During this period, the principal left the island once to attend a meeting at the Ministry of Education. When he came back, he brought a new pair of shoes for each of the children as a reward for their hard work these days.

It is worth mentioning that the money for buying the shoes was paid by the principal himself.

The children were extremely happy after receiving the gifts and promised to perform well on the National Day party and not embarrass Teacher Lin and the principal.

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The day before National Day, Shengshan Island Pier.

Xiao Hu, a nurse at the health center, went to the dock to pick someone up at noon. Before the boat docked, she saw the people standing on the boat and waved to them quickly.

The female comrades on the boat also waved back at her, and when the boat stopped at the shore, the female comrades quickly got off the boat.

Xiao Hu went up to her, took her arm, and said, "You're finally back. You've been gone for so long. Everyone in our clinic missed you so much."

The female comrade's surname is Zou, and her name is Zou Tong. She is a doctor at the health center. She was awarded a place to study at Shancheng City Hospital six months ago. She left the island in April this year and has just returned.

Zou Tong said: "I miss you all too. There is nothing I can do about it. I have been exhausted in the past six months."

Xiao Hu asked, "Didn't you get commended for your training this time? Didn't the city hospital keep you?"

Zou Tong said: "I stayed, but I still insisted on returning to the island."

Xiao Hu looked at Zou Tong in surprise, his face full of shock, and asked, "Why?"

The city hospital is the largest and best hospital in the city. If she had the opportunity to stay in the city hospital, she would definitely stay in the city hospital and get better development in the future! It's a pity that she doesn't have enough ability. She can't even get a place for further study, let alone stay in the city hospital.

Zou Tong smiled at Xiao Hu and said nothing.

Xiao Hu understood immediately, frowned, and asked in a low voice: "Zou Tong, you are not still thinking about Captain Li, are you? You don't know that during the time you were away on the island for further studies, Captain Li had already married, and his family had been on the island for several months. I wanted to write to tell you, but I was afraid that it would affect you, so I didn't mention it to you."

Zou Tong had never expected this to happen. When she left the island, Li Chengxi didn't even have a partner. But within half a year, Li Chengxi got married and his family moved to the island.

She smiled bitterly: "Actually, it's not all for him..."

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In the evening, Li Chengxi returned home and had dinner with Lin Tao.

However, Lin Tao's appetite seemed a little poor today. She held the chopsticks in her hand but did not move them at all, and was in a daze while eating.

Li Chengqi was worried that she was tired recently and felt uncomfortable, so he asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

He reached out and touched Lin Tao's forehead, and with his other hand he touched his own forehead. His forehead was hotter than Lin Tao's, but he had just come back from get off work and was sweating and hot.

Lin Tao pursed her lips, sighed, and said, "I'm fine, but I'm a little nervous thinking about the performance tomorrow night. Will there be a lot of people in the audience?"

She heard from Xu Yuting that the venue could seat several thousand people.

Li Chengxi picked up a piece of meat for her and said, "Why are you so nervous? Just treat the people below as radishes and cabbages."

Lin Tao was amused by him: "There are so many leaders, even the commander and the political commissar are here, and you are also here. Are you all just insignificant?"

Li Chengxi: "Then just imagine that I'm the only one down there, and you won't be afraid."

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After rehearsing for nearly half a month, it was time to perform on stage.

The students put on the new clothes made for them by the wives of the soldiers, matched them with the new shoes bought by the principal, and wore bright red scarves. Standing together, they really looked like the real thing.

Even though these kids performed fine during the rehearsal at school, some of them were still shaking with fear when they were waiting backstage.

Lin Tao is their teacher and the lead singer of the choir. Although she said she was nervous in front of Li Chengxi last night, she became much calmer when she was in front of the students.

"Don't be nervous, don't be afraid. Just like we did in school, we will be on stage soon. Just imagine that you are rehearsing in your classroom."

Before long, it was their turn to go on stage.

Lin Tao gave everyone an encouraging look and went on stage to perform with the students.

The children's clothes are quite special and different from Lin Tao's original design. Xu Yuting helped design them after seeing them.

Lin Tao was wearing a white dress, which was also designed by Xu Yuting and looked very unique.

"Sing a folk song for the Party—"

"Sing a folk song for the Party. I compare the Party to my mother..."

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There was some dancing in the chorus. People watching below didn't notice it at first, until the children's positions changed at the end. Then they were surprised to find that the children's positions at first represented the national flag, but now they represented the party flag!

Commander Yan nodded his head in agreement as he watched the show. He asked the people around him, "This is a great show. Who came up with this idea?"

Teacher Qi said, "They are Lin Taolin, a teacher at the elementary school, and the family of Li Chengxi, the leader of the Thirteenth Regiment."

Commander Yan: "Xiao Li's family is quite good."

After the performance, there was warm applause from the audience, which was much warmer than the applause given to the female comrades in the art troupe's performances before.

After all, they had seen many performances by the art troupe, but this time the children's performance was really new and exciting.

Li Chengxi sat below, looking at Lin Tao on the stage, listening to the praises in his ears, and felt honored.

On the other side, Shen Guobin's eyes were also deeply attracted by the white figure, and a different feeling surged in his heart. Buried deep in his heart, the emotion called regret seemed to be clamoring to rush out.

He happened to see Li Chengxi, who was sitting in the row in front of him, and saw the proud expression on his face and the words that the people around him said to him, praising his wife for being so capable.

Shen Guobin thought to himself, this honor originally belonged to him!

If he had not listened to his parents' advice and replaced Lin Tao with Lin Hui, then Lin Tao should be his cousin now! He should be the one receiving the praise from others now!

He was filled with remorse, and deep jealousy welled up in his chest.

Why? Why did Li Chengxi get all the good things?

On the other side, Lin Hui from the family area also came to watch the performance with her three children. When she saw Lin Tao standing on the stage like a fairy in a painting, her heart was pierced.

I could hear other military wives praising Lin Tao. Even Shen Jiayi, who was sitting next to her, was saying, "She's really beautiful and sounds great. When I grow up, I want to perform on stage, too."

Lin Hui wanted to say something, but it was inconvenient because there were too many people around. She turned her head to look at Shen Guobin, but found that Shen Guobin's eyes were bright. She followed his line of sight and saw Lin Tao.