Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 269: Beat if you don't obey, coax if you obey
This year is a rare lively reunion for the Zhang family.

After his elder brother passed away a few years ago, all four of his brothers and sisters, except for him, the eldest, went to work in different places. Some of them saved money and didn't come back, while others didn't buy hard seat tickets.

And this year, perhaps because so many things happened in the past 08, everyone has a lot to say.

Therefore, Lao Zhang's second brother, third brother and youngest sister and their families all came back to their hometown from all over the place and had a reunion dinner at Lao Zhang's house on New Year's Eve.

Afterwards, early in the morning on the first day of the new year, the whole family went to their own land to worship their ancestors.

In front of the joint tomb of Old Zhang and his former girlfriend, after burning incense and bowing, Old Zhang suddenly thought of the young couple next door.

At that time, I told them a revised version of the story, which actually made the girl shed a few tears.

Calculating the time, I haven’t seen you for half a month.

Xiao Wang said that he was taking his wife to investigate the market, but he didn't know if there was any market in this mountain village that would take so long to investigate.

He said he went back to Xichuan, but I didn’t see him coming back to pick up his luggage.

Lao Zhang was just thinking about some meaningless outsiders when suddenly, his family members spoke.

A young and sharp female voice said from behind him: "Kneel down, kneel down. You see, you told me to kneel down, and now my pants are all dirty. I bought these new pants for more than 200 yuan. Zhang Yongsheng, what do you think I should do?"

He shook his head slightly and sighed.

Turning around, he saw his daughter-in-law, Wang Han, who lived in the city, patting the mud on the knees of her beige pants with an unhappy look on her face.

His eldest son Zhang Yongsheng stood beside him with his head lowered and said kindly, "It's my fault, it's my fault. I didn't lay out the plastic bag for you. Don't be angry. I'll wash it for you when we get home. Don't be angry."

Wang Han muttered, "If it's washed, it's not new. Really, I've never knelt in my own home, and I came to kneel in your house. I don't know what it means. The poorer the people, the more rules there are in the countryside."

This is a bit unpleasant to the ear.
Old Zhang looked at his younger brothers and sisters, as well as his nephews and nieces.

Although the adults pretended not to hear, seeing the younger ones making faces at each other, Old Zhang felt a little embarrassed and was about to say something, at least to smooth things over.

But his wife said first, "If you think it's dirty, you don't have to kneel. Who cares? No matter how poor our Zhang family is, you've already entered our family. What, are you regretting it now? It's too late for me to tell you."

Once my wife said this, it would be like stirring up a hornet's nest.

His daughter-in-law's city-dwelling temper started to show. She didn't care who you were and started arguing with her mother-in-law on the spot.

At the end, Wang Han wiped her tears and shouted that she wanted a divorce.

This caused a huge uproar. The grandson that Mr. Zhang had been waiting for for several years was about to fly away, and his wife immediately lost her temper.

In the end, not only did Zhang Yongsheng almost kneel down on the spot, but Old Zhang, as his father, had to persuade him for a long time and let her mother-in-law apologize to her before the matter was barely settled.

However, on the way home, Wang Han still couldn't help muttering.

The relatives looked at each other in bewilderment.

Everyone was thinking that the eldest brother had suffered enough in his life, but Zhang Yongsheng was quite promising and found a job in the city after graduating from secondary technical school.

I also found a city girl to date. We couldn't afford to buy a house and get married, but last year the house prices fell and I bought a house.

It seemed that the days of enjoyment were just around the corner, but unexpectedly, it seemed not as simple as I thought.

"Zhang Yongsheng, tell me yourself, why did I, Wang Han, marry you for your things?"

"Did I do this for the house like your mom said? Did my family pay for half of the house?"

"Didn't my dad say some time ago that he wanted to change your job?"

"Say, if we have a child, will you buy us a car?"

"My pants cost a few hundred dollars, what's wrong with me complaining? That's your ancestor, not mine!"

Zhang Yongsheng's sister, Zhang Xiaomei, the second daughter of Lao Zhang, couldn't help but reply, "You married my brother, so he is also your ancestor."

Wang Han sneered: "Haha, that's not necessarily true."

Zhang Xiaomei was also a little angry, "What do you mean?"

Wang Han looked at the Zhang family members around him, but he didn't dare to say anything. He just muttered in a low voice: "A refugee."

Zhang Xiaomei didn't hear it, and neither did the other members of the Zhang family, but Lao Zhang and Zhang Yongsheng did.

Old Zhang looked at his eldest son's face and finally swallowed his anger.

However, when the women of the Zhang family were cooking at noon, he still couldn't help feeling annoyed, so he held his pipe, put his hands behind his back, and prepared to go for a walk outside Lao He's house.

After all, no one has lived here for a long time and there is no dog in the yard. It is very likely that some unscrupulous young people who have returned home would climb over the wall and steal something.

So he would go and take a look from time to time during these two weeks.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at Lao He's house today, he saw that the gate was open.

Old Zhang was stunned for a moment and felt a little anxious. Could it be that it was pried open by someone?

He quickly walked forward, pushed open the iron door, and walked in to see what was going on.

Seeing a half-new van parked in the yard, Lao Zhang became even more anxious. Could it be that a thief came to move things?
He yelled at the top of his lungs: "Is anyone there?"

Within two seconds, the window on the second floor was opened and a smiling young man appeared there. "Uncle Zhang, I'm here. Happy New Year."

Old Zhang was startled, then he said happily, smiling, "I thought there was a thief. Xiao Wang, what are you doing? When did you come back? Why don't you come and sit with me?"

"I just arrived this morning and haven't made it yet. Uncle Zhang, wait for me. I'll be down soon. Come in and have a glass of water."

To be honest, the reason why Lao Zhang came to visit every day during this period was not because he was really a kind-hearted person.

Everyone in the village knows that the eldest son of the Zhang family never meddles in other people's affairs unless there is some benefit for him.

This should be even more true today.

On the first day of the Chinese New Year, there were many things going on at home. Normally, he would have eaten too much during the Chinese New Year, so he would have wanted to catch the thief.

But this Wang Xiang had left a very good impression on him before.

Not only is he a handsome young man, he is also really good at dealing with people, and his every move makes people feel comfortable.

So at this time, even if he was asked to drink water, not even tea, Lao Zhang would still happily walk into the house.

As soon as he sat down on the stool, a tall and handsome young man came down from the second floor with a ding-dong sound. He greeted him warmly, "Uncle Zhang, please sit for a while. I'll boil some water now."

Well, it turns out that there is no water available. Lao Zhang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, Xiao Wang, where is your wife?"

"Upstairs, putting on makeup."

"make up?"

Chen Nuo sighed helplessly, "Yeah, put on makeup."

After the Spring Festival Gala ended last night, the two went back to their rooms to sleep.

As a result, when they were having breakfast in the morning, the two of them suddenly received a publicity task from director Zhang Yimou, asking them to go around Yichang City.

As a master of gossip hype, Chen Nuo didn't even need to ask to understand what the national master was planning.

According to Chen Nuo's understanding, it is to see if he can take advantage of the Chinese New Year to bring some heat and popularity to "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

He believed that Zhang Yimou was jealous of Xiao Shenyang's overnight fame.

Come to think of it, in his previous life, the national teacher was so confused that he filmed the infamous "Three Shots Surprise". Wasn't it because he saw that the other person was so popular and wanted to take advantage of the popularity?
In this life, because of Chen Nuo, Director Zhang missed the opportunity to work with Xiao Shenyang. I guess he must be feeling a little regretful at this moment.

So by doing this, he also wants to test whether Chen has become outdated due to Xiao Shenyang.

It has to be said that Chen Nuo's psychology is too dark, especially when his experiences in his previous life are combined with those in this life. The plot he imagined is enough for Mai Jia to exaggerate and write some secret war novel.

In fact, Zhang Yimou was just talking to Zhang Weiping on the phone last night to wish each other a happy new year. Zhang Weiping mentioned that the huge sales of "Wind Rumor" last year were closely related to the hype about their breakup between Chen Nuo and Janice Man, and that Chen Nuo's love life, at least in East Asia, has a considerable market.

When he sells a melon, people from at least three countries have to pay for it: China, Japan and South Korea.

If it's a little more explosive, haha, it's not impossible to shock the whole world, like Edward "The Joker" Chen announcing that he's going to change his personality or something.

In particular, Zhang Weiping also mentioned a piece of information that Zhang Yimou didn’t know much about before, which was Chen Nuo’s FACEBOOK account.

It currently has 341 million followers and its homepage has received over 60 likes, making it the most followed account on the website.

At the same time, the number of fans is increasing by tens of thousands every day.

Not only that, the Facebook website he is working on is developing better and better, and it seems to have a bright future.

This month, the famous American Microsoft proposed to acquire the website for 160 billion US dollars.

The reason is that under the leadership of Edward Chen, FB's monthly market share has increased significantly compared to before, and the number of users has also shown a trend of accelerating expansion. Microsoft is no longer satisfied with the 2.4% stake it bought for $1.6 million...

In the end, he was rejected by the CEO of their company, a young man in his 20s, about the same age as Chen Nuo.

It is not known whether this report in the Wall Street Journal is accurate or not, but it can be seen that the key to the box office success of The Hawthorn Tree is really Chen Nuo. On the phone, artist Zhang Yimou seemed to understand these commercial things from Zhang Weiping's mouth.

But in the end, he listened to Zhang Weiping's advice.

Just let Chen Nuo go shopping with the heroine tomorrow, and if they are photographed, we will see the effect.

The effect is good. When The Hawthorn Tree is released in the future, we will know what to do.

The previous generation plants trees and the next generation enjoys the shade, eat meat and drink hawthorn soup while listening to the wind.

And if nothing happens, then it can be regarded as continuing to create a couple atmosphere for them outside the play, which is not a loss, right?

Zhang Weiping said that he laughed happily at the end of the call. Zhang Yimou also laughed and asked, "Do they need to wear masks?"

Zhang Weiping said firmly: "You must wear it. It would be too fake if you don't. Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei went out without wearing masks. Even a fool would know that we are hyping it up."

Therefore, no matter how popular Xiao Shenyang is, that is only the beginning of his career. No matter how much Director Zhang is known as the national master, he has not reached the level of Yuan Tiangang and Zhang Sanfeng who can predict the future.

Chen Nuo thought that his suspicious character was playing tricks on him again.

However, no matter what director Zhang Yimou thinks, as an actor.

Whether it is Chen Nuo or Liu Yifei, it is their duty and responsibility to cooperate with the publicity.

As long as Director Zhang doesn’t go too far, it’s their own movie after all, and who doesn’t want a good result?
Especially Ms. Liu Yifei, who plays the only female lead in this kind of movie for the first time.

After receiving the task, Chen Nuo and she drove out in the crew's car. This person said that her personal makeup bag was placed here and she did not take it with her when she joined the crew. She wanted to come here to put on her makeup before going shopping with him.

Chen Nuo was speechless. They must have worn masks. Does it matter whether they wore makeup or not? The key point is that they were two popular female artists in his company and Janice Man. None of them looked ugly without makeup.

But Liu Yifei got angry and refused to do it and insisted on coming.

After being stubborn for a long time, the key point was that the steering wheel was in the other person's hands, so Chen Nuo had no choice but to follow along.

As a result, I spent the whole morning on this and it was almost noon, but I still hadn't been able to go out.

The room Chen Nuo was in just now was Liu Yifei's.

When Lao Zhang entered the yard, he was still teasing Xixi inside, saying that instead of putting on layers of makeup and powder, she might as well get braces. As a result, he was nearly beaten to death.

In a sense, Lao Zhang's arrival really saved his life.

Chen Nuo and Lao Zhang sat in the living room on the first floor and chatted for a while.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Lao Zhang opened up his heart unconsciously and told me all the family matters, especially the conflict that just happened.
Then he sighed again, "In fact, it's not just today. The people in the city are really different from us country people. After coming here for a few days, she couldn't get used to the food and sleep, and kept asking to go back. She refused to watch the new TV I just bought, and she also said that there were no computers in our village, and she couldn't sell any Internet..."

Chen Nuo did not correct that it was not about selling the Internet but surfing the Internet, and he did not mean to criticize the other person's daughter-in-law.

Instead, he sighed with Lao Zhang for a while, saying that city people are just like that, most of them are spoiled. Uncle Zhang, calm down, it's the New Year, and harmony is the most important thing. If there are any conflicts, you should mediate, after all, we are all family, and a harmonious family brings prosperity.

Old Zhang nodded repeatedly and sighed, "Xiao Wang, you are not very old, but what you said is very reasonable. Hey, your parents are lucky. If I were your husband, and you didn't go home for the New Year, I would definitely spend hundreds of dollars to buy a ticket to come and see you."

Chen Nuo laughed and said, "If I were as kind as you, Uncle Zhang, I would rather spend hundreds of dollars to buy a ticket to go back and see him."

Hearing this, Lao Zhang took a puff of his cigarette and said, "You old man, hey, no matter how wrong it is, you should be more understanding. Besides, you are the only one in your family, right?"

Chen Nuo sighed and said, "Yes, I am the only one. But sometimes, I also think it would be better to have more brothers and sisters. Hey, Uncle Zhang, you don't know, my father is really worrying. Before, he was running a business and couldn't make ends meet, and he still asked me to give him money."

"It seems like he's out of money again. Sometimes I want him to retire sooner rather than later. I have to start a family and a career, right? If he wants me to pay again, I don't know where to find it for him."

Old Zhang looked at Chen Nuo, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If it's not much, I still have some here... If it really doesn't work, I'll lend it to you for a while. After a few months, when you have done business here and have money, you can pay me back."

Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "No, I can't ask Uncle Zhang for your money. No, no, no."

Old Zhang has been stingy all his life. He was a little nervous when he asked to borrow money on impulse just now. When he saw that the other party didn't agree, he felt relieved, but immediately felt a little guilty. He looked around, his eyes lit up, and said, "Xiao Wang, you haven't eaten yet, let's go to my uncle's place for lunch today."

"No, no." Chen Nuo continued to shake his head, "Your family is having a reunion, it would be awkward for us to sit at the same table."

Old Zhang groaned and said, "Xiao Wang, what are you talking about? People say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Come on, come on, it's New Year's Day and you don't even have a hot meal. How can that be? Listen to Uncle Zhang, the meal will be served soon, and after you finish eating, you and your wife can..."

As he spoke, Lao Zhang was suddenly stunned for a moment and asked, "Xiao Wang, your wife should also be from the city, right? She has no objection to coming here with you? How did you teach her? Can you tell me about it so that I can go back and teach my kid too."

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "I don't really have any tricks. If they don't obey, I beat them. If they obey, I coax them. Haha, that's all I have."

Lao Zhang smiled, gave him a thumbs up, and said, "You kid, this is it."

Chen Nuo chuckled and said, "In a word, don't spoil him."

At this point, the slow-moving young wife finally finished putting on her makeup and came downstairs.

Chen Nuo couldn't help but get furious when he saw it, "Is this the makeup you put on?"

This woman, while she was down here, not only washed off all the makeup that she had spent more than two hours putting on, but also changed her clothes into the red down jacket he bought for her last month.

Her hair was just tied up casually, she had no makeup on and looked very cocky.

Hearing his words, Liu Yifei curled her lips and said, "Don't you think I'm ugly? You want me to get plastic surgery, then I won't wear makeup. I'm going to walk with you like this, so that people will dislike you to death when they see you."

Chen Nuo was about to say, if you are ugly, why would people dislike me? If they are going to dislike someone, they will dislike you, okay?

But Lao Zhang was already laughing at the side, saying, "Not ugly, not ugly, how could it be ugly, Xiao Liu is pretty. He really looks like the stars in our New Year pictures, pretty, really pretty."

Liu Yifei showed a smug smile, glanced at Chen Nuo, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang. Happy New Year, Uncle Zhang. I wish you good health and good luck in the Year of the Ox."

When Mr. Zhang heard the words "Happy New Year", he was stunned for a moment and quickly felt his pocket.

It just so happens that I still have five fifty-dollar bills in my pocket.

He went to the bank to exchange this a few days ago, because he and his wife agreed to give each of his five nephews and nieces 50 yuan as New Year's money.

When he took them out, Lao Zhang was ready to give them all away, but on second thought, he took one back and handed over the other four, saying, "Hey, Xiao Wang and Xiao Liu, wish me a happy new year. This is the New Year's money Uncle Zhang gives you two. Take it and keep it well. I hope you will live a good life in the future, and be safe and happy forever."

Uncle Zhang's words were so passionate that they made people feel warm inside, but this money... was even hotter.

However, Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei really couldn't win over the stubborn uncle from Hubei.

Especially the eldest son of the Zhang family has been stingy all his life.

I was on a roll today, and felt like I had a great affinity with this young couple, so I had to give the money to them.

If you don't accept it, then you look down on me. You think Uncle Zhang is poor, right? You think it's too little, right? Do you want Uncle Zhang to come visit you again in the future?
Well, now that things have come to this, let’s take the money and just wish you a happy new year.

Liu Yifei, an American, didn't know the rules of receiving New Year's money and needed Chen Nuo to teach her. The couple, oh no, a fake couple, stood together and wished Zhang a happy new year.

Lao Zhang was laughing so hard that his eyes were invisible. If it wasn't for the fact that it was a bit embarrassing to give away the 50 yuan he had on him, he would not have left a penny in his pocket when he went out.

At this time, Lao Zhang's meal was ready.

Most of the food was not freshly cooked. A lot of the food from the two tables prepared the night before was not finished. After heating it up, it was quite filling.

Lao Zhang's wife came out of the kitchen, looked around, and didn't see anyone. She asked the younger generations who were chatting and setting off firecrackers in the yard, and then she found out that Lao Zhang had gone out.

She called out, "Second sister, go check next door and call your dad back for dinner."

Zhang Xiaomei was playing with some of her cousins ​​in the courtyard, setting off firecrackers and blasting bowls. She agreed, a little disappointed, "Okay, got it."

After saying that, he walked out of the yard.

After taking two steps, my cousin Zhang Yueran caught up with me and said, "Sister, I'll go with you."

Zhang Xiaomei smiled and said, "Okay."

Her cousin had been studying in Zhejiang with her parents since she was a child. Although the school she attended was not very good, she had seen the world in the big city after all. Her way of speaking and dressing was different from the people here. She had been very well-behaved and sensible since she was a child. Although she hadn't seen Zhang Xiaomei for several years, they didn't feel unfamiliar with each other.

The two sisters walked out side by side. Zhang Yueran asked, "Sister, you really didn't go to Maoping Town?"

Zhang Xiaomei said, "I didn't go. Because it would be useless to go. The area was sealed off by the government, and outsiders couldn't get in. The same goes for the hotel they stayed in. Many people from our school went there, but no one saw anyone."

Zhang Yueran sighed and said, "I was planning to go over and take a look tomorrow, but it looks like there's no hope."

Zhang Xiaomei was surprised and asked, "Tomorrow? Isn't tomorrow the Chinese New Year?"

"I saw online that they are not taking a holiday for the Chinese New Year this time and are going to continue filming."

"Oh, really. Chen Nuo must have had a hard time."

"Yeah, so I wanted to send him some snacks."

As they were talking, a sharp laugh suddenly came from behind, "Hahaha, sister, who do you want to give snacks to? Chen Nuo?"

Ps:

There is one more chapter, currently being coded.

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