Chapter 82:

The most troublesome thing in the world is undoubtedly half the truth. Song Wenye’s tea art performance is fictitious, and Chu Xiaxing’s explanation to appease is also true. In Chu Xiaxing's mind, the project is the first, but she is not stupid, knowing that she will never say this.
Chu Xiaxing: Party A can say that it’s okay and don’t care about him, but I’m really stupid, because I have not yet entered the society.
Song Wenye's words sounded empathetic, but they inexplicably contain each other. In the end, the two sides reached an unification tacitly, and decided not to mention this matter again, and arrived in Yanchuan City with a clear pretense.
In Yanchuan City, Tu Xin was very excited to see Chu Xiaxing and his party again, especially Xie Zhaoyan was very excited, as if middle-aged and elderly movie fans succeeded in chasing stars. After everyone exchanged greetings, the crew was stationed in the hotel, planning to inspect the environment of the film and television city the next day.
Chu Xiaxing hadn't noticed the weirdness last time, but she came with Xie Zhaoyan and Xu Xiancheng, and soon discovered that she was out of place, and it was really difficult to walk with the husband and wife. It's okay when everyone gathers in the mountains and rivers, but if they are idle during the rest, the two people who say old thanks and old Xu have to say a few whispers, and it is not convenient for outsiders to mix in.
Xie Zhaoyan didn't take two steps, she was about to look back for Chu Xiaxing, but Xu Xiancheng was inseparable by her side. Chu Xiaxing also couldn't tell when they talked about official affairs and when they talked about private affairs, and felt awkward to be next to the couple.
Song Wenye also noticed Director Chu's speechlessness, he quietly trailed her a step, and followed her unhurriedly.
Chu Xiaxing looked at the couple walking side by side in front of her, and she couldn't help but vomit: "I will be a dog when I work with the couple in the future. Is this for them to come to visit the family at public expense?"
Song Wenye was still peaceful, he couldn't help but sigh: "Dao Xu and Teacher Xie have a very good relationship."
Chu Xiaxing subconsciously replied, "Thank you to the director Xu." Fortunately, I am a female director, otherwise the situation will be complicated.
Song Wenye: "?"
Chu Xiaxing watched Xu and Xie sticking together, and she didn't interest them either, so she simply said: "Let's leave them alone. I guess they don't want to work now."
Xie Zhaoyan and Xu Xian came back to Yanchuan for the first time in Chengdu. They still need time to visit the film and television city, unlike Chu Xiaxing who is already familiar with many scenic spots. Taking efficiency into consideration, Chu Xiaxing planned to go directly to the planned area and not accompany Xu and Xie to wander around the main city.
Song Wenye naturally had no objection. He had finished chatting with Tu Xin in the morning about the project, and had no other work in the afternoon, so he could walk around.
Chu Xiaxing greeted Xie Zhaoyan. Xie Zhaoyan heard that she was going to split up. She looked around in surprise, looked at the two people in front of her, and hesitated: "Aren't you with us?"
Xie Zhaoyan had doubts on her face. She remembered that Chu Xiaxing and Song Wenye had evaded each other not long ago, and it is of course weird that they offered to act separately now.
Chu Xiaxing calmly said: "If you have to go together, you don't need to eat at night."
Xie Zhaoyan: "Why?"
Chu Xiaxing: "I was supported by food that is not what people should eat."
Xie Zhaoyan: "..."
Finally, Chu Xiaxing and Song Wenye went to the Gujian Street for a round trip. Xie Zhaoyan and Xu Xiancheng decided to inspect the main city. They agreed to find Tu Xin to meet each other, and then they started to gather together.
The ancient street is one of the oldest places in Yanchuan City. There are many local characteristic buildings in the old street, and some old residents are left behind. Chu Xiaxing had visited here many years ago. At that time, she also led a small piece of snacks on the street. Now she revisited her old place and felt very emotional. It is true that the old person is still the same, but her identity has changed.
Chu Xiaxing: Obviously he was still Xiaodouding before, now he has turned himself into Party A.
At the doorways on both sides of the street, there were women in national costumes. They gathered together to weave handicrafts made of red rope and peddled them to the few tourists on the roadside. Chu Xiaxing remembered that this kind of knot had the effect of praying. It was nothing more than praying for a good marriage. Even the knot style was the same as before, with no change.
She had forgotten the details many years ago, but now she sees the knot but remembers the past inexplicably.
The first time Chu Xiaxing encountered a knotted merchant, she was actually a bit grudge. She arrived in Yanchuan by herself. When she didn't talk to Duan Hui, she would hang out on the street alone, but this behavior was really weird locally.
At that time, local single women seldom went out shopping on their own, which seemed to be related to the local customs. In addition, because of her unusual clothes and appearance, she inexplicably conflicted with the knotted women on the street.
The cause of the matter was quite simple. The rope-knitting woman on the street couldn't sell the rope knot to Chu Dao, and Chu Xiaxing coldly refused. The other party turned into anger for a while, and then he made a bit of taunting, to the effect that Chu Xiaxing was unaccompanied on the street and didn't dress like a serious woman, which instantly provoked contradictions.
Chu Xiaxing had the same violent temper at the time. She had always been unable to bear such shrews, and she also said one thing in the crew, wishing to overturn the other party's stall on the spot, but in the end she was persuaded by a small passing section.
"Big sister, I seem to have seen you. Don't make a noise. I'll buy it for you." The young boy was listening for a long time. He finally understood the ins and outs, and the rope-weaving woman said no one would give it. Chu Xiaxing's purchase of knots naturally aroused his sympathy deeply.
Chu Xiaxing initially had a relationship with Xiao Xiao Duan in Duan Hui's office. She only remembered that the little boy was Duan Hui's son, but she didn't have a deeper impression. Unexpectedly, he would run into a dispute. Because there were still children present, she also restrained a lot, just said flatly: "Don't buy her."
The woman who braided the rope said that no man would buy a knot for Chu Xiaxing. This is not to curse her for being single for a lifetime. Although she doesn't care about this kind of thing, she is still good-tempered if she didn't turn off the other party's stall. Who would have the patience to give Diao Min money?
The little boy probably also saw Chu Xiaxing’s irritability. He stood still thinking about it, and finally ran to the stall next door to buy a knot, and handed her the red knot:
It’s fine to buy someone else, now Someone gave you it."
The little boy only remembered that the man ridiculed that no one gave Chu Xia Xing a knot, so he gave her one empathetically, hoping to make her feel better.
The woman who braided the rope probably didn't expect the little boy to buy the knot next door. She looked very ugly at this scene, and seemed very depressed.
When Chu Xiaxing saw this, she suddenly no longer felt irritated. She picked up the knot and looked at the little boy funny: "Where did you get the money?"
The little boy said seriously: "I have a lot of pocket money."
Chu Xiaxing: "Oh, people are not too big, and the tone is not small."
Because the little boy suddenly came out to interrupt, Chu Xiaxing didn't mean to continue to care, and simply led him out of the other party's booth. After the two walked away, the little boy seriously explained the local folk customs to her. It was nothing that unmarried women rarely went out alone, and married women only wandered at the door of their home, similar to the rope-weaving woman on the stall just now.
The little boy also added pretentiously: "Of course my dad said it's just a bad habit. Big sister can be a bad person."
Chu Xiaxing was amused by him. She deliberately ridiculed: "But what if the ugly people trouble me?"
The little boy was really asked. He thought about it for a long time, and finally proposed: "Then I will follow you around, you won't be considered as going out alone."
Chu Xiaxing: "?"
Chu Xiaxing reminded: "Your local folk custom requires a man to accompany you? What use is it for you to follow me?"
According to Chu Xiaxing's understanding, the local customs in Yanchuan are truly feudal, and women must be accompanied by their fathers, brothers, or husbands, and they are far behind. She is not a local, and naturally there are no male relatives, so she can't follow such bad habits.
The little boy felt aggrieved and emphasized: "I am a boy, I am not a girl."
"..." Chu Xiaxing saw the seriousness of his explanation. It was really hard to say that human cubs are genderless, at least in her heart.
The little boy was worried that Chu Xiaxing would be troubled by others again. Later, he followed her faithfully, and the two gradually became familiar with each other and wandered in Yanchuan City from time to time. Chu Xiaxing nicknamed him "Xiao Xiao Duan", Xiao Xiao Duan called her "Big Sister", even though she was corrected by the director Chu several times, he just didn't want to be called Auntie.
Chu Xiaxing occasionally suspected that Xiaoxiao Duan was helping Duan Hui to promote his seniority. She really didn't understand why he didn't change his words: "Okay, take advantage of me, your pocket money is gone."
Short paragraph: "But Dad said you are not married."
Chu Xiaxing: "You should call me aunt if I am married or not."
The little boy is usually well-behaved, but he is quite stubborn at this moment: "No."
Seeing that he was disobedient, Chu Xia Xing would extort the little boy's pocket money even more vigorously, but he would rather pay for it than yelling, really stubborn. Until Chu Xiaxing left Yanchuan, Xiao Duan did not change her words as she wished.
"What is Director Chu thinking?" Song Wenye was originally by Chu Xiaxing's side. He found that she was suddenly a little dazed, and naturally asked curiously.
Chu Xiaxing had just fallen into memory and even stopped taking pictures. Now she came back to her mind under the reminder, took a picture of the women weaving the rope on the roadside, and replied: "No, thinking about when I will be called auntie."
Song Wenye looked at the young Director Chu. He really didn't understand her whimsical thoughts, and said helplessly: "...Then I will be called Uncle."
Chu Xiaxing's eyebrows jumped upon hearing this: "It's too much, and it's getting too much." It turned out that they were almost too old at all, but now the two are even less different.
Although Yanchuan City does not have any local vulgar customs now, the stalls selling knots are still the same as before. Chu Xiaxing and Song Wenye approached the small stall on the side of the road, and they quickly attracted the attention of the rope weavers. Whoever showed them was a foreign tourist.
"You are……"
When the women on the roadside saw Chu and Song, the other party's Mandarin mixed with the local accent, Chu Xiaxing had already guessed what the other party was going to say. She responded responsively: "No, don't buy, don't believe it."
"..."
Chu Xiaxing had a dispute with the rope-weaving woman because she did not get married, did not buy ropes, and did not believe in marriage. She now prevents falling down again, simply eradicating the topic from the source, and directly blocking all the other party's words without leaving a trace.
Song Wenye also didn't expect her to answer so quickly. He was rather surprised: "Director Chu knows the meaning of this kind of handmade rope?"
Hand-made rope settlement is a local feature of Yanchuan, and red rope knots only seek marriage, which is also considered as one of the customs.
Chu Xiaxing lazily said: "It's nothing more than seeking marriage. It's not all the same thing, you can know it by guessing."
Song Wenye was puzzled: "But why don't you guess it's asking for money?"
Chu Xiaxing was surprised: "Is this originally for money? Then you can buy one."
Song Wenye looked at her face-changing attitude like flipping books: "..." Does it need to be so realistic?
Chu Xiaxing cleanly blocked the salesmanship of women on the roadside, but Song Wenye picked out a red knot from the stall and said, "Thank you for this one."
The woman who sold the rope saw that Song Wenye was about to pay, her face was suddenly full of smiles, she picked out the red rope knot for him, and passed it directly to Chu Xiaxing.
Chu Xiaxing: "Don't give it to me, he bought it."
The rope seller mistakenly thought that Chu Xiaxing was embarrassed, and quickly persuaded: "Oh, this is our local custom. Those who specialize in seeking good marriages for girls and marrying good people are all useful for others to buy as gifts. And return, it will be unlucky..."
Chu Xiaxing was forcibly promoted back then. She really didn't know the details, and asked, "It's useful for others to buy and give away?"
She said why the small piece had to be sent back then, and he thought it was pitiful that no one sent it.
The woman who sells rope: "Yes, you can buy it yourself, but it doesn't conform to the rules."
Song Wenye obviously also knew the custom. He felt that going home empty-handed meant bad, so he picked a knot.
When Chu Xiaxing heard this, she felt that she had to repay her. She would scan the QR code before Song Wenye without saying anything, and decisively said: "Then I will buy it, don't charge him."
When the rope seller heard the news of the receipt, she explained quickly: "But the knot blesses the girls, it's not good to buy it by herself..."
Chu Xiaxing directly wrapped the knot around Song Wenye's wrist, and she spontaneously answered, "Yes, so I will buy it for Mr. Song. I wish you a good husband."
Song Wenye: "..."