At the beginning, everyone began to familiarize themselves with the plot content in the script, learn the lyrics, tunes and singing tones.

When I took down my part of the lyrics and lines, I began to rehearse the actions and scenes.

Xue Kemei has a good voice, she is very strong and works hard. Since she is asked to act, she must act well, and she can't leave words for others, so whether she plays Xi'er or Huangmu, she is meticulous and takes it seriously. She and Liu Yingying are secretly competing to see who can play better.

In this way, Xue Kemei's suffering is heavy, because she is also responsible for the stage art in the play, such as the lighting design of the stage, the background, and even some small props, which must be designed by her first. Fortunately, Liu Chunjiang helped her, so she finally survived.

And looking at Wang Xuefei and Liu Yingying, to be honest, the two of them have also worked very hard for a period of time. Not only rehearsed during the day, but also after work, sometimes Liu Yingying often went to Wang Xuefei's dormitory and continued to ponder some problems encountered during the day.

Because they rehearse and discuss together every day, they not only perform well in the play, but also, outside the play, the relationship between the two has developed rapidly.

After more than two months of intense rehearsals, the opera "The White-Haired Girl" can finally be staged to meet the audience.

Time flies, and the New Year is not long in coming.

Just after the Spring Festival, the staff of all units in the city began to tour in various units.

Liu Chunjiang, the performers and crew, sat in the factory's big car every day, and two big trucks pulled the sets and props for the performance, etc., led by a vice chairman of the factory trade union, according to the city's unified schedule, like a marquee, non-stop to some units in the city to participate in the performance. Everywhere they went, their scenes were well received and won warm applause from the audience.

Their performances were an unprecedented success.

That's not all, the opera they rehearsed was recommended to the provincial trade union by the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions as an excellent program in the city, and went to participate in the province-wide Spring Festival staff art show.

In the provincial capital these days, in general, they have a very tight schedule, it is rare to have free time to go out to the street for a walk, this day is Sunday, the chairman of the union feels that everyone is too tired to perform every day, so he took a half-day off, let them come out to the provincial capital to play.

Liu Chunjiang went to university here, and he was very familiar with every main street and every scenic spot in the provincial capital, so he took Xue Kemei and prepared to find two scenic spots.

Just as he was walking on Qingcheng Road in the provincial capital, Liu Chunjiang was surprised to see a person - Yan Qiuping. This person is the girlfriend he talked to for three years during college.

At this time, Yan Qiuping was walking side by side with a tall young man, and as she walked, Yan Qiuping looked at him, puffed out her mouth, and blew off something stuck to the man's shoulder.

Liu Chunjiang's footsteps stopped, and he stared at the two of them blankly.

When Yan Qiuping walked forward again, when she looked up, she happened to see Liu Chunjiang and Xue Kemei.

Yan Qiuping's face changed suddenly.

She also stopped.

"Let's go......" The tall young man next to him pulled Yan Qiuping.

Yan Qiuping had no choice but to continue to follow.

Liu Chunjiang also walked forward with Xue Kemei.

When Liu Chunjiang and Yan Qiuping walked up, Yan Qiuping suddenly stopped, and she asked Liu Chunjiang:

"Hello, we haven't seen each other for half a year, why, I brought my girlfriend to the provincial capital today?" Yan Qiuping looked very generous.

Liu Chunjiang had no choice but to stand still and said with a smile:

"Oh, that's right, our factory went to the provincial capital to participate in the workers' art show. This morning is half a day off, so come out and take a walk. He felt the muscles on both sides of his face stiff as he laughed.

"Why, can your unit's program participate in the provincial capital's theatrical performance? Isn't it simple? What kind of program are you performing this time? Is it still a tenor solo?" Yan Qiuping obviously knows him very well and knows his specialty.

According to today's performance arrangement, he plays Huang Shiren. However, in front of Yan Qiuping, he was a little speechless. He knew that Yan Qiuping might get a ticket to watch their performance if he knew. He didn't want her to see him play Huang Shiren. So, he had no choice but to smile and say:

"What kind of show can our unit put on? I'm just running a trick or something. ”

"Oh, that's right. There is time to go to the house to play. Obviously, Yan Qiuping didn't believe what he said, she just smiled and left.

At this time, in Liu Chunjiang's heart, he couldn't tell what it was like.

When Yan Qiuping walked a few steps away, Xue Kemei turned her head and looked at Yan Qiuping's figure, and then, she withdrew her gaze, then stared at Liu Chunjiang's eyes, and asked:

"Needless to say, this girl is your classmate at college, right?"

Liu Chunjiang knew that he couldn't hide it from her, so he nodded.

"Looks good, do you still keep in touch with each other now?"

Liu Chunjiang shook his head and said, "I haven't been in touch for a long time." ”

Xue Kemei looked at him thoughtfully, and then the two continued to walk forward.

In the evening, before the performance began, Liu Chunjiang stood on the edge of the stage and gently lifted a corner of the curtain with his hand, wanting to see how many people were in the audience.

Since it was still early in the performance, there were not many people sitting below. What made him panic was that in the front seat below, Yan Qiuping was indeed sitting. She came early. It's just that she came alone, and the man wasn't by her side.

A heart in Liu Chunjiang's chest jumped all up.

This guy is really coming.

The tickets for the staff art show are issued by various units. To be honest, it was not easy to get such a good seat in the front. Yan Qiuping's parents are both officials in the provincial capital, and Yan Qiuping is now in the Provincial Building Materials Bureau, so it is naturally not a problem to get a good ticket.

Liu Chunjiang peeked at her and put down the curtain. He turned his heart sideways: Whatever she cares, she can see what she likes, let her go.

It's time to put on makeup. Just as he was sitting backstage and applying makeup in front of the mirror, at this time, he heard a familiar voice behind him and remembered:

"Spring River ......"

He looked in the mirror, and a surprised face was revealed—it was Yan Qiuping.

I saw her holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand. She looked at his face dressed as Huang Shiren in surprise. Apparently a little surprised by his outfit.

"What, could it be ...... that you are playing Huang ...... Huang Shiren?"

At this moment, Liu Yingying, who was dressed as Xi'er, came over and saw the two of them standing there, looking at each other with an embarrassed expression and a surprised expression. Moreover, in Yan Qiuping's hand, holding a bouquet of flowers, Liu Yingying understood everything at once, so she couldn't help laughing:

"Hey, someone came in to send you flowers...... congratulations, what's the matter, why don't you hurry up, what are you waiting for?"

Liu Chunjiang gave her a blank look.

These days, because they are acting together every day, the relationship between him and Liu Yingying is not as stiff as it used to be. He smiled awkwardly at Yan Qiuping and said:

"I ...... I play two characters, one is Yang Bailao and the other is Huang Shiren. Today is just in time to stage the villain, Huang ...... Huang Shiren. As he spoke, he lowered his head as if he had done something embarrassing.

"...... Huang Shiren, it's not easy to play Huang Shiren? Actually, I want to take a good look at how you play this Huang Shiren. I wish you a successful performance. After speaking, Yan Qiuping handed him the flowers in her hand.

He didn't pick it up because he was holding a paintbrush in one hand and a makeup powder in the other.

At this time, Xue Kemei, who was sitting on the side and pretending to be the landlord's mother-in-law, looked at Liu Chunjiang's appearance, took the flowers for him, and said:

"People give you flowers, don't you thank them. ”

Yan Qiuping glanced at Xue Kemei, smiled, and then turned around and left.

In the next few days, as long as he was free, Yan Qiuping's shadow always appeared in Liu Chunjiang's mind.

He forced himself to forget about her and try not to think about her.

Slowly, due to the tense performances one after another, Liu Chunjiang gradually forgot about Yan Qiuping.

After nearly a month of performances, their performances have finally come to an end.

After returning, Liu Chunjiang also returned to work in the central laboratory.

His main task every day is to sort out the daily production technical reports, and at the same time, he also goes to the analysis group or the physics group to familiarize himself with the job.

Soon after returning from the performance in the provincial capital, the relationship between Wang Xuefei and Liu Yingying took a step further, and the two of them began to talk about marriage and buy things for marriage.

The days warmed up day by day, and at this time, a catastrophe that swept the country - the Cultural Revolution began.

Soon, the situation at the factory was in chaos.

Every day, people listen attentively to the news and newspaper summaries on the radio, pay attention to the editorials and news in the newspapers, and keep an eye on the country's movements.

Soon the January storm in Shanghai began. Since then, a frenzied wind of seizure of power has begun to blow all over the country.

The Liaoyuan Cement Factory was no exception, and the factory party committee was overthrown overnight by a group of factory rebels who had just been established. The production order of the factory was also completely paralyzed. There were overwhelming slogans and posters everywhere.

Director Liu of Liaoyuan Cement Factory, that is, Liu Yingying's father, was also defeated at this time.

And Liu Yingying, her identity also fell from the sky to the ground all of a sudden, and at this time she was no longer the original girl who was once enviable, but became a black seven-class element, and she was criticized by the Red Guards every day.