Chapter 103 Recorder
Lin Anan listened to Lu Qing's words and nodded slightly. "It was indeed a little uncomfortable when I first came here, but I got used to it slowly."
Lin Zihuai also echoed, "Yes, I felt that the conditions here were very difficult at first, but now I have adapted to it, and everything is fine."
"It's great that you can adapt so quickly. Although the conditions in the Northwest are difficult, the people here are simple and kind. After the spring, the scenery will be beautiful.
But then again, people in the Northwest are competitive. If Zihuai was from the Northwest, I probably wouldn't even need to ask him, he would definitely want to join the art troupe."
Lin Zihuai was puzzled, "Why?"
"Why?" Lu Qing looked Lin Zihuai up and down, then peeled some peanuts and put them into his mouth to chew. "Mu Youwei is still in our Northwest Military Region! Over the years, there have been many people who can be compared with him, but without exception, none of them are from our art troupe. If there is such a person, he must be trying his best to compete with him."
Lin Anan: “…”
So, the Northwest Art Troupe has never produced a brilliant person?
Lin Zihuai understood.
Instructor Lu is... thinking of competing with Mu Youwei to bring honor to the art troupe!
"I……"
Lin Zihuai wanted to say, okay, let’s join immediately, let’s compete, who’s afraid of who!
But he looked at his sister and swallowed his words back.
It's not just people in the Northwest who have a competitive spirit. How could someone as old as Lin Zihuai not be competitive?
Lin Zihuai fell for it, but Lin Anan remained as steady as an old dog, not moving at all. "You can't say that. We are all good comrades who have contributed to the development of the army's culture. Why should we compare ourselves? That's too formal."
Lu Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, and admired Li Lin Anan even more in his heart. Not only was she talented and innovative, but she was also highly conscious. She was suitable to join the art troupe and be a leader. As long as she gained experience for a few years...
"That's right. Mu Youwei is at my house right now. He said yesterday that he wanted to meet you. When there's a chance, I'll introduce you to each other."
"No!" Lin Zihuai refused directly.
"Um?"
"They are very rude and we definitely don't see eye to eye."
Lin Zihuai added some exaggeration and recounted what happened after the cultural performance that day.
He looked down on them in every word.
"Is there anything else?"
Lu Qing said he wanted to teach them a lesson, and his words sounded very convincing, but they were all just polite talk.
But these are not big deals.
While they were chatting, Aunt Chu and Chu Minglan were already busy in the kitchen.
After a while, bursts of fragrance wafted out of the kitchen.
Lu Qing smiled and said, "My aunt's cooking skills are getting better and better. I left a bunch of guests at home alone just to have this meal with my aunt. Hahahaha."
Lin Anan couldn't help but laugh.
When the meal was almost ready, Chu Mingzhou came back.
Chu Mingyu hurried into the house, "Brother Zihuai, my eldest brother is back and wants you to help move things."
Moving things again!
Lin Anan almost thought that her husband was a hamster. Every time he went out, he would go shopping and bring home a lot of things.
“Here I come.”
Lin Zihuai quickly stood up and ran out with Chu Mingyu.
Lin Anan smiled unconsciously, her eyes were soft. She stood up, straightened her clothes, and followed him out.
When Lu Qing saw Lin Anan like this, he was secretly surprised.
This doesn't seem like something that's meant to be seen. That look...
Lin Anan has feelings for Chu Mingzhou!
Lu Qing squeezed the peanuts with his fingers and the shells broke.
This is a difficult situation. Once this woman falls in love, she will definitely not stay in the Northwest Military Region after the divorce.
Lu Qing frowned, and stood up and walked out the door, "Mingzhou, I'll help you too."
"Why are you here?"
Chu Mingzhou couldn't help but frown when he saw Lu Qingnian, who was only 28 years old, running towards his home.
Lu Qing didn't mind his attitude at all. He reached out and lifted the last box in the trunk. "I'm here to thank An An and Zi Huai. I happened to catch my aunt making lunch, so I shamelessly stayed to have a meal."
Chu Mingzhou glanced at him and said nothing.
He turned to look at Lin Anan, raised his chin and pointed towards the room, motioning her to follow.
Lin Anan blinked her eyes, took quick steps, and quickly caught up, "Zihuai, you guys move the things to the main hall first, thank you for your hard work~"
When Lu Qing saw Lin Anan and Chu Mingzhou return to the house, he paused and almost blurted out, "Your sister lives in the same room with Mingzhou?"
Lin Zihuai gave him a strange look and said, "Of course my sister lives in the same room with my brother-in-law!"
Lu Qing: “…”
Lu Qing was speechless for a moment, and his heart was in a mess.
For the first time, I felt that Chu Mingzhou was a worthless person!
You are about to divorce me, how can you still abuse me?
Lin Zihuai put his things away, looked at Lu Qing's appearance, scratched his head and asked, "Is there any problem?"
Lu Qing came back to his senses and forced a smile: "It's okay, it's okay."
As he spoke, he quickened his movements and put down the box in his hand, but his eyes occasionally drifted towards the direction where Chu Mingzhou and Lin Anan entered the room.
Inside the room, Chu Mingzhou took Lin Anan to a stop and gently wiped away the snow on her shoulders. "I bought you a tape recorder."
"ah?"
In that age of material scarcity, tape recorders were extremely rare items. She had never expected that Chu Mingzhou would buy her such an expensive gift.
Seeing her like this, Chu Mingzhou couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and reached out to scratch her nose: "This is the quota given to me by the leader. It would be a pity not to buy it if I didn't get it. After the New Year, I will install an antenna on the roof for you so that you can listen to the radio at home."
Chu Mingzhou opened the package.
What catches your eye is an old-fashioned long tape recorder with an industrial texture unique to this era.
The shell is thick and glossy dark brown plastic, with a metal speaker grille on the front. The fine grid is neatly arranged and the workmanship is exquisite.
There are two metal knobs on both sides of the grille, one is responsible for adjusting the volume, and the other is responsible for frequency modulation to accurately locate each frequency band.
The transparent plastic tape compartment door is clean and bright, like an exquisite small display window. The edge of the compartment door is inlaid with a circle of silver metal frame, which refracts a cool light under the light and contrasts with the dark shell.
"Here are two more cassettes, both of which are songs. I don't know if you like them."
Chu Mingzhou fished out two cassettes with portraits of working people printed on them from his coat pocket.
Lin Anan pursed her lips and reached out to take it.
It would be a lie to say I wasn't moved.
This man...
Put the tape in and press the play button. First there is a slight mechanical sound, and then a melodious melody pours out from the speaker. The sound quality has a slightly rustling grainy feeling, but it is this simplicity that conveys the sincere emotions of the past years in their original form.
Lin Anan threw herself into Chu Mingzhou's arms and hugged him tightly: "Mingzhou!"
Chu Mingzhou panicked when he heard her calling him with a nasal voice, "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Lin Anan buried herself in his arms and raised her hand to hit him, "I like it very much, Mingzhou, you are so nice~"
Chu Mingzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad you like it. It's just that this tape is hard to buy. I'll buy it for you when I go to the big market in the future."
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