November 30th, the day before the Mining Festival!
In the past few days, Zhou Yang, Zhou Ping, Uzhina, Qiqige and others have been running around in the dormitory, canteen, and small auditorium every day, following the standard three-point and one-line arrangements.
Due to time constraints, they had to rehearse for at least ten hours every day.
I often go out early in the morning, and only go back to rest under the stars and the moon at night.
In this way, time passed quickly in the busyness and fatigue.
While rehearsing, Zhou Yang was also quietly observing the movements around the coal mine.
He knew that a few days or hours before a major earthquake, there would usually be many small earthquakes, very frequently, called foreshocks.
Generally speaking, when a foreshock occurs, one must be alert. If there is an obvious foreshock, Zhou Yang would have reason to ask the mine leaders to suspend production or even postpone the mining celebration.
Although an earthquake of less than magnitude 6 would most likely not destroy this small auditorium.
But after all, so many people gather together, it is still very dangerous if a disaster occurs.
But what made him helpless was that he didn't know whether it was the low magnitude of the earthquake or other reasons. In short, he didn't feel any foreshocks until the 30th.
Or maybe there was a foreshock, but because the level of the foreshock was too low, he didn't feel it.
If you go to other places, you can also determine the earthquake through other visions of heaven and earth.
After all, some animals will have abnormal phenomena before an earthquake, such as rats running all over the streets, dragonflies flying in groups to other places, bees leaving their nests and stinging people everywhere.
But in the winter in Eqi, there are absolutely no dragonflies and bees, and there are so few mice that there is no difference at all.
However, the temperature has dropped significantly in the past two days. Strictly speaking, this can be regarded as an abnormality before the earthquake.
But it is very normal for the place in Eqi to cool down, so this alone cannot convince others, so Zhou Yang did not share his concerns with his eldest brother and the others.
In the afternoon, because the mining celebration will be held tomorrow and the stage needs to be decorated, the rehearsal ended in the morning.
Throughout the afternoon, Zhou Yang and others were busy in the small auditorium, helping his eldest brother and sister-in-law to set up the stage and venue.
It didn’t end until after six o’clock in the evening!
After dinner, Zhou Yang did not go back to the dormitory, but took Fan Debiao to wander around the mining area.
"Are you worried?" Fan Debiao suddenly asked.
"Why do you ask, am I that obvious?" Zhou Yang said.
"If you're not worried, who would have nothing to do wandering around outside in the cold? It's not like you're full after eating!" Fan Debiao said.
Zhou Yang: &……%…###@@
"Just tell me what's on your mind. It doesn't matter if you stand against the dust and blow the cold wind, what do you think?"
Zhou Yang was worried about the earthquake, but he couldn't tell him about it. After all, predictions like a magic stick would not only not solve the problem, but might also cause greater trouble.
"Forget it, you can't solve it even if I tell you, go back to sleep!"
After saying that, Zhou Yang walked towards the dormitory without looking back!
"Neuropathy!"
Later, Fan Debiao also followed him back to the dormitory!
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Early the next morning, Zhou Yang and others got up. After washing up, they went straight to the restaurant for breakfast!
When they arrived at the canteen, there were many people eating.
When they came to have breakfast a few days ago, most of the miners had already finished eating and went down to the mine.
Because today is the mining anniversary, the miners received a holiday notice yesterday, so everyone was much late today.
After breakfast, Zhou Yang and others headed to the small auditorium.
As today's performers, Zhou Yang and others must go earlier than ordinary employees.
At around 8 o'clock in the morning, the miners arrived at the small auditorium one after another, and at 8:30, the leaders entered the hall.
At nine o'clock, the mining celebration officially began.
The process is similar to that of celebrations in other units. First, guests are introduced, followed by speeches by leaders of all sizes.
Since not only the leaders of the mine were present today, but also the leaders of Eqi Banner and the city leaders of Jiuquan, there were quite a few leaders who spoke.
While these leaders were speaking, Zhou Yang's heart was tense in the background. He was afraid of a sudden earthquake, so he acted very nervous.
However, his performance was misunderstood by his elder brother and others, who thought that he had such a reaction because he was about to perform.
The youngest Qiqige even took the initiative to comfort him, which made Zhou Yang dumbfounded.
Until these messy procedures were completed, the earthquake did not occur.
Immediately afterwards, as the host announced the curtain, the performance began.
The first program was a group dance. When more than a dozen dancers danced to the cheerful music, the audience couldn't help but applaud.
For the miners in the audience, the biggest relationship between the so-called mining celebration and them is that they can have a day off, eat a delicious meal, and watch a performance.
As for the leader's attendance and what he said in his speech, does it have nothing to do with what they said?
When everyone was performing, Zhou Yang felt equally heavy and nervous.
Since they were performers, Zhou Yang and others did not sit in front of the auditorium. Instead, they all gathered backstage and put on their costumes to wait for the performance.
But the previous programs ended one after another, and time passed by minute by minute. Until eleven o'clock, there was still nothing abnormal.
The only thing that changed was that the strong wind outside seemed to be stronger, and the roof of the small auditorium was blowing loudly, as if it was about to be lifted up at the next moment.
Zhou Yang remembered that his brother said that the earthquake should be in the morning, but he didn't know the specific time.
After all, he was under the mine at the time, and it was already a day before he was rescued. He was not very impressed with what time the earthquake was in the morning.
But now that the morning was about to end, and the earthquake still hadn't happened, Zhou Yang couldn't help but wonder if he had remembered it wrong.
If that was the case, he would have to use his backup plan - hold a wedding for his brother and sister-in-law.
Anyway, it's either today or tomorrow. At worst, the wedding will be held tomorrow and everyone will be invited to attend. No matter what, we must avoid tragedy.
While he was deep in thought, his sister-in-law, who had just finished performing, informed him that he should perform on stage.
Zhou Yang has to participate in the next two programs, the first is "Drinking Song", and the second is also the finale program "My Motherland and Me".
After adjusting his mood, Zhou Yang immediately put on the Mongolian robe used for performance, and then followed the other five young people onto the stage.
Standing on the stage, looking at the employee leaders of No. 5600 Coal Mine below, Zhou Yang and others began their performance!
"The strong milk wine, the little sheep curled up in the bottle, brothers and friends, let's drink..."
A cheerful drinking song directly filled the atmosphere of the performance.
Because like "Hongyan", the first half is sung by Zhou Yang and two other young people in the Chinese version, while the second half is sung by three Mongolian young people in the Mongolian version, so whether there are Han or Mongolian people at the scene Everybody can understand it.
In addition, the tune of "Drinking Song" itself is very cheerful, and you can feel the meaning of the song even if you don't understand the lyrics.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the auditorium reached a climax!
After the concert, several people did not leave the stage.
Because next was the chorus, and all of them participated!
The host came on stage and began to announce: "2 We face the future, face the world, and open our minds... Every little bit is hard-earned. Every Chinese should cherish today. Because, "My motherland and I, "Cannot be separated for a moment", please enjoy the chorus "My Motherland and Me" below!"
When the curtain was announced, all the people participating in the chorus backstage came on stage!
Zhou Yang and others also quickly adjusted their positions as rehearsed in advance.
As soon as the host finished speaking, there was a slight pause, and then Zhou Yang began to lead the singing:
"My motherland and I cannot be separated for a moment. No matter where I go, a hymn flows out..."
Before the first paragraph was over, Zhou Yang suddenly saw the light above the head of the small auditorium suddenly swaying, and his feet were shaking a little.
He knew the disaster was coming and immediately stopped singing...
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PS: At this time, Eqi is not under the jurisdiction of Saibei Province, but is managed by Gan Province, so the people in Shuli City are from Jiuquan. It’s not Lao Cang who wrote it wrong, don’t complain! For this period of history, friends who are interested can check it online.
