latelenovela Chapter 235 Do I know what it means to shoot picture cards?
Chapter 235 Do I know what it means to shoot picture cards?
When they were almost finished eating, Tang Qingshan received a video call.
Then, to everyone's horror, the martial arts master began to grin...
Ye Sanqing instantly understood why Tang Manhe always had this expression on her face; it was genetic.
"Old man, is everyone here? Let me see them, hurry up!"
The only person who could elicit such an expression from Tang Qingshan was Ye Sanqing's maternal grandmother, Xie Ziheng.
Tang Qingshan insisted on holding the phone himself, but switched the camera to point it at Ye Sanqing.
"Are you stupid? How are they going to see me like this? Hurry up!"
Xie Ziheng, being a very energetic person, immediately started urging them on.
Tang Qingshan had no choice but to hand the phone to Ye Jin'er.
Xie Ziheng on the other end of the phone looked radiant and had a smile on her face, seemingly in good spirits and mood.
"Grandma! Happy New Year!" Ye Jin'er greeted cheerfully.
Ye Sanqing glanced at him, puzzled. Why wasn't he this cheerful last time...? Did he have to maintain a proper demeanor at the banquet last time?
In fact, Hsieh Tzu-heng has always lived abroad, so everyone assumed that she would not be present this time.
She and Tang Qingshan had been separated for many years, but their relationship remained strong and passionate.
In her own words, "The real me is the one who is not trapped."
Ye Sanqing recalled her impression of Xie Ziheng at the banquet last time. She was in a hurry and didn't have time to chat with her in detail. Her first impression of Xie Ziheng was that he was an elegant, highly educated intellectual, and that he and Tang Qingshan had a very stable relationship.
So Ye Sanqing was a little surprised when he later learned that they had been separated for many years.
However, Xie Ziheng's career was rather unique. In layman's terms, he was a sociologist. Even after retiring, he continued to travel the world and conduct research out of interest, publishing several sociological survey reports.
Tang Qingshan expressed his understanding and support for this. In any case, they were both open-minded. After all, their children had been grown up for a long time. Shouldn't people pursue their hobbies when they get old?
He himself would disappear from public view once he went into seclusion to practice...
"Jin'er! Have you lost weight? Is it all the rage among young people to lose weight these days?" Xie Ziheng looked him over carefully. "Did you turn on a face-slimming feature on your phone?"
Even elderly people with independent personalities prefer their children to look strong and healthy... especially in a family like the Tang family where almost everyone practices martial arts, it wouldn't do if they were weak and frail.
The requirements weren't as strict by the third generation, but in Xie Ziheng's eyes, being strong was definitely better than being weak.
"I've been a bit busy these past few days..." Ye Jin'er explained with a smile, "Grandma is right, I'll eat more to regain my weight, otherwise I'll look too out of place standing next to my cousins."
Xie Ziheng gave him a long list of instructions and then asked him to give the phone to Ye Sanqing.
"Hello, Grandma!" Ye Sanqing greeted her respectfully.
"Sanqing is good, Sanqing is so good!" Xie Ziheng was immediately delighted to see that she seemed to be in better shape than when they last met.
She was initially worried that Ye Sanqing becoming a female celebrity would lead to her being swayed by current mainstream aesthetics! Now it seems that her worries were unnecessary!
She always said that one must always stay true to oneself!
“Sanqing, eat more, eat more and practice more! If there’s anything you want to eat, don’t be shy, just let the old man go and buy it for you.”
"Since Grandma said so, I certainly won't be polite!" Seeing that she was happy, Ye Sanqing stretched out his arm and gestured with his muscles.
"Haha, very good, very good! This is the kind of spirit that kids from the Tang family should have! If anyone makes you unhappy, just punch them!"
Although seeing Ye Sanqing reminded Xie Ziheng of her deceased daughter, it didn't make her particularly sad.
After we met last time, she went back and felt sad for a while, but then she was fine.
Because she firmly believes that the living must keep moving forward, so that the deceased, if they have a spirit in heaven, will be comforted.
She knew her daughter's personality best. Tang Jinkun certainly didn't want everyone to be miserable during the New Year, so she kept a smile on her face.
"Oh dear, what are you teaching the kids!" Tang Qingshan muttered from the side, not to object, but just wanting to feel noticed.
"That old man is really something, always trying to steal the younger generation's chance to speak." Xie Ziheng ignored this and continued to urge Ye Sanqing not to lose weight and ruin her health, among other things. It was a long string of words before she finally handed the phone to the next person.
So Xie Ziheng chatted with everyone at the table before the phone was returned to Tang Qingshan.
"Hey, take your time eating!"
Tang Qingshan immediately took his phone and went back to his room.
“Dad’s still the same as always, he gets completely lost the moment Mom calls,” Tang Kairui laughed. “Hey, I’m full too, you guys can continue if you’re still hungry.”
They were already used to their parents' way of getting along.
However, there wasn't much food left on the table, so everyone got up to help clean it up.
Although Tang Qingshan's place looks like a small courtyard, there are enough rooms. The rooms were already assigned when they arrived in the afternoon.
The eldest uncle and aunt, the youngest uncle and aunt each had a room, the three cousins had a room, and Ye Sanqing had a room by himself.
It's early to rest now, and Ye Sanqing was wondering if she could go out for a walk to digest her food. She hadn't exercised for the past two days, and she was feeling a bit out of sorts.
As soon as she said she was going out, the young people all said they should go together, so they all went out together.
It wasn't quiet outside. Although many people didn't officially start their holiday until Lunar New Year's Eve, quite a few people had returned to their villages today. Some children were running around on the road, setting off small fireworks or throwing firecrackers.
“It’s much cleaner here now…” Ye Jin’er said with a smile, dodging a child who was running around wildly.
Ye Sanqing had never been here before, and upon hearing this, he looked at them with some curiosity.
“The roads used to be all dirt roads, then they were paved with cinders, and then my grandfather came back to live there and built roads for the village.”
Tang Qiyuan said.
He also lived here when he was a child. Tang Qingshan and Xie Ziheng lived here from the beginning. Later, they lived in a nearby city for decades, but this place was not abandoned. They usually came back here for the New Year, and the children would sometimes come back to stay during the summer vacation.
It wasn't until the two retired, with Tang Qingshan preparing for retirement and Xie Ziheng preparing to go abroad, that they returned to arrange things such as road repairs and house renovations.
"Hey, I remember there was a tree over there, what happened to it?" Ye Jin'er said, pointing to a large tree stump.
“That tree was struck by lightning one year…” Tang Qiyuan shook his head. “What a pity. I remember we used to take pictures under its shade when we were kids.”
They started reminiscing about their childhood, since they were only one year apart in age and their entertainment was pretty much the same.
Actually, Tang Manhe was too young to participate in the conversation, and he and Ye Sanqing stared at each other for a while.
Ye Sanqing: Look at me, do you think I know what it means to shoot picture cards?