Busy days always pass quickly. Zhan Xinyue rehearses with Xu Jinling and He Yaqin during the day.

After dinner, the four of them sang together to familiarize themselves with the rhythm and cooperate with each other tacitly.

As long as they have time, they will rehearse repeatedly, because they have a belief in their hearts that since they have chosen to participate in the competition, they must try their best to do their best.

Xu Jinling carried her erhu around the family compound every day. She was seen by a sharp-faced military wife who liked gossip. She asked her with a smile, "Sister Liu, are you enriching your spare time? Are you planning to learn erhu?"

"No, I've learned to play the erhu for a long time. I'm going to participate in the Dragon Boat Festival arts performance." Xu Jinling replied with a smile.

The sharp-faced military wife was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I wish Sister Xu good grades first."

"Of course." Xu Jinling was very confident in Zhan Xinyue and He Yaqin, and nodded, "They will definitely be in the top three."

The sharp-faced military wife smiled and congratulated him. Xu Jinling's lover was the chief of staff, and she couldn't afford to offend him. She didn't dare to laugh at him in front of him, and turned around to chat with others in private.

"I am dying of laughter. This is the news. Let me tell you, Xu Jinling is participating in the Dragon Boat Festival performance. She herself said that she will definitely win first place! Oh my god, isn't this just daydreaming? Sister Xu is a rough country woman who has never had a music lesson. She wants to win first place. I think she is almost the last one."

Others said nothing. They thought Xu Jinling was just uneducated and spoke loudly, but she was very warm-hearted. Although they did not have common topics with her, they would not say bad things about her behind her back.

Seeing that no one agreed with her, the sharp-faced military wife grinned and walked away awkwardly.

Xu Jinling had no idea that someone was choreographing her behind her back, and she still happily rehearsed with Zhan Xinyue and the others every day.

Finally, the day of the cultural performance arrived.

On the fourth day of May, it was cloudy and windy, very cool.

The stage was set up outside the venue. Soldiers and military wives brought their own ponies and sat neatly in the square. The judges' seats and the chairs of several leaders were relatively high, so in order not to affect the viewing of the soldiers and military wives, their tables and chairs were placed slightly to the side of the stage.

At 9:30 in the morning, the performance officially began. Two hosts, one male and one female, came on stage and, after a few opening remarks, invited Brigade Commander Li to come on stage and speak.

Li Xiangqiang took the microphone without further ado and said in a loud voice: "Dear soldiers and military wives, you have worked hard. I wish you a happy Dragon Boat Festival! The canteen has prepared rice dumplings with various flavors, including white rice dumplings, sweet rice dumplings, red bean rice dumplings, meat rice dumplings, seafood rice dumplings, and a lot of them. After the performance, you guys can go get the rice dumplings, and there will be more meals later. Today, the troops will give you extra meals. In addition to seafood, there are also large amounts of fresh pork and mutton."

"Let the 꺶 family eat their fill today."

"Good." There was thunderous applause from the audience. Everyone likes a good leader who doesn't talk nonsense and gets things done.

After Li Xiangqiang finished speaking, the host came on stage and announced: "The first program is a chorus brought by the Ace Group Special Operations Platoon, the theme song of the movie "Tunnel Warfare" "Tunnel Warfare"."

This is how it was in 2000. The host didn't say much and just acted as an announcer.

The thirty male soldiers of the special operations platoon stood in neat rows. Wearing green military uniforms, they were of similar height and build. Each of them was righteous and awe-inspiring, like a row of tall young white poplars.

"Get ready to sing!" The only female warrior, Wang Xinyi, held the baton and gave orders.

The conductor's baton was raised, and the neat and powerful singing echoed throughout the world.

"Underground warfare, hey, underground warfare, ambushing millions of divine soldiers, hey, ambushing millions of divine soldiers..."

The song has a simple melody and just a few repetitive lyrics. The soldiers in the special operations platoon had never studied vocal music, but they sang it surprisingly well.

The singing was loud and neat, full of energy and passionate. The audience below was filled with passion and tears.

This song comes from the 1960s hit movie "Tunnel Warfare". Military organizations and families have watched it many times and many people can sing it. When they hear the melody of this song, they will think of the lead actor Li Xiangyang. Some people even specially composed a nursery rhyme for it.

As soon as the chorus on the stage finished, the children from the Children's Kindergarten below began to sing nursery rhymes.

"Learn from Li Xiangyang and never surrender. If the enemy comes to catch me, I will jump over the high wall;"

"If Gao Qiang is useless, I will just dig a hole in the ground. There are guns in the hole and I will shoot the Japanese."

The little kids pinched their little faces, clenched their little fists, opened their mouths as wide as they could swallow a boiled egg in one gulp, and recited aloud.

The military wives were so cute that they kept praising the love and wonderfulness.

The first program received unanimous praise from soldiers and military wives for its good song selection and the activities with the children. The judges also gave it a high score of over 95.

"Xinyue, I'm a little scared." Xu Jinling went backstage, secretly looking at the dark crowd of warriors below the stage. The confidence she had in the past few days was gone in an instant.

"Don't be afraid. Just treat this as a rehearsal and perform as you always do. Winning is even better, but losing is okay. This is the first time for you and me to perform on stage, so losing is not embarrassing. Being able to take the first step and perform in front of so many soldiers and wives is a victory."

Zhan Xinyue was not stage-shy. In her previous life, when she was invited to learn public speaking, there were more people in the audience. She also had many experiences facing cameras and various media. She had long been accustomed to all kinds of scenes and began to comfort Xu Jinling slowly.

"Auntie Xu, let me tell you a secret." He Yaqin took over the conversation, "My teacher told me that if you are afraid, don't look at the audience's faces when you perform on stage."

"Ah?" Xu Jinling was surprised. "Wouldn't it be impolite not to look at the audience? Then where should I look? At the sky or at the ground?"

"Look at the tops of the audience's heads. You can't see their expressions from this angle, but the audience will think you are not rude when you look at them."

He Yaqin had changed into a rose-red dance costume, holding a white top and red bottom fan, with beautiful makeup on, and her hair all tied up, revealing her fair and slender neck. She was slender and graceful, and her figure showed that she was a professional dancer.

Xu Jinling looked down at the audience again, trying to look only at the tops of the soldiers' heads. After a while, she said happily, "Hey, it really works. I'm not so scared anymore."

"Well, let's just do our best." He Yaqin patted Xu Jinling on the shoulder and cheered her on.

Xu Jinling specially changed into a new floral dress today. Her makeup and hairstyle were done by He Yaqin, who performs frequently and has experience. With her skillful hands, Aunt Xu looked ten years younger than usual today.

The main thing is that she has regular facial features, but she is a little dark, and she doesn't usually pay much attention to sun protection. Today, she put on powder, blush and rouge, and curled her hair into small waves, and her temperament immediately improved.

Zhan Xinyue is pretty, and she didn't dress up today. She wore a white dress, a colorful bracelet her grandmother gave her, and had her long hair draped over her shoulders. She put on light makeup, looking fresh and pretty.

The show on the stage was going on brilliantly. Now it was accompanied by an accordion, and a male volunteer from the cultural troupe was singing "I Love the Blue Ocean" solo. The song was accompanied by the sound of waves that rose and fell in the distance, which was quite appropriate for the scene.

Next came the drum and music ensemble "Fisherman's Triumphal Song", the soprano solo "My Beloved Motherland", the pipa solo "Ambush from All Sides", and the modern Peking Opera "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", etc. It can be said that each one was wonderful and had its own characteristics.

Zhan Xinyue clapped repeatedly in the backstage. She didn't expect that there were so many talented people in the army who could even sing Peking Opera, and sang it so professionally.

The fighters in the audience also watched with great interest, and there was rounds of applause.

So far, the highest score is "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", which achieved a high score of 97.5 after removing the highest and lowest scores.

The show was halfway through, the sky was still overcast, and the sea breeze was quite strong and comfortable.