newbobooks Chapter 262: Support you
Chapter 262: Support you
Chapter 262: Supporting You
The eldest sister was very curious, "Brother Ding Yu, what did you record?"
Ding Yu immediately became excited, "Sister Hongye is really good at this. Listen to it."
He plugged in the recorder, unpacked one of the tapes, put it in the cassette, and pressed play.
After a piece of music, Ding Yu's exaggerated voice came from the recorder, "What? You want me to go on a blind date..."
The person he was acting opposite was a girl, and the two of them were interacting with each other, speaking long lines...
Qiu Huoming listened to this familiar script and turned to ask, "Is it a skit or a drama?"
Ding Yu squeezed in next to him and sat down next to him. "Drama, I recorded it with a few good friends. I want to apply to Beijing Film Academy..."
"Listen, I think I performed really well!"
Qiu Huoming then started to listen carefully. Twenty minutes later, the tape stopped.
"You speak Mandarin well, Fatty!" Qiu Huoming praised, "You used my manuscript for this script, right?"
Qiu Huoming then realized that the elder sister who used to dare to talk back to him and acted aggressively was becoming more and more gentle. To put it nicely, she was quiet, but to put it bluntly, she was timid. She even bent her back deliberately recently. She was obviously a pretty girl, but her temperament was a little more timid...
The younger sister took a pair of slippers and sat on the ground, holding a magazine she had found somewhere. When she heard the words, she raised her head and said, "I'm not grown up yet. Brother Ding Yu can come and play with me. I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay in our Wucheng County."
The fat man was worried and said, "I don't know who will get the benefit in the future..."
Qiu Huoming simply couldn't bear to watch it.
Qiu Huoming pointed out all of Ding Yu's faults in one breath, and then he stopped talking.
The little sister was very loyal and took one of the slippers she was wearing under her butt and gave it to Ding Yu.
"That's a good change. You have a talent for this."
"Hey, it's yours. I changed it a little to make it more in line with the atmosphere in the provincial capital."
Qiu Huoming was a senior drama fan after all, and every word he said in his comments hit the nail on the head. Ding Yu took a pen and paper and took notes carefully.
He placed it on the coffee table like a treasure and said, "Sister, have some candy."
Qiu Huoming burst into laughter, “Hahahaha.”
The older sister and the younger sister squatted aside and played with the tape recorder. They chose a tape that contained popular songs from Taiwan...
After receiving the praise, the fat man laughed even more happily, quickly changed the tape, and let them listen to it. He ran upstairs and brought down a bag of White Rabbit snacks and a bag of Gangzi candies.
The eldest sister woke up from her daze. She turned her head to look at Qiu Huoming, pursed her lips, and suddenly said softly: "Brother, I also want to go to college, I want to go to Beijing."
Qiu Huoming glanced at her and said, "This is called a drama, not a crosstalk."
The tape only lasted ten minutes before it stopped.
He opened the bag and gave a handful to Hongye and Hongshuang respectively. Then he threw one to Qiu Huoming and took one for himself. He peeled off the sugar coating and put it into his mouth immediately.
She sat there quietly, flipping through the lyrics she had taken out of the tape. Qiu Huoming reached out and touched her hair, "We're all family, don't be restrained."
These tapes must have been copied by Ding Hao from somewhere unknown. You can tell at a glance from the tape covers that they are pirated.
"A play also requires an aura. The girl you're acting with doesn't speak fast enough or pronounce words well... Also, your rhythm in the middle part isn't good either."
"Not really. Old Gu is not that kind of person. Didn't she write to you?"
Ding Yu sighed, "We've grown up, so we won't be together anymore. It's better if we don't grow up."
Leaning on the sofa, I peeled off the candy wrapper in my hand and put the candy into my mouth. The outside of the White Rabbit candy is soft, the inside is hard, and it has a strong milky flavor.
Ding Yu rubbed his palms. "It's classmate Gu. She probably won't come back to Wucheng County. Maybe we will have less and less contact in the future. She's a girl from a big city. She will definitely look down on people like us from small places..."
The sadness on Ding Yu's face disappeared immediately. He stood up in a flash and walked to the side of the little sister with a smile, "Sister Hongshuang is the best. Tell me when you finish the candy. There is more upstairs."
The eldest sister forced a smile and said after a while: "Beijing Film Academy? But I don't dare to speak in a crowded place..."
"Hongye, are you being ostracized at school?" Qiu Huoming asked solemnly.
"I guess he's back. Let's go take a look when we have time."
Ding Yu quickly stopped her and said, "Sister Hongshuang, whatever you say is fine as long as it sounds good. I'll perform a live show for you later."
With his lively and enthusiastic personality, acting is the right direction for him.
Qiu Huoming glanced at him and found that the fat man really cared about the things he liked.
He turned his gaze to look at his eldest sister, who had hardly spoken a word during the entire journey.
Ding Yu put away the notebook, and the two of them leaned against each other to chat.
Qiu Huoming thought for a moment and said:
Ding Yu took it and imitated her, sitting down.
Qiu Huoming smiled and said, "Let it be."
The older sister and the younger sister looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.
Hearing this, Ding Yu raised his head and said, "Okay, by the time you go to college, I should already be studying at Beijing Film Academy. You can come and be my junior schoolmate. I will protect you, and you can walk sideways at Beijing Film Academy."
While eating White Rabbit snacks, Hong Shuang praised: "Brother Ding Yu's crosstalk is really nice."
"Is the squad leader back?" Qiu Huoming asked.
"I did write the letter, but I was worried..."
"I won't tell anyone else what you told me. If you encounter a problem and can't solve it yourself, you should ask for help from people close to you. It's not shameful... We are a family." Qiu Huoming reached out and touched her hair.
Ding Yu was stunned when he heard this, and said with his neck straight, "Brother Ding Yu is also your family member. If anyone dares to bully you, I will beat him to death!"
Hongye's eyes instantly turned red. She lowered her head and suddenly said, "They... said I was a big fool, and also said that I..."
Tears welled up in her eyes. "I brought that thing with me, and they found it. They all laughed at me."
Ding Yu didn't understand what the latter part of the sentence meant, but it was definitely not a good thing. He immediately became furious, "Give me the names of those bastards, I'll go to their house and beat them up!"
Qiu Huoming understood it immediately. Adolescents have an inexplicable sense of being immature. They don’t understand their bodies, but they are curious, especially about the opposite sex.
The eldest sister is pretty, so those people can't get close to her, so they just slander her and make her feel inferior...
These people themselves probably don't know how much impact such jokes can have on the girls' psychology.
Qiu Huoming asked: "Hongye, have you ever taken the physiology and hygiene class?"
The eldest sister blushed and said, "No, I just read books by myself."
Qiu Huoming suppressed his anger and said, "These idiots have no idea how popular a tall girl will be in the future. Look, there are more planes now, and we have an airport in Luzhou. The flight attendants are required to be over 1 meters tall. And...if you want to go to Beijing Film Academy and become an actor, there are also height requirements..."
Qiu Huoming said solemnly: "Next time they say something bad about you, just call them dwarfs! They are useless pieces of shit that can only hit your knees when they jump!"
"Puchi" the eldest sister's tears were still welling up in her eyes, but she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Qiu Huoming continued, "As for that thing, if they talk about it again, just reply: Go home and ask your mother. If you scold me, you are scolding your mother..."
"Our Hongye has fought with me before. What are you afraid of? If they try to make trouble again, just beat them up!" Qiu Huoming patted her shoulder. "I'll teach you a few more moves later. The boys in junior high school are all like skinny monkeys. Knock them down! Beat them to death..."
"Wait a few days, I will take you to Director Jiang's house to pay New Year's greetings. If you can beat them, that's fine. If not, go to him for help and let Director Jiang teach them a lesson in a minute!"
Ding Yu was stunned and gave a thumbs up after a while.
The younger sister got up from the ground, walked obediently to the older sister, stretched out her dusty little hands to wipe her sister's tears.
He was stopped by Qiu Huoming who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
"Go, wash your hands..." Qiu Huoming felt his eyebrows twitching wildly as he looked at the pair of sisters with very different personalities.
The eldest sister wiped away her tears and seemed to have made up her mind. She gritted her teeth and said, "Brother, if they say that to me again, I will beat them up! You... don't think that my fighting will have a bad impact, right? My deskmate said that I... am too un-girly, so I get bullied..."
"Bah, who says girls have to be like Lin Daiyu? Your deskmate is not good enough. Sit somewhere else. I'll talk to Director Jiang."
"Hongye, you know your sister Gu, right? We subdued a bad guy on the boat, and she was so brave in beating him up."
Ding Yu shouted, "Hey, tell me in detail later."
Qiu Huoming didn't bother to pay attention to him and continued to teach his elder sister the truth:
"If those people say anything to you, beat them to death! I just like watching my sister fight..." Qiu Huoming glanced at his elder sister and said, "Start training with me tomorrow morning."
Ding Yu raised his hand, "I want to participate too."
"Okay, let's meet in our courtyard at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, in the open space next to my vegetable garden..."
Ding Yu looked at the eldest sister, then glanced at the youngest sister who had just washed her hands and was walking back, and acted as if he didn't care, "Don't worry, I can get up."
The younger sister approached the older sister and sat with her. She patted her chest and said, "Sister, learn from me. I am the king in our class!"
Qiu Huoming turned his eyes away, unable to bear to watch.
The little sister clenched her fists and said, "Don't look at my short stature, I'm very strong. I beat the big guy in the class, the tallest one, Da Zhuang, and made him cry!"
Ding Yu gave a thumbs up again, "Well done, Hong Shuang is so domineering!"
The elder sister stretched out her hand and squeezed the younger sister's fist. "You said that mom bought three candies and eggs and went to apologize to them..."
"Mom didn't blame me. She even praised me for not being someone who would suffer any loss!"
Qiu Huoming smiled when he heard this, "It's just an egg. We have a perpetual motion chicken at home. We can let it lay a few more eggs. It's just a matter of time. It's not a big deal. At most, I can write a few more words and pay for the medical expenses later. But you think, beating this idiot up will make me feel relieved."
"What's our motto?"
Qiu Huoming looked at his two sisters and asked.
"There is no such thing as overnight grudges. If there is a grudge, it will be taken on the spot!" The younger sister rushed to speak.
"That's right." Qiu Huoming consoled.
The eldest sister breathed a sigh of relief. After telling her eldest brother about her troubles, she felt much better. She had asked her eldest sister indirectly before, and her eldest sister's advice was that she should not cause trouble.
She didn't think she was the one causing the trouble, it was clearly someone else who was causing her trouble.
Looking at her elder brother who was chewing candy beside her, she couldn't help but straighten her back. It felt really good to have someone's support.
This matter has come to an end...
Ding Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone's emotions had calmed down.
After a while, he remembered the previous topic and started asking.
"Come on, tell me what happened on the ship. You just mentioned it briefly in your last letter, and I thought it was nothing serious..."
Qiu Huoming instructed him to pour tea and water for him, and after ordering him around for a while, he began to tell him what had happened.
He was a good speaker, and when he spoke about the crucial moments, everyone became nervous, and several people listened with great interest.
After telling about his experience on the ship, Qiu Huoming continued:
"Learning martial arts is still useful. There is a sister Zhao in Yangcheng. She knocked down a strong man by herself and made him crawl..." Qiu Huoming raised the corners of his mouth, and the image of Zhao Jiamin appeared in his mind.
"Wow!" the younger sister exclaimed, "I want to learn from Sister Zhao. Zhang Xiaoguang helped Da Zhuang to scold me last time. I will beat him up so hard that he has to crawl..."
Qiu Huoming glanced at her and vaguely felt that there might be something wrong with his teaching.
A few people met again after a long time and chatted non-stop. They didn't know how much time had passed before the light in the living room dimmed.
Everyone then realized that the sun was about to set outside, and Qiu Huoming quickly stood up and said, "Fatty, we have to go back."
Ding Yu immediately shouted: "I will go back with you."
"Okay, we have a lot of dishes today, so I'll give you a pair of chopsticks."
"Wait a minute, I'll leave a note for my mom."
The fat man, wearing old cotton shoes, tore a piece of paper from a notebook, wrote a paragraph, and then pressed the paper on the coffee table.
It was such a short distance, so Qiu Huoming didn’t ride his bike and pushed it towards the east gate.
He and the fat man pushed the cart and walked at the back, while the eldest sister and the youngest sister walked in front holding hands.
Ding Yu put his hand on Qiu Huoming's shoulder, "Huozi, are you getting taller again?"
Qiu Huoming nodded. "I estimate that I am 1 meters tall. I don't want to grow any taller. Fabric is expensive..."
Ding Yu laughed so hard that he couldn't help laughing. "I'll pay you, Fatty. Grow as much as you can."
"Oh, you are rich now. Hey, let me ask you, how is your brother's repair shop doing?"
At this point, Qiu Huoming suddenly reached out and touched the cloth bag across his body, "Oh, I forgot while chatting, I brought you something, forget it, let's talk about it at my house."
Ding Yu stuck his head out and looked at the cloth bag. "Hey, Huozi is really nice. He brought me something..."
Qiu Huoming dodged a moment and said, "Don't rummage around. I'll give it to you when I get back."
Ding Yu sighed, straightened up and said, "My brother's business is very good. He is well-known far and wide. He repairs everything..."
"My dad doesn't say anything about him now. This is also a technical job. It's not bad to learn more skills. It's better than just opening a store to sell things..."
When we passed the Dongmen Bridge, the sun had just set halfway, making the river water sparkle.
"When I was in the provincial capital, I often dreamed of walking on this street with you."
Ding Yu glanced at the setting sun and said, "I also dreamed of snatching steamed buns from you. I couldn't win every time, so I woke up in anger."
"What a great idea." Qiu Huoming pushed the cart with one hand, and slapped Ding Yu's hand away with the other hand, then hooked his shoulder, "This is perfect. It's really comfortable to put your hand at this height..."
Ding Yu did not avoid it either. He suggested, "Huozi, after graduation, you should also come to Beijing. Let's find a job together."
"That won't work. I will probably graduate early, probably next year. I need to wait and see what to do next..."
Qiu Huoming looked up at the sky which was gradually getting darker. As he was thinking, the street lights on both sides of the street flickered and suddenly lit up.
He smiled and said, "I want to see...how far this world will allow me to go."
"Huozi, you're awesome. I'll come find you after I graduate. You can't separate us."
"Okay, let's conquer the Helan Mountains together!"
"You've misused classical Chinese. The Chinese teacher would probably cry if he heard it..."
"Metaphor, you don't understand."
"Is there something that I, Fatty, don't understand? What a joke..."
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