China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 38
January 1th, the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month

Cao Xuan finished all the work in the capital, entrusted the prosperity to Jiang Yue, and flew back to his hometown of Zao City to celebrate the New Year.

There is no airport in Zao City, but there are airports in Xu City and Lin City next to it.

The airport in Xu City just opened last year, and there are relatively few tickets. Cao Xuan only grabbed the tickets for Linshi, and then hired a van to go home.

Zao City is the second-to-last city in Lu Province, only stronger than Lai City, which has not yet been incorporated into Quancheng. Its economy ranks among the last three in Lu Province, and its population is lower in the middle reaches. Among the [-] prefecture-level cities in Lu Province, Belongs to the little brother of the little brother.

Cao Xuan's family is in Yi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Zaozhuang.

Among them, the most famous is Kuang Heng, who cut the wall to steal light. His tomb is less than ten miles away from Cao Xuan's house.

As a child, Cao Xuan heard from his family that Kuang Heng and himself were fellow villagers, and felt proud in his heart. Later, in high school, he heard from his history teacher that Kuang Heng was driven back to his hometown because of corruption. He felt like he had eaten flies.

In addition to Kuang Heng, the most famous one is Jia Sanjin, the right servant of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty.

This person, once guessed by historians, is the deity of Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, the author of "Gold XX", the first of the four great books of the Ming Dynasty.

If this guess is true, including Cao Xuan, the relationship between Ximen officials and Yixian is really not small...

The village where Cao Xuan lives is called Cao Guan Village, named after an official surnamed Cao once lived here.

There are many villages like Zaoshi, and only Cao Xuan knows that there are Panguanzhuang, Jiguanzhuang, Gaoguanzhuang, Zhaoguanzhuang and so on.

Although Cao Guanzhuang has the word Cao, but Cao is not a big surname in the village, there are more than [-] households in total, and they are basically relatives of Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan heard from the elders that their family was from the generation of Mr. Cao Xuan who escaped from the famine. They came to Cao Guanzhuang thinking that they had their own family to defect, but as a result, there was not a single surnamed Cao, but there were quite a few surnamed Liu and Sun.

Although the surname is not dealt with, in the end, the old Cao family took root here and has been multiplying to this day.

Cao Xuan's house is on the edge of the village. It was already dark when he got home, and he didn't see anyone on the road. When he opened the door, he saw the crazy dog ​​barking and the excited expressions of his parents.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Cao Xuan left home for Beijing in early 95, and came back once during the Spring Festival. Since then, since early 96, he has not returned home for almost two years, and only occasionally contacted by phone.

He misses his parents, and his parents miss him more.

"Why doesn't this kid call home? I'll ask your dad to pick you up."

Cao's mother, Sun Lan, looked at her son, and almost burst into tears on the spot. She grabbed Cao Xuan's hand and didn't let go, for fear that her son would be gone again.

Cao's father, Cao Shuangguo, didn't speak, but immediately grabbed the luggage from Cao Xuan's hand, and scolded the dog who was still roaring a few times.

"It's cold outside, let's talk inside."

Cao Xuan saw that the dog barked again, so it was time to alarm the neighbors, so he suggested that his parents go back to the house to talk.

"Let's go, go back to the house and say, you're hungry, I'll ask your dad to make you something to eat."

Cao Xuan rubbed his stomach. He felt airsick for the first time on a plane, and he didn't eat anything after that. Now he's really hungry.

"Just get some, I'll pad my stomach."

"Don't worry about it, let your dad do it."

Sun Lan dragged her son to the main room, and Cao Shuangguo put down her luggage and went straight to the kitchen.

.........

Cao Xuan's house is not big, with four tile-roofed houses in the main house, a courtyard in the middle, a kitchen beside it, and a toilet and a dog kennel in the corner.

Entering the living room, the first thing Cao Xuan saw was a brand new 29-inch large color TV.

"Our family bought a TV."

"I bought it a long time ago. Didn't you pay 9 yuan to the family in September? Your dad didn't buy anything. He bought a TV and a VCD, and played the two songs you sang every day."

Sun Lan smiled, looking at her son with pride.

"I was still watching "Water Margin" on TV two days ago, and I did a good job."

Cao Xuan was a little embarrassed when he thought of his play being seen by his parents. After all, Ximen Qingke has a lot of passionate plays.

"Did my dad watch it too?"

"Not only your father, but your uncle and aunt, your uncle and aunt, and the Erkui's house next door, all came to our house to watch together. I went back to my mother's house for a boxing ceremony two days ago, and I specifically told your uncle, aunt and aunt to let They go home and watch."

Sun Lan excitedly showed off to her son.

In her opinion, if her son is on TV, it is still CCTV, which is something that is not available in eight towns.

It was only passed on to relatives and friends. It was already the result of Cao Shuangguo's blocking. Otherwise, Sun Lan would have wanted to go to the village and shout three times a day through the loudspeaker, so that the whole county would know that her son Cao Xuan was on TV.

Cao Xuan: "..."

He now has the urge to take a plane and run back to the capital overnight, otherwise he will visit relatives in two days, and he will not die on the spot.

Sun Lan didn't know what her son was thinking, and she kept sharing with her son what happened at home during this time.

Because of Cao Shuangguo's low profile, Cao Xuan's rise to fame didn't break out in the village until October when someone saw Cao Xuan singing in Beijing and Taiwan on TV.

Now the old Cao family is in the limelight in Caoguanzhuang.

In Sun Lan's words, before she was greeted by no one in the village. Later, even the village chief had to call her sister-in-law when she met her.

This was before "Water Margin" was broadcast. After "Water Margin" was broadcast, the old Cao family was even more powerful.

I dare not say that half of Yi County, at least the surrounding villages, all know that the little white face who plays Ximen Qing in "Water Margin" is from Cao Guanzhuang. It is said that even the mayor has heard the name of Cao Xuan.

Sun Lan said happily, looking at Cao Xuan with a gentle look.

Cao Xuan is the only son, and Sun Lan has some physical problems, which is not easy to give birth. When Cao Xuan was born, he almost died. Later, when Cao Xuan was born, he was sterilized early.

At that time, family planning had not yet been set as a national policy, and they all paid attention to more children and more happiness, especially in rural areas, and they all hoped that the more prosperous the family, the better.

Because Sun Lan had only one son, she was often angry behind her back. Later, Cao Xuan failed the college entrance examination and ran to the capital for several years without doing anything.

There are more and more rumors in the village, and Sun Lan has quarreled with others several times because of this.

It was not until now that Cao Xuan became popular and famous, that Sun Lan was completely proud, sweeping away the grievances and grievances accumulated over the years in one fell swoop.

Cao Xuan was still worried about how to live in his hometown these days, but seeing Sun Lan's happy expression, he suddenly let go of those entanglements.

In the past 20 years, he almost always worried his parents, and rarely did anything that made them happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Now that Cao Xuan has the capital to make his parents happy and proud, he will never restrain his parents.

As long as mom and dad are happy, it's all worth it.

The mother and son were chatting when Cao Shuangguo came in with two plates: "I don't know if you're back, there's nothing left at home, I have some radishes left, and I scrambled an egg for you, you can eat whatever you want, I'll eat what you want tomorrow. Go to the market to buy."

"It doesn't matter what dish you eat, I'll have a pancake first."

Cao Xuan took the pancake from his father's hand, rolled some scrambled eggs with chili peppers, and took a bite, moved to the point of tears.

"It's the smell."

When it comes to people in Lu Province, many people have the impression of a burly man with pancakes and green onions. In fact, most prefecture-level cities in Lu Province do not use pancakes as their staple food.

The only people who like to eat pancakes are Zaoshi, Linshi, Taishi and other central and southern Shandong regions.

Cao Xuan had also eaten pancakes in Beijing, but he always felt that they were not authentic.

Now back at home, the taste buds developed since childhood made Cao Xuan feel that this pancake in his hand is extraordinarily sweet.

Cao Xuan rolled up the vegetables and ate three pancakes in one go. He relented. The price was that his cheeks, which had not been exercised for a long time the next day, were a little sore...

　Thanks for the 1500 reward for the hidden stars in the night, the 131 reward for the sense of direction that I once had, and the 101 reward for Xu Da Sao

　　
　
(End of this chapter)