Chapter 1189 Dinner in the courtyard, the first step to help Hongdou
There is a small courtyard teahouse where Xu Hongdou is drinking tea with Ma Qiushan.
"..., this person's brain..."
While making tea, Ma Qiu Shan talked about the philosophy of life with Xu Hong Dou. Xu Hong Dou was also a good talker and followed Ma Qiu Shan's words. As a result, Ma Qiu Shan was speechless as he talked.
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Ma Qiushan was very depressed. He had previously invited Zhou Chen to have tea and talk about life, but in the end, he couldn't compare to Zhou Chen whether it was about making tea, tasting tea, or philosophy of life, so that he didn't ask Zhou Chen to have tea with him anymore.
Even if I drink tea, I mainly focus on tea tasting, not talking about life.
Today he found Xu Hongdou, thinking that he could teach Xu Hongdou a lesson, but he found that Xu Hongdou was not simple and had a lot of experience, and he couldn't even hold it.
At this moment, Zhou Chen walked in from outside.
"Xu Hongdou."
"Why."
Seeing Xu Hongdou drinking tea with Ma Qiushan in the tea room, Zhou Chen walked into the tea room.
"What's wrong?"
"Your mother can't find you. She called me here. Please give her a call."
Zhou Chen handed the phone to Xu Hongdou. Xu Hongdou looked shocked: "My mother can't find me, why call you?"
After saying that, she realized that her mobile phone was broken before and she was worried that her family could not find her, so she borrowed Zhou Chen's mobile phone to make a call. So her parents couldn't find her this time, so they called Zhou Chen.
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Thinking of this, she felt a little worried, so she took Zhou Chen's mobile phone and walked out of the tea room.
Ma Qiushan raised his hand to invite: "Zhou Chen, would you like some tea?"
"OK."
Zhou Chen sat down where Xu Hongdou had just been, and Ma Qiushan immediately poured tea for Zhou Chen with a smile.
"When it comes to tea, I'm definitely not as good as you. Just drink some of my tea."
Zhou Chen said: "Whether the tea is good or not is not the most important, what matters is who you drink it with, Mr. Ma, what do you think?"
"Haha, that's good. Otherwise, in our small courtyard, you know me best."
Ma Qiushan laughed loudly. He had been with Zhou Chen for a month. He naturally knew that Zhou Chen was different from ordinary people. Even when he was prosperous, he might not have Zhou Chen's magnanimity.
"That's okay. Xu Hongdou's mother has called you. It seems I'm right. You really have a crush on her."
"I'm not married, and she's not married. Even if I fall in love with her, it's okay, right?"
"No problem, of course no problem, haha, I'm just curious, but you still have a good taste. This red bean is not bad, not bad."
"Master Ma, what about you, are you really prepared to hide here for the rest of your life?"
"Go, you are good at everything, but sometimes it makes people choke when you talk. What do you mean by hiding? Why should I hide?"
Ma Qiushan rolled his eyes and was very dissatisfied with what Zhou Chen said, but when he spoke, his eyes still averted for a moment, feeling uneasy in his heart.
Zhou Chen chuckled, which meant he was familiar with Ma Qiushan, otherwise, he wouldn't have said this rudely.
Xu Hongdou finished the call, came back, sat down next to Zhou Chen, and returned the phone to Zhou Chen.
"sorry to bother you."
"No trouble, there's no need to be so polite. Your phone should be repaired soon, but aren't you ready to tell your family about your resignation?"
Xu Hongdou said: "Aren't you afraid that they will be worried? Let's wait until some time later."
Ma Qiushan poured Xu Hongdou another cup of tea: "Drink tea, drink tea."
In the evening, Mr. Ma invited several people in the small courtyard to sit at a small table in the courtyard and drink tea.
Xu Hongdou, Nana and Damai were sitting together. Nana asked Damai with concern: "Da Mai, is your writing going well recently? Is there any writing problem?"
Damai scratched his messy hair, with a depressed look on his face: "Is there a day when it won't get stuck, but there is no way, I still have to update every day, I can only hold it in until the end."
Xu Hongdou said with admiration: "Da Mai, I think you are really amazing. To be honest, this is the first time I have seen a living writer. You are really amazing."
"What's so great about it? I'm just an unknown writer at the 18th level. I'm chased and scolded every day. You don't know how stressful and difficult it is to write novels now."
Damai sighed. She had been confused all day long just for writing. Especially during the recent period, she had been under so much pressure that she even thought of giving up.
Mr. Ma pretended to be profound and said: "It's normal to have pressure. What kind of job is not stressful now? Damai, I'm very optimistic about you, you will definitely be able to do it."
"Thank you, Mr. Ma."
Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaoxia walked into the small courtyard from outside.
"Hey, there are so many people today. Is this a tea party?"
"Mr. Xie, you are here."
Zhou Chen and others greeted Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaoxia with smiles.
"Come and sit."
Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaoxia both carried things in their hands and placed them on the small table.
"I brought you some barbecue and beer, let's eat and drink together."
"Mr. Xie is very generous." Nana gave Xie Zhiyao a thumbs up.
Xie Xiaochun distributed the barbecue and beer to everyone, and everyone was not polite. Except for Mr. Ma, they all started eating and drinking.
Xie Zhiyao scratched his head, looked at Zhou Chen and said, "Zhou Chen, Xiaochun and I have something to ask you."
"Ask me something? Okay, tell me what it is." Zhou Chen said.
Xie Xiaochun said: "It's my younger brother Xiaoxia. He suddenly told his elder brother yesterday that he was going to Shanghai. Do you know about this?"
"I know. When I went to Master Xie's house today, I happened to meet him. Master Xie was very angry with him. Xiaoxia also asked me about the Magic City before. It seems that he really decided to go to the Magic City.
Already?"
Zhou Chen took a bite of mutton skewers. Yang Guanjun's barbecue skills can only be said to be average, but this is the only one in the village, so the business is not bad.
Xie Zhiyao nodded: "Yes, he also came to me yesterday, saying that he had a friend in the Magic City and wanted to seek refuge with him, and he also wanted me to persuade Uncle Heshun and Aunt Baoping."
"Then you are looking for me because you want me to persuade Xiaoxia?" Zhou Chen asked tentatively.
Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaochun looked at each other, and finally Xie Zhiyao said: "We know that you know someone in Modu, so we want to ask you to help us investigate the friend Xiaoxia mentioned, this child Xiaoxia
He's too innocent and has never been outside. It's not that we don't want him to go out and wander around. The main thing is that we are worried that he will be deceived."
Xie Xiaoxia added: "We are all worried about Xiaoxia. He is so old and has only been to Spring City. Suddenly he has to go to a place as far away as the Magic City. We are all worried about him, so we want to ask you for help.
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Zhou Chen said: "Of course it's okay to help, but I don't know who the friend Xiaoxia is looking for. Do you have any information about him?"
"Yes, yes."
Xie Zhiyao took out his phone and opened the photo.
"When Xiaoxia showed it to me yesterday, I specially saved the photos. These are just a few photos. Xiaochun also looked at Xiaoxia's mobile phone. There was this person named Brother Kevin. Only the photos and the name could be checked.
Did you find any useful information?"
Zhou Chen took a few glances and said: "My company has a team that specializes in investigation and research. However, it is illegal to investigate other people's personal information privately. But if I just help you find this person, it shouldn't be a big problem. You
Send me the photo and screen name, and I'll have someone check it out. If everything goes well, there should be news in a few days."
Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaochun were overjoyed after hearing this.
"That's great, thank you so much, Zhou Chen."
"It's okay. You all care about Xiaoxia. There are indeed a lot of scammers these days. If you don't know the truth, you will be easily deceived."
Zhou Chen knew the plot, and naturally also knew that Xie Xiaoxia was indeed deceived out of only 30,000 yuan. Since Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaochun had begged him, he just agreed.
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Xie Xiaochun even waved his hand and said: "Zhou Chen, from now on you can go to the restaurant to drink coffee and eat for free. Nana, remember this."
Nana immediately replied: "No problem, I heard you clearly."
Zhou Chen smiled and said, "If you say that, I won't dare to go to the restaurant in the future."
"Ha ha……"
Xie Zhiyao curiously asked Zhou Chen: "I went to see my uncle today and heard from him that your wood carving skills have improved very quickly and you can already do simple carvings. He also said that you are the best wood carving artist he has ever seen.
The most talented person, how did you do it?"
"Just study, what else can you do?"
"I have known you for a month. Tell me about you. You are so good at painting. You have already made some achievements in wood carving for less than a month. Do you have such a high artistic talent?"
Xie Zhiyao had seen Zhou Chen's paintings, and now he knew that Zhou Chen learned wood carving so quickly, so he was so curious.
Zhou Chen said: "Maybe it's because I accept new things quickly."
"It's not faster, it's too fast."
Xie Zhiyao looked at Xu Hongdou again and asked: "Xu Hongdou, you have been here for a few days, what do you think of our place?"
"It's good, it's quite quiet. Anyway, I've been relatively relaxed these days." Xu Hongdou replied truthfully.
"By the way, has your phone been repaired? I said I would pay you half of it."
"No, I just sent it over. It may take a few days."
"Oh, then come to me and reimburse you after you repair it."
While talking, Hu Youyu walked in from outside carrying a guitar.
"Hey, there are so many people here today, it seems I came back at the right time."
"Teacher Hu, you are not busy today. Are you back so early?"
"I'm really not very busy today, what are you talking about?"
Hu Youyu was not polite, put down his guitar, and squeezed in to sit next to Xie Zhiyao.
Xie Zhiyao replied: "Just chat, Teacher Hu, everyone happens to be here today, how about you give us a performance and sing a song?"
Hu Youyu's eyes lit up: "That must be no problem. It just so happens that I haven't had enough singing today. If you don't mind it, I will sing it for you. Whatever you want to hear."
Everyone said it was casual and allowed him to express himself freely.
Hu Youyu thought for a while and then said: "Everyone happens to be here, so I will sing a song about friends."
"good!"
Everyone applauded vigorously.
Hu Youyu picked up the guitar, sat on a wooden chair, with a serious look on his face, suddenly smiled, then strummed the guitar and started singing.
The song "Friends" is still very popular, and most people can hum a few lines, so when Hu Youyu sang to the climax, Nana and others couldn't help but hum along.
The song was finished in a few minutes, and everyone applauded again.
"Teacher Hu, you sing very nicely, please sing another song." Damai showed a rare cheerful expression.
Hu Youyu felt embarrassed after being praised: "It's average, it's average. I just composed a new song recently and it's still being improved. Please help me listen to it and see how it goes."
"OK."
So Hu Youyu sang the song "Feng" that he had just composed. Maybe it was not completely finished yet, and there were some big flaws in it. Anyone who knows a little bit about music would be able to hear the awkwardness in his song.
Even he himself was not satisfied with the song.
"The singing is not good. There are still many problems with this song. I will sing it to you after I correct it."
Everyone was just enjoying the fun, and few people noticed that Hu Youyu didn't sing well, but instead gave him encouraging applause.
Hu Youyu looked at Nana and said, "Nana, you sing very well. Do you want to sing one for all of us?"
Nana waved her hands quickly: "No, I can't. I can't sing well. If you let Mr. Xie sing, Sister Xiaochun can sing well too."
Xie Xiaochun: "I'm tone-deaf, I'm afraid I won't be able to sing all of you."
Xie Zhiyao: "I can't do it even more. You can let me work, but let me sing. Let's forget it."
Hu Youyu looked at Xu Hongdou again and suggested: "Hongdou, why don't you sing a song? Your voice is very nice and you must be good at singing."
Xu Hongdou also hurriedly declined: "I really can't do it. I can't sing when I grow up, and I don't have any artistic ability at all."
Hu Youyu sighed: "Oh, you are all so boring. Singing is such an interesting thing, but not one of you sings, it's so boring."
Zhou Chen patted the stains on his hands and said, "Teacher Hu, let me sing a song."
In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Chen.
"Zhou Chen, can you still sing?"
Zhou Chen said: "I understand a little, I understand a little."
With that said, he walked to Hu Youyu's side. Hu Youyu immediately gave up his seat, took the guitar from Hu Youyu's hand, and Zhou Chen sat on the wooden chair.
I played the guitar lightly a few times and faced the crowd.
"A piece of "Girl, Don't Cry" is given to everyone."
"Sudden news......"
The crisp sound of strings accompanied by the melodious singing slowly sounded in the windy courtyard.
As soon as Zhou Chen sang a few words, the eyes of everyone in the small courtyard changed. Especially Hu Youyu and Nana, who were more knowledgeable about singing, looked at Zhou Chen in surprise.
After listening for a while, they were sure that they had not stopped playing this song. Nana couldn't help but take out her mobile phone and start searching. But the search results surprised her even more. There was no Zhou Chen song on the Internet at all. In other words, this song
Most likely an original song.
This is a song that comforts and inspires people, but when I listen to it, I feel inexplicably sad. Especially when Zhou Chen sang to the climax, everyone in the small courtyard was even more emotionally infected, revealing their emotions.
An inexplicable look.
As Zhou Chen sang, the one who felt the deepest feelings was undoubtedly Xu Hongdou.
Listening to Zhou Chen's lyrics and singing, she seemed to be immersed in it. She felt that Zhou Chen was singing about her and Chen Nanxing. This song seemed to be describing her state of mind. The more she listened to it, the sadder she felt. In the past, Chen Nanxing
All of Nan Xing's memories seemed to come to mind again.
Tears fell uncontrollably from his cheeks.
As Zhou Chen finished singing the last line, the guitar stopped, and there was no sound at all in the small courtyard. No one had recovered from the singing just now.
Hu Youyu was the first to react. He shouted excitedly: "Zhou Chen, is this song of yours original?"
Hu Youyu's scream woke up everyone else. Damai was shocked when he saw that Xu Hongdou and Nana had tears streaming down their faces.
"Nana, Hongdou, what's wrong with you?"
Facing everyone's gaze, Xu Hongdou hurriedly wiped away her tears with paper and pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's nothing, I was just infected by Zhou Chen's singing and thought of some past events."
Nana said with deep sympathy: "Zhou Chen sang so well. I also thought of some sad things and burst into tears. Zhou Chen, your song is really good, but it's just a little sad."
Zhou Chen explained: "This is an inspiring and comforting song. It makes people not to give up their love for life and not to give up on themselves. No matter what they encounter, they must face themselves bravely and stand up bravely, so listen to
It’s only when you get up that you feel sad.”
Ma Qiushan rubbed the corners of his eyes: "Don't talk about their little girls, even a man like me is deeply touched after listening to your song. I don't listen to music very much, so why have I never heard this song before?
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Hu Youyu asked impatiently: "Zhou Chen, tell me quickly, is this original?"
Zhou Chen replied: "It's indeed original. It's a song I wrote not long ago. It's the first time I've played it today. It seems to have a pretty good effect."
"It's not just good, it's simply amazing, etc."
Hu Youyu expressed surprise, and then looked at Zhou Chen in astonishment: "What did you say, you wrote this song?"
Zhou Chen said confidently: "Why, can't you? Have you heard it elsewhere? I'm not afraid to tell you, if I had debuted as a singer, I would be a singer now."
"You really wrote it, Zhou Chen, you are so awesome." Hu Youyu looked in disbelief.
Nana also praised: "This song is really nice, Zhou Chen, you are so awesome."
Others also expressed their deep agreement, and Xie Zhiyao couldn't help but say: "I just praised you so much for your love. Not only can you draw, you can also sing so well."
Hu Youyu emphasized: "Singing well is not the key. The key is that he wrote the song. He is a singer-songwriter, do you understand? Zhou Chen, you are really amazing. Have you composed any other songs? We can
Let’s discuss it together.”
Zhou Chen waved his hand and said: "There is no need to discuss it. I write and sing songs just for fun, and I have no plans to develop in this area."
Hu Youyu said anxiously: "How can that be done? You are so talented. If you publish it online, you will definitely become popular and make money."
Xie Zhiyao pushed Hu Youyu and said, "Stop talking. If Zhou Chen wants to make money, there is no need to sing. You don't know Zhou Chen at all."
Among the small courtyards, he knows Zhou Chen best. Zhou Chen is a big boss. He owns Chenxing Capital and also does charity. The charity alone is worth hundreds of millions every year. His capital, even those
Among the top singers, how many can compare to them?
Zhou Chen returned the guitar to Hu Youyu: "When my interest comes up in the future, I might do that, but now, I don't have the energy to do this. I have more important things to do."
After returning to his seat and sitting down, Zhou Chen looked up and saw Xu Hongdou's eyes, which were full of strangeness, so he smiled back.
He sang this song on a whim at any time, but he did mean it for Xu Hongdou. His mission was to help Xu Hongdou get out of the predicament and get back on his feet. Although a song was unlikely to succeed, it could still give Xu Hongdou
Leave a seed in my heart.
Xu Hongdou's biggest dilemma now is that he cannot wake up from Chen Nanxing's departure. If he wants to help Xu Hongdou, he must take it step by step and slowly dissolve the grief of Chen Nanxing's departure from Xu Hongdou's heart.
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Hu Youyu was obviously still unwilling to give in. He was a music fan. Now that he met a creative person like Zhou Chen, it was like a wolf seeing meat.
But no matter how he tried to persuade Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen was always indifferent. The benefits he mentioned couldn't move Zhou Chen at all.
