Chapter 270 "The Road Home"
The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year.
For children, there are many things to play during the New Year.
Especially for children in areas where fireworks and firecrackers are not banned, it is a joy to put on new clothes, take the New Year's money they just received, and invite their friends to buy various small things.
But for adults, the Chinese New Year is much more boring.
For example, the adults in Xu Xiyu's hometown had only one entertainment activity after eating the New Year's Eve dinner early, and that was playing cards.
Of course, it’s good if you have cards to play.
There are also many people living in cities, because there are few people at home and it is inconvenient to go out for shopping, which results in a very lackluster New Year atmosphere.
For example, let’s take Ke Xinying’s family.
Dad was hemiplegic. After this period of recovery, he could barely walk.
My biological mother returned to her parents’ home and did not spend the New Year together.
My brother went to work on a sewing machine with his stepmother, and it would take a few years before he could get out.
The only real people in the family are myself and my half-brother Ke Tianbao.
The family finished the New Year's Eve dinner without any taste and asked the escort to take Ke Zhaoting to rest. The only ones left in the living room were Ke Xinying, who was mechanically using her mobile phone to send out red envelopes for New Year greetings, and Ke Tianbao, who was restless next to her.
Deserted.
It can only be said to be terrifyingly deserted.
Normally it was fine, and Ke Xinying was used to this kind of desertedness, but during the Chinese New Year, it was lively outside and the TV screen was also lively.
This set off the Ke family is really a bit depressing.
Ke Tianbao felt this sense of depression particularly strongly. He wanted to go upstairs to play games, but he felt it was not good to leave Ke Xinying here alone.
Ever since, he sat on the sofa like a needle in his butt, twisting here and there.
I want to say something, but I don’t know how to say it.
Don't say anything, I'm going to explode in embarrassment.
Fortunately, the Spring Festival Gala started, and Yang Xueqing was one of the guests performing the opening song. As soon as he saw her, Ke Tianbao immediately forced himself to find a topic and said: "Sister, why didn't my brother-in-law perform with Yang Xueqing?"
Hearing this, Ke Xinying wanted to reply lightly, "They are not on the same show, so of course they will not appear together."
But when the words came to her lips, she still forced a smile and said in a relatively soft voice: "The two of them sang different songs. Your brother-in-law sang solo with the backup dancers."
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The reason why she wanted to smile was mainly because she didn't want Ke Tianbao to live so depressed.
She was very depressed back then. Whether at home or with Sister Hong, she always felt like being dependent on others. She lived a cautious life. Looking back now, it was like a nightmare.
Although Ke Tianbao was a bit domineering in the past, adult matters had nothing to do with him.
After all, this is her younger brother, and Ke Xinying doesn't want him to live through her life again.
Thinking of this, she said again: "Okay, if you want to play games, you can go and play. You don't have to stay with me here."
"Ahem...I don't really want to play." Ke Tianbao was still a little embarrassed to leave.
"Okay, let's go, let's go."
"Hey, I'm going then." Ke Tianbao raised his butt.
After taking only two steps, I suddenly heard Ke Xinying say again: "Oh, by the way, wait a minute."
Ke Tianbao stopped, turned around and asked doubtfully: "What's wrong?"
Ke Xinying did not answer, but stood up and took out two...no, it should be two red envelopes from the bag placed next to her.
Each red envelope contained 188,888 in cash, and New Year's blessings were written on the red envelope.
Before Ke Tianbao could react, he saw Ke Xinying moving the red envelope and putting it in his hand, saying: "New Year's money, your brother-in-law and I will each have one. I hope you will be healthy and make progress in your studies in the new year."
Looking at the two red envelopes in his hand, Ke Tianbao was a little surprised.
To be honest, the money is not much for him.
But the problem is that this is the first time he has received a red envelope from Ke Xinying.
Therefore, he was stunned for a while before he said: "Thank you...thank you sister, uh, and brother-in-law."
"Okay, go ahead and play by yourself, so you won't feel uncomfortable sitting with me." Ke Xinying smiled again and rubbed his head, which she learned from Xu Xiyu.
In fact, Xu Xiyu reminded her about giving red envelopes.
Ke Tianbao was really not used to being treated like this. But he didn't dodge, he just turned around and walked towards the elevator entrance in the house in a daze.
A few minutes later, he returned to his room, looked at the two big red envelopes in his hand, and began to feel dazed.
He stayed like this for who knows how long, but suddenly he thought of something and put the red envelope on the bedside table.
Immediately afterwards, he disassembled the PS5 game console in his room, took two controllers and went downstairs.
When he got downstairs, he found Ke Xinying standing by the floor-to-ceiling window looking out in a daze. Looking from a distance, her back looked lonely and lonely.
At this moment, he felt inexplicably that his sister seemed to be miserable.
Sighing, he stepped forward with the game console in his arms and called softly to Ke Xinying's back: "Sister."
Ke Xinying was shouted back to her senses. She quickly wiped the corners of her eyes, then turned her head and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"
Hearing this, Ke Tianbao shook the game console he was holding with evasive eyes, and said in a slightly vague voice: "Shall we play games together?"
Hearing this, Ke Xinying couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and there was a hint of surprise in her expression.
She instinctively wanted to refuse because she didn't know how to play games.
But after hesitating for a few seconds, she nodded and said: "Okay."
After receiving a positive reply, Ke Tianbao became visibly relaxed and happy, and hurried to the TV to connect the host.
But Ke Xinying reminded: "Go downstairs and push up the big movable TV in dad's conference room. This TV must show the Spring Festival Gala. I also want to see what your brother-in-law looks like when he attends the Spring Festival Gala for the first time."
Ke Zhaoting sometimes works at home, so there is a conference room on the first floor of the villa.
"Okay." When Ke Tianbao heard this, he put down the host in his hand and jumped towards the basement, his back looking brisk and happy.
After such a long period of depression, he seemed to have regained the temperament that a young man should have.
At the same time, on the other side, in Shanghai, Lu Qindao's family was also watching the Spring Festival Gala. Looking at it, Fu Hongxiu couldn't help but ask: "Why didn't you be invited to the Spring Festival Gala?"
"I don't know why." Lu Qinyao was speechless. "Then why did the Spring Festival Gala invite this Yang Xueqing?" Fu Hongxiu asked again.
"She is a first-line star. I have invited her once or twice. This is the fourth time." Lu Qinyao explained helplessly.
"Aren't you an A-list star?"
"Me? I'm not even close." Lu Qinyao was immediately amused by these words, and added in her heart: Originally, I was, wasn't it because you made me angry?
"When will Xiao Xu come out?" Fu Hongxiu changed the topic again.
Lu Qinyao naturally knew when Xu Xiyu came on. If nothing else happened, it was around 9:5. It was a song about the theme of "home" and was a creation of the theme designated by the Spring Festival Gala program team.
However, she did not say this, but shook her head and said: "I don't know."
"Why don't you even know this?" Fu Hongxiu frowned.
"I have no contact with him, how could I know?" This is why Lu Qinyao said she didn't know.
If he said that he knew it, Fu Hongxiu would definitely do the same thing next. Lu Qinyao really didn't want to hear about getting back together, having children, and going on and on.
"Why no contact? Didn't I ask you to contact him more?"
"Why keep in touch with others after we broke up? Dad, do you think this is true?"
Next to him, Dad Lu was pretending not to exist, but when he saw his daughter, he looked like he was trying to draw the fire onto himself.
He immediately coughed and said: "I suddenly remembered that I still have an important New Year's call that I haven't made. Look, I'm going to the study."
After saying that, Dad Lu ran away directly.
When Lu Qinyao saw him slipping away, she rolled her eyes and was speechless for a while.
Fortunately, today was the Chinese New Year, so Fu Hongxiu didn't make Lu Qinyao unhappy too much. She muttered a few words and then became quiet.
Time passed like this minute by minute.
The programs of the Spring Festival Gala came one after another. The singing and dancing categories were still equally outstanding, but the language categories were even more impressive than last year, which made Lu Qinyao drowsy.
It wasn't until the time approached 9 o'clock that she finally cheered up.
It was at this time that the whole family in Xu Xiyu's hometown, who were gathered around the TV and didn't even play cards, became excited.
While having the New Year's Eve dinner with Xu Xiyu, they also knew what time Xu Xiyu would appear.
Just a few minutes later, the little cousin suddenly pointed at the TV screen excitedly and shouted: "It's on the stage, it's on the stage, the second brother is on the stage."
Along with his voice, Xu Xiyu was seen on the screen, wearing a long red windbreaker and a red scarf, standing in the center of the stage.
Under the direction of the director, he wrote a song about the theme of "home" that he liked very much.
This song is called "The Road Home" and it is the theme song of the movie "Old Orphan". This song is very good both in terms of lyrics and melody.
Andy Lau sang this song at the 2015 Spring Festival Gala and moved countless people.
The prelude sounded, and the dancers next to him began to dance to the music. After a while, Xu Xiyu held up the microphone and sang:
"The way home~~
Count how many colds and heats there are in a lifetime~~
Count the ups and downs of the journey~~
…”
"Bang..."
“Chirp~~”
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Accompanied by Xu Xiyu's singing, fireworks shot into the sky in the yard of Uncle Xu's house.
The exploding fireworks reflected the colorful sky.
This year, Xu Xiyu specially contacted someone to order more than 50,000 high-end fireworks from Liuyang in southern Hunan. The yard was full of them, just for fun.
In the village, fireworks that were obviously more beautiful than others were blooming in the sky.
Everyone seemed to realize something.
In the large chess and card room in the village, the group of people who were originally playing cards and chatting all stopped what they were doing and turned to stare at the TV.
"The way home~~
Count three hundred and sixty-five a year~~
Count the wins and losses in the days~~
…”
The singing on the TV, along with the constant sound of fireworks, put everyone present in a trance.
No one expected that Xu Xiyu, who had been walking around the village during the Chinese New Year, would now be singing at the Spring Festival Gala.
"I can't believe it. Is this the boy from our village?"
"I really can't believe it. If this person gets lucky, he will be really lucky."
"This son of the Chuanqing family will do great things in the future."
On the other side, at Lu Qinyao's house, she was sitting on the sofa, hugging her legs and humming along with the TV.
"Go home and be happy~~
Happy to be able to hug my parents~~
Let’s talk about the shy confession~~
The lights are dimming not far away~~
…”
While singing, she couldn't help but glance at her mother next to her, and Fu Hongxiu also looked at her. Just when Lu Qinyao was thinking about whether she wanted to have a loving hug with her mother.
Suddenly I heard Fu Hongxiu say: "Hey, how can you sing this song?"
Lu Qinyao was stunned.
"He also said that you two have no contact. How could you sing this song without contact?" Fu Hongxiu was like a detective possessed at this moment.
"..." Lu Qinyao was speechless. Xu Xiyu had indeed shown her the score and discussed the arrangement with her.
On the opposite side was Ke Xinying. At this time, she was holding her head in one hand and quietly listening to the singing coming from the TV.
And in the hand holding her head, she was holding a game controller.
As she listened, she suddenly turned to look at Ke Tianbao and said, "Come on, let's continue."
"Don't you listen? My brother-in-law is really amazing. This song is really well written." Ke Tianbao praised sincerely.
"I've heard it many times." Ke Xinying smiled and shook her head.
Soon, the two played another party game similar to "Two People".
"The way home~~
Count the number of times you are happy in a year~~
Count the ups and downs of your temper in a day~~
…”
Xu Xiyu's singing continues.
On the sofa, the backs of the siblings were on the left and right.
(End of chapter)