Chapter 304 – Two Little Girls Dancing
The weekend has arrived, and this winter, there were two little angels frolicking around, making people forget about the cold.
Yang Yi was pulled by Xixi and Qiqi, one on the left and one on the right, walking upstairs with a feeling like he was being embraced by both sides and enjoying the blessings of all people.
Not every child liked to play in a coffee shop, and Yang Luoqi didn’t really like the crowded environment. While she was with Xixi in the coffee shop, watching the strangers walking around, she felt a little uneasy.
After Xixi came over to comfort her, Yang Yi moved their position upstairs.
Upstairs, Yang Luoqi became much more lively. She and Xixi ran in and out of the rooms, laughing happily. The silver bell-like laughter of the two little girls filled the large room with joy.
Yang Yi was just taking care of them without interfering too much. He was holding a pen and sketching, making changes to the outline and some names for his future book.
The Sahara Publishing House has been renamed and handed over to Yang Yi. He was now preparing to move the entire publishing house to Jiangcheng, as Guangzhou was too far away for him, and it was inconvenient to operate from there.
However, there was a problem. Guangzhou was equally far from Jiangcheng for the employees of Sahara. Although Yang Yi managed to attract some of the employees to come to Jiangcheng through salary increases and improved benefits, most of the gra.s.sroots employees were not willing to leave their hometown and come to Jiangcheng to start anew.
Fortunately, Yang Yi had Fu Jun settled these employees in the online shop, while he used capable core employees as the backbone to recruit the necessary talents. Coincidentally, Yang Yi also hoped that the publishing house could have a group of more capable operational, organizational, and public relations talents.
Of course, these were all minor issues that could be handled by others. What Yang Yi needed to do now was write a book and then let the newly transformed Sahara Publishing House handle its operation, just like how “Bright Sword” and “Soldiers’ a.s.sault” became instant hits!
However, the book Yang Yi was writing required some major changes to the plot setting. After all, the original author had set the story in the island country, and it was obviously inappropriate for him to write a story set in the island country. However, if the setting was changed to the mainland, it would be even more unreasonable, because the national conditions and social atmosphere in mainland were different. Simply copying and pasting would only make people feel absurd.
So, Yang Yi has been researching and studying materials during this period. After researching, he found that Baodao Province was very suitable for his story setting. In this world, China was unified, and so was Baodao. Although it had experienced a period of concession history, similar to Hong Kong, it eventually returned to the embrace of the motherland.
However, this period of concession history was different from his previous life, and the unique geographical environment and location of Baodao have made it have certain similarities with the social environment of the island country for a period of time, such as rigid social cla.s.ses, ranking by seniority, significant gender disparities, distorted marriage concepts, and so on.
Fortunately, after the return, with the integration and increased communication with the mainland, those special circ.u.mstances gradually disappeared.
However, Yang Yi felt that he could make use of this special period and modify the setting of the original novel.
But Yang Yi’s train of thought was interrupted again.
“Papa, Papa!” Xixi excitedly pulled Yang Luoqi’s hand, and the two little girls ran over with a pitter-patter. 1
Perhaps it was because of the heating or because they ran too fast, but both little girls had rosy cheeks and sweat on their foreheads in the cold winter.
“What’s going on? Don’t run too fast, what if you fall later?” Yang Yi said with a smile.
“No, Xixi’s dad, Xixi and I want to dance for you!” Yang Luoqi said softly.
Despite her soft and gentle appearance when speaking, Yang Luoqi has already become familiar with Yang Yi in just over an hour. When facing familiar people, she was no longer as shy as before and would take the initiative to speak.
“Oh? Really?” Yang Yi became interested. He put down his notebook and sat up with his legs crossed. “Okay, how should I cooperate with you? Should I move the coffee table aside?”
“Papa, if we dance well, you have to clap, and then you have to tell us a story!” Xixi, like a big sister, took care of Yang Luoqi and explained proactively, “Qiqi wants to hear your stories!”
So, that was their goal!
Yang Yi laughed, “No problem!”
“It has to be a nice story!” Yang Luoqi said in a soft voice.
“And also tell us a story that Qiqi and I haven’t heard before!” Xixi’s long eyelashes fluttered, her big eyes shining brightly as she looked at her father, full of expectation.
“Okay! I promise to tell you a story you both have never heard before!” Yang Yi had already moved the coffee table and ran to the study to get his DSLR camera. He set it up on a tripod, intending to record this moment.
He didn’t plan to upload the video online, but how could he not share such a precious moment with Mo Fei?
The two little girls still danced the dance taught by the teacher in the kindergarten, and Yang Yi still shouted the beat.
“One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four, three, two, three, four…”
The two little girls danced gracefully in sync. Yang Luoqi indeed had a foundation in dance. She danced very naturally and her movements were more coordinated. However, while dancing, Qiqi didn’t smile much, and her expression on her small face was very serious. Her determination impressed Yang Yi.
On the right, Xixi diligently followed the beat. She has a good memory and could remember those movements. She didn’t need to look at Qiqi. She danced in her own style, with a cheerful mood, hopping and jumping with great effort, and very lively.
Although Xixi’s dance had a few minor flaws compared to Yang Luoqi’s, Yang Yi felt that those flaws did not overshadow her overall performance2. His daughter performed this dance vividly, and the smile between her eyebrows brought endless vitality to the cold camera.
If Yang Luoqi was like a little peac.o.c.k dancing alone like Yang Liping3, elegant, gentle, wise, and delicate, then Xixi was like a cheerful little angel, with flowing long hair, lively and innocent. Her dance didn’t have many highlights, but it left a deep impression in people’s minds.
No one dances better, it could only be said that they were like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, each excelling at their own field!!
In fact, what kind of dance was not important, and whether they danced well or not was not important either. The two beautiful little girls like little flower fairies were bouncing and showing their dance moves, which was already the most beautiful scenery in the world!
Yang Yi didn’t dare to make a sound to disturb them. He waited until they finished dancing, then stopped recording, turned off the DSLR camera, and then clapped vigorously: “Good, that was wonderful, Très Bien!”
He was so excited that Yang Yi couldn’t help but blurt out a sentence in French.
After finishing their dance, the two little girls were a bit out of breath. When praised by Yang Yi, not only did Xixi smile, but Yang Luoqi also smiled shyly.
“Papa, can you tell us a story?” Although it was Yang Luoqi’s wish, Xixi also looked forward to her father’s story.
“Of course! Wait a moment, you two drink some water and take a breath first. I’ll go get some sketch paper and tell you a story!” Yang Yi smiled and poured water for them, but when he turned around, he saw the two little girls giggling and holding hands and jumping around again. Children really have a lot of energy.
After a while, the two little girls sat in a row on the sofa, looking at Yang Yi with eager faces.
“What do you think this is?” Yang Yi quickly drew an animal on the paper.
“I know! It’s an elephant!” Xixi raised her hand first.
“But elephants don’t have hair… and their teeth aren’t curved.” Yang Luoqi said softly.
“You’re right!” Xixi also tilted her head in confusion.
“Haha, this is indeed an elephant, but not the kind of elephant we usually see in the zoo. This is called a woolly mammoth!” Yang Yi pointed at his drawing and continued, “Today, we’re going to talk about the story of this woolly mammoth named Manny.”