0p0 Chapter 46, Chapter 61 (Children's Chapter)
Chapter 46, Chapter 61 (Children's Chapter)
Ten days have passed since the May Day holiday, and Yufei's little garden has completed the construction of its first section. Under the grape trellis, Yufei has customized a stone table and stone benches.
The walls are surrounded by space-adapted rose bushes, their colorful buds quite beautiful, but the large, sharp thorns on the roses deter the elementary school children.
In addition to various tables and chairs for relaxation, Yufei also arranged tables and chairs for playing games, a ping-pong table, and grass on the ground.
The first garden looked quite nice after Yufei organized it like this. Yufei then headed towards the second garden, which she planned to transform into an orchard.
Plant large chocolate strawberries, tangerines, grapefruits, and sweet oranges grown in the space.
Yufei did want to grow longan and lychee, but she hadn't been to Guangdong or Hainan yet, so she couldn't grow tropical fruits there. That was all she could do for now.
While Yufei was busily tending to her little garden, on May 10th, their homeroom teacher, Ms. Zhou, brought them some news.
Because Children's Day is just two weeks away.
The school is preparing for a Children's Day performance, and their class is putting on one. Meanwhile, some students from the class might be rehearsing dances elsewhere.
The school is planning a large-scale, visually appealing dance performance, so they need to select talented dancers to come together and rehearse it.
Teacher Zhou also revealed that the best performances will be selected to participate in the provincial Children's Day performance, so their program will be performed three days before Children's Day.
If they get selected for the school dance team, they've basically secured a spot to go to the provincial competition. Good luck to them!
This event has become a major event for the entire school, and everyone is actively preparing. Who wouldn't want to be selected to appear on camera in the province?
On the afternoon of the same day that Teacher Zhou announced it, the school also broadcast the news, stating that those who wanted to participate should report to the front yard of the kindergarten.
The kindergarten section is located at the very back of the primary school, separated from it by only one wall. This wall actually has an archway through which students from the primary school can pass directly.
The archway is usually locked, but this time, because of the event, the kindergarten was given a half-day off, and the archway was opened.
When Yufei, Lin Tiantian, Zhao Jing, and Jiang Yifeng arrived at the kindergarten, it was already packed with people.
"When...when will this selection process take?" Zhao Jing stared dumbfounded at the chaotic crowd.
"Yufei! Over here~" Yufei heard someone calling her, and she looked around to see who was calling her.
Then I saw a few big, clumsy guys waving their arms and jumping up and down like gorillas, trying to get Yufei's attention.
My older cousin was standing right in front of them, arms crossed, looking around as if he was desperately trying to tell everyone he didn't know them.
This made Yufei laugh, and she called to her younger cousins as they walked towards her older cousins.
"Hello! Attention students, please form 10 groups and line up. There will be 10 teachers standing in front of the kindergarten classroom. Please line up in an orderly manner and be careful."
As they spoke, more than 30 teachers entered, including 10 female teachers and 20 male teachers.
Ten female teachers stood at the front of the kindergarten classroom, while the other male teachers maintained order.
Once all the students were assigned and lined up in long queues...
The loudspeaker blared again, instructing the students to follow the movements of the female teacher in front of them. The teacher then performed a dance that required flexibility and memorization.
This dance is quite difficult, but luckily Yufei was fifth in line, which gave her time to memorize the moves without having to wait too long.
Those in front regretted being too far forward in line, realizing they didn't have enough time to memorize the moves, and tried to move to the back, but the teacher didn't give them a chance.
They say to just complete the tasks you can remember, but as you can imagine, most people end up with something far more complicated than you can describe.
However, a few were quite good; their execution and physical coordination were both satisfactory.
Not long after, it was Yufei's turn. Yufei hadn't noticed, but Jin Tingting and that "adopted brother" that Yufei didn't acknowledge were standing next to them in line.
She and Jin Tingting were actually performing at the same time. In her previous life, Yufei had excellent flexibility, but her memory was a little lacking.
She wondered if it was just her imagination, but lately she felt her memory had improved. At least when she was the fifth to perform, she had almost completely memorized the dance moves her teacher had shown.
Yufei's confident smile caught the eye of the teacher in front of her, who immediately decided it was her.
Jin Tingting also received high praise. Although Yufei didn't know why Jin Tingting was always targeting her, Jin Tingting was undeniably talented; her execution and the completeness of her dance were top-notch.
I heard that after the entire performance, she and Jin Tingting were the only ones who received extra praise from the dance teacher.
A total of 17 people were selected that day. After finalizing the list of those who would remain, it was already 4 p.m. Yufei, Lin Tiantian, and Zhao Jing were among those selected.
However, the two older cousins were eliminated because of their stiff movements, and the same was true for the group of clowns who followed the eldest cousin.
To Yufei's surprise, Xu Junyi was also selected; he was one of the few boys chosen.
After the selection was completed, those who weren't chosen were called back by the teacher, leaving only 17 of them in the kindergarten.
A dance teacher, who was clearly going to lead them, introduced herself first. Her name was Zhou Yaqi, and the students were asked to call her Teacher Zhou.
The purpose of the selection process was briefly explained, and then the dance they were going to perform was demonstrated.
It was a passionate dance, and Teacher Zhou told them to practice hard because she would be choosing a lead dancer from among them, who would then have a solo performance later on.
Hearing this, everyone perked up and prepared to roll up their sleeves and get to work.
Of course, Xu Junyi was an exception. He felt it was inexplicable that he was selected. If it weren't for his personality—that once he started something, he would have done it properly—he would have quit.
But let's forget about him running for lead dancer.
The lesson lasted from 4 pm to 6 pm. Before get out of class ended, Teacher Zhou told them...
They'll also meet here for practice from now on. Kindergarten usually lets out around 3 PM, and they'll gather here promptly at 4 PM.
They've only learned the first quarter of the dance today; three-quarters of the whole dance is still to be learned.
Back home, before her mother returned, Yufei went to her online space to continue practicing the dance moves she had just learned.
Yufei definitely had her eye on the lead dancer position; she believed that most decent dancers would have that idea.
Jin Tingting, in particular, was even more impressive; her ambition to become the lead dancer was evident in her eyes.
Now, Yufei's biggest competitor is Jin Tingting. Jin Tingting is older than her, her dance moves are more powerful, but her flexibility is not as good. She memorizes the dance moves faster and has better fluidity than Yufei.
Therefore, if Yufei wants to defeat her, she can only spend more time.
After three days of learning the dance moves, Yufei finally finished. She also practiced online for three nights in real life. On the third day, Teacher Zhou said she had two candidates in mind for the lead dancer: Yufei and Jin Tingting. She couldn't make up her mind, so she decided to have a dance-off between Yufei and Jin Tingting the next day.
The winner will become the lead dancer, leading everyone in the dance, and will be taught a carefully choreographed routine before her solo performance.
Therefore, Yufei practiced in the space for a whole night, using real time as her lifeblood.
Having finally mastered the entire dance, and with its captivating charm, Yufei was extremely confident of winning and eagerly awaited 4 PM.