Chapter 39: Humble Young Master
When Su Qingyu woke up, Xi Qinghe was no longer in the room.
He got out of bed and went out. He didn't see Xi Qinghe in the yard. He only saw Jin Wanwan cutting tofu under the pergola.
"Chuchu, are you up? Your senior, Qinghe, went out to buy things." Jin Wanwan saw him coming out of the room and told him, she mumbled in confusion, "He has been out for a long time, why hasn't he come back yet? No way." Are you lost?"
It was around ten o'clock now. Jin Wanwan said that Xi Qinghe had been out for a long time, so he should have gone out quite early.
527: [I couldn’t sleep anyway, so he got up at six o’clock and went out. 】
Su Qingyu: [……]
He felt that 527 didn't lie to him, he just couldn't accept it, and couldn't understand why he hugged Xi Qinghe again and again when he fell asleep.
Just as he was thinking about it, Xi Qinghe came back.
As soon as he entered the door, he raised his eyes and looked at Su Qingyu, and Su Qingyu also looked at him.
He was the same as yesterday, with no dark circles under his eyes and no fatigue in his eyes. If Su Qingyu didn't know better, he must have thought that he had a good night's sleep.
When Jin Wanwan saw them, she immediately looked at each other, smiled, and said, "Qinghe is back? You go have breakfast, I've already eaten."
Xi Qinghe nodded, "Okay, thank you, Auntie."
Su Qingyu saw him coming in with a lot of things and asked him, "What did you buy?"
Xi Qinghe: "I bought some daily necessities and rented a car. It will be more convenient to travel in the future."
Su Qingyu: "..."
Xi Qinghe turned to look at him, "Aren't you going to take aunt to the hospital today? I'll drive you there after dinner."
It seemed that the two of them talked a lot while he was sleeping. Jin Wanwan not only told him that he was going to the hospital today, but also called him Qinghe directly.
Su Qingyu readily agreed and said to him with a crooked look on her face: "Thank you, senior, for checking on Mom's condition and I will accompany you for field research."
Xi Qinghe was stunned for a few seconds, then said with a smile: "I will accompany you to shoot the video."
Su Qingyu had already sat down at the dining table. He looked at Xi Qinghe with his chin in his hands and found that he should be very happy and not unhappy at all because he affected his sleep last night.
When Xi Qinghe sat down to eat, Su Qingyu asked him: "Did you sleep well last night?"
Xi Qinghe paused with his chopsticks in his hand for a few seconds, "It's okay."
"If you're not used to it..." The place where they ate was in the courtyard, not far from Jin Wanwan. Su Qingyu looked at her, "Mom, can the guest room be cleaned up today?"
"Hey, there are too many uncooked tofu in it, as well as brine and so on. It may have to be sold for another two days." Jin Wanwan said embarrassedly, but it was quite embarrassing to say it.
Su Qingyu: "..."
Xi Qinghe said: "It's okay, get used to it."
Su Qingyu asked: "Really used to it?"
What Xi Qinghe said was true, "Get used to it."
After speaking, he stirred the porridge in the bowl with a spoon and asked Su Qingyu: "Are you used to it?"
Su Qingyu said "Yeah", "Although I haven't slept in the same bed with others, I slept well last night."
He stretched out his left wrist, "I just don't know why, but my wrist feels like it's been pressed."
"..."
【……】
Xi Qinghe rubbed his fingers on the porcelain spoon, lowered his head and took a sip of porridge, and took the initiative to admit his mistake, "I should have pressed it, I'm sorry."
Su Qingyu: "It's okay, senior, just pay attention tonight."
[...] 527 still couldn't hold it back and cursed: [Scumbag! 】
After eating, they went to the hospital.
Jin Wanwan underwent another detailed examination. After confirming the transplant plan with the doctor, she just waited for a suitable heart and did not need to be hospitalized.
Jin Wanwan needed a good rest, but she couldn't take any time off. She came back that afternoon and started making stinky tofu again.
Su Qingyu negotiated with her that she could make stinky tofu, but she couldn't stay too late at the night market. He would help her sell it and she would come back early to go to bed.
Jin Wanwan agreed.
Su Qingyu told him about filming the video again.
Jin Wanwan doesn't understand this, but she supports all her son's work, "Mom will work hard to cooperate with you. If you need me to do anything, you tell mom."
At that time, Hua Shuming wanted Su Qingyu to be a star, but Su Qingyu didn't agree, but he still ran Weibo because what he did really needed fans' attention.
What he wants to do cannot be without videos. Videos can bring him more attention and more opportunities.
If there is attention and enthusiasm, there will be opportunities. If there are more opportunities, many problems will be solved.
In the first video, Su Qingyu wanted to film Jin Wanwan making stinky tofu based on the background of Xiangli County. He would first solve the problem of lack of money at home, so that Jin Wanwan would not have to work so hard and live a more peaceful and prosperous life.
Take care of your family first, then take care of everyone else.
Jin Wanwan was a little worried when she heard that he was going to film making stinky tofu, "I've also heard other people talk about the videos on the Internet. Didn't they say that those who sing and dance are popular? Will anyone watch the video of me making stinky tofu?"
She felt that this was a boring and boring job.
Su Qingyu smiled and said, "Mom, you don't understand the social beasts in big cities or foodies. Besides, if you don't take pictures of these, how will people know how good your stinky tofu is?"
Jin Wanwan was very happy when he said, "Okay, let's make stinky tofu."
After Jiang Chu's father passed away, Jin Wanwan took her son back to her hometown. There were relatives she knew in her hometown who made stinky tofu, so she followed suit.
She was missing two fingers on her hand and was often looked down upon when looking for a job. She could barely make stinky tofu, so she relied on this skill to raise her son.
People in small places tend to follow the trend when they see money-making jobs. The only thing Xiangli County has to offer is soybeans. In recent years, more and more people are making stinky tofu.
Jin Wanwan's way to improve her competitiveness is to work hard to make stinky tofu healthier and more delicious.
She selects the best soybeans, makes tofu with the right hardness, uses the best ingredients to make brine, uses big bones to simmer the soup for a long time, and constantly adjusts the most delicious dipping sauces.
However, it is difficult to keep the price down with good products, and now the price of stinky tofu in the Xiangli County market is getting lower and lower, so her stinky tofu has no advantage.
If it is okay to have regular customers in big cities, in poor counties like this, people come to night markets to eat stinky tofu mainly because of the price.
Her business is getting worse and worse, and she can no longer make much money throughout the year.
Su Qingyu wanted to take a video of her making stinky tofu because she wanted everyone to know how carefully she made stinky tofu.
Su Qingyu has filmed many TV series, movies and commercials, and has also been a director in the previous world. It is not difficult to shoot videos, not to mention he has a powerful assistant.
Just completing the many steps of making stinky tofu is definitely not something that can be completed in one day.
That day, he learned how to fry stinky tofu from Jin Wanwan. In the evening, Su Qingyu went to the night market with Jin Wanwan to sell stinky tofu.
They brought some more tonight, and he agreed with Jin Wanwan that she would go home at nine o'clock and he would sell the rest.
Unexpectedly, they were all sold out before nine o'clock.
There is no big news in their small county. Su Qingyu was photographed by many people last night. More and more people in the small county know about him, and he suddenly became a local celebrity.
Being a college student in Jinjin, being extremely handsome, being praised by the official media, and going home to start a business, all these factors are enough to attract locals to come and watch.
Many people came to see him out of curiosity tonight. Some came here to eat tonight because they didn't eat stinky tofu last night, and some were repeat customers who felt good about it.
This may be Jin Wanwan's first exposure to celebrity effect. Seeing so many people lining up, she was a little dumbfounded.
This remote night market suddenly became crowded.
Su Qingyu took over her job and fried the stinky tofu himself. He didn't mind others holding up their mobile phones to take pictures of him.
Seeing that he was so natural and didn't mind, everyone took pictures more blatantly, and some people started talking to him.
A girl in front said excitedly: "Jiang Chu, you are so handsome!"
Su Qingyu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Handsome, isn't there a Tofu Xishi on our street? I feel like I can become Stinky Tofu Pan An."
Several girls laughed.
"Okay, stinky tofu Pan An is you!"
"You are the little prince of stinky tofu!"
There was a boy behind him, his voice was hoarse and louder than anything else, "You are my God!"
"Hahahahahaha!"
There was lively laughter and laughter in front of Jin Wanwan’s stinky tofu stall.
The surrounding vendors looked here frequently.
Jin Wanwan looked at everyone who was not in a hurry in line, and then looked at the smile on her son's face, and started laughing too.
In such an atmosphere, the stinky tofu was sold out before nine o'clock, and Uncle Li's watermelon was also sold out in advance due to Su Qingyu's promotion.
When they were cleaning up the stall, Xi Qinghe came.
When Su Qingyu saw him, he was holding a camera to take pictures. He asked him, "Why are you here?"
When he and Jin Wanwan went out to sell stinky tofu, Xi Qinghe stayed at home to edit videos and write papers.
Xi Qinghe said: "Come to pick you up."
Su Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "How do you know it's sold out now?"
Xi Qinghe said: "Many people took photos and posted on Weibo. I saw it."
Su Qingyu: "They even posted on Weibo. I thought they just posted on Moments."
Uncle Li had to sell fruit for a while today. He couldn't get on Jin Wanwan's small tram, so Xi Qinghe drove to pick him up, solving his problem of getting home.
On the way back, he turned on his phone and checked. Sure enough, they had posted photos and videos of him selling stinky tofu online.
It's not as hot as a hot search, but he has millions of fans after all. After the last time he was on the hot search, many people are paying attention to him and there are quite a lot of people discussing it.
The hottest thing is the video where he said he was going to make stinky tofu Pan An.
[Hahahaha, what the hell is Pan An with stinky tofu! 】
[How can someone be admitted to Jin University, pole dance on stage, and sell stinky tofu so freely and happily? 】
[Ah ah ah, I really like him! Not shackled by worldly rules of fame and fortune, his soul is truly interesting and free. 】
[Jiang Chu, I will use wheat externally all my life. I am destined to use wheat externally. 】
【What? Husband, do you want to support me by selling stinky tofu? Okay, okay (nodding wildly)
[Didn’t he say that he would go back and build his hometown? It’s so funny, you’re just selling stinky tofu, right? A dignified Jin University student is not ashamed either. 】
[Who would leave this place to be a father? 】
Su Qingyu forwarded this video on Weibo and saw Hua Shuming posting one message after another.
Hua Shuming: [Ah! Jiang Chu, your fried stinky tofu looks delicious! I'm so greedy! ]
Hua Shuming: [I can’t wait to go there! ]
Hua Shuming: [Just wait, I’ll get ready! ]
Su Qingyu didn't take what he was about to say to heart, and turned away after saying a word to him.
They all came back early tonight. Jin Wanwan followed the doctor's advice and took a rest early.
Su Qingyu and Xi Qinghe spent more time in the room.
At first, they each worked with their laptops. When they felt a little sleepy, Su Qingyu began to think about their sleep.
It's a big problem that he really crawls on people like that. He can't deny Xi Qinghe a good sleep for several days in a row.
Seeing Xi Qinghe still sitting on the desk working hard, Su Qingyu went to the closet and took out a scarf.
After Xi Qinghe finished working, he turned around and saw that Su Qingyu had fallen asleep on his side.
He sat on the desk and looked up at the stars in the sky outside the window for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
527 felt that he was mentally preparing to be tortured by Su Qingyu all night again.
He never went to bed, perhaps thinking that it would be better to just sit on a chair and sleep than share the bed with his host.
Xi Qinghe finally turned off the lights and went to bed.
It's strange that Su Qingyu never rolled over him tonight.
In this way, Xi Qinghe couldn't sleep even more.
527:【……】
Twenty minutes later, Xi Qinghe stood up gently, glanced at Su Qingyu, and then discovered something.
He got out of bed and walked over to Su Qingyu. He saw clearly that Su Qingyu tied his hands to the bed frame with a scarf.
527 didn’t know how to describe the look in Xi Qinghe’s eyes at that moment. Maybe it was too dark in the room and it couldn’t see clearly. It could only see the light in his deep eyes, which seemed to be touched, distressed and smiling. .
Xi Qinghe reached out and gently untied the scarf.
527:【……】
You're done, he's sleeping comfortably, don't even think about sleeping tonight.
A human being will be irritable if he doesn't sleep for one day. How much more painful will it be if he doesn't sleep for two days?
Sure enough, not long after, Su Qingyu turned around and hugged him.
527 covered the cow's head in pain.
This time was different from last night. Xi Qinghe's body stiffened for a moment. He made no other movements and just let him hold her.
Hey, this turned out to be a good idea.
If Xi Qinghe didn't move him away, he would hold Xi Qinghe honestly and stop fussing, and Xi Qinghe could have a good sleep peacefully.
Seeing that Xi Qinghe really closed his eyes and fell asleep, 527 breathed a sigh of relief, packed up his quilt, and planned to take a long sleep.
In the complete silence, Xi Qinghe reached out and hugged Su Qingyu gently.
Nobody knows.
They slept in each other's arms all night.
When Su Qingyu woke up, she was lying on her side and her scarf fell under the bed.
He calmed down for a while and asked 527: [What happened last night? Is Xi Qinghe asleep? 】
527: [Sleep, Xi Qinghe has learned a lesson this time and let you lie down and ignore you. You will be honest and he can sleep. 】
Su Qingyu: [……]
So he lay on Xi Qinghe and slept most of the night?
There is a feeling that is hard to describe.
However, anyway, he slept very comfortably and woke up refreshed every day. If Xi Qinghe didn't feel troubled, it would be okay.
When she got up and saw Xi Qinghe coming back from a run, Su Qingyu didn't mention anything about last night.
Xi Qinghe didn't mention it. He said "morning" to Su Qingyu and turned around to take a shower.
They slept like this for five days. During the five days, they shot videos together or drove around Xiangli County. At night, Xi Qinghe wrote papers and edited videos at home, and Su Qingyu and Jin Wanwan went to the night market to sell stinky tofu.
Their stinky tofu stall has become a local internet celebrity roadside stall. There are many people visiting it every day and the stall closes very early every day.
Xi Qinghe could always calculate the time and come to pick him up when they were closing the stall.
Five days later, when there were more and more doubts online about him selling stinky tofu at home and using his fame to sell high-priced stinky tofu, Su Qingyu posted his first video.
Su Qingyu has been filming in the entertainment industry for so many years and has also been a director. He has a basic aesthetic when making videos. Originally, he wanted to learn editing himself, but found that Xi Qinghe edited very well, so he gave him the task completely.
They discussed together in the past few days and used camera skills to shorten the time of making stinky tofu and completed this video that both of them were satisfied with.
At the beginning of the video, Su Qingyu called "Mom" at the night market.
In the background of the beautiful tile-roofed houses in Xiangli County, the video theme "Go Home" slowly appeared in the center of the video. At the same time, the BGM was played that only enhanced the atmosphere and did not overwhelm the guest. The scenery of Xiangli County was spread out before our eyes. Come on.
Xi Qinghe's work overlapped with Su Qingyu's. He conducted field research and captured many things that could be used in Su Qingyu's videos.
The Xiangli County from his perspective surprised many locals. These pictures were familiar yet unfamiliar. They didn’t know that Xiangli County was like this, real and warm, backward and beautiful.
The audience was also brought into such a small county.
Probably every small county has similar places. They seem to have returned to their hometown or their childhood.
They saw their mother's happiness, their neighbors' enthusiasm, and their memories of the past after the excitement subsided.
[As expected of my male idol, he was so smart when he was a child, and he actually knew double points in high school! 】
[Mom actually still remembers it. It feels so happy that mom remembers every little thing for you. 】
[The uncle is also very nice. He picked the biggest watermelon for Jiang Chu. 】
Then, they saw the hard work and simplicity of the people here. At four o'clock in the morning, many people had already come out of their homes, and various cars came and went on the cement road in the small county town.
Mom got up and picked beans.
Many viewers already know that Jiang Chu's mother sells stinky tofu. Unexpectedly, her stinky tofu starts from beans.
Many people have eaten stinky tofu, but don't know how it is made, so they can't help but look at it curiously.
Mother Jin selected the best beans, soaked them, and ground them to make tofu.
This is nothing, and the next step is to open the eyes of a group of people who think that stinky tofu is very simple, or that stinky tofu is all about technology.
It turns out that making stinky tofu requires brine, and the brine was cooked by Jin’s mother herself.
The brine for this stinky tofu actually uses a lot of fresh winter bamboo shoots, delicious-looking mushrooms, and many other unexpected ingredients.
Mother Jin cut into pieces the fresh winter bamboo shoots she bought from the market, walked to the yard, washed the mushrooms she had picked and dried in the yard, and processed all the ingredients one by one and put them in the brine.
What follows is a continuous shot, and it can be seen that Jin’s mother stirred the brine every day for more than ten days.
When everyone thought it was done, Mother Jin took out the ingredients from the brine and threw them away, and then put the prepared tofu into the brine to continue stewing.
When everyone thought this was going to be a treasure, Mother Jin started making soup.
Beef bones, pork bones and chicken bones were cooked together for several hours, and everyone was starting to get hungry looking at the thick soup.
Then, Mrs. Jin started to stir-fry the dipping sauce.
Mama Jin’s special chili sauce has her own ideas. Not to mention the various dried chili peppers, millet chili peppers and green chili peppers she chooses, she only talks about the minced garlic. Some minced garlic is added and stir-fried, and some minced garlic is added. It is deep-fried in a pan until crispy, and raw minced garlic is added to the chili sauce to enrich the taste.
Stir-fry spicy millet, minced garlic, etc. together in hot oil. After the oil is boiling, pour in the minced dried chili she grinds by hand, "Zhi!——"
【? ? ? 】
[Why do I feel like this chili sauce is enough to eat two bowls of rice? 】
[No, this chili sauce tastes good even if it dips into the soles of your shoes, right? 】
After preparing the chili sauce, she then prepared the accompanying side dishes.
She even pickled the pickles herself! Spiced dried radish, pickled beans, and sweet and spicy kimchi!
The audience was on their knees.
[I don’t know why, but I, who love to eat stinky tofu, suddenly felt proud. 】
[Stinky tofu is our traditional snack. It is not like many snacks nowadays that are all technologically advanced. It has the craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation. 】
After chopping green onions and coriander, she finally started frying the stinky tofu.
He stretched out his hand with two missing fingers on the oil pan to test the temperature, and put pieces of braised stinky tofu into the oil pan.
Xi Qinghe's photography equipment is very good, and Su Qingyu's photography skills are also on point. This scene is clearly shown in the video.
Oil bubbles appeared in the "sizzling" oil pan, and big bubbles appeared on the black stinky tofu.
How crispy is the fried stinky tofu? Even when Mrs. Jin poked holes in each piece of stinky tofu with her chopsticks, they could hear the crispy sound of "prick", but the holes she poked out were tender tofu. .
Mother Jin put a small spoonful of special chili sauce in each hole, put some pickles, sprinkled with green onions and coriander, and finally poured a spoonful of soup stock made from large bones, and brought it to the small table under the pergola for her son to eat.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Jiang Chu took a piece of stinky tofu and put it in his mouth.
His expression at the next moment
——It just makes them feel that all the online mukbang anchors have lost, but he is definitely not acting.
【? ? ? Didn’t I come to see the touching hometown story? 】
[The paper I brought was not for wiping tears but for wiping saliva? 】
【hateful! ! ! Why did I see this video late at night! 】
This was not over yet, and then they took the stinky tofu to the night market to sell it.
Here are shots of stinky tofu being put into the pan one after another, and boxes of chili sauce being put into the stinky tofu one after another. Compared with the happy faces of people eating the food one after another, the effect is doubled and doubled countless times.
The video ends in the night market with the happy and contented laughter of those people.
[The scenery here is beautiful, the people here are hard-working and simple, and the people here are poor and happy. This small town moved me to tears, and tears flowed from the corners of my mouth. 】
[Wow, my mother-in-law is so amazing. She is missing two fingers, but she can make such tedious and delicious stinky tofu. I love her! 】
【I don’t care, I don’t care! Husband, I must eat my mother-in-law’s stinky tofu! No matter what method you use! ! ! 】
[To tell you the truth, I have already started looking at the train tickets in Xiangli County. 】
[To tell you the truth, I have started to look at the housing prices in Xiangli County. They are not expensive. It is worth it for my husband and mother-in-law. 】
[I am dissatisfied with you saying that I live in the next city and I will drive there to eat tomorrow night. 】
The video went viral overnight.
The video not only contains the real and immersive scenery of the small county town, but also the touching friendship and strong smoke of the small place, as well as the complete recipe of stinky tofu that makes the audience cry. The shooting angles are also innovative, making every scene difficult to look away from. sight.
The local manifestation of the viral video was that many, many people suddenly poured into their remote night market.
There are two night markets in Xiangli County. Their night market is relatively remote and has fewer people.
But the night market hasn't opened yet, and it's already crowded. The blind daters who set up stalls on this street are dumbfounded.
Shengxun's friends who were far away in City B also saw this video and liked and forwarded it one after another. Hua Shuming sent Su Qingyu a dozen crying emoticons.
Shengxun also saw this video.
He was going to be furious at first. Jiang Chuming knew that he hated stinky tofu. Not only did he take his friends to eat, he ordered takeout for all his colleagues in the company, and he even made a video to show it to the national audience.
But then, he traced his fingers back to the beginning. Uncle Li brought a watermelon to Jiang Chu, and Jin Wanwan recalled Jiang Chu's childhood with him.
The comments all said that my mother remembered the little things from childhood so warmly, or they praised Jiang Chu for being smart.
He just knows how to calculate the volume of a watermelon, and his mother and neighbors praise him so much?
Sheng Xun clenched his phone and stared at the video. The smiles on the three people's faces were warm and bright under the light.
This is something he has tried his best to get but never got.