In the morning, Su Xiao said goodbye to several elders and Xu Jiaojiao and returned to the army.

Su Le, Xu Jiaojiao, Jiang Liang, and Xu Hu went to a milk tea shop first. Su Le gave Wang Ming the new recipe for pearl milk tea. He also brought two boxes of pearls and told Wang Ming to put them in the refrigerator, otherwise they would go bad.

Then the four of them went shopping, preparing to buy some things needed for the annual meeting. The two men's hands were full of things.

After making sure everything was bought, Su Le searched through her space to find the address of a courtyard house her aunt had given her. It turned out to be right next to the Su family compound. Su Le couldn't help but admire her aunt and uncle's cleverness in not leaving it to Su Can and the others, presumably because they feared they would get too close and be implicated.

The four of them walked in. Cleaning was a massive undertaking. Su Le quickly sent Xu Hu to the Su family compound to fetch Zhang Jing and Li Xian. The six of them worked tirelessly for a long time.

Several people began to set up the place, all red and looking like the New Year's Eve. The stage was also built. Jiang Liang had his own employees make the tables and benches.

There were ten people at a table, so there were exactly four tables. Su Le's parents and Xu Jiaojiao's parents were also seated.

There is just one more Jiang Liang!

Jiang Liang immediately refused to do so and pointed at Xu Hu, saying, "Let this guy preside over the meal. I'll sit down and eat!"

Su Le and Xu Jiaojiao burst out laughing.

In order to get the greeting gifts and red envelopes from his brothers, Xu Hu had no choice but to accept it, "Okay, okay! I'll host it!"

After a brief incident, the four men pulled up the banner, with Su Le and Xu Jiaojiao directing from below.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the annual meeting to begin.

Su Le waited until everyone had left and closed the door. It was midnight again, and he went back inside. He placed his bicycle, watch, and radio on the table and tied a big red flower around them.

In a week and a half, everyone took a break and returned to work from home.

There is still a week and a half before the Chinese New Year. Today, Su Le notified the three team leaders and told everyone that today is the last day of work and there will be an annual meeting in the evening.

Su Le gave Xu Hu a manuscript early on and asked him to remember as much as he could.

Everyone was in a state of excitement today and worked very hard. After today, everyone could go home for the New Year. However, some orphans still didn't know where to go.

Some are happy while others are sad.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was six o'clock. Several team leaders closed the shop and apologized to the remaining customers. They led their people to the courtyard. Su Le and his friends were all wearing red dresses, which were bright red and very festive. They smiled and greeted everyone to take their seats.

Su Fugui, Chen Yao, Xu Sheng, Xia Le, Su Le, Xu Jiaojiao, Jiang Liang, Zhang Jing, and Li Xian left a seat for Xu Hu and sat at the main table.

Yu Jie, Wang Ming, Xu Changsheng, Zhang Yi, Zhang Liang, Shou Hou, and a few other candidates were sitting at the table on the right in front of us. Eleven people sat at the table.

The rest of the group sat at the two tables in the back. The tables were filled with dishes, all painstakingly prepared by Zhang Yi, Zhang Liang, Chen Yao, and Xia Le.

Xu Hu stood at the podium and began his passionate speech. After the speech, everyone started eating.

Su Le waited until everyone was half full before asking Xu Hu to start playing Pass the Flower. "Is everyone almost done eating? Just eating isn't very interesting. Why don't we play a game?"

Everyone asked, "What game are you playing?"

"How do we play with so many people?"

Xu Hu laughed and said, "Let's play Pass the Flower."

"What game is that?"

"How do you play?"

Xu Hu began explaining how to play the game. "Now, please ask Li Xian from our props team to distribute props to everyone." Li Xian stood up and took four roses from the table and placed them on the four tables.

Everyone doesn't understand what this is for. There are so many of them, but only one flower?

Xu Hu continued, "Now, whoever is facing the flower, pick up the flower. I'll start beating the drum soon. The first person to pick up the flower can pass it to the next person in the order, or the next person in the order. The drums stop, the flowers stop, and no one is allowed to cheat! When the drums stop, the person holding the flower has to perform. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

"Don't do it, don't do it. I can't, I can't!"

“Pray, pray!”

Xu Hu turned his back to everyone and started beating the drum

Boom boom boom.

The flower was passed quickly from the first person to the next, and everyone's heartbeats followed the drumbeats, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. Everyone prayed that it wouldn't be their turn.

Boom!

Xu Hu turned around and saw the four people who finally got the flowers had sad faces. Xu Hu started the performance with the first group, Xu Jiaojiao.

Xu Jiaojiao had no choice but to go on stage and dance. After the dance, everyone applauded.

Xu Jiaojiao said to Su Le, "If I had known, I wouldn't have said it. I also wanted to play!" Then she looked at Jiang Liang, who was sitting in the lower seat, complaining, "It's all your fault! Why did you pass it so quickly?"

Jiang Liang smiled happily and said, "You have to be able to afford it!"

Next up was Wang Ming. The remaining two people couldn't dance. They didn't know what to perform. They stood on the stage, looking at Xu Hu awkwardly.

Xu Hu rolled his eyes, "Why are you looking at me? It's not like I'm performing!"

"Yeah! Show up!"

"Show off!"

"Show off!"

Wang Ming thought for a moment, took the microphone from Xu Hu, and began to sing. The remaining two whispered to each other and unanimously decided to imitate Wang Ming's singing.

Wang Ming returned the microphone to Xu Hu halfway through the song. Xu Hu led the applause, and the others followed suit.

The remaining two also imitated Wang Ming's singing, but they were tone-deaf, which made everyone laugh.

Xu Hu said, "The next performers can't sing or dance!"

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