"Slap, slap, slap~"
The applause from the audience wasn't very enthusiastic.
The soldiers saw Xiao Ting rushing to the stage, and although they didn't say anything, they couldn't stand it.
Lu Fangfang didn't care; she clapped her hands, wanting to see what Xiao Ting would sing.
If she doesn't sing well, she'll lose face.
On the platform, Xiao Ting found Chen Shuhua, whispered a few words, then walked to the center of the platform and bowed to the soldiers below.
She glanced at Lu Fangfang in the front row and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Seeing the woman becoming more and more glamorous and popular with the soldiers, she couldn't stand it anymore. All of this should have been hers.
She was determined to outdo this woman today.
He nodded to the soldiers below who were holding musical instruments, and the music immediately began.
One of the soldiers was playing the accordion, and the music was quite cheerful.
On the stage, Xiao Ting opened her mouth and started singing.
"I joined the People's Liberation Army, donned the green uniform, entered the revolutionary school, shouldered the revolutionary rifle, bright red collar insignia on both sides, and the five-star cap badge gleamed in gold~"
On the bench, a group of soldiers suddenly lowered their heads.
That's great, Xiao Ting sang the song that was supposed to be theirs first, so they'll have to perform even better later.
Beside her, Lu Fangfang clapped her hands and hummed softly.
Xiao Ting's song is quite common; you often hear it in military camps, but she sings it really well.
Hmm...
Looking up, Lu Fangfang noticed that Xiao Ting was staring at her.
"I joined the People's Liberation Army and put on the green uniform~"
As she sang the lyrics, Lu Fangfang always felt as if she was being mocked.
"Meow~"
"Xiaohua, it's alright."
Lu Fangfang was taken aback, then smiled and patted Xiaohua's head.
"Fangfang, are you really going to sing?"
Zhuang Mingcheng asked his wife in a low voice, as he had never heard her sing before.
"It's the Lunar New Year, and everyone is having a good time, so I'll go up and sing a song. It's okay, I don't care if I'm outdone by others."
Lu Fangfang tilted her head and replied softly.
She clapped her hands nonstop, and had already decided on the song she wanted to sing.
She hadn't sung this song many times, but she had been forced to listen to it countless times. In her previous life, it was a favorite song of many older people, so she was quite familiar with it.
On the podium, Xiao Ting kept talking while her eyes were still fixed on Lu Fangfang.
Seeing the man's indifferent expression, she suddenly felt deflated.
"Loyal to the people and the Party, stand guard to protect the motherland!"
After singing the last line, she bowed to the soldiers and then strode away.
"Slap, slap, slap~"
Chen Shuhua clapped her hands and came up again.
She smiled and said to the soldiers below, "Comrades, next, please welcome Comrade Lu Fangfang to perform a show for us."
"Slap, slap, slap, slap~"
The auditorium immediately became lively again.
Zhuang Mingcheng helped his wife up, then sat down and clapped his hands expectantly.
"Awoo~"
"Meow~"
When Xiao Hua and the little Tibetan fox saw Lu Fangfang walk onto the stage, they immediately ran up as well.
Seeing this, the soldiers below the stage clapped even harder.
"Xiao Lu, which song would you like to sing? I'll have the soldiers in the audience accompany you."
Lu Fangfang patted Xiao Hua and the little Tibetan fox, letting the two little creatures stand on either side of her, then shook her head and said:
"Sister-in-law, I heard this song before, so I don't need accompaniment. I'll sing a few lines a cappella."
"oh?"
Chen Shuhua was somewhat surprised, but she didn't say anything more. She clapped her hands and walked to the side.
Below the stage, Xiao Ting waited with a mocking expression, hoping to see her make a fool of herself.
...
"A little white poplar tree grows beside the sentry post."
"Deep roots, strong trunk, guarding the northern frontier~"
As soon as Lu Fangfang opened her mouth, the entire auditorium fell silent.
The soldiers listened quietly, their faces showing surprise; none of them had ever heard this song before.
Even though it was the first time they heard it, they immediately fell in love with it.
In the front row, Zhuang Mingcheng also looked at his wife in surprise.
They've been together for almost a year, and this is the first time he's heard his wife sing, and sing so well at that.
His worries just now seem to have been unnecessary.
"Come on, come on, come on~"
"Little white poplar, little white poplar, as it grows, I grow too, together we guard the border~"
Lu Fangfang continued singing on the stage.
Beside her, Chen Shuhua stared at Xiao Lu with her mouth agape in shock.
She had never heard of this song, and she was certain that it was not sung in the market at all.
Where did Xiao Lu hear that from?
Xiao Lu sang so fluently, it didn't sound like he just sang it off the cuff after listening to someone else. Could it be...?
This...this...this...
Chen Shuhua immediately felt remorseful.
She had worked in the performing arts troupe for over ten years, and this was the first time she had heard such a beautiful song, so suitable for the military. If she had known, she should have recruited Xiao Lu to work in the performing arts troupe sooner!
Xiao Ting, who was sitting on the bench, also froze in shock.
The moment Lu Fangfang opened her mouth, she knew she had lost, lost completely.
Her stomach churned, and she suddenly felt nauseous.
"Ugh~"
"What’s wrong with you?"
Xu Jinbu looked at Xiao Ting's belly with concern.
"Don't come any closer, I can't stand the smell on you."
Xu Jinbu was taken aback, then turned his head away with a gloomy expression.
...
"When I left my hometown, bidding farewell to Yangshuzhuang, my mother gave me a sapling and gently told me to take it with me, and to keep her family's instructions in my heart."
Plant it, and you'll feel like your hometown is right beside you.
Some of the soldiers in the audience suddenly had tears in their eyes.
On this Lunar New Year's Eve, a day for family reunion, they thought of their loved ones at home, and the song their sister-in-law sang seemed to have been written just for them.
Located in the northwest of the motherland, guarding the Hexi Corridor, and shouldering the task of providing rapid support to the north and west at any time, are they not also guarding the border?
"Little white poplar, little white poplar, let's guard the border together~"
"Let's guard the border together!"
"Awoo~"
"Meow~"
Little Flower and Little Tibetan Fox looked up and called out, joining Lu Fangfang in singing the last line.
Facing a sea of green below the stage, Lu Fangfang's eyes reddened as she sang the last part of the song.
She patted the little flower and the little Tibetan fox, then bowed to the soldiers below the stage.
The auditorium was quiet.
After a while, the soldiers seemed to wake up from a dream and immediately started clapping excitedly.
"Slap, slap, slap, slap~"
"Slap, slap, slap, slap~"
The applause was thunderous and prolonged; the soldiers' hands were almost red from clapping.
They clapped their hands vigorously for their sister-in-law, for themselves, and for the little white poplar in the song.
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