Erquan Yingyue (short story) Zhang Baotong

Yang Yinliu was a little embarrassed when he saw that Ah Bing was still a little reluctant to record, but this was the task given to him by the prime minister, and he had to find a way to persuade Ah Bing to let him record, otherwise, how would he go back and report to the premier? He thought about it and said patiently to Ah Bing, "Mr. Hua, we know that you are old and frail and unable to do anything, and we also know that your life has been full of disasters and hardships, but this cannot be blamed on music, but on the dark and reactionary old society. In the old society, you were a blind artist who made a living by selling art, but in the new China, you are a folk artist who is respected by the society and the people. Moreover, you should also understand that your skills and tunes are not only your own, but also a valuable asset of our country's folk music. The country and the Prime Minister ask us to protect and pass on this wealth as soon as possible, otherwise, once it is lost, it will be an irreparable loss to you and the country. ”

Listening to these words, Ah Bing was moved, and he also felt that Mr. Yang's words were reasonable, and he should not blame the cause of his past suffering and tragic fate on playing the violin, in fact, as an artist, why didn't he want to play the violin again, why didn't he want to pass on his performance and music to the world? Seeing Ah Bing's silence and hesitation, Cao Anhe, who was sitting on the side, also said, "Mr. Hua, don't have any worries, you just need to play the tune." We can record the music first and then organize it. ”

After some persuasion between the two, Ah Bing finally nodded and agreed, but he was still worried that he had not practiced for a long time, his skills were unfamiliar, and he was afraid that he would not play well, so he said, "Why don't you give me three more days for me to recover again, and you will come over to record again?" Yang Yinliu said, "That's fine, let's record again after three days." ”

Ah Bing's physical condition at this time is actually very bad, although the age of fifty-seven is not very old, but for Ah Bing, who has suffered a miserable life, he is already weak and old at this time. But in order to pass on the music he inherited and created, he resolutely picked up the erhu, picked up the sepa, walked through the streets and alleys, and started the wandering life of acting and singing again.

The people of Wuxi and Qingning Town have not heard A Bingla playing music for a long time, and when they saw A Bing come out to play again, they all felt very fresh, everyone gathered around the edge of Qingning Wharf, surrounded the streets of Wuxi City, listened to A Bingla's "Yixin Song" and "Listening to Song", played "Zhaojun Out of the Plug" and "Dragon Boat", and refused to leave for a long time.

Three days later, Mr. Yang Yinliu and Mr. Cao Anhe came to Ah Bing's hut with the recording engineer and others. By this time, it was already dark, and the oil lamp on the square table was emitting a faint light. Next to the oil lamp is a wire tape recorder. Six or seven people sat around the square table. Although the temperature on the summer night is a bit muggy, the atmosphere at this time is unusually solemn and calm. Mr. Yang Yinliu waited for everyone to be ready, and said to everyone, "Let's start." The sound recorder turned on the tape recorder, and the wire tape recorder made a "silk" grinding sound. Ah Bing used the erhu to play the "Song of the Heart". The first line of the song is a long sigh, which is Ah Bing's long sigh for his tormented and miserable life, followed by his passionate and tragic narration and struggle against the misfortunes of life. The piece is divided into two themes, and the two themes are constantly reincarnated, and they are played six times for about seven minutes. When the song is played, the recording engineer rewinds the recording. As a result, a powerful piece of music came out of the wire tape recorder. Perhaps because of the quality of the erhu, the tone sounds a little thin and hoarse, but as long as you are an expert, you can hear that both the depth of the composition of this piece and the difficulty of the erhu technique are incomparable and surpassed by ancient and modern people.

After playing the song, Mr. Yang Yinliu asked Ah Bing to give the song a name. This stumped Ah Bing. He had played this piece a thousand times, but he never thought of giving it a name. Usually, people just listen to the music and just listen to it, and generally don't ask about the name of the song. Sometimes when asked, he replied that it was called "Song of the Heart" or "Self-Voice", which means that this song can make people happy and relieve boredom, and it comes from the heart. However, this time it is different, this is not the usual performing arts and singing in the streets and alleys, but to be passed on to the world and broadcast to the whole country. If it is called "Song of the Heart" or "Self-Voice", it will inevitably be unelegant. Therefore, he thought about it for a long time, thinking that this piece was a song that he improvised on impulse when he watched the moon shadow from the water next to Erquan and sighed about his life experience and imagined the joint chapter, so he said to Mr. Yang Yinliu, "It's called "Erquan Reflecting the Moon". As soon as everyone heard this name, they all said, ""Erquan Reflecting the Moon", yes, this name is good. ”

As a result, "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" was born, and a thin tightrope recording changed a person's fate from then on. Then, the recording engineer recorded Ah Bing's erhu songs "Listening to Song", "Cold Spring Wind Song" and sepa songs "Dragon Boat", "Zhaojun Out of the Plug" and "Big Waves and Sands".

Three days was too short a time for him to come up with only six tunes. He thought that in just one more year, he would be able to skillfully play all the tunes he had played and played in the past. Therefore, after recording six tunes, Ah Bing was still unsatisfied, and felt that he could still play many tunes, but because he had not practiced for a long time and his skills were sparse, he was afraid that he would not play well and affect the effect, so he said to Mr. Yang Yinliu, "Mr. Yang, I will still have a lot of tunes, about hundreds, but I haven't practiced for a long time, and I'm afraid that I won't play well." Otherwise, you'll come back next summer vacation. Mr. Yang Yinliu held Ah Bing's hand tightly and said, "Okay, we'll come back to you next summer." Before leaving, everyone took out all the extra money on their bodies and left it for Ah Bing.