhou's LV, although Xiao's father did not touch luxury goods, he also knew that this thing seemed to be a bit expensive.
"Oops-I've finally waited for you-" Xiao's father and Xiao's mother thought they could see their daughter-in-law, but as soon as Lu Zhou appeared, the two of them were dumbfounded, it was actually a man.
Dad Xiao: "......"
Xiao's mother: "......"
"This is Brother Zhou." Xiao Yi said: "Brother Zhou, my father and my mother." β
"Hello uncle, good aunt." Lu Zhou shook hands with Xiao's father and Xiao's mother with a black line, Xiao's father was the first to come back to his senses and said with a smile: "Hurry up, please sit down, you're tired all the way." β
After arriving home, it will be safe, Xiao Yi thought to himself that no matter how bad Lu Zhou's temper is, he can stop for a few days when he goes home, so can you still scold me in front of my mother.
Sure enough, Lu Zhou didn't scold, but was very polite when he was a guest at Xiao Yi's house.
Xiao's father is a primary school teaching director, about to retire, Xiao's mother used to work in the Jingshan knitwear factory, retired early, every day to talk about the marriage of the two sons, although the elders saw that they were not daughters-in-law, a little disappointed, but immediately adjusted, and was still very enthusiastic about Lu Zhou.
Xiao Yi moved Lu Zhou's things into the room, and introduced Lu Zhou as his new boss and had been taking care of him, so Xiao's father couldn't help but thank Lu Zhou, and read that his son was not sensible, oops, you have to worry too much.
"Just call me Little Lu." Lu Zhou said with a smile.
"Let's have something to eat." Xiao's mother said, "I thought you would be back in the afternoon...... The Spring Festival road is blocked, come and come, Xiao Lu will eat some to cushion his stomach first, and I will go to heat up the soup. β
Xiao's mother went to open the pressure cooker for hot soup, and Lu Zhou said to Xiao Yi: "You are busy with you, don't worry about me, hey, Aunt Xie Luxi." β
Xiao Yi finally settled Lu Zhou, and the family returned to normal after a short period of excitement, and Xiao's father asked: "How is Duma doing, last time he called home and asked for your contact information." β
Xiao Yi remembered that it should have been a year ago, when they were going to have a class reunion, and Duma called his home, so he said: "He is now in charge of his father's company, and he is doing private lending, and he has opened a Lexus." β
Dad Xiao glanced at Xiao Yi with a little reproach, Xiao Yi smiled, sat down at the dining table, Lu Zhou was drinking soup, Xiao Yi said, "Mom! Is there still soup? β
Xiao's mother also scooped a bowl of soup for him, and Xiao Yi scooped up more lotus root to Lu Zhou, saying, "Brother Zhou, you taste this winter lotus, you can't eat it in the whole country." β
"I know it." Lu Zhou said: "I used to eat a lot when I lived in Wuhan, but I rarely ate it when I went to Beijing. β
Only the soup boiled out of the lotus root pork rib soup here in Hubei has a unique color and fragrance, and the lotus root can pull out the silk, Xiao Yi gobbled up the taste of home, and felt that he couldn't be more comfortable.
After eating supper, Xiao Yi went to turn on the water heater again, got clothes for Lu Zhou, and after being busy, Lu Zhou said, "I'll come by myself." β
"It's okay." Xiao Yi said: "Let's sleep in this room at night." β
Xiao Yi's home is two bedrooms and two living rooms, but there are also more than 90 square meters, which is very spacious, he knows Lu Zhou's habits, let his parents clean up the room in advance, move all unnecessary things out quickly, move the computer to the corner of the living room to let his younger brother surf the Internet, all the bedding has been replaced with new ones, there is no heating in central China, it is wet and cold in winter, and a warm stove is turned on.
Because it is a new house that has not been lived for a long time, the windows are very clean, the night view of the development zone is outside, the bed is very large, the furniture is also very new, and the hotel conditions will not be much worse, Xiao Yi poured a glass of water, put it on the bedside table, and connected all the electronic products to the wifi at home before going to take a bath.
Lu Zhou stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the balcony outside, the lights were bright, and the cooing on the balcony startled Lu Zhou and found that there were two chickens outside.
"It was sent by the student's parents." Xiao Yi came in after taking a shower and said, "It's a little cold, I have to move it to the kitchen and eat it for the New Year." β
Xiao Yi moved the cages of the two chickens to the kitchen.
"How much is this house per square meter?" Lu Zhou asked.
"I bought it years ago." Xiao Yi wiped his hair and said, "When I bought it, it was only more than three thousand, and now it has risen to more than five thousand." β
Lu Zhou: "Yes, the air is also very good. β
Xiao Yi laid a bunk on the floor and said: "The per capita salary is also low, and my brother works as a logistics worker in a supermarket, with more than 2,000 a month, and he is still looking for a job through a relationship." β
Lu Zhou said: "You can go home and mingle, why don't you come back?" β
"Hey." Xiao Yi said: "You can't go home in the county, what kind of job can you find in the music department here?" I still have to go to Wuhan, a house of more than 10,000 yuan per square meter, and I can't afford it. β
"You still play erhu?!" Lu Zhou seemed to have discovered a new world, and picked up Xiao Yi's erhu stuffed under the bookshelf.
"I learned it when I was a kid." Xiao Yi said: "I also took the grade, the third grade of primary school has been pulled until the second year of junior high school, for several years, this is the motivation for me to learn music, I will pull the head to listen to you?" β
Xiao Yi opened the erhu box, it had been a long time since he had pulled it, and Lu Zhou looked at him suspiciously, as if he didn't believe that he could really pull it at all. Xiao Yi tuned the tune and wiped the strings for a long time, Lu Zhou said: "Forget it, put it away, there is ash everywhere." β
Xiao Yi pressed the strings, pondered for a while, and pulled the first Erquan Yingyue, Lu Zhou said: "You should stop quickly, don't play this kind of music for the New Year." β
Xiao Yi smiled embarrassedly, put the erhu away again, and said, "The erhu was passed down by my grandfather, this is a family heirloom." My dad didn't study, so he asked me to study, and I ended up in a major that didn't have much development. β
Lu Zhou said, "What about that? Take a look? β
Lu Zhou pointed to a mirror frame on the bookshelf, Xiao Yi was in a hurry to put the frame away, but Lu Zhou's face changed, Xiao Yi had to take it out obediently and show it to Lu Zhou.
Above is Xiao Yi and a very popular talent singer, the two of them got together, smiling and gesturing.
Lu Zhou was surprised: "Do you know him?" β
Xiao Yi said: "The same batch of ...... as us"
Lu Zhou looked Xiao Yi up and down, and there was a feeling that he couldn't recognize him, Xiao Yi explained honestly, and said: "At that time, we participated in the audition for the best boy, so we took this photo. β
"Didn't make it to the whole country?" Lu Zhou said.
"I want a sponsorship fee of 500,000 yuan." Xiao Yi said: "If you can't take it out, you will be brushed down in the area." β
Lu Zhou snorted and said, "Mr. Du has thought about signing him, this kid has been β‘β‘ for a few years, offended the brokerage company, and now he is getting more and more back." β
Xiao Yi hummed, put the frame back, and buckled it against the wall, Lu Zhou was furious when he saw Xiao Yi's appearance, and said, "What are you doing with the photo?" Jealous of him? β
Xiao Yi: "......"
Xiao Yi had no choice but to turn the photo over again, and Lu Zhou said again: "If you don't want to accept failure, you are a ****." β
"I'm just a *silk." Xiao Yi said helplessly.
Lu Zhou looked curiously at the photos of Xiao Yi on the bookshelf, Xiao Yi was holding a guitar, standing in the center of the stage, colorful colored lights illuminating him, Xiao Yi was radiant, like a star on the stage.
There are also a variety of photos of various celebrities in Sina below.
"When I was a child, my mother took me to live in Wuhan for 12 years." Lu Zhou said: "I went to primary school in Hankow. β
"Hmm." Xiao Yi said.
Lu Zhou said, "Come up and sleep." β
Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "No, no, I'll just lay the floor." β
Lu Zhou said: "It's okay, this bed is big, sleep together, it's too cold on the ground, it's not good for your parents to see you lying on the ground, no matter how * silk, it's also your parents' treasure, isn't it?" β
Xiao Yi: "......"
Xiao Yi lay on the bed, folded the quilt in two layers, Lu Zhou flipped through a copy of Xiao Qiang's game magazine, and said: "My mother asked me to go to the sports school, and the sports school gave me a subsidy, and I didn't want to go, so I wanted to act." β
"Acting majors are expensive, do you know it." Lu Zhou said to Xiao Yi: "At that time, it cost more than 40,000 yuan a year, and 160,000 yuan in four years, which is not a small amount of money, and my father is a bastard." My mother won't let me go, I am determined to act, take jobs, work part-time as a model, run the set to do chores, cut films, and push the camera on the ground. β
"Made." Xiao Yi said: "I made it." β
Lu Zhou: "......"
"I'm talking to you!" Lu Zhou said angrily, threw the magazine, and said, "Don't say it!" β
"Let's talk about it......" Xiao Yi immediately wailed and turned around to hug Lu Zhou, Lu Zhou's face was flushed when he boarded, and he hurriedly wanted to take Xiao Yi out, kicked to the side, and said: "If it weren't for the persistence of the year, how could I be now?" β
"I watched your interview." Xiao Yi said: "There are interviews with you in many movie magazines, Brother Zhou, you are very inspirational." β
"There are not 10,000 singers in Beipiao, but there are 8,000." Lu Zhou said: "Do you know how Mr. Du and the others signed artists?" Not only to see if you can be popular, but also to see if you can develop in the future, among 10,000 people, there are only about a dozen of them, and more of them sink to the bottom without even splashing. Can you say that these people don't work hard? One by one is harder than the other. β
"Are you saying these people don't have talent?" Lu Zhou said casually: "It's just wrong, many people are more talented than the first ones, like you, you are very talented." But it's not popular, who can blame it? β
Xiao Yi: "......"
Xiao Yi thought to himself, are you encouraging me or are you laughing at me? It's not right to be encouraged, I've been selling my deed to you for three years, even if I want to go back to being a singer, I can't run away.
"So it's fate." Xiao Yi said with emotion.
Lu Zhou: "......"
"It's a matter of chance!" Lu Zhou said angrily: "Be patient! Wait for your chance! Seize the opportunity! Is your IQ in arrears for a long time? Why don't you understand what I'm telling you?! I'm going to be by youβ"
Xiao Yi thought for a moment and said, "It's good." β
Lu Zhou said: "Be an assistant seriously, one day there will be a chance, the theme song of the TV series, the theme song of the movie, you follow me, go up and try, you will compose music and lyrics, and seize the opportunity, won't you become popular?!" β
"Is that okay?" Xiao Yideng's whole body trembled.
Lu Zhou made a muffled nasal voice, Xiao Yi shouted, jumped up and hugged Lu Zhou, and said, "Is it okay?!" Brother Zhou, you promised me! My lifelong dream is to sing you a theme song."
Lu Zhou had already prepared this time, and when he finished saying that, he immediately raised his leg, and the moment Xiao Yi pounced, he was decisively kicked out of bed by Lu Zhou.
The next day, Xiao Yi was woken up by the sound of firecrackers outside, Jingshan is about to celebrate the New Year, the farther away from the county seat of the city, the stronger the smell of the New Year, many people working in Wuhan have returned, lively and lively, bringing a faint smell of saltpeter outside the window.
Xiao Yi got up sleepily, and saw Lu Zhou at the dinner table, chatting with his mother, Xiao's mother had been chattering about her son's marriage, Lu Zhou listened sincerely, and made some small comments from time to time, Xiao's mother seemed to regard Lu Zhou as Xiao Yi's eldest brother, and repeatedly asked Lu Zhou to take care of Xiao Yi and not spoil him too much.
Xiao Yi brushed his teeth and said vaguely: "Mom! β
"Your mom is right." Lu Zhou pointed at Xiao Yi and said, "He just doesn't grow up." Did you hear what Auntie said? Sometimes I wonder how he survived in Beijing. β
"Ah, yes." Xiao's mother said helplessly.
While brushing his teeth, Xiao Yi thought to himself that the subject-verb-object had been reversed, why did he now become Lu Zhou and his mother scolding him...... This day......
"Little Lu!" Xiao's father, who was reading the newspaper in the living room, said, "What kind of business are you doing now?" β
Lu Zhou said: "Entertainment industry. β
Hurried last night, Xiao Yi's introduction was "my boss" again, Xiao's father didn't notice that this guy was actually Lu Zhou, who was popular among thousands of boys and girls plus aunts and uncles, picked up the remote control casually, changed a few stations, and said: "I have a student who also runs a company in Beijing, makes money, and is amazing. The news network said......"
Xiao Yi: "Dad, you can't believe the things on the news network. β
"Why don't you believe it?" Dad Xiao changed his words and said: "I see, the housing prices in Beijing are not as high as you say, the state is regulating and controlling, full of calculations, one square meter is 10,000 ceilings!" How can 180,000 be so exaggerated! β
Xiao Yi: "......"
Xiao's father: "The news network said that low-rent housing is only 400 yuan a month, you can apply for low-rent housing from the government, and you will spend it as soon as you have ......money."
Xiao Yi: ".................."
Lu Zhou: "......"
"Beijing is the political and cultural center of the country." Lu Zhou diverted the topic and said: "If you go north to find a job and develop well, it is very good." β
Xiao Yi's father glanced at Lu Zhou from a distance under his reading glasses, and said with a smile: "Recently, I was watching an anti-Japanese war movie, and you look very much like the actor in it." β
Lu Zhou laughed, Xiao Yi's mother was reminded like this, and said, "Wang Guoyi! You look like Wang Guoyi! β
Lu Zhou: "......"
Xiao Yi: "......"
Wang Guoyi is the name of the character played by Lu Zhou, Xiao Yi almost sprayed the porridge on Lu Zhou's face, couldn't help laughing, and ate the porridge with side dishes, Du Mei said that he couldn't reveal to anyone that he was Lu Zhou's assistant, Xiao Yi didn't dare to say it.
However, if Lu Zhou said it himself, it would be none of Xiao Yi's business, Lu Zhou is simply brilliant, but this kind of scene can be dealt with a lot, so he said: "There are a lot more anti-Japanese war films this year than in previous years." β
"yes, yes." Xiao's mother said: "My father and I love to watch TV dramas in the Republic of China. β
"Little Lu." Dad Xiao said earnestly.
Xiao Yiden had a sense of foreboding.
Lu Zhou looked at Dad Xiao expectantly with a smile.
Dad Xiao asked, "Xiao Lu, are you married?" β
"Uh, no." Lu Zhou said: "I just broke up with my girlfriend some time ago. β
Xiao's father said: "Xiao Yi's cousin works at the city post office and just came back for the New Year......
"Dad! You're enough! Xiao Yi was about to be struck out of the window by a divine thunderbolt, and said with tears in his eyes: "Don't say it!" β
Lu Zhouha laughed, and Xiao's father said, "What's wrong, Xiao Yi, what's wrong with you?" Your sister is married to Xiao Lu, just a talented man and a womanβ"
Lu Zhou waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I have no plans to get married for the time being." β
After eating, Xiao Yi and his mother counted the money together, Xiao Yi took a stack of pink money, the thick one was 20,000, and Xiao's mother tried her best to push it back, saying that I have a pension with your father, and I can't spend so much money on you. Xiao Yi was about to quarrel, saying: "I eat and live in Beijing with Brother Zhou, and the company still has reimbursement, so it doesn't cost much." β
"Then mom will save it for you." Xiao Ma said.
"You just take the flowers." Xiao Yi said: "Subsidize your living expenses, eat better at ordinary times, and cook more food this year." β
Xiao's mother said that all you earn is hard-earned money, how dare Mom spend it, but her expression was beaming, and she sat in front of the coffee table and counted the money.
Lu Zhou said: "Xiao Yi." β
Xiao Yi knew what he was going to say, and immediately said, "No need, Brother Zhou." β
He said to his parents again: "Brother Zhou's salary was all given to me, and Brother Zhou also paid me an extra year-end." β
Lu Zhou said, "Yes." β
Xiao Yi: "No, hey, Brother Zhou, don't worry about it, I'll go find clothes, we'll go out later......"
Lu Zhou said: "I'll come by myself, you get busy first." β
Lu Zhou went into the room, and Xiao's mother said after a while: "Xiao Yi, your brother has a girlfriend and wants to buy a new car......"
"Oh." Xiao Yi said: "Buy it, how much do you want to buy?" β
"He said 200,000, and your father and I both said it was too expensive."
"A car of 200,000!" Dad Xiao said: "Only those who are bosses can open it!" I told him that the mortgage hadn't been paid off, so don't buy it, can't you get married if you open a Santana? How many people on the street don't even have cars? β
Xiao Yi knew that his parents were somewhat partial to his younger brother, after all, his younger brother did not go to Wuhan and stayed in the county to take care of his parents, if he could afford it, it was okay to fund him a little, the problem was that he didn't have much money.
"Buy a hundred thousand." Xiao Yi thought for a while and said, "He can't afford to buy it if it's expensive." β
Xiao's mother thought for a while and said, "I'll ask him not to buy it as much as possible, the mortgage hasn't been paid yet." β
Xiao Yi said: "It's okay, buy it if you like, you can't drive a car in Beijing, you have to buy a number, it's good to have a car at home to drive." β
Xiao's mother ordered the money, took off her glasses, and was a little embarrassed, Xiao Yi took the car keys again, and said, "Brother Zhou and I went out to go shopping, and we won't come back to eat at noon." β
Xiao Qiang only got up at this time, played games all night yesterday, and went into his parents' room in the morning to catch up on sleep. Wearing a pair of autumn pants and a sweater, he glanced at Lu Zhou when he left the room, turned his head to brush his teeth, and suddenly said, "Hmm? With a bang, an agitated spirit came over with a puzzled face, staring at Lu Zhou.
"You...... Aren't you Lu Zhou? "Xiao Qiang seems to have discovered a new world.
Xiao Yi thought that after finishing this time, Lao Tzu's work was estimated to be buried in the hands of such a family, but Lu Zhou smiled and said: "Well, I am Lu Zhou, shhh......h
Xiao Qiang screamed and explained to his parents excitedly, Xiao Yi immediately shouted: "Don't go out and say it!" If you say that, you're dead! β
"Don't tell anyone." Xiao Yi said.
Xiao Qiang was already in extreme shock, Xiao Yi repeatedly emphasized that Xiao Qiang was just oh oh, with an expression that he didn't listen to at all, Xiao Yi had to threaten his car, saying: "If you dare to say it, your car will be gone." β
Xiao Qiang immediately said: "Absolutely not!" Don't say anything about death! β
Lu Zhou: "......"
Xiao Yi knew that it was most effective to threaten with a car, so he dressed up Lu Zhou, asked him to wear a beanie, earplugs by the way, a sports coat, pants and sneakers, and went out.