A foreign city, dear you

In the afternoon, Ye Lian quickly cleaned up the house and made it tidy.

When there is no one else at home to compete with you or to give you the opportunity to shirk your tasks, you will be able to do things more quickly and efficiently.

It was still early to make dinner, so Ye Lian had some free time again.

Now that she has some free time, she doesn't know what to do.

She was a little bored and was scrolling through her phone, her Moments, and TikTok, which had suddenly become popular in the past two years. Then she suddenly remembered something and wanted to search Baidu.

Ye Lian opened the Baidu page and was suddenly attracted by a video advertisement.

The slogan of this video is: Recruiting novel writers to earn royalties without leaving home.

writing a novel?

Ye Lian's eyes suddenly lit up.

Don’t you always like to write something?

Haven't I already written more than ten articles? Can I try writing a novel?

When you finish writing an article, you don’t know what to write next. But when writing a novel, can’t you keep writing? Wouldn’t you always have something to do? Wouldn’t you not get bored?

But novels are huge books, which can only be written by great writers. How can I write one with my limited knowledge?

What are you afraid of? Just give it a try. How do you know if it won't work if you don't try? It's just a way to kill time.

After thinking about it, Ye Lian decided to give it a try.

Leave it alone.

Are princes, kings, generals, and ministers of different species?

Are novels written by only great writers?

Why can't an ordinary person like me give it a challenge?

Well, now that you have decided to write, what should you write? How should you write it? What preparations should you make? Should you write a short story, a novella, or a long story?

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cinema.

The cast list was already scrolling on the screen, but the packed audience was still immersed in the movie and the music of the ending song and did not get up and leave immediately.

The movie is so shocking! So exciting and passionate!

This movie is "Wolf Warrior 2".

This is a phenomenal movie this year, with the daily box office rising at a rate of 200 or 300 million, sparking a viewing craze among people across the country. Many people are not satisfied with watching it once and want to watch it a second or third time.

Ye Lian’s family was watched twice.

Although it was their second viewing, the whole family still watched it very attentively and attentively.

When Leng Feng said with a resolute expression and in a sonorous voice, "oncewolf, alwayswolf", it was so admirable and exciting.

When I saw Leng Feng holding up our red national flag high and passing through the war zone smoothly without firing a single shot, the excitement and pride I felt were truly beyond words.

This is our national flag. It is so beautiful and has a power to shock everything! Under such a national flag, we are so happy and proud!

The most inspiring and touching part is the end of the film, when a passport appears on the screen with a sentence written on it: When you encounter danger overseas, don't give up! Please remember that behind you is a strong motherland.

This passport and these words bring tears to one's eyes.

Really!

How lucky I am to be born in China!

A strong motherland is the confidence and pride of every Chinese!

……

When the movie ended, like other audiences, Ye Lian's family was still unable to calm down for a long time. The pride in the Chinese soldiers and the pride in the great motherland filled their hearts.

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When we walked out of the cinema, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

Because today is the weekend, the family is not in a hurry.

The family walked out of the mall, crossed another street, and came to a wide sidewalk.

The cinema is about two kilometers away from Jiayuyuan. It would take too much time to walk there so late at night.

But taking the bus is too close.

However, you don’t have to walk or take the bus.

Nowadays, traveling along the city has become more and more convenient.

In the past two years, a new thing has emerged in big cities - shared bicycles, and urban areas are of course no exception.

Starting from last year, a large number of shared bicycles suddenly appeared on the streets, greatly facilitating short-distance travel for people.

If you go to a place that is too far to walk or too close to take a taxi, you can just scan the QR code of the shared bike with your mobile phone and ride away. After arriving at your destination, just lock the bike. How convenient!

What’s more convenient is that shared bicycles can be found everywhere and can be parked anywhere.

Ye Lian often rides a shared bicycle to go to the market or shopping mall;

Cao Lanshan also often rides a shared bicycle to the subway entrance on weekends, and then takes the subway to the library;

Cao Xueqin drives a lot, but when he is not driving, he also rides shared bikes.

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So tonight, the family also plans to ride shared bicycles home.

There are yellow shared bicycles on the side of the road, and in some places they are even piled up densely in large areas.

Ye Lian randomly picked a shared bicycle and was about to scan the code when she found that the handlebars were broken, so she had to change for another one.

Cao Lanshan unlocked one and found that it was broken and also needed to be replaced.

The second shared bike Ye Lian found didn't seem to have any problems, so she scanned the code and unlocked it.

"Do you want me to help you put down the seat?" asked Cao Xueqin. He had already swept a bicycle.

Ye Lian is small in stature, and every time she rides a shared bicycle with Cao Xueqin, Cao Xueqin would ask it whether she wants it to lower the seat for her, or directly help her adjust the seat.

"No need, I can adjust it myself." Ye Lian said.

"Oh, that's good. When did you grow up?" Cao Xueqin smiled.

Ye Lian also smiled. Seeing that Cao Xueqin and Cao Lanshan were waiting for her, she quickly put down the seat and rode away. Cao Xueqin and Cao Lanshan followed behind.

But after Ye Lian pedaled a few times, she found that the bicycle was also broken. The pedal was broken, but she just didn't notice it.

Ye Lian stopped again.

"What's wrong?" Cao Xueqin and Cao Lanshan asked together.

"The pedal of this bicycle is broken." said Ye Lian.

"Then you ride mine." Cao Xueqin said, following closely behind Ye Lian.

Cao Xueqin lowered the seat of his bicycle and gave it to Ye Lian to ride, while he went to ride another bicycle.

Ye Lian rode a bicycle, slowly riding with Cao Lanshan while waiting for Cao Xueqin.

"Why are there so many broken shared bikes nowadays? Every time I ride one, it breaks down. It really wastes my time." Ye Lian said with emotion.

"The quality of these bicycles is still not good, and their anti-theft capabilities are not good either. Their locks can be easily pried open, so a large number of bicycles have been damaged," said Cao Lanshan.

"It's true." Ye Lian said, and saw two broken bicycles lying on the side of the road.

"Some children don't even need to scan the code with their mobile phones. They can easily unlock the bicycles and ride them however they want. It would be strange if the bicycles don't break down," Cao Lanshan added.

"Yes." Ye Lian agreed: "I have seen this phenomenon before. I heard that some people even took shared bicycles for themselves. I don't know what these people are thinking."

"So, the management of shared bicycles is also a problem..."

"What are you talking about?" Cao Xueqin caught up and interrupted Cao Lanshan.

"My mom asked me why there are so many broken shared bikes nowadays."

Cao Xueqin sighed and agreed: "Indeed, there are many broken bikes nowadays. I had to change my bike several times before it could be ridden. There are many reasons for this, some objective and some man-made..."

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The family was riding bicycles and chatting, and the topic turned from shared bicycles to movies, and finally to "Wolf Warrior 2".

While watching a movie, Ye Lian finally had a common topic with her husband and son.

Because they had watched Hollywood movies like "Wolverine" and "Iron Man" before, but Ye Lian didn't like them at all.

And tonight, she had a lot of her own thoughts after watching the movie.

She commented and expressed her thoughts with Cao Xueqin and Cao Lanshan, and also speculated, given the huge daily box office of "Wolf Warrior 2", how many billions would the total box office be in the end?