That night, Liu Jingxin stayed at Xiaogang's home.

Fortunately, Xiao Gang's bed was very large, enough for the two of them to sleep side by side, so as not to squeeze Xiao Gang into another room.

This feeling is amazing, it's like going back to high school, and the two have become the same table again, but now Liu Jingxin is much more stable, and he won't be idle and bored to harass Xiao Gang, Xiao Gang is no longer as boring as before, and he has become more talkative.

"Respectfully, I really didn't expect that you have become a big star after only two or three years of no contact. As soon as he talked about this topic, Xiao Gang seemed a little excited.

Liu Jingxin said: "Actually, just half a year ago, I was still gnawing at the old clan for nothing. ”

The world is so wonderful, in just half a year, Liu Jingxin's life and identity have undergone earth-shaking changes. Many people say that Friday is an overnight success, but only Liu Jingxin knows that they have worked hard for hundreds or thousands of days and nights, and have accumulated enough solid skills, so they really survived with the opportunity of "leading and singing".

Liu Jingxin did not hide the dark times he and the band had experienced, and pretended to tell it lightly in a joking tone, which was mixed with some troubled things that were obviously very sad but sounded funny.

After listening to Liu Jingxin's story, Xiao Gang sighed lightly and said, "Jingxin, I feel that your line is like cutting down a tree before you become famous." ”

"What do you mean?" Liu Jingxin heard such a metaphor for the first time.

Xiao Gang sat up cross-legged, held up a finger and said, "That is to say, everyone has a very thick and strong tree in front of them, and what everyone wants is to cut down that tree." Axe after axe fell, and the tree still stood tall, as if each axe had no effect. Some people feel that they will never be able to cut down the tree, some people feel that they should do something else with the time and energy, and some people can't continue after breaking the axe, and in the end only a small number of people are still cutting down the tree. As adults come of age, some people will laugh at the stupidity of the tree cutters, some people will laugh at the wood of the tree cutters, and some people will advise the tree cutters not to be so stubborn. At this time, some people quit, and only a few people remained. Suddenly, one day, the tree cutter, who had become accustomed to wielding an axe every day, pulled out the last axe as usual. And guess what?"

Liu Jingxin said with a smile: "What else can I do, the tree has fallen." ”

Xiao Gang nodded and said: "That's right, but after the tree falls, those who know the past of the tree cutter will feel that this achievement is the result of his persistence, while those who don't know will preconceived that the tree cutter is born with divine power and cut down a giant tree with an axe." ”

"Although your analogy is a bit suspicious of stealing concepts, but seriously, it's quite vivid, how did you come up with it?" Liu Jingxin also sat up cross-legged.

Xiao Gang said: "What my master at work told me, he said this to me to let me calm down and do things, so that I don't have to worry about the boring of my current work, as long as I keep working hard, I will definitely be able to achieve my life goals one day and highlight the value of life." ”

Liu Jingxin nodded and said: "That's right, your work is estimated to be the same as our piano practice, you can't play a skill for a long time, but as long as you keep persisting, you will be able to play it one day." Progress is not visible, but it has always been there. I remember that Lao Nie taught us a thing called threshold, only when we reach that value, can we enter a new level, and if we can't reach it, it is no different from zero. But then again, you've been doing your job for so long, and your accumulation is not small, are you really willing to give up like that?"

In fact, Liu Jingxin wants to persuade Xiao Gang not to quit his job in a hurry, and wants to persuade Xiao Gang to try to ride a donkey to find a horse, or to cultivate other hobbies when he is doing his current job, maybe one day hobbies can become his main business. can recall Xiao Gang's eyes shining when he mentioned that his mother agreed to his resignation, Liu Jingxin suppressed the words in his heart.

If it were him, if he was determined to do one thing, it would definitely be useless for anyone to persuade him. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, why are you talking all that nonsense?

Xiao Gang raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled: "I can't talk about giving up, in fact, in the past two years after graduation, I feel that this job has not only improved my professional skills, but also broadened my horizons." For example, you can see that we are in the mountains, and we have a hard time, but in fact, I am quite happy because I find that the scenery and air in the mountains are very good. I went to a lot of places and saw a lot of very nice views. I often think that it would be a great joy to be able to share so many beautiful scenery. ”

"Are you going to change careers to do geological exploration?"

"No!" Xiao Gang shook his finger and said with bright eyes: "I want to be an adventure blogger or an outdoor anchor to see the outside world." ”

This night, Liu Jingxin and Xiaogang talked a lot, it was really like returning to high school, two children who have grown up but have not grown up, full of curiosity and anticipation to imagine the future.

They no longer dream of growing up to be scientists like they did in elementary school, and they don't only care about which class of girls they look like in junior high school, they only care about the future world.

In this life, people have to go through three different stages, first living in the future, then living in the present, and finally living in the past.

Now they are already at the end of their youth, if they don't work hard to live in the future, and mix in for a few more years, they can only live in the present.

The two chatted until more than three o'clock in the morning, Xiao Gang received a fucking call, and then, accompanied by Liu Jingxin, they went out of the house together, stepped on the "squeaky" snow, walked more than a kilometer, took Xiao Gang's mother home, and then lay down on the bed to rest.

The next day near noon, Liu Jingxin and Xiao Gang woke up one after another, and after the two ate the meal prepared by Xiao Gang's mother, Liu Jingxin said goodbye to Xiao Gang and returned home by car.

Yesterday's drunkenness and staying up late made Liu Jingxin very tired, but at this time he didn't feel sleepy at all, on the contrary, he was a little excited at this time, because his creative inspiration, which had been missing for a long time, finally came back.

Liu Jingxin locked himself in the bedroom, told everyone not to disturb him, and then locked the door and began to compose new songs in a quiet room.

Without the help of any instrument, he found a blank piece of paper, drew a distorted stave, and memorized all the melodies and lyrics in his head.

What's the name of this song?

Don't be too poetic, don't be too pretentious, keep it simple and crisp.

It's called "I want to live as myself"!