1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After the final results were counted, Zhou Yan and his team won by seven points.

With this result, the kids in Zhou Yan's team were all smiling, feeling lucky to have such a strong reinforcement on their side.

The kids on the other side were more or less unconvinced. They thought that the reason they lost was entirely because of the foreign aid Zhou Yan.

Although they also have a foreign aid, the fighting power of that "silly girl" is too weak.

In fact, Joey Wong’s fighting ability is not weak at all. She is tall and has been a sports player. She is better at throwing snowballs than ordinary girls and these kids.

But compared with Zhou Yan, her fighting ability is not worth mentioning.

The foreign guy was quite generous. After counting the results, he announced directly, "The blue team won today's battle. Let's settle the score now."

After hearing the result, Zhou Yan and Joey Wong were stunned. Was there any jackpot in this snowball fight?

While they were stunned, several children on the red team had already taken out matchsticks from their pockets. Each of them counted ten matchsticks and handed them to the children on the blue team.

Brother Yang looked at Zhou Yan and the others again, "You two can settle it yourselves."

Zhou Yan laughed and said, "Our fight was in vain."

After hearing what Zhou Yan said, the short man Zhang Xiaocan who had delivered ammunition to him came over and took out two from his trophies and handed them to him, "Uncle, I'll give you two."

Zhou Yan looked at the two matchsticks that Zhang Xiaocan handed to him. There were Scorpion Spirits on them. It seemed that Scorpion Spirits were not very welcome among them.

"No need, just let that sister give me my spoils." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Zhang Xiaocan took out two match skins, feeling a little painful. When he heard Zhou Yan didn't want them, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took them back. "I was thinking of rewarding you. We won thanks to you."

"Our victory is the result of our joint efforts." Zhou Yan smiled and asked, "Do you all go to school nearby?"

"Well, we go to Yanjing Primary School."

"Then how do you have time to come out now?"

"It just so happened that the last class today was physical education, so we ran out."

"Oh, Yanjing Primary School."

Zhou Yan originally guessed that they were students of Yanjing Primary School because Yanjing School was right next to them, very close.

"Uncle, what do you do? Why don't you have to go to work today?" Zhang Xiaocan asked.

Zhou Yan took off the scarf from around his neck with a smile. Although he was not hit during the snowball fight just now, he had thrown so many snowballs that some snow got into his scarf. Now that the snow had melted, he felt uncomfortable.

Taking off his scarf, he straightened his collar and said with a smile, "We are jobless vagrants, hanging around nearby every day."

"Really? Then why haven't I seen you before?"

"Maybe I have a common face, so you may not remember it after seeing it."

Zhang Xiaocan looked at Zhou Yan's face seriously, "Uncle, you don't have an ordinary face, you have a celebrity face, even celebrities are not as good-looking as you. If I had seen you before, I would definitely not forget you."

Zhou Yan smiled. This kid is really good at handling things.

When the other children heard what Zhang Xiaocan said, they all looked at Zhou Yan's face curiously, wanting to see if Zhou Yan was really good-looking.

After reading it, they all nodded.

Zhang Xiaocan was right, this uncle was indeed good-looking.

Besides, it’s a bit inappropriate to call them uncles since they look to be in their twenties.

The foreign man glanced at Zhou Yan, then raised his eyebrows, moved closer, looked at Zhou Yan's face carefully again, and then asked in surprise, "Are you the third brother of the Zhou family?"

When Zhou Yan heard the boy calling him "third brother", his face was full of surprise. He didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here.

Zhou Yan had never looked at Brother Yang's face carefully before, but now he looked at it seriously.

Brother Yang wore a cotton hat that covered his ears. In order to let Zhou Yan see his face clearly, he also pulled open the earmuffs on both sides.

"Third brother, it's me."

Seeing Brother Yang's full face, Zhou Yan did feel very familiar, and then said uncertainly, "Are you Grandpa Wang's grandson?"

Seeing Zhou Yan recognized him, Wang Zhongyang said excitedly, "It's me, Wang Zhongyang."

Wang Zhongyang's grandfather and Zhou Yan's grandfather were comrades-in-arms. When Zhou Yu got married last year, Wang Zhongyang's mother brought Wang Zhongyang to attend Zhou Yu's wedding. At that time, Zhou Yan met Wang Zhongyang.

However, compared to last year, Wang Zhongyang is now much taller and stronger.

Children are like this. If you don’t see them for a while, they will look a lot different.

The other children were also very surprised to see that Wang Zhongyang knew Zhou Yan, and they all ran up to ask.

Wang Zhongyang introduced proudly, "This is my third brother."

"Brother Yang, I haven't heard that you have a third brother. Don't you only have Brother Ping as your brother?"

Wang Zhongyang is an only child, but he has a cousin named Wang Zhongping.

"This is my uncle Zhou's third brother. He is amazing and a great musician."

The other children were very enthusiastic and exaggeratedly shouted, "Wow, it's a musician, that's amazing."

"Third brother, why are you here today?"

Zhou Yan had just lied to them, saying that he was unemployed but famous. Now that he met Wang Zhongyang, his lies were exposed.

"I just had dinner and was hanging out with your third sister-in-law."

"Third sister-in-law." Wang Zhongyang turned his head and looked at Wang Zuxian, "This is my third sister-in-law, everyone, say hello to my third sister-in-law."

He gave an order and others responded.

"Hello, Third Sister-in-law."

Wang Zuxian was overjoyed to be called "Third Sister-in-law" and replied with a smile, "Hello."

"Third brother, I heard that your new movie is about to be released, is that right?" Wang Zhongyang asked again.

“You know all this.”

Zhou Yan was quite surprised to hear that Wang Zhongyang was also paying attention to new movies. After all, Wang Zhongyang was so young.

"I saw the news on TV. I will go to the cinema to support you then."

"If you want to go, I'll have someone send you some tickets later..." At this point, Zhou Yan saw that the other children were looking at him eagerly, so he said, "Everyone who sees it will get a share. I'll arrange tickets for each of you, four per person, and let your family members go with you to watch it."

"Thank you, third brother!"

Wang Zuxian pulled Zhou Yan's arm and whispered, "It's not appropriate, they are still young."

Hearing what Wang Zuxian said, Zhou Yan laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. I think when they were this old, they knew a lot." In fact, there were no explicit scenes in "Time Traveler", which was much better than "Green Snake". However, Wang Zuxian felt a little embarrassed when she thought about a group of children she knew watching her and Zhou Yan kissing in the cinema.

"Third brother, do you know where I live? How are you going to get the tickets to us when the time comes?" Wang Zhongyang asked.

Zhou Yan patted his head and said, "You are still worried that I will break my promise."

"No, I was just afraid you didn't know where I lived."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. I have your home phone number. I can just call you later."

"Don't call, it's so troublesome. I'll take you to identify the door." As he said that, Wang Zhongyang grabbed Zhou Yan's clothes.

Zhou Yan was dragged by him, and said with a smile, "There's no need for this."

"Come on, let's go to my house. We're already at the door. If you don't go in, my parents will be angry."

Several other children also joined in the fun.

"Go ahead, Third Brother. Brother Yang's home is in the nearby Changchunli community. It's only a few steps away."

Seeing Wang Zhongyang looking at him eagerly, Zhou Yan felt a little embarrassed.

If he was alone, he wouldn't have hesitated and would have just visited him.

But now with Joey Wong along, it’s not easy.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan asked Wang Zuxian, "How about we go and take a look?"

"Okay." Joey Wong nodded without hesitation.

"Sister-in-law has agreed. Brother, let's go." Wang Zhongyang said excitedly.

……

Changchunli is indeed very close to Xuanwu Art Garden. The community is diagonally adjacent to the Art Garden. Coming out of the east gate of the Art Garden, the city hall building is on the left and the Changchunli community is on the right.

Although it was a sudden visit, Zhou Yan still bought some gifts and brought them over.

Wang Zhongyang kept pulling Zhou Yan and refused to let him buy it.

Zhou Yan said that if Wang Zhongyang didn't buy him a gift, he would not go, and only then did Wang Zhongyang let go.

Enter from the north gate of the community, walk to the right, and you will reach Building 4 in a few steps.

Wang Zhongyang walked quickly up to the second floor, knocking on the door to the east while shouting, "Mom, look who's here."

Zhou Yan couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard him knocking on the door. Doesn't this kid even have the key to his own house?
Another question, are Wang Zhongyang’s parents at home now?

If he wasn't at home, wouldn't they have made a wasted trip?

Obviously Zhou Yan was worrying too much. As soon as they went up to the second floor, Wang Zhongyang's mother Chen Lian opened the door.

"Who's coming?"

Chen Lian looked up and saw Zhou Yan coming over with something in his hand. She was also surprised. "Xiao Yan, why are you here?"

Before Zhou Yan could reply, Wang Zhongyang helped to explain, "We were playing snowballs in the small park, and we happened to run into my third brother and his wife taking a walk, so I invited them back."

Third sister-in-law... Chen Lian looked at Joey Wong next to Zhou Yan again.

When Wang Zuxian went up the stairs, she also took off her scarf, revealing her entire face.

Seeing Wang Zuxian's face, Chen Lian's face was even more surprised, "Who is this..."

Zhou Yan explained with a smile, "Aunt Chen, this is Wang Zuxian. Xiaoxian, this is Aunt Chen, Zhongyang's mother."

"Hello, Aunt Chen." Joey Wong called out politely.

Although Chen Lian hadn't fully understood the situation, she still nodded in response, "Hello, hello, come in quickly, it's cold outside, come here if you want, why do you need to bring anything..."

After inviting the two into the house, Chen Lian was busy pouring tea.

As she poured tea, she smiled and said, "Come to think of it, you are also in Yanjing, and the Central Conservatory of Music is quite close to us. Logically, we should have invited you to our home a long time ago. I just don't know if you have time. I often see you on the news, traveling all over the world."

"I am the junior, so I should have come to visit earlier."

"You're busy, everyone knows it. I'm really surprised that Xiaoyang can bring you back today." Chen Lian made the water and handed it to the two of them.

Zhou Yan took the tea and said with a smile, "I was also surprised. In fact, neither of us recognized each other when we first met. I was wearing a scarf and he was wearing earmuffs. We only recognized each other after we had a snowball fight."

Chen Lian rolled her eyes at Wang Zhongyang who was sitting next to her. "The last period of their class was physical education, but because it was snowing outside, the outdoor physical education class was cancelled and changed to self-study in the classroom. But he took others out to play."

Zhou Yan smiled. He was just wondering why only eight people from Wang Zhongyang's class ran out during the physical education class.

Yenching Primary School is right next to it, very close. Logically speaking, if Wang Zhongyang and his friends come to play snowball fights, they will definitely attract a large number of people.

It turned out that they had sneaked out.

Wang Zhongyang argued, "We should go out and play during physical education class. The snow has stopped falling, but they still want to trap us in the classroom. It doesn't make sense at all."

"Isn't it for your safety? We still have to strengthen the management of the school and not let you escape again."

That is to say, in this era, if you push it forward ten years, or even five or six years later, the management of Yenching Primary School would be much stricter, and it would be basically impossible for the children to escape.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I saw that Zhong Yang led them in a snowball fight, and he was quite good at it, with a lot of tactics."

Chen Lian shook her head and smiled, "Haven't you kids been influenced by this since childhood? You have to be disciplined in everything you do, even when having a snowball fight you have to be tactical."

"Although they are all influenced by each other, I think Zhongyang is calm and composed, which is rare at his age."

"Don't praise him. If you praise him, he'll be so proud." Chen Lian looked at her watch again, walked to the side and picked up the phone. "I'll call his dad and ask him to come back early tonight and have a drink with you."

Zhou Yan said quickly, "Aunt Chen, please don't, we'll just sit for a while and then leave."

"That won't do. You've finally come here, so you must eat. No matter what I say today, I won't let you leave without eating."

"Really, Aunt Chen, please don't be polite. We came in a hurry and have already caused you trouble. We will visit again next time when we have time."

"Why, you mean you came in a hurry and the family didn't prepare good food and wine to entertain you? I'm telling you the truth, there really is no good food and wine at home. If you don't mind, you can stay and have some simple meals. If you don't mind, you can leave now. I won't stop you, but you have to take the things you brought with you."

Having said this, Chen Lian left no room for Zhou Yan.

In this situation, Zhou Yan absolutely cannot leave.

He could only take a step back and said, pressing the phone in Chen Lian's hand, "Aunt Chen, we can stay, but don't call Uncle Wang. Don't let it affect the work anyway."

Chen Lian also put down the phone, "Alright, I won't call him. If he came back earlier, he would have had a drink with you. If he comes back late, don't be offended."

"Aunt Chen, you're joking. If Uncle Wang comes back early, I'll have a drink with him. If I miss him, I'll visit him next time."

"Okay, sit down for a while, I'll go get you something simple to eat." With that, Chen Lian stood up and walked towards the kitchen. (End of this chapter)