DouDou held Su XiaoNuan's head, and GuoGuo sat in her lap. One pulled and the other pressed, forcibly pressing her down onto the cool bed. Then, the two little ones lay down on either side of her.
"Mom, look, there are so many stars in the sky."
"Mom, look, the stars are still winking at us."
Looking at the stars in the sky, Su Xiaonuan suddenly remembered her mother and said to the children, "How about Mommy sings you a song?"
"Okay! Okay!"
After singing the entire song "Lupin Flower," Su Xiaonuan was moved to tears. At the strong request of the children and Moxi, she sang it again.
The stars in the sky are silent, the children on the ground miss their mothers.
The stars in the sky twinkle, and my mother's heart is like a lupine flower.
The tea gardens in my hometown are in full bloom, but my mother's heart is with me far away.
Every night I think of my mother's words, tears welling up like lupine flowers...
When she sang this song again, she omitted the beginning.
"Wow, this song is so good!" Moxi jumped up excitedly. "Sister-in-law, can you teach me to sing this song?"
"Mom, I want to sing too."
The two children also clung to Su Xiaonuan, one shaking her hand and the other hugging her legs, just wanting her to teach them this song.
She had no choice but to teach them to sing the song. She taught it twice, but Moshi and the two children were about the same level. They could only remember the lines: "The stars in the sky twinkle and twinkle, and the dolls on the ground miss their mothers."
After learning these two lines, DouDou and GuoGuo kept singing them over and over again.
"Sister-in-law, could you write down the lyrics?" Moxi pleaded. "It'll be easier to sing if you have the lyrics."
"How can we write in the dark?" Xiao Moran didn't want Su Xiaonuan to be too tired. "Moxi, why are you messing around with the kids? If you really want to learn to sing, I'll go to the county town another day and buy you a songbook with lyrics and sheet music."
"Is this song sung by your sister-in-law in the book?"
“Of course,” Xiao Moran said. “I saw it in the army. There are hundreds of songs in one book. Xiao Nuan sings so well, it will definitely be included in the book.”
“This song isn’t in any of the books you mentioned.” Su Xiaonuan laughed, but she couldn’t say it outright. Although it was the 1980s, the movie wouldn’t be released until the late 1980s. The theme song for the movie hadn’t even been released yet, so how could it be included in the book?
"How do you know you don't?" Xiao Moran asked. "Do you remember all the hundreds of songs in the book?"
"Yes, I've seen it all, but I really can't find the song I just sang in the book."
"So where did you get this song from?"
"I learned it from my mom. She taught me to sing it."
"Oh, I see." Xiao Moran fell silent, thinking to himself, Xiao Nuan must be missing her mother.
“Then, sister-in-law, you must write down the lyrics. I plan to sing this song on stage during National Day.” Xiao Moxi’s eyes gleamed in the darkness. “I guarantee it will bring honor to our village. Our village has never won an award. The programs they rehearse are either Pigsy carrying his wife, or singing The White-Haired Girl and The Red Lantern, or excerpts like ‘Recruiting Men.’ They’re never original. It’s the same every year. How can we possibly rank? Other villages always win.”
"Oh, is that so?" Su Xiaonuan became interested and sat up.
“Yeah, I wanted you to participate in the rehearsal last year, but you ignored me, so I was too embarrassed to ask you,” Moxi said. “Even if you don’t perform, just standing on stage and singing a song is better than them. At least you’re pretty.”
“Okay, then I’ll take you all to participate this year,” Su Xiaonuan said. “To bring glory back to our village. You’ll dance, and the children and I will sing this song.”
"But I can't dance, so I'll sing instead."
“Then you shouldn’t go and join in the fun.” Xiao Moran chimed in. “Your sister-in-law is taking Dou Dou and Guo Guo to the performance, so I’m definitely going to be there. I’m the children’s father, and Xiao Nuan is my wife. It’s only right that I take them on stage. Mo Xi, don’t fight for this glorious task. Just leave it to me and your sister-in-law. We’ll make sure it brings honor to our village.”
"Brother, don't you dislike participating in performances like this the most?"
"Is it not okay if your brother likes it now?" Zhang Yulan turned her fan upside down and tapped her on the head.
"Mom, it hurts," she cried out, touching the spot where she had been hit.
"Serves you right for being so clueless!" Zhang Yulan pulled her along. "Come on, let's go back to the room and get some sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."
Xiao Moran sat down next to Su Xiaonuan. "Xiaonuan, during the National Day holiday, our family of four will be performing the song you just sang. I think it's very beautiful. From now on, you can teach my son and me to sing this song every night, and then you can dance on stage."
"I think you're better suited for dancing; I'll stick to singing with the kids."
"How could a grown man like me know how to dance?"
"Then your voice, being that of a grown man, isn't suitable for singing this song?"
"How about we sing a different song?"
“No.” Su Xiaonuan refused. “If Moxi doesn’t participate, then it will be the three of us, mother and son, participating. You should step aside.”
Upon hearing that he wouldn't be allowed to participate, he collapsed onto the cool bed and sighed.
DouDou and GuoGuo rode on his back and started playing and fighting.
Perhaps because they had slept during the day, the two children played for a long time without getting sleepy.
Su Xiaonuan yawned. "Are you guys still sleeping?"
"Mom, we're fighting with Dad, come help us!"
"I'm not joining your boring game. You two can sleep with Daddy tonight, and Mommy will go back to her room to sleep."
"Mommy, I want to sleep with you."
The two children who were playing around stopped and opened their arms, waiting for her to hug them.
"Let me hold them!" Xiao Moran suddenly grinned and came over.
"I'll carry it myself." Su Xiaonuan glared at him. "Don't sneak in while we're sleeping."
Xiao Moran stood frozen, her gaze a warning to herself that the incident that morning when she opened the door to pick up the child had angered her.
When Su Xiaonuan carried the children back to their room to sleep, Zhang Yulan and Moxi came out and punched her repeatedly. "You blockhead, why don't you follow them inside? What are you standing here for?"
"Brother, you're so useless. Your wife has such a good relationship with us now, why don't you take this opportunity to be with her? Do you really want her to divorce you and leave with the children in two years?"
"..." Xiao Moran was speechless. He genuinely wanted to be with Su Xiaonuan, but she wouldn't give him the chance. Following her would be useless. If following her would be useful, he would shamelessly follow her.
"You're such a big idiot!" Xiao Moxi said angrily. "No wonder Dou Dou and Guo Guo call you a big idiot too. You can't even coax your own wife. It's infuriating."
"Moxi, stop talking!" Zhang Yulan whispered. "Your brother and Xiaonuan have just resolved their issues, let's give them some more time."
"Your wife is so outstanding, I'm worried for you, brother. What will you do if that Jiang Yi comes back to find her again?"
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