Chapter 98: Passing New Year's Eve

  Although the pig-catching process was bumpy, the slaughtering process went very smoothly. After killing the pigs at 7 o'clock in the morning, Hu Ni left, and Tang Xiaosheng's family began to get busy, because today is New Year's Eve, they need to prepare for the reunion dinner.

  Tang Fu and Tang Mu were busy with their own affairs, while Tang Xiaosheng's task was to kill the fish. The family had bought two big carp, so he carried them to the well in the yard to slaughter them.

  He thought that today was just killing fish, killing chicken, eating New Year's Eve dinner and it would be over. However, at more than 11 o'clock in the morning, a white van suddenly drove into Baiyang Village and stopped in front of his house, then two people got out of the car.

  Two people, a man and a woman. The man is about thirty years old, carrying a camera on his shoulder. The woman is about twenty-five years old, with a clear brow and bright eyes, slender and elegant, holding a microphone in her hand.

  They walked into Tang Xiaosheng's home together with the minibus.

  "Who are you looking for?" Tang's mother asked in confusion as she saw two strangers suddenly visiting.

  The beautiful woman holding the microphone smiled and said in a soft voice: "Auntie, hello! We are reporters from the TV station..."

  "What's this about chickens? Are you raising chickens?" Madam Tang interrupted.

  At this time, Tang's father seemed to be unable to listen any more and immediately explained to Tang's mother: "It's really uncultured, reporters are not chicken farmers, but help people go on TV." Turning his head, he looked at the visiting female reporter for a few eyes, and then looked at the microphones and cameras in their hands, seeming to be quite like that, and asked, "Girl, do you have something to do with my family?"

  The female reporter said in a sweet voice: "Uncle, Auntie, we are here to interview your son Tang Xiaosheng. Is he at home?"

  It turned out that this young female journalist was the host of Nanming City TV's news channel. Although Nanming City is over a thousand kilometers away from Jinghua City, Tang Xiaosheng's story in Jinghua City also attracted widespread attention from the media in Nanming City. Just after Tang Xiaosheng left Jinghua City to return home for the New Year, Nanming TV unexpectedly discovered that Tang Xiaosheng's hometown was actually in Baiyang Village, Nanming City.

  Upon learning of this news, Nanming TV station decided to go to Tang Xiaosheng's home and conduct a personal interview with him. Nanming City is a small city, and there are not many big news stories to report in a year. Tang Xiaosheng was the focus of attention for many media outlets over the past half month, so being able to conduct a personal interview with him would undoubtedly be an eye-catching report.

  Because so far, no media has conducted a personal interview with Tang Xiaosheng.

  Due to the remote location of Baiyang Village, it's not easy for reporters from other places to find this place if they are not familiar with the local area. Nanming TV has an advantage in terms of timing and geography, so they naturally don't want to miss this opportunity, and decided to have their main female anchor come here on New Year's Eve to conduct an interview.

  When he learned that a reporter had come to interview him, Tang Xiaosheng was not too happy. The content of the reporter's questions didn't need to be thought about and would definitely be about those few things in Jinghua City again. Similar questions had been asked countless times before, and it was inevitable that he felt annoyed.

  However, as the saying goes: "A guest is a treasure." The female host came to the door for an interview on New Year's Eve, and couldn't be too cold, so she had to entertain her well. Tang Xiaosheng took the visiting female host to the living room of his home, ready to accept her interview, while the photographer stood by with a camera, recording the whole process.

  When the female host was holding the microphone and just starting to interview, Mrs. Tang brought a bowl of braised pork heart with lotus seeds to entertain her, letting her eat it while it's hot. The female host knew she came for an interview, not to have a meal, but Mrs. Tang was too enthusiastic, so she couldn't refuse, and had to pick up the bowl and start eating the braised pork heart with lotus seeds.

  The hostess hadn't finished eating yet, when Tang's mother and father brought out several more dishes: stir-fried pig liver, braised pig trotters, stir-fried pig ears, stewed pork chops, and pork fried with mushrooms... This morning they had just slaughtered a pig at home, so basically everything that could be made from the pig was turned into dishes on the table.

  Tang's father saw a photographer next to him carrying a camera and thought it was tiring, so he pulled him over to eat together. At the same time, he opened a bottle of Xifengjiu liquor, ready to drink with the photographer until they were drunk.

  The photographer knew he was there to take pictures, not to eat, but Tang's father was too enthusiastic and he didn't want to refuse, so he picked up his wine glass and accompanied Tang's father in a few cups.

  This way, what was originally an interview with a journalist turned into a banquet, with Tang Xiaosheng, Tang's father, the female host, the cameraman and several others sitting around the table eating and chatting, drinking and talking.

  The topic of conversation was also all over the place, but naturally, Tang Xiaosheng was talked about the most.

  It was past three in the afternoon, after eating and drinking for more than three hours, that the woman decided to leave, because if she continued to stay, the photographer would definitely get drunk and lose consciousness.

  Tang Fu kept pouring cup after cup of Xifengjiu liquor into him, how could he not get drunk?

  Not long after the woman left, the sky turned dark.

  In the evening, Tang Xiangsheng, his father, mother, Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang, a family of five, sat around the small round table in the living room to eat their New Year's Eve dinner.

  Unlike the awkward dinner scene a few days ago, today's family dinner was particularly warm and harmonious. Everyone ate and drank, chatted and laughed. Tang's mother kept serving dishes to Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang, while Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang also kept serving dishes to Tang's father and mother. Tang Xiaosheng kept serving the other four people.

  After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, the family of five didn't go anywhere, but instead stayed at home and gathered in front of the LCD TV they had just bought yesterday to watch TV.

  However, they are not here tonight to watch Zhao Benshan, nor to watch Song Dandan, nor to watch Feng Gong, nor to watch Guo Degang, nor to watch Song Zuying, but only to watch themselves.

  According to the female host who visited this afternoon, the content she interviewed this afternoon will be broadcast on TV at 9 o'clock tonight. Nanming TV News Channel will broadcast a special program on New Year's Eve, called "Spending New Year's Eve with Tang Xiaosheng".

  The video of the female host interviewing Tang Xiaosheng in the afternoon was edited and broadcast directly on TV. The program also interspersed with many reports about Tang Xiaosheng's past, such as picking up gold without keeping it for himself, donating to orphanages and nursing homes, outsmarting kidnappers, his romance with Long Xiaoxue, signing with a brokerage firm, etc.

  Apart from Tang Xiaosheng's family of five, almost every household in Baiyang Village that has a TV set did not watch the Spring Festival Gala, but instead watched "Spending New Year's Eve with Tang Xiaosheng". The news of Tang's father and mother appearing on TV spread throughout the village that very day. For rural people, such an event can be said to occur once in a hundred years.

  Tang Fu and Tang Mu couldn't stop laughing when they saw their own images on TV. The two elderly people had lived for most of their lives, not to mention being on TV, but even watching TV was a rare occurrence. Now, suddenly seeing themselves appear on TV, the feeling was naturally extraordinary.

  "Spending New Year's Eve with Tang Xiaosheng" lasted for over three hours, from 9 pm to midnight.

  At the stroke of midnight, Tang Xiaosheng, Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang came to the courtyard of their home, then started setting off firecrackers and fireworks. Amidst the crackling sound of firecrackers and the colorful fireworks, they welcomed the new year.

  In the following seven days, Tang Xiaosheng spent every day very fulfilling, not only eating big fish and meat with his family every day, but also practicing "Jade Girl Heart Scripture" with Little Dragon Girl every night. Such a life, even if he lived for a lifetime, perhaps he would not feel bored.

  He originally wanted to stay at home for a few more days and deal with the renovation of his house. However, on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, he suddenly received a call from director Zhang Zhi-zong, saying that the start date of "The Legend of Arching Hero" had been confirmed, tentatively set in mid-April, which was two months later.

  Due to the advance of boot time, the crew had more things to do, and Tang Xiaosheng decided to return to Jinghua City tomorrow after some consideration.

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