Seven o'clock in the evening.
Yulin Village.
At this time, firecrackers were blasting and gongs and drums were beating.
Amidst the lively and bustling atmosphere, a huge red banner was hanging in the activity square in front of the village committee.
“Warmly celebrate the grand opening of the 2nd Five Villages and Ten Towns Senior Citizens Singing Competition!”
Villagers from several surrounding villages flocked to Yulin Village to watch the fun.
At the same time, more than 20 participating teams gathered at the back of the activity square, waiting to perform on stage.
Fang Yucheng’s “Yulin Village Starry Sea Senior Art Troupe” is also among them.
Next to this group of Starry Sea Senior Art Troupe, there is another team whose uniforms are obviously more uniform, and their clothes have "Yulin Village" printed on them.
The two teams sat on the benches not far apart, but there was a slight smell of tension between them.
According to the competition rules, each village can only send one representative team to participate.
The Starry Sea Senior Art Troupe where Fang Yucheng works is actually a non-governmental organization, not the official team of Yulin Village.
The team with "Yulin Village" printed on their clothes is the real official organization.
Fang Yucheng was originally in the official team, but later because of disagreements with several of them, he left on his own and joined the "Xingchen Haihai Senior Art Troupe", a non-governmental organization.
When registering for the competition, we were initially rejected because it was not an official organization.
Later, a group of old men and women went to the village committee to make a fuss, and they had no choice but to agree to let them participate in the competition.
As a result, once this loophole was opened, folk art troupes from other villages also requested to participate. As a result, the competition, which was originally planned to have a maximum of fifteen teams, was forced to expand to twenty-five teams.
For various reasons, the two official teams and non-governmental organizations in Yulin Village looked down on each other, and the tension gradually grew before the game even started.
"I always thought Grandpa and the others were just singing for fun, but I didn't expect it to be so grand. Honey, why is that old man over there staring at me?"
Lin Yao and Fang Xiaole were sitting very low-key among a group of elderly people. Both of them were wearing hats, and Lin Yao was also wearing a mask.
"That guy's name is Qiu Feng. He's the director of the Yulin Village Senior Art Troupe. He used to be in music with me."
Fang Yucheng answered from the side that the old man was wearing a festive red cotton coat today, and had some light makeup on his face, with two red spots painted on both cheeks. Although the makeup was a bit funny, the old man was energetic and looked like he was ten years younger.
"Music?"
Fang Xiaole almost laughed out loud, but quickly held it back and asked:
"Then why didn't you make music with Grandpa Qiu later?"
"We have different philosophies. He wants to do classical music, and I want to combine classical music with pop music."
Fang Yucheng replied seriously, "Then I quit and joined our Xingchenhai Art Troupe. If he loses to me this time, I wonder how he'll still have the dignity to brag in front of me."
Fang Xiaole and Lin Yao looked at each other and murmured, "Grandpa, your old age has been quite fulfilling."
There are musical genres, grudges and love affairs, wow, why does it feel like my grandfather's life is more exciting than mine?
The competition is about to begin. Lin Yao cannot participate as a singer, but can serve as an accompanist.
Fang Yucheng plays the erhu and sings lead vocals, while Lin Yao plays the yangqin.
The other elderly people sang in chorus, and their song was "Invisible Wings".
At this time, grandma was sitting in the audience seats below the stage, smiling and waiting for her husband and granddaughter-in-law to come on stage.
It was called an auditorium, but in fact it was just a bunch of plastic stools placed together. However, the square was already full of people and everyone was in high spirits.
There were even many young people who came to cheer up their elders, holding up their mobile phones to record videos from time to time.
After waiting for nearly an hour beside the stage, it was finally the turn of the two teams from Yulin Village to perform.
The first to go on stage was the "Yulin Village Official Team". The old man named Qiu Feng deliberately passed in front of Fang Yucheng before going on stage. The two old men looked at each other and snorted proudly at the same time.
Lin Yao finally couldn't help but burst out laughing. Afraid that her grandfather would be unhappy, she quickly covered her mouth, leaving only her big eyes rolling around, which was very cute.
The official team from Yulin Village performed a very old song. As Fang Yucheng said, their musical concept was classical.
This song is older than the ones sung by Lin Yao and Fang Xiaole combined. It was the first time that Lin Yao heard it and she found it very novel. After the other party finished their performance and left the stage, she couldn't help but applaud with the audience.
Fang Yucheng turned his head to look at him, Lin Yao stuck out her tongue and quickly stopped clapping.
After the official Yulin Village team walked off the stage, the "Starry Sea Hometown Art Troupe" came on stage.
However, a small incident occurred when he went on stage.
"Little sister, please take off your mask. How can you wear one on stage?"
A staff member of the village committee stopped Lin Yao.
"Oh well."
Lin Yao quickly took off her hat and mask.
Fang Xiaole and the staff helped her carry the yangqin onto the stage and then left.
The performance began. The girl in a white shirt and jeans sat upright in front of the yangqin. She gently waved the bamboo with her delicate hands and suddenly struck it.
The crisp and elegant sound of the piano rang out, Fang Yucheng also played the erhu, and began to sing with the old men and women.
Objectively speaking, Lin Yao's playing was very beautiful, but as soon as Fang Yucheng and others started singing, the pleasantness of the song instantly dropped several levels.
But he sang with great devotion, and the group of old men and women standing behind him also sang passionately.
A gentle and inspiring song "Invisible Wings" was turned into the Internationale by them.
However, at this time, many viewers' attention was not on Fang Yucheng and others. They all held up their mobile phones and stared with their eyes wide in shock.
"Who is this girl playing the piano? She's so pretty!!"
"It seems to be Lin Yao?!"
"Oh my god, did I see it wrong?"
"Yesterday I saw online that Lin Yao was recording a show in Wulong. Wulong is close to us. Yes, it must be Lin Yao!"
"I'm going crazy! I actually saw Lin Yao in person!!"
"Why did Lin Yao come to our village?!"
The young people recognized Lin Yao first, and then some older people who watched TV regularly also recognized Lin Yao.
Lin Yao will be recognized at any time if she walks on the street now, let alone performing on the stage in such a crowded place.
For a moment, the audience and participating teams were excited. Many people raised their mobile phones, recorded the scene of Lin Yao playing the yangqin, and posted it online.
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