Zhang Yongsheng thought for a while and inquired: "What tricks is your wife playing recently? The art performance was very mysterious. Liu Wei also kept it a secret from me. I asked for a long time and couldn't find out."
Zhao Yunfei scratched his head and said: "I was busy making up lessons and didn't pay much attention to this matter. I heard that there was a folk music performance program, but I haven't seen it either. I wonder what they want to play?"
"Folk music? The squad leader knows this? Never heard of it?" Zhang Yongsheng had a question mark on his head.
Zhao Yunfei shook his head and said: "I haven't heard her play it. I only heard her mother say that she had signed up for a Pipa training class at the Children's Palace and studied it for several years. Although she did not continue to learn it later, she often played it at home. Just for fun, I probably haven’t put it down yet.”
Zhang Yongsheng said "hey" and said with a smile: "This is new. I didn't expect that there are such talents in our class. I know Liu Wei, he can play the erhu. I heard that his grandfather was an accompanist for the village Caotai opera troupe. , he has learned some from it since he was a child, I wonder what music he will make today?"
The two chatted while working, and quickly completed the work assigned by Li Yuanyuan. When they returned upstairs, their classmates had all arrived and were playing and making noise in the classroom. Several performers such as Li Yuanyuan and Liu Wei disappeared. It was said that they went to the dressing room to prepare. Everyone was very curious about their performances.
As soon as we sat down and chatted for a while, Li Xing ran over and said, "I have good news. Do you want to hear it?"
"What's the good news? An extra day on New Year's Day?" Zhao Yunfei asked expectantly.
Li Xing was a little speechless: "You are dreaming, how can such a good thing happen? The final exam is on January 12th, how can the school give you more leave?"
Zhao Yunfei pursed his lips and said, "If we don't let it go for a few more days, what good news can there be?"
Li Xing said proudly: "The latest news is that the school lunch will be held in the school cafeteria today. Since the last incident in the cafeteria, it has been sluggish and has no business. Lao Zhu recently found a new cafeteria owner. I heard that he and The No. 1 Middle School is from the same school, and the food quality is quite high.”
Zhao Yunfei's face was full of disbelief: "How high can Lao Zhu do things? Although the boss Ma was taken down last time, Lao Zhu has nothing to do. There must be someone above to protect him. As long as he is here, This cafeteria can’t get better. Fortunately, I will leave next year, so you can continue to suffer.”
Zhang Yongsheng frowned and said: "If it's No. 1 Middle School, I think we can look forward to it. I've eaten the food at No. 1 Middle School, and it's quite good. They serve small bowls of dishes. Choose carefully what you like. The quality and taste of the dishes are excellent." It’s relatively guaranteed. But the food prices are not cheap, at least not cheaper than Lao Ma’s.”
Zhao Yunfei sighed and said: "You can eat and see. If it doesn't taste good, let's continue to bring the box lunch. Anyway, I'm used to it after eating it for a semester. In fact, it's better to work for the small restaurant opposite the school, or the restaurant where Liu Wei's father works , they are very honest in their business and their prices are fair.”
Li Xing shook his head and said: "It's impossible. The Education Bureau requires various qualifications. Where do these small restaurants get the qualifications? To put it bluntly, this kind of qualifications is to block competitors and allow rich people to monopolize business. In name, it is for Food safety, for students, is really about money.”
Zhang Yongsheng shrugged and said: "This is how this society is. Once you have power, you can make the rules of the game. Then power begets money, and money begets power, and it goes on in circles. If you have no power or money, you can only follow other people's rules." Inside, in the end, people eat meat and drink soup, and you can’t even pick up the dregs.”
Young people all have a cynical temper, and Zhang Yongsheng is particularly serious in this circle. They all come from families at the bottom of society and can see more social injustices. But they are students after all, and they are powerless to deal with the corruption and depravity of society. They can only complain.
The three chatted for a while. Bells and music broadcasts rang in the campus. Teacher Miao walked into the classroom and informed the students to go downstairs to assemble. Everyone crowded downstairs and stood in groups according to the designated areas on the playground, waiting for the New Year's Day cultural performance to begin.
Because No. 2 Middle School has a class for arts and sports students, the New Year's Day performance is particularly grand and the programs are very exciting, which is famous in Yunshan. Not only people from the Education Bureau will send people to watch, but teachers from various middle schools will also send teachers to watch. It is very lively every year.
Zhang Yongsheng and others found the location of their respective classes, and under the organization of the class cadres, they formed a team and stood up, waiting for the start of the artistic performance. He looked around casually and saw Jia Zhiguo and an official-looking man in the corner of the stage, chatting animatedly and looking very familiar.
Jia Zhiguo looked very happy and satisfied. The official next to him was older than Jia Zhiguo, but seemed to be less than fifty years old. As he spoke, he pointed at the place where the students stood in line. Zhang Yongsheng frowned, guessing that this person was Jia Zhiguo's backstage at the Education Bureau.
After a while, Du Zhicheng also came over, with a smile on his face. He was wearing a suit and leather shoes today, and he looked like the principal of a famous school. In fact, today's school leaders are all dressed up carefully. They don't look like a group of teachers, but more like government officials.
Zhang Yongsheng was a little confused. It was just a cultural performance. Does it need to be so formal? The performances at No. 2 Middle School weren’t so exaggerated before, were they? He carefully observed the changes on the stage and thought to himself. This observation also made him discover quite a few clues, and he was slightly surprised.
First, he discovered that a lot of chairs had been added to the first row of the auditorium. These chairs are located near the seats of school leaders and facing the stage. They are the best seats to watch the cultural performance. Secondly, there are a lot of lighting equipment around the stage, which are not used during the day.
What surprised Zhang Yongsheng the most was that there were two cameramen standing in the corner of the stage, with cameras fixed on the stands they were pushing. Both cameras face the stage and can shoot the cultural performance from different angles. There is an area surrounded by screens next to the stage. I don’t know what is inside.
Because the distance was too far, Zhang Yongsheng couldn't see clearly, so he could only suppress his curiosity and wait for the start of the New Year's Day cultural performance. The surrounding classes also gradually completed their formation. The music on the radio was played in a loop countless times, and everyone was eagerly looking forward to the stage.
Not long after waiting, the New Year's Day cultural performance began. Under the command of the class cadres, students in each class sat on the pony in the playground to watch the artistic performance. Everything was carried out according to the traditional process. First, the leaders of the Education Bureau spoke, then Du Zhicheng took the stage to speak, and finally the performance began.
The previous paragraphs are all official clichés. Whether it is Deputy Director Lu of the Education Bureau or Principal Du Zhicheng, they are all complimenting each other, hello, me, hello, everyone. Other school leaders and guests were very happy and gave warm applause, making the atmosphere on the playground lively.
