Chapter 94 Under the Wishing Tree
Before getting off the bus, Liu Hongmin saw a big red tree through the window. The tree itself was not red, but the red paper bags hanging on its branches and leaves.
Lan Jieying rushed over, pointed out the window and said, "This is the wishing tree in Dapulin Village. Isn't it beautiful?"
Liu Hongmin leaned back as far as possible to avoid physical contact between the two of them, "It's good."
Lan Jieying didn't notice Liu Hongmin's behavior. After the taxi stopped, she couldn't wait to pull Liu Hongmin to the wishing tree. When they got to the tree, she paid for two paper bags and only took the oranges.
"Here, this is a wishing certificate. All you have to do is write down your wish, put it in a paper bag, worship the wishing tree, and then throw the certificate on the wishing tree, and your wish will come true."
As she spoke, she stuffed a precious certificate into Liu Hongmin's hand, turned around and ran to the tree to worship devoutly.
Liu Hongmin stared blankly at the treasure in his hand and shook his head. It's not that he didn't believe it, because he had never wished to travel back to this era, but he came back anyway.
"Mr. Liu, don't just stand there, come and make a wish!"
Lan Jieying saw that Liu Hongmin did not catch up, so she waved to him quickly.
Liu Hongmin raised his head and was stunned again.
The girl under the wishing tree smiled sweetly, and his heart began to beat inexplicably.
"coming!"
Liu Hongmin walked quickly to Lan Jieying, knelt on the cushion like her, and wrote a few words on the imperial edict.
Lan Jieying was making a wish with her eyes closed. When she heard Liu Hongmin writing, she immediately squinted her eyes mischievously and glanced over. As a result, she only saw the three words "wish" and "prosperity".
Liu Hongmin felt someone was looking at him, so he looked up. He saw Lan Jieying still making a wish at the end, and he immediately thought he was overthinking.
He stuffed the certificate into the paper bag, but his eyes were reluctant to leave the girl's delicate profile.
Lan Jieying wanted to take another peek, so she opened her eyes and tilted her head towards Liu Hongmin. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Liu Hongmin's face appear in front of her.
The two people's faces were very close, and Liu Hongmin's breath hit Lan Jieying's face, making her blush a little.
Liu Hongmin moved aside and asked, "Are you peeking?"
Lan Jieying forced a smile and said, "I'm just curious!"
Liu Hongmin took out the imperial edict and handed it to Lan Jieying.
"Ah?" Lan Jieying said in surprise: "You can't look at the wishing certificate openly, otherwise it won't work."
"Oh!" Liu Hongmin took the certificate back and stuffed it into the paper bag. "Forget it, my wish must come true."
Lan Jieying looked at the straight man speechlessly. If I can’t look at you openly, you can show it to me secretly!
"Make a wish!"
Liu Hongmin imitated Lan Jieying, closed his eyes and made a wish, then stood up and threw the orange in his hand onto the tree. The orange carried the paper bag over the high branch and landed on it. The orange spun around the branch and hung the paper bag on it.
Lan Jieying asked in surprise: "Mr. Liu, how did you do it?"
"I grew up in the countryside. My family was poor and had nothing to eat, so I used stones to kill birds for food."
Lan Jieying immediately felt the same way. Her family was not rich. If she hadn't become an actress and made a lot of money, her family would only be able to make ends meet.
"Do you want me to help you throw it?"
"Of course!" Lan Jieying stuffed the orange into Liu Hongmin's hand, "You have to throw my wish to the highest place, so that it can be realized as soon as possible."
Liu Hongmin smiled but didn't agree. He threw the orange up and hung it under his treasure. Lan Jieying was a little discouraged, "Then I will have to wait until your wish comes true before I can fulfill my wish."
"I'm sorry!"
Liu Hongmin continued in his heart: Compared with the prosperity of the motherland, your wishes are not important.
"It has nothing to do with you. I am already satisfied that my wish can be fulfilled earlier than others."
Lan Jieying said with a smile: "Let's go! Let's go to the side and have a look. There are many snacks here!"
Liu Hongmin followed her footsteps and ate from one end of the street to the other. Liu Hongmin wanted to pay the bill many times, but was pushed back by Lan Jieying every time.
"I'll treat you today!" Lan Jieying said to Liu Hongmin while chewing food, "If it weren't for you, I'd still be working in the factory!"
Liu Hongmin said: "You are so beautiful, you can become famous even without me."
Lan Jieying nodded, "I believe this, but if you help me, I can become famous faster."
"So, I want to thank you."
"Okay!" Liu Hongmin said nothing more. After many contacts, Liu Hongmin understood Lan Jieying's character. She had a boyish personality, was righteous, and knew how to be grateful.
Of course, it is precisely because of this kind of personality that she has a bad temper and will lose her temper when something goes wrong.
However, this is very much in line with Liu Hongmin's temperament. What more could one ask for, if he had a brother who could both chat and entertain him?
The two of them played until the afternoon. Liu Hongmin sent Lan Jieying home and then returned to the company to prepare for the New Year with Zou Shifang.
Although there are many New Year festivities in Hong Kong, there are more commercial activities in the name of New Year. The two did not need to prepare their own meals, but booked a table at the restaurant downstairs of the company and celebrated the New Year with many guests in the restaurant.
While we were eating, TVB’s New Year’s Gala was playing on TV, where many celebrities gathered together to wish everyone a happy new year.
RTV also had such a program, and He Jiajin participated in the party. Huang Qiang also invited Liu Hongmin and Zou Shifang, but they both declined.
After arriving in Hong Kong, the two did not sit together to drink and chat properly. After all, the New Year had finally arrived, so they abandoned all social activities and had a good chat about their future plans.
Liu Hongmin: "Do you have any ideas for your martial arts novel?"
Zou Shifang shook his head. "Just some ideas."
"Tell me about it, I'll help you with some advice."
Zou Shifang: "I have read all the popular martial arts novels in Hong Kong, and only Mr. Jin Yong's is acceptable to me."
"Mr. Jin Yong's novels are written in combination with history. Some events can be used to fit historical events, and the characters will not be exaggerated. Other people's novels are not as realistic as Mr. Jin Yong's. In addition, due to their writing habits, their novels are not as popular as Mr. Jin Yong's novels. Especially Gu Long's novels, the writing method is stream of consciousness, and you need to rely on your imagination to know how strong the characters are."
Zou Shifang also agreed with Liu Hongmin's point of view, "Indeed, some parts are a bit difficult for me to understand and need to be carefully considered."
Liu Hongmin: "You can follow Mr. Jin Yong's writing style, first pick out a novel, and then modify it according to your own ideas. Once you are familiar with this writing method, even if you can't write "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", you may still be able to write "Sword of Royal Blood and Jade".
Many people have their own evaluation criteria for Jin Yong's novels. However, the best one is generally recognized as "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". Among the remaining books, some people think that "Swordsman" has the most martial arts atmosphere, while others think that "The Deer and the Cauldron" is the most subversive.
Let's put them in the first tier for now.
The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber basically belong to the second tier.
"The Sword Stained with Royal Blood" is in the third tier. If Zou Shifang can write a martial arts novel comparable to "The Sword Stained with Royal Blood", he can basically be on par with other martial arts novelists except Jin Yong and Gu Long.
(End of this chapter)
