The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 351 Suitable
People from the South and the North have very different clothing habits.

Summer is fine, but in winter, if you don't know the trick, no matter how many layers you wear, you still feel the wind getting into your body and you're freezing.

Gu Lanxi's birthday is in September. The year she went north to study, she was still a few days shy of the fourteenth.

That winter was the coldest winter in her memory, but here she found unimaginable warmth.

Not only would her teacher's wife buy her clothes, but when her roommates' mothers came to visit their children, knowing that she was in the dormitory, each mother would buy four of their things.

Since everyone has one, she would accept it even though she felt embarrassed.

Much later, she learned that when mothers from other dormitories came to visit their children, they would only bring food to share with their roommates. They wouldn't bring thermal underwear, hot water bottles, or even things like socks or underwear. They also wouldn't care about what their roommates wore or whether their shoes were warm enough.

My three roommates are now in different places: one is pursuing a PhD in the US, one is working in the UK, and the other has joined a classified research institute and spends a long time in the Gobi Desert. None of them happened to be there for the class reunion. However, when Lu Nanting was writing wedding invitations, he wrote the invitations for the three of them first. Gu Lanxi used the most expensive courier service and sent them out two months in advance.

She's a very quiet person and finds it hard to open up to others. Even when others are having a good time, she'll just quietly watch from the sidelines.

But she always remembers the kindness others have shown her, and when strangers encounter the same predicament, she will treat others with the same kindness because she has been treated with care in the past, and pass on that kindness.

Even if no one knows.

Feeling sorry for the two children getting cold, Gu Lanxi went to the mall and bought them each a set of clothes, inside and out. Before leaving, worried that Yang Shuming might catch a cold and not be able to bring them home safely, she thought about it and decided to buy him a set of warm clothes and a sweater to wear underneath, so that he could maintain his self-esteem as a man and avoid attracting gossip.

Yang Shuming hadn't seen what was in the bag yet and thought she had only bought it for the children.

But I was also very touched.

I never expected such a big star to be so kind and considerate.

Thinking about it, it's obvious that someone who would take strangers to the hospital, not even ask for an IOU, and leave them 15,000 yuan must have a very kind heart.

Knowing that they were in a hurry to come down the mountain and hadn't brought many things with them, the person who went to buy them things must be very thoughtful.

Yang Shuming wasn't very educated, but he remembered his grandfather's teaching: to judge a person's character, you can't listen to what they say, but rather look at what they do.

He was unfamiliar with Beijing and only realized his clothes were too thin when he arrived. It was already dark, and with New Year's Day approaching, many shops were closed. Seeing his child cold, he didn't know what to do.

Gu Lanxi solved his immediate problem. He immediately put his hands together and praised her for being beautiful and kind-hearted, a living Bodhisattva. Then he took out the money and asked her how much she had spent so he could pay.

Gu Lanxi was very careful when buying clothes. She always wore high-quality clothes underneath, and even asked the sales clerk to remove the tags. However, the clothes she wore on the outside were bought from a budget store.

But this is still very expensive for families accustomed to spending in small towns.

"You brought me gifts from so far away, and I accepted them. Now that I'm returning the favor, you refuse to accept them. What kind of logic is that?"

Yang Shuming couldn't argue with her, so he had no choice but to accept it.

But the two children only glanced at it a few times and didn't rush to take it out to look at it.

Perhaps a little embarrassed, Yang Shuming rubbed his hands together and began to ramble on:
“We have two daughters in the family. If we don’t give them a son to support them, they will be bullied after they get married! Thanks to you, we can die in peace now. You are our family’s great benefactor. We will come no matter how far away you are.”

"This year the weather has been perfect, and all the corn in my family is growing very well, as long as chopsticks. The yield is at least 2500 jin per mu. Our family has the best harvest in our area!"

"The third baby is a big eater and has gotten so chubby that his eyes are squinty! He loves to smile. We asked his elementary school teacher to name him Yang Chengyou."

"The capital city is great. We met many kind people along the way who helped us get around, bought our tickets, and were even worried that we wouldn't be able to find our way."

……

Gu Lanxi listened quietly, and only when she saw that his dark cheeks were starting to turn red did she silently pour him a cup of hot water.

Are your two younger sisters still in school?

The two girls sat on either side of their father. Apart from being naive and a little timid, they were quite bold.

Once they'd gotten to know each other well, they started looking around.

Hearing Gu Lanxi ask, the older sister spoke first:

"My sister and I both have excellent grades. Dad tells us to study hard so we can go to university!"

The girl is growing taller and thinner during puberty.

Hearing Gu Lanxi's question, he gripped the hem of his clothes tightly, but raised his chin slightly.

She didn't speak any dialect and tried her best to speak standard Mandarin. She's a very proud, hardworking child who also craves recognition.

Gu Lanxi liked her very much and nodded to her with a smile.

After the older sister finished speaking, the younger one chimed in, "When I was little, I didn't like studying, and my mom would hit me with a bamboo stick. She said that if I got into university, I could work in the city and wouldn't have to farm at home anymore. Pretty sister, isn't working in the city better than farming?"

Gu Lanxi didn't say which was better, nor did she use the adult standards of success and fame to measure her child's dream.

After thinking for a moment, I told her this: "Many people don't have dreams, but everyone needs to eat. Farming produces food and feeds you, and working pays you a wage and also feeds you. What you do depends on what you like. There are easy ways to farm and hard ways to farm, and there are easy jobs and hard jobs in the city. It's hard to say. But studying can make you smarter and allow you to reach higher levels. Only then will you know what you really want when it matters most."

The two children didn't quite understand, and then kept trying to figure out what she meant.

Gu Lanxi did not say anything more.

After chatting for a while, seeing that it was almost eight o'clock, Gu Lanxi immediately called Mei Xue to come with her and take the three of them to the hotel.

"I'm taking them to watch the flag-raising ceremony tomorrow morning..."

Seeing that the matter was settled, Yang Shuming felt relieved and prepared to find an excuse to refuse.

Hotels in Beijing are so expensive!

He planned to take the children to a small hotel near Tiananmen Square.

They will go home after watching the flag-raising ceremony tomorrow morning.

After New Year's Day, the two children still have to go to school, so we can't afford to delay them.

"I heard you have to go early to see it. Back in 66, the old man next door even saw Chairman Mao!"

Most people from other places who come to Beijing have this sentiment and want to see the flag-raising ceremony.

Gu Lanxi was very understanding: "Then I'll arrange a hotel closer to Tiananmen Square."

Yang Shuming wanted to refuse, but Gu Lanxi immediately changed the subject:

"If you want to watch the flag-raising ceremony now, you have to make an appointment in advance. Give me your ID cards and I'll make an appointment for you. I'll arrange for someone to take you there tomorrow. Otherwise, you won't know where you are, and it will be dark. You might go to the wrong place without even realizing it, and you won't know what time the flag-raising ceremony starts. If you go too late, you won't be able to see anything."

After some hesitation, Yang Shuming finally agreed, but insisted on paying for the hotel himself.

“My family owns a hotel, and you can stay there for free. Everyone has gone home for the holidays these past few days, so the hotel is empty! It won’t be a problem to make room for you in a standard room, it’s just a bit cramped, so please don’t mind. I do have rooms at my house, if it weren’t so far from there, I would have let you stay at my house.”

Upon hearing her say that, Yang Shuming immediately forgot to refuse and quickly said, "I don't mind at all, I don't mind at all." But it was too late to refuse after that.

Gu Lanxi then led them out and towards the parking lot.

It's not that she couldn't arrange better accommodations, but firstly, a place that's too nice would put psychological pressure on people, and secondly, it's obvious that since both daughters are underage, he couldn't possibly let them have a room alone in an unfamiliar city.

As for bringing it home, that's just a polite way of saying it.

She and Lu Nanting own several properties, so they could arrange to stay anywhere, but for privacy reasons, a hotel would be better.

The Yang family father and daughter were not complicated; they were deeply moved by her meticulous arrangements.

Gu Lanxi took his phone, made the reservation for them herself, and even drove them to the hotel.

Since it was the Lu family's own hotel, the manager naturally took good care of everything for her.

The staff will have a day off tomorrow, and what each person wants to do has already been arranged. She originally planned to ask her family's housekeeper to come and take care of them, but Mei Xue took the initiative to take on this job and suggested that she go with her.

Tomorrow is Ni Bingyan's birthday, and she didn't really want to get up at three or four in the morning. But she didn't say it in front of the Yang family. She only asked Mei Xue why she made these arrangements after leaving the hotel.

Sister Xi is a person with a strong sense of self-respect and doesn't like others to treat her well out of pity.

She was always aloof and indifferent, focused on her studies, disliked gossiping, and didn't like going out with her classmates. She rarely responded to others' advances.

She used to think she was weird, until she went to college. Well, at first glance, she realized that most of the students in her class were like her.

There is often a barrier between geniuses and ordinary people; they are focused yet lonely.

I'm really looking forward to her reunion with her roommates after so long.