Chapter 160 慰问演出 (A performance to comfort and support the performers)
The performance was held in a large tractor garage on the mountain.
A makeshift stage was set up inside, and workers in their work clothes sat in rows on some wooden blocks with planks on top.
There were too many people in the hangar to sit down, so some people crowded outside the open hangar door, craning their necks to look inside.
On the makeshift stage, the actors from the bureau's cultural troupe sang and danced, performed storytelling and ballad singing, or acted out model operas.
No matter what the performance was, the workers below would always applaud enthusiastically.
The singer who came down from Changchun Film Studio sang several theme songs from films produced by Changchun Film Studio, winning rounds of applause.
The two-hour performance ended, but the workers were still reluctant to leave.
They chatted about the show they had just watched, then emerged from the tractor garage, shaking their heads, and went back to their dormitories to rest.
Since Sheng Liancheng was on duty guarding the generator that night, Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang stayed on Sheng Liancheng's bed and had a good night's sleep.
At this time, everyone was working as one. The workers were working non-stop on the mountain, and the venue was also actively preparing programs to perform on the mountain.
Zheng Xiuzhen, the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the primary and secondary schools in Qianchuan Forest Farm, is the cousin of Zheng Xianyong, the farm director.
This person was progressive and active, so he organized the school's teachers and students to rehearse a program and come up the mountain to perform for them.
One of the programs, "I Deliver Night Meals to the Workers," was written by Chen Weiguo's younger brother, Chen Weimin.
One of the songs in the performance goes, "If you ask what kind of late-night meal was served, the main dishes were bread, fried dough twists, and biscuits, and the side dishes were beer, red wine, and baijiu."
The workers in the audience couldn't help but laugh, and some asked who had made it up.
Upon learning that the book was edited by Chen Weimin, everyone asked Chen Weiguo.
"Weiguo, go home and ask your brother. We don't need the bread and fried dough twists anymore, but when are the beer, red wine, and baijiu to be delivered?"
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
Life in the mountains is monotonous and dull. People repeat the same routine every day: eating, working, and resting.
Every night, everyone was so exhausted that they lay on their beds, not wanting to move at all.
After a good night's sleep, I get up full of energy and start a new day of work and production.
Although life is tough and tiring, people in this era have a rich inner world.
No matter how hard or tiring life is, everyone approaches it with great enthusiasm.
Everyone is working hard and contributing their own efforts to the country's development.
In the blink of an eye, Sheng Xiping and his group had been on the mountain for two months.
During this period, Zhou Qinglan, who was inspecting the load at the loading point, would come up to see Sheng Xiping every two weeks, alternating shifts with someone else for one day.
Every time she came up, she would help Sheng Xiping wash all his dirty clothes, make his bed, and bring him delicious food.
Such a considerate partner has drawn the envy of countless people.
Of course, what's even more enviable is Samantha Ko.
News came from down the mountain that Tang Fengying hadn't been feeling well a few days ago, and when she went to the clinic for a checkup, she discovered she was pregnant.
"Xiping, Weiguo, Jianshe, did you hear that? I'm going to be a father."
Haha, Fengying is pregnant! We're going to have a baby soon!
When Gao Haining received the news, he was so happy he didn't know what to do. He jumped so high he almost flew into the sky.
The group of people who usually took every opportunity to tease Gao Haining fell silent at this moment.
When Sheng Xiping heard that Gao Haining's wife was pregnant and that the man was about to become a father, while he himself was not even engaged to his girlfriend, he immediately felt a strong urge to get married.
He couldn't wait for the work on the mountain to end so he could hurry to Songjiang River, get engaged to Zhou Qinglan, and marry her after the New Year.
As for Chen Weiguo, he's not even as good as Sheng Xiping; he and Liu Hongxia haven't even made their relationship public yet.
The Chen family was poorer; there were eight siblings in the family, and the old man was still in the same situation.
Most families wouldn't be willing to marry their daughters into the family.
Chen Weiguo was also very worried and didn't know how to start the conversation.
Wang Jianshe, on the other hand, also felt the same way.
He had a crush on Li Xue, but the two rarely saw each other and had few opportunities to interact. How could things develop from there?
The older children each had their own worries.
Zhang Zhijun and Pan Fusheng, being younger, hadn't quite grasped these things yet and were just foolishly following Gao Haining around, laughing.
"Gao Haining is going to be a father, what are you two so happy about? Look at you two, like you've eaten honey poop."
Sheng Xiping found the two silly boys amusing and couldn't help but tease them.
Zhang Zhijun was stunned when he heard this.
“Brother Xiping, Brother Haining is going to be a father, so I’ll be a senior and become an uncle.”
"That's wonderful, so why wouldn't you be happy?"
Zhang Zhijun is also the eldest child in his family, with no older brothers or sisters.
Most of Zhang's relatives live in his hometown; his cousins and other relatives live far away, so there's not much of a connection between them.
These guys always hang out together and have a really good relationship. Zhang Zhijun genuinely treats Sheng Xiping and the others like brothers.
His little nephew is coming to visit soon, and he's naturally happy about it.
“Brother Haining, when my little nephew is born, I’ll definitely give him a big gift so he can call me uncle in the future.”
"Brother Xiping, you should hurry up and marry Sister Qinglan as soon as possible. Then I'll have two more little nephews. Wouldn't that be great?"
"Hmm, that's a good idea, let's wait and see."
"Once we finish all the work on the mountain, I'll go back to the Zhou family and get the engagement settled first."
Sheng Xiping nodded, his heart filled with anticipation.
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