National Tide 1980.

Chapter 414 Great Expectations
Every parent in this world will do their best to plan for their children's future.

All parents in the world are sincerely happy for the achievements of their children.

So while Huo Xin's parents were wandering in the foreign affairs compound, the emotions in their hearts were very similar.

Qu Xiao's parents, who are preparing the New Year's Eve dinner at home, also feel happiness and anxiety coexisting in their hearts, and their minds are full of concerns about the future of their daughter Qu Xiao.

Not for anything else, just because Qu Xiao has already been recommended by Pierre Caton Company and recruited by the Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of Light Industry.

Their daughter will also appear on the runway of Seibu Department Store in several sets of domestically produced "PC" flagship clothing.

It's just a pity that Qu Xiao will not be able to celebrate the New Year at home because he is going abroad.

You must know that today's oriental island countries do not celebrate the Lunar New Year.

The revolution since the Meiji Restoration made the little devil categorically abandon his worship of Chinese culture, and turned to worship Western civilization as a new idol totem.

Therefore, in terms of the itinerary, the Japanese who counted the ancestors and forgotten the classics for fear of incompleteness will not take care of the customs and traditions of our people.

It also forced all relevant personnel who participated in this international cooperation and exchange event to sacrifice two days of the Spring Festival holiday, and boarded the plane to Tokyo on the Monday of the second day of the new year.

This is thanks to the New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival catching up with Saturday and Sunday and the result of Japan's implementation of weekends.

Or why the New Year's Eve dinner at Qu Xiao's family wasn't ready until eight o'clock in the evening?

Isn't it because Qu Xiao's parents spent almost an afternoon packing their daughter's luggage.

Otherwise, tomorrow they will go visit relatives for another day, how can they have time to be busy with this matter.

No way, it's impossible not to rush.

"No, move quickly and help me..."

When she walked out of the kitchen with the last fish in both hands, Qu Xiao's mother couldn't help complaining about the father and daughter who were guarding the dining table.

"Oh, why don't you eat? The food is cold. I have told you several times. Eat first, eat first, don't wait for me, why are you all disobedient? You are not hungry ?”

Of course, a daughter is the one who can most understand her mother's painstaking efforts.

So Qu Xiao answered sensiblely while helping her mother move the plates on the table.

"Mom, where is it? I've been so hungry for a long time. But you are the hero who made this table of dishes. How can we eat first without waiting for you. No matter how hungry we are, we have to wait, right? Dad..."

Qu Xiao's father immediately echoed.

"That's right, what our daughter said is right. This is the New Year's Eve dinner. Our whole family has to be seated before we can start the meal. We can't do without anyone today..."

Qu Xiao then said, "Mom, from now on, don't push me out of the kitchen anymore. I'm getting old, you should teach me all your unique skills. From now on on New Year's Eve, I will cook, You and Dad are responsible for eating..."

This remark angered Qi Huanyan, his parents even more.

"Look, my daughter, how sensible."

"Oh, it's better to be our girl, the little padded jacket is not called for nothing, the mouth is so sweet..."

Just like that, the Qu family's New Year's Eve dinner was finally ready.

Sweets include eight-treasure rice, and cold dishes include preserved eggs, pork skin jelly, fried peanuts, and cold cabbage hearts.

The main dishes are stewed chicken with chestnuts, dry-roasted yellow croaker, braised pork ribs, stir-fried shrimp, sauerkraut and white meat, fried mochi tofu, and a homemade vinegar potato shreds.

There are also the Remy Martin cognac that Qu Xiao bought for her father with foreign exchange certificates, and the Coca-Cola and Fanta soda she bought for her mother. They are also grandly placed in the center of the folded round table, especially the superior imported products. brilliance.

After pouring the wine and beverage into the glass.

Qu Xiao's mother couldn't help being the first to express emotion while serving her daughter some food.

"Oh, eat as much as you can, my daughter. It's better to go outside than at home. I don't know, can you still eat this vinegar potato shreds when you arrive in Tokyo?"

"You're as good as you are, and you know potato shreds and cabbage hearts."

Qu Xiao's father couldn't help but laughed directly.

"Japan is a developed country. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, so it can be so bad. Haven't you watched Japanese movies? The streets are full of cars, the houses are full of color TVs, and you live in two-story buildings. Who goes there and eats this?"

"Don't forget, in "The Call of the Far Mountain", Takakura Ken is a temporary helper, and he eats big crabs with wine. I dare say that the Japanese eat three meals a day, and they must have 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. We can let ordinary people eat Yanji cold noodles and spicy beef every day."

"Looking at our country again, the goal of a roast beef with potatoes is still far away. Let alone electric lights and telephones, upstairs and downstairs. Hey, we suffer because of the large population. The poorer you are, the more you live. poor……"

Qu Xiao's mother is extremely dissatisfied with her husband's attitude as a joke.

"I'm serious. Why are you talking about family planning? I'm not afraid of anything else. I'm afraid that if the water and the soil are not acclimatized, our daughter will suffer if she doesn't eat or drink well!"

"Besides, in this line of work, in order to keep her figure, she is not allowed to eat sweet things, and oily things are not allowed to be eaten. When she goes out, she stays under the eyes of the Japanese every day, and has to listen to them. This will make people How good it is to be hungry!"

"You don't feel bad, but I do. Let me tell you what happened first, my daughter really did something wrong, and I don't want to live anymore..."

Qu Xiao's father is also a little impatient, he thinks his wife is just looking for trouble.

"You are just worrying about it. It's superfluous. Our daughter went abroad at public expense, and going to Tokyo to perform is a political mission. Our country will escort her. I don't believe it. How can you wrong our child?"

"Besides, the Japanese are not the devils they were during the Anti-Japanese War. They stopped killing people and robbing food a long time ago. Is there anything there now? There is no shortage of food for you."

"My daughter is really hungry. If she is not used to Japanese food, at worst, she will make onigiri in hot water. Ah... sushi, you know? It's made of rice. It's cold at most. If you don't return it I brought Liubiju’s little pickles for my daughter. It’s no different from home!”

"If you really want to say that there is a difference, it is that people eat good rice. Unlike us, the purchase of non-japonica rice is still restricted, and we can only use machine rice (indica rice) to steam rice every day..."

But it's okay if he didn't say it, the more he said that, the angrier Qu Xiaoma would sound, and she really got on the fence.

"Ah! Okay, my daughter bought you such an expensive foreign wine. While you were drinking, you hoped that she would go out to eat cold rice and eat pickles. Is this your idea of ​​being a father? You don't care, right? The meat that fell from your body..."

While talking, Qu Xiao's mother's eyes were still wet, making Qu Xiao's father extremely embarrassed.

Fortunately, there was also Qu Xiao's persuasion, so that this New Year's Eve dinner did not appear unnecessarily sad.

"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 will go with us. There will never be any mistakes. Don't worry, I won't go on a diet for the show. Look at me, I'm stronger than the rest of the team, no matter how much I eat, I don't get fat. The rest of our team envy my physique..."

"That's right, your mother is naturally sentimental. Going abroad is obviously a good thing. Wouldn't it be fun to leave her home? She must cry, why don't you ask the leader for instructions to let the leader of the Textile Department stay for the holidays, and your mother can accompany her... "

In this way, the father and daughter sang together and finally made Qu Xiao's mother laugh again.

Following Qu Xiao's father, he took advantage of the situation and raised his glass.

"This year's New Year's Eve is different. Our daughter has a bright future. I thought our daughter was weak-tempered and didn't have any talent for reading. At most, she would just live a comfortable and ordinary life."

"Unexpectedly, this child is quite lucky. She actually found a new way to break through this dazzling road. After a sudden change, she became the most valued fashion model by the leaders of the Textile Department and Pierre Carton Company. gone."

"Hey, now a performance costs 100 yuan, or foreign exchange certificates. This income is higher than that of the minister. And he really went abroad to perform. Who knows that you are not envious of this?"

"Worthy of being my good daughter. You have given Mom and Dad face, and we are proud of you. Dad wishes you a successful performance in Tokyo, a successful completion of the mission, and an early return home. Come on, let's have a touch with the whole family..."

However, after drinking this cup, Qu Xiao's mother had something to say, and said it relentlessly.

"It's still a vice, what you said just now is really not level. What is blessing? Our daughter relied on her own hard work and meticulous hard training."

"Didn't you listen to the young man surnamed Ning? The training was very hard. My daughter's feet are worn out from walking. I don't know how many shoes have been worn out." Is it time to get out of the house? Now you are proud of your daughter again..."

Qu Xiao's father was immediately embarrassed, and quickly waved his hands to stop.

"Oh, mother, you really don't know which pot to turn on, and you insist on destroying our father-daughter relationship. Back then, I didn't know what happened to fashion models. I was also afraid that my daughter would learn bad things."

"Now I understand it. It seems that it is really like what the young man surnamed Ning said. Our daughter is very likely to become an international model and win an international award. Of course, I have to give my full support."

"As much as I opposed it in the past, I supported it. You have to make people improve, right? Through this incident, my ideas and thoughts have improved..."

After that, he realized how to alleviate his embarrassment.

So the conversation changed, "Hey, but there are thousands of mistakes, and I am right when I said that my daughter is blessed. If you and I were not so good, would our daughter have such a good appearance and figure? We were born together She, this is a little bit of credit..."

Sure enough, these words made the atmosphere in the house immediately harmonious, and both mother and daughter were amused.

It's just that when Ning Weimin was mentioned, it was inevitable that the parents would make indirect remarks, trying to find out about their daughter's emotional problems.

As a result, Qu Xiao soon became embarrassed again because of this matter.

She is only 20 years old, and her heart is still similar to that of a child.

She blushed with embarrassment when her parents questioned her.

He just lowered his head and shook his head, telling his parents not to guess nonsense, since he had never thought about it.

But parents are the most persistent in this kind of thing.

My mother said, "Girl, don't hide your partner from the family. There is nothing embarrassing about it. You are old enough to think about this issue. If you really talk to that young man surnamed Ning, my mother will feel relieved." I think he treats you very well, looks good, and is quite eloquent, like a responsible person who can take good care of you. But if you keep it from us, we have to worry about you being cheated It's..."

Dad also said, "Ning is good. But in my eyes, he is not good enough for my daughter. Based on our conditions, who is not good enough? Even if he marries into a real high-ranking family, It's not surprising. So if he doesn't like you, he's blind and unlucky. He'll regret it later. But if you don't like him, I can understand. Hey, girl, are you Is there someone else in my heart? That's okay, what's there to be embarrassed about..."

Well, the cross-examination of the husband and wife made Qu Xiao not know how to refute. After spending a long time, he couldn't explain clearly.

In the end, she said in a fit of anger that she would quit the meeting and stop eating.

That's what made her parents calm down and put the issue on hold for the time being.

In short, this New Year's Eve, the excitement of Qu Xiao's parents is really a bit abnormal.

Next, they kept chirping about their daughter going abroad.

Even the Spring Festival Gala program broadcast on the color TV, in their eyes, they all tasted like nothing.

In the end, they simply stopped watching, and the two went directly into another room to mutter.

However, due to the poor sound insulation, Qu Xiao could still hear his parents' conversation clearly.

"It's a good thing. My relatives will be happy for us when they find out tomorrow. But a big girl has gone to a foreign country, and it's still a capitalist country. Do you think I can rest assured?"

"Hey, my mother who travels thousands of miles is worried. I understand you, but are you still protecting your daughter until she is seventy or eighty? If you want to make a living, you have to do it early, as the old saying goes, 'People move to live, trees move to die'. While you are young, go outside and see Look, you have learned the skills, opened your horizons, and can earn more money. What’s wrong with you? Even our bureau chief wants to go abroad, but it’s useless to think about it. He can’t get out if he wants to.” This is Dad the sound of.

"She is still young, why does she have to run so far away? Why is it not good to stay in China? I really regret it a bit. If I had to choose, I would rather let her stay in the same way as before and stay in peace. by my side."

"Then you are selfish. Didn't you hear people say that our daughter is talented in this area. You can't delay her future for your own safety. You don't want your daughter to give you an international award. Come? What's more, this is also a contribution to the country. As soon as your daughter is on stage, all the clothes in our country will be sold. Besides, it will only take ten and a half days at most, and people will come back soon."

That night, Qu Xiao lay on the bed thinking for a long time.

His care for his parents is a mixture of fear and love.

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 thought of what her parents had repeatedly asked about her relationship with Ning Weimin.

Then there was a burst of shyness from the bottom of her heart, which made her no longer able to firmly believe that she only regarded Ning Weimin as a big brother.

Soon, her wild thoughts made her unable to restrain herself from covering her head with the quilt.

The little girl's heart is too sensitive and too stupid.

(End of this chapter)