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Chapter 37 I was still careless

"Huo Ming, how do you do things? How can you let your classmates bring food? Come in and sit down."

Chen Suniang felt a little nervous, so she wiped her hands with the hem of her apron and hurried to greet them.

"Hello, Auntie." Ding Yu and Gu Xiaoran called out together.

"Okay, okay, Xiaoyu, you haven't been here for a while..." She glanced at Gu Xiaoran, "This..."

Qiu Huoming held a net bag in one hand and a paper bag in the other, and replied with a smile: "My classmate Gu Xiaoran has extracurricular activities in the afternoon, so we just came over to eat together."

Qiu Jianshe then came out from the inner room and asked, "What extracurricular activities?"

"Hello, uncle." Ding Yu and Gu Xiaoran called out together again.

They looked at each other and said that this was the bad thing about being at a friend's house: it felt restrained.

"You keep asking questions like this and that, aren't you afraid that the child will dislike you? Don't answer him, the little girl is so pretty!" Chen Suniang was afraid that Gu Xiaoran would feel uncomfortable, so she interrupted Qiu Jianshe's words. This little girl played a great role in her son becoming so sensible.

She smiled and said, "Sit anywhere you want, and treat this place as your home."

There were originally only two dishes and one soup on the table, stir-fried vegetables, stir-fried green peppers with dried tofu, and egg soup. Now there were two more dishes brought by Gu Xiaoran, one was braised lion's head and the other was mushroom meat slices, which looked delicious.

"Big sister, little sister, serve your meal and go back to your room to eat first. Let your brother and his classmates have a good chat in the living room." Chen Suniang turned to look at Qiu Jianshe, "Old Qiu, let's go out for a walk after dinner..."

The eldest sister came out of the room after hearing this, first greeted Gu Xiaoran and the others, then nodded to her mother: "Then my sister and I will go into the room to eat."

Qiu Huoming couldn't help laughing when he saw his mother's arrangement. "Don't leave. This is such a big scene. It's too scary. The three of us will go to my little room. You guys can eat in the old place."

He bent down and picked up the small square table in the living room. Although the small room was not big, it was still big enough for three people.

Ding Yu helped out and followed with a small stool.

Qiu Huoming went into the kitchen and took out three enamel bowls. According to the style of rice with gravy, he put the rice into small bowls and turned them upside down on the plates. Then he used the serving chopsticks to pick up some of each dish.

Three pots of rice with toppings are ready.

He took out three sesame cakes and gave the rest to Chen Suniang, "Mom, I bought them all for you, one for each of you."

"Great!" The younger sister took the bag in her hand first. She was less and less afraid of this elder brother now, and looked at Qiu Huoming with admiration.

"Then Hongshuang, you are responsible for getting our mother to eat a sesame cake, can you do it?"

"Yes." The younger sister responded crisply.

Chen Suniang scolded, "How can I snatch food from you kids?"

Qiu Huoming ignored her and looked directly at his younger sister, who immediately realized, "I'll watch mom finish eating, then I'll eat."

"Ah, very good."

Qiu Huoming praised her, then turned around and brought the rice with Ding Yu into the small room.

He turned around and served three more bowls of soup, and all the empty bowls in the house were used up in an instant.

Gu Xiaoran sat on a small stool and looked at the rice on the small square table with shining eyes, "It's fun to share food this way."

While waiting for the meal, she had already looked around the small room. She pointed at the guitar hanging at the end of the bed and asked, "Can you play the guitar?"

"Huozi can only play cotton." Ding Yu interrupted.

"Don't worry, I'm very good at beating cotton." Qiu Huoming hooked his foot on the stool and sat down. "Eat, it's getting cold."

After all, the small room was some distance away from the living room, and out of the sight of their elders. Ding Yu and Gu Xiaoran suddenly felt relaxed all over, and their movements became more casual.

"Hey, I just brought back a tape. Let you guys listen to it. I don't even know what songs are on it."

"Okay, then we have a musical lunch! Advanced!" Ding Yu immediately clapped his hands.

Qiu Huoming stood up and took out the tape that Sister Li gave him from his schoolbag.

After inserting the card into the slot, press the play button.

After the brisk prelude, a melodious female voice sounded:

"The sun rises over the Songshan Pass, and the morning bell startles the birds.

The brook in the forest gurgles, and the grass on the slope is green

The wild fruits are fragrant and the flowers are gorgeous, the dogs are jumping and the sheep are running

Raise the whip and gently wave it, the little song floats all over the mountain..."

The sound echoed in the small room. Ding Yu was mesmerized by it. In his mind, he could not help but imagine the charming image of the shepherdess standing under the peach blossoms herding sheep.

"I plan to use this song as my main hit. After all, in our small county, Shaolin Temple is definitely more famous than those singers from Taiwan." Qiu Huoming said.

Gu Xiaoran nodded, "I agree."

After this song ended, there were a few more trendy songs, but for Qiu Huoming, who was used to listening to golden songs, he still looked down on them.

After finishing his meal, Qiu Huoming cleared away the dishes, went into the inner room and whispered with Qiu Jianshe for a while before returning to his humble room.

After listening to both sides of the tape, he reached out and turned off the recorder.

"What time do we leave?"

"It's not a good idea to go too early. Let's leave at 2 o'clock."

Gu Xiaoran explained, "He was my grandmother's student. His last name was Zhou. When my grandmother was still alive, he often came to visit us and had a good relationship with our family. I came back to live here a few days ago and ran into him once. I learned that he had been transferred to the printing factory and gave me his address. I'll tell you later. I'm not familiar with this place. Please help me look for him."

Qiu Huoming looked at the alarm clock and there was still one hour left.

"How about I play the cotton for you for a while?"

"Okay, I want to listen." Gu Xiaoran agreed immediately.

Ding Yu curled his lips and said, "When the cotton is ready, you won't say that anymore."

Qiu Huoming snorted coldly, "I have worked hard for the entire winter vacation and have become a cotton-fluffing master. You should listen carefully."

He lowered his head and adjusted the sound. After a moment, he said in a broadcasting voice: "This song is from the talented musician Luo Dayou from Taiwan. The song is called "Your Appearance". I dedicate it to everyone..."

Ding Yu held his stomach and laughed out loud, but Gu Xiaoran gave him some applause out of respect.

The strings were gently plucked by the fingertips, and the boy's clean, clear voice echoed in the humble room along with the chords:

"I heard someone's voice, like the whimpering river in the dream. I saw someone's footsteps going away, covering up the sad eyes when saying goodbye. What I don't understand is why you are willing to let the wind and dust carve your appearance..."

"That sad song always wakes me up in my dreams, telling me some sad memories of the past... I don't understand why the world can never dissolve your appearance..."

"You remain unchanged standing in the vast world, while the clever child holds a fragile lantern..."

This is one of Qiu Huoming's favorite songs and the one he practices the most.

When the last note faded into the air, the small room fell into an eerie silence.

Ding Yu recovered and looked at the guitar in Qiu Huoming's hand in surprise, "Is it too late for me to work hard now?"

"I'm afraid it will be too late to even bleed!" Qiu Huoming replied dimly.

"It sounds nice." After a long silence, Gu Xiaoran suddenly spoke.

Then she asked, "Is the singer you are talking about Luo Dayou?"

Qiu Huoming nodded. This April, Luo Dayou will release his first album "Zhihuzheya". It is this album that laid the foundation for him to become the godfather of Taiwan music. Before that, he mostly wrote songs for others. For example, in Zhang Aijia's album released last year, "Childhood" and "Story of Time" were both written by him.

"That tape of Sylvia Chang that you gave me contained some of the songs he wrote..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly froze. No, there was no song called "Your Appearance" in the album "Zhihuzheya". It was also produced in the 80s, so this song should have been released later, almost closer to the 90s.

He looked away feeling guilty, thinking that he was too careless.

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