Upon hearing this, Fan Hua immediately opened the gate and saw the enthusiastic wife of the Third Battalion Commander, Ye Xiulan, and the embarrassed Zhou Xue.
As expected, Fan Hua was right. Zhou Xue was the girl with double braids who was hiding behind the crowd with malicious eyes on the first day they arrived at the family compound.
Fan Hua first greeted Ye Xiulan with a smile, "Sister Ye, how come you have time to come here?"
"Hi, I like to weave small baskets in my spare time. Most of the other families in the family compound have small baskets I gave them. I thought that since you just moved in, you will inevitably need to go out to buy things, and it would be more convenient to have a small basket, so I made one for you as well. It's just that I made it casually, so my craftsmanship is relatively crude. Sister Fan, please don't despise it!"
Fan Hua hurriedly took the small basket from Ye Xiulan's hand with gratitude. It was a small basket woven with bamboo strips using local materials. Although the shape was simple, it looked very practical. This was an authentic traditional craft!
So he immediately smiled and said, "Thank you so much, Sister Ye, this little basket is so well woven, and our family just needs one! Your craftsmanship is really great!"
Ye Xiulan smiled and waved her hand, "I'm glad you don't mind. This is my only hobby. I like to weave whenever I have free time. My house is full of them!"
When Fan Hua heard what Ye Xiulan said, she immediately wanted to help Ye Xiulan sell the baskets. However, now was not the time to talk about this. Besides, Zhao Yilu's bad love Zhou Xue was standing next to her, so she could only find an opportunity to have a good chat with Ye Xiulan!
Fan Hua smiled and turned around, pretending not to know Zhou Xue and asked in confusion, "Who is this?"
Zhou Xue had wanted to turn around and leave just now, but as she was always proud, she felt that if she sneaked away like this, Fan Hua would look down on her.
She didn't do anything shameful, so she decided to stay and meet Fan Hua and see what abilities this little vixen had who could seduce Captain Zhao!
Before Zhou Xue could speak, Ye Xiulan introduced her enthusiastically: "This is Zhou Xue, the daughter of Political Commissar Zhou. She is an art soldier in our regiment and is very talented!"
After that, he turned to look at Zhou Xue with a smile and asked, "Sister Zhou Xue, when I came here, I saw you standing at the door... What do you want to do with Sister Fan?"
In fact, Ye Xiulan wanted to say that she had been standing at the door and peeking through the crack, but she didn't say it directly because she was afraid of offending Zhou Xue.
Zhou Xue was just about to be proud of Ye Xiulan's praise for her talent, but she was embarrassed when Ye Xiulan said that she had been standing at the door.
"Uh... nothing, I just heard that there was a sister about my age in the hospital, so I wanted to come over to meet her. When I got to the door, I heard they were rehearsing a show, so I didn't go in to disturb them."
Fan Hua sneered in her heart. He called her sister without even confirming her age. She was too old, so why didn't he just call her sister-in-law? How shameless! I guess he has been peeking through the crack of the door for a while. He must want to see what they are performing at the Lantern Festival party!
Fan Hua immediately joked, "Big sister, you are the same. Why don't you come in now that you are here? What are you standing at the door for? There is no beast in my house. Will it eat you?"
Zhou Xue's face changed slightly, but she quickly returned to normal, and she said coquettishly, "Sister, what you said is right, I just don't want to be abrupt!"
As the daughter-in-law of Zhao Yilu's direct supervisor, Zhang Jihong knew about Fan Hua's age and couldn't help but say, "If I remember correctly, Miss Fan seems to have just turned 20 years old, a little younger than Miss Zhou Xue."
Fan Hua nodded, "Yes, I will be twenty years old next month."
Zhou Xue instantly felt even more embarrassed. She came up to the girl and called her sister, but it turned out that she was younger than her. She was no longer the youngest girl in the military compound!
Zhou Xue smiled awkwardly, "Haha, I saw that you already had two children, so I thought you must be older than me... Oh, I mean older than me, I didn't expect you're not even 20 years old! How come you're getting married at such a young age? You're really in a hurry!"
Fan Hua also smiled and replied "Hehe..."
I couldn't help but complain in my heart, if I didn't get married earlier, was I waiting for her to have a vacant position? What a wishful thinking!
Zhao Xiaoyan also noticed that the atmosphere between the two seemed not right. She had heard from her husband before that Political Commissar Zhou seemed to have taken a fancy to Zhao Yilu and wanted him to be the son-in-law of her daughter. However, she later found out that Zhao Yilu had already been married, so she gave up the idea. But seeing today, it seems that Zhou Xue is still not giving up the idea!
Zhao Xiaoyan couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips, looking like she was enjoying the fun. Let's fight, it would be better if the fight got out of hand and affected Zhao Yilu's future. This way, her man would have one less strong competitor, and he would have a better chance of getting promoted soon!
Zhang Jihong saw this and quickly came out to smooth things over with a smile, "We are rehearsing the program for the Lantern Festival Gala. Would you like to come in and help us take a look and give us some suggestions?"
Ye Xiulan waved her hand quickly after hearing this, "No, no, several military wives from our camp have also made an appointment to practice chorus at my house in a while, so I won't disturb your rehearsal. I have to go back quickly!"
After saying goodbye to a few people, he turned around and left in a hurry.
Zhou Xue felt that since Ye Xiulan had left, it would be awkward for her, an outsider, to stay and watch them rehearse, especially since she had been leaning against the crack of the door and watching for a long time.
In her opinion, the performance of Fan Hua and the other two was a piece of shit, and it posed no threat to her at all! I really don't understand why Zhang Jihong decided to bring two people to perform separately. It would be better to let her perform one more time, and save herself from embarrassing herself on stage!
So Zhou Xue said to them, "I won't go in and disturb your rehearsal. I have to go back and prepare for the Lantern Festival Gala! I have to perform two programs at the Lantern Festival Gala. In addition to the chorus with the art troupe, there is also a solo dance performance as the finale. Fortunately, your camp has to produce its own programs, otherwise I would be so busy preparing three programs by myself!"
Fan Hua still had a faint smile on her face and responded politely, "Then Sister Zhou, you have to work hard to prepare. We are all looking forward to it!"
Zhou Xue snorted in her heart and left with a twist of her waist.
The three of them looked at Zhou Xue walking away, feeling somewhat unconvinced. It was obvious that Zhou Xue was waiting to see them make a fool of themselves!
Although Zhao Xiaoyan disliked Fan Hua, she also disliked the arrogant Zhou Xue. She curled her lips in disdain, "She must be mad that our camp no longer asks her to help us perform. She came here today to see what we are performing. Who knows, she may have been peeking through the crack of the door to watch for a long time!"
Fan Hua looked at Zhao Xiaoyan and deliberately provoked her by saying, "Yes, she must have seen our performance just now. I wonder how she must be laughing at us in her heart!"
Zhao Xiaoyan was a person who was easily angered. When she heard what Fan Hua said and thought about her rubbish performance just now, she felt that Zhou Xue must be laughing at her behind her back, so she immediately said, "We have to rehearse well. We can't let her laugh at our camp at the Lantern Festival Gala!"
Fan Hua and Zhang Jihong looked at each other and both of them curled their lips.
The three of them returned to rehearsal, and this time there was a qualitative improvement compared to the previous ones. After several rehearsals, the overall effect of the program was already very good. It was another complete rehearsal, and even Fan Youcheng, who was building a wall nearby, couldn't help but applaud them.
Zhao Xiaoyan and Zhang Jihong couldn't help but get excited. If they continued to rehearse at this level for a few more days, they would surely shock the entire audience at the Lantern Festival Gala!
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