1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 72 Stunning Dance

Time flies, and at six o'clock in the afternoon, the performance officially began.

The crowd poured into the auditorium like water, filling the entire hall that could accommodate a thousand people. From a distance, it looked like a huge sea of ​​people.

Children, young gays, lesbians, and the elderly, they all held portable water bottles, popcorn, melon seeds, and various snacks in their hands.

Lively and joyous.

It was full of people and lively.

In less than ten minutes, more than a dozen rows of auditorium were filled.

The seats reserved for leaders in the front row were empty. As a leader, you have to be the last one to appear.

In front of the stage, there were several people from TV stations holding cameras and setting up photographic equipment.

If things go as expected, tonight's cultural performance will appear on tomorrow's news.

As all the lights in the auditorium were turned off, lights appeared on the top of the stage and the noise in the auditorium gradually died down.

Two dark curtains behind the stage slowly opened to the sides, and two hosts appeared with microphones in hand.

A man and a woman, each speaking in a loud voice, announced: "Dear leaders, distinguished guests, and comrades! Happy New Year! I declare that the 1980 Spring Festival Gala of Jiangcheng City has officially begun!"

"Clap clap clap!"

The applause from thousands of people in the audience was like thunder, resounding throughout the auditorium.

Cheng Kaiyan sat in the crowd at the musical theater, together with Liu Xiaoli, and behind them were Editor-in-Chief Yang and Chen Shanshan.

As the lights in the auditorium were turned off, it was dark at this moment, with only a few soft lights coming from the stage in front.

Cheng Kaiyan leaned back on the soft seat, sniffing the girl's fresh body fragrance, and looked at Liu Xiaoli's profile, which was a mixture of light and dark under the light. "Are you nervous, Sister Xiaoli? You're going to dance and sing in front of so many people."

"A little nervous, but okay." She shook her head.

The two chatted idly when the first performance began. It was a skit at the Cultural Palace that talked about the breakfast of the people in Jiangcheng.

“Poke, poke, poke~”

The skit was quite funny, and Cheng Kaiyan was enjoying it. Behind her, Chen Shanshan reached out a hand with melon seeds in it and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to eat some melon seeds?"

"No! It will make my mouth dry."

Cheng Kaiyan turned around and gave her a speechless look.

Then Chen Shanshan took a kettle and put it on the table, tilting her head and said, "I brought a kettle... Forget it if you don't want to eat it, I'll give it to Xiaoli, not you."

"You're really well prepared. Why didn't you buy some popcorn?"

"I don't have enough money. You have to pay and I'll buy it for you now."

Liu Xiaoli, who was standing by, took the melon seeds and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Anyway, I bought it with the money that Cheng Kaiyan lost to me today. Xiaoli, I'll give you some White Rabbit candy." Chen Shanshan pouted and said proudly.

"you!"

Speaking of this, Cheng Kaiyan got angry.

"What did you do? Playing Mahjong or Landlord?"

"He is a terrible mahjong player. He and the security guard are the worst. But even the security guard wants to win his money."

"Ha ha!"

……

At the same time, on the other side of the audience.

Professor An, her mother An, and Zhou Xiaomin sat together, eating melon seeds and laughing as they watched.

"Xiaomin, didn't you say last time that you would introduce a girl to our Shao Kang? How is he getting along now?"

Mother An pushed up her glasses and asked curiously.

"Hey, don't mention it. The person didn't agree. We haven't even met. Your son is such a lovesick boy. I introduced him to Comrade Hu Yanzhang in our hospital. He is also an excellent comrade. What did your son say? Do you know?" Zhou Xiaomin sneered.

"say what?"

"Your son said that her looks are okay, but her temperament is too vulgar and her behavior is like that of a prostitute. This really pissed me off! Do you think this is reasonable?"

"What? There is such a thing?" Mother An was shocked and looked at Professor An seriously.

"Indeed... Never mind, I said the wrong thing."

Professor An wanted to explain further, but when he saw his mother's expression, he lost all his temper and admitted his mistake obediently.

"That's good to know. Remember to apologize next time."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Professor An nodded helplessly. He was a filial son and always listened to his mother at home, and his mother was the one who made the decisions at home.

On the stage, the host's voice came: "Next is the group dance "Dying Swan" by Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater. Please enjoy it."

Professor An quickly looked up, and sure enough, a group of dancers in white ballet costumes slowly walked onto the stage and stood quietly in the center of the quiet stage.

"Wow! It's ballet!"

“What a beautiful dress!”

Ballet is still a novel dance in China today. Many people have never seen it. In addition, ballet costumes are relatively bold in people's current perceptions.

The white stockings, in particular, were extremely novel and attracted the attention of the young women in the audience.

As the soothing piano music sounded, the girls began to dance with graceful and agile moves. The dark stage was like a calm and deep lake, and the girls stretched their wings like swans floating on the lake.

The ultimate elegance, stunning dance, graceful figure...

It was like lightning striking the audience's heart, conquering all the audience in an instant. It was an audio-visual feast, an experience they had never had before.

"It's so beautiful! It perfectly displays the elegance of the swan."

Professor An's eyes were filled with shock. It was quite rare for a group performance of twenty people to be so harmonious, unified, and beautiful.

"Yes!" said Mother An with emotion.

Zhou Xiaomin standing by also felt proud, after all, she was a part of the theater.

At this time, Zhou Xiaomin noticed that the man sitting in front of the piano on the stage looked familiar. Then a name popped up in her mind. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "Shao Kang, look, isn't that the guy playing the piano Liu Xiaoli's boyfriend? How can a drifter like him play the piano?"

"He is not a migrant worker, he is a university teaching assistant."

Professor An retorted, then looked up and saw that the person playing the piano was indeed Liu Xiaoli's girlfriend Cheng Kaiyan. He sighed, "Ah, it's really not that simple..."

……

As the lights went out, the piano music and dance on the stage faded away, and just like the name of this ballet, the swan sank quietly into the lake.

The performance ended, and after a moment of silence, thunderous applause broke out from the audience and the leadership seats.

“It’s amazing!”

"beautiful."

People in the crowd kept speaking excitedly.

Children who were a few years old were held in their mothers' arms and watched the performance obediently, and the adults were also fascinated.

Especially this extremely elegant ballet dance, with a group of swans in white dance costumes spinning and jumping on the stage.

Time passed slowly and the sky gradually darkened.

As the performances go by, in this age of entertainment scarcity, this unprecedentedly grand Spring Festival cultural performance will be a wonderful time that many of you will be willing to reminisce about many years later.

The host crossed out the names of those that had already been performed on the program, and then a song called "Xiao Fang" came into view.

……

"Is it almost time for Xiaoli's solo?"

Teacher Jiang Ling turned her head and asked.

"Yes, Mr. Jiang, Sister Xiaoli will sing "Xiao Fang" soon."

Everyone in the dance troupe had anticipation in their eyes, and after the dance just ended perfectly, many people burst into tears of excitement.

However, their stage performance came to a temporary end, and next was Liu Xiaoli's solo, the theater's last performance.

"Next, please invite Comrade Liu Xiaoli from the Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater to come on stage and sing an original song "Xiao Fang" for us."

(End of this chapter)