Chapter 24 Big Mouth

"I thought there was something on my face. You kept looking at me." Shen Guannan smiled slightly.

Of course Lin Shuyin didn't notice it, but she felt that Captain Shen's facial lines were softer and less serious than before.

She shook her head. "No, no, I was just lost in thought."

"Captain Shen, can I ask you a question?"

Shen Guannan: "What's the question? Ask it."

"Well, do you have a partner? Someone you like?" Lin Shuyin was also direct.

Shen Guannan was stunned by this question. He shook his head and said, "None."

Lin Shuyin nodded, "Okay, I understand, Captain."

Well, this 1.88-meter-tall Captain Shen is so outstanding. If you don't have a partner or someone you like, it wouldn't be a bad idea to choose him as your marriage partner.

Just like her brother said, he is really good in every aspect.

An excellent man who has been stamped by the system.

Shen Guannan, "Why are you asking this? You need to introduce me to someone."

Lin Shuyin shook her head. "No, no, I'm just asking."

"What are you talking about?"

Li Ting saw Shen Guannan suddenly walk towards Lin Shuyin. They talked for several minutes and no one knew what they were talking about.

She couldn't help but come over to ask.

Lin Shuyin: "We didn't talk about anything."

Just then, Zhao Fengnian was calling Shen Guannan, and Shen Guannan took the opportunity to leave. Li Ting looked at Shen Guannan's back and didn't believe what Lin Shuyin said.

She felt that Lin Shuyin was seducing Shen Guannan, so she asked, "How is that possible? I heard you talking. What did you say?"

Lin Shuyin, "What can I say? I just want to ask Captain Shen if he has a date? Does he like anyone?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ting quickly asked, "What did he say?"

"He said no, he didn't have a partner, and he didn't have anyone he liked."

It is impossible to say that Li Ting did not feel lost. She felt very uncomfortable when she heard that the person she liked did not say these words.

In fact, she should be happy. The fact that he has no one he likes means that he doesn't like Lin Shuyin.

Of course this also shows that he doesn't like her.

Li Ting, "Why are you asking this?"

Lin Shuyin: "Just asking randomly."

Li Ting, "Really"

"Believe it or not."

Lin Shuyin ignored her and turned around to move things.

An hour later, the performance stage was set up, and the costumes, tools and other items needed for the performance were placed in the brigade office for easy access.

Next is the issue of accommodation for the art troupe members.

There were quite a few members in the art troupe, more than forty to nearly fifty. The village secretary and the team leader discussed with the villagers and arranged for everyone to stay in the villagers' homes and the Youth League compound.

Lin Shuyin and three other people lived in Sarin's house.

"Sister, why don't you live in the Youth League Home? We can live together." Lin Jianshe wanted to live with his sister.

Lin Shuyin, "You have so many male educated youth in the Youth Academy, it's not convenient."

“It seems so.”

"Sister, what do you think of my friend's cousin, Captain Shen?" Lin Jianshe changed the subject so quickly that Lin Shuyin was speechless.

She said, "It's fine."

Lin Jianshe, "Really? My friend told me that his cousin has a good impression of you and wants to invite you to dinner next week."

"Is eating really true?"

Why doesn't Lin Shuyin believe it? Why didn't I tell her when I wanted to invite her out for dinner?

Lin Jianshe, "Really? Zhao Fengnian told me that."

Lin Shuyin, "I feel like you two are talking nonsense."

Lin Jianshe, "It's true, sister, believe me and I swear to you, we are not kidding."

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it next week. You can help me move my luggage."

"oh."

Lin Shuyin originally planned to ask Shen Guannan whether it was true or not, but after she finished packing her luggage and came out, she found that he had already gone back.

She thought that these two were just talking nonsense, just like they were a couple. Shen Guannan wanted to treat her to a meal but didn't tell her in person.

Actually, this is what happened.

Half an hour ago, Zhao Fengnian asked his cousin Shen Guannan,

"Brother, is my friend's sister pretty? Do you like her?"

Shen Guannan: "Yeah."

Zhao Fengnian was anxious, "What do you mean? Do you like it or not?"

Shen Guannan, "What do you think?"

Zhao Fengnian, "I understand, you like it, right? Then how about having dinner together next week?"

Shen Guannan, "I'm not sure if I'll be free next week."

"Understood, let's eat when we have time."

Shen Guannan, "Well, don't tell your friends about this for now. Let me see next week. If I have nothing to do next week, I will come to see you."

He said he had a dinner date with someone next week, but if he's not available next week, then he won't let us go. He's not keeping his word.

“I know.”

Zhao Fengnian agreed, and as soon as Shen Guannan left, he told Lin Jianshe about it.

In those days, every household had a limited amount of food, so the art troupe brought their own food, pots, bowls, pans, etc. when they went to the countryside.

We built a stove in the brigade yard and cooked our own meals.

They arrived at eight in the morning, and by the time they had finished setting up the stage and packing their luggage, it was almost noon.

We made a fire and cooked cornmeal cakes, pickled cabbage, and egg drop soup with the eggs sent by the villagers.

After eating and drinking enough, I took a nap and when I woke up, I helped the villagers with work.

Lin Jianshe was particularly happy that his sister was there. Originally he was herding cattle, but he switched roles with others so that he could go to the fields with Lin Shuyin.

There is not much farm work in May, but there is some work, which is weeding the fields and removing the weeds around crops such as corn seedlings and mung bean seedlings.

It’s really terrible that Lin Shuyin doesn’t even know how to use a hoe.

She has never been down to the ground in her past life or this life!

Fortunately, there were fellow villagers who taught them. Lin Shuyin was not comfortable using the hoe, so she wanted to throw it away and pull it out with her hands.

"That won't work, kid. It's so tiring to pull it out with your hands. You have to bend over all the time. Use a hoe."

It's not just Lin Shuyin who can't do it. Most people in the art troupe can't do it either. Only a few people from the village can do it well.

"You guys shovel carefully, don't shovel the seedlings by accident."

Deputy head Zhang Xia spoke.

No, no, they dare not. Even if they work slowly, they cannot weed out the seedlings. These are the fruits of the hard work of the villagers.

Every profession has its own expertise, and they are not as good as their fellow villagers in farming and breeding.

I get off work at six in the evening.

After returning, the group cooked first, and after eating, they prepared for the performance.

Lin Shuyin will have three performances tonight. She will sing with Chen Meilian, Xiong Zhiyuan and others, and play the horse-head fiddle piece "Ten Thousand Horses Galloping" and the erhu piece "Horse Racing" with the band.

Because there was a performance tonight, everyone hurried home after work, had a quick meal, cleaned up the house, and brought the whole family to watch the performance at the brigade.

The performance starts at eight o'clock.

The first to appear was Song Weiwei, who sang "My Motherland"

"Weiwei, when you go on stage and sing, don't look at people's faces. Look somewhere else, that is, don't look at the faces of the audience below the stage." Meng Jia reminded her.

The last time was when I was singing, I looked at the audience’s faces and sang the wrong words.