Chapter 414 Great Expectations
Every parent in this world will do their best to plan for the future of their children.
All parents in the world are sincerely happy for their children's achievements.
So while Huo Xin's parents were wandering around the Foreign Affairs Courtyard, the emotions in their hearts were very similar.
Qu Xiao’s parents, who were having New Year’s Eve dinner at home, also felt happiness and anxiety coexisting in their hearts, and their minds were filled with thoughts about their daughter Qu Xiao’s future.
If not for anything else, it was because Qu Xiao had already been recruited by the Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of Light Industry under the recommendation of Pierre Carton Company and was about to go to Japan as the first batch of models from the Republic to go abroad.
Their daughter will also appear on the T stage of Seibu Department Store wearing several sets of domestically produced "PC" flagship clothing.
The only regret is that Qu Xiao will definitely not be able to celebrate the New Year at home because he has to go abroad.
You know, today’s Asian island countries do not celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The revolution since the Meiji Restoration has made the little devils categorically abandon their worship of Chinese culture, and instead worship Western civilization as a new idol totem.
Therefore, when it comes to the itinerary, Japan, which has forgotten its ancestors, is afraid that it will not be thorough and will not take care of the customs and traditions of our people.
This forces all relevant personnel participating in this international cooperation and exchange event to sacrifice two days of Spring Festival vacation and board a plane to Tokyo on the second Monday of the Lunar New Year.
This is thanks to the fact that New Year’s Eve and Spring Festival fall on Saturdays and Sundays and Japan implements weekend holidays.
Why wasn’t Qu Xiao’s New Year’s Eve dinner ready until eight o’clock in the evening?
Isn’t it because Qu Xiao’s parents spent almost an entire afternoon packing their daughter’s luggage.
Otherwise, if they go to visit relatives for a day tomorrow, they won't have time to be busy with this matter.
It’s okay, I can’t do it if I don’t rush.
“Move, move here quickly...”
As soon as she walked out of the kitchen with the last fish in her hands, Qu Xiao’s mother couldn’t help but complain immediately. Father and daughter at the dining table.
"Ouch, why don't you eat? The dishes are all cold. I have told you several times. Eat first, eat first, don't wait for me, why are you all disobedient? ?Aren’t you hungry?”
Daughters are of course the most understanding of their mothers’ painstaking efforts.
So Qu Xiao answered sensibly while helping his mother move the plates on the table.
"Mom, where are you? I've been so hungry for a long time. But you are the main contributor to making this table of dishes. How can we eat first without waiting for you. No matter how hungry we are, we have to wait, right? Right? Dad..."
Quxiao's father immediately echoed.
"Yes, our daughter is right, this is the New Year's Eve dinner, and our whole family must be seated before we can eat. No one can be missing today..."
Qu Xiao then said, "Mom, from now on, don't chase me out of the kitchen anymore. I'm old now, so you should teach me all your unique skills. From now on, I'll cook on New Year's Eve. You and dad are responsible for eating..."
This statement made my parents even more happy.
"Look, my daughter, how sensible she is."
"Oh, my daughter is better, the little cotton-padded jacket is not called for nothing, her mouth is so sweet..."
In this way, the Qu family’s New Year’s Eve dinner was finally ready.
Desserts include eight-treasure rice, and cold dishes include preserved eggs, pork skin jelly, fried peanuts, and cabbage salad.
The main dishes are chestnut stewed chicken, dry-roasted yellow croaker, braised pork ribs, stir-fried shrimps, pickled white meat, stir-fried sesame tofu, and a homemade vinegar-stuffed potato shreds.
There is also the Rémy Martin Cognac that Qu Xiao bought for her father with foreign exchange coupons, and the Coca-Cola and Fanta sodas that she bought for her mother. They were also placed majestically in the center of the open folding round table. In particular, it shows the brilliance of imported products that are superior to others.
After pouring the wine and drinks into the cup again.
Qu Xiao’s mother couldn’t help but be the first to express her emotions while serving her daughter.
"Oh, eat as much as you can, my daughter. It's no better outside than at home. I really don't know if you can still eat this jealous potato shreds when you get to Tokyo?"
"You are just stupid. Come on, you only know potato shreds and cabbage hearts.”
Qu Xiao’s father couldn’t help but laugh.
"Japan is a developed country. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, so how can it be any worse? Have you not watched Japanese movies? The streets are full of cars, and the homes are full of color TVs. It's a two-story building. Who goes there and eats this? "
"Don't forget that in "The Call of the Mountain", Takakura Ken, as a temporary helper, ate crabs with wine. . I dare say that the Japanese eat three meals a day, including chicken, duck and fish!”
"Actually, let alone Japan, even North Korea is better than us now. Our little brother is now a quasi-developed country. The common people can eat Yanji cold noodles and spicy beef every day."
“Look at our country, even the goal of beef and potatoes is still far away. Let alone lights and telephones, upstairs and downstairs. Hey, we suffer because of the large population. The poorer we are, the more we live. , the more children you have, the poorer you are..."
Qu Xiao's mother is extremely dissatisfied with her husband's attitude as if he were joking.
"I'm serious. Why are you talking about family planning? I'm not afraid of anything else. I'm just afraid that if the climate doesn't suit the climate and my daughter doesn't eat or drink well, then she won't suffer!"
"Besides, in her line of work, in order to maintain her figure, she is not allowed to eat anything sweet or oily. When she goes out, she stays under the eyes of the Japanese every day, and she has to listen to them in everything. This is going to make people starve! ”
"You don't feel sorry for me, but I do. Let me tell you what I'm saying, if our daughter does something bad, I won't be able to live anymore..."
Qu Xiao's father is also a little impatient. He thinks that his wife is just fine. Looking for trouble.
"You are worrying blindly and unnecessarily. Our daughter went abroad at public expense, and going to Tokyo to perform is a political mission. Our country protects her. I don't believe it. How can we wrong our children? "
"Besides, the Japanese are no longer the devils they were during the War of Resistance. They have stopped killing people and robbing food. What do they have now? There is no shortage of food for you. "
< br> "My daughter is really hungry. If she is not used to Japanese rice, the worst she can do is soak the rice balls in hot water. Ah... sushi, you know? It is made of rice. At most, it will be colder. You Why don’t you bring some Liubiju pickles to your daughter? This is no different from home!”
"If there is anything really different, it is that everyone eats good rice. Unlike us, the purchase of japonica rice is restricted, and we can only buy machine-made rice (indica rice) to steam rice every day..."
But It was okay if he didn't say it, but the more he said it, the angrier Qu Xiao's mother sounded, and she really took offense to it.
"Ah! Okay, our daughter will buy you such expensive foreign wine. While you are drinking, you are looking forward to her going out to eat cold rice and pickled vegetables. Is this your idea of becoming a father? You don't think so. It doesn’t matter, your daughter is not the flesh that fell off your body..." As she spoke, Qu Xiao’s mother’s eyes were still wet, which made Qu Xiao’s father extremely embarrassed.
Fortunately, Qu Xiao was there to persuade me, so this New Year’s Eve dinner was not as sad as it should have been.
"Mom, what are you doing? I know you don't trust me, but I'm old enough to take care of myself. What's more, the leaders of the Textile Department are going with us. There will be no mistakes. Don’t worry, I won’t go on a diet for the show. Look, I’m better than the rest of the team. No matter how much I eat, I don’t lose weight. The other guys in our team are envious of my physique..."
"That's right, your mother is naturally sentimental. Going abroad is obviously a good thing. Who would be happy to leave her alone? She will have to cry. Why don't you ask the leader for permission to let the leader of the Textile Ministry stay for the festival and your mother can accompany you... ”
In this way, the father and daughter sang together, finally making Quxiao’s mother laugh again.
Following Qu Xiao’s father, he took advantage of the situation and raised his glass.
“This New Year’s Eve is different from the past. Our daughter is going to be successful. I originally thought that my daughter was weak-tempered and had no talent for studying. At most, she will have a comfortable and ordinary life.”
"Unexpectedly, this child is quite lucky. She actually found a new path on her own and carved out this glorious path. Suddenly, she became the most valued fashion model by the leaders of the Textile Ministry and the most promising fashion model of Pierre Carton Company. ”
“Hey, a performance now costs one hundred yuan, and it’s a foreign exchange voucher. This income is better than the minister’s, and he actually went abroad to perform. Who wouldn’t be envious of this? "
"You are indeed my good daughter. You have brought honor to your parents. We are proud of you. Dad wishes you a successful performance in Tokyo and a successful return home soon. Let’s touch it together...”
However, after drinking the cup, Qu Xiao’s mother got the idea and spoke reluctantly.
"I'm still a virgin. What you said just now is really incompetent. What is blessing? Our daughter relies on her own efforts and meticulous and hard training."
"Didn't you listen to what the young man named Ning said? The training is very hard. My daughter's feet are worn out from walking. I don't know how many shoes she has worn out." "Besides, this is not the original time. You didn't treat your daughter indiscriminately. Is it time to run out of the house? Now you say you are proud of your daughter..."
Qu Xiao's father was immediately embarrassed and quickly waved his hand to stop.
“Oh, my mother, you really want to destroy the relationship between our father and daughter, don’t you? At first, I didn’t know what happened to the fashion model. I was also afraid My daughter is a bad learner.”
“Now I understand. It seems like what the young man named Ning said, my daughter is very likely to become an international model and win international awards. Of course I will. I have to fully support it.”
“As much as I opposed it in the past, you have to make people improve, right? Through this incident, my concepts and thoughts have improved...”
Then, he realized how to ease his embarrassment.
Then the conversation changed, "Hey, I'm absolutely wrong. I was right about my daughter being blessed. If you and I weren't both so good, our daughter would have such an outstanding appearance and figure. "We gave birth to her together, so this can be considered a small contribution..."
Sure enough, these words immediately made the atmosphere in the family harmonious, and both mother and daughter were amused.
When Ning Weimin is mentioned, it is inevitable that parents will start to make insinuations to find out about their daughter's emotional problems.
As a result, Qu Xiao quickly became embarrassed again because of this matter.
She is only twenty years old, and her mentality is similar to that of a child.
I blushed when my parents asked me.
I just lowered my head and shook my head, telling my parents not to make wild guesses. I had never thought about this.
But my parents are the most persistent in this kind of thing.
Mom said, "Girl, don't hide your date from your family. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. You are old enough to consider this issue. You must really talk to the young man named Ning. Yes, Mom is relieved. I think he treats you well, looks good, and seems to be a responsible person who can take good care of you. But you want to hide it from us. Worry that you have been deceived..."
Dad also said, "The man named Ning is good. But in my eyes, he is not good enough for my daughter. With our conditions, who is not worthy? Even if he marries into a real high-ranking family, It's not surprising. So if he doesn't like you, it's because he is blind and unlucky. But if you don't like him, I can understand. Don’t you have someone else in your heart? That’s okay, what’s there to be embarrassed about..."
Well, the couple’s cross-examination made Qu Xiao not know how to argue, and it took a long time. Jin can't explain it at all.
In the end, she got angry and said she wanted to leave the table and not eat.
This finally made her parents stop and put the issue on hold for the time being.
In short, on this New Year’s Eve, the excitement of Qu Xiao’s parents is a bit abnormal.
Next, they kept chattering about their daughter's upcoming trip abroad.
Even the Spring Festival Gala program played on the color TV seemed to them like nothing.
In the end, they simply stopped looking and went straight into another room to mutter.
However, because the sound insulation was so poor, Qu Xiao could still hear her parents’ conversation clearly.
"This is a good thing. Tomorrow our relatives will know about it and they will be happy for us. But a big girl went to a foreign country, which is still a capitalist country. Do you think I can rest assured?"
"Hey, my mother is worried about her son traveling thousands of miles away. I understand you, but are you still protecting your daughter until she is seven or eighty years old? If you want to make a breakthrough, you have to do it early. As the old saying goes, 'If you move people, they will live, and if you move trees, they will die'. While you are young, go outside and take a look. Look, after learning the skills and broadening your horizons, you can make more money. What's not good about it? Even our director wants to go abroad, but it's useless to think about it. He can't go out even if he wants to. "This is Dad. sound.
"She is still young now, why does she have to run so far away? Why is it not good to stay in China? I really regret it. If I have to choose, I would rather let her stay the same as before. , stay with me safely.”
“That’s called selfishness of yours. Haven’t you heard what others have said? You can’t delay her for your own sake. What a bright future. Don’t you want your daughter to win an international award? Besides, this is also a contribution to the country. As soon as your daughter comes on stage, all the clothes in our country will be sold. It’s only half a moon, and I’ll be back soon.”
That night, Qu Xiao lay in bed and thought about it for a long time.
His intentions towards his parents are both fearful and loving.
What I'm afraid of is, what if I don't do well in the future? She was afraid that she would disappoint her parents.
What I love is that she finally has a chance to make her parents happy and proud of her.
Suddenly, she thought of Ning Weimin again, and what her parents had repeatedly asked about her relationship with Ning Weimin.
As a result, she felt shy from the bottom of her heart, and she could no longer firmly believe as before that she just regarded Ning Weimin as her big brother.
Soon, her random thoughts made her cover her head with the quilt.
The little girl's heart is too sensitive and too stupid.
(End of this chapter)