I was also worried that Jiang Mengxue would be scared if I talked too much, so we chatted casually for a few minutes and then walked towards the auditorium.

While still outside, I could hear singing and the sound of musical instruments playing inside.

I didn't expect the art troupe to be so well-equipped this time, with singing, dancing, drama performances, and a band.

When they reached the door and looked inside, they found that quite a few people were already sitting in the auditorium.

There were idle people from the army and people from the family compound who came to watch the performance.

There will definitely be a lot of people at night, and they may not be able to grab a seat even if they come. They must give priority to the military comrades. Others standing at the back or outside the door can only listen.

So it’s better to come in the afternoon, since we will rehearse the evening show in the afternoon anyway.

The actors on the stage are rehearsing seriously, completely unaware of the audience below, even though they can hear the discussions below.

It's just a habit. Every time they perform, they are at close range, only a few meters away from the audience. Being watched and discussed is normal for them.

Jiang Mengxue took Mo Bao and a few others to the third row of seats in the front of the hall and sat down.

She actually doesn't know much about the current performances, but the songs she sings are all red songs, and the dances and dramas are all related to these.

Han Siyue looked at the people on the stage and recognized most of them. She spent most of her time helping out backstage at that time.

I am also familiar with some of the actors on stage.

"The comrade on the stage is Fang Yun. She has been learning Huangmei Opera since she was a child. Her voice and singing style are excellent. She is a very talented member of the troupe.

Also waiting at the side of the stage is dancer Zhang Qingzhu. When I watched her training in the past, it was really hard to imagine that a person's body could be so flexible.

The group leader asked me to learn from her, wouldn't that kill me? I was in pain for several days after doing the splits.

The one next to Qingzhu is Leng Shanwen, who also practices dancing. I used to have a good relationship with all of them."

As for the others, Han Siyue didn't mention them so she probably just didn't get along with them.

However, Han Siyue's face looked unhappy after she finished speaking, and no one knew what she was thinking. There were many people at the scene, so Jiang Mengxue didn't ask.

It has to be said that those who are selected by the country are all excellent. Each of them performed fearlessly in the face of danger, and their on-the-spot reaction ability should not be underestimated.

No matter what accidents happen at the scene, they can cover it up well.

Regardless of whether there are professionals in the audience who can see it, at least it won’t be a joke.

"There have been quite a few people coming to watch the performances recently. I think the divisional leaders and commanders will also be here, as well as officers above the battalion level. If family members want to watch, they can come early.

The other soldiers will have to go to the back, but the art troupe members won't be leaving anytime soon."

Liu Shuxia stayed in the supply and marketing cooperative all day and heard a lot of news here and there.

"Will you come then? I haven't met any big leaders yet."

Liu Qiuxia was quite interested. It was her first time to see a performance by the art troupe. Before she joined the army, she had always lived in the countryside.

If her sister hadn't introduced her to her current husband, she might have stayed in the countryside for the rest of her life.

Liu Shuxia also knew that her younger sister liked new things and was interested in everything she encountered.

"Then I'll come with you then."

She was worried about her sister coming alone. The soldiers would gather at the front at night, and her brother-in-law would definitely not be able to be with her. She was worried that her sister would be at a loss if she encountered any problems alone.

As an elder sister, she has to play the role of both elder sister and mother, and her life is full of worries.

Jiang Mengxue was concentrating on watching the performance on the stage and didn't notice that a pair of eyes were staring at her from the side of the stage.

But it doesn't matter even if he saw it, he's just a clown.

Seeing that Jiang Mengxue was feeling uncomfortable sitting in the back, she wanted to leave first, but Mo Bao was in high spirits and was unwilling to leave.

Li Cuiying had no choice but to stay. Han Siyue was also planning to leave, so the two of them tiptoed out through the back door.

At this time, a new show happened to be on stage. The woman on stage saw Jiang Mengxue leaving from the back and felt proud.

She is one of the lead dancers in the art troupe. Both her singing and dancing are included in the troupe's program. How can she be compared to that useless woman from the countryside?

Fortunately, Jiang Mengxue didn’t know what she was thinking, otherwise she would probably be speechless.

After they came out, they went home. Since Jiang Mengxue became pregnant, she felt uncomfortable if she sat for a long time.

Walking for a long time is very tiring, so you should always change your posture more often and avoid standing or sitting for too long.

"I just noticed that you didn't look right. Is there anything else?"

Han Siyue thought about her past in the art troupe and couldn't help but feel lucky that she had gotten out of it, and she was also very satisfied with the person she married.

You Ding hesitated and said, "When I was in the art troupe, there was a female comrade in the troupe who fell in love with an officer in the army.

It can't be said that he was attracted to that person. It was mainly because of his status. The officer was fifty years old and a division commander. His ex-wife passed away and left behind three children, all of whom were older than the female comrades in the art troupe.

But guess what? The teacher didn't fancy her at all. After all, she wasn't considered particularly pretty in the art troupe, just average.

Even though those officers are quite old and their children may already have families, they are still very popular.

It’s not like there were no cases of arranged marriages by superiors in the past. Older unmarried officers in the army were very popular with superiors, so generally speaking, as long as they were favored by the superiors, few dared to refuse.”

Not all lesbians are looking for high-class men. Which lesbian in her teens or twenties would be willing to marry a man over fifty?

Even if the other person is in a high position, it seems like you are marrying above your station, but how many people are truly willing to do so?

Han Siyue witnessed with her own eyes a high-ranking military officer pursuing a female comrade from the art troupe.

The female comrade wanted to find a revolutionary comrade of similar age and similar ideals, but later the director of the art troupe talked to the female comrade, and after she came back, she agreed to marry the senior official.

No one knows what the two talked about, and no one knows why she agreed.

Later, Han Siyue asked her privately, what did she say?

"I'm just an ordinary literary soldier. If someone takes a fancy to me, I can't refuse him. If I meet someone petty, my future career and even the jobs of my future revolutionary comrades will be in trouble.

The team leader said I should have said I was interested and compromised sooner rather than later, because if I waited until they lost their patience, who knows what the outcome would be.

She was born in an ordinary working-class family. Her parents had no support for her and might be implicated by her if they were not careful, so she had no choice but to agree.

Later, after she got married, Han Siyue was so scared that she quickly asked for leave and went home.

Fortunately, her father did not hold a high position in the military, but it was not bad either, so it was not difficult to get her out.