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Chapter 313, New Year's Eve, Good Fortune (Subscribe!)
Backstage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

After coming down from the stage, Li Heng immediately gave Teacher Yu a gentle hug and said very sincerely: "Thank you, Teacher Yu, for your hard work!"

Yu Shuheng smiled and whispered in her ear, "You performed very well tonight! Better than ever before! You moved the teacher's mood. Congratulations, little boy."

Li Heng also felt that he was in the best condition tonight, and he couldn't help but feel a little elated. This was the Spring Festival Gala, something that he had longed for but could not reach in his previous life, but now he had easily won it!

Not only did he win! He also amazed all the audience!
Even those colleagues who were rehearsing, even though they had heard it several times during rehearsals, were still shocked deep in their hearts!

This is the charm and endurance of world-class masterpieces!
You won't get tired of it even if you play it on loop for a whole day.

After hugging for two seconds, Li Heng and Teacher Yu separated, and then he opened his arms towards Zhou Shihe with a smile on his face:

"Come on, Comrade Shihe, let's celebrate."

Zhou Shihe smiled and didn't refuse. She hugged him politely, then let go and asked, "I heard from Sui Sui that you created another very beautiful song?"

Li Heng nodded. "Yes, it's called The Last of the Mohicans. Actually, Mai Sui has never heard of it either. I played it for Teacher Yu. When we get home, I'll play it for you on the flute."

"it is good."

With the previous phenomenal work "Original Scenery of Hometown", Zhou Shihe had some expectations for his new work.

At this time, Yu Shuheng said, "After tonight, your name will definitely be a household name. Why don't you take this opportunity to record these two songs into tapes and release them?"

Li Heng pondered for a while, then shook his head: "Two songs are too few to be released. How about I sort out my previous thoughts, make a few more pure music, and then release a mini album."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng and Zhou Shihe couldn't help but look at each other, and asked with bright eyes: "Anything else?"

Li Heng smacked his lips. "Have you forgotten how I conquered you that night? I have so many ideas in my head. Teacher, don't you think about it? I am a man who is proficient in erhu and flute. Yes, I can also play the piano."

Zhou Shihe laughed when he heard it, his eyes quietly wandering between the two of them, and he became a listener with peace of mind.

The word "surrender" reminded Yu Shuheng of the scene that night when the little boy in front of her took out the erhu from the study in a huff and played "The Last of the Mohicans" in front of her in a very domineering manner.

Teacher Yu looked away and called to the two of them, "Let's go to the auditorium. Don't stay here too long."

"Ah."

When they appeared in the studio again, many viewers' eyes flew over, and some even picked up cameras to take pictures of the three of them.

However, those who can come to watch the Spring Festival Gala in person these days are all well-known and have a certain social status. They only take a suitable photo and then stop, without bombarding the screen with cameras like paparazzi.

In other words, these days people take photos of you simply because they like you and are conquered by your awesome performance.

When passing by Huang Zhaoyi, seeing that she was staring at him intently, Li Heng instinctively nodded to her.

With this nod, Huang Zhaoyi's face broke into an unprecedented smile, and she also nodded in response.

Honestly, I have watched it several times during the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, and now I have to watch it again, and all my colleagues are a little visually fatigued. But everyone is a decent person with the most basic professional qualities, and they still force themselves to be the best audience, applauding when necessary, cheering when necessary, and sitting well on the last day of work.

At the stroke of midnight, the leader delivered a New Year's speech and a video clip of the party for Chinese students studying in the United States was released.

After the celebration at the stroke of midnight, there were 6 more programs, including the song "Descendants of the Dragon", the sketch "The Ringing of the Doorbell", the insert of Shudu TV program, the crosstalk "Making Up Excuses" and the performance of actors from "Journey to the West".

The last program was the ending song, in which all the performers came on stage and sang "We Are Friends" together facing the audience.

As soon as he stood on the stage, Li Heng's mind froze. He scratched his head and said to Zhou Shihe next to him:
"Comrade Shihe, I've been reading too much literature these past two days and I've forgotten the lyrics again."

Well, he was so focused on writing and rehearsing "The Original Scenery of Hometown" that he read the lyrics of the song several times on the first day, but forgot them all the way to Yunnan and Sichuan.

Seeing his embarrassed look, Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly and took two steps towards him.

Li Heng muttered, "Sing a little louder later."

"Yeah." Zhou Shihe hummed lightly.

The cattle in front heard the conversation between the two and turned back to secretly give him a thumbs up, jokingly saying, "Brother Li Heng, I have never heard you sing the whole song once."

Zhou Shihe looked at him with a smile.

Li Heng was speechless. He thought others didn't know, but he didn't expect them to know everything. Damn, brother Niu, why are you so sharp-eared?
As the prelude to the ending song roared, everyone immediately stood up in an orderly manner, and then opened their mouths and sang together.

It took Li Heng more than 3 minutes to sing all 6 sentences, and he was just slacking off the rest of the time. Not to mention, Miss Zhou had a very pleasant voice and sang with great charm.

When the song was over, all the singers felt relieved. Although it is an extremely honorable thing to be able to participate in the Spring Festival Gala in this era, it is also really tiring. Rehearsing back and forth for a month, fearing that there will be any mistakes, otherwise it will not only be embarrassing for you, but this Spring Festival Gala will also embarrass you in front of the people of the whole country and the people of the world.

I ask, who would dare to take the blame for this?
If you want to take risks, you can only work diligently.

"It's finally over, let's go." After all the ceremonies were completed, Yu Shuheng asked Li Heng and Zhou Shihe to leave.

"Brother Li Heng, let's have a drink next time you come to Beijing. Do you remember my address?" Feng Gong asked enthusiastically when he left the studio.
"Remember! Remember! Next time I come to Beijing, I will definitely ask you out for a drink." Li Heng replied.

I walked and greeted people along the way. It was the same people when I came, and it was still the same people when I left, but my mood was completely different at this moment. Inexplicably, although I was tired, I still felt a little reluctant to leave.

She met Mao Amin again. She wanted to say hello to Li Heng, but after receiving Yu Shuheng's gaze, she immediately lost her courage and stood there watching the three people walk away.

The singer Cheng Lin next to him asked, "Are you feeling very lost?"

Mao Amin did not answer, but said: "Tonight is New Year's Eve, come to my place for a drink."

"Ha, you are the first person who drinks alone on New Year's Eve. Tonight I will risk my life to accompany you." Cheng Lin said with a laugh.

When leaving CCTV, Cheng Lin said: "In fact, it is better not to have any intersection, so as to avoid more sadness in the future."

Mao Amin understood her friend's thoughts and said sadly: "He doesn't belong to our kind of people."

These words happened to be heard by Huang Zhaoyi who came out from behind. She looked at Li Heng and the other two who had already walked far away in front of her, and her originally good mood became a little depressed.

The New Year's Eve in the capital city is more lively than expected, with lights and decorations everywhere. Walking along the alleys, you can hear people shouting and drinking from time to time. People are in such good spirits that some people are still awake.

After opening the door, the three of them filed into the courtyard. Li Heng shivered with cold. "It's too cold, teacher. Does the weather forecast say that the weather is going to change again?"

Yu Shuheng replied: "It is predicted that it will snow heavily tomorrow. I wonder if it will affect our travel the day after tomorrow."

"It's snowing heavily again. This is the third snow this month. Why does it never end?" Li Heng muttered to himself. He felt much warmer as soon as he entered the house. After taking a hot bath and soaking his feet, he finally came back to life.

Zhou Shihe smiled beside him and asked gently, "I feel like you're in good health and exercise every morning. Why are you so afraid of the cold?"

"I don't know, but it's really cold."

Li Heng sighed, "Alas, Beijing and I are not compatible. Fortunately, I went to Shanghai for college."

Yu Shuheng came out of the shower room and wiped her hair with a dry towel while saying, "I guess your clothes are not warm enough. Shihe and I both have wool sweaters on. Your sweater looks bulky, but it may not be very effective in keeping out the cold."

"Really? I was wondering, I'm wearing thicker clothes than you guys, so why does something feel wrong?" Li Heng first touched his own sweater, then reached out to Zhou Shihe, lifted a corner of her clothes, and swung the sweater inside with his fingers.

After swinging it, he muttered, "The sweater is indeed much better," then got up and went to the room.

Zhou Shihe, who was in a daze, and Yu Shuheng, who was squinting, were left in the main room.

Damn it! I told you to be naughty, do you think they are Xiao Han and Zi Jin, touching their clothes casually?

As soon as the door was closed, Li Heng, who realized it belatedly, cursed himself, then sat on the sofa and sighed.

After a long time, he found the county annals of the area around Bailuyuan and studied them carefully.

An hour later, Zhou Shihe came in.

She glanced at someone who was studying hard, turned around, gently closed the door, and walked towards the bed.

"I didn't mean to do that before. Sorry."

"Ah."

He didn't turn around and said this abruptly.

She didn't blame him and simply responded with a "hmm".

"Are you sleepy?"

"Fortunately."

"Are you okay? You must be sleepy. Then turn off the light and go to sleep." Li Heng put down the documents in his hand, took off his shoes, climbed onto the bed, and pulled the switch rope at the end of the bed: "Shall I turn off the light?"

"Okay." Zhou Shihe also took off his shoes and sat on the bed.

Pia chirped, and the room fell into darkness.

After waiting for a while, until he got into bed without making any noise, Zhou Shihe said:
"I have just discussed with Teacher Yu that we will get up at 5 a.m. tomorrow to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, so that we can eat the first meal of the New Year before dawn."

Li Heng asked: "It's the same custom as in my hometown. Do you do the same?"

"Yeah." "It's almost 3 o'clock now, so let's stop chatting and go to bed." He said while looking at his watch.

Zhou Shihe sat quietly on the bed until she heard his deep breathing in his sleep, then she slowly took off her clothes and lay down.

When it comes to sleeping, two hours is simply too fast. It feels like the time has come as soon as I close my eyes.

"Happy New Year, great writer!"

Seeing him open his eyes, Zhou Shihe, who was standing beside the bed and shaking him awake, smiled softly.

"Um, Happy New Year! Is it 5 o'clock?" Li Heng asked in a daze.

Zhou Shihe nodded slightly, then took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to him with both hands: "I wish you good health and all your wishes come true in the new year!"

"Ah? There's also a red envelope for me?"

Li Heng exclaimed, and immediately all his sleepiness disappeared. After a moment, he said in embarrassment: "I didn't prepare anything, how could I have the nerve to pick you up?"

"The first red envelope of the New Year cannot be refused. It's luck," Zhou Shihe said gently.

"Yes, you are the king, I really can't refuse you." Thinking of her luck in winning every time she played cards, Li Heng immediately stopped being pretentious and quickly reached out to take it. "Thank you, this is the happiest thing for me when I woke up in the New Year."

Zhou Shihe seemed to know what he was thinking and said, "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, men should not give red envelopes to others."

Li Heng's eyes widened, "You are so particular? No wonder you can afford a piano worth hundreds of thousands."

Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly: "I just don't want you to return the red envelope to me."

Li Heng asked: "What about tomorrow? Tomorrow is not an option either."

Zhou Shihe shook his head.

They looked at each other, and after a while Li Heng said, "Then when we get back to school, I'll treat you to noodles in the cafeteria."

"it is good."

This time Zhou Shihe did not refuse and left the room.

A few minutes later, Li Heng followed him out of the room and said to Yu Shuheng, who had just finished washing up, "Teacher Yu, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!" Yu Shuheng smiled and nodded. It was the New Year, and things were finally no longer a pile of icebergs.

Li Heng walked up to her and stopped where he was.

Yu Shuheng looked into his eyes, took two steps, and then looked back into his eyes.

Li Heng stretched out his hand in front of her at the right time, and the meaning was very clear: red envelope, red envelope!

Yu Shuheng smiled elegantly, took out a thick red envelope from her pocket and handed it to him, saying meaningfully: "I knew you would definitely ask me for a red envelope."

Li Heng grinned happily and took the red envelope without forgetting to send his blessing: "I wish the teacher will become more and more beautiful and stay 18 forever."

Yu Shuheng glanced in the direction of the washroom, took a step back, and whispered in her ear, "I just called your Aunt Shen Xin this morning. She gave me an order to bring you home this year."

Li Heng was speechless. He only felt his ears were hot and his nose was fragrant.

Seeing that he was choked and silent, Yu Shuheng smiled slyly and said, "Little boys are really hard to tease. Go wash up and cook, or it will be dawn soon. Also, don't return my red envelope. I have enough money to spend."

"Hey, that's good."

Li Heng stuffed the red envelope into his pocket and went into the bathroom happily.

At this time, Zhou Shihe had finished brushing her teeth and was washing her face. When she saw him come in and look at her profile quietly, she paused, then continued washing her face, pretending not to know.

Half a minute later, she slowly hung up the towel, walked around him, and walked out quietly.

After everyone left, Li Heng started brushing his teeth and washing his face quickly.

There were 8 dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and the three people had clear division of labor. Li Heng and Zhou Shihe were the main chefs, and Teacher Yu helped out.

Li Heng is responsible for making five dishes: chopped pepper fish head, spicy chicken cubes, Maoxuewang, boiled fish and stir-fried kidney.

The remaining crab meat lion head, boiled dried shredded vegetables and Wensi tofu were made by Miss Zhou.

Li Heng’s Hunan cuisine is made in the style of Jianghu cuisine, which emphasizes speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. It usually takes a few minutes to prepare one dish. For example, the chopped pepper fish head takes a little longer, about 10 minutes.

Stir-frying kidney is even shorter, taking less than 25 seconds from the time it’s put into the pan.

So even though there are only 5 dishes, the time actually taken is less than half of Zhou Shihe’s dishes.

After finishing 5 dishes in one go, he asked with a smile, "Do you want my help?"

Zhou Shihe looked at him and said, "No, you still have to write during the day. Go and rest for a while. We'll call you when the meal is ready."

"to make."

She could make up for her sleep during the day, but her own time was relatively tight and she had to hurry to finish writing the third and fourth chapters of "White Deer Plain".

Around 6:40 in the morning, it was snowing outside, but this did not stop the young and old in Beijing from enjoying the New Year, and the place was already bustling with activity.

"Li Heng, wake up, it's time to eat." Yu Shuheng came to the sofa and bent down to wake him up.

Li Heng was silent at first. After two seconds, he suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and subconsciously looked outside. It was still dark.

Arriving at the table, the three of them sat down as usual.

Teacher Yu sits in the middle, with Li Heng on the left and Zhou Shihe on the right.

But after Yu Shuheng caught him and looked at him for two seconds, she stood up and said to him, "Today is New Year, new atmosphere, let's switch seats."

"No, you are my teacher and my elder, you should sit in the first seat." Li Heng declined.

But is it useful to refuse?

It's useless.

Yu Shuheng convinced him with just one sentence, "With your current status and position, you will be in a superior position wherever you go. A scholar who pursues honor has no reason to be content to be inferior to others."

"Okay, then I won't be polite." Unable to resist, Li Heng finally chose to accept.

After serving the rice, they each poured a glass of Erguotou, and then the two girls looked at him together without picking up their chopsticks.

Facing each other, Li Heng realized that Mr. Yu's right to speak at the table was now his. He picked up the cup and said:

"New Year's Eve dinner, celebrating reunion. May we be safe and happy every year, and have good fortune, wealth, longevity and happiness every year. Come, Happy New Year, cheers!"

"Happy New Year! Cheers!"

Yu Shuheng and Zhou Shihe were filled with joy. They clinked their glasses together and took a sip each.

Seeing that he was about to pick up the crab meat with chopsticks, Zhou Shihe reminded him: "I wrapped a coin in one of the crab meat."

In order to make the surface of the coin clean, she boiled it in boiling water for a few minutes to disinfect it, and also brushed it for a long time, which meant getting rich.

Li Heng said with a smile: "Come on, come on, let's pick it up together and see who can pick up the one with the coin."

Zhou Shihe smiled gracefully and said, "I think I can recognize which one it is, but I'm not sure."

Li Heng and Yu Shuheng looked at each other and gave suggestions, "I'll serve Comrade Shihe, Comrade Shihe serves Teacher Yu, and Teacher Yu serves me. Oh, by the way, Shihe, you'll be the last one to pick up the chopsticks."

The two girls accepted it and looked at the pointed ends of his chopsticks.

Li Heng spun his chopsticks around the lion's head for a circle, and finally closed his eyes and randomly picked one for Zhou Shihe, who also randomly picked one for Teacher Yu.

Teacher Yu was not casual. She identified them for a while before picking out the one she thought was most likely to produce a coin and giving it to Li Heng.

The three of them looked at each other, and he gave the order: "Come on, eat while it's hot."

The three of them concentrated on eating, being very careful, for fear of swallowing a coin. As a result, he and Teacher Yu finished eating without getting anything.

Seeing the two looking at him, Zhou Shihe, who was the slowest eater, smiled and said, "I knew it when Li Heng picked up the lion's head."

Li Heng was speechless: "So you played a scene with us later?"

At the same time, he couldn't help but think of what Editor-in-Chief Liao said: Among the girls around him, Zhou Shihe is the luckiest.

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