But unwilling to see the scenery

The shops in this row have only one storey, and when Jiang Nuo arrived at the attic on the babbling stairs, the boss had just brought the cat that ran out and pressed the vcd machine back to its nest.

It was an orange cat. It was already big, and it was fed very fat. When it ran out to have fun, it punched hard, and when it was hugged by the boss, it was obsequious, and the hair on its belly was shiny.

Jiang Nuo couldn't help touching it, and the boss saw that he was not afraid, so he didn't put the cat back.The attic is small, with five or six cat litters occupying most of the area. The boss took the orange cat into his arms and sat on the cat's soft nest freely, telling Jiang Nuo to sit wherever he sees fit.

Jiang Nuo then sat on a tatami mat.Looking up and looking around, I noticed that the attic is actually full of old posters, all of which are American rappers and teams from the last century, each smoking, drinking and tattooing, which is in stark contrast to the cat litter that was added later.

What made Jiang Nuo even more curious was the VCD, the light was still on, and there was a row of slender blue-ray screens next to the pause button, displaying the name of the disc in the machine and the singer: wutangclan.

Wutangclan is translated as Wudang Clan, a rap team in the United States in the 90s of last century.Hong Kong action movies were once all the rage in the United States. The team chose this name, which shows that it was also deeply influenced by Shaw Brothers movies at that time.

But the boss didn't talk about music with Jiang Nuo.Seeing that Jiang Nuo also likes to touch the cat in his arms, the boss kept talking about cats, and he talked about the snacks they usually eat for 10 minutes, which made Jiang Nuo feel a little hungry and wanted to eat boiled beef Tenderloin and dried chicken breasts.

Jiang Nuo looked at the boss who was overwhelmed with joy, and suddenly understood why he was so happy, and even believed that even if the world was destroyed in the next second, he would survive with the cat in his hand.

Jiang Nuo said, "You are different from what I imagined."

The boss asked curiously: "Then what kind of me do you imagine?"

"...At least not like this." Jiang Nuo scratched her hair, embarrassed.If Yan Ruoyu hadn't told him that the boss was the first person to pray insincerely, he would have no way of connecting this kind and simple middle-aged man in front of him with the diss more than 20 years ago.

Those few songs that turned out to be out of nowhere are not outdated even now, Jiang Nuo took a deep breath and said, "I thought you would be...an angry person."

The boss hugged the cat, still smiling.Even though he was just smiling, the corners of his eyes were wrinkled.

"I was, I was, for a while," the boss said after a pause, "but I'm approaching 50 now."

Jiang Nuo was a little surprised.

He originally thought that the boss was at most 40 years old. The vest of insincere prayer has existed for nearly 20 years. He always thought that the founder would be a young man of his age. He did not expect that when he posted a song on the Internet, he would already be here. age.

"So you know why I use a voice changer." The boss touched the cat in his hand and regretted, "I was 30 years old at the time, and I only dared to secretly diss others behind my back, and I didn't want to stand in the battle field and face myself real voice."

Jiang Nuo's cognition was completely overturned.

"We have always thought you are a hero." Jiang Nuo seemed to be trying to save the image that was gradually collapsing in his heart, and said, "You write words very well, every word is precise, and it hits the nail on the head."

"You write very well, too." The boss raised his eyebrows before listening to the song "makeitshit", nodded and commented, "I don't see anger in you either."

Like a kind elder, the boss said: "You are very tired. As Yan Ruoyu said, you have been alone for too long."

Jiang Nuo opened his mouth.It wasn't exhaustion that swept him over at that moment, but the back figure of Yan Ruoyu sitting at the table when he turned his head for the last time on the stairs.

"There is no need to be so tired, you have done a good job." The boss believed in Jiang Nuo's ability to bear, and told him more unknown stories.

He put the cat on a wooden table against the wall, opened the drawer, and showed Jiang Nuo the ticket stubs hidden inside.Those freestyle battle competitions are all from the last century, the boss has participated in no less than [-] games, but ashamed to say, he has never won a championship.

Jiang Nuo looked through the yellowed competition certificates and photos, but couldn't understand why he lost every game. The boss said it was very simple. Every time he picked up the microphone, he couldn't pass his own test.

The boss said: "I can't scold mf."

“We had an old saying back then that a good rapper would eventually become a poet, and a good battlemc would be tempered into a warrior. In battle, language is the fist of battlemc, and swear words are definitely the hardest blow in fighting. "

"But no matter how I prepare mentally, I stand on the court and there are so many people watching me off the court, I just can't swear."

The boss told Jiang Nuo that although he only dissed in the vest of an insincere prayer when he was 30 years old, he started listening to rap and freestyle battle competitions when he was [-] or [-] years old.He still still remembers the shock of listening to hiphop for the first time. When the traditional culture and education were still working tirelessly, the parents and sages of the world said that young people in their era came into contact with Western rock and black horror. It turns out that there is still a kind of music in this world. Call the black fear ah.On the other side of the ocean, black brothers used their black fear culture to rush out of the slums and have their own place in the white-dominated society.

The boss said: "This kind of freedom, self-esteem, and self-confidence are too tempting for the young people of our era, so college students write poetry, play rock, and form bands. Those of us who have not studied much, just play rap , freestyle."

The boss said: "I undoubtedly like this culture. I was really angry at that time, because I couldn't understand what happened to this era, and why I couldn't live a good life. The naked and real freestyle battle of others gave me a lot. Consolation, but when I was on stage, I couldn't say those two words at all."

When Jiang Nuo asked why, the boss laughed it off, and asked something out of place: "Maybe I still have too many oriental things in my bones."

He hugged the cat in his arms again, sat down on the ground and said to Jiang Nuo: "Since it's all here, it's better to make you completely disillusioned with me."

Jiang Nuo didn't understand why he said that at first, so the boss asked him: "Who gave you the account passwords for those who prayed insincerely?"

Jiang Nuo told him truthfully that it was all five or six years ago. He had just been admitted to university and had a dormitory, but he had nothing in common with his roommates, so he always liked to run to Jiang Shan’s rented house, making accompaniment recordings every day, In addition to the neighbors who came to knock on their door, there was also a migrant worker who was about to return to his hometown and was a round older than them.

"The account number was given by him." Jiang Nuo said, "He saw that we made songs every day but didn't post a single song, so he told us the NetEase cloud login password of this vest. He encouraged us and hoped that we would be more confident. If we are not confident enough, Just use this vest to post a song, and he promises that no matter what he sings, there will be 999+ tap water in the comment area."

The boss said: "But none of you use this vest to release songs casually,"

Jiang Nuo said: "You are a role model, so we all respect this vest."

The boss lifted the cat up, hung it around his neck to play with it, and said, "Then if I tell you that this vest was hacked after I was useless, do you still think I am a role model?"

Jiang Nuo opened his mouth, speechless in astonishment, the boss continued: "All along, you have inherited this vest spontaneously, and it has nothing to do with me."

The boss says:

"The existence of this account was originally a sign of my cowardice,

It is immortal because you persevered. "

"...Why did you tell me this?" Jiang Nuo was stunned, and touched his forehead with his hand, his forehead was hot, and his palm was cold.

"Because I also watch that reality show." The boss said, "After Yan Ruoyu found me, he told me the spoiler, saying that your group eliminated two at once, and your vitality was greatly damaged. I hope I can do ideological work for you and cheer you up." One is one."

The boss shook his head, sighed and said, "I'm not a successful person, I'm just an ordinary person, I can't say anything nice, but after living for so many years, I really understand a truth—"

The boss took out the wutangclan disc and gave it to Jiang Nuo: "Being yourself may not make people live a good life, but blindly covering up the real self will definitely not lead a good life."

"As long as you can seize the opportunity, every era is the best era," the boss finally said to him, "Don't waste your youth and talent, be your own generation's own rap."

It was almost one in the morning when Jiang Nuo and the boss went downstairs one after the other. He thought that Yan Ruoyu would be sleepy and lay down on the table to rest. Unexpectedly, he was staring at the phone with radiance, but the two Cole ducks on the table were cuddling each other. , sleeping soundly.

"The chat is over." Yan Ruoyu looked up at them, then continued to look at the phone.Jiang Nuo thought he was dealing with something important, but when he got closer, he realized that he was reading netizens' opinions and comments on various players. The average person in the comment area was eight miles underground champion, and eight out of ten were all about yin and yang, saying that Lin Huai fought hard. Dad, Yan Ruoyu fights for beauty, Song Zhouxiu fights for high-end personality, Baima fights for political correctness, no one fights for strength anyway...

Jiang Nuo knew that Yan Ruoyu couldn't get sand in his eyes, and he was afraid that he would quarrel with netizens, so he persuaded him, "Don't get angry with others online."

"I don't waste time with keyboard warriors, I just think they are quite interesting. These people have worked so hard in real life to be so poisonous online." Yan Ruoyu said confidently, "But it doesn't matter if it's a real battle, I can hit ten of them!"

Jiang Nuo didn't believe it, so Yan Ruoyu performed live, and casually replied under a comment that Lin Huai was fighting for his father: Don't be sour here just because you don't have a father.

That lover got into a fight with Yan Ruoyu: You don't have a father, and a selfie you take is a family portrait.

Yan Ruoyu is not to be outdone: My son is rebellious, hey, it's my fault for raising him, so hurry up and admit my mistake.

Jiang Nuo: "..."

After Yan Ruoyu replied, he felt relieved, put his mobile phone in his pocket, and he was a good boy in front of his elders again, bowing slightly to the boss, thanking him for his hospitality.

"It's okay, no trouble." The boss was enthusiastic, seeing that they liked the two ducks, he asked, "Do you want to take them back?"

Jiang Nuo waved his hands again and again, absolutely not daring to ask for such an expensive gift.But the boss caught the longing in Yan Ruoyu's eyes and said, "Then take an egg back."

He walked to the operating table, bent down and got up again, with a small poultry incubator in his hand.

"The Cole duck egg inside will break its shell in about three days." The boss wrote a few small characters next to the date on the eggshell with a marker, and sent it to Jiang Nuo. He joked and said seriously, "Come on, this hip-hop egg" Holy eggs for you."

Jiang Nuo's kindness was hard to refuse, so he had no choice but to accept it. Seeing that he was so reluctant, Yan Ruoyu pouted to accept it, and said, "If you don't support me, I will support you."

Jiang Nuo looked at Yan Ruoyu with wonderful eyes, and he didn't believe that he could take good care of pets.

It was too late at night, and after a few more conversations, the boss sent them out, Yan Ruoyu put the incubator in the trunk, Jiang Nuo stood in front of the co-driver, his hands were already on the handle, he turned his head, and finally asked what he wanted the most. do not understand.

Jiang Nuo asked, "How did you let go of the past and continue living?"

The wind is blowing, and the green sycamore leaves are rustling. Standing alone in the wind, the boss is not lonely and desolate. On the contrary, he is very ordinary, very ordinary, and very real.

"I got married a few years ago." The boss pointed to the clothing store next to the coffee shop, "My wife works in this store during the day, she likes cats very much, she likes watching dramas and variety shows, so many seasons of rap reality shows , both of us watched it together, she was there when Yan Ruoyu found this place a few days ago, and she was so excited to let him sign it."

He told Jiang Nuo his current situation in a... very ordinary tone, and there was a smile on his face again, the whole person was still so ordinary, so ordinary, so real.

Jiang Nuo didn't even know his name, and he never asked who Jiang Nuo was, but he blessed: "Don't be discouraged, young man."

That's what he called Yan Ruoyu and Jiang Nuo who got in the car. The old and new generations met and separated in Shanghai's streets full of sycamore trees.The golden age is gone, and the golden age is never gone.

"To win," he waved, and finally said to the two people in the car, "the future is yours, young man!"