After rebirth, I became Qingmei's white moonlight

Chapter 243 241 Concert Tickets (4000 words)
The winter of 2011 came very late. Even on the coldest days, the temperature was only around or degrees Celsius. For an energetic middle school student, it was easy to cope with it by just wearing a down jacket.

Christmas is still very popular these days, and businesses everywhere are crazy about the concept of eating apples on Christmas Eve. Apples, which originally cost two or three yuan per pound, doubled or tripled in price on that day.

But Jiang Shu knew clearly that there was another little-known reason. In this era, almost no one publicized it. Christmas Eve was Christmas Eve in the West, but it was the victory night of the Volunteer Army and the Christmas Eve of the motherland.

In the student circle, some boys would try every means to get a few apples to give away in order to please the girls they like. As a result, many apple vendors set up stalls at the school gate and the goods were sold out in a short time.

Every time Jiang Shu saw this situation, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that it was easier to make money from students.

"Xiaoshu, do you want to eat an apple?" Bai Lu took out a washed Red Fuji apple from his schoolbag and handed it to him.

Jiang Shu felt helpless. Looking at the apple in front of him, he once again hated the unscrupulous merchants' propaganda.

"Did you buy it at the school gate?"

"No, I got it from home." Bai Lu laughed.

"That's okay."

Jiang Shu accepted Xiaolu's kindness and planned to eat it together with others as fruit during lunch.

"what's wrong?"

"Well, it's okay. I just don't want you to buy expensive apples just for the so-called Christmas Eve. This thing is definitely an IQ tax promoted by unscrupulous merchants. You don't usually eat it. Do you think eating one on Christmas Eve will bring you peace?" Jiang Shu pursed his lips and said casually.

Bai Lu felt a little guilty about what she said. She had sent the apples specifically for Christmas Eve. It was just that there was always enough fruit at home, so she didn't need to buy them on purpose.

"Did Zhuzhu give you an apple today?"

"She wanted to buy it at the school gate, but I stopped her."

While the two were talking in a low voice, Jiang Shu saw Su Qing, who was sitting in the front seat, slowly taking out a red apple from the desk and secretly handing it to Zhou Mi, who was sitting at the same table.

Jiang Shu was slightly stunned. Did this guy suddenly come to his senses? In his past life, he didn't seem to have seen him dating any girl.

However, Zhou Mi is still quite cute, with regular features, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, not a talkative, quiet girl, and their personalities are quite compatible.

But judging from their current situation, they definitely can't be called in a relationship. At most, Su Qing has some feelings for the other person.

"Old Su, you are so mean. Everyone who sees it gets a share, but you only gave the apple to Zhou Mi. What about the ones for Xiaolu and me?" Jiang Shu said with a smile.

"Ah? But I'm gone." Su Qing stuttered. He didn't expect that his secret action would be discovered by Jiang Shu.

"Is it really gone or is it just a lie?"

"It's really gone. If you don't believe me, come and see for yourself."

Su Qing was so anxious that he almost took out everything in his desk to show Jiang Shu. He only took an apple from home and gave it to Zhou Mi without even having one to eat himself.

Zhou Mi returned the apple and whispered, "Su Qing, you should give it to the squad leader and the others."

"That won't do. I've already given it away, how can I get it back?" Su Qing was anxious, looking at Jiang Shu and blurted out: "I don't believe you didn't give Sister Lu an apple."

"No." Jiang Shu denied with a smile.

Bai Lu pretended not to hear what was said, but her ears turned slightly red.

Su Qing was speechless. He looked at Zhou Mi, then at the apple in his hand, then at Jiang Shu and Bai Lu, feeling a little torn.

Seeing him at a loss, Jiang Shu laughed and assisted his good brother: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. You should give the apple to Zhou Mi."

Su Qing couldn't help but reveal a look of gratitude and handed the apple out again. However, this time Zhou Mi didn't refuse. After saying thank you, he put the apple in the desk.

Jiang Shu smiled slightly and decided to observe the two of them for a while. If the time was right, he wouldn't mind providing assists again.

However, if Teacher Su knew that his son was in a premature relationship, I wonder if he would scold him.

This is a problem.

"Xiaoshu, do you remember the concert I told you about before?" Bai Lu whispered.

"Yeah, remember."

"The venue and time have been decided. It will be held at the New You Xin Grand Theater on East Street for three consecutive days during the New Year's Day holiday. It is said that many famous domestic performers will be there. It's a pity that I only got two tickets, otherwise I could have asked Yaoyao and Zhuzhu to go with me."

Bai Lu took out two tickets and said that the ticket price was written on them, and it was only ten yuan.

Jiang Shu expressed his understanding that activities like this are usually sponsored by the government, with limited places, not many tickets released to the public, and the audience is naturally mainly public officials.

"Then I'll try to find a way to get it."

"Eh? Can you get it?"

Bai Lu's eyes widened. These two tickets were obtained by her mother with great effort from others. She didn't think Xiaoshu could get the tickets.

Jiang Shu smiled but said nothing. Xiaolu's thinking was still very simple and he didn't understand the power of money. After all, money makes the world go round. As long as he spread the word, he believed that the scalpers would definitely find a way.

The original price was ten yuan per ticket, so he would ask for one hundred yuan per ticket. If it really didn't sell, he would go for two hundred yuan per ticket, and there would always be someone who would sell it.

"By the way, Xiaolu, didn't you say before that you were going to take the piano exam? How was it, did you pass?"

"Of course I passed! Just a small level 10, it's easy to handle~" Bai Lu smiled, demonstrating the movements with his hands, with a confident gleam in his eyes.

Her musical talent is now terrifyingly strong. The tenth-level piano repertoire consists of three fixed pieces, and the only requirement is that she can play them completely without any mistakes. As for rhythm and pitch, they can be completely ignored.

This is why professionals always say that the tenth level of piano is an amateur level. If you want to evaluate a person's musical level, you have to take the performance level test.

Bai Lu's current playing level can be described as a leap forward. Even her piano teacher said that her level is limited and there is nothing more to teach her. Bai Lu can now participate in domestic competitions and maybe even win a big prize.

The piano teacher did not want to see such a gem buried, so she suggested that if she wanted to continue to improve, she could only study under a famous teacher, preferably one from a music conservatory, and even better if he was a professor.

After Bai Lu went home and told her mother about this, the mother and daughter have also been considering this matter recently. However, there are only a few well-known music colleges in the country, and the competition is extremely fierce, with the admission rate being only one in a few dozen.

Even the music high school under its jurisdiction is not accessible to ordinary people. One has to demonstrate very strong skills to be admitted.

Although the organizer of this concert was Jiazhou Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, the organizer was Jiazhou Cultural Development Research Center and Jiazhou Normal College Music College, so Bai Lu wanted to go and see how big the difference between her level and that of professional musicians was. During lunch, Bai Lu took the initiative to tell Zhu Zhu and Yao Yao about the concert.

Ever since she dated Jiang Shu without telling them last time and almost caused a serious accident, Bai Lu has been scared and decided never to do such a sneaky thing again.

"A concert? The kind where celebrities sing?" Xu Xinzhu's eyes lit up.

"No, it's an orchestra. Many people play together with instruments. From what I know, there seems to be an orchestra, piano, violin, and traditional erhu and guzheng."

"That's it..."

Xu Xinzhu nodded, but to be honest she wasn't very interested.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for people who are not music lovers in the circle to like this kind of simple instrumental performance. What they usually come into contact with are concerts of major stars, and tickets are often hard to come by, and the prices range from hundreds to thousands.

"Is Xiaoshu going?"

Jiang Shu nodded: "Yes, I am interested in it."

"Aren't there only two tickets? It seems a little insufficient for the four of us," said Xu Xinzhu.

Bai Lu subconsciously looked at Jiang Shu. This was what she meant at the beginning. Two tickets were not enough to share among four people. If Zhuzhu and Yaoyao were invited at the beginning and then they couldn't go, it would be like showing off.

"I'll find a way to get the tickets. As long as you want to go, it's fine." Jiang Shu smiled and said, "Where's Yaoyao?"

"If Brother Xiaoshu goes, I will go too." Zhong Yaoyao said.

Her requests are always so simple, as long as she can be with Brother Xiaoshu, that is enough.

Xu Xinzhu pursed her lips and said, "Xiaoshu, don't force yourself. If you really can't get tickets, just the two of you can go. Don't worry too much about us."

In her opinion, Xu Xinzhu was already very, very happy that the two of them did not go there secretly and could talk about the matter openly. At least he did not hide it from her like last time.

"Don't force yourself. Two tickets shouldn't be difficult." Jiang Shu actually wanted to say, you know nothing about the power of money, but it seems easy to corrupt children.

After lunch, Jiang Shu took out the Red Fuji apple that Bai Lu had given him in the morning from his school uniform pocket and cut it into four pieces with a clean knife.

Xu Xinzhu's eyes widened and he asked, "Xiaoshu, where did you get the apples!?"

"Xiaolu gave it to us. Let's eat it together." Jiang Shu did not hide it.

He knew that Zhuzhu was a jealous person. The last time Xiaolu took her roller skating, she spoke in a sour tone and she had to undergo desensitization treatment.

Enjoying something alone is selfish, while sharing a bed is the right way.

Look at the founder Li Xunhuan again, who said that classic line in a serious manner, and then openly hugged women on both sides.

Even Jiang Shu would feel inferior to him in terms of his superb skills in flirting with girls.

If love between four people seems a bit crowded, it may just be because the bed is not big enough.

Xu Xinzhu pouted a little unhappily. She also wanted to buy apples in the morning, but Xiaoshu scolded her. However, she turned around and accepted the apples from Xiaolu.

Huh, hh, hh, what a difference in treatment!
She was so angry that she stepped on Jiang Shu lightly under the table. He took it with a smile and distributed the apples to the other children one by one.

"Before you eat the apple, let me ask you a question, what exactly is Christmas Eve?"

"Even a three-year-old child knows that Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas, so it is Christmas Eve. Legend has it that Santa Claus will throw Christmas presents down the chimney on this night." Xu Xinzhu raised his chin slightly.

"What does that have to do with eating apples?" Jiang Shu said with a smile.

"Hmm..." Xu Xinzhu was suddenly speechless. From what she knew, there didn't seem to be a tradition of eating apples during Christmas.

"I know that!" Zhong Yaoyao rushed to say, "Because the Chinese characters for 'peace' in Christmas Eve and 'ping' in 'apple' are homophones, they symbolize peace and safety."

Bai Lu also nodded, this was what she heard.

"Well, as everyone knows, our country does not have Christmas Eve and Christmas. They are both imported from the West, and people in foreign countries do not eat apples on Christmas Eve, so we have learned something that is not quite right, or we can call it the localization of the festival."

Jiang Shu took a bite of the crisp Red Fuji apple and said slowly, "But it is undeniable that eating apples on Christmas Eve is actually a promotional method used by businesses, just like the Melatonin advertisement when I was a child. The apples that used to cost two or three yuan a pound have now risen in price to ten yuan each. The businesses make a lot of money on this day, and you are still smiling and counting money for them."

He glanced at the white deer and said, "The little deer got the apples from home, so he wasn't taken advantage of."

Xu Xinzhu pouted: "But I don't care about this one or two dollars."

She just wanted to give something with special meaning at a specific time.

"Similarly, I don't think that I will be safe if the deer gives me apples. Of course, I appreciate the good intentions."

Jiang Shu smiled, gave them both fifty lashes, stopped dwelling on the topic, and went back to the previous conversation.

"I just talked about Christmas Eve in the West. Does anyone know about Christmas Eve in our country? Coincidentally, they are on the same day."

Zhong Yaoyao was stunned: "Brother Xiaoshu, didn't you just say that there is no Christmas Eve holiday in our country?"

"Well, I didn't say that Christmas Eve in our country is a holiday. To be precise, it should be a very memorable commemorative day." Jiang Shu said with a smile.

Bai Lu frowned and quickly thought about the traditional festivals and major anniversaries in her mind, but none of them matched. She really couldn't think of one.

"Is there?" she asked.

"Yes." Jiang Shu nodded seriously.

Xu Xinzhu also looked at Jiang Shu angrily: "I can't believe it, Xiaoshu, are you lying to us?"

"It's normal that you don't know. This actually involves a period of history. The history of our country is not ancient history, but the history after the founding of the country." Jiang Shu said with a smile.

What he learned in junior high school was ancient history, and world history and modern history could only be learned in high school, but he felt that there were some things that he should not know without learning them.

"On December 1950, 12, the Chinese People's Volunteers successfully concluded the second battle of the Korean War. This night was a night of victory for the Chinese People's Volunteers and a night of peace for the motherland. We can have a safe and happy life now, all thanks to those ancestors who defended our country."

(End of this chapter)