The most direct consequence of this large group of people's visits was that Zhong Yi's sense of returning home disappeared.
Grandma is also quite at ease with her two granddaughter-in-laws, she really does what she says, and after leading them into the house, she plans to go out to play mahjong with her hands behind her back.
Zhong Yi greeted everyone one by one. Judging by their temperament, they should all be colleagues of their extreme photography.
These people obviously knew Zhang Xingzhi very well, and they didn't feel uncomfortable when they entered the Zhang family's mansion. On the contrary, they took good care of his and Ji Haochuan's emotions, fearing that they would be frightened by this unexpected "attack".
Jiang Duoduo sat down at the dining table and stuffed a bun into his mouth, explaining: "I usually come here every year after the end of the year, but I have something to do after the end of this year, so I moved it earlier."
Unexpectedly, they met Leonard and Sasha. Strictly speaking, Jiang Duoduo only knew Zhang Xingzhi's parents, and he had only roughly heard of each other with these extreme photographers, but he was not actually familiar with them.
This is the first time they have met so formally.
When Zhong Yi asked again, he realized that they all came to pay homage to the parents of Zhang Xingzhi and Zhang Liao.
"Yes... Will you come every year?" Zhong Yi was a little surprised.
He has always known that Zhang Xingzhi is popular and the two elders are well-known in the circle, but he really did not expect it to reach this level.
Leonard confirmed his guess, raised his hand and poured himself a cup of tea, shrugged and said, "Actually, it's not just us, there should be quite a few people who went by themselves, and wouldn't come here to say hello to grandma."
Sasha first gave Ji Haochuan a big hug, patted him on the back and said, "I didn't expect you to be here! I really miss you!"
Ji Haochuan was still holding the chopsticks that he hadn't put down in time, and he almost dropped the bun caught in the chopsticks to the ground after being slapped a few times, so he quickly patted back a few times with his other free hand: "I I've been going to school with Leo recently, and I just got back."
After Sasha took pictures of Ji Haochuan, he turned around to hug Zhongyi.
They are already very used to Sasha's enthusiastic way of greeting. Although Zhong Yi has never been like this with others, he is not hypocritical. He raised his hand and took a picture back, saying: "We only came back at noon yesterday, and we plan to stay with you all the time. Before the end of the milk festival."
"Then Candy will go home with you for the New Year?" Sasha looked at Zhong Yi.
His face has already recovered the bright smile when we first met. Those uneasy emotions were exhausted after the in-depth contact with Zhong Yi in the crew. At first glance, it might feel that Candy and Zhong Yi are always together. He is more accommodating, but in fact Zhong Yi cares no less than Candy, but most of them are hidden inside and don't show it too much.
In terms of talent, Zhong Yi is not inferior to Candy at all, they are all excellent people in their respective fields.
Seeing these two together, Sasha was convinced.
"Yes, we will take him home for New Year's Eve." Zhong Yi let go and replied.
Sasha was surprised at the first second when he got an affirmative answer, but soon his eyes were stained with a smile: "Do you want to take it home to show the elders during the Chinese New Year? Your parents will definitely like it." Candy's."
Zhong Yi smiled: "Yes, I definitely like it."
According to the plan, they will stay here with the old lady until February 10th, and then Zhong Yi will take Zhang Xingzhi back to his home for New Year's Eve.
At this time, the "advantage" of having two children in the family showed up. After all, there were Leo and Ji Haochuan in Yun County, so they didn't have to worry too much about which house to go to for the New Year.
Jiang Duoduo next to him was still a little distracted, with a strange expression on his face: "Are you going to take Teacher Zhang home for the New Year?"
Most of them are foreigners here, and their understanding of the meaning of "Chinese New Year" is still not so thorough.
"What's the matter, is there something shameful about Zhang Xingzhi?" Zhong Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
Jiang Duoduo blinked several times before speaking: "I just thought you two were not so fast..."
He was shocked enough to see Zhong Yi at Zhang Xingzhi's house today, but Zhong Yi actually planned to take Zhang Xingzhi home.
How could Zhong Yi not know Jiang Duoduo's subtext, and said with a smile: "I was supposed to take him home last year, but it just happened to hit the epidemic, so it has been delayed until this year."
Ji Haochuan chimed in: "This is from 2019 to 2022. We've been talking about it for two or three years. What's the matter? It's not normal to go home."
Jiang Duoduo choked for a moment: "...you are right."
Jiang Duoduo was actually a little emotional. He saw something was wrong at the time and tried his best to stop it. He wanted them to suffer less, but it turned out that these two people were really the other side's hurdle.
After seeing this, Jiang Duoduo was also relieved, and often secretly persuaded Leo to think about it.
Seeing that everything is going well for these two people, Jiang Duoduo is of course happy, but like many others, he has a deep-rooted impression of Zhong Yi as "a loner", and he can't accept it for a while. It turns out that they are old enough to meet each other's parents. to the point.
He met Zhong Yi in the school lecture hall two days ago. It was in 2021. When we meet again today, it is already 2022. Some things have been turned over with time unconsciously.
In the room, Zhang Liao asked his brother for a series of precautions in bed with a red face, and was still in his stomach, when he suddenly saw the big group of people outside, his face became even redder, and he felt very guilty.
As soon as Ji Haochuan saw someone coming out, he quickly patted the place next to him, motioning for him to come over to unload the goods, chatting and stealing what he learned.
In the courtyard, everyone had a chair in their hands, and sat around chatting together in a patchwork manner.
Zhang Xingzhi came over to hug his friends one by one, and was about to formally introduce Zhong Yi to everyone, when he was interrupted by Leonard's ambiguous joke: "Your grandma stamped her own seal on it and introduced it to us a long time ago, the real granddaughter-in-law."
Zhang Xingzhi: "?"
His reaction was exactly the same as when Zhong Yi and Ji Haochuan heard the word for the first time, making everyone laugh.
Originally, going to see Zhang Xingzhi and Leo's parents was a later schedule for them, but since all the friends are here, they decided to come together earlier.
Like many other villages in Yun County, the ancestral graves are all buried in a designated area in the back mountain.
Although their corpses will remain in the Great Sacred Mountain forever, and no one can find them, let alone bring them back, what they left before they went up the mountain is there—this is their "guarantee" that they will not come back.
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Apart from his parents, Leo's elders were gone, so he simply took the relics back and buried them in Zhang Xingzhi's family's ancestral grave.
Among the people who went to the back mountain with them, apart from those who are still active, there are also a few who have retired, and they are all very good friends during their lifetime.
The road to the back mountain is not very thrilling, but rugged enough.
It’s okay for someone like Ji Haochuan to be more patient, but the seemingly delicate candy didn’t ask Candy to help him, and he was able to keep up with their speed on his own, while Jiang Duoduo, on the contrary, was only strong enough to bow his head Listening to them talking and laughing happily, I don't have the mood to strike up a conversation at all.
When they arrived at the destination, it was not as special as Zhong Yi and Ji Haochuan imagined. It was a very traditional way of worshiping ancestors, lighting a few sticks of incense, and everyone went forward to burn some paper money, and by the way, take care of all the ancestors in the front, back, left, and right.
The only difference was that the cemetery had been filled with fireworks a long time ago—someone had been there before them, and seeing the flower baskets placed beside the tombstone that had not withered, the time interval would not be long.
Zhang Xingzhi said that this place is not only around Chinese New Year, in fact, people will come here all year round, they may be juniors who have just entered the industry, or seniors who have retired for an unknown number of years.
Time has allowed their parents to slowly become a kind of spiritual sustenance.
There is a group photo of Zhang Xingzhi's parents on the tombstone, which is very upright and beautiful. They took the pictures with their own cameras, and they had already chosen this one to post.
Zhang Xingzhi's eyebrows and eyes resemble his father's, with deep eye sockets and tough outlines, which is a more traditional Chinese face, while his mother is a little gentler, with a standard beauty oval face, with a sweet smile, and a delicate and considerate person.
It is not surprising that such two people can give birth to Zhang Xingzhi.
Zhong Yi and Zhang Xingzhi knelt side by side in front of the tomb and finished three kowtows, and couldn't help feeling: "This can be regarded as a legend."
"Forget it." When Zhang Xingzhi looked at the group photo of his parents, his eyes were very focused, "It will definitely count."
But Zhong Yi was about to speak again, but Zhang Xingzhi stood up and cut him off. Looking at the person, he said with a smile, "No one should stipulate that the child born of two legends must also be a legend."
Standing and kneeling as they stared at each other, Zhong Yi finally let out the breath he was holding in his heart, took Zhang Xingzhi's hand to support him, chose to compromise, and said with a helpless smile: "It seems that this is the only way to go." gone."
The legend will eventually come to an end, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with being an ordinary person, at least the days they live every day right now belong to them completely.
When taking Zhang Xingzhi home, Zhong Yi learned the customs and habits of Yun County with Grandma and Leo, and cooked a lot of special Chinese New Year food. The original flavors are all their unique ingredients and pickling methods.
Grandma saw that Zhong was also greedy and liked to eat, so she asked him to pack it and take some home, so that his parents could taste it too.
Zhong Yi readily accepted, and Zhang Xingzhi even felt that he was happier taking these food home than bringing himself home.
The two tossed and turned all the way, Zhang Xingzhi felt a little up and down in his heart, nervous, very nervous.
He now understands why a person like Zhong Yi would stare at him and ask Grandma what she likes when they saw his grandma before the two of them had established a relationship.
"What kind do your parents like?" Zhang Xingzhi asked in a low voice, looking at the people around him who were already wearing blindfolds.
Remembering grudges like a bell, Youzai Youzai returned to himself what he had told him at that time.
"Don't worry, they like you."
Zhang Xingzhi: "..."
What am I like
Just as Zhong Yi couldn't figure out what his grandma would be like back then, Zhang Xingzhi couldn't figure out what Zhong Yi's parents would be like.
But looking at Zhong Yi's temperament, "difficult to deal with" should be impossible to escape.
On the way back by taking a taxi from the airport, Zhang Xingzhi was still doing mental training for himself, and even secretly looked up the question-and-answer strategies of his father-in-law and mother-in-law on the Internet, fearing that the other party asked some tricky questions, and he would not be able to answer them with a stupid mouth.
But to Zhang Xingzhi's surprise, the first person they saw was not Zhong Yi's parents, but Yu Jin who was carrying a suitcase.
The three people who met in the corridor were all a little surprised.
Yu Jin subconsciously called out: "... Teacher Zhong?"
Just as Zhong Yi and Zhang Xingzhi got off the elevator, they saw him at the door.
Zhong Yi glanced at the house number on the opposite side of his house, and asked in surprise, "Does your family live here?"
"No, it's my parents..." Before Yu Jin finished speaking, the door was opened, and a woman's voice came from inside.
"Baby, remember to bring the key with you next time... Hey! Xiao Zhong, you are back too!" Yu's mother just saw Zhong Yi on the opposite side when she was half disgusted with her son.
Zhong Yi was still a little dazed: "Hello, auntie... so Yu Jin is your son? Why have I never heard of it..."
Yu's mother waved her hands inhumanely: "Oh, I'm just an actor, what can I say, I finally got a best actor this year, and I'm going to be blown away by his fans. I can boast casually, and I'll blow it up all day long." What do you mean, I feel ashamed."
What he said did not save any face, and Yu Jin was helpless: "Mom..."
But Yu's mother ignored him at all, her love for Zhong Yi was beyond words, and she was so enthusiastic, she folded her arms and leaned against the door and asked, "Why didn't Liang Sili come back with you this year? How is it? You finally kicked him off and replaced him." young?"
Yu Jin and Zhang Xingzhi: "?"
Zhong Yi finally couldn't hold back his joy, and smiled, took Zhang Xingzhi's arm and said, "Yes, it's a younger one."
The author has something to say: ps: Teacher Zhong and Teacher Zhang's special episode 2.0 will officially start tomorrow!