On this New Year's Eve in 1995 and 1996, a rare snowfall occurred in the northern regions.

  As a result, on the first day of 1996, Jinan Prefecture was bathed in the warm glow of sunrise, and it turned out to be a fine day.

  At a little past 7:00 in the morning, the security personnel of Shengshi Garden Community had already started sweeping the main road and small squares. By around 8:00, most households had finished breakfast and didn't need to go to work, so they all voluntarily went downstairs, ran to the security room to fetch tools, and everyone worked together to clear the snow under the building.

  Since arriving in this time and space, Li Qian has found that no matter what development direction is different or historical progress is different, these things are all gradually becoming familiar and not feeling strange. Only the harmony and coexistence between neighbors in the traditional culture and Confucian culture, where people like to discuss and work together when encountering things, truly touches Li Qian's heart. And every time he experiences it, he can't help but feel a sense of wonder.

  In the space-time where Li Qian used to live, it was quite normal for people living upstairs and downstairs for many years without knowing each other, or even living opposite each other for many years without exchanging greetings.

  But in this space-time, it won't.

  He moved to a new place to live, and for the time being, he is not very integrated there. However, as for the situation in Shengshi Huayuan, it's not just that people on the upper and lower floors are relatively close, but even those in the same building, or even the same neighborhood, will make you feel subconsciously close. If you say it's like one family, it's definitely not that exaggerated, but at least there will be some kind intentions of communication between people, to a certain extent, it has a traditional sense of closeness like clan settlements.

  Mr. Li also finished his breakfast and hurried downstairs, first sweeping the snow off his car, then went to the janitor's room to get tools, and joined the people who came down one after another to sweep the snow on the ground.

  As long as there is someone at home, some come down early and some late, but basically no one will shirk. Even if the men are not at home, the women will still take the initiative to come down and lend a hand after cleaning up the kitchen. No one thinks this has nothing to do with themselves, nor does anyone think it's a chore.

  Everyone works while chatting and laughing. It's actually a pretty interesting way of communicating.

  At around 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning, dozens of people had already gathered on this open space between the two buildings. Some were sweeping and some were shoveling. Whenever a snow-removing vehicle came from the direction of the security guards' station, everyone would busily load the snow onto the vehicle. Laughter could be heard from time to time in the crowd.

  In this neighborhood, Mr. and Mrs. Li's income is not particularly high, but as a teacher, he is generally more respected by others. At this moment, he was chatting with several people of similar age in the same building when suddenly a little girl's voice excitedly shouted from upstairs: "Dad, it's really re-broadcasting! I saw it, that song is called 'Sisters Stand Up'! They are called Wu Xing Wu Su, and one of them looks just like Jingxue sister from Unit 2!"

  When the word "dad" was shouted, many people looked up, but soon realized it wasn't their own daughter and quickly lowered their heads to continue with what they were doing. A middle-aged man who was shoveling snow with Li's father looked up towards his own window, let out a casual "oh", and then continued talking to Li's father.

  His daughter is in the third year of junior high school this year and will be promoted to high school after the summer vacation. He was just asking Li Dad about the situation of various high schools nearby, but before they could say a few words, the little girl who opened the window upstairs earlier came running over wearing a bright red down jacket. She stretched out her hand in front of her father and said "Give me money, I want to buy their album!"

  She looked at her dad, "Which album are you buying? Ask your mom to go!"

  That girl looks like she's fifteen or sixteen years old, and she has a particularly clever look on her face. Her mouth is also very quick, and while chewing the gum in her mouth, she says rapidly: "It's just Wu Xing Suo Ah! Oh, you don't understand, I'm too lazy to tell you! Anyway, you promised me last night, my mom didn't promise me! I want to buy an album, hurry up, give me money!"

  This girl is clever, she knows that in front of so many people, her father can't bear to not give the child money. As soon as she raises her voice, many people stop what they're doing and look over with a smile.

  Her father reluctantly pulled out his wallet and asked: "How much?"

  "Twenty, more retreats and fewer supplements! Hurry up!"

  Her father frowned and didn't say anything, took out twenty yuan and handed it to his daughter.

  After taking the money, the girl rushed upstairs and shouted: "Jiang Ziwai, are you going or not?"

  Three seconds later, a window on the fourth floor of Unit 4 was opened with a whoosh, and a girl in her pajamas poked her head out, not afraid of the cold, and replied crisply: "Wait a minute, battle is ongoing, money will be here soon!"

  As soon as these words came out, all the people working at the bottom of the building burst into laughter.

  The girl's father was also working downstairs, and those who knew him would tease him a few words. The girl's father looked embarrassed, sighed, and complained bitterly.

  However, at this time, another window was opened upstairs, and this time it was a boy who shouted down: "Zhao Ruyi, can you help me bring a tape? I also want that 'Sisters Stand Up', I'll pay you back later!"

  The little girl called Zhao Ruyi raised her head, her eyes slanted upwards, with her hands on her hips, said: "Liu Daqiang, flirting isn't done like this, shouldn't you be the one running errands for us?"

  At this shout, many adults working below couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Zhao Ruyi's father suddenly felt embarrassed, thinking that his daughter had been educated poorly. He couldn't help but scold her, "What nonsense are you talking about? What's with this 'picking up girls' business? Where did you learn this?"

  Zhao Ruyi carelessly glanced at her old man and continued to chew her gum.

  As expected, the window of the room where someone had just spoken was closed immediately after hearing a laugh from downstairs. It seemed that Liu Daqiang, the young man who lived there, felt a bit embarrassed.

  Someone on this side jokingly asked Zhao Ruyi with a smile, "Ruyi, do you have a boyfriend?"

  Zhao Ruyi chewed gum, completely disregarding the fact that her old man's face had turned beet red. She shook her head and said, "No way, they're all too stupid, can't even flirt with girls properly, I wouldn't give them a second glance!"

  Hmm, this sentence is slightly uplifting, and Zhao Ruyi's father's face finally looked a bit better.

  The people around also smiled when they heard the words, and someone asked: "What are you going to buy? Sister, sister, what's the song from last night's party?"

  Zhao Ruyi nodded slightly. With a cool and proud expression of a little princess, she ignored the adults.

  At this time, a group of adults started discussing...

  "Was there such a song at last night's party? I don't remember."

  "Hey, isn't it just those five pretty girls jumping around that one segment? I remember they sang two or three songs!"

  "Oh... can't think of it. I still think Liu Mingliang and Zhao Xinfu's songs are the best! As for female singers, I think He Runqing's songs are also good, what was that song she sang yesterday? It seemed to be called something like "silk" or something, that song is great! And then there's Liao Liao, she seems to be very popular lately and sings pretty well!"

  The adults didn't know, but the little girl did. Zhao Ruyi glanced at the uncles chatting beside her with a look of disdain and couldn't help but say: "It's called 'Half a Jar of Silk', He Runyi's new single released last year. The three songs Liao Liao sang at the party yesterday were 'Devotion', 'Wildflower' and 'Cheers, Friends'. They're all on the Golden Chart! They're her representative works!"

  "Right, right! It's called "Obsession"! Those songs are really good, I think they're much better than those jumping and bouncing ones!" The person quickly nodded in agreement, saying: "I didn't notice it earlier, when I wanted to listen to it later, I found out my son had already bought her cassette tape. As a result, hey, that kid actually refused to lend it to me!"

  There was a person next to him who laughed and said: "I also bought it, you can come find me to borrow it later, when you've had enough listening, you can return it to me!"

  They said that, and Li's father, who had been standing on the side listening to their conversation with a smile, couldn't help but speak up. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Don't be cheap, if you like listening to it, then go buy an authentic copy. The people who write songs and make music don't have it easy either. If we like it, we should support the authentic version, right?"

  The two of them burst out laughing, and one of them said: "Teacher Li is an author, so he attaches great importance to copyright! Alright, I'll just buy a copy myself when I get back and listen to it, to support the genuine version!"

  Li's dad just smiled and said: "Hey, I... can't sell many copies! Compared to others, it's not comparable, haha!"

  Then someone asked Li Dad if he watched the Spring Festival Gala last night. Li Dad had a lot of wine last night and was half asleep, how could he seriously watch the gala? But at this time, he still smiled and said: "I just watched a segment, I also like Liao Liao and He Runqing's song, but the song of those little girls from Wu Xing Wu Su... uh, it's not bad, not bad, haha!"

  Wow, it turns out middle-aged uncles have similar interests too!

  Zhao Ruyi turned her head and looked at Li's father with great curiosity.

  Mr. Li noticed her and asked: "Ruyi, do you like Liao Liao?"

  Zhao Ruyi chewed her gum and nodded coolly, saying: "I like it! I also bought her tape!"

  Mr. Li then asked again: "So, do you like Liao Liao more or Wu Xing Wu Su more?"

  Zhao Ruyi tilted her head and thought for a moment, saying: "Liao Liao's song is nice to listen to, but it's too old-fashioned. I think Wu Xing Wu Su is pretty good! Ah, right, Uncle Li, the person in there, is that really Jingxue sister?"

  Mr. Li nodded thoughtfully after hearing her response and smiled as he replied, "That's right, it's Xiaoxue!"

  Just then, Wang Jingxue's mother Tao Huijun had finished cleaning up the house and came down from upstairs to prepare for work. Before she went to the security room to get her tools, Zhao Ruyi ran over in a few big strides and asked: "Auntie Tao, Auntie Tao, at yesterday's party, there was someone in Wu Xing Wu Su who looked just like Sister Jingxue, was it really her?"

  Tao Huijun smiled and nodded upon hearing this, her expression couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise, but soon that surprise turned into a barely concealed sense of pride. She nodded and said: "That's right, it's you Jingxue sister. How is it, do you like her songs?"

  At this point, Zhao Ruyi was so excited that she almost jumped up. Just then, Jiang Ziyu had already come downstairs and was standing over there calling out to her, probably because the money had arrived. But instead of going over, Zhao Ruyi waved enthusiastically for her to come over, then blocked Tao Huijun's path and asked: "Auntie Tao, Auntie Tao, can you help me get an autograph from Jingxue sister when you go back?"

  Tao Huijun smiled and said, "You want to talk about other things, Auntie doesn't know, but this matter, Auntie can assure you with confidence. Don't worry, I'll let Jingxue sister sign ten copies for you later, okay?"

  "Ah……” Zhao Ruyi excitedly jumped up and down, when Jiang Ziwai came over, she chattered on and on, Jiang Ziwai also got excited and started jumping, "Aunt Tao, Aunt Tao, I want it too! I want it too!"

  Tao Huijun smiled and agreed.

  Then, amidst the crowd's laughter, Liu Daqiang also took the money and ran down. The three obviously same-age little guys quickly ran off together to buy an album.

  Everyone here is curiously looking at Tao Huijun, someone asked: "Sister Tao, is that really your family's Xiaoxue?"

  After getting Tao Huijun's affirmative answer, everyone couldn't help but praise in unison, "Your family's Xiaoxue is really amazing, this has been on the evening party, it must be popular!"

  Tao Huijun smiled and exchanged a few pleasantries with everyone, and when she saw Li's father, she even took the initiative to greet him before going to the duty room to get her own tools.

  As soon as she left, someone sneaked over and nudged Li's father, asking: "Has the matter between your kid and Old Wang's second daughter been settled?"

  Li's father just smiled and said: "Kids' stuff, whether it's accurate or not, how would I know? Ah, their business, I'm too lazy to care about it now, let them do whatever they want!"

  Someone next to him heard this and quickly said, "Don't be polite! Brother Li, tell your kid to make an effort and hurry up and marry her! Haven't you seen that girl's sister? She's going to be a big star! I've heard that once a singer becomes famous, they can earn one or two million in a year without batting an eye! Think about it, with such a great relationship, having such a talented sister-in-law, your kid will save so much effort in the future!"

  Li's father smiled, feeling a bit pleased and slightly resentful. Although he was calm and composed, seeing his son's career taking off made him think that he could finally be open about things. He felt it was unnecessary to keep hiding the truth, which made him feel stifled, like wearing fine clothes at night without being able to show them off.

  Even someone as honest as Li's father would feel a bit uneasy about showing off in this situation, right?