Chapter 43: Get carried away when you are proud
"What are you making fun of? Jingyan can't perform. Aren't you making her look embarrassed?"
Li Ling and Lin Meifeng angrily questioned Li Aimei, knowing that there would be no good in her presence.
"What can't you do? What's wrong with rural areas? There are still Errenzhuan and Huangmei opera in rural areas. Even if you can't sing, you can still sing in these local operas, right?"
Li Aimei looked like you are making such a fuss:
"Okay, I'll go up and perform. Really, if my own man wins the championship, can't I bring glory to him?"
"I will perform a performance on behalf of the military wives."
After Li Aimei finished speaking, she raised her hands and stood up. Political Commissar Zhou took the lead in applauding, and the soldiers also applauded together.
Qin Xinyue thought that Li Aimei was Lu Haoting's daughter-in-law, and there was a hint of contempt in her eyes. No wonder people said that Brother Lu's wife was a shrew, and her appearance was not good.
Brother Lu is blind, how can he find such a wife?
But she thought so in her heart, and kept a sweet smile on her face:
"Then let's invite my sister-in-law to perform on stage!"
Amy Li walked onto the stage with great strides. She had participated in art performances at work and had no stage fright at all when it came to going on stage.
"Thanks."
She took the microphone from Qin Xinyue's hand and introduced herself to the soldiers in the audience:
"I am Zhang Tie's lover, and I am honored to stand here and perform for everyone today."
Zhang Tie’s lover?
Qin Xinyue frowned, so she wasn't Lu Haoting's wife?
She smiled calmly and asked, "What kind of show will my sister-in-law perform?"
"A scene from A Qing's wife in The Red Lantern Chronicles."
Li Aimei said confidently, Qin Xinyue nodded:
"Okay, I'll let the band score the music for you."
Zhang Tie frowned when Li Aimei came on stage, but after seeing her performance, his brows relaxed. It was not bad, and he did not embarrass himself. He glanced sideways at Lu Haoting, his eyes a little proud.
Li Aimei sang a classic libretto by Mrs. Ah Qing. She actually didn't sing it very well, but she was better because she didn't have stage fright, and she was not a professional actress and no one would laugh at her.
After singing, everyone applauded enthusiastically, and Li Aimei was even more proud. She glanced at her husband in the audience, and when she saw his eyes looking at her with pride, she knew that she had made the right decision to go on stage.
People are like this, they get carried away when they are proud. She had to make Zuo Jingyan look embarrassed and said to Zuo Jingyan in the audience:
"Jingyan, don't be afraid. My sister-in-law has already prepared a sample for you. Come up and perform a show. Don't embarrass us military wives."
"Damage or not?"
Jiang Xueying, Li Ling and the others were all furious. Why was Li Aimei so arrogant? She could just stand out in the limelight, but she had to watch Zuo Jingyan make a fool of herself?
Qin Xinyue also walked out from behind the scenes, holding a microphone in her hand and looking in the direction of the military wife with a smile:
"I would like to invite Deputy Battalion Commander Lu's lover to perform a show on stage. Would you like that? Let's applaud and encourage him."
The soldiers thought it was a show effect and they all applauded together.
Lu Haoting frowned, and Zuo Jingyan glanced worriedly, Zhang Tie's wife is really nothing!
"Jingyan, it's okay. You can't just say it openly. It's not illegal if you can't sing or dance."
Li Ling told Zuo Jingyan that it was better than being embarrassed by not being on stage at all.
"Yes, we don't know it either. Whoever knows it can perform it."
Lin Meifeng then said, Xiaoyu wanted to say for her sister-in-law:
"Sister-in-law, I can sing Dongfanghong, how about I go up for you?"
She also forgot that she was timid. She was actually very scared by this scene, but she risked herself to prevent her sister-in-law from being laughed at.
The atmosphere has been established here. If you don't go up, doesn't it look like you are scared? Zuo Jingyan stood up with a smile and comforted those who cared about her:
"It's okay. I'll go up. If I can't sing well, is it still good?"
"Everyone is welcome."
Seeing Zuo Jingyan stand up, Li Aimei cheered even more and clapped vigorously on the stage.
Qin Xinyue was stunned for a moment when she saw Zuo Jingyan. Why does this person look so familiar?
As Zuo Jingyan walked onto the stage, she remembered, wasn't this the little girl who helped her and Liu Lanying catch the gangsters?
Is she Lu Haoting’s wife?
Looking at the age of only 18 or 19, Lu Haoting is 25 years old, how can they be a couple?
"Here, I'll give you the microphone. Don't embarrass our military wives!"
Li Aimei greeted Zuo Jingyan warmly and put the microphone in her hand into Zuo Jingyan's hand. Her voice was not loud, but she was facing the microphone so that the whole audience could hear her.
Zuo Jingyan took the microphone and put it to her mouth, smiling and said to Li Aimei:
"Thank you sister-in-law for giving me this opportunity."
She was calm and generous, with no stage fright at all, which almost made Li Aimei fail to keep the smile on her face.
How do you feel that she is confident? But don’t compare yourself to others!
Zuo Jingyan walked elegantly to the center of the stage with the microphone, nodded and smiled at Qin Xinyue who was looking at her:
"Hello, thank you for your proposal to allow us military wives to stand on this stage."
Qin Xinyue smiled and nodded: "What program are you preparing for, sister-in-law? I can let the band cooperate with you."
"Let me say a few words first."
Zuo Jingyan glanced at her, why did she feel that the smile on her face was forced, and it was obvious that she had recognized who she was?
"good."
The corner of Qin Xinyue's mouth twitched. She actually wanted to imitate a leader and say a few words? Did she really make herself a fool? But she had to give in and could only say yes.
"I am very excited standing on this stage at this moment, because sitting in the audience are the soldiers I admire the most. It is you who use steel guns and flesh and blood to block the enemy from the country, protect the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and serve as
I am proud to be a military wife. Our husbands are out there protecting their families and the country. As military wives, we guard the home front for them so that they can be loyal to the country without any worries..."
Zuo Jingyan's voice is full of emotion, and the yin and yang twists and turns are very empathetic. She said that the military wives felt that they were also great, and their dedication to the family was the support for their husbands' work.
The soldiers were also moved. They devoted their blood to protect the people and were willing to sacrifice to protect the security of the country. From the day they joined the army, the slogan was not to be afraid of sacrifice and to move forward bravely. The women helped them fulfill their filial piety at the rear.
"well said."
The leader took the lead in applauding, and the applause in the auditorium was like thunder. Li Aimei flattened her mouth and muttered in a low voice:
"What's the use of talking? You can put on a show!"
Lu Haoting looked at Zuo Jingyan on the stage, the stage lights shone on her, her eyes flashed with confidence, her speech was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and her powerful aura made it impossible to take eyes away from her.
"I was born in a rural area and I can't sing any songs. I just watched the movie Heroes and Daughters on the threshing floor, and I have a deep memory of the theme song in it. Today I will sing it for everyone. The name of this song is
Hymn to heroes."
After speaking to the audience, Zuo Jingyan turned to look at the band behind the scenes, smiled at them, nodded, and said generously:
"Dear band teachers, thank you."
That graceful Typhoon actually has more aura than the actors.
Chapter completed!