Double Life: My whole world is you

The two of them linked arms and walked towards Zhangshiwan happily. As soon as they entered Zhangshiwan, they felt the festive atmosphere. The bay entrance all the way to the ancestral hall was decorated with lights and colors. The opera stage was in the square 100 meters away from the ancestral hall. At this moment, two martial artists were dancing with spears on the stage. A dozen rows of elderly people sitting below were applauding. There were many children playing around, and there were small stalls selling drinks and snacks on both sides.

Cheng Xia took Cheng Qiao to stand on the right side not far from the stage, watching the performance of the martial artist on the stage. When it was funny, they giggled and clapped when it was exciting...

"Hey!" Someone took a photo of them from behind. They turned around and saw five or six girls. Cheng Xia was a little surprised to see them. "Hey, why are you here?"

"It's too noisy here! Let's go talk over there." After saying that, Wang Ran pulled everyone towards the nearby lake embankment.

Everyone walked towards the lake embankment together, gradually moving away from the square and the crowd. The surroundings became quiet. Cheng Xia asked happily, "Zhang Ru, Zhang Lin, why are you here?"

"We came here with the people who were delivering the opera in the bay." Zhang Gu answered, "Zhangshi Bay is so big! It's bigger than our bay, and almost all of them are Western-style houses, and there are also a few villas."

Sending operas is the custom here. Families with the same surname who live not far away will pool money from the entire bay to send gifts, and the host bay will entertain them with food and drinks. In the whole town, the surnames Zhang, Cheng and Wang are the most common, so there are also many people from other bays in the villages and towns today.

"There are several wealthy people in their bay." Wang Ran said, "I heard that one of them donated 500,000 yuan for this opera performance."

"Wow!" Everyone was shocked when they heard the number 500,000. 500,000 was an astronomical figure for them now.

"Jia Qi, everyone in your Bay is rich!" Zhang Lin said enviously.

"No, there are only a few wealthy people, and most of them are from ordinary families." Zhang Jiaqi said, "Mine and Zhang Li's families are just average! This time, an average male will pay 500 yuan for the opera."

Zhang Li nodded, "My family paid 1500."

They walked slowly to the lake bank. The sun was shining and the breeze was not so cold. Wang Ran stood on the far right, followed by Zhang Lin, Zhang Ru, Zhang Jiaqi, Cheng Xia, Cheng Qiao, Zhang Li, and Xu Ying.

Zhang Jiaqi and Zhang Li are from Zhangshi Bay. Although Zhang Ru and Zhang Lin also have the surname Zhang, they are from a Zhang Bay not far from Chengqiao Bay. Zhang Jiaqi, Zhang Li, Xu Ying, Cheng Xia and Wang Ran are elementary school classmates. Zhang Ru, Zhang Lin, Zhang Ying and Zhang Hui are from the same elementary school. Cheng Qiao and Cheng Song are from the same elementary school. Zhang Jiaqi was in Class 1 in the first year of junior high school, so Cheng Qiao has a slight impression of her. Zhang Ru was in Class 3 in the first year of junior high school, but because her grades were too good, although I am not familiar with her, I often heard of her. I really have no impression of Zhang Lin.

Although the eight people were together, they were almost divided into two groups. Cheng Qiao was not familiar with them and could not join in their jokes. She chatted with Zhang Li and the others in a low voice, "Where did you meet them?"

"Jiaqi pulled us out early in the morning and said they were coming." Zhang Li replied, "Xu Ying slept at my house yesterday."

"It's nice to go shopping together," Cheng Qiao said. "It's more fun with more people."

"Yes! It's more fun when there are more people." Zhang Li said, "You and Xu Ying can sleep at my house tonight!"

"Cheng Qiao, if you go tonight, I'll sleep with you for another night." Xu Ying said, "The 1.8-meter Simmons mattress in her house is quite comfortable."

"Haha! I want to sleep with you guys too!" Cheng Qiao said, "But I have to take care of my two little cousins. Maybe next time!"

"We can make an appointment next time!" Xu Ying said, "I have to go home to catch up on my homework tonight."

A few people were still chatting, and at this time Zhang Jiaqi pulled everyone, "Hurry up! It's time to eat."

Cheng Qiao looked at her watch and it was 40:, almost time for dinner. Everyone followed Zhang Jiaqi back the way they came. At this time, Xu Ying stopped and said to everyone, "Wait a minute, Zhang Ru hasn't come yet."

Hearing her words, everyone stopped and looked back, only to see Zhang Ru standing alone with her head down. However, a boy was walking towards Zhang Ru from the opposite direction. Wang Ran wanted to say something, but Zhang Jiaqi stood in front of everyone and stopped them, "Don't worry about it, just go! It's almost time for dinner."

"But Zhang Ru..." Cheng Xia, who was standing aside, pointed at Zhang Ru and said.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'll come down to pick her up. I'll take you there first." Zhang Jiaqi urged.

Seeing her performance, Cheng Qiao reacted. Seeing that Cheng Xia wanted to say something, she pulled Cheng Xia and shook her head at her. Everyone stopped talking and followed Zhang Jiaqi to the ancestral hall. When they were almost at the stage, Zhang Li pulled Cheng Qiao and looked at the others, "How about you guys go to my house for lunch."

Except for Zhang Lin, everyone else here is familiar with her, so Zhang Lin was a little embarrassed. She said to Zhang Jiaqi, "Jiaqi, take me to the ancestral hall to eat!"

"Zhang Li, why don't you bring the others to your home for dinner, and I'll take Zhang Lin to the ancestral hall for dinner. They're going to have a show and there's food." Zhang Jiaqi said to Zhang Li.

"Okay, sure!" Zhang Li said to everyone with a smile, "You're all welcome to my home!"

After everyone said goodbye to Zhang Lin and Zhang Jiaqi, they followed Zhang Li to the bay opposite the stage. Cheng Qiao pulled Zhang Li aside and asked softly, "Zhang Li, will your family have any objections to you suddenly bringing so many people back?"

"It's okay! Her mother is very nice, and her two brothers love her very much." Xu Ying said enviously, "I really envy people who have brothers, but I only have a stinky little brother."

"It's okay. There are many people at my house today." Zhang Li explained with a smile, "My two brothers have really spoiled me since I was a child."

"My brother is pretty good too." Wang Ran also said.

"My brother feels good too!" Cheng Qiao scratched her head, thinking of her brother. She hadn't seen him for several months since she came back to this life. She would probably only be able to see him during the Chinese New Year.

"I don't have a brother or a younger brother." Cheng Xia joked, "Please don't make me envious."

"Hey, do you know why Zhang Ru came?" At this time, Wang Ran's gossip cells became active again.

"This..." Xu Ying said, "Everyone saw it, it was Wang Chong from your Bay."

"Are Zhang Ru and Wang Chong dating?" Cheng Qiao asked curiously.

“That’s about the same idea.” Wang Ran said, “Zhang Ru also fell in love with Wang Chong.”

"Hmm?" Everyone looked at her, with a look of "How do you know?"

"Otherwise, how could she be pushed down from the top spot all the year round? And she dropped to eighth place all of a sudden." Wang Ran saw that everyone didn't believe him, so he said, "Okay! I heard it from Jiaqi."

“Anything else?” Zhang Li listened with great interest. “Did Zhang Ru come here today to see Wang Chong?”

"That's for sure!" Wang Ran said, "Do you know what happened between them?"