The days flew by, and it was August in the blink of an eye.

During these days, Xu Jing painted posters in the cinema during the day, and Zhou Xiaoxun occupied a seat to watch a movie or play a movie guessing game in his spare time, and the two hid in Xu Jing's room at night and listened to songs, so they were not chic.

It was a day off.

"Big barley, big barley, go, I'll take you somewhere. Zhou Xiaoxun rushed into Xu Jing's room and said.

I couldn't help but pull Xu Jing up and go out. Then went downstairs, Zhou Xiaoxun secretly helped Zhou's mother out of her bicycle, and Xu Jing drove Zhou Xiaoxun in the direction she indicated.

"Right here, just here, look!" When he arrived at the place, Zhou Xiaoxun jumped out of the car and pointed.

Xu Jing looked over and saw a dozen guitars in a shop. Xu Jing looked up, and a brand-new LED signboard had the words "Feiyang Piano Shop" written on it, which seemed to be a piano shop that had just opened.

Xu Jing didn't expect that at this time, a piano shop would appear in the small city of Qushi, which was a new business.

"Let's go, Big Mac, let's go in and have a look. After parking the car, Zhou Xiaoxun pulled Xu Jing and walked in.

When I entered the store, in addition to some folk guitars and guitars with missing horns placed on the outer shelves, there were electric box guitars and electric guitars inside, as well as various musical instruments such as electronic keyboards and jazz drums, and even a piano, which was a rarity. In the innermost spacious place, a set of jazz drums, electronic organs, and guitars were placed in what looked like a performance venue, and a man of twenty-five or sixteen with long hair was teaching a few young people to play the guitar, and it seemed that he was the owner of the piano shop.

"Look, is it very handsome to play the guitar!" Zhou Xiaoxun said to Xu Jing, but Xu Jing did not reply.

The boss saw Xu Jing and Zhou Xiaoxun walking in, put down the guitar in his hand, and walked over to them.

"Dude, how about it? Do you want to sign up to learn guitar, our store is recruiting students, learned to play guitar, two words: handsome! And the price of guitars in our store is absolutely fair!" the boss said and gave a thumbs up.

Xu Jing didn't say anything, just shook his head slightly.

Seeing Xu Jing shaking his head, Zhou Xiaoxun's eyes darkened slightly, and he seemed to be a little lost. Seeing this, Xu Jing hesitated for a moment, walked over to the performance area, picked up the folk guitar that was put aside, sat down on the chair, pressed a few tunes with his left hand, and quickly plucked the strings a few times with his right hand to test the tone. Zhou Xiaoxun couldn't help but approach and looked at Xu Jing in surprise.

Subsequently, Xu Jing pressed the strings with his left hand, swept the six strings with his right hand, and then gently plucked the strings, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, for two minutes, and then slowed down, when Zhou Xiaoxun thought Xu Jing was going to stop, Xu Jing's suddenly slapped the speaker a few times with his fingers and wrist to form the rhythm of the drum, and the left and right hands continued to skillfully pluck the strings, but the drum beat was mixed in the middle.

It turned out that the first two minutes were just a prelude. Playing to the middle section, Xu Jing even beat the rhythm of the drum with his right hand, and at the same time played the rhythm while pressing the strings with one hand with his left hand. The boss on the side was already surprised to close his mouth, and several students next to him also gathered around to form a semicircle and watch Xu Jing's finger playing solo, while Zhou Xiaoxun looked at Xu Jing with an obsessed face.

"Awesome, buddy, you're awesome!Better than my teacher!" Seven minutes later, at the end of the song, several people around applauded, and it was rare to play the guitar these days, and the boss didn't forget to give a thumbs up. Zhou Xiaoxun was already excitedly clapping, not knowing what to say.

Xu Jing just played the soft rock "Hotel California" created by the American Eagle Band in 1977, and since its release, it has caused a lot of doubts and criticisms because of the large number of drugs, ***, and cult hints in the lyrics, and of course, there are also satirical behaviors. Still, the classic guitar rhythm and touching pathos of "Hotel California" make the song a classic. In his previous life, this was one of Xu Jing's favorite songs.

"Hotel California" guitar playing can not be said to be very difficult, the difficult thing is Xu Jing's playing, that is, the right hand plucks the strings at the same time to beat the rhythm of the drum, especially the middle section, only the left hand is used to press the strings and play the sound, which requires very superb techniques.

"Dude, let's do it again!" the boss continued.

Xu Jing hesitated for a moment, his left and right hands moved at the same time, and the sound of the clear strings sounded, this time Xu Jing did not use any superb playing. More than four minutes later, as soon as the strings ended, the applause rang out again, and Xu Jing put the guitar down.

"Dude, what is your song called?" the boss thought for a moment and couldn't come up with the name of this song, and couldn't help but be curious.

"No name yet. Xu Jing replied.

In fact, this song has a name, called "Shape of My Heart", but it has not yet been written. In the original time and space, this song was written by the veteran British rock singer Sting in 1994, and was used as the ending song of a movie, although it is not as widely sung as "Hotel California", but it is also a very beautiful classic song.

"This is your original? Awesome! Awesome buddy!" the boss couldn't help but be amazed.

"Xiaomi, let's go back. Xu Jing didn't answer the boss's words and said to Zhou Xiaoxun, and Zhou Xiaoxun still didn't come back to his senses.

"Hey, don't go, buddy, I'll talk to you about something. Seeing that Xu Jing was leaving, the boss hurriedly stopped: "That's the case, my drum kit is good, I also have a friend who is playing electronic piano and bass, we are about to form a group, why don't you join us and form a band together?"

"Not interested. Xu Jing refused without hesitation.

"Hey, otherwise, you come to me to teach guitar, and I'll drive it for you for one hundred and fifty months!" Xu Jinggang took two steps and was stopped by the boss.

"I have a job. Xu Jing still refused. In fact, Xu Jing doesn't like rock 'n' roll very much, or he doesn't like the style of rock that is popular in Huaguo at the moment.

"It's okay, it's okay, you can come when you have time, we can count by the number of times. ”

"Do any of you know how to play the piano?" Xu Jing asked after a pause and hesitation.

"Yes, Ah Fei will, he is a bass player, he can also be a keyboard player, although he is not very good at piano, but he can still know basic things. By the way, what do you call my brother? My name is Cai Zhiwei, and you can call me Lao Cai. ”

"Xu Jing. Well, every night I'll come to you as a teacher to play guitar, and I won't charge you any money, but you'll have to pick the time to teach me piano, jazz drums, and other instruments that you know. Xu Jing thought about it and put forward a condition.

"No problem! No problem! Come and sit down with us. Lao Cai didn't ask Xu Jing if he could learn so many musical instruments, and hurriedly said, thinking that he would keep people first.

"That's right, Ah Fei and I have always wanted to form a band, but there is still a guitarist missing, you come here at night, the instructor plays the guitar, and then play with us when you have free time, if you want to learn any instrument, as long as we can, we can teach you." Lao Cai pulled Xu Jing to sit down and said.

"Yes. After some conversation, Xu Jing understood why Lao Cai had to pull him to stay, the feelings were purposeful.

It turned out that since Cui Jian's song "Nothing" opened the door to Chinese rock in 86, it has set off a rock and roll craze. Since the reform and opening up, young people under the influence of Western ideology have regarded rock as a kind of fighting spirit against tradition and mainstream ideology, and they have pursued it wildly. And some young people with conditions even gather some rock lovers to immerse themselves in rock and roll all day long. Things gather like and people are grouped, so a kind of cultural place called "rock circle" is formed.

Lao Cai is such a young man. A few years ago, he graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Hangzhou Normal University in the provincial capital, returned to Qushi for some reasons, and through his family connections, he got such a piano shop. However, the piano store alone could not satisfy his enthusiasm as a rock youth, so he gathered Ah Fei, who is also a rock lover, to form a rock band, hoping to organize a local rock circle in Qushi, so that he could not only get enough of the addiction of rock 'n' roll, but also drive the sales of piano and musical instruments through the formation of a rock circle.

It's just that if you want to form a rock band, at least three people, in the small city of Qushi, it is not easy to find a qualified guitarist, and even if you want to train one, it is not possible to train it in a short time. So Xu Jing became the object that Lao Cai tried to woo.

"When are you free to come over? Ah Fei didn't come over today because of something at home, otherwise, we can run in now." Lao Cai's wish came true, and he couldn't help but be a little excited.

"You can start coming over tomorrow night. Xu Jing said.

Next, after Xu Jing and Lao Cai agreed on some details, they left with Zhou Xiaoxun.

"Ah~~~" sat on the back of the bicycle, opened his arms and shouted, so excited that he almost fell, and hurriedly hugged Xu Jing's waist.

"Big Mai, when did you learn to play the guitar, why haven't you heard it before?" asked Zhou Xiaoxun.

"Well, a long, long time ago. Xu Jing said.

Learning the guitar is a matter of a previous life, originating from an English film called "Once", a small production of only 150,000 US dollars, with rough graphics and simple stories, but it is very moving, and won the Oscar for Best Original Music.

At that time, Xu Jing felt that the street singer male protagonist in the story with a broken wooden guitar on his back was very similar to his wandering around with a sketchpad on his back in his early years, and the faint melody made him want to learn the guitar, and taught himself through online videos.

"Big barley, you have to remember to take me with you every day. ”

"Good. ”

"Big Mac, will you write songs for me?"

"Yes. ”

"Big Mac, can I listen to a song?"

"Good"

He deals the cards as a meditation

And those he plays never suspect

He doesn't play for the money he wins

He doesn't play for respect

。。。。

Xu Jing's faint voice sounded, it was the song "Shape of My Heart".

The bicycle drove forward in the wind in the song, and Zhou Xiaoxun's long hair fluttered in the wind.

Gently sticking his head on Xu Jing's back, Zhou Xiaoxun felt a sweet feeling in his heart, a sense of happiness that he had never had before, warm.