Second Piano Concerto

In the evening, the motorcycle sent them to the entrance of a small village at the foot of the mountain.This is already the hinterland of the mountainous area. The human villages are small and far away from each other. The villages built on the mountain are like tiny shells attached to the reef, soaked in the vast green ocean.The four settled the money with the motorcycle drivers, and the motorcycle team turned around and returned along the way in the twilight.The roar of the motor gradually faded away, and soon disappeared completely. In this mountain, they were completely isolated from the sound of machinery, and replaced by a vibrant tranquility.

Xiao Hei said that they need to stay in a small village for one night, and they will continue their journey tomorrow morning, and they will go up the mountain from this place. They can only ride horses or mules, and their mobile phones cannot receive signal.

Tan Shuo and Zhao Fei are very experienced in communication in such remote areas, so they were not surprised at all when they heard this, and just nodded to show they understood.But Qin Haiou was a little worried.He has been so busy with excitement these days, how could he have thought about these details, Yu Doudou is not familiar with this area, and he has repeatedly asked him to keep in touch before leaving, but he never thought that he would go to a place where she could not be contacted. .In this regard, Qin Haiou is different from Tan Shuo and Zhao Fei. His movements and safety are always being watched. If he casually enters a place that is out of reach of modern communication, within two days, someone outside will die suddenly.

Thinking of this, he quickly asked, "Is there a phone in the village?"

Xiao Hei smiled and said: "Yes! But there is only one telephone in the whole village, which is charged, and it was installed only last year. If you go two years earlier, you will have nothing!"

Qin Haiou breathed a sigh of relief, took out his mobile phone and saw that there was only one signal left. After thinking about it, he called Yu Doudou and explained the situation here.

The call was difficult as the signal was very poor.Yu Doudou urged Qin Haiou to call her to report her safety when she arrived in the stockade.

After Qin Haiou finished making the phone call, the three of them followed Xiao Hei to the village.This small village is built along the mountain, and you can see the end of the village from the head of the village.The villagers are all ethnic minority residents, most of whom do not understand Chinese.This area is far away from the town and has not been included in the tourism development plan. There is not even a small restaurant in the village, let alone a hotel for outsiders to stay.Fortunately, Xiao Hei is a local, and he took them to find a house with ease. The four of them ate something casually, and spent the night in a room with very simple conditions.

Early the next morning, Xiao Hei asked the head of the household to rent two horses and two mules, and the four of them rode separately, led by the head of the household, and they formed a team and began to climb the mountain.

The road up the mountain is not dangerous, but it is not easy to pass.The road is narrow and steep, and it continues to climb. There is no flat place for people to stop and rest. Once the horses and mules are on the road, it is difficult to turn around, let alone retreat, and they can only go up without stopping.The back of the mount is always tilted, and the person riding on it naturally has to relax, not only to maintain the balance of the body, but also to pay attention to the hanging luggage.Except for Xiao Hei, the other three were all nervous by the mountain road.

After climbing slowly for more than an hour, they finally stepped on a flat road halfway up the mountain, and their vision gradually widened.The small village at the foot of the mountain has long been hidden behind the undulating hillside, and the scenery ahead is very spectacular.The path stretches forward close to the lush and humid mountain wall on the left, like a small wrinkle on the majestic mountain, with mountain streams crossing the road from time to time, and occasionally waterfalls can be seen.On the right side of the road is a deep canyon. In the valley, there is a rushing Qingjiang River that is almost parallel to the high road. The snow was even above the clouds and mist, bathed in the sun and emitting a nearly golden light, covering the top of the mountain cleanly and shining, forming a strong contrast with the dark mountain body.

Looking up and down from their position, this path seems to mark the limit of human activities. out of the terraced fields.Since the road was flat, they were free to do other things at this time.Zhao Fei couldn't hold back for a long time, grabbed the camera and started taking pictures on the horse's back.Tan Shuo rode a mule in front of him, humming a little song leisurely.Qin Haiou was in front of Tan Shuo, turning his head and looking at the opposite mountain in a daze.The snow peaks on the green hills were so beautiful, he had seen similar snow peaks on the slopes of the ancient town, and wondered if they were in the same direction as this area.

There are not many sounds on the mountain road.In addition to the regular sound of hoofbeats, there are only the gurgling sound of the mountain stream, the clicking sound of the camera and the humming sound of Tan Shuo appearing alternately, and there is often a long silence between each other.Compared with the grand scene in front of him, these sounds were insignificant, so they quickly faded from Qin Haiou's consciousness.However, just as he was immersed in the magnificent scenery and inner peace, he suddenly heard a singing voice coming from the green valley, like a wisp of rising mist, coiled over the canyon.

The singing made Qin Haiou more energetic, and he looked for the singer, but the hillside below the path was full of forests and shrubs, and he could not see the fields in the distance. He stretched his neck and walked back and forth. Look, I still haven't figured out where the singing came from.The singing was free and unrestrained, like a bird circled in the air before disappearing, and the valley became quiet again.

"Did you hear that?" Qin Haiou asked Tan Shuo as he turned around on the horse's back.

Tan Shuo gave a thoughtful "hmm" and said nothing more.The singing just now reminded him of some preliminary ideas about this creation.Before setting off, he has been thinking about what this work will be like. Although the specific idea has not yet been formed, it will undoubtedly be a summary of his experience in the past ten years, whether it is his exploration of creative techniques or his creation. The accumulation of content will be reflected in this work.But that alone is not enough.Tan Shuo also needs to create a unique musical language to express his creative content.He has lived in this area for many years, and it was only after Qin Haiou came to Longjin that he regained his strength and was determined to come back. Tan Shuo hoped that this musical language would not only be suitable for himself, but also suitable for Qin Haiou and this Fang Shuitu is a native of Fang, suitable for the genre of the work and the expressive piano.It has to be original and it has to be unique.Therefore, the main purpose of Tan Shuo arranging this gathering is to further explore and excavate the local folk music language, and absorb its nutrition to help his own creation.

Seeing that Tan Shuo seemed to be thinking about something, Qin Haiou asked Xiao Hei in front if he heard what the man was singing.Xiao Hei shook his head with a smile and said, this place is a multi-ethnic mixed area, not to mention the different dialects between the villages, sometimes you can even hear different dialects just by turning over a hillside. What is it, but it sounds like a folk song sung during labor.

This little episode passed quickly, and for the next few hours, they didn't hear the singing or see anyone, they just kept on their way.At the end of the flat road, they began to climb again. They climbed one hill after another. Every time they asked Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei said, "It will be there in two more slopes."The mules and horses were sweating and panting, and the men were weary from the constant wear and tear of patience.Finally, they gave up asking and lost their attention to time, until they didn't know how many slopes they turned over, and the mountain road suddenly turned downwards, and a huge depression embedded in the mountainside appeared in front of it, like a curved leaf. Curved crescent.On the side of the valley against the mountain, houses were crowded and built, and the slightly flatter areas were all reclaimed as farmland.

"It's here!" Xiao Hei exclaimed happily.

This scene swept away the previous dullness and fatigue, and immediately restored the spirits of the other three.The downhill road leading to the depression was much easier to walk, and they quickly entered the range of the farmland. From here, they could clearly see the houses in the village, and people were working in the fields far away.

They walked along the road in the field, and at a place several hundred meters away from the gate of the village, they finally ran into a villager from the village head-on.It was a young woman in national costume, carrying a heavy-looking pole on her shoulders, walking along the path at an even and elastic pace, with two yellow dogs at her feet.

Their team ran into her, and both sides stopped. Xiao Hei greeted her in the local dialect, and the two yellow dogs kept barking at the strangers.

While talking to Xiao Hei, the woman looked at the other three with surprised and curious eyes, as if she was looking at something rare and rare that she had never seen before.After looking around, she stared at Qin Haiou up and down again, and at the same time retreated to the bottom of the field ridge to make way.

The horse and the mule strode forward.The woman yelled at the two dogs, as if telling them to stop barking, then raised her head and looked at Qin Haiou with a smile.Qin Haiou didn't know what she meant, so when he passed her by on horseback, he also looked back at her curiously.Unexpectedly, this glance made the woman open her mouth again, and shouted in blunt Chinese: "Brother!"

Qin Haiou was stunned for a moment, and just about to ask a question, the woman laughed a few times, picked up the pole, turned around and left.The two yellow dogs barked at Zhao Fei's horse's ass for a while, and then followed her.

They got off their horses in front of the gate of the village, paid the rent for the animals, carried their luggage and followed Xiao Hei inside.The dwellings in the village are scattered in different heights, and most of them are simple wooden hanging buildings, with sundries piled up on the first floor and people living on the second floor.There are slopes and paths interspersed between the hanging buildings, most of which are made of mud, and only a few places are paved with stones.It was past noon at this time, and some old people were sitting outside enjoying the sun. When they saw this group of people passing by, they all showed the same astonishment as the woman just now.Every old man is accompanied by dogs, some with one or two, some with three or four, and many local dogs wandering on the side of the road in groups, and when they see strangers, they raise their heads and bark. into one piece.Looking around, there are more dogs than people.