Under the lighting, the New Year Gala officially begins.
It started with a passionate drum section, which immediately lifted the atmosphere.
Whether they were people from the county town or from nearby villages and towns, Gu all stared intently at the rustling female soldiers in military uniforms with flying ponytails on the stage.
The beauty of Xu Jiajun girls has made countless young men toss and turn, and they are unforgettable.
The big drum successfully mobilized the atmosphere, followed by two singing and dancing performances.
The graceful dancing girl in a brightly colored train unfolds a picture of a fairy flying into the sky in front of the people to the music of the piano.
After the dance, the children dressed in uniform Confucian shirts and square scarves came up holding bamboo slips and shaking their heads, looking very naive.
A clear child's voice recited classic articles, and Zhuge Jin and others listened with great enthusiasm.
Looking at the young and innocent faces of the children, I was so excited that I almost shed tears.
After singing, dancing and reciting, the hosts Wen Qing and Jun Mei came on stage.
Also taking the stage at the same time were Su Ci, the governor of Hebei, who was invited, and leader Xu Yue.
Without saying a word, the two of them offered New Year's greetings to the audience, then left the stage and took their seats in the auditorium, becoming loyal audiences and watching the next performance carefully.
"It's so lively." Mrs. Zhang sighed with a smile on her face, turning to her husband.
Sima Yi lifted his son and asked him to sit on his shoulders so that he could watch the performance on the stage. He nodded and said with a smile:
“It’s getting busier every year.”
"Dad, look!" Sima Zhao on his shoulder patted his father's head excitedly, and his legs crossed in excitement.
Sima Yi didn't notice at all and was almost turned over by this kid.
Fortunately, I caught the boy's thighs in time and managed to maintain his balance.
"Don't move around. If you fall, your legs will be broken!" Sima Yi warned in a deep voice.
Sima Zhao immediately didn't dare to move, but he couldn't help but poke his father's scalp with his little finger, and said excitedly:
"The monkey jumped through the fire hoop!"
On the stage, the human animal trainer of the theater troupe was instructing the little monkeys to perform.
Almost no common people have watched such a program before, but adults watch it with gusto, not to mention children who are naturally curious about small animals.
The school grounds were filled with the excited laughter of children, and the cries of "monkey" and "monkey" were endless.
Sima Yi turned his head and glanced with a smile on his face. He looked at his wife who couldn't take his eyes away. Hearing the happy smile of his son above his head, his eyebrows softened unconsciously and the corners of his mouth raised a gentle smile.
He hasn't been this happy with his wife and children for a long time.
At this moment, people forgot their worries, their moods rose and fell with the performance on stage, and bursts of "haha" laughter broke out.
After the monkeys finished their performance, they followed the trainer off the stage. Some children even cried for monkeys.
Sima Yi looked up, and saw that the boy above his head was fine, but he was sighing, still not finished.
"It's rare to see my son so lively. He has a temperament like yours, like a young adult, and is strict. I was worried that he would get sick. Now that I see him like this, I feel relieved." Ms. Zhang whispered in her husband's ear.
Bite your mouth lightly.
Hearing this, Sima Yi weighed his son on his shoulders and said, "When spring comes, how about daddy sending his son to school?"
"Go to Xujiazhuang with your sister."
Sima Zhao had little interest in ordinary schools. There were many Confucian scholars in his family who taught him.
But if it were a school in Xujiazhuang...
"Do they want me?"
The little guy was young, and his brows furrowed, revealing the bitterness and hatred that usually worries his mother the most.
It is not a good thing for a child to be too precocious. Sima Yi complained in his heart.
At the same time, he remembered what Xu Yue said to him - please give your child a complete childhood!
"It depends on your ability. Dad will get you some sets of entrance examination papers later. How about we practice first?" Sima Yi discussed with his son.
Eight-year-old Sima Zhao had never done winter vacation homework before, so he thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Sima Yi smiled with satisfaction, his son is doing well!
At the same time, on the other side of the school grounds.
Ma Chao and his wife were standing at the outer edge of the school grounds with their children.
Because Ma Chao still had official business to deal with, they arrived late.
There was no way, we couldn't squeeze in inside, so we could only stay on the outside, like the villagers, and step on the small benches we brought with us.
Fortunately, the school grounds are well managed and they can still see the performances on the stage.
The Ma Yu siblings watched the sketch show on the stage and laughed from ear to ear.
It was also the first time for Mrs. Ma to see such a singing and dancing banquet celebrating with the people. She was deeply shocked and looked very dull.
But Ma Chao knew that his wife was fascinated by it.
This lively Jizhou is many times more prosperous than Xiliang.
Ma Chao didn't care about the show on stage. He was thinking about the desolate Gobi Desert in Liangzhou and the numb and desperate eyes of the people.
Now that he has captured Sili for the Xu Jiajun and merged with Shanyang County in Yanzhou, it seems that it is time for Wang Pingping and Xu Qingyang to fulfill the promise they made that day.
Restoring the Hexi Corridor has been the goal that Ma family members have worked hard for for generations.
It is a pity that the Qing Kingdom is gradually weakening, and coupled with successive years of disasters and man-made disasters, how difficult is it to regain the Hexi Corridor from the Xiongnu?
Ma Chao still remembers his grandfather talking to him when he was a child about how prosperous the Hexi Corridor was in the past, and how the people in Liangzhou lived and worked in peace and contentment, with smiles on their face.
The young man thought that if he could restore Liangzhou's former glory in this life, it would be a great merit.
If you want to become strong, you must remain unified.
Only by concentrating your efforts can you accomplish great things.
Thinking of this, Ma Chao looked at the woman sitting in the audience and applauded the performers warmly, his eyes became firmer.
The New Year's Eve party starts at 7 p.m. and ends at 10:30 p.m.
The night was already very dark, and people were still lingering in the school grounds, reluctant to leave for a long time.
It wasn't until Junmei stepped forward and joked that there would be another party like this in the future that people were willing to leave.
The electric lights on the school grounds were turned on all night to illuminate the night path for people returning home.
At 12:30 p.m., after the last person left the school grounds, the Xu Yue family led the excited twins home.
"Daniel, don't fall behind!" Xu reminded with a smile.
Daniel, who was humming the tune of the show song, suddenly became excited, stopped singing, and quickly took two steps to catch up.
This night is quiet and gentle
After returning home, the family did not rest immediately.
Xu Yue and Xu Erniang rolled up their sleeves and went into the kitchen to cook a bowl of glutinous rice balls for everyone in the family.
This food is no longer fresh. After Xu Yue passed it on, there were many vendors selling dumplings and glutinous rice balls on the street.
The glutinous rice balls without fillings are white jade in color and are served in sugar water sprinkled with sugar. They are sweet and glutinous. Except for Wang Pingping and Xu Yue, who don't like sweets, no one has a single glutinous rice ball left in their bowls.
After eating the glutinous rice balls and sitting quietly for a while, the family rested with good expectations for the New Year.
