Xu Nannan felt that his three views had been completely refreshed again and again.
From Xu Meizi and Xu Hong's point of view, where is the bottom line of a person? Is it too low? Use your innocence to get rid of the object...
On the way back, she told Lin Qingbai about it.
Lin Qingbai said directly, "Stay away from them." This girl usually looks very clever, but she still has too little knowledge, and she doesn't know how ugly people's hearts can be.
Xu Nannan nodded firmly. Just now when she looked at Wu Bin and listened to his vicious words, she felt uncomfortable all over. Both he and Xu Meizi were abnormal.
Although I don't want to meet Wu Bin anymore, but this one who works in the mine can't see up and down. At work the next day, Xu Nannan ran into Wu Bin again.
She quickly avoided it as if she hadn't seen it.
When I was eating at noon, I looked at Xu Meizi's side and saw Wu Bin's strict control, and I was very sad. Instead of perishing in silence, explode in silence.
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we are going to perform at the provincial gala, are you signing up for this year?"
Zhu Fang asked while eating.
Next to her, Li Weiming brought her soup and put it next to her, not to mention being considerate.
Xu Nannan felt that his eyes were hot, and he stuffed sorghum cakes into his mouth, "What kind of show is that?"
"It's just that our units have to go to the province to perform. Not all of them can go, we have to choose people to go. We have to watch the show. Last year, there was a shortage of food, and the province was bothered by this, so no one went. This year it seems to be Get ready, we heard about it in the office today." After speaking, he sighed, "I have no chance this year with my big belly." Who wouldn't want to take advantage of the glory when they were young.
Xu Nannan doesn't like to participate in this kind of program. She thinks it's not helpful for her work, and she doesn't have this specialty herself. Sing or dance
The only thing she can sing at this moment is the songs of big production, or she can sing Yangko, which she doesn't know.
On the other hand, Xu Meizi was also discussing this matter with her co-workers. The end of the year is busy, and there is nothing to entertain. The old workers guessed that someone might be selected to perform in the province this year.
Xu Meizi listened to it, and her heart became hot. This is a great opportunity to show off, which can always be used later. And this time I went to open my eyes, and I will meet more people in the future.
Wu Bin has been listening quietly by the side, and after hearing that, he also started to fight in his heart, "Meizi, do you want to participate? If there is such a thing, you can go and participate."
Xiaoqin looked at Wu Bin like that, and looked at Xu Meizi with envy, "Meizi, can you do it, I want to be able to sing and dance."
Xu Meizi said with a cold face, "Of course I know how to do this. When I was in school, I used to perform. I forgot, you haven't read anything."
Xiaoqin was so overwhelmed that she couldn't speak, and the corners of her eyes drifted to Wu Bin, with a bit of grievance.
Wu Bin glanced at her with wandering eyes, and then at Xu Meizi. "Meizi, if you want to go, I'll help you find a relationship."
"Why are you so active this time?" Xu Meizi looked at him and said.
Wu Bin smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to your well-being, I'm going to get married anyway, you are well, our face is also bright."
Hearing him talk about the marriage, Xu Meizi couldn't help being happy. Although she threatened Wu Bin, she still liked Wu Bin in her heart.
"If there is such a chance, I will try."
Participating in provincial gala performances was assigned to various departments in the afternoon. Ask each department to report for a program, and then go to the province to select one from the mine.
Chief Xiao took the notice and glanced around the office. In the end, he still had good eyes on Xu Nannan.
What kind of performance also needs a fresh and tender face. You can't let the two elders go up.
Xu Nannan felt uncomfortable being watched by Chief Xiao, "I'm really not good at it, I can't sing or dance." The point is that she doesn't like to participate in this kind of performance.
"You can learn if you can't. Young people must have self-confidence and a spirit of challenge. Xiao Zhang is too dark, Li Weiming has to take care of his wife, let alone Sister Liu, she is busy at home. You are the only single young woman in our office , this matter can only be done by you.”
Hearing what Section Chief Xiao said, Xu Nannan looked at the other people in the office.
Everyone nodded at her.
After get off work in the afternoon, Xu Nannan was sitting in the car worrying, "Brother Lin, what should I do? I'm worried about going to perform. I want to fool around, but I don't want to disappoint Section Chief Xiao and the others."
"If it doesn't work, just sing a song."
"No." She knew how to sing popular songs, and if she sang it at this time, wouldn't people say it was a melody
"Then you can perform whatever you know. It's really not good, and temporary practice is fine. As long as you try your best, it's okay if you don't get selected."
After hearing this, Xu Nannan felt that the same was true. If you work hard, who can blame you for not being selected.
When I think about it, I feel better. She pulled Lin Qingbai's clothes, "You haven't told me, what day is it today?"
She had been thinking about it for a long time at home, but she didn't even know what day it was.
Lin Qingbai smiled, "We'll talk about it when we get to the place."
The car didn't go to the restaurant, but to the county party committee compound.
Master Ke at the door greeted with a smile. After entering the door, I met County Magistrate Sun's wife again, "You are here to play today."
"He said he would take me to dinner." Xu Nannan pointed to Lin Qingbai.
County Magistrate Sun's wife laughed, "No wonder Gao's family said today that they helped Xiao Lin to bring food back, so they invited you to dinner. Xiao Lin really put his heart into it today."
Xu Nannan smiled shyly.
When he returned to the room, Lin Qingbai had already set up a small table and asked Xu Nannan to wait in the room before he went out.
Sitting bored, Xu Nannan simply read the books in Lin Qingbai's bookcase.
In addition to political and ideological books, there are also some foreign language books. Brother Lin knows a lot. In addition to books, there are also a lot of newspapers on the desk, stacked neatly. Xu Nannan picked it up and took a look. Many places were marked with horizontal lines with a blue pen.
Just about to take a closer look at the place where the horizontal line was drawn, Lin Qingbai came in with a large wooden tray with several dishes on it.
Braised pork, half a roast chicken, and vinegared Chinese cabbage.
Xu Nannan said, "It's not Chinese New Year, what are you doing with so many meat dishes?"
Lin Qingbai smiled and went out again, and came back soon, this time holding a plate with a big bun on it, with a red dot in the center of the bun.
After closing the door, the two sat around a small square table.
Lin Qingbai looked at her with raised eyebrows, "I've never seen you so big-hearted, you don't even remember your own birthday."
"Birthday?"
Xu Nannan recalled that there really was no such thing as a birthday. In her previous life, she was an orphan, and no one celebrated her birthday, and she herself was not happy to celebrate it. After coming here, the original owner didn't have a birthday in her memory, and she naturally didn't have this awareness.
So today, she really didn't expect to celebrate her birthday.
Lin Qingbai said with a smile, "I asked my grandfather, and he read the date on your household registration book. I don't know if it's accurate, but I've followed it anyway."
Xu Nannan sucked on his sour nose, but felt that his nose was getting more and more sore, and his eyes were extremely hot, and kept bleeding.
Lin Qingbo became anxious immediately, and hurriedly wiped her tears, "What's wrong, it's not that I made a mistake in the date, it's okay if I make a mistake, let's treat it as a date today, and when you are in your day, let's have another one. I I also feel that today is not suitable, so I just have a meal, and I can't take you out to play."
"No, that's right." Xu Nannan cried in a nasal voice, and his speech was vague, "I am, happy. Very pleasantly surprised."
After two lifetimes, she finally had a birthday. There was someone else who celebrated her birthday with her.
"I never had a birthday before." She wiped her tears.
Pain flashed in Lin Qingbai's eyes, and the hand that wiped her tears also paused, this little girl... no wonder she doesn't remember her birthday.
Compared with Xiao Nizi, he is much happier. No matter how hard life was when he was a child, his mother would celebrate his birthday with a cornbread as a birthday bag. Later, when he arrived at the He family, his adoptive parents would also celebrate his birthday.
After returning to Lin's house, Auntie never forgot his birthday.
"I will spend every birthday with you in the future." Lin Qingbai made a solemn promise. Fortunately, Xiao Nizi met him... and could only meet him.
Xu Nannan wiped away his tears and snot with a square towel, and said with a red nose, "It's not a big deal, but it's nothing."
"Why is it not a big deal? It is a big deal for everyone to come into this world. For me, you are my big deal."
Looking at Xu Nannan's glowing red nose, Lin Qingbai leaned over and kissed him lightly with love and affection.
Xu Nannan looked at him, "Is this a birthday present?"
"Not counting." Lin Qingbai smiled and took out a small box from his pocket. A rustic silver chain. The flower-shaped pendant and chain are integrated, and the shape is obviously different from modern craftsmanship.
Xu Nannan took it over and couldn't put it down, "It's so delicate."
"I asked an old craftsman to help me make this, just this one." Lin Qingbai smiled and helped her put it on. Originally, I wanted to get a gemstone on it, but I was worried that it would be too ostentatious and it would be bad for her. The silversmith could only make a small silver flower as a pendant.
Xu Nannan held the pendant and looked at it for a long time, only to find that the word Nan was engraved on the back of the pendant.
Looking at the silver pendant, Xu Nannan's eyes sparkled. This was the first birthday present she received, and it was also her favourite. I will keep it for the rest of my life, um, pass it on to my children and grandchildren.
She put her arms around Lin Qingbai's neck and kissed him hard on the face.
This is thanks to living in this era, if in the future, I don't know how many women I will provoke.
Xu Nannan finally bit his lip and almost broke his skin. "Lin Qingbai, you are so attractive."
The beloved Comrade Lin was sweating all over after being picked, he couldn't hold it back, he reached out with his long hand, hugged Xiao Nizi, and pressed her lips against her.
…
"No, I have to go back." Xu Nannan said with unsteady breathing.
Lin Qingbai panted, "Wait another two minutes."
…
"Go back!" Lin Qingbai made up his mind.
Xu Nannan looked at him pitifully, "I have no strength."
When I was about to leave, I found that I hadn't eaten the birthday buns, and I didn't eat much food.
It's all cold.
Xu Nannan looked at him complainingly.
Lin Qingbai felt that this house could not stay any longer. You can never make a mistake before you get married.
Simply wrap the birthday bag in kraft paper and drag Xu Nannan out.
Xiaotian was eating melon seeds in a daze, and when he saw Lin Qingbai pulling Xu Nannan coming, he suddenly regained his energy, and he beckoned them to sit down.
Lin Qingbai gave her the steamed stuffed bun and asked her to help heat it up, and ordered again.
Oda hurried to tell the master that the birthday bag must be the first to bring it. "Minister Lin, I heard that you went home a few days ago? Well, Comrade Lin Qingsong is okay."
Lin Qingbai was being complained by Xu Nannan, and he was relieved to be interrupted like this, "I'm going to graduate soon. I'm going to stay and work in the capital."
Hearing this answer, Oda's face was full of disappointment, as if his dream had been shattered.
The little girl left, Xu Nannan said, "Oh, what a crime, I broke another girl's heart."
Then he looked at Lin Qingbai again, this was not a peaceful one either. I didn't provoke anyone before, and there are girls who care about it.
The two brothers are not easy.
Lin Qingbai looked at her resentful eyes, and quickly looked away, pretending not to see it.
When I came home, I was full after all, and I was hungry without my first birthday. Xu Nannan took a bite of that birthday bag, and everything else went into Sailin Qingbai's mouth.
According to her, Lin Qingbai was happy.
As a result, as soon as she got home, Grandma Yu brought her another birthday bag, which was about the same size as the one Lin Qingbai had prepared for her.
"If I didn't know that Xiao Lin celebrated your birthday today, I wouldn't let you spend it outside. You have to eat this birthday bag. I went to find a few families to exchange for white noodles. It's the blessing of a few families. .”
Seeing Grandma Yu's caring face, Xu Nannan pursed her lips and smiled, then ate up the birthday buns in front of the old lady.
Lying on the bed while touching his bulging stomach, Xu Nannan felt that if he was strangled to death, he would probably be promoted as a model.
Look, whoever said that there is a shortage of food, there is a little comrade who is fed to death with refined food.
Couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and found that Xiao Man hadn't slept either.
"Xiao Man, why aren't you sleeping?"
"Sister, I'm fine,"
"Worried about the exam? It's okay. It doesn't matter if you don't do well in the exam. Let's let nature take its course." Xiaoman's grades have always been good. This kid's aptitude is not particularly good, the key is a good attitude towards learning. Xu Nannan is worried that she is under pressure.
"sister… "
"Um?"
"... I fell asleep." Then there was no sound.
Xu Nannan glanced at her, the child really slept with his eyes closed. It seems to be too much pressure.
Because of a beautiful birthday, Xu Nannan has always been in a good mood.
The performance tasks arranged by the office are not so exclusive. In the past few days, she was not allowed to work in the department, so she only did this.
Xu Nannan thought about it for a long time, and decided not to make a fuss. Not outstanding, not ashamed, just average performance.
Ahem... The key is that she feels that she doesn't have the ability to stand out, and she has worked hard to not be ashamed.
Dancing is definitely not an option, you still have to sing. She can't sing, but she remembers songs like Beijing's Jinshan Mountain, Liuyang River, and Fields of Hope. But these cannot be sung. I can only ask Director Zhu for advice. According to Zhu Fang, Director Zhu is famous for being able to sing and dance, and he was also a flower in the mine back then.
"Of course we want to sing the song of the motherland." Director Zhu said passionately.
Now that she is getting older, it is difficult for her to be on stage again. It is rare that she can still get the approval of the little girl, and she feels that she is ten years younger again.
Xu Nannan said, "What song?"
"A big river with waves and wind blowing the fragrance of rice and flowers on both banks..." Director Zhu sang a song directly, and everyone in the Women's Federation Office sang along.
Everyone was full of enthusiasm, their eyes were shining with gold, and their eyes were full of yearning for life... "I have an idea." After everyone finished singing, Xu Nannan said seriously.
"What do you think?" Director Zhu smiled.
"Let's organize the people in the mine to sing together. The three generations of the old, the middle and the young are called, and we will form a chorus." Those who are old should not be forgotten. They are the first cornerstone of building the motherland.
Director Zhu's face was full of red, "Can it work? Many people can't fart with a stick."
"Chorus, if there are too many people, you won't have stage fright. Tell them, the most important thing is to participate."
Director Zhu is the most emotional, because many people dare not even apply for their names because they are worried that they will not be selected, or because they feel that they are not young anymore.
"Nannan, otherwise, this is your show, I'll help you contact in private, and you will lead everyone to sing later."
"Okay, as long as there are people." Xu Nannan nodded obligingly.
Director Zhu showed extraordinary enthusiasm on this matter, and went directly to the front line of the mine to contact those master craftsmen in the afternoon. She was not worried about young people, but she was afraid that these master craftsmen would not be willing to go on stage.
Xu Nannan went back and told Chief Xiao about the news.
Chief Xiao didn't expect Xu Nannan to come up with such a show. Ordinary young people who don't want to be in the limelight, singing or dancing on the top alone, the eyes of the audience belong to them alone. Who would be like this little girl, suddenly pulling a group of old and young men, aunts and sisters up.
This is also ideological awareness, and it is also calm.
"Okay, that's the way to go about this matter, but Nannan... can I go up." Xiao Ke asked Ai Ai for a long time.
Sister Liu raised her hand, "And me."
Xiao Zhang said, "I want to go too."
Li Weiming looked at everyone, "My wife and I applaud you from the audience."
Xu Nannan grinned, "Let's all go!"
The news that Xu Nannan was going to find someone to sing with him quickly spread in the mine.
Many old workers watched secretly.
Xu Meizi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news. After she knew that Xu Nannan was going to participate, she still felt a little stressed, worried that she would be inferior to Xu Nannan.
Don't worry about it now, this show is good, it's everyone's credit. No, that was also Xu Nannan's idea. Regardless of whether the show is good or not, it is impossible for Xu Nannan to outshine her.
Xu Nannan doesn't care what other people think. Anyway, she didn't expect to win the prize and compete for the ranking. Just take everyone to have fun, even if you can't go to the province in the end, that's okay, just treat it as a lively New Year's Eve.
Fortunately, the response to this incident in the mine was not bad. Director Zhu went to find people, and basically everyone was willing to participate. A chorus, a group of people singing together, why not dare.
Thirty people were quickly recruited. According to what Xu Nannan said, there are ten people, old, middle-aged and young. Some elderly people are retired workers in the mining area.
Originally, I wanted to find more people, but unfortunately I am busy at the end of the year, so it is difficult to find too many people.
After finding all the people, Xu Nannan began to rehearse. The song still chooses my motherland. Anyway, it is the most sensible time to sing about the motherland.
So after eating at noon every day, a burst of loud singing can be heard in the conference room of the trade union every day.
It's like noon music. Many people sang along while washing the dishes.
Mine Manager Gao and Mine Manager Li walked all the way, listening to the workers humming, they said with a smile, "The mine hasn't been this lively for a long time. That little comrade is quite capable."
Li Chengwen felt that he was honored, "The key is to have heart. This is that it is better to be alone than to be happy. I also wanted to have a chorus on the front line, but she did it in advance. This is with heart .”
Mine manager Gao laughed, "This comrade hasn't joined the party yet, that's not okay. As an advanced employee, he usually performs well, and he is a young backbone, so he must actively join the party."
"Then let Xiao Zhu talk to her later and write an application for joining the party." Li Chengwen echoed.
After more than half a month of training, when the first snow fell, the training was finally completed.
Taking advantage of the weekend, the mining area specially organized the workers who signed up for a performance competition. The judges are the leaders of the mining area, and the worker representatives below vote. The place of performance is inside the trade union meeting room.
There were quite a lot of people performing this time, there were various songs, there were solo choruses, duet choruses, waist drum players, Yangko dancers... Xu Meizi sang a folk song.
The lyrics are quite simple and the tone is tactful, which suits her voice quite well.
Xu Nannan also thought it sounded good.
Finally, it was the turn of Xu Nannan's chorus. As soon as almost everyone came out, the audience applauded fiercely.
The faces of those who came to the stage before suddenly froze.
Well... with so many people, those who voted below will more or less know each other. By then, the votes will not be the highest.
Even Xu Meizi, who was waiting to see Xu Nannan's joke, couldn't help but twitch. She just said, how could Xu Nannan do thankless things. It turned out that it was shameless to have such thoughts.
Soon, everyone also saw that, regardless of other considerations, the feeling of chorus is really different. The shock when he appeared on the stage, and when he sang, the voice was loud and shocking, and it was just in terms of momentum, it was a complete victory.
As for how they sang, no one really paid attention.
In fact, I have heard chorus before, but like Xu Nannan, he deliberately selected representatives of different age groups, arranged positions, and made up gestures, which seemed a bit special.
The key is to make sense. The singing voices of the three generations also represent the voices of all people.
The mine leaders have also seen this. They really don’t care if the singing is good or not. The key is to drive the atmosphere and make sense. Demonstrate positive progress in thinking.
On the bulletin board the next day, there was a list of programs to perform in the provincial capital, and Xu Nannan's program appeared on it. There is also a waist drum, a two-person chorus, and Xu Meizi's folk songs.
"Brother Lin, can you accompany me to the provincial capital then?"
Xu Nannan excitedly told Lin Qingbai about it. She found it completely unexpected, and at the same time pleasantly surprised. If she was performing alone, she would not feel much. The key is that there are other people, and the comrades in the chorus are all happy to be able to participate in the election this time.
Lin Qingbai smiled, "Even if you don't tell me, I have to go. This time, County Magistrate Sun and I will go. I thought it was boring at first, but this time is just right. I can see our little girl show off her demeanor on stage."
Xu Nannan smiled triumphantly, "It will definitely surprise you."
Lin Qingbai let her whisper, "It's just that I can't go with you this time. County Magistrate Sun and I will go there earlier."
Hearing his arrangement, Xu Nannan was overjoyed. That's right, she's planning to go there a day earlier. She had to go to Wei Xiaodong to get something. I am short of money, so I have to earn money quickly, and then buy materials.