After lunch, Xiao Chu's mother Wang Cuixiang and second aunt Wang Cuifen helped their grandmother make clear soup together.

Aunt Wang Cuifang and aunt Liao Guixia are responsible for killing chickens and making chicken soup.

The habit here is that the clear soup is usually eaten at night.

Xiao Chu and his father Xiao Dongshan, brother-in-law Wang Jinzhou, and second uncle Liu Deming played mahjong together and chatted about the day.

Cousins Liu Qianxi and Zhong Lingling dragged the past to the roof to play, and the three girls didn't know what to whisper when they got together.

Xiaopeng had no companion, so he could only sit next to Xiao Chu and watch his elders and cousin play mahjong.

Playing mahjong here is the same as playing cards, pure entertainment, not playing money, so the elders do not refuse children to watch, and they will also be from an early age.

After less than two rounds, Xiao Chu's phone rang, and when he took it out, it was the manager Zhang Songhe.

Xiao Chu asked Xiaopeng to take his place and walked to the side to answer the phone.

"Manager, is there something wrong?" Xiao Chu got straight to the point.

Zhang Songhe smiled and said, "Listen to Lao Li, have you returned to your hometown?"

"Well, it's a holiday, come back for two days. Otherwise, if you get busy, you will only be able to come back during the Chinese New Year. ”

"Hello home, say hello to your parents on my behalf. ”

"Thank you manager. ”

"That's right, the company's next project is set, to do a sitcom. Zhang Songhe finally got down to business.

"Melodrama?" Xiao Chu raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

Zhang Songhe said: "It's a sitcom, a proposition essay, so the screenwriter is also circled, but among the people who are circled, they also need to compete for the draft, and finally let the above decide." ”

Obviously, one of the people circled is Xiao Chu.

"Who exactly?" he asked.

Zhang Songhe replied: "You are one, the fire of "River God", it is difficult for the top not to notice you, so you are the first to be shortlisted." ”

There are two other candidates, one is the second-level screenwriter Chen Youli, and the other is the senior third-level screenwriter Xin Xiaotian. ”

"The investment this time is bigger than "River God", don't look at the only three of you who are competing for the manuscript, but in fact, the competition is more fierce than last time. ”

That is, the competitiveness of a second-level screenwriter, ten rookie screenwriters, can't be compared.

Of course, Xiao Chu, a super newcomer who became a blockbuster and became an instant hit, is not among them.

In addition, the senior third-level screenwriter Xin Xiaotian, Xiao Chu also knows, don't look at the level of third-level for many years, he was also very talented at the beginning, when he first joined the company, he won the Dolphin Best Newcomer Screenwriter Award, and was promoted to the third-level in one fell swoop.

"How about it, are you confident? I am very optimistic about you, and I recommended you with Lao Li!" Zhang Songhe asked.

Xiao Chu smiled: "Of course there is confidence, but manager, in addition to the big proposition of sitcoms, are there any specific and small themes?"

Zhang Songhe said: "That's not true, I have already given you a framework, so I won't add more constraints to you, you can choose the specific theme and direction yourself." ”

"There are only two requirements: online drama, sitcom, and the rest are up to you. ”

In Xiao Chu's mind, he once again recalled the high-quality sitcoms he had watched in his previous life.

Of course, he can write it himself and be original, but as a newcomer, as a person who is still trying to survive in the screenwriting industry, for the sake of insurance, he still decided to "move" those high-quality dramas from his previous life first.

After all, he doesn't want to be a fourth-level screenwriter who writes an episode for the rest of his life, so he can only get 5,000 yuan.

When he has a certain level of experience in this industry and is more able to resist risks, he will write his own purely original dramas.

As a creator, who doesn't want to write their own things and make their own dramas in a dignified manner?

Now, it's not the time.

"Manager, when will you want it?" Xiao Chu asked.

"It's not in a hurry, the meeting has just been decided, and the project will be announced tomorrow Monday. ”

"After the specific deadline of ten working days, you can come back after taking a vacation in your hometown, I believe that with your writing speed, it should be no problem. ”

Xiao Chu said: "I'm back with the computer, I'm going to think about the creativity, and strive to write it out and send it to you as soon as possible, and I will also try to come back two days early." ”

"Okay, then that's it, I'll tell you a prophet, don't delay your vacation, relax well, and do a good job when you come back." ”

"Okay, thank you manager!"

Hanging up the phone, Xiao Chu walked back.

My mother happened to go out to the kitchen to get something, and when she saw it, she asked, "The call from the company, tell you to go back early?"

Xiao Chu nodded, "The next project is out, and I may not be able to stay at home for that long." ”

Wang Cuixiang said: "Then go back, there is nothing to do at home, me and your father, Xi Xi, and grandmother, everyone is fine, you don't have to stay here all the time." ”

"It's better to go back to the magic capital early, adjust your condition as soon as possible, and work hard. ”

"Anyway, it's not a few months before the Chinese New Year. ”

Xiao Chu smiled: "Okay, let's think about it." ”

When my mother returned to the living room, she told Xiao Chu's father in the chess and card room, as well as the grandmother, aunt and others at the dining table, all of whom told him that Xiao Chu was urging him, and everyone asked him to go back early, and there was no need to worry about it at home.

After Xi Xi came down from the roof of the building, he knew that Xiao Chu might leave early, and his eyes were a little gloomy, but he didn't say anything.

In the evening, after eating the mellow chicken soup wontons packed by his grandmother and ordered by himself, Xiao Chu originally wanted to go to the river with Xiaopeng for a walk, fishing, and by the way, he thought about the scenario script, but was pulled into the house by his grandmother.

"Xiao Chu, I heard from your mother that you are in a relationship and are going to get engaged at the end of the year?"

"Very good, grandma is very happy, my family Chu Lingzi has finally grown up. ”

"In this way, when you bring your daughter-in-law back during the Chinese New Year, your grandmother gave her a gift, remember?"

Grandma took Xiao Chu's hand and told lovingly.

Xiao Chu couldn't bear to disappoint his mother, let alone disappoint his grandmother, so he opened his mouth and agreed.

It's just that as soon as I agreed, I was a little worried.

Where to find the old lady's granddaughter-in-law?

Alas, if you say a panic, you have to use a thousand lies to make a round, and your heart is tired.

I'm not in the mood to go fishing now.

......

At nine o'clock in the evening, Xiao Chu's family of four returned to their home.

The second aunt and three sisters-in-law stayed at their grandmother's house.

Xi Xi and Xiaopeng are both in the first year of junior high school in the county's experimental middle school, and their cousins Liu Qianxi and Zhong Lingling are in the third and first year of high school in the county No. 1 middle school respectively.

Early tomorrow morning, brother-in-law Wang Jinzhou will drive a van to send the four of them back to the county seat to go to school.

This is also just in time, when Xiao Chu came back, he happened to come across the three-day holiday that their school took once a month, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to come back.

When I got home, I took a shower and went to bed, and Xi Xi came up and talked to him for a while, and then I went to rest, so that I could get up early tomorrow and go back to school.

As soon as Xi Xi left, Xiao Chu's WeChat rang.

Climb it up and take a look, it was sent by Xia Tingcicada.

Xia listens to the sound of cicadas: Is chicken soup wonton delicious?

Xiao Chu thought for a moment and began to type and reply.

Xiao Shisanlang: It's delicious, but I'm a little panicked after drinking.

Xia listens to the sound of cicadas: Why?

Xiao Shisanlang: Lack of daughter-in-law.

Listen to the cicadas in summer: ......