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Chapter 373 Senior Sister's Status is Top-Notch (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Mom, I'm back!"

With no response, Wei Ming took out his keys and opened the door.

No one was home, but there were candies, sunflower seeds, and two water glasses on the table.

Look at the time, hmm, the elderly couple must have gone to work. Forty years old is the age when they should be making their mark.

So Wei Ming sorted and packed away the things he bought in Japan, then looked for his motorcycle keys to go to Tuanjiehu. But he couldn't find the keys, and when he went downstairs, he found that his Harley motorcycle was gone too.

I guess Biaozi or Xiaomei borrowed it? They may have motorcycles too, but none of them are as cool as yours.

The old Forever brand bicycle I left for my dad is still here. I haven't ridden a bicycle in a long time, so I'll just use it as exercise.

Wei Ming tucked the bag into the back seat and swayed leisurely towards Tuanjiehu.

As soon as I arrived, I saw Biaozi and Xiaomei riding over on their motorcycles.

"Ming-ge, you're finally back!"

Wei Ming saw the bikes they were riding: "You didn't ride my Harley away?"

"No."

"What did you two go about?"

Xiaomei said, "People from your hometown have come to deliver goose and duck feathers. We're going over to check them out."

"This is the third batch. The villagers are very happy. They've made a lot of money. They not only raise their own livestock, but also buy from the surrounding villages," Biaozi said with a smile.

"Oh, okay, I'll go upstairs and sit for a bit." Wei Ming tossed his bag to them.

Yunyun and her son were taking a nap, Yanzi took her daughter out for a walk, and the three men gathered at Biaozi's house.

Biaozi and Xiaomei were both incredibly surprised to see Wei Ming pull out the Walkman and GAME & WATCH, these novel gadgets.

Biaozi exclaimed, "They really know how to have fun!"

Xiaomei said, "I see a technological gap."

Right now, Japanese home appliances are all the rage in the mainland market. Japanese products are synonymous with high quality, and Wei Ming's family has almost all Japanese home appliances.

Xiaomei stammered, "Big brother, I have a childhood friend who works in the diplomatic compound. His dad went to Japan, and I heard that Japan is very open-minded. They even made a movie about their intimate moments. Is that true?"

"Really? They can openly sell videotapes."

"And you?" All four eyes stared at him.

Wei Ming: "We still have to go through customs. Do you want me to die?"

What does "social death" mean?

"It's social death," Wei Ming explained simply.

Mei Culture: "I didn't tell you to buy it, I meant have you seen it?"

“I haven’t seen it before, and I don’t really need this kind of sensory stimulation,” Wei Ming said to Mei Wenhua with a smile. “If you want to see it, I’ll talk to Yunyun about it later.”

"No, absolutely not!" Xiaomei denied it outright. In fact, he was sexually repressed and hadn't touched Yunyun for several months. He had just asked Biaozi if women could resume sexual activity after their postpartum period.

Just as they were discussing taboo topics, the door opened, and Yanzi returned with Little Phoenix. Biaozi and Xiaomei quickly grabbed the game console and started commenting on it.

"Oh, Ming-ge is back."

"Hmm, let Uncle hold this chubby little girl." Wei Ming went over and teased Zhao Zifeng. Yanzi looked at Wei Ming, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopped herself.

After hesitating for a long time, she called Wei Ming to the kitchen: "Ming-ge, come here, I have something to tell you."

Biaozi craned his neck, and Xiaomei worried that Yanzi might have overheard their lewd conversation.

In the kitchen, Yanzi told Wei Ming, "Sister Zhu Lin came back a couple of days ago."

"Oh." Wei Ming's face remained calm, but he was secretly overjoyed; this was an unexpected delight for him.

“Exactly,” Yanzi said in a low voice, “you should keep an eye on her stomach.”

"Huh?" Wei Ming was taken aback and looked at Yanzi uncertainly.

Yanzi nodded: "I can't guarantee it either, but she kept touching her stomach back then."

Wei Ming calculated the time; it had been almost three months since the last time. No way!
If this really results in someone's death, he will turn 22 tomorrow.

But Xuejie and Amin...

Wei Ming didn't linger and quickly went next door, but Sister Lin wasn't home and had no luggage; she was probably staying at her parents' house.

He was hesitating whether to go to the Zhu family's house when he heard a familiar motorcycle sound outside. Wei Ming craned his neck and saw a female rider park her motorcycle downstairs. She looked dashing and it was Sister Lin!

Zhu Lin learned to ride a motorcycle from Wei Ming, after all, she has an advantage – long legs.

Wei Ming was thinking about how to surprise her, but then he thought, what if she was really pregnant and got scared and miscarried? So he obediently sat on the sofa and waited for her to come back.

The door opened with a click.

"Oh, you're back!" Zhu Lin was a little surprised, put the helmet aside, and smiled with delight.

Wei Ming stood up and hugged her, then wrinkled his nose: "What do you smell like?"

Zhu Lin: "The taste of your sister-in-law."

"What?"

Zhu Lin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"I just went to Beijing with my aunt and uncle and saw Gangdan's wife. My aunt and uncle even treated me to a meal at Lao Mo Restaurant."

"Ah! Gangdan has a wife?!" Wei Ming was also pleasantly surprised, which also meant that Gangdan and Lao Wei were going to Hong Kong.

"Yes, they were just airlifted from Sichuan. They get along well, and my uncle even took a picture of me with them. You can print it out for me later."

“No problem.” Then Wei Ming’s gaze fell on Zhu Lin’s stomach.

Zhu Lin thought Wei Ming was looking at his lower abdomen, so she gently nudged him and said, "Don't try anything bad."

Wei Mingxin jumped up suddenly and asked, "Is it inconvenient?"

Zhu Lin said shyly, "At least let me take a shower first, the zoo smell is still quite strong."

Hearing her say that, Wei Ming simply asked, "You're not pregnant?"

Zhu Lin snapped, "Who would I get pregnant with?!"

"me."

“You don’t have any either,” Zhu Lin’s tone softened, “but why did you suddenly ask that?”

Then Wei Ming mentioned Yanzi's guess.

Zhu Lin was overjoyed, but too embarrassed to admit that she wanted a child at that time.

She leaned closer to Wei Ming, almost touching his face: "So, do you want to give me a child today? I'll allow you to not wear a condom, and I'm in my fertile period today."

Wei Ming swallowed hard, then carried the Queen into the bedroom. He'd wash her later.

However, when the time came, Wei Ming hesitated and ultimately let Sister Lin swallow her pride.

He was afraid that the balance between Sister Lin and Sister Xue would be broken because of a little life, and what's more, there's also Amin.

His love life is now on the verge of collapse, and it's uncertain whether he'll ever reach the other side.

However, his behavior infuriated Zhu Lin. It was so disrespectful! How could someone act like that!

Zhu Lin got up and went to the bathroom, so angry she was about to cry.

Wei Ming quickly told her that this was also a kind of fun: "I've seen a lot of movies like this in Japan."

"What? Japanese films have this kind of thing!"

Wei Ming put his arm around her and said, "It's a pity I can't bring her back so we can study together."

Zhu Lin twisted and turned desperately in Wei Ming's arms, cursing "rogue".

That evening, the two went home separately. Wei Ming gave Zhu Lin a Walkman so she could listen to music and have fun with it. She was overjoyed, as she could listen to music anytime, anywhere, which she considered a truly amazing invention.

Wei Ming went home mainly to ask about Gangdan's wife.

"What a coincidence," Old Wei said with a smug look on his face. "This panda is half a year younger than our Gangdan, and it's also from Baoxing County. We might have even seen it before."

Xu Shufen chimed in, "How could that be? It was found in Basgou, which is quite far from our home."

"Bass Valley?"

"Yes, it's a small place in Baoxing County, so the panda was named Bas. Bas sounds like 'Bashu,' which is a nice name."

It's called "Bass"!
Wei Ming was stunned for a moment, because in his previous life there was a very, very famous giant panda named Bas. It was rescued by local villagers after being found hungry and injured during the bamboo flowering season, and then sent to Fuzhou Zoo.

Moreover, the female panda named "Ba Si" was born in 80. Its legendary status lies in its international fame. In the 80s, it began to travel around the world to perform and earn foreign exchange with various acrobatic skills. It also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and was the prototype of the Asian Games mascot "Panpan".

However, the official claim that its juggling skills were voluntary is something Wei Ming doesn't quite believe. Even though Lao Wei and Gangdan are as close as brothers, Gangdan isn't completely obedient. This is a panda, after all, a panda known for its laziness among animals.

Although Basi lived to the ripe old age of 37, equivalent to a centenarian in human years, there was a tragedy in the panda world behind his longevity.

Because of the honor and money that Bass's world fame could bring, even though Bass was seriously ill, the zoo did not allow him to die, so they arranged for other giant pandas to give him blood transfusions to keep him alive. Unfortunately, a giant panda named Longfei became his mobile blood bank and eventually lost his life at a young age.

Wei Ming hoped that this Bass was the same Bass as the other Bass, so that its fate would surely be more fulfilling.

In his previous life, that guy named Bas spent his entire life performing to earn money, probably more than Wei Ming earns in foreign exchange now, but he never had a romantic relationship and was unable to leave any offspring. He spent the last ten years of his life suffering from illness and surgery.

"Dad, has there been any word on when the two pandas will be sent to Hong Kong?"

"We haven't notified them yet. Bass was just rescued and is still quite thin. I'll take good care of him first."

Wei Ming: "Okay, I'll go see my brother and sister-in-law when I have some free time."

Then Wei Ming began to show his parents the gifts he had prepared in Japan; the high-tech electronic products and cosmetics dazzled them.

Xu Shufen scolded Wei Ming: "Oh dear, why did you buy me cosmetics? You should give them to young people."

She thought it would be fine to give it to Gong Xue and Zhu Lin, as she didn't need it herself.

Wei Ming laughed and said, "Mom, you'll have to go to Hong Kong with me too. My grandpa's wife is two years older than you, but she looks really young. She looks like she's in her early thirties."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shufen readily accepted the gift. If she were much older than the other woman, it would make her husband lose face.

The next day, Wei Ming returned to school. In the morning, he went to work and wrote. His trip to Japan was worth writing about, whether it was the women's volleyball team, the development of Japanese electronic products, the high speed and convenience of the Shinkansen, or the male office workers in the bar district who didn't want to go home.

At noon, Wei Ming went to the No. 1 canteen, where Xiao Hong often went, to find her, thinking of giving her the Walkman. However, he couldn't find her and ran into the girls from her dormitory. They told him, "Today, the students from the affiliated high school are visiting the Rubik's Cube Club, and she is currently hosting them."

Then Wei Ming went to the club activity room to find Wei Hong and saw Wei Hong and her club members teaching a group of high school students how to play Rubik's Cube.

Now she's getting better and better at solving Rubik's Cubes, it's almost like magic, leaving the kids completely mesmerized, with cheers and exclamations erupting all around. Actually, these high school students are her peers, some even a bit older.

"Brother, you're back!" Wei Hong quickly introduced the famous writer Wei Ming to everyone. "I heard you even wrote a song for the women's volleyball team. Would you like to sing it for everyone?"

Wei Ming was taken aback: "How did you know?"

Qiao Cui, who was next to Wei Hong, said, "Teacher Wei, the women's volleyball team members came to Peking University the day after they returned to China."

Wei Ming understood. The women's volleyball team has now become a spirit, a totem, and this indomitable fighting spirit needs to be spread throughout the country, especially among college students.

Both Peking University students and their affiliated high school responded enthusiastically, hoping that Teacher Wei would come.

Just as Wei Ming was about to make a fool of himself, he suddenly saw a person with a buzz cut. At first glance, it looked like a man, but upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a woman, who was about 1.6 meters tall.

Wei Ming beckoned to her, and the female student stepped forward without any stage fright.

"What's wrong, Teacher Wei?"

Wei Ming was delighted; this was the voice he wanted!

He asked, "Can you sing?"

"Anyone can sing," the little girl said confidently.

Wei Ming took out the lyrics sheet he always carried with him: "Come on, sing this song for everyone."

The little girl looked troubled: "I can't read the sheet music."

Wei Ming: "Come out with me, I'll teach you, and then you can sing it for everyone."

The girl is 15 years old, the same age as Wei Hong, and studies at the High School Affiliated to Peking University.

Her father worked at the Chinese Academy of Sciences after being demobilized from the military, and her mother was a solo singer and is now a music editor, so she has a family background in singing, which is not difficult for her, a girl from Beijing.

The little girl quickly said she had learned it, and then confidently went in and sang "The Clanging Rose" more than 20 years ahead of schedule.

Everyone cheered, moved by the spirit in the song. The little girl was a bit smug; as an outcast and lagging student in the class, she rarely got to enjoy such applause.

However, Wei Ming shook his head, realizing that Tian Zhen was not the complete version after all.

"Do you want to learn to sing? It will help you sing better," Wei Ming said to 15-year-old Pingtoutian Town.

"My mom is a singer, why would I need to learn from anyone else?" the little girl said confidently.

"You can't even read sheet music, yet you dare to say you can sing," Wei Ming couldn't help but retort.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Wei Ming said again, "If you want to learn, I can let you sing this song I wrote."

"I studied!"

Then Wei Ming first gave Tian Zhen an address and a name, asking her to go there with her parents after school.

Then he handed the gift to Xiaohong: "Here you go. Study it yourself. There are instructions. If you don't understand, go to the foreign language department for help."

Under the envious gazes of her classmates, Wei Hong opened it and exclaimed, "Wow, it's a Japanese product!"
Xiao Hong tentatively pressed all the buttons, and something popped out after she pressed one of them.

Looking at the internal structure, Qiao Cui exclaimed incredulously, "This isn't a tape recorder, is it? It's so small!"

They found a music cassette tape, put it in and tried it out. It actually worked! They could put it in their pocket, put on headphones, and use it. It was amazing!

However, she still didn't quite understand the specific usage, so after sending the students from the affiliated high school away, she and a few close friends immediately went to the foreign language department to find students majoring in Japanese.

~
Wei Ming left work an hour early in the afternoon and went to find Teacher Gu Jianfen. Coincidentally, Lele was studying there.

Wei Ming went up and hugged his little cousin first, but unfortunately he didn't bring the gift with him.

"Xiao Wei, it's been a long time."

"Teacher Gu, didn't you see me at the Jarre concert in France last time? There were just too many people and we didn't get a chance to talk."

“What kind of meeting is it if we didn’t even speak?” Gu Jianfen asked with a smile. “I heard that Yar gave you a synthesizer.”

“And electric guitar,” Wei Ming said, “but my skills are still too shallow to handle it.”

"Then let Lele play with it, maybe she knows how."

"Okay, okay, we'll discuss it together later," Wei Ming said with a smile. "I came here today to ask if you want an apprentice or not."

"apprentice?"

“Yes, Lele is too young and not up to the task. I’ll introduce you to a more senior apprentice. Just ask and I’ll bring him over right away.”

Lele said weakly, "How am I useless?"

Then Wei Ming explained the situation in Tianzhen.

"Wait a minute, let me see your new song first. I saw on the news that you wrote a really good song for the women's volleyball team, but the girls on the team can't recreate it."

Wei Ming quickly handed over the lyrics.

Gu Jianfen watched very attentively, and Lele wanted to watch too, but Teacher Gu patted her forehead and said, "Don't watch, you can't sing."

Lele was depressed, realizing that she really was not up to much use.

After listening to the entire song, Teacher Gu asked again, "How old do you think that girl is?"

"Fifteen."

"Can a fifteen-year-old sing this song?" Teacher Gu immediately saw the qualities required to sing this song. Even if Lele were fifteen, she might not be able to sing it.

Wei Ming: "Her voice is very special and highly recognizable. You'll know once you hear it."

As expected, Tian Zhen told his mother about it when he got home, and she immediately took her daughter to Gu Jianfen's house.

As a music editor, Tianzhen's mother understands Gu Jianfen's current status in the music scene better than her daughter; her song "Young Friends Come to Meet" has made her a legend.

Lele opened the door, and Tianzhen saw a cute little girl. He grinned at her.

Lele asked, "Brother, who are you looking for?"

Tian Zhen withdrew a smiley face.

Mother Tian smiled and said, "She's not a brother, she's a sister. Little sister, you're so cute! You must be Wei Leyue."

As expected of a music editor, they know the mentor-mentee relationship between Gu Jianfen and Wei Le.

Lele corrected, "It's Wei Lele."

Ms. Tian was embarrassed. In the industry, she was always called Wei Leyue, after all, she was a magical musical girl.

Tian Zhen asked, "Are you Wei... Lele, the singer of 'Only Mother is Good in the World'?"

"And there's 'Lupin Flower' and 'Where is Spring'..." Lele counted her representative works on her fingers. Although she is only in first grade, she already has pension insurance.

Wei Ming led them in, and after they got to know each other, he introduced them to Teacher Gu.

Gu Jianfen had been listening to them talk for a while, and Wei Ming's words were true. This girl's voice was indeed exceptional, husky and deep, with a metallic quality. She was born to do this job, and it matched the tone of the song "The Clanging Rose" very well.

Next, Teacher Gu inquired about Tian Zhen's musical literacy and found it to be rather poor. She couldn't help but criticize Tian's mother: "With such good conditions, and you being in this industry yourself, how come you didn't cultivate him properly?" Compared to Xia Lin, he's far inferior.

Mother Tian lowered her head and said, "I was just hoping she could get into a good university."

As a result, she pulled a lot of strings to get into the prestigious Peking University High School, but her grades were still among the worst. She even rebelled by shaving her head, clearly indicating that the path of getting into a top university and becoming a talented girl was not going to work.

Gu Jianfen said, "Give the child to me. Come here by yourself every day after school, and also on weekends when you don't have school. I'll correct your pronunciation first and record 'The Clanging Rose' first, otherwise the Sports Committee will definitely find someone else to record this song."

The song has become famous, and many people are watching it closely.

Since Gu Jianfen had taken Tian Zhen as her student, she had to protect this song for her. Some singers only need one representative work like this to make a living for the rest of their lives, but she had one right from the start.

Overjoyed, Mother Tian shook hands with Wei Ming and then with Gu Jianfen, asking, "Teacher Gu, how much is the tuition?"

Gu Jianfen: "I don't charge tuition fees when I take students."

Ms. Tian was surprised and asked, "What are you after if you don't charge tuition?"

Gu Jianfen's goal is to create more prominent figures in Chinese pop music. If there are no good pop singers and people only sing traditional songs, the world may never hear Chinese songs again.

One person's strength is certainly limited, but one person can be trained if possible.

Wei Ming, a witty person, couldn't help but wonder, what if Na Ying also joined the sect in the future? Would her and Tian Zhen's personalities lead to internal strife within the sect, and then the senior sister would come out to suppress it?

Wei Ming quickly pointed at Lele: "Call her senior sister."

Lele: "Senior sister."

Wei Ming sighed, "You called it backwards."

Lele: "Senior Sister?"

The whole room burst into laughter, except for Tian Zhen, who couldn't laugh. She pointed to the tiny girl who only reached her waist and said, "So I have to call her senior sister?"

Wei Ming: "Just kidding. She's the founding senior sister of the Gu School. Everyone who joined after her is a junior brother or sister."

Seeing Tianzhen's face contort in pain, Teacher Gu and Tian's mother laughed even harder.

Later, Lü Xiaoyan brought Xizi to pick up Lele, and Wei Ming asked them to come with him to the Overseas Chinese Apartment.

Then Wei Ming gave Lele a Walkman: "Lele doesn't need it for school, but you can use this, Auntie."

"Oh my, this is so convenient, it's great!" Aunt Xiaoyan loved it so much that she felt Lele wouldn't have to worry about her anymore.

Seeing that Lele had a gift, Xizi twisted her body and then looked up at her cousin with a cat-like gaze, which was essentially a performance technique.

However, his acting was indeed good, and coupled with his good looks, Wei Ming took out another machine.

"Auntie, give this to my uncle. Let him learn first. If Xizi behaves well later, he can play with it, but he can't get addicted."

"What is this?"

"Game console."

The name itself sounded ominous, but thinking of the plot of "Mom, Love Me Again," Lü Xiaoyan softened and accepted it.

"You're not allowed to spend money on these kinds of toys for him anymore. They're obviously expensive." Aunt Xiaoyan scolded him one last time, then got into the car and drove away.

That evening, Wei Ming and Zhu Lin met at the courtyard house in Beichizi, as they both had photos that needed to be developed.

Zhu Lin had seen many of Wei Ming's photographs of Germany and Hong Kong, but this was her first time seeing Japan. The skyscrapers of Tokyo were very impressive, but she was more curious about the covers of audio-visual products that Wei Ming photographed in the record store. Was he really that blatant?
Wei Ming also saw Bass's photo. Although she was thin, she was really good-looking. Bass was also known as the "beautiful panda," so it was probably her.

Sister Lin is leaving tomorrow. After developing the photos, the two of them rolled around under the bright red quilt, seizing every opportunity.

Wei Ming still didn't wear it this time, but just as he was about to pull away at the crucial moment, Sister Lin clamped his legs around him!

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