Return to the Road of God

Jiang Bing found many guitar song tapes, taught himself the staff of guitar music, memorized while listening, and played all the classic old songs that are still popular in this era with guitar.

He never knew that he could be so happy when he devoted himself to doing one thing. He touched the strings and opened his eyes, sang a song and closed his eyes, hummed a ditty while eating, and thought about the score while sleeping. Bewitched.

Jiang Bing suddenly understood why Ye Yufan was able to paint so desperately. He was not deliberately forcing himself to do it, but was naturally addicted to it; If you stop, you will feel uncomfortable.

After a period of time, Jiang Bing has reached a state where he can't feel at ease if he doesn't touch the strings every day.

Jiang Bing stared at his right hand. There were five Band-Aids wrapped on five fingers. It was because of his excessive practice that his skin was broken and bleeding, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable for the time wasted in the past.

Why did I feel this state for the first time after living for so many years?

If I could get to know Ye Yufan earlier, if I could realize that I like singing and music earlier, if I could start working hard earlier, that would be great!

If so, maybe it is already very powerful now, maybe it can make a lot of money!

In fact, it is not... Jiang Bing asked himself, is learning to play the piano and sing now to make money?

Although at the beginning it was indeed because of that idea that I bought a guitar to learn to play and sing, but with the practice during this period, when I was immersed in the joy of learning, and when one piece after another flowed out of my hands, what I gained from it The sense of accomplishment overwhelmed all other thoughts, as if every cell in my body was shouting "Singing is so cool" and "I love music so much"!

However, what should you do if you suddenly don't like it one day?

Jiang Bing knows what kind of person he is. There are too many hot things in 3 minutes from childhood to adulthood. Thinking that he may no longer like to sing or play the guitar in the future, Jiang Bing suddenly panicked. He didn't want to lose this state ——This kind of state makes him feel that his whole life is full of hope.

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Yufan asked Jiang Bing who was in a daze.

At this moment, the two were sitting on the edge of the river embankment where they met for the first time. The sun was shining brightly and the river was shining golden. Ye Yufan used pens and watercolors to paint a picture of the sunset by the river as he wished.

"Do you like painting?" Jiang Bing asked suddenly, "Although you said that painting is to find memories, in fact you love painting very much, right?"

Ye Yufan was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, I like it."

Jiang Bing asked: "Do you like studying more or painting more?"

Ye Yufan: "These two are different."

Jiang Bing: "What's the difference?"

"Study is arranged from the beginning, we have no right to choose, and learning is more purposeful, there are many exams in school, unit exams, monthly exams, mock exams, mid-term and final exams... every stage Learning is carried out with the goal of taking exams, and there is no need to think about what will happen in the future. As long as you do well in the exams before you, you can be admitted to a good university. In that environment, it is very difficult for people to lose their way." Ye Yufan flipped Flipping through the sketchbook, he said, "But drawing is my own choice. Now, everything depends on myself. No matter what I want to draw, whether it is good or not, and what I want to aim for, I have to judge by myself."

Jiang Bing: "If one day, you don't want to paint, what should you do?"

Ye Yufan pondered for a moment, and said: "When I was studying, I never thought about the problem of 'what if I stop studying', and then I stopped reading, and somehow fell in love with painting, so I thought, if one day I don't paint Now, I will definitely do another thing... What does it matter? As long as you try your best to do everything, there is nothing to regret. Who said that you have to do one thing for the rest of your life?"

Jiang Bing stared blankly at the distance for a while, then heaved a long sigh of relief.

In mid-May, Ye Yufan was sketching on the street, and a passer-by bought his sketchbook for [-] yuan.

On the same day, when Jiang Bing was sketching with Ye Yufan, he earned the second sum of money in his "singing career". The man listened to Jiang Bing sing three songs and gave him one yuan.

So, Ye Yufan invited Jiang Bing to have a meal, and Jiang Bing bought Ye Yufan a pencil.

At the end of May, surrounded by passers-by, Jiang Bing held his first small "concert" in a small open space on Xiaozi Street.

In fact, it was originally just a routine gathering of the Bingyu Gang. Jiang Bing sang a song for everyone with his guitar in his arms.

So Jiang Bing started singing, from Laolang's "Love in the Wind and Dust" to Xu Wei's "Elsewhere", from Luo Dayou's "Dream Man" to Yu Dong's "Time Flow", singing the songs he learned during these days over and over.

Ye Yufan stood not far away, holding a sketchbook, and drew the handsome young man in the crowd.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the wisteria trees are in full bloom.No one would have guessed that the price of this painting would be skyrocketed in the auction market in the future, and it was finally auctioned off at a sky-high price of 800 million.

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The two were carefree all day long, and Jiang Bing had almost forgotten what he had worried about. Just when he thought Ye Yufan would always be by his side, Ye Yufan suddenly told him that he might have to leave.

Jiang Bing asked in shock: "Where are you going?"

Ye Yufan said, "Go abroad."

The moment he heard these words, Jiang Bing's face could be said to be a little scary. For a young man who had never been out of the city since he was born, the two words "going abroad" were almost the same as "farewell to life and death"!What's more, in that era, going abroad was a very beautiful thing, and ordinary people would not even think about it.

"You...you want to go abroad?" Jiang Bing's expression was not so much anger, but despair. He hoped that Ye Yufan was joking.

"Well," Ye Yufan said solemnly, "Last week, my dad had a talk with me."

It turns out that Ye Yufan's spirit and body have basically recovered since the beginning of the year, so Ye's father and Ye's mother considered persuading him to return to school.After all, they had placed great expectations on their son, and now even if he can no longer be as good as before, he should return to the right track.

But Ye Yufan kept running away.

In April, a student of Ye’s father in country A came back to Ningcheng to visit him. The other party studied a master’s degree in education after going abroad and has now settled abroad. He has heard that Teacher Ye’s son is very good. This time, I casually inquired about Ye Yufan's situation, and I was taken aback when I inquired about it. I didn't expect such a bizarre thing to happen to Ye Yufan.

Father Ye told him that Ye Yufan was painting by himself now and refused to go back to his original high school, saying he wanted to learn painting.

"If you want to learn painting, let him learn it! How can such an excellent child be separated from the educational environment!" The other party said at the time.

However, the art schools in China are not very popular in Ye's father and mother's opinion, so the other party suggested that Ye's father let Ye Yufan study abroad.

"The study environment abroad is very good, especially the International College, and foreign students will not look at Ye Yufan in a different light just because he has that kind of disease, not to mention Xiao Yu's conditions are so good, it is not as easy as you think to apply for going abroad Disaster!"

Father Ye was a little moved by what he said, and the other party asked him how Ye Yufan was doing with painting, and asked him to find his son to copy some practice works for him.At that time, Ye Yufan also remembered that his father had asked him to read the sketchbook a month ago, but he did not expect that they were already considering letting him go abroad.

Father Ye's students were very caring. After he returned to country A, he found information on several excellent art schools and sent them to Father Ye, and told him that he had personally gone to one of the art schools with Ye Yufan's practice work. My teacher saw Ye Yufan's paintings and admired them very much, saying that Ye Yufan is very talented.

The other party promised that if Ye Yufan meets all the application requirements, the other party will not only admit him, but may also give him a certain amount of scholarship.

"I've checked, and these five art schools are all ranked very high in country A. I asked about the fifth-ranked state art school in G State. You can apply for cultural courses up to the level of junior high school graduation. The schooling period is eight years. Graduation Afterwards, I have a bachelor’s degree, and other schools are similar, so you can apply for all of them in five copies, and I can be Xiao Yu’s guarantor in country A.”

Father Ye was overjoyed, and quickly talked to Ye Yufan about it.

Ye Yufan was touched. To be honest, being able to continue to receive education is very attractive to him, especially in a brand new environment.

In fact, every time he went to class with Jiang Xue, Ye Yufan felt empty and guilty. He wanted a sense of belonging and truly became a part of them.

After hesitating for a week, Ye Yufan finally told Jiang Bing about it.

"It's not confirmed yet!" Jiang Bing said frantically, "Didn't you apply yet?"

Ye Yufan glanced at him: "Do you think I can't apply?"

"..." That's right, as long as it's something Ye Yufan wants to do, he can definitely do it, Jiang Bing said in frustration, "So, you will definitely go?"

Ye Yufan said: "That's not necessarily the case. My dad said that there is a part of the chance of getting a visa, it depends on luck."

Jiang Bing: "..."

Ye Yufan glanced at Jiang Bing again: "Are you cursing my visa application?"

Jiang Bing said angrily: "You know..."

Ye Yufan interrupted him: "I know, I can't bear to part with you either."

Jiang Bing was silently depressed, why couldn't he be reluctant to be alone with "I"...

"Hey, as a friend, I should bless you. Think about it. In the future, I will say that my younger brother has gone abroad to study painting. Dora!" Jiang Bing smiled wryly.

Ye Yufan: "Hehe..."

After being speechless for a while, Jiang Bing asked, "Will you miss me... us?"

Ye Yufan: "I haven't left yet..."

Jiang Bing: "..."

Ye Yufan: "...I will think about it."

Jiang Bing: "Do you want to tell Xiaoxue?" Actually Xiaoxue likes you, Jiang Bing swallowed the second half of the sentence.

Ye Yufan: "Not for the time being, Wu Fei, Wei Ge, and the others don't tell them yet."

Jiang Bing: "Oh." Then why did you tell me first to make me feel uncomfortable... Jiang Bing suddenly wanted to sing a song-why is it always me who gets hurt!

Once the decision was made, Ye Yufan started the application process. If he wants to catch up with the school year in August this year, he only has two more months left.

Ye Yufan carefully studied the application materials and found that the conditions of the five schools were similar. The minimum requirement for the level of cultural subjects was junior high school graduation. Ye Yufan only studied in high school for three months, which was hardly counted. However, students with this level can only apply for admission. Read first grade.

Take the No. [-] Royal Academy of Arts in country A as an example. The professional fine arts education system is eight years, divided into three levels: primary, junior, and senior. Students can apply for any grade according to their own strength.

In the two years of elementary school, I basically started from scratch, all of which are compulsory courses, and its admission requirements are also the lowest. Even students without any art skills can apply, but these students need to provide a personal statement, which is like expressing A letter of desire to learn; three years of middle school, at the level of basic courses, you can also choose courses within the school. Chinese students are required to complete the study of high school and above, and need a certain amount of art skills; three years of high school are directed learning, including sculpture and oil painting , printmaking, watercolor, art history and other schools, the application requirements are also higher.

Ye Yufan thought it over and came up with a bold idea.

"Dad, I want to go back to school and make up all the exams for the first year of high school." Ye Yufan said to Father Ye, "If you have the grades for the first year of high school, you can directly apply for the middle school, and the schooling period can be shortened by two years."