A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

Su Fan got off the bus and took a bus to town, then went to the orphanage.

When the children in the yard saw Su Fan, they immediately started shouting.

"Brother Fan is back!"

"Brother Fan! Brother Fan!"

……

Aunt Liu came out of the house and saw Su Fan. She was stunned at first, and then her eyes reddened.

"Xiao Fan, you've been wronged."

Aunt Liu also knew about what was happening online.

She also followed Su Fan.

She saw every single one of the insults directed at Su Fan.

She's an old woman, there's not much she can do to help, she can only worry helplessly.

Su Fan smiled and said, "Aunt Liu, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I? Look at me, I was in the limelight this time, I even met the leaders of Sichuan Province."

"What's so great about it? Do you know how worried I was...?"

As Aunt Liu spoke, her voice choked up.

Su Fan took out a pack of tissues from his pocket, pulled out one and handed it to her, saying with a smile, "Aunt Liu, don't cry. If you cry, the children will think I've caused trouble."

Aunt Liu stopped crying and laughed, taking the tissue to wipe her eyes: "When will you ever be serious?"

Before Su Fan could reply, a little girl named Xuanxuan blinked her big eyes and asked earnestly, "Brother Fan, you met the leader. Was that leader very powerful? Was he even more powerful than Aunt Liu?"

Su Fan picked up the little girl and said, "The leader is very capable, but definitely not as capable as Aunt Liu."

"Why?" Xuanxuan asked curiously.

Su Fan reached out and tapped the tip of her nose, smiling as he said, "Because, Aunt Liu trained me, and I can help the leaders solve their problems. Between the leaders and Aunt Liu, there's still me between them. Don't you think Aunt Liu is amazing?"

Xuanxuan nodded, seemingly understanding, "Although I don't quite understand, I think Brother Fan is the most amazing!"

Another child chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes! Brother Fan sings the best! I heard it on Aunt Liu's phone!"

Su Fan said, "Basic stuff, don't get carried away."

At this moment, Xuanxuan asked again, "Brother Fan, what does 'basic exercises don't count' mean?"

Su Fan explained in a serious tone: "It's the operation of making chickens, five sixes are so awesome."

Although the children still didn't quite understand, they felt that what Brother Fan said must be very impressive, so they shouted in unison, "That's awesome!"

Su Fan smiled, squatted down, opened his backpack, and took out the snacks he had brought back from Jiangxi Province.

He took out a sealed package of braised chicken legs and said, "Look at these chicken legs, aren't they awesome?"

Upon seeing the chicken leg, the children cheered, "666!"

Su Fan distributed the snacks to the children.

The children who received the snacks cheered.

At this moment, Su Fan took out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu, here you go, Brother Cheng doesn't need it anymore."

Aunt Liu glanced at the card but didn't take it.

She asked another question first: "How's things going with Xiao Cheng? I heard him say business is great, is it really? Don't try to fool me."

Su Fan stuffed the card into her hand and said earnestly, "It's great. Business is booming every day. I estimate I won't be able to come back until the end of the year. Don't worry, his little tavern is making a lot of money. You can keep this card. We can all make money now. You don't need to worry about the expenses in the courtyard anymore. We can handle it."

"We can't rely on you all. There are so many mouths to feed in the hospital, and the expenses are considerable."

"Aunt Liu, don't worry. The monthly expenses here don't even amount to Brother Cheng's daily revenue."

Aunt Liu felt much more at ease after hearing this.

She put the card in her pocket, saying, "Then I'll keep it for you. If any of you get married in the future, I'll give it to you as a bride price and dowry."

Su Fan joked, "Then Aunt Liu, you'd better save up a lot. I heard that these days, a bride price of less than several hundred thousand won't do."

"That's nonsense! It's not that exaggerated. If it were true, wouldn't everyone be a bachelor?"

"It's alright. The male-to-female ratio in our compound is fairly even. The bride price the bride receives will be the groom's wedding gift. It'll go from one pocket to the other, so it's not a loss."

Aunt Liu was amused by his antics and slapped his arm: "Don't talk nonsense! Your sister Shan has found someone outside, you can't let anyone hear that, otherwise who would dare to marry someone from our neighborhood?"

Upon hearing this, Su Fan's eyes lit up: "Sister Shan has a boyfriend? Then I'll have to keep an eye on things for her."

Aunt Liu glared at him: "Go away, you're such a busybody. Let me tell you, don't put pressure on your sister Shan. That child has something on her mind, so watch your words."

"Don't worry, Aunt Liu, whoever marries my sister Shan will be blessed with good fortune. I'll definitely get her a big dowry, and I guarantee the groom's family will feel like they got a great deal."

Aunt Liu was speechless after he said that. She shook her head, turned around and walked towards the kitchen, saying as she went, "By the way, your Uncle Pan has come to the yard several times, saying he needs to talk to you. Remember to go see him."

"Okay, I'll go in a bit."

"Have a meal before you go." Aunt Liu had already tied on her apron and turned on the stove. "Dumplings for when you get on the bus, noodles for when you get off. You sit down, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles, it'll be ready in a little while."

Su Fan stood in the yard, watching Aunt Liu's busy figure in the kitchen.

Just watch.

Just then, a little boy named Hao Hao, holding up a half-eaten chicken leg, looked up and asked, "Brother Fan, will you leave again?"

Su Fan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go."

"Will you come back?"

"Go back? This is my home. If I don't go back here, where will I go?"

Hao Hao was satisfied. He took another bite of the chicken leg and said indistinctly, "Then bring another chicken leg next time you come back."

Su Fan rubbed his head, and he suddenly thought of Huixin.

Then, I laughed.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Su Fan returned to the village.

Instead of going back to his own place first, he went straight to Pan Lei's house.

"Uncle Pan, are you home?"

The door opened, and Pan Lei, wearing an old cotton-padded coat, said, "Come in, come in, it's cold outside."

Su Fan sat down by the stove and stretched his hands out to warm them. "Uncle Pan, what can I do for you?"

"It's not me who needs to see you, it's Director Wei from the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Culture and Tourism who wants to see you."

Su Fan maintained his usual nonchalant tone: "Why would such a high-ranking leader need a nobody like me?"

Pan Lei glared at him and said, "You're asking a question you already know the answer to. The little things you did in Sichuan and Jiangxi provinces, not to mention Director Wei is envious, even I would like you to do something for our area."

"I have an unshirkable duty to contribute to my hometown, but to be honest, it was just a coincidence that I was in Sichuan and Jiangxi provinces; it was purely because of the atmosphere."

Pan Lei said, "Come on, you're being modest with me. I didn't force you to write songs for the village. You should think about how to deal with the Provincial Bureau of Culture and Tourism."

"We'll deal with whatever comes our way, or maybe I should go hide for a couple of days and come back later?"

Pan Lei was amused by his words and pointed at him, saying, "You can't hide forever. I've heard that those people in the Culture and Tourism Bureau are incredibly jealous. They're green with envy seeing Sichuan and Jiangxi provinces getting ahead. You're such a juicy piece of meat, do you think they'll let you go?"

"What you can't have always seems more alluring."

"So tell me, how did things go with Sichuan and Jiangxi provinces?"

"Now that we've got it, it's time to get excited."