Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1735 Spring Festival Gala
Because Zhang Qing would visit the Han family from time to time, the Han family had become quite familiar with this young girl who was working alone in Beijing at such a young age.

After exchanging pleasantries, Han Li learned that Zhang Qing had already obtained a letter of introduction from her performing arts troupe and would be studying acting at the J·F·J Art Academy's performing arts training program whenever she had time.

Zhang Qing said she has been very busy and fulfilled this year, traveling back and forth between the two places. Today, she finally had a break and took the time to come and visit.

This is because the end of the year is the busiest time of the year for the performing arts troupe. Various rehearsals and performances start in the twelfth lunar month and continue until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. The performing arts troupe is giving everyone a day off to rest, catch their breath, and take care of personal and family matters. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and they will be really busy.

Zhang Qing had lunch at Han's house. When she left, He Mi gave her some stewed meat to share with her colleagues, a bag of fine eight-piece dishes to tide her over when she got hungry during rehearsals and performances, and some small accessories for girls that Han Li brought back from Hong Kong.

After Han Li saw Zhang Qing off, he felt like he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. At this moment, Wang Chunhua, who was next to him, asked him.

"I was a little embarrassed to ask earlier, but do you all think Zhang Qing will become an actress in the future since she's studying acting at a performing arts training class?"

Han Li still hadn't reacted, so Hou Yuhua spoke up beside him.

"It's hard to say. If studying acting could make you an actor, then our country would have far too many actors."

Putting aside other things, the opera academies and art theaters in Beijing provide many students every year, and the local performing arts schools and drama troupes are the cradle of actors.

Moreover, there are only a few movies and TV series produced each year. Even graduates from professional acting schools don't necessarily get the opportunity to act.

"If Zhang Qing wants to become an actress, she needs to be very lucky; otherwise, it will be very difficult to be selected from among so many people."

This conversation between Wang Chunhua and Hou Yuhua reminded Han Li that he had forgotten something.

The reason Han Li was so impressed with Zhang Qing was not only because she had taught him to dance at the Beijing Hotel, but also because she would become the actress who played Princess Wansheng in the future.

This year marks the first year that the Journey to the West series has been officially scheduled for filming, and an episode titled "Exorcising Demons in Wuji Kingdom" was already broadcast during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As Han Li thought of this, he then remembered the elegant and dignified Queen of Xiliang in the drama, Gao Cuilan, who combined grace and wit with a mischievous spirit.

The graceful jade rabbit spirit, the charming and alluring jade-faced fox, and the plump and radiant Yin Wenjiao
The classically gentle Lianlian, the Seven Fairies, the Spider Demon, the Apricot Fairy, the girl who can currently only tend the fire, and the aloof and ethereal Chang'e—let's skip that one.

Han Li snapped out of his thoughts when he thought of Chang'e, as mentioned earlier, so we won't go into details here.

Han Li is now thinking about whether he should find an opportunity to get to know Director Yang.
Putting everything else aside, it's only right to help Yao Ji (Fu Weiyi) get a role in the drama, and I can say that I've done right by the many times I've communicated with her.

If their relationship could continue like this, Han Li even planned to give Xiao Yaoji a role in all four classic Chinese novels.

When Han Li met Director Yang, he was able to help Zhang Qing secure the role of Princess Wansheng, preventing her from sharing the role with someone else. Although the role wasn't large, this was a small favor since they had just met. That was all he could do, unless their relationship progressed further.
Why don't you try to get to know the Queen of Xiliang?
Before calling her "Royal Brother," this queen had a husband. Han Li had done so much because he didn't want to stay in the country for the next few years, and he didn't want to ruin his reputation because of this.

If Han Li remembers correctly, the Queen of Xiliang divorced in 86. And if he could get to know Director Yang, would he have any trouble getting to know the Queen of Xiliang and all the actors in the drama?

The city of Beijing isn't that big, but it's not that small either. However, it's extremely difficult to get to know someone outside your field. So, what's troubling Han Li now is who he can get to know Director Yang through.

However, Han Li quickly forgot about it, as the two brothers, Da Ming and Xiao Ming, along with Xiao Liang, started causing trouble again. These kinds of kids, who are bothersome to adults and children of a certain age, are really a headache; they always manage to do things that make adults angry and helpless.

Amidst the children's commotion, evening quickly arrived.

The next day was Lunar New Year's Eve.

Han Li and his group arrived at Mianhua Hutong from Houhaizi early in the morning. Those who didn't have to go to work started getting busy, while those who did have to go to work quickly made an appearance at their workplace and then came back.

Han's father, like the other men in the alley, would stroll around, sometimes chatting in the sunshine, sometimes playing chess, and sometimes watching the children run and play.

The older children carried small firecrackers around and set them off, while the younger children watched from a distance. Every time a firecracker went off, the younger children would cheer.

Da Ming and Xiao Liang have joined the ranks of the kids who can set off firecrackers this year. In short, these boys are finding all sorts of creative ways to set off firecrackers.

That's why there's no cow dung in Cotton Alley, otherwise they would definitely have gone up there and blown it up.

Although there was no cow dung in the alley, the ground, some tiles, and trees suffered as the children blew them up in all sorts of ways.

Girls tend to be quieter, and most of them are kept at home by their families to do housework and make dumplings.

Han Li wasn't as relaxed as his father, because he had been writing Spring Festival couplets for neighbors he didn't know very well for the past few years, and he did the same this year.

However, this year's Spring Festival couplets are much easier to write. Unlike previous years, we don't have to write those rather rigid couplets. Many auspicious sayings can be written on them.

After Han Li finished writing the Spring Festival couplets, he gathered with everyone and chatted until almost noon before they dispersed.

At this time, many families had already started putting up Spring Festival couplets, and Han Li's family was no exception.

However, this year I have three little rascals around me. When it was time to put up the Spring Festival couplets, they insisted on getting involved, and in the end, they made a mess of paste everywhere.

After dinner, Han Li and his family stayed in Mianhua Hutong to celebrate the New Year.

Everyone was playing with the children, watching TV, eating snacks, and drinking tea.

This year marks the first time the Spring Festival Gala has been broadcast directly. People from other places may not know this, but many people in Beijing know the news.

So tonight, those who have TVs at home are waiting nearby early, and those who don't have TVs will gather at the homes of neighbors who do have TVs to watch for a while.

If Han Li's house weren't so small, with the whole family packed together in Han's father's room, some neighbors would also gather there to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

At 8:00 PM, the Spring Festival Gala officially began.

First, the familiar voice of Teacher Zhao from the animal documentary, followed by Liu Xiaoqing's unique outfit, immediately attracted a lot of attention in front of the television.
(End of this chapter)