Reborn in 1977

Chapter 396: Read More Books!

After Secretary Yang finished speaking, Team Leader Zhang spoke, and after Team Leader Zhang finished speaking, the commune cadres spoke.

People who could become brigade cadres were generally good with their words, let alone commune cadres.

Each of them spoke for a while, and almost half an hour passed.

The commune members on the dam were already used to it. No one was dozing off, especially when Secretary Yang took the lead in shouting slogans. Everyone immediately cheered up, stood up, waved their fists, and shouted slogans loudly,

"Long live the motherland, long live the Party, long live Mr. Hua…"

Waves of slogans echoed in the production team's sky, drifting further and further away.

Only when the sound stopped did today's celebration activities enter the performance stage.

At this time, Zhang Cuie had forgotten her nervousness and the commune cadres, her mind filled with celebration scripts and program flow.

She said to the microphone, "Today, from the capital to the frontier, from the city to the countryside, everywhere is celebrating the 28th birthday of the motherland. This year is the first year of a brand new start. After that, we must continue to adhere to that, and revolve around…"

After a bunch of plain words that must clarify the position, it was finally the programs' turn to appear, "Today's first program is a chorus brought by the women comrades from all teams of the production brigade. Please welcome the Lujiawan Women's Choir."

Yang Xingxiu, who had been waiting in the tent, took a deep breath, waved to all the choir members, and took the lead to walk out.

On the deck, militiamen responsible for stage management had already moved chairs and stools. More than twenty young women and young wives stood in three rows, each row higher than the previous.

Yang Xingxiu stood at the front, glanced at Chen Fan, who was holding an accordion and slowly sitting on a chair, still adjusting the height of the microphone. The corner of her eye twitched, thinking, is it true that people with great skills have great hearts?

Then she coughed softly, looked solemnly at the audience in front, waiting for the accompaniment to sound.

The commune members on the dam had already seen Chen Fan's actions, and at this time they couldn't help but whisper.

"Teacher Chen can also play the accordion? I haven't seen it before."

"Does he have to tell you what he can do? Haven't you heard someone say that apart from not being able to give birth, there is nothing Teacher Chen can't do?"

"Uh… I know something Teacher Chen can't do."

"Say it, say it, you're ruthless if you can say it!"

"He can't farm!"

"… You're ruthless!"

Under the eyes of everyone, Chen Fan slowly closed his eyes and played a rhythm.

As the accompaniment sounded, Yang Xingxiu raised her right hand high and immediately began to lead the singing, "The East is red, the sun rises…"

Chen Fan hadn't moved his position since he sat here.

However, he was not the only one accompanying everyone.

An Quan, who was dragged into the water by him, was also sitting next to him, and the two took turns accompanying all the programs.

As the saying goes, one accordion supports a party, that's really true!

Two people, two accordions, sing as you like!

On the deck stage, the women's choir sang eight songs in a row, echoing the 28th anniversary of the founding of the country.

Then it was the militia company's turn to take the stage.

All the militia fighters held steel guns and successively performed training subjects such as queue, shooting, grenade throwing, bayonet fighting, and unarmed sparring.

Although Chen Fan thought he could completely crush them, looking at their ruthlessness, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

It's like, even though he is stronger, he is afraid that his opponent will die together.

This is just the militia, I really don't know what the veterans of the regular army are like?

After the performance, the militia company also sang a few songs. Finally, amidst the cheers of the audience, everyone fired 28 shots to celebrate the founding of the motherland.

After the two major teams finished their performances, the atmosphere of the party became even more high.

At this time, it was finally Jiang Lili and the others' turn to appear.

Four girls climbed onto the deck of the big ship, wearing their best clothes and red star hats, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

It's just that the expressions on their faces were a little stiff, and they looked very nervous.

Chen Fan looked at them and smiled, playing a melody.

Castle in the Sky, very suitable for relaxing emotions.

An Quan looked at him in surprise, "What is this tune?"

Chen Fan said without turning his head, "Just playing it randomly."

The corner of An Quan's mouth twitched slightly, I would be a fool to believe you!

However, he had never heard this melody before, and it was very different from the music he knew. He really didn't know where it came from.

Could it be that Chen Fan really played it casually?

The four girls heard this melody and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Chen Fan, and smiles instantly bloomed on their faces.

On the slope, some young people who had other thoughts saw this scene and were all sad.

Absolutely no chance!

Chen Fan paused for a moment and replayed it again. This time the music was right.

And Jiang Lili and the others' nervousness was also relieved by more than half. Reciting that the front are all Chinese cabbage, they smoothly sang the first sentence with the accompaniment.

With the first sentence, the following naturally followed.

Three minutes later, with the last note falling, they woke up from their dreams, quickly bowed and thanked the audience, and hurried back.

At this point, today's celebration party only had the last program left.

Although Zhang Cuie was a little tired, she said loudly in an unprecedentedly high voice, "Next, please welcome Teacher Chen and Cadre An to bring you an accordion duet."

Yes, it's a duet, not a joint performance.

Because the two of them take turns playing!

Chen Fan stood up, stretched his legs, and reached out to An Quan, "Cadre An, please."

An Quan slowly stood up, secretly complaining in his heart. He knew he shouldn't have agreed to perform on stage with him. He wanted to drag him into the water, but he didn't expect that he was the one being dragged into the water!

His fingers were numb after playing for so long, okay?

And he didn't know if Chen Fan was practicing at home behind closed doors every day. He played more smoothly than he had practiced for more than ten years. It was really outrageous.

However, his face remained calm. He raised his hand to Chen Fan, "Teacher Chen, please."

On the dock stands, the two commune cadres saw this scene, and they were both envious and regretful. It's a pity that we don't know how to play musical instruments, otherwise, wouldn't we be able to have an instrumental duet with Teacher Chen?!

Chen Fan and An Quan walked to the middle of the deck politely, chatted briefly, and then began to perform.

Here, An Quan first played an interlude from "Railway Guerrilla": "Play My Beloved Earth Pipa", and Chen Fan immediately responded with a section of "Waves of Honghu Lake".

Then An Quan played a section of "My Motherland", and Chen Fan responded with a song "Liuyang River".

In this way, one song for you, one song for me, every song is a classic song that everyone is familiar with.

Unconsciously, some people on the slope began to hum along.

More and more people sang, and thousands of voices gathered together, resounding through the sky.

Seeing this scene, the two commune cadres who came to watch the ceremony couldn't help but stand up and join in the rhythm.

One of them said to Secretary Yang, "It's a pity, it's a pity."

Secretary Yang was shocked, "What a pity?"

The man sighed and sighed, "It's a pity that our commune only has one camera, and it can only be used when higher-level leaders come over. Otherwise, if we could capture this scene today, how spectacular it would be!"

Hearing this, Secretary Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "You scared me. I thought something went wrong with today's party."

The man patted Secretary Yang's arm and laughed, "Not only is there nothing wrong, but it's exceptionally wonderful. I estimate that the other teams will definitely not be able to compare with you. You will definitely be the first place in this year's production team party!"

At this time, the party was almost over.

Zhang Cuie read the script written by Chen Fan, "Today's event is over. Although the party is over, our blessings to the motherland have not ended, and we will bring this blessing and fight on the front line of production to strive for the prosperity and strength of the motherland!"

…

The two commune cadres did not meet Teacher Chen until they left. Under the invitation of Secretary Yang and others, they had a meal with Cadre An of the Tax Bureau, the 4 leaders of the brigade headquarters, and Team Leader Yang of Team 6, with 4 dishes, and finally left contentedly.

At this time, Chen Fan was at his home, holding a celebration banquet for Jiang Lili and the others.

Of course, Zhang Cuie, who was formally recognized as an apprentice, was indispensable.

Eating behind closed doors at home, of course, does not need to comply with the regulations of three dishes and one soup.

Today Chen Fan personally cooked, making a full eight dishes, stacked on plates and bowls, filling a table.

Then he put out a palm-sized pottery stove with a piece of burning charcoal inside, and placed a cyan wine bottle on it. The charcoal burned red, but it was two or three centimeters away from the wine bottle, which could ensure that the wine bottle was heated without letting the temperature get too high.

Huang Ying took a deep breath, "It smells so good."

Yang Ju looked at Chen Fan, "Teacher Chen, can we drink this?"

Chen Fan glanced at her and smiled, "Would I take it out if we couldn't drink it?"

Zhang Cuie looked at the exquisite pottery bottle curiously, "Master, what is this?"

Before Chen Fan could speak, Huang Ying, who was sitting next to him on the bench, turned to look at her. "Huh? Didn't you used to call him 'Teacher'? Why 'Master' now?"

Zhang Cuie smiled so wide her eyes squinted. "Hehe, Master told me to call him Master from now on."

Chen Fan chuckled at her simple, honest demeanor. "Master has many skills. How much you learn depends on you."

He pointed to the ceramic bottle on the corner of the table and smiled. "For example, this is yellow wine that I brewed myself. From the end of June until now, after 100 days of settling, it's just right for opening."

"It's a pity we don't have plums right now. If it were around the Qingming Festival, when the plums are ripe, we could add some plums and ginger slices. It would be even better warmed up."

Then, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a small cup for each of them. "This wine doesn't have a high alcohol content, so you can drink a little."

The girls each held up their wine glasses, mimicking adults as they took small sips.

Zhang Cuie savored a few sips, her eyes filled with surprise. "It's sweet and quite delicious."

Huang Ying and the other two also had their eyes light up. "So yellow wine is this good?"

Only Jiang Lili looked at the wine in her cup with curiosity. When she was little, she secretly drank her father's old yellow wine, and the taste was completely different!

Chen Fan laughed heartily. "Although there are no plums, there are red dates. I added a few red dates and some honey, so it tastes sweeter."

After saying that, his expression changed, and he glared. "Remember this, you are absolutely not allowed to drink alcohol outside, no matter who tells you to."

Zhang Cuie, being the most obedient, immediately nodded repeatedly. "Oh, I understand."

Huang Ying, being bolder, smiled and said, "We don't have the chance to drink outside anyway. Besides you giving us wine to drink, who else would invite us to drink?"

Chen Fan looked at her and said, "Right now, you're young and don't have the opportunity to go out. When you grow up and work outside like the workers in the cooked food workshop or store, you'll inevitably have to deal with outsiders."

"There are good people and bad people in this world. Bad people don't write 'I'm a bad person' on their foreheads. You haven't seen the world, and if someone says a few nice things, makes friends with you, and then says you're not a friend if you don't drink, what will you do? Will you drink or not?"

Hearing this, Huang Ying was speechless.

Liu Dan looked at Chen Fan curiously and asked, "Teacher Chen, are there really many bad people outside?"

Chen Fan hummed and looked at them seriously. "Don't think I'm exaggerating to scare you."

He turned to look at Jiang Lili and said softly, "Little Jiang should know best. Among the educated youth who came to Luciawan to work in the countryside, there should be quite a few with impure motives."

Jiang Lili pursed her lips, lowered her head, and didn't say anything.

But Huang Ying and the others saw her expression and thought about how the adults at home didn't allow them to have too much contact with the educated youth, and they knew that what Chen Fan said was true.

Huang Ying thought for a moment and said, "I used to often run to the educated youth's residence, wanting to learn from them. But now that I think about it, some people were really nice, teaching me to read, look up words in the dictionary, and even giving me books. But some people were indifferent and sometimes even bullied people."

Chen Fan nodded and said, "This is just a small Nanhut Village, and they're basically all locals, so they don't dare to be too presumptuous. What if we expand the scope to Guofeng County or Yunhu District? What about expanding it to the entire province or the entire country?"

"Furthermore, I'm not saying that only educated youth are bad people. When there are a hundred people, there are all kinds. People in all walks of life have good and bad. I hope you remember that when you go outside and interact with people, you must be careful and not trust people too much. This is how you protect yourselves."

At this point, he changed the subject. "In the past, I only taught you knowledge. From today onwards, I will also teach you the skills of dealing with people and doing things outside."

By this time next year, the educated youth will begin to return to the city on a large scale. All kinds of messy things might happen then. Moreover, even the students who are admitted to universities are not all pure and kind. Even on campus, there are some dangers, but the probability is smaller.

Since Chen Fan knew these things and was going to send them to university, he naturally had to give them a warning and impart some coping skills.

Putting aside everything else, these few in front of him listened to him implicitly and had some affection for him, so naturally he wanted to plan ahead for them.

Sure enough, although Yang Ju, Liu Dan, and Zhang Cuie couldn't quite understand what Chen Fan was saying, they understood his meaning. When they heard that they could learn other things from him, they immediately nodded without saying a word.

As for Jiang Lili, who had personal experience, and Huang Ying, who had gained some insight, it goes without saying.

It's just that Jiang Lili was a little curious. "Teacher Chen, you're about the same age as us, how do you know so much?"

Chen Fan immediately said with confidence, "Read more books! The books write so many stories about spies infiltrating our side to sabotage us. Aren't they just using sweet talk to gain the trust of the masses and then do evil!"

The girls were immediately speechless.

So, your skills in navigating the world and dealing with people come from storybooks?

But never mind, Teacher Chen is capable, so whatever he says is what it is.

Everyone ate and chatted.

Liu Dan took a bite of a dish and said with emotion, "I've made this braised pork several times, but it's still not as delicious as Teacher Chen's."

Yang Ju turned to look at her and smiled. "How long have you been learning? How can you compare to Teacher Chen?"

Chen Fan smiled. "Braised pork seems simple, but it's difficult to make well. The key is how to make the fatty meat fatty but not greasy, and the lean meat tender but not dry. It requires repeated practice and experimentation. The more you do it, the more you'll understand the key points, and then you'll be able to make braised pork with this kind of flavor."

"Mmm, mmm, mmm."

Liu Dan nodded repeatedly, paused, and then asked, "Teacher Chen, when can we pick the fruit in the back?"

Chen Fan said, "You can pick it when it's ripe."

On the small hill behind, except for the west side which was transformed into a medicinal herb garden, the front was where Chen Fan transplanted a dozen or so fruit trees of various sizes, and the forest on the east side near the river embankment also had many fruit tree branches grafted onto it. The old forest in the back was almost untouched, only some shrubs and miscellaneous trees were cleared, and the original wild fruit trees were preserved intact.

However, most of these fruits were very sour and astringent. The only ones that could be eaten were apples, pears, and jujubes.

But the other fruits couldn't be wasted, so they were kept to make fruit wine.

Hearing Chen Fan's words, Liu Dan immediately said, "I went to look yesterday, and they're all ripe. Some have even fallen on the ground."

Chen Fan immediately said, "Then we'll pick them after we finish eating."

As soon as the girls heard this, they sped up their eating without saying a word.

After they were full, they first cleaned up the dishes and the table. After they were done, they each carried a basket. Jiang Lili even found one for Zhang Cuie and they walked together to the backyard.

Coming out of the backyard door, Zhang Cuie looked at the fruit trees on the slope, her eyes wide. "Wow, so much fruit!"

Looking up again, she saw the "two-story mud-walled house" hidden in the woods, and exclaimed again, "Wow, what a big house!"

Since she started learning to be a broadcaster with Chen Fan, she had hardly left the village of Team 5. She stayed in the broadcasting room from morning till night, focusing on broadcasting and studying hard. Today was the first time she had come out, and it was also the first time she had seen her master's big house.

Huang Ying said proudly, "It's beautiful, right? These fruits were bought by Teacher Chen after he ran all over several production teams. We even dug the holes for planting the trees. The house was designed by Teacher Chen himself. Even the construction team's Master Wang and the others said it was good."

"Let me tell you, it's even more beautiful inside. The floors are all paved with ceramic tiles, and the walls are whitewashed. There are also many beautiful pieces of furniture. There's also a super big study on the second floor. Only we can go into that study, no one else can."

Hearing that there was a big study, Zhang Cuie was immediately moved, but then hearing the words behind, her facial features squeezed together and she said tangledly, "Can't I go in either?"

Huang Ying paused slightly, and said hesitantly, "You call Teacher Chen 'Master' now, so you should be able to go in, right?"

Chen Fan was walking in front with his hands behind his back. Hearing their words, he turned around and smiled. "You are my first disciple, of course you can come in."

Hearing this, Zhang Cuie immediately smiled happily. "Thank you, Master."

Behind her, Huang Ying and the others looked at her, a strange glint flashing in their eyes.

So, the most worrying opponent is gone?!"