Liang Huaying arrived a little later than the couple because she had something to do.
It wasn't that she came late, but that Su Youfu and Sheng Juanhua came too early.
Both of them were quite nervous, and the staff had just set up the stage when they arrived.
So we were among the first batch to arrive.
Liang Huaying arrived. She was a well-known entrepreneur and was invited to sit in the first row. She simply adjusted her seat and sat next to Sheng Juanhua.
Seeing Liang Huaying coming, the couple suddenly felt a little braver, after all, she was an acquaintance.
Otherwise I always feel a little helpless.
Worried that I didn’t hear clearly or something and missed it.
Both of them were quite nervous.
Liang Huaying found it funny to see the two of them being so restrained.
He is so honest. He is indeed from the countryside and has never seen the world. I just don't know how this couple raised a girl like Xiaoqi.
"You've been running around a lot these past few days. Did Xiaoqi call you? I saw she was on TV again. She won the Jingnan Provincial Championship in English Speaking."
Liang Huaying has a shrewd informant in her family. Her daughter is a fan of Xiaoqi and pays attention to everything. She is almost the first to know anything that happens.
It is much better for a girl to pursue a diligent and motivated student as her idol than to chase stars. Liang Huaying particularly supports this.
Because her brother's daughter is older than her daughter and is already in high school, but she doesn't study well every day. She follows some boy bands and says that they are all her husband's and she has to rush to any activities. The family often quarrels over this issue.
In comparison, Liang Huaying felt that her daughter was simply too well-behaved.
After meeting my idol once, I came back more diligent and hardworking, and became much more sensible.
But my brother's daughter went to see the idol once, and when she came back, she had even less interest in studying. She started buying peripheral products related to her idol and would buy whatever her idol endorsed, regardless of whether it was useful or not, and no matter how much it cost.
"I asked, and Xiaoqi said it was a small competition that he participated in at another school. There was a prize of 3,000 yuan, and his own school also awarded him 10,000 yuan. Xiaoqi transferred all the money to our card." Sheng Juanhua got text message notifications from the bank, so she would be notified every time she spent or deposited money, which gave her peace of mind.
When talking about his daughter, Su Youfu was not so nervous anymore. He looked proud and his back straightened a little.
As for his daughter, no matter how much the villagers gossiped about her, or how harshly his mother scolded him, he insisted on sending his daughter to school. No matter how great the financial pressure was, Su Youfu's idea never changed. He himself had no chance to go to school and no education, and he couldn't let his daughter be like him.
Liang Huaying chatted for a while, and people gradually arrived at the scene. Finally, a person who looked like a leader appeared.
Liang Huaying noticed that Xiaoqi's Japanese teacher who helped that day was also there.
She also inquired and found out that the man surnamed Zhou was actually a deputy director of the Cultural Palace. He came from a good family and was from a civil servant family. He had studied in Japan and South Korea in his early years. Later, for some unknown reason, he came back, got married, and also became a civil servant.
He is a difficult person to get along with. He has high standards and a noble and powerful personality, but I didn't expect that he seems to have a good relationship with Xiao Qi.
Normally, Zhou Meiling doesn't like to attend such activities. She doesn't like the pomp and circumstance, and her skin will easily develop spots if it's exposed to the sun. But today, thinking that Xiaoqi's parents would be there, she decided to help out and be a judge. She just wanted to be fair and impartial.
She was sitting on the judges' panel.
The leader of today's organizer is also a staff member in charge of this matter in their Cultural Palace. He gave a very grand and official opening speech.
There were big red inflatable arches, banners, balloons, cameras from the local TV station, hosts, and a big red stage. It looked quite formal.
The standard of today's event is quite high, and the host invited is Jiang Yiru, a well-known figure in Lushan City.
Sheng Juanhua and Su Youfu would not have known Jiang Yiru originally. They were not fans of celebrities and were too busy with farm work.
However, because my daughter had been on Jiang Yiru's show, seeing her in person seemed like seeing an acquaintance.
Of course Jiang Yiru definitely didn’t know them.
Because radio interviews have time limits, the leader's lengthy speech was relatively restrained. He did not speak for several hours. After a few passionate speeches, he announced the start of today's intangible cultural heritage inheritor live competition.
His hands were clearly not shaking before, they were just sweating, but when Su Youfu's name was called and he was asked to come on stage, he became extremely nervous and wanted to turn around and run away.
Sheng Juanhua was also nervous, but seeing that the baby’s father was in a bad state.
She reached out and pinched his waist hard, then said with a fierce face, "Think about your daughter. Do you still want to go back to the village and listen to her grandmother calling her a money-loser every day?"
Su Youfu was so nervous that he didn't feel any pain when he was pinched, but after hearing what his wife said, he thought of his mother's behavior and gritted his teeth and stood up.
Sheng Juanhua also stood up. She was still worried and prepared to help. Anyway, there was no rule that only one person could do it, so she could bring an assistant.
Liang Huaying noticed the couple's little movements, smiled, and said nothing.
Su Youfu was a little clumsy, and Sheng Juanhua held the child's father's hand tightly. They looked very loving and enviable.
They are in their forties, and they walk hand in hand. This couple is quite interesting.
Sheng Juanhua would have felt embarrassed on normal days, but she couldn't care less now. Without holding hands, she wouldn't know where the child's father had gone.
When they got on stage, Sheng Juanhua whispered, "Just think of everyone else as your mother. Imagine your mother is right here."
Jiang Yiru, the host next to her, heard this. Even though Sheng Juanhua lowered her voice, it was still quite loud.
Jiang Yiru almost couldn't help laughing out loud. There was such a metaphor. Fortunately, she was also a professional host. Although she was shaking with laughter inside, her expression was still serious and she continued to introduce.
Su Youfu thought that when his mother was around, he would concentrate on bamboo weaving and devote himself to it wholeheartedly. He would become deaf in an instant and would not even look at his mother. He would be completely immersed in the world of bamboo weaving. Because if he heard one more word from his mother, he would get so angry and wronged that he would die. It was almost a conditioned reflex.
The introduction to Su Youfu's background is very simple, and there is no special master-disciple background. If I have to say something, it is the history of Gumula Village. It is poor and remote, which is also mysterious, but they insisted on saying that it is an ancient village.
These contents were written by the staff on the day of registration for Director Zhou's sake, after they found an introduction to Gumula Village on site.
There are three craftsmen who will finally participate in the selection today.
One is Su Youfu, who does bamboo weaving.
One is a carpenter who is said to be a descendant of Lu Ban. He is particularly knowledgeable about rivets and can make the house very stable without using a single nail when putting up the beams and building the house.
One is a sugar man.
The host introduced the three contestants and announced the start of the competition.
In fact, the three people are not making the same thing, and there is no comparison. However, intangible cultural heritage is very rare, and there are even fewer people who know about it and are willing to sign up.
The one who makes the sugar figures is an old man who sells them on the streets and alleys. He has been selling them for many years and is very old. He makes the sugar figures on the stage very skillfully and beautifully.
The carpenter was not very old, the youngest on the scene. He seemed to know how to talk about the descendants of Lu Ban, and he was a smart man. However, he was not very skilled at hammering on the stage, and he didn't make anything for a long time.
At this time, Su Youfu lowered his head and concentrated on bamboo weaving, while Sheng Juanhua handed him bamboo strips and helped him sew the cloth lining, just like at home.
Several judges and leaders braved the increasingly scorching morning sun. Fortunately, Zhou Meiling had been prepared and had applied a thick layer of sunscreen.
While someone was working on something, the judges were whispering to each other. It seemed like they were giving comments, but they were actually just chatting.
Zhou Meiling obviously had a high status inside, and several people praised her personally when they talked to her.
"Zhou Chu, who do you think is the best?"
Zhou Meiling said bluntly: "Don't underestimate the bamboo weaving artist. The bamboo weaving he makes can be sold for one or two thousand in the market. I even bought one."
The others nodded knowingly.
The old man who sells sugar figures makes good ones, but he is too old, and the sugar figures don’t seem high-end enough to be placed in a museum. They are not local. The old man who sells sugar figures said that his hometown is Heilongjiang Province, and he later moved here with his son. In fact, they are not considered local intangible cultural heritage.
The young carpenter looked a little unreliable, and sounded like he had some background.
No matter how you look at it, a middle-aged man who makes bamboo weaving seems to be the most suitable.
Not long after the live competition started, Su Youfu began to weave things. His hands and feet became nimble and he stopped shaking. He concentrated on making things. Moreover, the child's mother was there with him. In less than an hour, he made a bamboo bag that was very delicate and exquisite.
There were two women and three men on the judges panel. The two women liked the bag. Although the three men didn’t understand what was so good about it, they could understand it when they thought about their wives’ enthusiasm for buying bags.
It was a fair and just process, with judges scoring and selecting the winners.
Finally, Su Youfu was selected by the judges as the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage of Lushan City.
The host handed him the microphone and asked him to say a few words.
Su Youfu is a very emotional person. Although he is ridiculed every day, he has his own persistence in his heart.
Holding the microphone, his hands began to shake again. He coughed heavily before speaking, "I've been disabled and lame since I was a child, and people ridiculed me. But I have a good daughter who has always encouraged me and bought me many books on bamboo weaving so I could study and research. My daughter always said, 'If you do it, do it well, or don't do it at all.' That's how I am today. I'm grateful to my leaders for their appreciation, and to my wife and daughter for their unwavering support."
There was applause from the audience. I didn't expect that this old farmer was so good at speaking, and what he said was so meaningful and touching.
Zhou Meiling also clapped very loudly, and the host next to her joined in the conversation and said that she looked familiar.
Zhou Meiling smiled and said, "He looks familiar. Yiru, you even interviewed his daughter, the champion of the women's 200m freestyle swimming in Jingnan Province this year."
Jiang Yiru remembered it and was quite impressed. It was really... no wonder: "I remember the little girl went to college, I don't know how she is doing now."
"She is simply a monster. Although she attends Enhua University, a private school, she broke the record in this year's League City Marathon and won the Jingnan Province English Speech Contest. She has appeared on the League City Sports Channel and League City News." Zhou Meiling said with a smile.
After hearing this, several judges and leaders nearby were really curious and paid more attention to it. They said, if this person had no connections, how could he become the inheritor of this intangible cultural heritage? They were all tempted by the store next to the museum.
Raising a good daughter is also a skill.
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