Chapter 9: The Zebra Story
Chen Wan was the first girl to enter Li Mu's room.
Li Mu was very shy when he was a teenager, he didn't have any intimate contact with any girls before graduating from high school, and he wouldn't bring girls home, and after going to college, until work, those relationships didn't last until he met his parents, so this was the first time Li Mu took a girl into his room.
Li Mu's room is not big, at best about fifteen square meters, this cottage has a one-meter-five bed, a somewhat old desk, a bookcase with glass doors, a wardrobe, and a Kapok brand acoustic guitar.
The room was a little crowded, but it was very tidy, Chen Wan stepped in, and smelled a special faint aroma, which smelled to her, like the fragrance of laundry detergent washed clothes baked by the scorching sun, and it smelled very comfortable.
There are several different posters on the wall, there is a Kot Cobain, a poster of the banner of the Tang Dynasty band, the most special of which is a cold-toned poster with a railroad track leading to the fog, a short-haired man crouching in the middle of the track, burying his face between his legs, and other than that, there is not a word on it.
"This poster is so weird. Chen Wan was surprised, "I didn't write, what did I come from?"
"Dou Wei's album "Black Dream". Li Mu said smoothly: "This poster was exchanged for a piece of Wutao on the stall, it is estimated that the pirate is irresponsible, and the genuine version has the words Dou Wei Black Dream on it, and this one is not brought." ”
Chen Wan nodded slightly, then saw Li Mu's somewhat worn red cotton guitar again, and asked curiously, "Can you play?"
"A little bit, amateur fun. ”
Chen Wan immediately said: "Play and sing a song for me? There are also boys in our school who play guitar, and you at the same table are quite good." ”
That's what college students are thinking about now. Li Mu shook his head helplessly.
Chen Wan chased and begged: "Play a song for my sister, let's play a song for Xu Wei, my autumn, I like it!"
Li Mu smiled slightly, and asked curiously: "Xu Wei's first album is very negative, how can you like Bai Fumei?"
Chen Wan ignored Li Mubai Fumei's ridicule and said, "I like it because it sounds good." ”
Li Mu nodded and smiled, sat on the edge of the bed, and picked up his worn-out acoustic guitar from the corner.
This piano was a gift from my mother in the second year of junior high school, and it cost more than 200 yuan at that time, which is the cheapest file of the acoustic guitar, but the tone is good, and the tone is getting better and better after a few years of playing.
Li Mu picked up the guitar, based on the first string, and tuned the strings with a slightly high-end overtone method, for the college entrance examination, this piano has not been played for a few days, and some strings are running.
Chen Wan sat on Li Mu's chair, and when she saw that he was very skillful in tuning, she straightened her posture and prepared to listen carefully.
Li Mu first played the strumming of the first chord of "My Autumn", and suddenly stopped and said: "It's so boring for me to sing whatever you order, or I'll sing a song you haven't heard before." ”
"I haven't heard of it?" Chen Wan's eyes lit up and she smiled: "Okay, let's sing." ”
Li Mu nodded, recalled the chord notation, and after the simple and melodious finger prelude, he sang in his slightly hoarse voice:
"Zebra, zebra, don't fall asleep
Show me your injured tail again
I don't want to touch the scars of your wounds
I just want to lift your hair
Zebra zebra you are back to your home
But I'm wasting my cold years
There isn't a single door open in your city for me
I'm going to get back to the road after all......"
Li Muai rock before the age of thirty, Li Muai folk songs after the age of thirty, Song Fatzi is his favorite one, especially this "Zebra Zebra", no longer disease-free**, no longer forced to say sorrow, but with a bit of vicissitudes and helplessness, about the special emotions between a man and an injured zebra, of course, the zebra is not really a zebra, later generations generally believe that the zebra in the song refers to a woman who has been hurt by others.
Chen Wan hadn't heard of this song, nor had she seen the lyrics, but she only vaguely recognized the lyrics from Li Mu's mouth, and then a fantasy picture sprouted in her mind.
Li Mu's voice is very good, and with more than 30 years of life experience, it is easy for him to substitute feelings when he sings.
"Zebra, zebra, do you remember me? I'm a fool who can only sing......"
When Li Mu sang this, Chen Wan held her chin and listened quietly, and there was an inexplicable feeling of emotion in her heart, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
After singing a song, Li Mu's own thoughts returned to the past of his previous life, everything he encountered, rubbed shoulders, and missed, now in retrospect, it is not salty, not light, not bitter, not spicy, but it just makes people feel emotional, yesterday he moved the first turnout in his previous life, but after a turnout, everything in the direction and path of the train of fate will change.
Li Mu knew that he would not go to the second university in the previous life, all the people he met in the university in the previous life, I am afraid that there will be no chance to rub shoulders in this life, and he will not go to Yanjing to be a hard code farmer, those colleagues, friends, and passers-by who meet by chance will completely leave their own world, and on the first day of rebirth, he chose to subvert everything, and while moving his own turnout, his tentacles also explored the turnout of Chen Wan's life.
Chen Wan didn't know why Li Mu fell silent after singing this song, she herself just felt suddenly full of sadness, the lyrics of this song did not directly describe any misery, but the atmosphere created was particularly touching.
Chen Wan asked with red eyes, "What is this song called?"
"Zebra zebra. ”
"Whose song?"
"Uh......" Li Mucai remembered that Song Fatzi, who was born in 87, should still be a junior high school student now, so he should be shameless, who let you be idle or a little sassy year.
"I wrote it myself. ”
People in their thirties have already practiced a skill of not changing their faces and not beating when they are bragging.
"Really?!" Chen Wan's worldview suddenly collapsed, and she suddenly felt that she couldn't help but start looking up at this boy.
"Well, exclusive original, you're the first listener. ”
This is true, in this world, Chen Wan is the first person to hear this song.
Chen Wan was even more moved, recalled the poignant lyrics, and asked, "Why do you use zebra as a metaphor for people?"
Li Mu raised his head, stared at the ceiling at forty-five degrees above the slope, and sighed sadly: "Zebras, an animal, can't sleep when they are alone. ”
In a word, it adds a bit of poignancy and compelling character to this song.
Li Mu said to himself in his heart, this forced pretending can definitely get full marks.
Chen Wan really began to admire this eighteen-year-old "boy", and wanted to ask some more questions, but she didn't expect that at this time, someone patted the door and shouted, "Li Mu!"
It's Zhao Kang!
Li Mu got up almost immediately and ran out to open the door with a little excitement.
He hadn't seen Zhao Kang for more than ten years, and Li Mu was naturally very happy, although in this life, he and Zhao Kang had only seen each other for the college entrance examination.
"Kangzi!" As soon as he opened the door and saw the black boy with pimples on his face, Li Mu stepped forward and took him in his arms.
Zhao Kang pushed him away in disgust, looked at him in surprise, and spat hard: ", I haven't seen you for two days, you are handsome again, where did you cut this hair? Why did you shave your beard? Aren't you afraid of me Aunt Li?"
Li Mu looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "Why do you have so many questions?"
"Damn, I just can't get used to looking handsome like you. Zhao Kang gritted his teeth and smacked his lips: "This brother can't do it, let's break off our friendship, you go and pull out your mat, take a kitchen knife, and let's also come out of Guan Ning to cut the table." ”
Zhao Kang is not handsome, his skin is dark, and his facial features are barely passable, but he has a pimple on his face at this age, which is indeed a bit miserable, but he is also a standard comic in Li Mu's impression, if he guides and guides him well, he may be able to become a joker in the future.
Li Mu raised his foot and kicked weakly, and scolded in his mouth: "The continues, are you still coming in? If you don't come in, we'll go straight to dinner." ”
"Not going in. Zhao Kang waved his hand: "Lock the door and leave." ”
"Wait, I'll call my sister out, and she'll come with us. ”
"Your sister?" Zhao Kang asked in surprise, "Where did you come out with a sister again?"
Li Mu smiled: "I just recognized it, wait." ”