innocent year

The Shouhuangdian complex where the Children's Palace is located began in the Ming Dynasty, and its regulations imitated the Taimiao.If you stand on the top of Jingshan Mountain and look north, you can see Shouhuang Palace, Shouhuangmen, Di'anmen, and Drum Tower in sequence—it can be called a perfectly straight central axis of Beijing.

Qiushi was led by Feng Xiaoqing, and ran all the way in through the bridge-like palace gate.There is an open square inside, where more children gather.

After going through another door, Feng Xiaoqing stood at attention and introduced them one by one with the style and tone of a host of China Central People's Broadcasting Station: This is the stele pavilion, which is the East and West Side Hall, Yanqing Hall?, Mianxi Hall, etc. .

These complex shapes and brightly colored buildings dazzled Qiu Shi, who had just arrived, and had no idea what they were used for.

"Here, that is the Shouhuang Palace!" Feng Xiaoqing pointed to a building in the middle surrounded by white marble railings, with yellow glazed tiles, double eaves and octagonal peaks, and said proudly, "We usually sing in it."

The feeling of going to class here is completely different from that at school, so Qiu Shi felt a surge of fascination.Immediately afterwards, he followed Feng Xiaoqing, bypassing the towering verdant trees in the courtyard, ran up the high stone steps, crossed the threshold, and entered the Shouhuang Palace together.

There is a huge space inside, and the vermilion pillars are too thick for one person to hug.The roof was frighteningly high, Qiushi looked up vigorously, and there were small blue-green square grids with beautiful patterns all over it.

"You sit here," Feng Xiaoqing pointed to a row of small stools placed at the door, and added, "Parents sometimes wait here, no one will bombard you, don't worry."

The talking kung fu teacher came.She clapped her hands for a while, and the boys and girls ran over and stood in a row.

Qiushi then, as Feng Xiaoqing instructed, took their schoolbags and obediently sat on a row of stools by the door and watched them.

At this time, the afternoon sun poured into the hall from the south, wrapped Qiushi Nuannuan, and rushed towards the teachers and children.Looking at it, everyone's hair is covered with a layer of tender golden color.

"Students, we learned the song "Farewell" last week, let's review it again today. As she said, she gently raised her arms and stretched out her hands, signaling, "1, 2, 3. "

The children grinned very cooperatively, followed the rhythm uniformly, tilted their faces on the left side, and tilted their heads on the right side, and started today's practice.

"Outside the pavilion,

By the side of the ancient road,

The herbs are green.

The evening wind blows the willow flute sound,

Sunset outside the mountains.

the end of the sky,

corner of the earth,

Friends are half lost.

A jug of turbid wine fills the rest of the fun,

Don't dream cold tonight..."

The pure childish voices of boys and girls are stacked together, and there is a kind of natural beauty.Qiu Shi sat there and couldn't help humming along.Then he sang, and couldn't help thinking that if Xu Minghai was standing there, he would definitely not be honest, and he would definitely make some unusual movements before he would stop.Then Qiushi thought of his "Wandering~Wandering~", and couldn't help but secretly laughed.

"Okay," the teacher in charge clasped his hands, "I can sing all the songs, so let's divide the solo part for boys and girls today. Come, Feng Xiaoqing," the teacher signaled, "You sing the first verse."

Seeing that her deskmate was going to sing solo, Qiushi looked at her with her chin on her hands.

Feng Xiaoqing lived up to her title of "representative of the music class" and sang "Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road" sincerely and emotionally.

The teacher seemed very satisfied, and then called the roll: "Gao Yang, come to the boys' section."

The boy named Gao Yang was very festive with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but after he sang a few words loudly, he was interrupted by the teacher: "The mood is too cheerful, it's the same as "Let's Swing the Oars", "Little "Snail", "Farewell" is a song about separation.Come on, students..."

The teacher faced everyone and explained patiently: "Let's imagine together. There is a lonely pavilion at the end of a small road, and you and your best friend are standing there. The grass under your feet and the sky in the distance are one and the same. Color. At this time, the breeze blows the willow branches, bringing the faint sound of the flute. The sun is about to set, and the setting sun falls on the rolling hills. You will soon be separated, and each will go to a place far, far away. I don't know when we can meet again..."

Qiu Shi who was sitting by the side didn't know how others felt when they heard this passage, anyway, he had already involuntarily substituted himself and Xu Minghai.

The narrow road in Guting turned into an alley, and Zhou Yingying didn't know why she took her back to the village.He refused to leave, and Xu Minghai also refused to let him go, the two of them held hands and refused to let go.But after exhausting all means, we still have to part.At this time, both "Liu Hai'er" and Master Jiu came to see him off.And he was dragged out step by step like this, no matter how much he looked back, he still couldn't see anyone in the end.

The vivid picture in his mind made Qiu Shi's eyes suddenly warm, so he hurriedly used the back of his hand to drive tears to his ears.

"Okay, Gao Yang, do it again." The teacher said.

Gao Yang spoke again with a confused face, but it sounded more excited than before.The teacher sighed, so he changed to a boy, but the effect was still not good.

"Teacher!" At this moment Feng Xiaoqing raised her hand suddenly, and then pointed to the door, "Can you let him try?"

The classmates and teachers turned their heads to look sideways.

Qiushi didn't expect that he became the focus of everyone for no reason, and he stood there in a posture of wiping his tears.

"Let him try it, he has a really nice voice!" Feng Xiaoqing said, "He's my classmate from Chunfeng No. [-] Primary School."

Maybe it was the crystal clear teardrops on Qiu Shi's cheeks that touched the teacher, making her feel that she didn't play the piano to the cow in the long lyric just now, so she answered Feng Xiaoqing's fault: "Little friend, can you sing this song?"

Seeing the teacher's question, Qiu Shi hurriedly put the schoolbag aside, stood up and said, "Yes, this is the song from the movie "Old Things in the South of the City". "

"Then can you sing it again?" The teacher's tone was very gentle, "Let us listen."

Standing in such a completely strange place, Qiushi didn't want to speak to a group of strangers.But he thought again, if he were Xu Minghai, he definitely wouldn't "fall".What's more, the very kind teacher in front of me said "please", this solemn word has never been said to me by an adult.

So Qiu really encouraged herself, took a deep breath, and sang.

"...outside the long pavilion,

By the side of the ancient road,

The herbs are green.

I ask you when you will return here,

Don't linger when you come.

the end of the sky,

corner of the earth,

Friends are half lost.

Life is rarely a party,

Only parting. "

The boy's unchanging voice was clear and melodious, ethereal, with unspeakable sadness.Like a flock of pigeons with plum-blossom whistles tied to their legs, they fly by at low altitude, circling in circles, but refuse to spread their wings and leave.

The teacher's eye sockets gradually became wet, as if he remembered some people and some things.She then reassigned the paragraphs.A section by Feng Xiaoqing, a section by Qiushi, and then all the children sang in chorus.Then she picked up a metallic harmonica and played the intro.

It was a wonderful afternoon. With the light and undulating gesture of the teacher holding the harmonica to his lips, the beautiful sadness floated in the ancient hall endlessly.Qiushi just stood with everyone.For a moment he even felt that he was already one of them, and he spent every Wednesday afternoon like this.

At the end of the event, Feng Xiaoqing looked very excited and asked the teacher if he could also let Qiushi join the chorus.Qiushi couldn't help being excited when he heard this, but then he was sensitive to the embarrassment shown by the teacher.

Qiushi often sees this kind of embarrassment on Zhou Yingying's face, which makes him very experienced in rejecting this tempting proposal first.

Seeing the teacher walking away, Feng Xiaoqing immediately began to complain about Qiu Shi: "It would be great to join the chorus team! We can go out to compete, and sing to foreign guests visiting China to win glory for the country. You study so well, why do you say you don't have time? ?”

Qiushi didn't know how to explain.

Just when everyone was packing up their things and preparing to leave, a white and clean girl ran towards them.Qiushi heard Feng Xiaoqing introduce that this is her best friend - Jiang Aiyun.

"Are you Qiushi?" She said with a smile, "Feng Xiaoqing always brags about you."

Qiu Shi had greeted her, so he knew her.

"Jiang Aiyun's father sent us back," Feng Xiaoqing gestured, "Her family has a car."

"My dad has something to do today, so I asked my uncle to pick us up." Jiang Aiyun added, "However, he also has a car."

Qiushi has never taken a car, he has only taken a big bus and a big train.So he followed the two girls and walked out all the way, listening to them chatting about various strange topics, while recalling the scene of singing in the hall just now in his mind.

The three of them walked straight to the back street of Jingshan after leaving the palace gate, and after a while they saw a tall man walking towards them.He was wearing a suit jacket that is rare on the market, and he seemed to be in good spirits.

"Yunyun!" He waved to this side, and then ran over.

Seeing him, Jiang Aiyun immediately put her hips on her hips and acted coquettishly: "Uncle! I miss you so much!"

The man snorted softly as if he didn't agree, and then smiled: "Miss me? I think you want to eat a big family? Tell me, where should we go?"

"Hey, then take us to Sanbaole!" Jiang Aiyun asked honestly and bluntly, and then seeing that the other party agreed, she introduced her little friend to him, "Uncle, this is Feng Xiaoqing, this is Qiu Shi, everyone Is my friend."

"Hello, Uncle." The two called out politely.

"Hello." The man smiled.

But as his eyes fell from Feng Xiaoqing's body to Qiu Shi's face, his smile froze at the corner of his mouth like cold white oil.