The main content of the fifth natural paragraph of "Social Opera": "I" was looking forward to taking a boat to the other side to watch the social opera, but the boats were all booked. Grandma was angry that the family did not book the boat early. Mother comforted grandma, saying that the play in Lu Town was better than the play in Xiaocun;

The main content of "Social Opera"

The full text recalls the author's experience of watching social operas in rural Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province when he was a boy, and expresses the author's nostalgia for the life of his boyhood, especially the sincere friendship with farm friends. Life in the countryside is full of infinite vitality and interest. The author praises rural social dramas and expresses his pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty, and his hatred of fakeness, evil and ugliness.

Excerpts from the text of "Social Opera"

In this year when I was eleven or twelve years old, this date was waiting for me. Unexpectedly, this year it was a pity that the boat could not be called in the morning. There is only one large ship in Pingqiao Village that leaves early and returns late. There is absolutely no reason to keep it. The rest were all small boats and were not suitable for use. The central government went to neighboring villages to ask, but there were none. They had already been booked for others. Grandma was very angry and blamed the family for not deciding in advance, so she started nagging. My mother comforted Yi and said that the operas in Lu Town were much better than those in small villages. We should watch them a few times a year and forget about it today. I was the only one who was so anxious that I wanted to cry, but my mother tried her best to tell me not to show off, for fear of making grandma angry again, and that I was not allowed to go with others, saying that she was afraid that grandma would be worried.