But he still tried to comfort her: "Who can say for sure about this plan? But Sister Zhang, you already have two children, both boys. They can keep each other company, which is already good. Whether you can have a third child or not, it's all good!"
Zhang Jihong sighed softly at first, "Oh, it's all my fault that I waited more than six months to conceive my youngest. If the age gap between my youngest and my eldest was a little shorter, we would have all the rivers, lakes, and seas in our family by now!"
After she finished speaking, she immediately changed the subject, "Sister Fan, let's not talk about this for now. I came to see you today because I have another thing to tell you."
Upon hearing this, Fan Hua immediately sat up straight, her face becoming more serious. "Sister-in-law Zhang, please speak!"
Zhang Jihong took a sip of water before continuing, "Since many of our troops have saved their vacation time and want to go back to visit their families, we usually keep the Spring Festival celebrations simple. However, the Lantern Festival will be quite lively! Besides inviting the art soldiers to perform on stage, the wives of the soldiers in each battalion will also have a performance."
"Hello, my dear, Zhao Xiaoyan and I are the only wives accompanying our battalion. Company Commander Wang isn't married yet, so there aren't many of us here. We were planning to sing 'The East is Red' with the wives from the Third Battalion, which would be considered a chance to show off our looks. But I think it's pathetic to always hang out with the wives from other battalions. Now that you're here, I'm thinking the wives from our First Battalion should just do a separate performance. With your looks, even if we just go up and do a few yangge dances, we're sure to get enthusiastic applause from the soldiers!"
Fan Hua was stunned at first. Could she say that she would rather join the other wives of the soldiers in the camp and sing "The East is Red"? She really didn't want to worry about these things, nor did she want to be too prominent!
Last time at Yangcheng University, she lost control of herself and accidentally became the center of attention. After that, wherever she went, people looked at her with admiration and eagerness, and it was difficult for her to keep a low profile.
"Mrs. Zhang, I actually think it's pretty nice to sing this song with everyone else. This will also show the unity and friendship among us military wives. What do you think?" Fan Hua asked tentatively.
Zhang Jihong immediately shook her head. "Sister Fan, you don't know, our regiment has to perform ten programs every day, which symbolizes perfection! It is a mandatory requirement that the wives of the military officers from each of the three battalions perform one program, and the other seven programs are performed by the art soldiers of the regiment.
I was originally planning to bring Xiaoyan to sing with the third camp, and then ask the committee member's daughter Zhou Xue to perform an extra piece for us. She happens to be from the art troupe, so it wouldn't be difficult for her to perform an extra piece. But now that you're here, there are three of us, and it wouldn't be good to try to steal another camp's performance. Besides..."
She looked at Fan Hua, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Also, I'm telling you something in secret, don't be angry, but this daughter of the Party Committee, Zhou Xue, saw your Captain Zhao once at the commendation ceremony for his meritorious service. Later, she heard that Captain Zhao had been promoted to Captain at the age of eleven and was being noticed by the leaders. They thought that since he was so young and still unmarried... they had taken a fancy to him."
"A few days ago, she asked her mother, the daughter-in-law of the Party Secretary, Shen Qiumei, to come to me to inquire about Xiao Zhao's situation and wanted me to act as a matchmaker for them.
I'm at home all day and don't know much about the soldiers' situation, so I promised her that I'd ask her about it when my husband, Jiang, got home. Later, after asking my husband, Jiang, I found out that Xiao Zhao was already married, so I declined the offer of a wife, but it was a bit awkward. So if we don't perform, Zhou Xue will have to help with the show. I'm more familiar with her as the art soldier in the regiment..."
After hearing what Zhang Jihong said, Fan Hua immediately thought of the girl in military uniform and pigtails on the first day she moved in. No wonder she thought the girl's eyes were so unfriendly at the beginning. It seems that's the case!
Since it was his brother Lu who was having a romantic affair, then of course she, as the queen, had to be responsible for extinguishing it!
So Fan Hua immediately changed her previous indifferent attitude and said firmly: "Sister Zhang, thank you for telling me this. This time, our camp will perform a separate program, and we will definitely not let our camp embarrass us!"
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