That's how I became famous

Chapter 516 The Early New Year's Eve Dinner and the Last Dinner

At ten o'clock in the morning, Li Xiao's house was full of people.

"Ms. Huang, help me put the chicken in and stew it. It's already cooked, just stew it slowly over low heat."

Fang Delun commanded in an orderly manner in the kitchen, "Xiaoxiao, cut up the green onion."

"That's it!" Li Xiao responded and began to chop green onions.

"Well, I'll call you Alan, and you can call me Lei Zi."

Huang Lei put the steaming chicken into the pot, and said with a smile, "I am Xiaoxiao's godfather, and you are Xiaoxiao's father-in-law. It stands to reason that we are also considered in-laws, so we don't need to be so born."

"Haha, that's natural." Fang Delun also nodded with a smile.

Li Yifan who was washing vegetables at the side blinked and teased Li Xiao.

I don't know why he still has that cheeky teasing, he's all Ben San, he doesn't even have a girlfriend, and he dares to laugh at someone who has a father-in-law?
Li Xiao couldn't figure it out no matter how much he thought about it, so he gave him a blank stare.

Today's meal was not a temporary idea, it was grandma who felt sorry for her grandson because he was going to participate in the Spring Festival Gala and couldn't eat the New Year's Eve dinner, so she organized everyone at noon and had an early New Year's Eve dinner.

And Huang Lei's family happened to be free, so they came to have a meal together.

But it's not considered a New Year's Eve dinner, it's just a little more formal.

After all, even if there is no Li Xiao in the evening, everyone's New Year's Eve dinner is still good.

Huang Lei looked at the time and said, "Hurry up, Xiaoxiao seems to be going to CCTV in the afternoon, right?"

Although it was officially on stage at night, a series of preparations are still needed before going on stage.

Artists who perform on stage naturally need to go there early to prepare.

"Ah."

Li Xiao nodded, "Don't worry, I have already greeted Director Fu."

"Okay, Xiaoxiao, the relationship with the director has been established." Huang Bai smoothed his hair back and made a joke.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "No, no, maybe the director gave me permission after seeing how hard I was rehearsing."

In the afternoon, we still need to conduct a joint row. When he said that he could be later, he actually arrived before the row.

According to the current progress, it should take more than an hour to eat at most, and it will not be too late to rush over by then.

"Li Yifan, the vegetable leaves are almost worn out by you, can you stop making trouble here?" Li Xiao turned his head and found that Li Yifan was still washing the cauliflower for at least 10 minutes.

"Why are you making trouble!"

Li Yifan refused to accept it, "Look at this dish, it's washed green and green, and it's dry and clean."

"I think you are afraid of going out and being urged to marry by everyone." Li Xiao broke through his last stubbornness at once.

Li Yifan showed embarrassment. Although he was used to being educated by a crazy family, there were really too many people this time, and Huang Lei's family was there.

Everyone in the family knew the basics, and it wasn't too embarrassing to be scolded, but Huang Lei's family only had a good relationship with Li Xiao's family, and they were just outsiders to him.

Hearing this, Huang Lei said: "Yifan, it's time for you to start a family and start a business at your age. Your career has stabilized. Presumably your company won't object even if you want to fall in love."

"Puff~."

Li Xiao laughed, "His company won't object, I'm afraid he can't wait for him to find a serious girlfriend to fall in love with, I guess his company is worried every day, fearing that one day he will play too hard and be exposed Come out and behave indiscriminately in private."

"To shut up!"

Li Yifan gave Li Xiao a blank look, can this be said casually?
He said: "Mr. Huang, don't listen to Li Xiao's nonsense. I just haven't met the right one. If I meet the right one, I won't have a problem getting married right away."

At this time, the eldest aunt walked into the kitchen, and only heard the words behind, she was surprised and happy and said: "You brat, you have plans to marry your girlfriend, why don't you tell your parents?"

This news was too much of a surprise for a mother, and her voice couldn't help but grow louder.

So much so that everyone who was making dumplings at the dining table outside the kitchen heard it.

So, Li Yifan was dragged out by his aunt.

Li Xiao and the others in the kitchen could hear the heated discussion outside.

By the time Li Xiao finished his work and walked out of the kitchen, Li Yifan was already being scolded by his uncle.

"You say that you have a girlfriend and can't announce it, but can't you even tell your family?" The uncle looked disappointed.

From the current situation, everyone has already determined that Li Yifan concealed his relationship.

"I really don't have one!"

Li Yifan complained, seeing Li Xiao came out, he quickly pulled him and said, "Please explain to me, I really didn't say I have a girlfriend just now."

Li Xiao was a little embarrassed, hesitantly said: "Brother Yifan, why don't we tell the truth, uncle and aunt are very open-minded, they will definitely support you."

Li Yifan: "."

Li Xiao, how dare you miss me!

He roared in his heart, he felt that he was really stupid, and actually asked Li Xiao to explain to him.

According to past experience, it is very good if this product does not add fuel to the fire.

Seeing Li Yifan's ashen face, Li Xiao stopped joking, and fully explained the cause and effect of the chat in the kitchen just now.

Li Yifan gave Li Xiao an expression of 'brother didn't believe in the wrong person', and at the same time felt a little uneasy.

Because once this topic is discussed, the chatter of the family members will definitely continue until the end of the family dinner.

What he didn't expect was that after Li Xiao's explanation, his parents didn't say anything more, and they seemed a little satisfied and relieved?

He was surprised at first, then deeply guilty.

At this moment, he seemed to understand a little bit why his parents kept talking about these things. They were not worried that they would not find a girlfriend, but that they were worried about their uncertainty.

He may have never talked to his parents about his emotional problems because of his resistance.

It's true that he likes to play, but he said in the kitchen that it's okay to get married as soon as he meets the right one, which is also true.

However, he and his parents have never said such a thing, and have not expressed their true thoughts.

Since you haven't expressed your true thoughts, how can others understand you?
Now after what Li Xiao said, his parents seemed to be much less worried.

After this topic was uncovered, everyone started talking and laughing about other topics.

While making dumplings and chatting, the taste of Chinese New Year is getting stronger.

At twelve noon, everyone sat down around a table full of dishes.

The dumplings have all been made, some of them have been cooked, and the rest are left for the night.

In Li Xiao's family, it doesn't matter who speaks or not, but grandpa raised his glass first and said, "Thank you, De Lun and A Lei, two chefs."

"It's been hard work!"

Everyone also toasted together, Fang Delun and Huang Lei held up their cups with a smile and drank it down.

For them, they are willing to cook for the people present, it doesn't matter whether it is hard work or not, but they are also very happy to get everyone's satisfaction and thanks.

After the meal, everyone was still chatting, and Li Xiao was going to CCTV to prepare for tonight's stage.

Fang Bianmian sent him out, helped him straighten his collar by the car, and said softly, "Come back early tonight."

These words sounded so emotional, Li Xiao hugged her, "Wait for me to go home."

At this time, there was a booing sound at the door.

Li Xiao and Fang Bian glanced at the light bulb organization headed by Li Yifan, Lili, Duoduo and Shaoshao (Duoduo's younger sister).

They were pretending to cover their eyes, pretending not to see, while making booing sounds.

Li Xiaoman didn't care, and made a threatening expression towards them, while Fang Bianmian blushed a little, but he didn't break away from Li Xiao's embrace.

Li Xiao let go, pinched Fang Bianmian's face, and didn't care about those light bulbs who were teasing me.

He said, "Let's go, watch me on TV tonight! I'll be right back after the show."

"Yeah." Fang Bianmian nodded slightly with a smile on his lips.

After driving all the way to CCTV, after entering, Li Xiao could clearly feel a sense of seriousness.

The staff who came and went were in a hurry, meticulously preparing for the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala tonight.

Li Xiao first went down to the makeup place under the guidance of the staff, and the next row was the first rehearsal with makeup.

Because his skin is in good condition, the makeup was done in less than 10 minutes.

Came to the studio, this is the last stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and it is also the stage for the official live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala tonight.

The layout of the stage has been completely perfected, and the auditorium under the stage is also neat and orderly.

Listening to the non-stop noise, and looking at the staff who walk almost like a trot, no matter how lazy they are, it is difficult to stay out of it in this environment.

For the first time, Li Xiao felt more formal than ever. After all, he hadn't even seen Cai Zhuohua, who usually looked quite idle, today.

"Bro!"

"Hi brother!"

Two familiar voices rang in Li Xiao's ears again.

"Hello Brother Cheng, Brother Yu!" Li Xiao responded with a smile.

"Ah, ah, don't, don't, we can't be brothers." Lin Cheng waved his hand quickly, and Jin Hanyu who was beside him also nodded.

"You guys are not a few years older than me. If you don't call me brother, you still want me to call you uncle?"

Li Xiao said: "Just call them like this, otherwise I don't know what to call you."

Lin Cheng and Jin Hanyu looked at each other, hesitated for a while and then nodded, but they were both happy in their hearts.

They invited Li Xiao to eat shrimp dumplings that day, and they thought their relationship had improved.

But they didn't expect that Li Xiao didn't eat their breakfast again for a few days, and asked them not to bring breakfast again, which made them feel uneasy, thinking that they had done something bad again.

Seeing Li Xiao's attitude today, the two were relieved.

In fact, it's not that Li Xiao is fickle. The reason why he ate the breakfast they brought was just because of the video with Fang Bianmen that day, and saw that the food was really delicious, and it was just a momentary craving.

And it was for their own good that he didn't let them bring him breakfast.

That day, Li Xiao asked some things side-by-side, for example, he asked: "What is your current development path, are you short of works?"

Lin Cheng replied without hesitation: "I'm not afraid of your jokes. Good works are definitely lacking for artists like us whose fame is greater than their strength. But now I feel that works can't be rushed. The more important thing is to improve yourself. .”

Jin Hanyu echoed: "That's right, we used to think that the work was the most important thing, but after seeing the singer-songwriter's concert that day, after seeing your performance, we found that even if we have a work like yours, we don't care about it." It is possible to give a perfect interpretation of this work.”

They talked a lot later, and from the tone and micro-expressions of the two, Li Xiao believed in his own judgment, what they said was serious.

Although I didn't plan to hold their hand yet, I really regarded them as friends from then on.

Although they are ordinary friends who are not very close, Li Xiao also changed his attitude.

Since he regards them as his friends, Li Xiao doesn't want them to continue to be the object of private jokes by the people in Taiwan.

Even if they didn't care, the main reason was caused by Li Xiao himself. He felt that he had to stop them from continuing like this, so he didn't let them continue to deliver breakfast.

Li Xiao looked at the two of them and asked, "By the way, which one of you are the first to appear?"

"The eighth and No.20."

Lin Cheng said: "The eighth is a joint performance by multiple people, and the No. 20 is the chorus of me and Han Yu."

"I see that you don't look nervous at all." Li Xiao intentionally found a topic, and wanted to make the communication between each other appear more equal.

"No way!"

Jin Hanyu's face turned a little twitching immediately, "Isn't it because you don't look nervous at all, we feel that we can't be cowardly, we all learn from you."

Li Xiao: "."

He is a little embarrassed now, two people who are at least five or six years older than him, but they will say something like 'learn from him' from time to time.

Even if he is a narcissistic person, he is a bit overwhelmed.

It seems that if you want to communicate with them on an equal footing, you still need to give them some time to adapt.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Li Xiaocai saw Cai Zhuohua walking towards him while wiping his sweat.

"Xiaoxiao, I'm in a good state today. I just need to perform normally on stage tonight. Don't put any other pressure on me!"

After Cai Zhuohua finished speaking, he saw Lin Cheng and Jin Hanyu sitting next to Li Xiao. He had heard the rumors on the stage during this period, and he greeted them with a smile.

Lin Cheng and Jin Hanyu wouldn't be too excited to be greeted by the director, but they still adore Li Xiao in their hearts.

After all, except for a few big names, there really isn't any artist who is worthy of the directors in the stage always running to them.

Li Xiao nodded, seeing Director Cai sitting down on one side, he exhaled comfortably, and asked concerned: "Director Cai, are you busy on stage these two days?"

"Busy!"

Cai Zhuohua sighed: "Although I gave you all a holiday yesterday, some behind-the-scenes work has never stopped. Every year, the two days close to the Spring Festival Gala are the busiest.

For fear of mistakes, every link needs to be checked dozens of times, and if there is a problem, it will be corrected. It is not surprising that some key links have to be rechecked hundreds of times.

But this year's work is pretty smooth, otherwise I probably won't have time to rest this meeting. "

"Tsk."

Li Xiao clicked his tongue and said in admiration, "Everyone has worked hard."

He thought it was everyone's holiday yesterday, but he didn't expect that it was just their artists' holiday, and the work behind the scenes is definitely much harder than that of their performers on stage.

He admires it from the bottom of his heart. A perfect stage performance requires not only the perfect performance of the artists on stage, but also the silent cooperation of countless staff members behind the scenes.

It can be said that without these behind-the-scenes staff, the stage would not have been established at all.

(End of this chapter)