In the blink of an eye, it was time for the National Day performance of the art troupe, which was held at the military farm training ground.
Hua Min said that it was a rare lively occasion in a year, and family members could also go to watch the performance, but they had to prepare their own small stools. She asked Su Yan if she wanted to go.
Su Yan was a little hesitant. A division has more than 16,000 soldiers, plus one or two thousand family members. The square for normal training would probably be so crowded that how could they see clearly what was being performed on the stage?
This is not about watching a show, it's about watching the talents.
Su Yan planned not to go, but Jiang Lingling sent someone to tell her that she was taking a day off and would be watching a cultural performance later, and asked her to help prepare a small stool.
Su Yan had no choice but to find three rattan children's chairs with backrests from the space, tied them to the back seat of the bicycle, and went to the farm training ground in advance.
If you prepare a small chair for your own mother, shouldn’t you prepare one for your mother-in-law?
There's no need to prepare for that bastard Lu Ting. No need to think about it, he must be sitting on the judges' panel with his father and those big leaders. He was so busy today that he didn't even have lunch. I wonder if he's arranging the program or looking at the flower girls.
After preparing a small stool, she had to prepare some food. The day before yesterday, when she had nothing to do, she picked some apples and mangoes and made more than ten pounds of fruit leather, and picked a basket of snow pears and a basket of loquats and made seven or eight pounds of pear paste candy.
She also took out half a pound of food, another pound of roasted sunflower seeds, and a few apples. Afraid that she would get thirsty after eating snacks later, she even took Lu Ting's military water bottle, which was full of sour plum soup.
Su Yan thought she had arrived early, but she didn't expect that some family members had already walked over carrying stools.
Lu Ting, who was setting up the venue, saw Su Yan with a large kettle hanging on her chest, a cloth bag on her shoulder, and three chairs in her hands. He hurried over to help.
"Why are you here? Didn't you say last night that you didn't want to watch the fun?"
"Your mom and my mom wanted to come and see me, so I had to come. Look, I even prepared stools and food for them. What else can I do?"
Lu Ting approached Su Yan, took the small chair from her hand, and said with a smile, "You're very capable. Let's do it a few more times tonight."
What a bastard, he drives away as soon as he disagrees with something, and he is not afraid of being heard by others.
Su Yan glared at Lu Ting in anger, but Lu Ting arranged her seat seriously, as if he was not the one who made the dirty joke just now.
"Is it appropriate for us to sit here? Isn't this too close to your judges' table?"
"The families of several other leaders are also sitting here. How could I let my mother-in-law sit in the back when she comes?"
Sitting in the front seats does allow you to see the show clearly, but they will be embarrassed to eat sunflower seeds later! If I had known this would happen, I would not have brought sunflower seeds.
What if the host wants to interact with the family members later, and she is eating melon seeds and candies and gets scared and gets stuck?
"What's wrong with Yanyan? You can sit in the front and watch the show without so much effort."
Su Yan's face fell. "Is it a bad influence if I bring some food?"
"Silly boy, the other family members probably already have peanuts, melon seeds, and fried beans in their pockets. Feel free to eat them. Someone will stay and clean up after the show."
You'll see later that the people from the military district canteen will come to the family quarters with wooden boxes and small winnowing baskets filled with cigarettes, peanuts, melon seeds, candies, and so on, and sell them there."
Su Yan was finally relieved. She wasn't the only one who brought snacks. The art performance would last at least three hours, and it would be boring to just sit and watch. As long as no one was staring at her, it was fine.
"Lu Ting, would you like to try the fruit leather I made?"
"Go back and try it. I'm going to be busy."
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll wait for my mother-in-law and mom to come."
Su Yan sat on a small chair, but was worried that someone would take their seat, so she placed the kettle and cloth bag on two stools separately.
"Comrade, are the things on these two chairs yours? Can you take them?"
Su Yan turned around and looked at a woman holding a child. She was neatly dressed, tall, and pretty.
"I'm sorry, these things are all mine, including the chair, but these are for my mother-in-law and mother."
It is said that family members who want to watch the show have to bring their own chairs and stools, but she wants to get it for free by bringing her children. She is not a fool.
"Can't your mother and mother-in-law let us sit down first before they open the restaurant?"
Can I give up my chair? Of course not. What if she doesn't return it after I give it up? Do I have to stand and watch the show with my mother-in-law?
"I'm really sorry, my mother-in-law and the others will be here soon. Please go and borrow a chair from someone else. I think it's still early, so you can go back and get it."
Qin Siyan frowned. Who is this person? He is sitting in such a front seat and taking up so many chairs.
"This area seems to be for the families of leaders. Comrade, who are you? You're taking up three chairs."
An old woman in her forties or fifties wearing a Lenin suit saw the young woman holding a child and chimed in, "Young comrade, she's holding a child, so just make way for two chairs."
People in this era are really weird. They want to do good deeds, but instead of giving up the chairs and stools they carried with great effort, they encourage others to give them up. What kind of logic is that?
Su Yan realized that she was not very confident when she was sitting down to talk, so she stood up and said, "Comrades, don't you notice that these three rattan chairs are exactly the same? The leadership seats all have wooden chairs with the same backrests.
This is a small rattan chair that I brought from home. It's not government-owned, so why should I give it up? If I give it up, will my mother-in-law and my mother sit on you later?"
Lu Ting, who was chatting with his men not far away, saw his wife being surrounded by people and hurried over.
"What's going on?"
As soon as Qin Siyan saw Lu Ting, she immediately started to complain, "Captain Lu, you came at the right time. This female comrade is really stingy. Not only did she sit in the leadership family area, but she also occupied three seats by herself.
It was inconvenient for me to stand with Xiaobao, so I asked her to make two seats available. She actually said that the chairs belonged to her family. Whose chairs are so beautiful? You can tell they were prepared by the government.
Lu Ting curled his lips, "Comrade Qin, these chairs belong to my family, and the stingy girl you mentioned is my wife.
She brought these chairs all the way from home. You see she is so thin and it is hard enough for her to carry three chairs by herself. How could she bear to ask her to give up the chairs?
If she gives you the chair, my mother and my mother-in-law will say she is unfilial."
Qin Siyan was stunned. This girl was Deputy Colonel Lu's wife? Wasn't that chair reserved for Director Hua?
"Who said my wife is unfilial?" Hua Min walked over with a bag of wool and long bamboo needles.
"Director Hua, you're here. Sorry, it's all my fault. I thought no one was sitting here, so I asked her to give up her seat."
Luo Sufen, wearing a Lenin suit, walked over to Hua Min with a smile. "Director Hua, such a beautiful girl is your daughter-in-law. You are so lucky. She almost argued with us to save a seat for you. She is really good at talking."
Su Yan rolled her eyes at the two of them in her heart. One of them was currying favor with the powerful, and the other was telling lies with his eyes open. Neither of them was a good person.
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