I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 654 651. True knowledge comes from the ordinary

New Year's Eve definitely requires some sense of ritual.

For Xu Xin, the must-have items for New Year’s Eve are definitely not serious.

It's also strange to say.

The two of them were really clingy to a point.

As long as the baby is sleeping and there is no one around, I will be bored for a while.

When the New Year's bell rang, Xu Xin said in his wife's ear:

"Happy New Year."

So affectionate.

Yang Mi’s answer was more straightforward:

"Um……"

Hello 2011, goodbye 2010.

…

At the beginning of the new year, early in the morning, Xu Xin pushed away his wife in his arms with some disgust.

My arms are numb.

As dead as a pig.

After pushing it away, he walked directly into the bathroom.

When I came out again, there were still wet drops on my face.

Then, he took two diapers and changed them for his eldest daughter, his daughter, and his old Burden son, who were both still asleep, and walked out of the bedroom carrying two heavy bags of diapers.

He came to the study room, boiled a pot of water, picked up the English textbook Ai Qing brought him from the language school, and continued to memorize words.

English is also a matter of accumulation. As long as enough words are accumulated, then one day quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes.

Therefore, since he came back from Venice, he basically didn't waste any time in the early morning.

Even if I am going to do errands, I will memorize seven or eight words in the car, and then take advantage of my free time to change my mind and go through the lines I memorized that day in my head.

After memorizing it for a while, Yang Dalin appeared at the door:

"Mimi, are you up yet?"

"without."

"Is it OK to have braised noodles in the morning?"

"ah?"

Xu Xin was a little surprised:

"Is it so grand so early in the morning?"

People in Yanjing are very particular about braised noodles, not to mention the Yang family’s recipe for braised noodles, which Yang Dalin learned from a local brother in Tianjin in his early years, and the ingredients used are even more particular.

There are many kinds of hand-made noodles and braised noodles.

It tastes incredible.

Xu Xin can eat at least two bowls.

But it's just trouble.

When he heard this, Yang Dalin laughed:

"It's the beginning of the new year. And Qianqian also feels that the food in the confinement center is light. I'm going to deliver food to her now. Mimi wakes up in a while, and you ask her to cook it for you. The braised food is all in the pot. Damn me. We've both finished sneaking away, so we don't need to worry about anything."

"Hey, okay."

Xu Xin responded.

Then I felt a little emotional...

Sometimes I really don’t know what to do if my father-in-law and mother-in-law are gone in this life.

Yang Mi is a person who prefers to live a small life, especially she doesn't like unfamiliar outsiders staying at home.

So the two of them have never hired a nanny.

Since Yang Mi became pregnant and her father-in-law and mother-in-law moved in, he has stopped caring about the trivial matters in life.

Three meals a day, hygiene at home, etc...

Although it is a bit inappropriate to say this.

But he really didn't care about it once.

He was completely lifted up by his wife.

He also tried to help in the early stage, such as sweeping the floor or mopping the table, etc... But Yang Mi disliked his clumsiness and kicked him out several times, so he just ignored him.

My life was really happy.

Just eat when you wake up in the morning, then do your own thing after eating, and don’t worry about anything else.

Just like today.

Making braised noodles takes at least one and a half hours, from boiling the braised noodles to rolling out the noodles.

You can have hot food when you get up, and you don't even need to walk the dog.

What a magical day.

While I was thinking about it, there was a sound of slippers in the corridor outside.

Yang Mi, with disheveled hair and wearing a big T-shirt, walked in half asleep.

"Are you up?"

"Um……"

Yang Mi responded in a daze, came directly to him, sat on his lap, and got into his arms.

A woman's body fragrance mixed with the warm smell of the quilt rushed into Xu Xin's nasal cavity.

"Husband~"

"Um?"

"I like you..."

She pushed hard into Xu Xin's arms and hummed.

Xu Xin can’t stand this English book anymore.

He hugged her and said:

"When are we leaving?"

"Don't you still want to go to Director Zhang?...I'll send out all the invitations in the past few days before I go back."

Their wedding is on the 15th, and all the clothes will be shipped back on the 3rd. Then they will go back to prepare for the wedding.

In fact, it was said to be preparations for a wedding, but neither of them understood the specific process.

They were all handed over to the elders of the family.

This wedding was a very traditional rural wedding, nothing fancy, just old traditions.

Xu Xin didn’t quite understand either.

It was all left to the family to organize.

"Then I'll go tomorrow. I'll go tomorrow morning and I'll probably be back in the evening."

"Um……"

Yang Mi stopped talking, just curled up in his arms and enjoyed the tenderness that had not dissipated.

Until a voice came from the corridor:

"Mom~"

She was still half asleep and had no choice but to open her eyes:

"Hey... my ancestor is awake."

"Ha~"

Xu Xin chuckled lightly and said:

"Our dad made braised noodles. You go and feed the child, and I'll make the noodles."

"Don't."

When she heard that he was going to cook, Yang Mi, who was afraid that the kitchen would explode on New Year's Day, quickly shook her head:

"You leave it there, I'll feed them milk first, and we'll eat noodles together later."

"I can……"

"Don't be too confident."

Yang Mi continued to shake her head, and then walked out without looking back.

Xu Xin couldn't laugh or cry, thinking, "Do you really treat me like a waste?"

then……

Yang Mi looked at the pot of soup in the pot.

"Come on, please explain to me, how do you manage to boil noodles into a pot of paste!?"

"..."

Xu Xin huddled in the corner of the kitchen with the two dogs, eyes full of embarrassment:

"I... cooked it for a while, and when I thought it was cooked, I took it out. Then... I was afraid that you might not be able to get it off for a while, so I said to give it some cold water to prevent it from getting lumpy. Then I forgot to taste it, but I waited. I remembered it after I finished the cold water. After a taste... my dad cut the noodles too thickly today and the inside was raw, so I thought to myself that I would cook it again... and then... that's it... that's it."

"you……"

Yang Mi opened her mouth, but in the end it just turned into a helpless sigh:

"well……"

What can be done?

A waste.

He would starve to death without me.

"Forget it, get out."

She glanced at the last handful of noodles left on the chopping board:

"I cooked the noodles with some dried noodles for you. You can go and watch the child."

"Um……"

Xu Xin was a little embarrassed and looked at his pot of paste again:

"Then this pot of noodles..."

"Get it, get it, give it to them both."

Zaizai Niuniu: "?"

Which of us is the dog?

…

After breakfast, it’s time for parent-child interaction.

After Yang Mi helped the two men spread plastic sheeting on the balcony, she gave the paint to her son to make him happy.

Xu Xin continued to study and color the painting he was going to give to Wheel.

Nuannuan is also rolling on the plastic sheet, but she is not interested in painting. Unlike Yangyang, who can play with it all morning after picking up a paintbrush, she prefers to put pressure on her mother who starts to exercise.

Instead of putting his toys on the back of his mother who is doing a plank support, while waiting for her mother to stand upright, treat her legs as a tree that can be climbed and toss around there.

Soon, at ten o'clock, Yang Dalin and his wife came back with two bags of ingredients.

Ever since Zhang Qian started confinement, the two of them have been extremely busy.

When cooking at home, I have to deliver soup to the confinement center.

And he wasn't surprised when he saw the scene in the living room. He walked to the kitchen and started preparing today's lunch.

Yang Mi finally finished her exercise and was sweating, but she didn't change her clothes and went straight into the kitchen wearing an apron.

The three people started to prepare a meal for Xu Xin.

Xu Xin paid no attention to what was going on in the kitchen the whole time. Although when Yang Dalin first came back, he heard the words of his old father-in-law muttering "What's going on with the noodles in this dog bowl?" and he felt a little guilty. But immediately he heard his wife say, "I went to the toilet when I was cooking noodles in the morning, but the noodles were not cooked properly." He felt at ease again.

After all, she is my biological wife.

He also knew how to take the blame for me.

I absolutely love you.

At noon, four dishes and one soup.

After finishing his meal, he went to the balcony to smoke.

In the time it took to smoke a cigarette, Yang Mi had already taken her two children to take a nap.

Now that the child is older, he no longer needs two naps a day. A nap after lunch is just right.

He washed his hands and went upstairs and walked into the study.

He took out a thick stack of information.

It's all about "Sunspot."

There are also more than ten pages of footage.

What he actually wants to film right now is "Breaking Silence", but his wife's "The Grandmaster" hasn't been finished yet, so he can't do it for the time being.

The preparation work for "Sunspot" is actually 70% completed.

Different from the past, Xu Xin focused more on the rationality of the plot and the struggle in the inner world of the two protagonists for this script.

Living in darkness, yearning for light.

It seems like a moth is attracted to the flame, but I still want to work hard to survive...

He wants to make the two protagonists' hearts feel special.

But I don’t want a very straightforward performance, but want to make the audience empathize through blank space and profiling.

Therefore, the final 30% of detail filling is the top priority.

Eat and drink enough, a pot of tea.

He started working.

This busy work lasts only an hour.

Until Yang Mi, who had coaxed the child to sleep, stuck her head out:

"Hey, brother."

"what?"

"Let's go skating in Shichahai?"

"Well……"

Xu Xin looked at the time.

Almost 2 o'clock.

"We have to go to the confinement center in the afternoon to take care of our father and Sanshui."

"I know, so I just skated for a while. It's just a traffic jam!"

Xu Xin couldn't laugh or cry.

"It's quite cold today. And since it's New Year's Day holiday, there must be a lot of people there..."

"Yo yo yo."

Seeing his resistance, Yang Mi started to get angry:

"What you said, old man, is so condescending. What's wrong? It's so easy to wait until New Year's Day to take a break. People who want to relax are wrong, right?"

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless for a moment:

"I'm talking about you, I'm afraid you will be recognized."

"Hmph, I'm not afraid. In one sentence, are you going? If not... elbow! Take off your clothes and follow me into the house!"

have to.

This is starting to become a threat.

He shook his head helplessly, but still did not reject his wife, and said dotingly:

"Walk."

She has indeed wanted to skate for a long time, but she has been busy recently and has no time.

There's nothing going on this New Year's Day anyway... No.

"What to do with the child?"

"Emmm... do you know what my favorite dairy product is?"

"..."

Fine.

Xu Xinxin said that your old man likes to drink Wangzai milk the most.

So...

"Dad, let's go to the confinement center."

After hearing this, Yang Dalin, who was just about to take a break after a busy day, was stunned:

"So early?"

"Yes, Brother Sanshui and Uncle Xu have worked hard too. We are leaving. The child is sleeping. Please listen to the pager..."

"...Then what are you doing with the box containing the skates? What are you doing with the salami?"

"..."

In the end, the two of them were driven away with their skates and skates under Yang Dalin's helpless look, "Is this how you two become parents?"

There were indeed a lot fewer cars in Yanjing on New Year's Day, and the journey was quite smooth. It was supposed to be at least half an hour's journey, but in less than 25 minutes, we arrived at the bustling Shichahai.

Xu Xin's eyes started to shine when he saw the dog pulling the sledge.

He has no interest in skating, but enjoys sitting here.

And Yang Mi started to disguise herself.

Hats, sunglasses, scarves, and masks were all thrown on his face.

After everything was ready, she turned to her husband and asked:

"How's it going?"

"No one else will recognize you, but I can recognize you even if you turn into ashes!"

"Thank you. You are so old during the Chinese New Year that you really can't spit out ivory from your mouth."

After rolling her eyes under her sunglasses, Yang Mi opened the door and got out of the car. Walking all the way to the park entrance with your skates in hand.

A brisk pace.

While walking, he said to Xu Xin:

"When I was a kid, there were so many people here in the winter! Qianhai was free at that time, but Houhai required tickets... I think it was two yuan, and my dad was willing to pay for it, so we had to go to Qianhai. Squeeze. Then I was sweating all over my forehead. I kept playing until it was almost dark...

My dad's salary was due around the 20th at that time. It was not popular to celebrate Christmas at that time, but I was very happy around December 20th every year, because after coming here to play, my dad had money in his pocket, and our family Go eat hotpot mutton.

Think about it, it takes a lot of physical energy and meat tastes delicious... Hmm, have you ever seen someone eating hotpot mutton and wiping the plate with stick noodles and steamed buns as if it had just been washed? At that time, sesame sesame seed cakes were more expensive than steamed buns, and my dad’s salary was actually not high. I liked eating them, so he would buy them for me.

But he and my mother both bought stick noodle steamed buns outside. Bangzi noodle steamed buns were cheap, so we took them with us and smeared the leftover sesame sauce on the buns to eat.

I didn’t understand at that time, I thought my parents liked to eat this bite... But after having Nuan Nuan and Yang Yang, I realized that I actually wanted my children to eat it and deal with it by myself... "

Xu Xin is actually no stranger to his wife's appearance.

In the past few years that they have been together, they have come here almost every winter, and as long as they come here, she will be in a particularly good mood.

Then I will tell him many stories from his childhood.

Even though Xu Xin has heard this story no less than three or five times... she still tells it every time she comes.

So, all he could do was hold his wife's skates, hold her hand and listen.

When they arrived at the ticket office in Houhai, Xu Xin was waiting nearby while Yang Mi went to buy tickets.

While buying the ticket, he heard his wife complaining:

"Excuse me, two tickets...what? The price has increased again?...Okay, two tickets, I'll give you the money."

Then, even through sunglasses and a mask, Xu Xin could feel her dissatisfaction with Yanjing Damei, who was holding two ice rink tickets in her hands:

"Really, why has the price increased again? Last year it was 20, but this year it is 25! It's almost three o'clock, and the most you can skate for a short time is 50. Fortunately, I brought my skates, maybe I didn't bring them The price has also increased! When my classmates and I came here to play, it only cost five yuan..."

She doesn't care about the tickets.

Instead, I feel that my good memories have been tainted by money.

"alright."

Xu Xin smiled and comforted her:

"Prices are also rising, and the wages of people across the country are also rising. This shows that everyone is getting rich, which is a good thing. What's more... fifty yuan for two people, they come early and can play all afternoon. This is Yan Jing, where can you find cheaper entertainment than this?"

"Then you can't come here like this. It's getting more and more expensive. Who will come here to play in the future? Really..."

The little milky voice combined with the thick nasal cavity vents dissatisfaction.

The two finally got off the ice rink.

Xu Xin doesn't have to worry about what happens next.

No need to sit on a stool.

She just sat down on the ice, took off her cotton shoes, and started to put on the black-faced gold skates.

Three plus five divided by two was exchanged, and Xu Xin gave her a hand.

Then the sister staggered twice on the ice. After feeling for a while, she immediately stood firm.

"What should you do?"

she asked.

Xu Xin pointed at the Alaska trees not far away lying on the ice in the winter:

"I'll hang out with them."

"Hey, go ahead. I'll make two circles first and then go find you."

"good."

As he agreed, this sister was like a butterfly that suddenly took off, and flew away with a "swish".

After rushing for a certain distance, she circled around, turned to her husband who was helping her pack her shoes and shouted:

"husband!"

"?"

Xu Xin looked up and saw that she had made a... stance with two legs standing on a horse, and with her excellent control, she began to draw circles on the ice.

"Hehehe, am I handsome?"

Listening to her dazzling words, Xu Xin raised his thumb.

Then after the butterfly continued to fly away, he went straight to the Erla.

"Get a dog with two dogs."

Not even bothering to tell the price, he handed over three hundred-dollar bills, sat on the small sledge, crossed his legs, and lit a cigarette.

"call……"

In the mist of exploding water mist and smoke, Xu Xin waited contentedly for the dog owner to finish feeding the two dogs, and then directly pulled the reins.

The well-trained Erla pulled him and started trotting on the ice.

A dog costs fifty, but the dog owner needs to "borrow" the money. Just like the rickshaws in the old society, the owner takes the dog to run on the ice, which is quite hard. But it doesn't matter if there are two dogs. As soon as people see Xu Xin's actions, they know that at least the guest wearing sunglasses has played with it, so they don't care.

Xu Xin didn't even look at what his wife was doing.

He just sat on the small sledge enjoying himself, letting the two dogs lead him around, enjoying the rare and pleasant time in the winter afternoon on New Year's Day.

This year... I'm really tired.

Between the two movies, he felt as if he had been thrown into a drum washing machine this whole year.

But at this moment, sitting on the sledge, he felt like he was truly alive.

This daze lasted for about ten minutes.

As for the two dogs, seeing that he didn't urge him, they also started to be lazy.

So, he took out the salami he had brought from home from his pocket.

He bought this sausage when he was in Italy. Its full name is Florentine salami.

It's quite expensive, which works out to 200 dollars a stick.

Before he left, he cut a whole stick in the kitchen.

When he saw two dogs fishing, he said "Hey". When the two dogs turned back, he threw away the two pieces of salami.

After the two dogs ate, their tails began to wag violently.

Xu Xin smiled evilly.

hey-hey.

You like fishing, right?

He picked up a piece of sausage again and threw it forward.

The two dogs rushed forward without thinking.

Fortunately, I didn't throw him off.

As a result, an interesting scene appeared in the entire Shichahai.

A guest sat on the relatively luxurious sledge pulled by two dogs, tossing sausages forward.

The two dogs ran forward desperately.

Whenever Xu Xin turned a little slower, the two dogs started barking.

Keep urging.

It gives the dog owner a chill just looking at it.

What kind of ham is the heart? Can two greedy dogs achieve this virtue?

As for this bag of salami, he lost half of it and kept the remaining half for Yang Mi.

But with just half a pack of salty salami, the two dogs still had to drink it while facing each other.

The dog owner also came to check, fearing that Xu Xin would feed the dog blindly.

But after seeing that this man was not only feeding the dog, but also eating it himself, he became silent...

After playing for a while, the two dogs saw that Xu Xin was as close as an old father.

After a while, the two dogs completely lay down on the nest.

I can't eat, drink, or run.

It was almost time, so he got off the sledge, smoked a cigarette, and walked outside the specially fenced ice rink, watching his sister paddling around in circles.

When the blushing Yang Mi saw him, he considerately took out a thermos cup from his arms.

Like a parent at a sports day.

Watching his daughter drink all the water in the cup and then merge into the track again, he happily stood aside and continued watching.

Seeing the sunset, Yangmi, who had finally had enough fun, changed into a pair of shoes and carried the half bag of salami... Before anyone arrived, the dog started barking.

So, two dogs pulled two guests this afternoon, and the reward was an Italian sausage worth more than two hundred dollars.

They may not understand how expensive the sausage is.

But the wonderful taste will definitely remain fresh in your memory.

only……

I wonder if they will remember these two guests next time they meet.

…

Having fun, the two walked out of the ice rink hand in hand.

The young woman, who was still looking happy at first, started to turn against anyone after she left the house.

He turned to look at the ticket office and muttered:

"Fifty yuan has been playing for three hours and it still hasn't gone down. It's a huge loss."

But the next second his eyes lit up:

"Ah, roasted sweet potatoes!...Boss, are they white?...Give me two!"

So, the couple took another bite of the roasted sweet potato.

Then I happily got in the car and rushed in the direction of Harmony Hospital.

I changed get off work with Xu Daqiang and Xu Miao, and took care of Zhang Qian until Xu Miao came back by herself. It was past 9 o'clock.

The two of them just came out.

Yang Mi yawned and drove home.

Half past ten.

After washing, the child goes to sleep.

When Xu Xin snuggled into the bed, his wife, whose eyes could barely open, snuggled into his arms again.

"husband……"

"Um?"

She rubbed her chin on her lover's shoulder and let out a murmur of happiness.

"I like you~"

"Well, go to sleep, good night."

"Kiss~"

"Boo~"

After completing the last ritual before going to bed, Xu Xin turned off the lights, and the close lovers hugged each other, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere from each other, and fell asleep.

January 1, 2011.

The ordinary day of Xu Xin and Yang Mi came to a perfect end with the even breathing of the family of four.