Chapter 25

“I understand, Captain.”

This time, Song Wei Wei was experienced. Even if she looked at the sky or the stars, she wouldn’t look at the audience’s faces.

Last time, she looked at the audience’s faces while singing, and she saw someone frowning. She thought she was singing badly, and then she sang the lyrics wrong and went off-key.

So this time, she was determined not to look at the audience’s faces.

“A vast river with wide waves,

The wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers on both banks.

My home is on the banks,

I’m used to the boatman’s chants…”

This time, there were no accidents. Song Wei Wei’s solo performance was a complete success.

After she finished singing, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

At this moment, Song Wei Wei felt like crying. She had finally taken this step. Ever since then, she had always felt that she was singing badly and didn’t dare to sing solo. She had always sung duets.

Finally, she had sung solo again.

She felt that she had gained courage after singing this song. Even if she saw the audience’s faces while singing in the future, she wouldn’t be afraid anymore.

“You sang very well, Wei Wei. Keep it up.” Meng Jia encouraged her.

Everyone praised her.

The second performance was the horsehead fiddle piece “Ten Thousand Horses Galloping” by Sa Ren, Lin Shu Yin, and the others.

When Lin Shu Yin took the stage with her horsehead fiddle, Lin Jian She in the audience was stunned. No way, his sister also knew how to play the horsehead fiddle?

The melodious sound of the horsehead fiddle filled the air, and the audience was mesmerized by the music…

After the song finished, Lin Jian She realized that his sister not only knew how to play the horsehead fiddle, but she played it very well.

Zhao Feng Nian watched Lin Shu Yin on stage and said to Lin Jian She, “Your sister is amazing!”

Suddenly, he didn’t want to introduce her to his brother anymore.

Lin Jian She, “I don’t even know when she learned.”

Zhao Feng Nian, who knew, said, “Everyone has to learn in the art troupe. Singers have to learn a few instruments.”

“Oh, I see.”

After the horsehead fiddle performance, it was Li Ting and Cha Su’s duet. Then came the dance, and then it was Lin Shu Yin’s turn again.

This time, she played the erhu, “Racing Horse.”

Seeing Lin Shu Yin take the stage with her erhu, Zhao Feng Nian said to Lin Jian She, “Your sister also knows how to play the erhu.”

Anyone who could play on stage must be really good at it. Otherwise, the band leader and captain wouldn’t let her on stage.

The sound of the erhu filled the air, and Lin Jian She became completely obsessed with his sister.

“My sister is so amazing.”

She sang beautifully, looked beautiful, and knew how to play the horsehead fiddle and the erhu. It was incredible. Lin Jian She felt that no one was good enough for his sister.

At this moment, Lin Jian She felt a sense of pride for his sister, like a parent showing off their child. He introduced her to the villagers he knew in the audience, “That’s my sister playing the erhu on stage.”

There were three people playing the erhu, two men and one woman, who was Lin Shu Yin.

“Yes, she was also playing the horsehead fiddle just now.”

“My sister is in the singing team. She sings really well too.”

Hearing the villagers praise his sister, Lin Jian She was proud.

He felt that his sister was the most beautiful girl in the art troupe, and she also sang the best.

His sister was the best.

After the erhu performance, there was a ballet performance, followed by Su Xiang Wei’s violin performance, and then it was Lin Shu Yin’s turn again.

This time, it was her specialty, a trio with Chen Mei Lian, Xiong Zhi Yuan, and her.

“I Love My Country’s Blue Sky”

Lin Shu Yin sang first:

“I love my country’s blue sky,

Vast and clear, with brilliant sunshine.”

Xiong Zhi Yuan:

“White clouds pave a path for me,

The east wind sends me flying forward.”

Chen Mei Lian:

“Golden dawn dances beside me,

Beneath my feet lies a tapestry of mountains and rivers.”

Together:

“Ah… Sailors love the sea,

Cavalrymen love the grasslands,

If you ask pilots what they love,

We love our country’s blue sky.”

Zhao Feng Nian regretted everything. Was he bored?

Wasn’t herding cows tiring? Why did he introduce his friend’s sister to his brother? His brother even liked her. Zhao Feng Nian wanted to slap himself twice. He hoped his brother wouldn’t come next week, wouldn’t invite his friend’s sister to dinner.

He hoped his friend’s sister didn’t like his brother.

The performance started at 8 pm and ended at 10 pm.

Everyone was still wanting more when the performance ended. They hadn’t had enough. On the way back, they discussed the performance that night.

“Look at them, they’re professionals. They sing so well.”

“That’s right. Their voices are like nightingales. I tried to sing along just now, and it sounded terrible.”

Lin Jian She was also discussing the performance with the other educated youths, mainly praising his sister and showing her off.

Zhao Feng Nian was preoccupied, so he didn’t say much all the way back. When people asked him, he just answered with a single word.

Back at the educated youth dormitory, while washing up, Lin Jian She asked,

“Feng Nian, what’s wrong? You seem down. Did my sister sing badly? Didn’t she sing to your heart’s content?”

Zhao Feng Nian, “She sang well. It sang to my heart’s content.”

It was precisely because it sang to his heart’s content that he was down.

“Jian She, what kind of man does your sister like?” He asked.

Lin Jian She didn’t understand, “Ah? What kind of man? She likes handsome ones. She said she can’t swallow ugly ones.”

Zhao Feng Nian touched his face, “Am I ugly?”

Lin Jian She didn’t understand what he meant. He shook his head,

“No, you’re not ugly. What’s wrong?”

Zhao Feng Nian was pretty good-looking. He wore glasses, had fair skin, and was very gentle.

“Nothing.” Zhao Feng Nian shook his head.

Lin Jian She, “Dude, you wouldn’t be in love with my sister, would you?”

Zhao Feng Nian, “What do you mean ‘also’? Who else likes her?”

Lin Jian She, “Ao Dun’s older brother asked me just now.”

Really, at this moment, Lin Jian She also regretted it. He shouldn’t have shown off his sister. She was so excellent, it was inevitable that these young men would be attracted to her.

Zhao Feng Nian, “Ao Dun’s older brother is only seventeen. What does he know about liking someone?”

“………You’re only nineteen too.”

Besides, there were many people in the countryside who got married at seventeen or eighteen. They were already mature.

“Dude, are you serious? Or are you just joking?”

Zhao Feng Nian splashed water on his face, his voice muffled, “I guess I’m serious.”

Lin Jian She followed behind him, “What do you mean ‘I guess’? Didn’t you just introduce your brother to my sister at noon? Why are you…”

It wasn’t ancient times anymore. If his sister were a princess, she could have taken both of them.

But she couldn’t now.

Zhao Feng Nian waved his hand, “It’s okay. Don’t worry about it. Maybe your sister doesn’t like my brother.”

“Oh, man.”

Lin Jian She scratched his head, “There are other pretty girls in the art troupe. Don’t just focus on my sister.”

Zhao Feng Nian, “You can’t choose who you like. It’s not a matter of choice. It happens in an instant.”

That’s true!

Lin Jian She agreed. He was smitten by Ao Dun’s sister’s “little brother.”

And once you’re smitten, you can’t stop!