Chapter 144: Encountering the Dead
The guerrillas did not all go to participate in the condolence performance, but were led by Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou, and more than a dozen people went, including the only performance team of the guerrillas, the four sisters.
This is also normal, and it is reasonable to rush to the brigade without welcoming it. A few leaders went to express their intentions, and it was enough to put out a show to make it lively.
Originally, after Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou watched the rehearsal, they wanted to borrow more uniform clothes for the four sisters in the village, but in addition to the new wedding dress, how could the women's clothes in the countryside not be rustic.
In the end, Shen Chen proposed to wear knee-high devil yellow tweed coats, white shirts underneath, and leather boots on his feet. The condition was like that, and Zhao Tie and Lao Zhou nodded in agreement.
Shen Chen is clothes are ready-made, wash them and dry them on the kang.
Short hair is a problem, and it doesn't match the three companions very well, so Shen Chen stretched the white velvet hat long and loosened, and turned it into a women's Spring and Autumn jumper hat that looks very similar to later generations.
Yang Ye was still not satisfied, and he didn't know where to get the paint, so he dyed the hat black all of a sudden, and it was not very pure black, and it was not even.
Shen Chen was stunned for a moment when he first got it in his hand, thinking that this was very good, and it was also a disguise to be hidden or on a mission at night.
Of course, Yang Ye was very dissatisfied with his craftsmanship, and he was very sorry for making Shen Chen's hat like this. But there was not enough time for her to process it again.
It has been two or three days since the Fifth Regiment returned to the base area, and the condolence welcome meeting has officially begun. You have to prepare, and you have to let the cadres and fighters of the main regiment rest and rest, and pack up!
Leaving early in the morning, when Shen Chen and the others came to Da Yushuzhuang, they were just in time for the masses organized by the district committee to arrive.
The gongs and drums beat happily, more than a dozen strong men carried the big fat pigs that had been killed, and a few fat sheep with red cloth strips were led behind, and then there were the overlord whips of the Yangge team and the children's group.
The soldiers of the main regiment put on their washed and mended clothes, gathered on the threshing floor in the village, and looked at each with a smile.
Shen Chen and the others were still watching from the sidelines, Sun Lianying came out of nowhere, with unfinished makeup on her face, and stepped forward to pull people.
"You are not in a hurry, but you are in a hurry, and you are looking for them everywhere!" Sun Lianying was so anxious that she choked on it, and her words were like broken beans.
Shen Chen was still not in a hurry, Yu Baogen had eyesight, and hurriedly took the spear he was carrying and carried it on his shoulder.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Sun Lianying urged vigorously, "Sister Jin Xiu is in a hurry, I don't know when you will come, and the show can't be rehearsed." ”
Shen Chen and the others looked at each other, some stuck out their tongues, and some pouted, feeling a little sorry, but also feeling that Sun Lianying was exaggerating.
After hurrying to the stage, several booths were used as dressing rooms and preparation rooms for the actors. People come and go, chatter, and it's chaotic enough.
"Oh, you're here." As soon as Li Jinxiu saw Shen Chen and the others, he hurriedly ran over and said, "Hurry up and put on makeup, you are in the third show, and it will be too late to be late." ”
Makeup?! Shen Chen pursed his lips secretly, and did not say anything against it, but he did not respond positively.
Looking at the three women in the same company looking at the small mirror and making the black paint on their faces, yes, it is the paint, Shen Chen rolled his eyes, so as not to make his face red, black eyebrows, like a ghost!
"Da Mei, hurry up!" Yang Ye saw that Shen Chen didn't move, and couldn't help urging in a hurry.
Shen Chen reached out and picked up a piece of black charcoal, grinned, looked at the small mirror and roughly wiped it on the eye circles, blinked his eyes, and felt that this was okay.
In order not to let people press and wipe indiscriminately, Shen Chen took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, turned around and slipped aside.
In the shed next to it are the performers of the army, who are also busy cleaning up. Shen Chen looked boredly, yawned, and was about to turn his head, but found a familiar figure.
His heart jumped suddenly, Shen Chen looked closely, and it was really her.
He Xiaoyan?! That's right, it's He Xiaoyan.
Perhaps the face has been subjected to too much sunlight, and the original white has turned into a wheat color. She was wearing a military uniform, with a belt tightly around her waist, and her mood seemed high and optimistic.
I haven't seen her for a few months, and the weakness in He Xiaoyan's body has been reduced a lot, revealing a free and easy and slightly wild temperament.
He Xiaoyan spoke loudly, directing this and directing that, as if he was still the leader of the performance team.
As if sensing a gaze staring at her, He Xiaoyan turned her head and saw Shen Chen not far away.
Tall and well-proportioned, her face is much whiter than the country girl she usually sees, she has no makeup, but her eye circles are smeared black, and her eyes are bigger and more energetic.
He Xiaoyan was very impressed at a glance, and after a closer look, she found that this girl's face shape and facial features were very upright, and she could even be said to be exquisite, wearing a hat, with a neutral style, and she looked very handsome.
Shen Chen saw He Xiaoyan staring at her, and his heart had mixed emotions, but he habitually showed a polite smile and nodded lightly.
He Xiaoyan has a good impression of this girl, she is not cramped and generous, and her smile is more pretty and special.
Almost without much thought, He Xiaoyan smiled and beckoned to Shen Chen. She didn't know exactly what she wanted to do, she just wanted to talk to this special girl and get to know her.
You won't recognize me even if you're killed! Shen Chen calmed down a little and walked over with a smile.
"Hello, my name is He Xiaoyan."
"Hello, my name is Sun Damei."
Both of them looked slender and soft hands held together, and when they met for the first time, they seemed to be old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and both of them had this feeling.
"You're so good-looking." He Xiaoyan said admiringly: "Why don't you wear makeup, won't you?" ”
Shen Chen pursed his lips and smiled, looked at He Xiaoyan at a close distance, and said, "You are good-looking, you know at a glance that you are from a big city, like me, a country girl." ”
"You're not like a country girl." He Xiaoyan showed a look of surprise, and then smiled and pulled Shen Chen to sit on the small bench next to her, "Come, I'll put on makeup for you, so that everyone can see you, a phoenix in the countryside." ”
Shen Chen wanted to refuse, but held back. Reunited after a long absence, that sense of closeness made him feel that wearing makeup was nothing. Anyway, it's Sun Damei, not herself.
He Xiaoyan took out the lipstick from her pocket and carefully painted Shen Chen's lips.
Shen Chen saw that this must have been brought out of Shanghai, and He Xiaoyan was reluctant to use it.
After drawing her lips, He Xiaoyan gave Shen Chen a little blush, drew her eyebrows, and carefully drew her eye circles.
Taking a step back, He Xiaoyan admired it carefully, smiled more happily on her face, and said loudly: "Hey, let's come and see, look at the big beauties in our base." ”
Shen Chen hurriedly stood up, and after a hula, seven or eight women had already surrounded him, talking and laughing around him for a while.
He Xiaoyan put her arms around Shen Chen's shoulders, the two faces were very close, and they were all smiling in a mirror.
At this moment, someone shouted a reminder, "Quiet, quiet." The chief is about to take the stage to speak, and the performers are ready. ”
The voice of laughter immediately became smaller, and He Xiaoyan asked with a soft smile: "Damei, what kind of show will you perform on stage later?" ”
Shen Chen replied: "It's the chorus of "The Ballad of the Great Wall" with the three teammates of the guerrillas. ”
"The Ballad of the Great Wall, it's good." He Xiaoyan knew this song, nodded and said: "Then you can sing folk songs, I heard that in the mountainous areas, everyone can sing them; The happiest thing for the girls to be together is to sing a few songs. ”
Shen Chen shook his head with a smile and said, "What's the matter, who did you listen to." Can't eat enough stomachs, and the people still have the heart to sing? Anyway, I can't sing. ”
Shandong does have a lot of folk songs, all of which are ancient local traditional music, often most prominent in the minor key of life.
To say that everyone can sing is obviously an exaggeration, but Shen Chen still knows a little from Damei's memory, but he doesn't want to say it.
He Xiaoyan pursed her lips and said, "It's not as ...... as you said."
As he was talking, Shen Chen saw Yang Ye walk in, waved at him vigorously, and got up and said, "They called me, probably for the show, let's talk about it later." ”
He Xiaoyan nodded with a smile and stuffed the lipstick into Shen Chen's pocket, "Go quickly, don't delay." ”
Shen Chen walked back, met with Yang Ye and the others, said something about the performance, and waited for the performance to start.
The head of the Zheng regiment spoke, the district head spoke, the person in charge of the mass organization spoke, and the condolence performance began, which was not too wordy and troublesome.
The first program was organized by the district, and it was a lively singing and dancing, which won a round of applause.
The second program is the main group, He Xiaoyan and others appeared,
"All of us are united, why not be afraid of sacrifice, and fight against the enemy with blood......" When He Xiaoyan sang the lead singer and several women sang with him, "Brave Chinese" reached Shen Chen's ears, he had a very strange feeling.
This song was the first to be sung by Chu Jiao, but Shen Chen had never heard it, of course he knew that this was a song that did not belong to this era, and he could probably guess that it had something to do with him.
After all, if there is still a traverser, Shen Chen would not make such an assumption now.
After singing the song, it won warm applause, which is a song that no one has ever heard. In the context of the strong anti-Japanese atmosphere at that time, it was also very appropriate.
The third is the program produced by the guerrillas, and it is also the only program "The Ballad of the Great Wall".
When the announcer said the names of the performers aloud, it immediately attracted the attention of Head Zheng and others.
Back at the base area, Camp Commander Wang was naturally the first to rush to report.
Their battalion fought several battles, the losses were not small, the replenishment was fast, and the equipment was greatly improved, these are all achievements.
Moreover, he is well aware of the current situation in the base areas, the strength and dynamics of the enemy and the puppet, and naturally he has to report it to his superiors.
There was also Shen Chen in the content of the report, and Camp Commander Wang also praised Shen Chen greatly in front of the regiment commander and political commissar.
Commander Zheng knew that Camp Commander Wang would not lie, but he praised it so much, he couldn't believe it. As for what Battalion Commander Wang said, he was not so eager to win Shen Chen into the troops.
Hearing the announcer say Shen Chen's name, Head Zheng paid attention. I can't help but pay attention, Camp Commander Wang is also beside him, and when he heard it, he began to remind him.
"I forgot to say it, Da Mei sings well." Camp Commander Wang was afraid that his old superiors would not notice, so he hurriedly introduced, "I just don't like to sing, and I ran away from the last condolence performance, which is disappointing." ”
"The girl's family may be shy!" Head Zheng didn't care too much about what he said, but his eyes were fixed on the stage.
Four women in uniform costumes and heroic posture came to the stage and attracted the attention of the audience.
"The one wearing the hat is Da Mei." Camp Commander Wang continued to serve as the commentator, "She is also the tallest." ”
Head Zheng looked carefully, because he was sitting in the first row, he could see it clearly, and said with some surprise: "It turned out to be a handsome girl." ”
"Commander, don't be fooled by her appearance." Camp Commander Wang said: "This girl is handsome, and I thought so at the time. But she really didn't want to die in the war, and her murderous intent was so evil. If you don't believe it, ask Captain Zhao and Instructor Zhou of the guerrillas, there are almost more than 100 devils and traitors who died under her gun! ”
"This-" Head Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, he was really skeptical of this number, but he didn't say it.
Political Commissar Shen heard it clearly on the side, and said in a deep voice: "If it is really as powerful as you say, it is a good thing to recruit her into the army." ”
Camp Commander Wang hurriedly said: "That's what I'm doing. If you want to talk about her marksmanship, that's really god. Having her in the war is equivalent to an extra mortar. ”
After a pause, Battalion Commander Wang said again: "It's more powerful than mortars, she uses bullets, we can afford it." If it's a mortar, then shells are still a problem! ”
The song sounded, Shen Chen deliberately pressed the low-key door, it was not prominent, and several female voices were combined, like a yellow warbler out of the valley, crisp and pleasant.
Like "Brave Chinese", such appropriate songs are always easy to resonate with people.
Moreover, the whole tune of the song is built on the pentatonic scale, which sounds intimate and beautiful; The singing is both colloquial and national.
Listening to the singing, Chief Zheng and the others kept nodding their heads and joining the beat, obviously also infected.
As soon as the singing stopped, enthusiastic applause rang out. Head Zheng and others took the lead, and they also meant to express their gratitude. After all, this is also a program prepared on the ground to welcome the main forces.
After Shen Chen and the others retreated to the stage, Yang Ye and the others were still a little excited and excited, talking and laughing in a low voice, saying that they were not singing out of tune, and saying that the crowds below were crowded, which made them feel so nervous.
Only Shen Chen, with a smile on his face and a mouth echoing, was calm and natural in his heart.
This kind of scene is nothing, I have experienced the battlefield of life and death, are you afraid of singing a song in public?
"Good, good, really good singing." Lee Kim so came up to encourage and praise.
"Director Li, can we go outside to watch the show?" Shen Chen didn't want to stay in the background, and he wanted to finish it quickly.
Li Jinxiu shook his head vigorously and said, "No, no, you have to stay in the back for a while." Finally, there's a singing competition, so maybe you'll have to sing it again! ”
Yes?! Shen Chen's mouth opened wide, he really didn't know this link.
Pull the goer! Make no mistake, the warriors are much more powerful than the local masses, and you will be entangled so that you can't get out. This, Shen Chen still has some experience, and he can't help but secretly complain.
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