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Volume 038 Going Home for the New Year

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    ? January 24th, the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month

    Cao Xuan finished all the work in the capital, entrusted Wangcai Laifu to Jiang Yue, and flew back to his hometown Zaoshi to celebrate the New Year.

    There is no airport in Zaoshi, but Xushi and Linshi next to it have airports.

    Xu City's airport just opened last year, and there were relatively few tickets. Cao Xuan only grabbed a ticket for Lin City, and then hired a van to go home.

    Zaoshi is the second-to-last city in Lu Province, only stronger than Lai City, which has not yet been merged into Quancheng.  Belongs to the little brother in the little brother.

    Cao Xuan's family is in Yi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Zaozhuang. They are not well-known, and there are not many famous people.

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

    When he was young, Cao Xuan heard from his family that Kuang Heng and himself were fellow villagers, and he was so proud. Later in high school, he heard from his history teacher that Kuang Heng was kicked back to his hometown because of corruption, and he felt as if he had eaten fly droppings.

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

    This person has been speculated by historians that he is the deity of Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, the author of "Jin XX", the first of the four great books of the Ming Dynasty.

    If this conjecture is true, counting Cao Xuan, the fate of Ximen officials and Yi County is really not small

    The village where Cao Xuan lived was called Caoguan Village, which was named because an official surnamed Cao once lived here.

    There are quite a few villages like Zaoshi, and Cao Xuan alone knows Panguanzhuang, Jiguanzhuang, Gaoguanzhuang, Zhaoguanzhuang and so on.

    Although Cao Guanzhuang bears the word Cao, Cao is not a common surname in the village. There are only thirty or so households in total, and they are basically relatives of Cao Xuan.

    Cao Xuan heard from his elders that his family came from the famine of the generation of Grandpa Cao Xuan. He came to Cao Guanzhuang thinking that there was someone from his own family to join him. As a result, there was no one surnamed Cao, but there were quite a few people surnamed Liu and Sun.

    ? Although the surnames were inconsistent, the old Cao family finally took root here and has been multiplying until now.

    Cao Xuan's house is at the edge of the village. When he got home, it was already dark, and he didn't see anyone on the road. When he called the door open, he saw crazy dogs barking and his parents' excited expressions.

    "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

    Cao Xuan left home for the capital at the beginning of 1995, and came back once during the Spring Festival that year. Since then, he has not been home for almost two years since the beginning of 1996, and only occasionally communicated by phone.

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

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

    Cao's mother, Sun Lan, looked at her son and almost shed tears on the spot. She grabbed Cao Xuan's hand and refused to let go, for fear that her son would disappear again.

    Cao's father, Cao Shuangguo, didn't say anything, but immediately snatched the luggage from Cao Xuan's hand, and scolded the dog who was still howling a few times.

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

    Cao Xuan saw that the dog was barking again, and it was time to alarm the neighbors, so he suggested that the parents go back to the house to talk. At this time, Sun Lan's mother's love broke out, and her son said whatever.

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

    Cao Xuan rubbed his stomach. He was a little airsick on the first flight, and he didn't eat anything after that. Now he is really hungry.

    "Get some whatever you want, I'll pad my stomach."

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

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

    Cao Xuan's house is not big, with four tile-roofed houses in the main building, a courtyard in the middle, a kitchen next to it, and a toilet and 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 50,000 yuan to the family in September? Your dad didn't buy anything. He bought a TV and VCD, and played the two songs you sang every day."

    Sun Lan smiled, looking at her son with pride.

    "I was watching "Water Margin" on TV two days ago, and the acting was not bad."

    Thinking of his own scenes being seen by his parents, Cao Xuan was also a little embarrassed when he was happy. After all, Ximen Qing had a lot of passionate scenes.

    "Did my dad watch it too?"

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

    Sun Lan showed off her excitement to her son.

    In her opinion, if her son is on TV, or CCTV, that's something that doesn't happen anywhere in the world.

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

    Cao Xuan: ""

    He now has an urge to take a plane and run back to the capital overnight, otherwise he will not be able to die on the spot when he visits his relatives in two days.

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

    Because of Cao Shuangguo's low profile, Cao Xuan became famous until October, when someone saw Cao Xuan singing in Beijing on TV, and then it broke out in the village.

    Now the old Cao family has gained a lot of limelight in Caoguanzhuang.

    In Sun Lan's words, she used to have no one to greet her in the village, but later even the village chief had to call her sister-in-law when she met her.

    This was before "Water Margin" was broadcast, and after "Water Margin" was broadcast, the old Cao's family became even more powerful.

    Don't dare to say half of Yi County, at least the surrounding villages, all know that the little boy who plays Ximen Qing in "Water Margin" is from Caoguanzhuang. It is said that even the mayor of the town has heard of Cao Xuan's name.

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

    Cao Xuan is the only son, and Sun Lan has some physical problems, which are not easy to give birth to. She almost died when she gave birth to Cao Xuan.

    ? At that time, family planning had not yet been made a national policy, and everyone paid attention to having more children and more blessings, especially in rural areas, they all hoped that the family members would be more prosperous.

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

    There were more and more gossip in the village, and Sun Lan quarreled with others several times because of this.

    Until now that Cao Xuan became popular and famous, Sun Lan was completely elated, sweeping away the resentment and aggrieved 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 joyful expression, he suddenly let go of those entanglements.

    In the past twenty years, he almost always made his parents worry about him, and rarely did anything that made them happy from the bottom of his heart.

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

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

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

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

    Cao Xuan took the pancake from his father, rolled some chili scrambled eggs, took a bite, and was so moved that tears almost came down.

    "It's this smell."

    Speaking of people in Lu Province, many people have the impression that they are burly men with green onions rolled in pancakes. In fact, most prefecture-level cities in Lu Province do not eat pancakes as a staple food.

    Only those in central and southern Shandong such as Zaoshi, Linshi, and Taishi love to eat pancakes. Other places mainly eat pancakes, steamed buns, and rice as staple foods.

    Cao Xuan also ate pancakes in the capital, but he always felt that they were not authentic.

    Now back home, the taste buds cultivated since childhood made Cao Xuan feel that the pancake in his hand was extraordinarily sweet.

    Cao Xuan rolled up the vegetables and ate three pancakes in one go. He beat his addiction hard, but the price was that his cheeks that hadn't exercised for a long time the next day felt a little sore ?
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