Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Competition

After everyone entered the cabin, Director Tian personally counted the number of people and only notified the crew to set sail after confirming that everyone was there.

At this time, the sun had just peeked out from behind the clouds. The children who had just boarded the boat were very excited. This experience of going out on a boat with their entire class was something they had never had before. The children sat there chattering and laughing.

After a while, Zhou Wenqian saw that they were full of energy, so she led them in singing. The melodious children's voices echoed in the cabin, calming everyone down.

Today's ferry was faster than previous ferries. Before the children's excitement wore off, the boat had already arrived at the pier in Qiongzhou City.

Headmaster Tian brought a few teachers to organize the children to take the bus. Fortunately, several parents came with them, so they looked after each other and did not get too busy.

They, along with a dozen children in green military uniforms, attracted a lot of attention along the way.

We got on the bus. Because it was the starting station and it was early in the morning, the children all had seats on the bus.

The ticket seller reminded: "If there are not enough seats at the back, please pick up the child."

"Yes, okay." Director Tian nodded.

Xia Qinqin said to Lu Yannan next to her: "Brother Yannan, it's fun to take the bus, there are so many people, and this bus is so big, we can even walk here."

Lu Yannan nodded: "Indeed, it's more interesting than a car."

As he said this, he couldn't help but look around the environment inside the car a few more times. This was the first time in his life that he took a bus. When he was with his grandfather before, they always took small cars to go everywhere, and they were not as big as this car.

How about letting grandpa ride in this car in the future? He is older now, and he can stretch out more in this car, so it should be more comfortable.

The bus was moving slowly and stopped after a while. The bus body was shaking and the passengers were swaying back and forth as the driver braked.

Gradually, more and more people got on the carriage and there were not enough seats.

Parents held their children on their laps one after another. Children whose parents were not present sat on the teacher's lap, and the teacher then shared some with other parents.

Daya was given to Meng Yufei because Yin Guixiang had two younger children at home and she really couldn't leave.

Xia Junshan was holding Xia Qinqin and Lu Yannan.

Lu Yannan frowned and raised his head and said, "Uncle, we also paid for the tickets, so let us have a seat too."

Xia Junshan smiled and said, "That won't work. Children don't need to pay for tickets. We can't violate the rules. Moreover, even if they buy tickets, children can't compete with adults for seats. You can sit on the adults' laps, but are you going to let adults sit on the children's laps?"

Lu Yannan pursed his lips and said nothing more.

By this time the carriage was already packed with people, and the voice of the salesperson constantly reminding people to buy tickets was mixed in with the noisy carriage.

Meng Yufei opened the car window, and the wind from below flowed in, making her feel a little more comfortable.

Xia Qinqin pouted and said, "Dad, why are there so many people? There weren't so many people when we came here before."

Xia Junshan explained: "Some of them are rushing to work, some are rushing to the street to buy things. This is the time when everyone goes out together. When we came before, it was later than now, and fewer people went out at that time."

Xia Qinqin said: "Then let's not come so early next time."

Xia Junshan touched his daughter's head and comforted her: "Hold on a little longer, we'll be there soon."

The bus stopped and started for a while and finally arrived at the Grand Theater.

After getting off the car, Xia Qinqin lay in Xia Junshan's arms, breathing in the fresh air outside, and said, "Wow, it's still better outside. I can't even breathe in the car."

Meng Yufei touched her daughter's face, pulled her hair back, and said with a smile, "Next time when there are fewer people, we can take the bus again."

"Yeah, okay."

Lu Yannan said: "Next time you take a bus, you can take Uncle Li's bus. His bus is not crowded."

Xia Junshan laughed and said, "That's the commander's bus, how can we let anyone else sit on it?"

Lu Yannan said: "Then find a car for us to ride in."

Xia Junshan pointed to the bus lane that had just left and said, "Look, this is the bus we can take. It's a public bus. Everyone can take it."

"I don't like taking this kind of public bus." Lu Yannan said, "I want to have my own car in the future." This way I won't have to squeeze with others.

Xia Junshan patted his head and said with a smile: "Then let's talk about it when you grow up."

After entering the theater, the children were led to the backstage. According to their rules, only teachers could go to the backstage, and parents could only watch from the audience stands.

Meng Yufei asked Xia Qinqin about the order of performance in their show and learned that they were ranked last and would have to wait until the first eight teams had performed before it was their turn. This might be because they registered later.

A show lasts at least five minutes, and there are comments from the judges, so Qinqin and the others won't have a turn on stage for an hour.

"Let's go buy a camera first. I think we can catch up after buying it and then go shopping." Xia Junshan said.

Meng Yufei nodded: "Let's buy the camera first."

The two watched the child go backstage, then turned and walked out of the theater, heading towards the department store as if they knew the way there.

The electrical appliance salesperson knew them. Not long ago, the three of them had bought a radio here. The couple were both very good-looking and left a very deep impression on the customer.

This time the salesperson's attitude was much better. When he heard that they wanted to buy a camera, he didn't ask them to take out the ticket in advance. Instead, he took two models of cameras from the display stand behind him and let them choose.

They bought a Hongmei brand camera for 160 yuan.

This camera is a bit similar to the old camera of the Meng family. Xia Junshan watched the salesperson demonstrate it - he took a photo of the couple, and then he learned how to operate it.

He also took a photo of Meng Yufei alone. The photo of her now placed under the glass on his desk was taken at their wedding.

After they bought their cameras, Xia Junshan asked, "Do you want to shop for a while longer?"

Meng Yufei shook her head, "Let's go back first."

After they returned, the leader in front of them had just finished giving a speech and announcing the rules, and the performers of the first competition program were just about to go on stage. The two of them sat in the audience to watch.

Backstage, Tang Jiayi was braiding the girls' hair, Zhou Wenqian was putting makeup on the children, and headmaster Tian was lining up the children and reminding them not to run around. Their show was at the end, so there was plenty of time and it would not be their turn for a while, so there was no rush.

After a while, the head teacher asked, "Children, do any of you want to go to the toilet?"

Sun Yanli raised her hand: "I, I want to go."

Director Tian waved at her and said, "Come, I'll take you to the toilet. Anyone else wants to go?"

"I want to go too!" Yang Xiaoming raised his hand and turned to ask, "Qinqin, Yannan, Fangfang, are you going too?"

Several people shook their heads.

This morning, Meng Yufei only let the two children drink a little water because she was afraid that they would have to go to the toilet all the time.

On the stage, the first show has been performed. It was a primary school chorus, which was pretty average. After the performance, the judges gave their comments and scores.

After watching several chorus programs, Meng Yufei felt that they were all similar. The children lined up and stood there singing. In such programs, what they competed was the professionalism of their singing.

After several elementary school students performed, it was the turn of the middle school students to go on stage. The singing was obviously much more uniform, the pitch was more accurate, and the expressions of the children were all consistent.

Unlike the previous few programs, because the children are still young, many of them got distracted while singing and forgot to control their facial expressions.

Xia Junshan leaned over to Meng Yufei's ear and whispered, "Comparing this older child to a younger one, the gap is quite large."

Meng Yufei also nodded: "The difference between the two children is one year, which is a big difference. Let them feel it together, a little bit..."

"Unfair?"

"Um."

Xia Junshan said: "Not necessarily. I think Qinqin and the others' performances are better than those of the older and younger kids."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "The performance hasn't started yet. Look at the show just now. Several children were so nervous that they forgot to open their mouths."

Xia Junshan said: "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. The younger they are, the less likely they are to be afraid of the stage."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "I hope so."

Backstage, as the previous programs are completed one by one, it will soon be the last one's turn.

Zhou Wenqian lined up the children for the stage and said softly, "Everyone, just perform on stage as you did in the classroom before. This stage is much bigger than our classroom and more fun. Everyone, have fun later."

"Uh-huh!"

Tang Jiayi smiled and said, "After the performance, you still have to go to the teacher to get candy."

"Okay~" Now the children are even happier.

The host's voice came from the microphone to the backstage, "Next, we would like to invite the last program of this competition, the children from the kindergarten of the Military Family Home in Nanya Island, to perform the song "The Sea Sailing Depends on the Helmsman" for everyone."

As the music started, the children trotted onto the stage one by one, just as they had rehearsed many times before.

As soon as he came on stage, this army green outfit attracted everyone's attention, and people couldn't help but like him more.

The children were just like Xia Junshan said, they were not stage-shy at all. They had performed on stage before during the May Day holiday, and although the stage was not this big, the audience was much larger than this.

Coupled with the practice during this period, they knew how to move for this show even with their eyes closed, and completed the performance without any mistakes.

The judges and audience were all amazed by the children's flexible movements and dance moves that matched the songs so well. It was quite interesting to see these children perform with tears in their eyes.

Xia Junshan took a camera and kept taking pictures of the children. It was Meng Yufei who reminded him: "Save a few films and take a group photo of them after the meeting." Only then did Xia Junshan stop.

He said with regret: "Tsk, I should have bought more film rolls." Qinqin was so cute that he couldn't help but take pictures of her again and again.

After the performance, it is time for the judges to score.

“After discussion by the judging panel, I now announce that the winner of the third prize of this Qiongzhou Youth Choir Competition is: Qiongzhou Fisheries Company Affiliated Primary School.

The second prize winner is: Qiongzhou No. 1 Middle School.

The first prize winner is: Qiongzhou City Nanya Island Troops Family Home Kindergarten. "

"Sure enough, the first prize goes to Qinqin and her group." Xia Junshan smiled and applauded.

Meng Yufei said, "They really performed the best. Okay, let's go over there and give out the awards. Let's take a picture of the kids."

After the performance, the children went backstage to line up for candy. They performed well today and Teacher Tang gave each of them three candies!

Xia Qinqin had a candy in her mouth, the sweet taste made her smile. She looked at Lu Yannan beside her and just put the candy into her pocket without eating any!

"Brother Yanan, why don't you eat the candy? If you don't want to eat it, just give it to me." Xia Qinqin stretched out her hand.

Lu Yannan said: "You have already eaten two candies. If you eat more, your teeth will hurt. Eat the last one in the afternoon."

"I don't want it. I'll eat it now." Xia Qinqin said as she peeled the candy and stuffed it into her mouth. Her little face was stuffed so full that she stared at Lu Yannan with her round eyes and smiled.

Lu Yannan smiled and said, "I'll tell Aunt Meng later that you can forget about eating candy today."

Xia Qinqin's smile froze, and she came over and said, "Student Lu, please stop being a snitch, okay? At worst, I won't take your candy anymore."

Lu Yannan choked and retorted: "I'm not a snitch."

"Then don't tell mom that I ate three candies. If you tell me, you'll be a snitch." Xia Qinqin said immediately.

Lu Yannan: “…”