Shen Qiqi excitedly gathered the Lu family together, her eyes shining like two little light bulbs, and her mouth almost grinning to her ears.
"Everyone, I have good news for you! The village is going to hold a cultural performance! Our Lu family must also organize one, and we must let our Lu family occupy a central position in the whole village!" She clapped her hands, her tone full of expectation and eagerness, as if she had already seen the scene of the Lu family shining brightly in the performance.
The room was unusually quiet. Everyone looked at each other, obviously still not recovering from the joy of the "completion of the water conservancy project".
"I say, Qiqi, are you bored?" The eldest uncle's wife broke the silence first, and her tone was even more biting than the cold wind in winter.
She stood there with her hands on her hips, looking like a moving archway saying "I don't agree". "I have a lot of work to do at home, how can I have the time to organize a performance? I'm really bored!" She rolled her eyes, as if saying any more words would be a waste of saliva.
The smile on Shen Qiqi's face froze. She felt like an unlucky person who opened a blind box with great expectations, but found nothing inside.
She didn't expect that the first person to jump out and oppose was her eldest uncle's wife, who usually loved to join in the fun!
She tried to persuade him desperately, "Big uncle, this is a great opportunity to show off! Just think about it, if our Lu family can take first place in the performance, how proud it will be!"
The eldest uncle's wife curled her lips and refused to buy her nonsense. "It's a face? Can it be eaten? I only know that if I don't finish the work in the fields, I will go hungry at night! Don't talk to me about this useless thing. I'm telling you, I absolutely won't participate!"
Shen Qiqi felt that all her passion had been extinguished by the cold water poured down by her uncle's wife.
She took a deep breath and tried to keep herself calm. After all, this was only the first step.
At this moment, the second uncle's wife also spoke slowly, her voice lazy, as if she had just crawled out of the quilt, "That's right, instead of tossing around with those flashy things, it's better to sleep at home!"
Just as Shen Qiqi was about to say something, she saw her second uncle's wife yawn loudly, tilt her head, and lean back in the chair, looking like she was about to fall asleep. Shen Qiqi felt that her brain was about to stop working...
"You guys..." Shen Qiqi was about to refute.
"No, I say," Lu Qing suddenly said, "shouldn't our family listen to Qiqi's ideas first, what if this thing is interesting?" "You..." Shen Qiqi was about to refute, but her heart felt like it was being pressed by a huge stone, heavy.
She originally thought that it would be a smooth journey to get the Lu family to participate in the performance, but she didn't expect to encounter such great resistance just after taking the first step.
The atmosphere in the room became even more depressing, and even the air seemed to be frozen.
The opposition from her eldest uncle's wife was already enough of a headache for her, and now her second uncle's wife also joined in, which was simply adding insult to injury.
Shen Qiqi looked at the lazy look of her second uncle and his wife, and the fire in her heart was almost extinguished.
She lowered her head.
At this moment, Lu Qing stood up. His voice was firm and gentle, like a ray of sunshine piercing through the haze: "Shouldn't our family listen to Qiqi's ideas first? What if this thing is interesting?"
The atmosphere in the room seemed to move slightly, and all eyes were focused on Lu Qing.
Shen Qiqi raised her head, and the moment her eyes met Lu Qing's, she seemed to have found strength again.
But the expressions of the eldest and second uncle's wives were still gloomy, as if they had already made up their minds.
Shen Qiqi clenched her fists and secretly made up her mind to persuade these two uncooperative sisters-in-law to let the Lu family shine at the performance.
After Lu Qing finished speaking, he slowly turned around and looked at his eldest uncle's wife and second uncle's wife, with a meaningful smile on his lips: "What do you think, can our Lu family make a name for ourselves in this performance?" As soon as Lu Qing said this, the atmosphere in the room changed subtly.
He cleared his throat and continued, "Big uncle, second uncle, think about it, this isn't just some kind of performance; it's a chance for our Lu family to shine! Think about it, if our Lu family can show off in front of the whole village, who wouldn't say we're awesome?" He paused, then offered a more tempting point, "Maybe we can even become familiar faces to the commune leaders. That way, if anything happens at home, it'll be easier to talk to them, right?"
The eldest uncle's wife and the second uncle's wife looked at each other, and there was a hint of hesitation in their eyes.
After all, who doesn’t want to look good at home?
In particular, if you can get the special attention of the commune leaders, the benefits will be huge.
Seeing the relaxed expressions of the two sisters-in-law, Shen Qiqi felt a glimmer of hope in her heart, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
Sure enough, this kid Lu Qing is still reliable at critical moments.
"Then...then tell me, what kind of program should we prepare?" Second uncle's wife asked lazily, with less resistance in her tone.
"Oh, is there any need to explain this? Of course it's what we are best at! Singing and dancing, just try it!" Lu Qing slapped his thigh and said with great pride.
"Yes, yes!" Shen Qiqi also quickly agreed, "Besides, we can also arrange our own program. It will definitely amaze the audience and make those who look down on our Lu family drop their jaws!"
Although the eldest and second uncle's wives didn't say anything, there was no obvious resistance on their faces as before.
Seeing that the two "nail households" finally gave in, Shen Qiqi knew that she couldn't give them a chance to regret, so she said calmly: "Since the eldest uncle's wife and the second uncle's wife don't want to participate, we won't force them. We respect your choice. Lu Qing, if there are others who want to participate, let's discuss it first and try to arrange the program as soon as possible."
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