The interaction between the two was seen by Wu Yi who was standing beside them, and a thoughtful look flashed across her face.
Her brother-in-law, like his brother, is a taciturn person who never shows his emotions, but he also has moments when he reveals his emotions.
Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Shen Yanxiang who was playing firecrackers with two children outside the yard.
Shen Yanxiang was busy with work and didn't have much time to spend with the children like this, so every time he had a day off, she would try her best to let him play with the two children. As for her...he didn't want to get along with her anyway.
While wrapping the dumplings and waiting for them to be taken out of the pot, everyone listened to the New Year's greetings coming from the radio. Everyone's face was filled with smiles, and an atmosphere of joy and peace filled the air.
After the reunion dinner, Zhou Yunwan took the costumes she had borrowed last time and went to the auditorium for the final rehearsal before the official performance.
Walking out of the Shen family’s gate, you will see that every household in the compound is decorated with lights and colorful lanterns. From time to time, you can hear the sound of firecrackers popping in the streets and alleys, and the atmosphere is festive everywhere.
In the auditorium, all the performers for the evening party gathered together. Two responsible leaders stood on the stage. Zhao Qingxia spoke at the top of her voice, explaining the discipline and precautions.
I don’t know if it’s because Zhao Qingxia repeats it every day, but everyone is tired of it and no one is listening. They just gather in groups of three or four, chattering in low voices.
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Zhou Yunwan and Sun Manting stood together and exchanged a few pleasantries. Then a man interrupted: "Zhou Yunwan, I brought you some oranges. Do you want some?"
Zhou Yunwan didn't even look at it and directly refused: "No need."
This man was Xie Wenzhang, the lead singer of the male chorus of the art troupe. He showed extraordinary enthusiasm for her when they first met. Whenever she was talking to Sun Manting, he would come over and interrupt.
He is so thick-skinned that you can't drive him away.
"Let's go to the other side." Sun Manting saw her dilemma, so she suggested avoiding Xie Wenzhang's entanglement.
Zhou Yunwan nodded, and just as she was about to pull Sun Manting's hand away from Xie Wenzhang, he caught up with her again: "Zhou Yunwan, will you also attend the evening party?"
The party starts at three in the afternoon and is expected to end at seven. It is only nine in the morning now, and the audience will not start to enter until half past one. After the party, there will be a social dance specially prepared for young men and women.
Most of the participants were family members of soldiers and members of the art troupe in the compound. In addition, there were also many outstanding young officers who were invited to participate.
To put it nicely, it is to promote the kinship between the military and civilians, but in fact it is just a collective blind date to solve the marriage issues of the officers, and everyone is tacitly aware of this.
For girls, the soldiers in the army are high-quality men carefully selected by the state. They have good family backgrounds and good physical fitness. They also enjoy a series of policy subsidies after marriage, making them suitable candidates for boyfriends.
For the soldiers, the girls in the compound and the art troupe are as young and beautiful as flowers. They are not only outstanding in appearance but also have good family backgrounds. They are also suitable candidates for girlfriends.
Therefore, after the party, most people will choose to stay and attend the dance in order to find their sweetheart.
If you are attracted to someone, then you will have a wonderful relationship. If you don’t like anyone, then just treat it as free food and drinks.
So from the beginning, Zhou Yunwan could hear discussions about the dance coming from all around her. Most of them were about the opposite sex she was interested in. They asked about this and that, and were extremely excited.
However, Zhou Yunwan had no interest in this. She had attended countless similar dances in her previous life and was already tired of it.
Zhou Yunwan waved her hand and was about to say that she was not interested, but suddenly she thought of something and looked at Sun Manting beside her: "Do you want to participate?"
If Sun Manting wants to participate, she can accompany her.
Sun Manting didn't attend the dance last year because she had something to do, so of course she wanted to join in the fun this year, so she blushed and said, "I heard it's quite interesting, why don't we go and see it? If it's boring, we can just go."
That's true. Since there aren't many leisure activities right now, I might as well just have some fun.
Even though Zhou Yunwan and Sun Manting ignored Xie Wenzhang, he still followed them like a ghost, annoyed her so much that she couldn't help but roll her eyes.
But others didn't know that she disliked Xie Wenxuan, they only saw Xie Wenxuan's attentiveness to her.
Someone said to Zhao Wanwan, "Wanwan, doesn't Xie Wenzhang like you? Why did you go after Zhou Yun so late?"
Zhao Wanwan stared at Zhou Yunwan, pursed her lips when she heard that, and said impatiently, "How should I know?"
She was also wondering why Xie Wen Zhang hadn't come to see her in the past few days. Ever since she joined the art troupe three years ago, Xie Wen Zhang had been pursuing her relentlessly, showering her with all kinds of gifts, and he had been doing so for almost three years.
Xie Wenxuan is the son of a cadre. He is rich, generous, and talented, but his appearance is really not satisfactory and can only be described as average. So no matter how sincere he is, she will not look down on him.
But she couldn't give up his kindness to her, so she kept him hanging, since he was willing anyway.
However, in recent days, Xie Wenjian has not come to see her or given her gifts. Even when they meet in the art troupe, he seems to be indifferent.
It turns out that he has fallen in love with someone else!
And that person happened to be Zhou Yunwan.
It would be fine if she just stole the attention of all the boys in the compound, but she even didn't let go of the boys in the art troupe!
Zhao Wanwan was so angry that she clenched her teeth and her expression became more and more unsightly.
Seeing that she was unhappy, the lackey Liang Shuqin immediately said, "Looking at Zhou Yunwan's seductive appearance, she must have seduced Xie Wen Zhang. Xie Wen Zhang has liked Sister Wan Wan for almost three years. How could he change his mind so quickly?"
Someone immediately echoed, "I think it's possible. Isn't Meng Shuchi also fascinated by her?"
Of course, there are also reasonable people who say: "Given Zhou Yunwan's looks, I'm afraid she doesn't like Xie Wenzhang, right?"
Liang Shuqin looked at Zhou Yunwan and Xie Wenjian's totally mismatched looks and was speechless for a moment. After a while, she said, "Who knows? Maybe it's because Xie Wenjian is so generous?"
"Girls like her from the countryside are the most materialistic. They can't even walk when they see a rich boy."
"Okay, stop talking." Zhao Wanwan, who had privately accepted many gifts from Xie Wenjian, was embarrassed for a moment and hurriedly interrupted Liang Shuqin's words.
Liang Shuqin didn't realize that she was unhappy because of what she said, and gently advised: "Sister Wanwan, don't be sad because of Xie Wenjian. With your looks, are you still afraid that no one will pursue you after the party?"
That's true, she will definitely shine at any party or dance.
She doesn't care about just a thank you article.
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