Chapter 056 Children's Day Party
When Shi Yue heard Shi Qiu Shui say that he would continue to teach Zhao Ran to sing, he was very unhappy.
In order to teach a little boy to sing, his daughter suffered so much that her voice became hoarse!
Don’t talk about class glory. To him, glory or not is none of his business. He only knows that his daughter has worked very hard!
Besides, even if it is for the honor of the class, there are so many children in the class, and at least there are teachers. Why should his daughter suffer?
Shi Yue was full of resentment, but there was nothing he could do. Shi Qiu Shui wanted to teach her herself, and Shi Yue had no choice but to agree because he couldn't persuade his daughter.
Moreover, one should be grateful for what one has received. No matter how much resentment Shi Yue felt, it was mostly dispelled after he received the rock sugar stewed pears, lily and lotus seed soup, and mung bean soup sent by the Zhao family.
These were sent to Zhao Ran by Aunt Lu after she found out that Shi Qiu Shui was teaching him to sing.
Aunt Lu was also a wonderful person. When she found out that Shi Qiushui was teaching Zhao Ran to sing, she rushed over with a bowl of stewed pears with rock sugar. When she brought it over, she said with tears in her eyes, "Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoqiu."
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui inexplicably asked about something and found out that the three Zhao family members all sang out of tune. When she was young, Aunt Lu was tortured by the old Zhao's singing out of tune. After she gave birth to a child, she was tortured by Zhao Hui's singing out of tune. Isn't it true that she felt the same way as Shi Qiu Shui!
Under such circumstances, Shi Qi seriously served as Zhao Ran's little teacher for a period of time, and finally taught Zhao Ran before the performance at the Children's Day Gala.
The kindergarten’s Children’s Day party was not very grand. The playground was simply decorated on the day. After all, Children’s Day is a children’s day, and the most important thing is to let the children have fun.
For the children, the scenery and other things are not as important as the half-day holiday in the afternoon. Yes, the kindergarten’s plan for today is to hold a party in the morning, and then have a holiday in the afternoon after the party.
"Dad, after the show is over, where are we going?"
So, Shi Qiu Shui also focused on the half-day holiday in the afternoon.
While braiding his daughter's hair, Shi Yue said, "Let's go out with Grandpa Zhao this afternoon and go to Panjiayuan."
Shi Qiushui: "Panjiayuan? What does it do?"
Shi Yue: "There's a really big flea market over there, selling antiques and collectibles. One of your Grandpa Zhao's chess friends found something great there, so he wanted to go check it out. After he told me about it, I wanted to go too."
Shi Qiu Shui blinked his eyes. Antique?
She seemed to understand why her father wanted to go there.
Her dad wants to take advantage of the situation!
Actually, if they were looking for a bargain, they would have a significant advantage. Some items were antiques in the 1990s, and people of that era would have difficulty distinguishing the real from the fake. But for her and her father, who had traveled through time from the Dayu Dynasty hundreds of years ago, these were everyday objects they had seen. How could they not tell the difference?
Shi Qiushui said with bright eyes, "Okay! Let's go after the party is over!"
Shi Yue: "Okay, let's go after the party is over."
He braided Shi Qiushui's hair, patted her head, and said, "Go pack your schoolbag. I'll go to your Grandma Yang's house to borrow a camera."
Shi Yue agreed with Old Lady Yang that he would borrow her camera today to take pictures of Shi Qiu Shui who was performing on stage.
Shi Qiu Shui nodded, took his small schoolbag, and stuffed things into it with great effort.
Hey, don’t get me wrong, what Shi Qiu Shui stuffed in was not learning supplies, but snacks.
If Shi Qiushui were to ask what the most important thing about a party is, it would be snacks, of course!
After school yesterday, she went shopping with her father. They bought melon seeds, peanuts, fruit leather, popcorn, shrimp crackers, White Rabbit milk candies, and her father also bought her a bottle of Arctic Ocean soda at her request.
Ever since her father read in the newspaper that this thing contained a lot of pigments and was bad for the body, he was unwilling to buy it for her.
She begged her father for a long time yesterday before her father agreed and bought her a bottle.
"I stuff, I stuff, stuff..." Shi Qiu Shui grunted and filled his small backpack. Shi Yue also borrowed a camera.
Looking at Shi Qiushui who was still busy stuffing snacks into his schoolbag, Shi Yue quickly said, "Alright, alright, that's enough. Take them all to kindergarten. If you can't finish them, you still have to bring them back."
Shi Qiu Shui held his chin and thought for a while, and finally let go of the small schoolbag that was overloaded.
Shi Yue: "Are you done? Then let's go. Didn't Teacher Xiaolin ask you to go to the kindergarten early today to put on your makeup?"
Shi Qiushui nodded: "Yes."
The Shi family's father and daughter went out, and when they reached the kindergarten gate, they happened to run into the Zhao family.
"Uncle Zhao, Brother Zhao, are you here to send your child off?" Shi Yue stepped forward and greeted the two adults.
Zhao Hui: "Yes, send the child."
Zhao Hui has returned from his business trip, but he is not going to the kindergarten to watch the party today. It is not because he does not want to watch the show, but because he is not on vacation.
Shi Yue took a special leave today.
In fact, there are only a few people like Shi Yue who take leave just to attend a party. Most people are like Zhao Hui, who go to work as usual and stay at home to watch their children's party.
After all, taking leave will result in salary deductions.
But for Shi Yue, Shi Qiu Shui's first stage performance was more important than a day's salary, so he took a leave of absence to attend the kindergarten party and perform.
"Okay, Shi Yue, hurry up and send the child inside. Xiao Qiu still needs to go in to put on makeup. I'm also going to work quickly."
Zhao Hui said hello to Shi Yue and left in a hurry. Shi Yue also took his daughter into the kindergarten.
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui had left home much earlier than usual today, but when they arrived at the Class 2 classroom, it was already crowded with many people. They were actually considered late.
Teacher Xiaolin, who was busy putting makeup on the children, saw Shi Qiushui and quickly called out, "Xiaoqiu, Xiaoqiu, come here quickly. Let me put makeup on you."
"Coming!" Shi Qiu Shui handed the small schoolbag to Shi Yue and ran to Teacher Kobayashi.
The classroom was packed with adults and children, and there was a lot of noise. Shi Yue was confused for a while holding Shi Qiu Shui's small schoolbag, but the experienced old Zhao found him and called him over.
"Shi Yue, Shi Yue, come here, I have a place to sit."
Shi Yue looked in the direction of the voice and saw Old Zhao sitting in a small corner at the back of the classroom with two empty small stools beside him.
Shi Yue sat down and sighed, "Wow, there are quite a few parents here today."
Old Zhao said, "Most of the people here today don't work. They're just sitting around doing nothing anyway, so they come over to join in the fun. It's like this every year, you'll get used to it."
Shi Yue smiled and said, "This is my first time here, so I have no experience. I will be more experienced next time."
Old Zhao: "The kindergartens in your army aren't like ours?"
Shi Yue's heart tightened, realizing that he had let the cat out of the bag. Just as he was about to say something to make up for it, he heard Old Zhao say with sudden enlightenment.
"Oh, yes. Most of the people in your army are married and working. The unemployed are in the minority. There are definitely not as many people watching the fun as in our kindergarten."
Shi Yue nodded quickly: "Yes, that's right."
Old Zhao: "Each place has its own situation, which is normal."
"Hey, does your army not hold a party on May 1st? Do you only hold a party on August 1st?" he asked curiously.
Shi Yue thought about it and nodded: "Yeah, that's right, we will hold it on August 1st and not on May 1st."
Old Zhao: "Your August 1st party must be huge, right?"
Their factory’s May Day party was quite large, so the army’s should be even bigger, right?
Shi Yue: "It's not bad actually. On August 1st, there will be an art troupe coming to perform. Oh, last year, in addition to the art troupe, we also had family members perform. We just watched the performances, so the difference is not particularly big."
Old Zhao: "Oh, that's it."
Shi Yue was chatting with Old Zhao, while other parents were also chatting with their acquaintances in a group.
Two middle-aged ladies were standing next to Shi Yue, eating melon seeds and gossiping.
Auntie A: "Hey, have you heard about what happened between Lao Wang's family and his in-laws?"
Aunt B: "I haven't heard of it. What's going on?"
Auntie A: "Haven't you heard? Old Wang's in-law broke his leg and is now recovering in the hospital."
Auntie B: "What?! What happened? Why is her leg broken? Could it be that she was beaten by Old Wang's daughter? Tell me what happened?"
Auntie A: "Oh, no, no, Wang Dali is not that kind of person, don't talk nonsense."
Shi Yue was caught off guard when he heard a familiar name. He became curious and pricked up his ears to eavesdrop.
Auntie A: "You know that Wang Dali's relationship with her husband doesn't go over well with her mother-in-law, right?"
Aunt B: "I know, I heard that Wang Dali's mother-in-law didn't approve of her husband's relationship with her, and she went to Old Wang's house and the factory to cause trouble. I also heard that Wang Dali's husband ran away to marry into Wang Dali's family because his biological mother didn't approve of the marriage."
Auntie A: "Yes, yes, that's what happened. The old woman didn't want her son to marry Wang Dali, but she didn't want her son to marry into the family even more. So after hearing that her son and Wang Dali got married, she ran to the factory and made a scene. But Wang Dali carried her back home. After all, Wang Dali was very strong, so she couldn't resist."
Auntie B: "What do you think that old woman is thinking? Why does she keep coming to the factory to cause trouble? Is she trying to get the factory to force Wang Dali to separate from her husband?"
Auntie A: "Hey, who knows what that old woman was thinking. What I want to tell you is that later on, wasn't she carried home by Wang Dali?"
Auntie A: "Yes, yes, we carried her home. But what happened next? How did her leg get broken?"
Auntie A: "That old woman is also restless and capable of causing trouble. As soon as Wang Dali carried her home, she ran to the tube-shaped building where Old Wang lives. She climbed up the outer wall of the tube-shaped building and told her son that if he didn't divorce Wang Dali today, she would jump from the building."
“Wow!”
There was a scream in his ear, and Shi Yue looked up and realized that the place had been quiet for most of the day. It turned out that everyone around was listening to the gossip of the two aunts.
Because of the noise, the old ladies also discovered that someone was eavesdropping nearby. The two old ladies were not shy and continued to gossip.
Auntie B: "Wow, she's really capable of causing trouble, forcing her son and daughter-in-law to divorce by jumping off a building? No, what was she thinking? If they divorce, wouldn't her son be remarried?"
Aunt A: "Well, she thinks that even if her son gets married for the second time, it's better than marrying into the Hao family. She said it herself, 'Even if the child is born from the second marriage, it's still their own. The child he had with Wang Dali belongs to the Wang family, so he can't carry on the Hao family's lineage.'"
Auntie B: "Tsk tsk, this is really... The Hao family is just ordinary people, what's the point of passing down the clan and generations..."
Aunt A: "That's right. Besides, her last name isn't Hao. What does the continuation of the Hao family's lineage have to do with her? I don't know why she's so troublesome."
Auntie B: "Really? I'm so annoyed by people like that. Oh, yeah, what happened next? She just jumped like that? And her son didn't even try to stop her?"
Auntie A: "I stopped her. Why didn't I? Even though her son and Wang Dali were bothering her, how could I not stop her? She did it all herself. She stood on the wall and refused to behave herself. She was crying and making a fuss. She lost her balance and slipped down."
Aunt B: "Ouch, he fell down? Are you okay?"
Auntie A: "She fell from the third floor. She's fine, but both her legs are broken. But I think it's a good thing she broke her legs. At least with her broken legs she can't cause trouble everywhere and cause trouble for Wang Dali and her husband, right?"
Aunt B: "Hey, now that you put it that way, it's true."
Shi Yue raised his eyebrows. He had just thought that it was Wang Dali who broke Old Lady Hao's leg. After all, when Wang Dali carried Old Lady Hao away that day, he said very seriously that he would not let her cause trouble again. He didn't expect that it was Old Lady Hao who broke her leg by herself.
There was a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.
Well, don't say he is unkind. It's kind enough that he didn't applaud Old Lady Hao who often came to the factory to cause trouble and caused countless troubles to their security department.
"Dad, I've put on my makeup, come and see if I look good!"
Shi Qiu Shui's words interrupted Shi Yue's thoughts. He looked up at the little girl who ran in front of him, and his expression froze.
It’s hard to describe the way his daughter puts on makeup.
Two bright red blushes were dotted on the girl's cheeks, her eyelids were covered with a thick layer of blue eyeshadow, and her lips were covered with bright red lipstick...
The only acceptable thing about this makeup is the red dot on the forehead.
At least it's not ugly.
In other words, the little girl herself is pretty, so it doesn't seem so strange.
Shi Qiushui held up her face, her eyes shining as she asked, "Dad, how about it, do I look good?"
Shi Yue: "Well... this... is quite nice."
It’s not ugly anyway.
That's what looks good.
Because the party was about to begin, Shi Qiu Shui was completely immersed in the excitement of performing on stage and did not notice the embarrassment in Shi Yue's expression.
She smiled and said, "Then Dad, please take a few more photos for me later!"
"Ah..." Shi Yue hesitated. Taking a photo of this makeup would be too much of a dark history for his daughter. But seeing Shi Qiushui's expectant eyes, he nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll take a few more photos for you later."
Shi Qiushui nodded happily: "Okay, then Dad, let's go."
She said, "Teacher Xiaolin just told me that after we finish putting on our makeup, we should go with our parents to move the stools to the playground."
"walk."
Shi Yue followed Shi Qiu Shui to the playground. The playground and the rostrum had been decorated. A large red banner above the rostrum read "Celebrating Children's Day Cultural Gala". Various balloons and streamers were hung on both sides of the banner, creating a festive atmosphere.
The sun gradually rose, time passed little by little, and with the arrival of the children, the party began!
A burst of cheerful music sounded, and a female teacher walked onto the stage with a microphone. She held her head high and spoke with a cheerful expression.
"Dear teachers, dear children, hello everyone! On this sunny day, we gather together to celebrate our own festival - June 1st, International Children's Day! Today..."
The host teacher had a sweet and cheerful voice, and the children in the audience listened with great joy.
Xiaopang clapped his hands and whispered with Xiao Taozi, while Shi Qiu Shui happily shared snacks with Zhao Ran.
The teacher on the stage finished the opening remarks, and then the principal gave a speech. After the principal finished speaking, it was time for the performances, but Shi Qiu Shui was not in a hurry at all.
Because Teacher Kobayashi told them that today's performance would start from the small class and proceed in the order of small, medium and large classes, so their large (2) class would be the last few to perform, so they did not need to rush at this moment and could enjoy the show comfortably.
Of course, some people might think it’s not good to have the show at the end, as they are always anxious about the performance and can’t enjoy the show properly before the show. But Shi Qiu Shui is fine.
She wasn't really worried about the performance anyway.
She chewed the candy and said excitedly: "Let's go on stage, let's go on stage, the performance is about to begin!"
The first group to go on stage was the Small (1) class. Because the children in the Small class were too young, their teacher went on stage with them. The program they performed was "The Snail and the Oriole".
"Amen, there's a grapevine in front of me~"
The sweet singing voices and music sounded together. The lovely music and the lovely performances of the children melted the hearts of the adults.
Shi Qiu Shui sang along with the music on the stage, shaking his head.
After the performance of Class (1) ended, it was the turn of Class (2) to go on stage. Class (2) also performed a chorus. In fact, at this party, most of the classes signed up for chorus programs. After all, chorus is easier for younger children who are not easy to control.
However, even in a simple chorus, accidents can happen. Halfway through the performance of Class 2, a child on the stage suddenly raised his hand and said, "Teacher, I need to go to the toilet."
There was a burst of laughter from the stage and the audience. The teacher who was conducting the class quickly went forward and picked him up and ran to the toilet, fearing that the child would wet his pants if he was late.
Although this little incident occurred, the performance of Class (2) was not particularly successful, but neither the teachers, parents nor the children were affected by it, and the party went on as usual.
After the performances were over one by one, it was finally the turn of the older class. The older class (1) performed first. When they came on stage, Teacher Kobayashi asked the children in the class to line up and get ready behind the podium.
Everyone line up below the rostrum, we're about to go on stage!
“Huff—Huff—”
Shi Qiu Shui took a deep breath to encourage herself. She was not nervous for herself, but for Zhao Ran.
Even though Zhao Ran had practiced for so many days and no longer ran away, what if, what if, when he went on stage later, Zhao Ran performed poorly...
No, thinking of this made her even more nervous!
Shi Qiu Shui clenched his fists and felt his palms were full of sweat!
Suddenly, she felt a heat on her hand, and then Zhao Ran's voice came: "Don't be nervous."
Shi Qiu Shui turned his head to look at Zhao Ran, and saw that Zhao Ran still had no expression on his face as usual, and his eyes were extremely calm, without any sign of nervousness.
Seeing Zhao Ran's calmness, Shi Qiu Shui's nervousness was relieved.
Of course, the most important thing is that she felt that since Zhao Ran was not nervous, he should not perform poorly on stage, so she was not nervous either.
"The next program is the chorus of "Sunflower" performed by Class 2."
When the announcement came from the front, Shi Qiu Shui had already calmed down. With a sweet smile on her face, she walked up to the podium with everyone else, holding her head high and chest puffed out.
Standing in the middle of the stage, Shi Qiushui sang loudly as Teacher Xiaolin directed: "Golden clothes are worn on the body~"
While Yue was in the audience, he was clicking the shutter of his camera and proudly said to the people around him: "See that girl in the middle of the second row? That's my daughter, my daughter!"
The parent sitting next to them also responded politely: "That's your daughter, she's so cute."
Shi Yue laughed and said, "She's cute, right? She looks like me."
Parents nearby: “…”
So shameless!
Shi Yue: "If you don't believe me, look at her. Aren't her eyes the same as mine? And our face shapes are exactly the same, aren't they? We both have beautiful oval faces, right?..."
The parents nearby have already started to regret why they didn't pay attention and respond earlier.
Shi Yue stopped nagging for a few words, after all, he still had to take pictures of his daughter.
Although they are all chorus performances, the chorus of the big class is different from that of the small class. For example, Shi Qiu Shui's class added a little dance performance to the performance.
It’s called a dance performance, but the moves are not difficult, just twisting the hips and moving the arms. However, it looks particularly cute when children perform it.
Shi Yue took out his camera and took pictures non-stop.
This time, he didn't think Shi Qiushui's makeup was a black history like before. He smiled like an old father and said, "My daughter is so cute."
She is just cute, even with ugly makeup on!
So cute!
With Shi Yue constantly muttering, the performance of Class 2 ended quickly. After all, it was a singing performance and the song was not very long, so the performance ended quickly.
Shi Qiushui patted Zhao Ran on the shoulder and said, "Well done!"
She had been listening carefully just now. Zhao Ran was not out of tune today, not at all.
Zhao Ran raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at Shi Qiu Shui.
Shi Qiu Shui opened her eyes wide, feeling very surprised. She had been Zhao Ran's desk mate for more than half a month, and this was the first time she saw Zhao Ran smile!
"Xiao Qiu, come here so Daddy can get closer and take another picture of you!"
Shi Qiushui's thoughts were distracted by Shi Yue's words: "Dad, I'm here!"
However, Zhao Ran always had a faint smile on his face.
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