Chapter 31
Lu Qin pretended nothing happened, put Kong Dongdong down, and straightened his wrinkled jacket. "You can play by yourself for a while."
"Okay!" He nodded obediently.
Lu Qin closed the gate to prevent him from running out. Turning around, he saw his brother-in-law go into the house. Standing in the yard, he could still hear the faint sound of a man and a woman talking. He coughed twice, put his hands in his pockets, and walked back into the house.
Kong Dongdong held the egg given by his uncle, looked left and right, and then ran to the kitchen happily.
Sun Laimei was worried about her grandson staying alone at the door, so she waited for a long time until Lu Qin came back. She had just started the fire when she saw him carefully stepping over the threshold with an egg in his hand. She wondered, "Where did the egg come from?"
The two chickens at home have been sitting on brood and haven't laid eggs for many days.
"My uncle gave me some milk, it's hot." Kong Dongdong ran to her, held the egg in both hands and handed it to her carefully.
It turned out to be cooked. Seeing his eager look, her heart softened, "Okay, I'll heat it up for you."
What I thought in my heart was that Lu Qin was a really good uncle. He even remembered to bring back an egg for his nephew when he went out.
Kong Dongdong's eyes were curved, his hands were placed on the stove, he stood on tiptoe, and with his mouth slightly open, he watched his grandmother put the eggs into the hot water.
Seeing her grandson like this, Sun Laimei felt so soft-hearted that she thought about catching earthworms to feed the chickens tomorrow so that the two hens would lay eggs earlier.
Lu Qin went back to the house to change his shoes and happened to meet his sister coming out.
The hand silently took it out of the pocket, "Sister,"
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that his sister's complexion looked better and more rosy these past two days.
Lu Chunnong had just heard Kong Yue mention what happened today in the room, but she still had something to ask him, but now she had to cook. "After dinner, let's talk. I have something I want to ask you."
She asked in a questioning tone, but her tone was still gentle.
Hearing something that sounded familiar, Lu Qin glanced at his brother-in-law who had followed him out. He suspected that his sister was possessed by his brother-in-law. His mind raced, wondering if he had missed anything. He agreed, "Okay."
After dinner, Lu Qin had prepared his words, but it was his brother-in-law who arrived first. He noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a new rabbit where Kong Dongdong's rabbit doll was placed at the head of the bed. It was also polished clean without a single burr.
Lu Qin: The couple is really alike, they are always nice to others secretly.
At this moment, Lu Chunnong came over carrying Kong Dongdong who had just finished taking a bath.
"sister,"
Lu Chunnong put down the child who had been clamoring for his uncle and got straight to the point. "In five days, the junior high school over at the commune will start. If you want to go, your brother-in-law and I will support you and help you get into high school. You don't have to worry about anything else."
After she finished speaking, her eyes fell on his face. He was still the same person, but he had changed. Just like her mother-in-law said, he had become more sensible, and more sensible than a little bit.
In the past, he would take the initiative to approach her on the second day of the Lunar New Year to ask to go to school, and promised to study hard. This year, she hadn't seen him for a long time, and happened to hear from Kong Yue that he didn't want to go to school, so she wanted to come and confirm his thoughts in person.
Lu Qin had already guessed it would be this, and he didn't know what his brother-in-law had said to her. To be honest, after hearing Lu Chunnong's words, he was almost tired of scolding his original self. What a good sister, what a good family member.
In front of her, he put away his nonchalant look and looked more serious. "Sister, I did mention to my brother-in-law that I wanted to go to high school temporarily..."
Kong Yue stood at the door, listening to the brat explaining seriously in front of his sister. This brat really has two faces.
Soon after, Lu Chunnong seemed to be talking to his son, and Kong Dongdong seemed to say "no," and then he came out of the inner room alone. The couple looked at each other.
His eyes fell on her face, "Relieved"
Before he could get a reply, Lu Qin suddenly popped his head out and glanced at his brother-in-law. "Brother-in-law, why are you standing here? Go to bed early."
Then, when he turned to his sister, his tone was much kinder, "Sister, go to bed early."
"Uncle!" the nephew called again.
"Here I am!" Lu Qin smoothed his messy hair. He thought that for the sake of the doll, he would let them develop their relationship over the next few days.
The door slowly closed from the inside, and the two returned to the room. As soon as they entered, Kong Yue leaned over and put his arm around her, whispering, "Lu Qin is seventeen years old this year and has his own ideas. Besides, he performed quite well at the Public Security Bureau today..."
As for the brat's other behavior and words, he didn't mention a word.
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Since the script was prepared in advance, the rehearsal was scheduled directly for the next afternoon.
The rehearsal address was changed to the Women's Federation. Sun Juan and Zhao Sufen were both office directors of the Women's and Children's Engineering Department of the Women's Federation. For this rehearsal, they called in several clerks and people who did odd jobs, regardless of whether they were literate or not.
When there are a lot of people, it is like a vegetable market. The performance on the scene fully proves this truth.
A dozen or so female comrades huddled together, chattering.
"Oh, Director Sun called you over too."
"Isn't it about playing that woman? I've never played that role before, so how can I act like one?"
"Why don't you just stand up there? But instead of taking that literacy class, I might as well just act out here."
"I just hope that this performance will be really helpful in helping them prevent human traffickers."
Before being called over by Director Sun, they were still taking literacy classes. Now that they have changed the environment, they have become more open-minded.
"Hey, you two young comrades, you look so young! It's true that young people are cultured."
Lu Qin had seen a lot of things, and he wasn't even afraid of the aunts in the brigade. But Comrade Wu Ming was different. Just like the aunt in front of him, she said he had small eyes.
What made him depressed was that Lu Qin was chatting with them without any communication barriers.
As soon as Director Sun and Chairwoman Yang of their Women's Federation entered the room, they found that there was chattering in the room, and several women were surrounding a young man.
She slapped her notebook against her hands. "Quiet down, quiet down. You all should know why we've gathered you. The commune, the police, and the county have all assigned the responsibility of publicity and rehearsal to the Women's Federation. We must do a good job."
"By the way, Chairman Yang, these two are Comrade Wu Ming and Comrade Lu Qin."
Chairwoman Yang was a quick-witted woman with short hair. She glanced at the two of them and held out her hand. "I'll trouble you two this time."
Wu Ming's expression finally brightened, and he shook his hand back. "It's no trouble, no trouble. I'm serving the people."
Chairman Yang smiled and withdrew his hand, "Comrade Xiao Lu, it was you who saved Director Sun's daughter, wasn't it?"
Lu Qin suspected that the entire Women's Federation knew about this. He glanced at his Aunt Sun, and after receiving her reaction, he smiled and shook her hand. "Hello, Chairman Yang."
Hearing this reason, Wu Ming glanced over.
"We reviewed your writing this morning and it's very good. The rest of the time, it's up to you two comrades."
At this time, a woman in the crowd shouted, "Chairman, we can't act either." The key point is that they can't read well.
There were many responses following.
Chairman Yang looked at Lu Qin and Wu Ming, "This..."
The word 'this' revealed her inner thoughts. Lu Qin did not expose her. "Chairman Yang, please rest assured. No matter what obstacles there are, we can rehearse well."
Wu Ming nodded.
Chairman Yang's smile was much more genuine. "Thank you for your hard work, comrades."
After Chairman Yang and Sun Juan go out.
Lu Qin held the script in his hand and said politely, "Comrade Wu Ming, do you want to do it or should I?"
Wu Ming met more than a dozen pairs of eyes, especially the aunt who said his eyes were small, who was still staring at him. "Go ahead, I can help you with anything you need."
Wow, at that moment, Lu Qin thought he was being penetrated.
Time was running out, so Lu Qin had no choice but to step forward. Everyone saw a young man, about sixteen or seventeen, standing on the steps, looking like he was about to speak, and they automatically muted themselves.
The steps were not far away from them, and Lu Qin could clearly feel more than a dozen gazes following him.
At the beginning, he said, "Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Today is my first time doing this kind of work. If I don't do it well, please forgive me."
"Comrade Lu, it's okay! Don't be nervous!" The woman who had just chatted with Lu Qin shouted, and the audience suddenly burst into laughter.
Lu Qin thought that you should be the ones who are nervous.
"Time is tight, so let's get started now and try to get this job done!"
"Okay! Listen to what the young comrade says!"
There were thirteen people in total, and Lu Qin divided them into three roles: the masses, human traffickers and victims.
I took the script and explained it to them one by one, and they soon became familiar with it.
But when it comes to actually performing, it doesn’t seem like that.
Whether it's the traffickers, the victims, or the public, they all act awkwardly and unnaturally, afraid that others won't notice they're acting. There's even a scene where they step on each other's feet.
What a mistake. What a mistake.
After looking around, Lu Qin felt that he needed to change the victim, and even the role of the human trafficker.
When Qin Shi came over, she found that the performance had already started. She stood at the door and watched for a while. The scene of that day was still vivid in her mind, but she didn't feel that it was real when she saw these aunts acting. Then, she saw Comrade Lu at a glance.
Lu Qin was sensitive to the fact that someone was looking at him. He looked up and saw Qin Shi with a pigtail. He walked over to her in surprise and asked, "Comrade Qin, why are you here?"
Qin Shi spoke softly, reaching out and pointing over there, "Comrade Lu, do you need help?"
She had known about the stage performance for a long time, and having experienced it herself, she decided to come after much hesitation. She felt that she had come at the right time.
Lu Qin looked at the chaotic scene behind him and felt embarrassed.
But he did not deny that he needed help from others. Wasn't the person in front of him the victim? However, "Comrade Qin, can you do this? Will Aunt Sun have any objections?"
No one wants to experience something like that again, even if it's acting, because it can easily leave a psychological trauma.
But anyone who can give the man a hard kick afterwards is probably a person with a strong character.
"I can do it, and I want to help." Having experienced it herself, she hopes that other people's families will not have to go through such a thing.
Seeing the determination in her eyes, Lu Qin agreed, and Qin Shi played the victim.
The performance was paused, and a new victim was found. Lu Qin decided to sacrifice himself, mainly because Qin Shi gave him some inspiration.
Seeing Qin Shi coming, several women greeted her with a smile. The person who played the victim was relieved when he heard that he could play the crowd instead.
However, when they heard that the handsome young comrade was going to play a human trafficker, they thought they had heard wrong.
"Comrade Xiao Lu, how can you look like a human trafficker?"
"Yeah, human traffickers are not as good-looking as you."
Not to mention this group of women, even Wu Ming didn't understand, frowned and said, "Aren't there enough people here?" You need to go up by yourself.
How could Lu Qin say in front of everyone that their acting wasn't realistic? He was afraid he wouldn't be able to give them a beating. "Aunts, you all acted very well too. It's just that Comrade Qin and I wanted to give it a try first. You guys should see how it goes first."
There was a buzz of activity for a moment, but they finally agreed, "Don't worry, we will applaud you, little comrade!"
Wu Ming still looked disapproving, but he couldn't convince him.
Lu Qin invited Qin Shi, "Comrade Qin, let's go up."
"good,"
Half a minute later, Qin Shi stood on the simple stage. Although she had agreed, she was still a little nervous, with more than a dozen pairs of eyes behind her.
Lu Qin noticed this and comforted her, "Comrade Qin, don't be nervous. Just cooperate with me later."
Qin Shi looked up and saw encouragement in the young man's eyes. She took a deep breath.
But as soon as her eyes fell on that handsome face, she suddenly found it difficult to get into the role. She suddenly felt that what the aunts said was right. This face did not look like that of a human trafficker. Which human trafficker would have such a good-looking face?
Lu Qin thought she was ready, so he shouted to them to start. Dozens of women followed what he had just said and treated themselves as passers-by, walking back and forth on the road. However, their steps and expressions were still stiff, not daring to move rashly. You didn't dare to look at me and I didn't dare to look at you.
Lu Qin ignored this for the time being. He and Qin Shi stood at one end each. He ruffled his clothes and hair. After all, this was his first time acting seriously.
Then they walked towards each other. While Qin Shi was still brewing his emotions, the other party's momentum had changed.
On the busy street, a young gay man came hurriedly from one end of the street. As he walked, he seemed to see something, his eyes lit up, and he quickened his pace. Suddenly, he grabbed the arm of a beautiful lesbian who was walking towards him and asked, "Why are you still walking here?"
The young man's tone was filled with dissatisfaction and anger, yet there was an undeniable familiarity in his voice. "Come on, follow me home."
Lu Qin's voice was usually clear and sunny, but now it had completely changed its tone.
Qin Shi suddenly shuddered slightly and met his eyes. At that moment, she seemed to be back to that day.
The lesbian was confused and thought he had picked up the wrong person, "Did you recognize the wrong person?"
The young man looked at me with a look of "Are you kidding me?" He put some strength into his hands and observed his surroundings without leaving any trace. "Are you going to cause trouble again? I don't know who you are."
The woman's face turned pale, finally realizing something was wrong. "I don't know you. If you hold me again, I'll call the police. Let go, let go!"
It was so noisy here that the crowd finally came in.
The young man seemed to notice the crowd coming and softened his attitude. He complained with a hint of compromise, "You're always like this. You call the police whenever you get angry. We can't just waste public resources. Just come back with me, okay..."
When the hard approach didn't work, the man gradually tried the soft approach, and even every pore on his face showed everyone his helplessness in front of the woman.
I don’t know if it was because Qin Shi’s previous experience made her act too realistic, or because Lu Qin’s acting skills were too high, but they really treated themselves as the crowd, all looking at it as if they were watching the fun, and speaking naturally.
"Comrade, I think you should go back with him."
"Yeah, what's there to quarrel about between the two of them?"
"Why should we report a quarrel between a couple to the police?"
“…”
The young man had a bitter face and showed a grateful look to the crowd, "Thank you all,
He grabbed the lesbian's arm even harder, almost pleading, "Stop it, I'll let you do whatever you want when we get back, okay?"
At the end of the play, the victim was taken away.
The young man pulled the female comrade away, and suddenly turned around, with a smile on his lips, and waved to the enthusiastic aunt from afar.
Director Zhang, Chairman Yang, Sun Juan, Qin Mingzhi and Kong Yue of the County Revolutionary Committee arrived ten minutes ago and just finished watching this show.
Director Zhang: "It's exactly like that. It's so realistic."
He didn't look like a human trafficker at all. He had seen the file before and it was exactly the same.
His acting was so good that people completely ignored his appearance. It was the smile at the end, how could he remember that it was not in the script given to him by Director Sun?
Kong Yue: “…”
Qin Mingzhi: "..."
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Updated, a small reminder, the previous chapter has been slightly revised.
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