1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 44: Guitar Gift

Milan stayed up all night at Yu Beibei's house again tonight. Yu Beibei was wearing a small vest, and her neck and chest were all red from excitement on the bed. "Milan, can you do it? If you can't, let me take over!"

Nowadays, literary young people are so lethal.

Xia Tian is not only good-looking and attractive, but she has also published articles and can play the piano and sing... She is a killer!

Yu Beibei wanted to disregard the sisterhood, but even if she really did, she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to succeed.

This summer is so difficult!
……

During the National Day in summer, I taught my friends a hard lesson.

Aren’t boys who can play the guitar and sing so handsome?
If you see that a weird and crazy girl like Yu Beibei is attracted to him and wants to compete with her bestie, you will know how powerful he must be.

At this time, literature and art are definitely the few stars left in the night sky. I don’t know how precious they are!
Let me put it this way, ever since the neighbors learned from the postman that Xia Tian had submitted articles to Children's Literature many times, they have become polite in their conversations with him and treated him like an adult.

In the following days, Xia Tian, ​​the "star", spread among the young people at an unimaginable speed.

"Hey, did you hear about it? That summer..."

"Isn't he a good fighter? How come he also knows music?"

I didn’t dare go out for many days in the summer, for fear that someone would stop me and ask me to sing a song.

A week later, when Xia went to the secret base to paint, she was blocked by Milan.

"You're here! I thought you moved away?!" Milan looked angry.

Xia Tian waved his hand: "I haven't been here for a few days. I'm afraid of being blocked."

"Why, are you afraid that you can't win?"

"I'm afraid they're not here to fight... By the way, what do you want from me?"

Milan smiled and hooked his finger: "Follow me!"

Xia Tian looked at the open door of Milan’s house and said, “You made it clear.”

"What are you afraid of?!" Milan rolled his eyes, "I have something to give you!"

"Do you have something for me?" Xia Tian followed her into the house.

Milan was overjoyed: He's coming in, he's coming in! Hey, he's taken another big step forward!
In the summer, I couldn't help but take a few glances when I entered the house. It was quite tidy... The bedroom door was half open, and I could see a bed surrounded by a white mosquito net.

"Look, this is it!" Milan handed the thing in his arms to Xia Tian.

Xia Tian was stunned when he saw it—guitar?!

"what is this?"

"Guitar!" Milan looked at Xia Tian with a smile.

She thinks Xia Tian looks so handsome holding a guitar.
"No, I mean, what does it mean to suddenly give me a guitar?"

To be honest, I have never received any gifts from girls.

Milan pulled out a chair and sat down: "What else is there to say? I just think you play so well, it would be a waste not to buy a guitar!"

"How much?" Xia Tian asked.

Milan was a little unhappy and lowered his eyes: "What? You want to settle accounts with me?"

Xia Tian smiled and said, "See if you paid too much."

Milan was proud again, and raised her oval face. "I'm a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative. I bought it at a department store through an older sister. She said it was a Yangcheng brand."

I checked it out in the summer, and it's the Hongmian brand, which is indeed from Guangzhou. It's one of the few domestic guitar brands now.

"How much did it cost?"

"42 yuan, is that too much?"

"almost."

"Then play a song quickly!" Milan smiled brightly, brighter than the sunshine outside the window.

"What do you want to hear?" Xia Tian asked.

I’m merciful today and let you request a song.

"Ah? You know all of them?" Milan widened his eyes.

"That's about right." Even if you haven't practiced before, you can still learn the music easily. What do you think is called absolute pitch?

"Then...then play a toast song!" Milan said.

Xia Tian nodded and said, "Toast Song" is good, but if it was a popular song, it would be a bit inappropriate to use guitar.

He said, "Let me make it clear in advance that I cannot have this guitar. It is too expensive."

42 yuan is already a worker’s monthly salary.

Milan’s salary should be around thirty yuan, which is one and a half months’ salary.

Milan was a little disappointed, but she had thought that Xia Tian might not want it, so she was prepared.

"You sing first!"

"The wine is fragrant and the songs are flying, my friend, please have a drink..."

After Xia Tian finished singing, Milan started clapping, his eyes sparkling and his face full of excitement, "You sang really well, and played the guitar well too! Oh, how come you sang so beautifully! It's even better than the one on the radio!"

Xia Tian waved his hand and said, "Stop flattering me. Teacher Li on the radio sings bel canto, and what I sing is... popular singing style." Popular singing style had not been proposed back then.

But Milan doesn't know anyway.

Milan reached out and touched the guitar. The metal strings made a clanging sound, giving people a special feeling.

"You really don't want it?"

"It's too expensive. How about I give you money?" Xia Tian said.

"Forget it, I won't give it to you... If you don't want it, just teach me how to play it. It can't be wasted like this, right? If you don't want it, I'll play it myself!"

Milan’s eyes were narrowed from laughing, and she looked like a little fox just like her best friend Yu Beibei.

Xia Tian: Okay, wait for me here? !
After thinking for a while, Xia Tian nodded: "Okay."

"It's a deal!" Milan jumped up from his chair excitedly.

"Keep your word."

"Then play a few more songs for me. Play whatever you want! Okay?" Milan said with a flattering expression.

"Okay." Xia Tian thought about it and plucked the strings.

"…But baby, life is more than just this.
We are here to feel the sun, watch the sunset and the rising tide.
Listen to the evening wind singing everything, the leaves will turn yellow, and everything will be as usual. "

"I understand you
You are strong enough, sometimes you get a little nervous, but fortunately you don't surrender.

Release your anxiety and have a sweet dream

You always have wings.
Little fish also have their own ocean!"

A song Milan had never heard before, or rather, a song she had never even felt this way about.

Completely different from the songs nowadays, it is so soft and touching.

The song seemed to penetrate into my heart from my ears and then surge into my eyes...

An indescribable feeling made Milan quiet down. He even forgot about the summer in front of him and was completely immersed in the singing.

The piano stopped for a long time before Milan reacted. Her eyes were red and she asked in a low voice, "What's the name of this song?"

"It's called...'This Little Fish Cares.'" Xia Tian replied.

Milan was a little dazed. After meeting Xia Tian, ​​she had been collecting information about him, including the articles he had published before, and she had also subscribed to "Children's Literature".

The article published in "Children's Literature" in October summer is called "This Little Fish Cares".

There is a story about a child who throws stranded fish back into the sea. Someone advises him to save a few of the stranded fish. Who cares?

The child replied: "This little fish cares, this little fish cares, this little fish also cares..."

For Xiaoyu, this action that no one cares about is the hand of destiny that saves himself!
Milan seemed to see again the golden figure on the wall in the sunshine that afternoon.

I am this little fish!

Milan opened his arms to hug Xia Tian, ​​but Xia Tian was startled and quickly stepped back, blocking Milan with his guitar: "Hey? What are you doing?"

Milan quickly put down his hand and looked at the ceiling awkwardly: You are so impulsive, Milan, we agreed to take one step at a time, and you still want to achieve everything in one day?!
Keep calm and remember to fight a protracted war!

……

Since buying this red cotton guitar, Xia Tian has taken on the job.

Milan often comes to this room in the name of learning guitar, and stays there for hours, wishing he could live here forever.

I became more and more familiar with him, and often sat at his desk in the summer to read what he wrote, or admire his sketches, gouaches, or oil paintings.

She discovered that Xia Tian not only understood music and writing, but could also draw!
Especially when painting oil paintings, starting from when the base color is applied to the canvas layer by layer, there is a tedious and complicated ritual. She didn't dare to say a word while watching from the side.

She also saw the painting of "Ne Zha" that was put away by Xia Tian and which had scared Ma Xiaojun at the time.

Poor Liu Yiku, he always tries to show his affection every time they meet, but Milan just ignores him...

Yu Beibei said that love makes people lost~
Although Xiatian didn't want it, the red cotton guitar actually never left Xiatian's room - Milan said it was for the convenience of learning the guitar.

Xia Tian gave Milan the frog-eye glasses that Ye Jing had given him to show off, as a return gift.

Xia Tian: Oh, this is not taking one step at a time, this is boiling a frog in warm water! I’m only 13!
"If you use the energy you spend on me instead of studying, you will definitely be able to get into a good university and have a bright future!" Xia Tian was speaking frankly.

Milan smiled and leaned back in his chair to show off his weapons: "No, I feel sleepy when I read the textbooks~ Hehe~"

In late October, something happened - the Young Pioneers were rebuilt, and "We Are the Successors of Communism" was determined as the team song!

Of course they have to study in middle school in the summer - the age limit for Young Pioneers to leave the team is 14 years old.

When she came back, Xia Tian sang softly, and suddenly she wanted to laugh while singing.

Milan came at this time: "I heard you singing, what are you laughing at?"

Xia Tian asked Milan: "Do you think we are the successors of communism?"

"Of course!" Milan blurted out.

Even though misfortune has happened in his family, Milan remains steadfast in his views.

Just like the song “Without the Communist Party, there would be no new Z country”!
Xia Tian nodded. This new world, gained with the blood and sacrifice of the martyrs, must not be handed over to others!
I found that many readers brought the heroine into Ning Jing, just by using her image.

The heroine should be the character of Milan!

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(End of this chapter)