The powerful national anthem ended, and the national flag was raised to the top.
The sun smiled and shone on the bayonets of the honor guard of the three armed forces. The sun shone brightly, making the flying national flag look as bright as blood.
At the same time that the honor guard of the three armed forces finished their salute, the tourists gave thunderous applause. Some of the tourists turned around and gave their applause to Zhang Zian and the group of primary school students next to him. Even the armed police on duty and security glanced over slightly.
"Quack! You idiot, you sang pretty well. You can even catch up to 3% of my singing! "Richard said, scratching his hair.
"Get lost!" Zhang Zian didn't want to fight back, so he tried his best to roll his eyes. This was a cool hairstyle that he had combed for a long time in the morning.
Old Time Tea seemed to understand why Zhang Zian said that the flag raising ceremony was for watching and not for taking pictures with his phone.
"Hello!"
At this time, a male teacher who was leading the group ran over.
He was about the same age as Zhang Zian, and he said in Mandarin with a strong local accent, "Thank you so much! If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have been able to sing today! To be honest, we are from a small place, and the children have never seen the world. They are very shy of strangers … "
"It's okay. I just wanted to sing. I wasn't trying to help you." Zhang Zian shook his head and declined his gratitude. He didn't want the teacher to feel like he owed him a favor. Moreover, what happened just now was not helping at all. The children didn't need to be shy. The ones who should be ashamed should be the adults who made a lot of noise when the national flag was raised.
"Anyway, I want to thank you on behalf of the other teachers and children." The male teacher turned around and gestured. The students and the teachers who stayed in the same place smiled and waved at him.
Zhang Zian waved back and asked, "Did your school organize a trip to Beijing?"
"Yes, this is the first time our school organized a trip to such a faraway place. These children are from better families. Otherwise, we wouldn't be willing to send them. If it goes well, we will organize it every year in the future, "the male teacher said enthusiastically. "Since we're here in the capital, we definitely have to watch the flag-raising ceremony. We want to inspire the children's patriotism, so we suggested that the children sing the national anthem when the flag is raised. However, we didn't prepare enough. We didn't consider the complexity of the situation and the children's shyness, so we almost failed …"
"It's okay. You'll get used to it later. Now that you have experience, you won't have a problem next time," Zhang Zian encouraged him.
"I hope so … Then I'll go back first. Next, I have to organize the children to find a place to have breakfast, and then visit the Palace Museum." The male teacher explained the situation, said goodbye to Zhang Zian, and returned to the children.
They had four teachers, two men and two women. They were all young and had a strong sense of responsibility. They had about forty children with them. Children of this age were too shy or too naughty to even eat and drink outside the house.
The teachers were so busy that they had no time to enjoy the scenery of the capital. Ever since they got off the train, they had been busy arranging food and accommodation. When they came out to visit the scenic spots, they had to take attendance every twenty minutes. They were afraid that if any child got lost or injured, they wouldn't be able to explain it to their parents when they returned.
Even though their voices were hoarse from shouting, the teachers never showed any impatience on their faces. They stood in the front, back, left, and right of the children, trying their best to solve all the problems the children encountered.
The teachers and children held a small flag in one hand and held each other's hands to prevent them from getting lost. They waved the flag goodbye to Zhang Zian, sang nursery rhymes, and left the square to find a cheap place to solve their breakfast problem.
In fact, Zhang Zian was going the same way as them, and he also planned to take the elfins to visit the Palace Museum.
Tourists who came to the square to watch the flag-raising ceremony would usually visit the Palace Museum, but it was too early now, and the Palace Museum hadn't opened yet. He didn't want to cause trouble for the teachers, so he planned to take the elfins to walk around and buy some special snacks to satisfy their appetite. When the Palace Museum opened, they would go in to visit.
Seeing that there was no one around, he said to the elfins, "What do you think of the flag-raising ceremony?"
"Hmph, it's so-so," Fina said with a taut face. Fei Na said with a taut face, "I'm only interested in how they practice their movements to be as uniform as marionettes. When I go back, I also plan to train a … Three Cats Honor Guard to show off my cat's power!"
"Your cat's power is already great enough. You don't need to show it anymore!" Zhang Zian complained. "You want to train a Three Cats Honor Guard after watching China's flag-raising ceremony? If you watch India's flag-raising ceremony, I'm afraid you'll need to train a ten-cat circus …"
"Oh?"
The speaker didn't mean it, but the listener did. Fina was interested. "India's flag-raising ceremony is so powerful?"
"It's quite powerful. It can even reshape your worldview!" Zhang Zian nodded. "India has the most elite motorized infantry in the world … This is not an exaggeration. Anyway, you'll know when you see it."
"Let's talk about India later. I only know their training methods now." Fina didn't let him easily change the topic. She stared at him and said in an imperative tone, meaning: Go get the training methods for me.
Zhang Zian was speechless.
"By the way, do you feel like we're being stared at?" he said, looking around.
"Don't try to change the topic!" Fina said angrily. "You can't use the same trick on me twice!"
"Meow meow meow! Your Majesty! I have a way to solve this once and for all. Do you want to hear it? "Snowy Lionet said, taking advantage of the chaos.
Zhang Zian glared at Snowy Lionet and quickly explained to Fina, "No, no, I'm not changing the topic. I really feel this way. It wasn't when we first arrived at the square. Since just now, I always feel like I'm being stared at by a sharp gaze … Don't you feel this way?"
"Zian, are you serious?" Old Time Tea saw that his expression didn't seem to be fake and asked in surprise.
"Yes, am I the only one who feels this way?"
Zhang Zian was also very puzzled. Logically speaking, his senses were the slowest compared to the elfins. He thought that the elfins all felt it, but they were deliberately hiding it. He didn't expect that they didn't feel it?
This time, he really wasn't fooling Fina. Since just now, during the process of singing the national anthem, he suddenly felt like he was being stared at by someone. The extremely sharp gaze shrouded his body, making him feel like there was a thorn in his back. It was still the same even now. He had originally planned to talk to the elfins about this after singing the national anthem, but he was interrupted by the male teacher, so he only mentioned it now.
Because of the historical problems with his credibility, Fina was still skeptical and suspected that he was deliberately interrupting.
Famous and Old Time Tea looked at each other. The former sniffed hard, and the latter jumped up to a lamppost next to them to look around.
After the flag-raising ceremony, the crowd in the square surged. Some people went back to sleep, some stayed in the square to take photos as a souvenir, some continued to play in other places according to the plan, and some people were late and had just arrived.
Some people came, some people left, and some people stayed. The scene was very chaotic.
As Zhang Zian spoke, he looked around, trying to find out who was staring at him. But in the vast sea of people, he didn't have a specific target, so it was easier said than done.
Old Time Tea looked down from above, while Famous trotted to avoid the people coming and going. It ran around the area, then returned to its original spot. It shook its head one after another, indicating that it didn't find anyone suspicious.
Richard also flapped its wings and flew to a high place, pretending to look around, but it also didn't find anything.
This was normal. If there was an obvious suspicious person in the square, Zhang Zian didn't need to do anything. The armed police all over the place would have already invited the suspicious person for tea …
"You really didn't feel anything?" Zhang Zian confirmed again.
"No." Famous shook its head and gave a negative answer.
"No, could it be a stray cat?" Old Time Tea suggested a possibility.
"Impossible, no stray cat can sneak into the square," Zhang Zian said with certainty.
"Meow meow meow! Are you a bad man? Are you oversensitive? Don't be so sentimental all day! "Snowy Lionet questioned unceremoniously." Right, is there any place selling raw beef brisket nearby? "
That was strange. Had he really been targeted by the mysterious Chaoyang people?
There was heaven above, there was earth below, and there was a conscience in the middle! He didn't do anything against the law! At most, he was planning to let the elfins enter the Forbidden City without paying a ticket, but he hadn't put it into action yet, had he?
He slowly turned 360 degrees, his eyes sweeping across the faces of the people nearby. But since the flag-raising ceremony ended, no one deliberately looked at him. At most, their eyes briefly swept past him.
The elfins all expressed that they didn't feel like they were being stared at. Even Zhang Zian wondered if he was oversensitive.
"Forget it, let whoever wants to stare at me. Maybe it's a rich local beauty who has secretly fallen in love with me." He shrugged helplessly. "I can't help it. Handsome people are troublesome. Every morning, I wake up because of my own handsomeness."
"Ugly people cause more trouble," Fina said with disdain.
"Quack! Maybe one of the handsome guys in the honor guard of the three armed forces likes you! "Richard snickered, emphasizing the word" on. "
"Meow." Xinghai raised one of its front paws and stared at him. "Zian, someone is watching you."
Huh?
Zhang Zian never thought that Xinghai would be the one to prove it for him. In his imagination, if any elfins could find evidence that he was being stared at, it would be either Old Time Tea, Famous, or Fina.
The other elfins were also stunned.
"Xinghai, how did you know?" he asked.
Xinghai raised its head, blinking its silver-gray eyes and looking around. "Meow. The other party's observation is very strong. Although it was observing you, it affected Xinghai."
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