At this moment, shouts came out from the house. These shouts sounded like larks. They were clear and pleasant.
“My brother is here!”
“Bro! Let me take a glance!”
“The superstar is here! I need to see him, too!”
The three sisters crowded into the small room.
His mother’s family situation was quite interesting. His mother was the eldest sister in the house. She had three younger brothers, who were Zhang Ye’s first, second and third uncles. The three uncles all had daughters as children, which were the three cousins of Zhang Ye.
The eldest sister was Cao Dan. She was in her early twenties and was not much younger than Zhang Ye. She was still in college.
The second sister was Cao Tong. She was in high school. Her personality was quite frank, like a boy. She was good at making big hoohas.
The third sister was Cao Mengmeng. She was in middle school. She was the most mischievous of all. She made a fuss all day and she was not afraid of doing anything.
In summary, none of these three girls were easy to deal with.
When Zhang Ye saw them, he sighed, “Little Dan, Little Tong, Mengmeng.”
The eldest sister was considered the quietest amongst the three. She obediently called, “Bro.”
His second and third sister were not that particular. Cao Tong slapped Zhang Ye on the shoulder loudly, “Well done, Bro! You became a celebrity after I had not seen you for a few days!”
Grandma shot a glance at her, “This kid… How can you speak to your older brother in this manner?”
Cao Mengmeng sank as she held Zhang Ye’s arm while laughing, “After hearing what First Aunt said, I specially went on the web to check, and I really found quite a lot of your works. Our school has also publicized ‘Little Bunnies Be Good’. I only knew that it was written by my Bro yesterday. So awesome. Hehe. Bro, you must have made quite a lot of money? Be honest. The few of us don’t have any allowance left to spend. My parents also aren’t giving me any pocket money. We will be relying on you.”
Money?
Hurhur, what sort of question was that!
You are my sisters; how can I not give money if you ask?
Well, but talking about money hurts feelings, so let’s change the subject!
Zhang Ye digressed and chatted about other things with them. First Uncle and Second Uncle also came over and they chatted.
After a short exchange and some leading questions, Zhang Ye received quite a good understanding of the present situation. His relatives had not changed too much. However, there were still some differences. For example, his youngest cousin’s school was no longer the middle school from his memories. His eldest cousin had scored tens of points higher for her college entrance exams than in his memory. For example, the working place of his First Uncle and Aunt had changed to somewhere Zhang Ye had no memory of. All of these were considered minor changes. After all, the world had changed to a new world. A lot of cultural industries may change, so it was impossible to not affect his family. After figuring this out, Zhang Ye also dared to speak, and was not too afraid of making mistakes.
Even as dinner time approached, everyone was still talking about Zhang Ye.
“Little Ye is so promising.”
“Little Ye, when did you dabble in creative work? Why didn’t I see it before?”
“That’s right; I’ve never seen this talent of Little Ye in the past. Even if he gained enlightenment, it shouldn’t have been so exaggerated. I heard from Big Sis that Little Ye even wrote poems!”
Third Uncle and Aunt had a suspicious tone, but they had no malicious thoughts. They really could not understand. This was because other than Zhang Ye having managed to make the cut for a pretty good university, he was not great in any other aspect. He had been too normal since he was young, hence they had even discussed before that after Zhang Ye graduated, he would at most find a behind-the-scenes job in a radio station or newspaper firm, where he would do the lighting or write documents. No one expected Zhang Ye to find such a well-fitted profession and even manage to sit stably as one of Beijing Radio Station’s broadcasting hosts!
His parents did not speak.
However, his Mom did not like hearing that and was just about to retort.
Suddenly, Second Aunt came home. She held a bag of mantou in her hands. She had just went to buy food. The moment she entered, she began to chatter. She pulled out two rolls of newspapers that she had held under her arm. “Eh. Little Ye, you got off work? Quickly take a look. I just bought the newspaper at the newsstand. Little Ye has made it into the papers. At this afternoon’s whatever Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet, Little Ye had shockingly taken down the professional writers from the Beijing Writers’ Association, getting first!”
“Eh?”
“There was such a thing?”
“Quickly, let me see.”
“What sort of newspapers? Some tabloid?”
Everyone was very surprised.