This man knows how to hype

Chapter 169 Sunrise (Additional chapter for Midnight Lanz)

"Hu~~"

A cloud of white mist gushed out of Ke Xinying's mouth.

She rubbed her hands and was about to put them in her pockets when she heard an excited but low voice: "Ke Ke, can we take a photo together? I like you very much."

Ke Xinying turned her head and saw a slightly plump girl looking at her expectantly.

So she smiled and nodded, then pulled Xu Xiyu, who was stretching his head high, to the side to take a photo together.

With a "click", two figures wearing long red down jackets were left on the mobile phone screen of this slightly plump girl.

Soon this photo appeared on her WeChat Moments, Facebook and other social media platforms. The text was very consistent, all of which said, "I happened to see Ke Xinying and Xu Xiyu bringing their children to watch the flag raising ceremony."

There are already many similar photos and videos on the Internet. After all, there are indeed many people who come to watch the flag-raising ceremony every morning.

Moreover, Xu Xiyu, Ke Xinying and their group were so conspicuous that it was hard not to notice them.

There were more than 200 people, all wearing the same long red down jackets. Not only that, they also wore golden woolen hats on their heads.

Looking around, you can see a group of people with gold and red interlaced on their bodies, just like the two colors on the national flag.

In fact, these children originally planned to wear the new school uniforms issued by the school. But the winter in Beijing was not something that the school uniforms could protect against.

Although you can wear warm clothes inside, it is still a bit cumbersome.

So Xu Xiyu and Ke Xinying prepared clothes for all of them in advance. They had already paid for the major expenses such as travel expenses, food and accommodation, so this was not a big deal.

The most frightening thing about doing things is that the money is spent, but some small details are not taken care of in the end. This will often make people seize this point to deny all your efforts.

Of course, sometimes, whatever you do is wrong in the eyes of some people.

Just like now, some people have complained on the Internet that the two people are too showy, and they are afraid that others will not know, so they even wear the same clothes.

Ke Xinying had never experienced the feeling of walking on a mountain road at four in the morning, but this time she had experienced the feeling of being on the hot search at four in the morning.

But she doesn't care.

She is very happy now because the group of children standing on her left are all very happy.

Emotions are contagious.

If you spend more time with happy people, you will probably be happy too.

At least, Ke Xinying felt that since she and Xu Xiyu had been together, many things had changed subtly.

"I used to feel that I had to stand above others, but now I feel it's not bad to stand among the crowd." Ke Xinying suddenly leaned close to Xu Xiyu's ear and said.

"What did you say?" The wind in the north was very strong, so Xu Xiyu covered his ears with the brim of his woolen hat. Ke Xinying's voice was so soft that he couldn't hear it clearly at all.

Seeing Xu Xiyu leaning towards her, wanting her to repeat herself, Ke Xinying pulled his hat up and said unhappily, "I say, you are just an idiot!"

Xu Xiyu looked at her in confusion when he heard that. What was the point of saying something insulting to me for no reason?
So he pulled his hat down to cover his ears, and then said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You think you're smart for having an idiot as your boyfriend."

As soon as these words came out, Ke Xinying was choked by Xu Xiyu. After a while, she rolled her eyes and said, "I like it. What's it to you? Humph~~"

"They're out, Brother Xiyu, the guards are out!!" Just as the two were whispering to each other, the little girl next to Xu Xiyu suddenly pulled him and shouted excitedly.

The two looked up and saw the guards marching towards Tiananmen Square.

At this moment, Xu Xiyu, who was watching the flag-raising ceremony for the first time, suddenly realized that there are some things that you really cannot feel unless you are there in person.

Majestic and powerful.

The scene was noisy and the guards were far away, but as Xu Xiyu watched the guards walking towards him in an orderly manner, he seemed to hear the sound of "trample, tramp, tramp" in his ears.

Maybe there is a microphone on site, or maybe there is no need for a microphone.

At this moment, the guards' footsteps were not only on the solid ground, but also on his heart.

It's an indescribable feeling.

The originally noisy people present became solemn unconsciously.

The children next to them all stood straight, perhaps they were influenced by the guards.

But Xu Xiyu felt that perhaps it was the tall and straight flagpole in front of Tiananmen Square that had become their backbone. They stood as straight as the flagpole.

“I hope they can always stand this straight.”

"What?" Now it was Ke Xinying's turn not to hear clearly.

"People still need a flagpole to support themselves in their hearts, otherwise they will easily kneel down, don't you think?" Xu Xiyu's gaze moved from the guards to the flagpole in front of him.

"You're right." Ke Xinying heard it clearly now.

Because she heard it clearly, she pulled her hand out of her pocket, put it into Xu Xiyu's pocket, and then held his hand tightly.

She didn't care if anyone saw her.

Of course, no one actually paid attention to them. The only real "star" at the moment was the red flag.

Moreover, when there are so many people around, their little movements can’t be seen by anyone.

The sound of footsteps was getting closer.

The national flag was soon hung on the end of the flagpole.

Following a shout of "Stand still", Xu Xiyu and Ke Xinying took their hands out of their pockets, took off their hats and stood up straight.

The children seemed to have been warned and quickly took off their hats and held them in their hands.

Then, accompanied by the words "Salute the national flag", Xu Xiyu and Ke Xinying looked at the national flag. This is the salute.

But the children next to them all raised their right hands above their heads.

They are Young Pioneers.

So, they saluted with the Young Pioneers salute.

Sometimes, people always have some inexplicable immaturity and shame.

Just like when Ke Xinying was a child, she felt that saluting properly was a shameful and uncool thing.

But at this moment, looking at these children doing the thing that once made her feel ashamed with such seriousness, she felt her scalp starting to tingle.

The next moment, she got goose bumps because the national anthem sounded.

The children's eyes became more determined.

The national anthem in my ears became louder and louder.

Li Hanhua, who has been teaching in the mountainous area for more than 30 years, looked at the scene in front of him and his eyes gradually became blurred. He didn't like to cry, but now he couldn't help it.

In a trance, he remembered the scene of Xu Xiyu chatting with the children on the way here.

"Let's play a game. I'll give a gift to whoever answers correctly. The first question is, why is the flag-raising time at Tiananmen not fixed, but different on different days?"

"No one knows? Let me tell you, it's because the flag-raising time and the sunrise time in Beijing are usually synchronized. So, when the red flag is slowly rising on the flagpole, the sun is also slowly rising."

"Brother Xiyu, is that the red flag or the sun that is rising?"

"What do you think?"

"It's all the same. The red flag is the sun, and the sun is the red flag."

The childish answer is still ringing in my ears.

This made Li Hanhua's vision even more blurry, so blurry that he really couldn't tell whether the flagpole in front of him was a red flag or a red sun.

"It's all the same, all the same." He muttered to himself.

After he finished speaking, the national flag was raised to the top. He wiped the corners of his eyes and turned to look at the group of children around him who had followed him out of the mountains.

As he watched, he looked to the other side, where the two young men and women were still looking up at the national flag. He repeated the words he had said countless times since yesterday.

"Thank you."

His thank you was so soft that Xu Xiyu and Ke Xinying naturally couldn't hear it. They were looking at the national flag and talking in a low voice.

"Let me teach you a song."

"What song is it?"

"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, the song of victory is so loud, singing our beloved motherland, from now on towards prosperity and strength..."

"Wait, this is the song you asked Teacher Xiang to teach these kids?" As she listened, Ke Xinying looked at Xu Xiyu with wide eyes in disbelief.

She had just finished watching the flag-raising ceremony, and after listening to just a few words, her hair stood on end.

The urge to shed tears was unstoppable.

She thought she already knew Xu Xiyu's songwriting skills well enough.

Now she suddenly realized that she had underestimated him.

Can he write a song like this?

Where did you learn this from?
Is your talent a little too exaggerated?
When Xu Xiyu heard this, he shook his head and said, "That's not the case."

He didn't intend to copy songs like "Singing the Motherland". As a scumbag, he should not rely on this.

As for "Beijing Welcomes You", it doesn't matter. There are a lot of contestants whose reputations have failed in the original version.

All in all, Xu Xiyu felt that since the children had come, they certainly couldn’t just study and leave.

Xu Xiyu decided to teach them a song and shoot a chorus MV.

If you can't sing "Beijing Welcomes You", can you sing something else? Singing a song is also a way to keep it as a souvenir. Music can retain memories very well.

To this end, Xu Xiyu invited a master to help rehearse the chorus and give these children a master music lesson.

This master is none other than the well-known conductor Xiang Huadong, deputy director of the Philharmonic Orchestra, who had praised Xu Xiyu's ocarina piece "Landscape of Hometown" before. The teacher Xiang that Ke Xinying just mentioned is him.

"You don't plan to teach the children to sing this song? Then do you plan to sing it yourself in the future?" Ke Xinying asked curiously.

"Yes, I sing in private." Xu Xiyu said with a smile.

"In private? You don't plan to release it to the public? You won't release such a good song to the public?" Ke Xinying immediately became anxious when she heard this.

Xu Xiyu looked at her with amusement and said, "Look, you're anxious again."

"I..." Ke Xinying was startled when she heard that, then turned away and snorted, "I'm not in a hurry. Why should I be in a hurry? If the emperor isn't in a hurry, then why should the empress dowager be in a hurry?"

"No, that's how you use this phrase? Are you taking advantage of me?" Xu Xiyu said with a stifled laugh.

Ke Xinying was about to say something when she heard another voice from the side, "Tie Lao... um... no... no... um, Mr. Xu, I'm your fan, can we take a photo together?"

"Tsk...hahahahahaha." The stuttering greeting made Ke Xinying unable to hold back her excitement.

At the same time, netizens who got up one after another began to see the news about Ke Xinying and Xu Xiyu taking their children to watch the flag-raising ceremony.

(End of this chapter)