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"Isn't this Xi?"

In the subway station in Suhua City, Li Qin looked at the cartoon character image on the train carriage with a look of surprise. This is the heroine of the last episode "ad", and she is the daughter of the hero. After "The End of the Earth" aired, her popularity grew rapidly.

But no matter how much it grew, Li Qin was still surprised to see her character image appearing on the subway doors so quickly—it's only been a few days, and the advertisement is too fast! The efficiency of the cooperation between Phoenix Company and Zhongxia Company is really extraordinary. On weekdays, it would take several weeks to prepare an advertisement.

"Xi is the girl in the "ad" animation, right?" At this time, the woman behind Li Qin smiled and said, "No wonder this painting feels familiar. Some taxis in our county also have posters of "ad" printed on them. Tourists love it."

Li Qin turned to look at the woman from her hometown: "Really?"

"Really." Another voice came from Li Qin's father, the old man Meng Huo called his grandfather: "I also saw that kind of car. At the same time, the ratings of other TVs have dropped.”

Li Qin believed it a little bit, and she also knew that "ad" was so brilliant last week that it caused the ratings of many other TV stations to drop.

"That child is getting bigger and bigger..."

Li Qin couldn't help sighing in her heart, she could guess how busy Meng Huo was now, but even so, she still had to take the two people behind her to see him. Naturally, Meng Huo's grandfather needless to say, and the identity of another woman cannot be easily rejected - she is Ji Lan, the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Qingcheng County Government.

Li Qin never let people disturb Meng Huo, this was the first time, and the reason why she was willing this time. In fact, it was also because her father brought her good news: Li Village had given up on changing Meng Huo's surname.

Changing Meng Huo's surname - this is something that has troubled Li Qin for several years. The people in Li Village have been putting pressure on her. It is really uncomfortable for Li Qin to stand between Li Village and Meng Huo. He also often had trouble with the Li family and the village.

She has always been on Meng Huo's side, and now she has finally come to an end. Grandpa Meng Huo came to Ninghai yesterday. The first thing is to tell Li Qin that they will no longer force Meng Huo to change his surname. So Li Qin, who was relieved, did not stop his father from seeing Meng Huo now.

They are all well aware of the situation in the past few years. In fact, after the high-speed rail was opened to traffic, it is only two hours away from Ninghai to Qingcheng, and Suhua also has a high-speed rail that passes through Qingcheng in a straight line, and it can be reached in about two or three hours. .

In such a short time, Meng Huo basically never went back.

Last year, even during Chinese New Year, they ignored it—no matter how stupid Li Cun was. Now I also know that it is impossible for Meng Huo to change his surname, and Li Qin's character is stubborn. Over time, the old people can only let go of this idea.

But even so, Meng Huo, as the most promising child of Li Village going out, the village also wanted him to go back and show his face more, so as not to make people laugh at what happened to Li Village, but why not recognize Li Village.

Under such circumstances, Meng Huo's grandfather was urged by other people in the village to run over to look for his grandson, and wanted to invite Meng Huo home to attend an important event.

"This is it, come in..." Li Qin took out the spare key and opened the door of Meng Huo's apartment. While inviting the two people behind him to come in, he said: "The kid still has half an hour to get off work, just wait a little bit."

The old man and Ji Lan walked into the room slowly.

"This house is like a palace..."

The old man was dumbfounded by the decoration of the apartment. It feels like this is another world. The deputy head of the Propaganda Department has seen a lot of worlds, but he was also shocked by this exquisite, beautiful, bright and bright apartment.

"I'm starting to get nervous..." Ji Lan smiled wryly, "I haven't seen Teacher He Xi yet, but I felt his pressure when I walked in."

"Don't be nervous, sit down, just get used to it here." Li Qin smiled and asked the two to sit down, but the old man just sat down on the sofa in the living room, and immediately stood up in fright: "Go down, go down... ...Is this sofa collapsed?"

Ji Lan laughed with a 'poof': "Master, this kind of sofa is like this, it's very soft to sit on."

Li Qin looked at her father angrily and amusedly. She has also redecorated her parents' house in the past few years, but the two old people are not used to the soft chairs and beds. Li Qin didn't prepare for them either - it's a good thing, it's a joke.

"How can there be such a soft sofa, it doesn't look like cotton inside, what is it?" The old man was still in shock, and tried the sofa with his hand: "I said Qinzi, how much does this sofa cost?"

"No money..." Li Qin brewed tea and said, "This apartment was assigned to Xiao Huo by the company. There was originally a nanny, but he fired him."

The old man was dumbfounded, this is really incredible - the life of this grandson seems to be more comfortable than that of a senior official! He thought so, and finally sat down firmly on the sofa under Li Qin's urging.

"This sofa is like water when you sit on it..."

After sitting down, the old man was still full of disbelief. Li Qin poured tea for him with a smile, and the old man picked it up and drank it, and it was even worse. After drinking the tea, he felt that all the tea he had drunk in his life had turned into plain water.

"It smells good and tastes not bitter. Where did you buy this tea? Can you ask that boy Menghuo to buy a few catties for me?"

"Pfft..." Ji Lan, who was drinking tea, almost couldn't help but spit out. She finally held back and said, "I said, old man, don't treat this tea as the kind of tea that is packaged and sold in the market. This can’t be measured by weight!”

Ji Lan has a certain understanding of tea. This is the best kind of tea she has ever drunk. Although she doesn't know what kind of tea it is, the price must be extremely expensive. A small dish can scare people to death.

"Sister Qin, what kind of tea is this?" Ji Lan called Li Qin very affectionately, but in fact she was the same age as Li Qin, only born two months later.

"Tea? This... I don't know, just take it casually." Li Qin didn't understand tea, so she naturally wouldn't understand that the tea leaves in Meng Huo's room were also of the highest quality...Meng Huo rarely drank tea on weekdays. The ones in the house are all sent by others, and there will be no defective products.

"Anything you can take..." Ji Lan smiled wryly, what a luxurious life this He Xi must have had - it's a pity that she didn't give birth twenty years later. He doesn't have a daughter either, otherwise he would have to come here to catch a wealthy son-in-law.

Forty or fifty minutes later, Meng Huo came back.

"Sorry. I was delayed on the way." He walked into the house and saw the old man at a glance. He smiled and said, "Grandpa, long time no see, your complexion is much better than before, you must be in good health recently!"

The old man stood up: "Thanks to your mother, she always buys supplements for us."

Seeing his grandson, for some reason, the old man felt nervous and cautious. But Meng Huo didn't notice his nervousness, and his eyes turned to Ji Lan who also stood up: "This is Minister Ji, right?"

"Yes. Teacher He Xi, please forgive me for taking the liberty to visit this time." Ji Lan's expression was a little excited. This is He Xi.

The two guests made Meng Huo's apartment much more lively, but after the warm greetings, there was still business to do. Li Qin had told Meng Huo that she would bring the two of them here, but she didn't clarify on the phone what it was for.

The purpose of the old man's visit and Ji Lan's was different, and it was Meng Huo's grandfather who first mentioned it.

"The new ancestral tomb has been built."

Meng Huo was stunned after hearing this. Li Village has a common ancestor, the ancestor who established Li Village in the first place. Chinese villages are all derived in this way, and many villages can be traced back to an ancestor. It is very important to relocate the ancestors' graves.

Li Village planned to build a new ancestral grave a few years ago. After choosing the place and date, construction finally started this year. But after it is built, there will be a folk ceremony, which requires the presence of all people with the blood of Li Village.

"On that day, everyone in Li Village, the men who are working and studying outside, and the married women and their children of three generations will all come back." The old man looked at Meng Huo nervously: "The village hopes you can come back too."

Meng Huo seldom went home. This time the event was very important. The village worried that he would not participate, so they asked his grandfather to persuade him.

But Meng Huo still remembered the ceremony. He forgot what it was called, but he had experienced it in his previous life. It was a pretty lively event. There were four to five hundred people present, and most of them were people he didn't know. Even though Li Qin had passed away at that time, his uncle still dragged him to participate, and he still remembered lighting incense himself.

If you didn't escape in your previous life, how can you escape in this life?

And now Meng Huo's status is different. He is a pride to Li Village. Although he is not from the same family, he could find excuses not to go, but now that he has become the number one cartoonist in China, it is difficult for Meng Huo to escape.

The whole Li village hoped that Meng Huo could show his face to the village, and if he went back, he would definitely be an important protagonist. Meng Huo heard from Li Qin that in the past two years, many aunts and aunts who married out of town also went home to celebrate the New Year. The purpose was to see Meng Huo. This is such a good opportunity, and those people must be full of expectations for his attendance. .

Therefore, for Li Village, whether Meng Huo can go back is very important - if he can go back to participate in the ceremony, the number of participants will definitely increase, and the money received by the village will also increase. Maybe even the county government will send people to join in the fun.

Regardless of whether it is for love or for profit, there is a reason why Meng Huo's grandfather came to persuade him in person.

"Do you want to go?" Meng Huo glanced at Li Qin, but Li Qin turned his head to avoid his gaze.

"Mom is really..." Meng Huo couldn't help showing a smile. Li Qin's attitude meant that she didn't want to interfere with this matter, but Meng Huo knew that she definitely hoped that she could go back. After all, Li Village was where Li Qin grew up. s home.

But Li Qin didn't want to embarrass Meng Huo, and this was what made Meng Huo feel distressed the most—every time something happened, Li Qin would think on Meng Huo's side. No matter how much pressure she has, she always puts her son first. Even though Meng Huo had become famous, Li Qin never begged him. Not only did she not trouble Meng Huo, but she also tried to avoid asking Meng Huo and becoming a troublesome mother.

This made Meng Huo both distressed and proud. Where could he find such a gentle mother? What else could he complain about? Even to report on her, Meng Huo knew what choice he should make now.

"When exactly?" Meng Huo asked.

"November 9th!" The old man's face showed joy, and it seemed that it was not difficult to convince Meng Huo.

"Number 9?" Meng Huo shook his head and smiled wryly, "How could it be this day!"

The old man's heart tightened: "What's the matter today?"

"I'm going to attend the premiere of an animated film on the 10th of next month, and there will be a related banquet in Ninghai on the night of the 9th." Meng Huo explained, "I don't know if I can cancel this banquet, if not If not, then I can only stay in Qingcheng until three o'clock in the afternoon, and then I have to rush back to Ninghai."

He counted the time and asked, "Is this okay?"

The banquet is the banquet of "Strike the Sword". This movie premiered on the 10th. The dinner on the 9th is very important. Not only will there be various big names, but I heard that many cartoonists from Zhongxia Company will also appear. Meng Huo wants to see it Can I meet the author of "The Land of Ice and Fire".

"Three o'clock in the afternoon..." Meng Huo's grandfather thought for a while, nodded and said, "I don't think there is any problem with this time. If you come early, the ceremony will end in the morning, and then there will be a banquet in the village at twelve o'clock. If you don't Empty, you can leave early."

His grandson is now a big man envied by everyone. In the old man's view, this kind of person is very busy and his time is very precious. He is mentally prepared, but Meng Huo's words make him feel that this grandson is indeed a big man.

Meng Huo breathed a sigh of relief, it was much easier now. If it's just a ceremony and lunch, don't worry about having too many strangers to deal with. To be honest, he hates dealing with those people, but maybe this is also because the wounds in his previous life have not healed...

"What about Minister Ji?" Meng Huo put away his thoughts, and turned his attention to Ji Lan, who had been silent all this time: "Is it the county magistrate Yang's intention that you came to look for me this time?"

"Nothing can be hidden from Mr. He Xi..." Ji Lan smiled, then opened the satchel she brought with her, took out a letter from it, handed it to Meng Huo and said, "This is the letter written by County Magistrate Yang on behalf of the people of the whole county. I wrote you a thank you letter, this time it happened that Uncle Li came to look for you, so I have the cheek to come with you."

Meng Huo didn't open the letter: "Thank me? Thank you for what?"

From Ji Lan's words, it can be seen that this letter is not simple. It is a letter of thanks representing the people of the whole county - just the words "people of the whole county" scared Meng Huo enough, and this letter suddenly became a hot potato Yes, the scale is so large, it is definitely not a small matter. (to be continued)