Return to Singapore 1995

Tang Qianqian is a senior in Ningdong Middle School. She inherited the advantages of her uncle and aunt. She is tall and pretty. She has grown into a big girl. She has been hanging out with Li Xiaofan since she was a child. She treats Li Xiaofan as her own brother. After taking Li Xiaofan's arm and looking at Li Xiaofan next to her for several times, she said:

"Brother, Singapore seems to be really good. It seems to be really nourishing! After you went to Singapore, you seemed to have changed into a different person. You became handsome and energetic! Even your temperament and clothes are different!"

Li Xiaofan smiled and said, "Little girl, stop talking nonsense! Here, take it, this is a small gift for you!"

As he said that, Li Xiaofan stopped and took out two small bags from the big luggage bag and handed them to Tang Qianqian.

"What's the good stuff?"

Tang Qianqian took it and opened the bag and exclaimed: "Wow, AIWA walkman!"

Then, there was another louder exclamation: "Oh my god, SONY CD walkman!"

After opening the bag, Tang Qianqian exclaimed twice in succession!

"Brother, this happiness comes too suddenly! In our school, just an original AIWA walkman will be envied to death! Brother, I love you!"

Tang Qianqian's exclamation outside the door startled Li Xiaofan's uncle and aunt in the courtyard, and they shouted in the courtyard: "You little girl, why are you so startled! Did Xiaofan get it?"

"I'm here, I'm here!"

Li Xiaofan strode into the yard and said: "Uncle, aunt, I'm here!"

Uncle and aunt came forward and took the luggage in his hands.

"Xiao Fan, come in quickly, take a break, drink some tea, and wash your face with hot water! You must be exhausted on the way. Are you hungry? We'll have dinner soon!"

"It's okay. Are you two okay?"

"We are all fine. We just miss you a little. It's not easy to work alone abroad! Come, come, sit down and drink some orange peel tea from your hometown first!"

Aunt treated Li Xiaofan as a VIP and made orange peel tea for him. I saw a few orange-yellow orange peel strands floating in the high mountain mist green tea in the teacup, and a fresh fragrance came to my nose.

Li Xiaofan took a sip and felt refreshed. A little white sugar was added to the orange peel tea, which was sweet, fragrant and delicious. Putting some sugar in tea is a local custom for entertaining guests. In the old days, sugar was a scarce commodity.

This orange peel for making tea is a very special bitter orange in Ningdong County. The orange flesh inside is extremely bitter, but its orange peel is extremely fragrant and is a top-grade tea. A sip of orange peel tea is refreshing, and it can stimulate appetite, relieve alcohol, remove greasiness and relieve fatigue.

"Uncle, aunt, I came in a hurry this time and didn't bring anything. This is the bird's nest for you, and a pair of Tissot watches!"

Aunt said distressedly: "Xiao Fan, working outside is so hard, and it's not easy to make money! The bird's nest and watches abroad are so expensive, don't spend money like this next time! Take care of yourself outside and save more money. In the future, you will spend a lot of money to do big things and get married!"

While they were talking, Tang Qianqian leaned over and took the two beautiful watch boxes from her mother's hands, sighing: "Solvil et Titus, wow, I've seen the advertisement of this watch: I don't care about forever, I only care about having it once! Chow Yun-fat and Jacklyn Wu acted, it feels great!"

This is a pair of the most popular Tissot couple watches in Singapore, which Li Xiaofan bought at the Time Gallery watch store in Singapore.

The TV advertisement of Tissot in Singapore was very impactful, leaving a deep impression on Li Xiaofan. In the Tissot ad shot by Chow Yun-fat and Jacklyn Wu, Chow Yun-fat, dressed in military uniform, looked back at Jacklyn Wu and resolutely boarded the fighter plane. Jacklyn Wu watched the fighter plane take off from outside the wire fence. At this time, the camera went back to the past when Chow Yun-fat and Jacklyn Wu took a photo in front of the movie poster of "Forever". The movie poster of "Forever" also played a role in strengthening the theme. When the camera turned back, Jacklyn Wu's eyes were full of tears.

In the later "Youth Burning" ad, when Andy Lau left a letter to the heroine while she was sleeping and embarked on a racing road that led him to death, the camera turned to the heroine's unwilling look back when she left, the two hugged in the rain, and the heroine looked at her watch on the plane. In the next shot, when Andy Lau drove the racing car and crashed into the train, the camera switched to the tears of the heroine. The rapid switching of these shots not only retraces the love story of a poor boy from Southeast Asia who falls in love with a willful rich girl, but also confirms the sub-theme of "burning youth" from the speed of the shots switching - after the burning of youth, there is disillusionment, and it is a luxury to be together forever!

At that time, the Tissot advertisement was very successful in Singapore and won countless fans!

"Qianqian, if you like it, I will buy you a Tissot women's watch next time!"

Aunt shouted: "Xiaofan, don't give her anything again! Silly girl, go and call Xiaofan's two childhood friends so that we can have dinner!"

"Yes!"

A few minutes later, when Li Xiaofan was drinking tea and chatting with his uncle and aunt, there was a noise outside the yard, and Tang Qianqian brought in a man and a woman.

"Li Xiaofan!"

"Is Brother Fan back!"

They were all Li Xiaofan's junior high school classmates and neighbors next door. Aunt just asked Tang Qianqian to call them to accompany Li Xiaofan to drink in the evening to welcome him.

The woman's name is Wu Xiuli, Li Xiaofan's monitor and league secretary in junior high school. She is bold, capable, and a strong woman. After graduating from the provincial finance and trade school two years ago, she was assigned to work in the Foreign Trade Department of the Foreign Trade Bureau of Ningdong County. Before Li Xiaofan was reborn, she was already a county-level leader in Mingzhou City.

The man's name is Lin Zhiyong, who was Li Xiaofan's best friend in junior high school who went to Shanghai to start a business in his previous life. Li Xiaofan helped him choose a location in Gubei to open a small shop selling antique furniture and various bracelets such as sea yellow and agarwood.

The old junior high school classmates hadn't seen each other for many years, and they were particularly affectionate. After a few greetings and reminiscing about the past, everyone sat down to eat at the invitation of their aunt.

Uncle Tang Xiufeng looks like a Taoist immortal, and his acupuncture skills are well-known far and wide. He looks very much like Li Xiaofan's grandfather, and his eyebrows are handsome, very much like Li Xiaofan's mother. Li Xiaofan would think of his mother whenever he saw his uncle...

Tang Xiufeng doesn't talk much, but he can drink a lot. In fact, Li Xiaofan can drink even more.

After the banquet started, he opened a jar of liquor and called out, "Come on, Xiaofan, Xiaoli, and Xiaoyong, try the sweet potato stew I brewed!"

When I was a child, my grandfather and uncle liked to brew their own wine. Among their favorite wines, sweet potato stew was the best.

My grandfather's hometown is Dongao Village under Ningdong County. The village is close to the sea, and many of his ancestors were fishermen. In the past, in the fishing area, whenever fishermen went out to sea, their wives and children would always say goodbye at the dock, and the fishermen would also set off firecrackers and drink to show their support. The boring life at sea made the fishermen lack ways to pass the time, so they sat on the bow of the boat under the moonlight, eating the freshly caught seafood and drinking a sip of the homemade wine on the boat to comfort the empty time on the boat.