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Rehearsing a Big Show
General Fiction排大戏
Qu Lianbo
A heavy snowfall last night covered Hong'an Village tightly. Accompanied by the melodious music "The East Is Red", the sun slowly rises, illuminating the whole village like piles and clusters of white mushrooms. If it weren't for the rising wisps of smoke, it would be difficult to tell that this is a large village with more than 300 households. As soon as the news broadcast ended, the loudspeaker sounded the thick Shandong accent of Zhang Dafa, director of the Village Revolutionary Committee. Following his old habit, he first hit the microphone "bang, bang, bang" three times, and then blew "puff, puff, puff" three times, and then began to broadcast: "Comrades poor and lower-middle peasants, comrades commune members, pay attention! I have a piece of good news for everyone, very good news. In order to celebrate the major victory of crushing the Lin Biao anti-party clique, our superiors have asked us to have a revolutionary spring. The Revolutionary Committee of the brigade decided to put on a big play called "Shajiabang". This is a big deal! After dinner, the primary school teachers, the Communist Youth League members, and the basic militiamen all went to the brigade headquarters to study it. All the girls and boys who are willing to rehearse will come. If you come late, there will be no actors. I will broadcast it again..."
A heavy snowfall last night covered Hong'an Village tightly. Accompanied by the melodious music "The East Is Red", the sun slowly rises, illuminating the whole village like piles and clusters of white mushrooms. If it weren't for the rising wisps of smoke, it would be difficult to tell that this is a large village with more than 300 households. As soon as the news broadcast ended, the loudspeaker sounded the thick Shandong accent of Zhang Dafa, director of the Village Revolutionary Committee. Following his old habit, he first hit the microphone "bang, bang, bang" three times, and then blew "puff, puff, puff" three times, and then began to broadcast: "Comrades poor and lower-middle peasants, comrades commune members, pay attention! I have a piece of good news for everyone, very good news. In order to celebrate the major victory of crushing the Lin Biao anti-party clique, our superiors have asked us to have a revolutionary spring. The Revolutionary Committee of the brigade decided to put on a big play called "Shajiabang". This is a big deal! After dinner, the primary school teachers, the Communist Youth League members, and the basic militiamen all went to the brigade headquarters to study it. All the girls and boys who are willing to rehearse will come. If you come late, there will be no actors. I will broadcast it again..."