Chapter Eighty-Four: Our Band

After eating John's delicious Texas barbecue, everyone continued to have fun around the campfire that had not yet dispersed. Under the influence of alcohol, singing and dancing.

"Chen, didn't you say you used to study music? Come and show us! ”

White saw Chen Ming sitting in the crowd and opened his mouth to propose. He simply couldn't understand the low-key of the Chinese, just like Chen Ming. When he first arrived at the beach, he was the most prominent one in the crowd, and the only lieutenant in the group was a Chinese. After only one afternoon, he can make himself untouched.

Chen Ming did not refuse, and took the guitar handed over by Ensign Ma Fu.

"Hey, Mafo. I heard that you are Kingston from Maple Leaf Country? ”

Chen Ming hugged the guitar, thought about it, and asked. Just as there are too many music in the collection, sometimes I don't know what to listen to, Chen Ming doesn't know what to sing now.

"Yes. Chen, do you have any questions? ”

β€œIβ€˜m coming to study~”

Chen Ming didn't answer Ma Fu, but directly sang a song he liked very much.

The song "Rising Girl" was relatively niche in the previous life, but the relaxed and comfortable mood suddenly infected the people around him.

Second Lieutenant Marver's eyes widened when he heard the lyrics "Rastafarian believers" and "Dr. Manny Bush".

"Damn Chen, if your skin was a little darker, I'd think you've been living with us for a long time."

"Hey man, smoke a cigarette, it's going to surprise you a little better."

White laughed and smoked a cigarette, mimicking the words in the lyrics and tossing it to the Mavo. He was also surprised by Chen Ming at this time, there was no adaptation to the soil at all, and even it was too indigenous. Especially the lyrics rich in local representative nouns, he couldn't imagine that Chen Ming, a guy who didn't even know where to buy military uniforms, could know so much.

Soon the song ended, listening to the applause of the audience in his ears, Chen Ming smiled.

"Chen, I have to have a drink with you, that's great!"

Chen Ming picked up the Corona beer beside him and touched it with the muffou. He had only seen this wine in a movie in his previous life, and the refreshing taste of the lime slices on the mouth of the bottle made him gradually like the taste as well.

"Hey, Lieutenant. I wonder if you can write Virginia songs? ”

"West Virginia?"

Chen Ming heard the words of a middle-aged man in the crowd who was listening to the question of a big-bellied man, and paused for a moment. This seems to be, there really is.

"Yes, West Virginia. I haven't been back to my hometown for seventeen years. ”

The middle-aged man was carrying a wine bottle, his expression a little embarrassed.

β€œAlmost heaven west virginia~”

β€œBlue ridge mountains shenandoah river~”

As Chen Ming spoke, the people around him were stunned.

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoya River. It's a local Virginia geographical noun again, but unlike the previous song, this song sounds reminiscent of one's hometown.

A faint melancholy gradually calmed everyone down and continued to keep quiet. No one wants to break this moment, they also remember their homeland.

"Mr. Lieutenant, what is the name of this song?"

"I think I should thank you, it's fantastic. It reminds me of my childhood. ”

The middle-aged man asked with a sour nose and a little choked.

β€œTake Me Home Country Roads”

Chen Ming stretched out the wine bottle and touched him.

"Hometown will always be the softest place in everyone's heart, it will give you the strength to move forward bravely!"

Hearing Chen Ming's words, there was a round of applause around. At John's suggestion, everyone raised their glasses.

"Mr. Lieutenant, I wonder if you'll write about Southern California?"

Seeing that Chen Ming's wine bottle was almost empty, a blonde girl next to her hurriedly opened a bottle of beer and handed it over.

"What? Is that also your hometown? ”

Chen Ming asked with some curiosity, and the people around him laughed kindly.

"No, I made an appointment with my classmates to go there for a graduation trip, crossing the entire Bald Eagle from east to west!"

The bald eagle girl was much more open than in the country, and she didn't blush when she heard everyone's laughter. Generously replied to Chen Ming.

β€œGot on a board a west bound 747~”

As Chen Ming's singing sounded, everyone's shouting of praise slowly stopped.

The positive, cheerful tunes in front of it slowly liberate everyone from homesickness. But slowly, everyone felt that something was wrong.

β€œIt never rains in california~”

β€œBut girl don't they warn ya~”

β€œIt pours man it pours~”

It never rains in California. But girl, they didn't warn you, if it rains, it's a downpour.

Hearing this lyric, everyone and the girl also froze.

"Thank you, Lieutenant."

After Chen Ming finished singing, the girl suddenly stepped forward to hug Chen Ming and pecked him lightly on the face.

Even if he knew that this was a bald eagle was a very normal way to interact, Chen Ming's face immediately turned red. Hurry up and hand the guitar to the muffo.

Madan, I can't sing anymore. If you continue to sing this book, you will have 404.

The night obscured Chen Ming's embarrassment, and after everyone saw Chen Ming exchange guitars and end the performance, they offered their applause again.

"Hey, Chen. You're hiding so deeply, I think you really should come to the beach to perform in the future! Maybe we can also form a band, just call the Navy Kids? ”

White said as he applauded. Perhaps, this is a good opportunity to trick the damn Chan out of the convenience store?

"That's a good idea, I can be a guitarist!"

The first time the Buddha agreed.

"I'll be bass!"

"I can play the drums!"

Several other lieutenants chimed in. Anyway, they have a lot of daily learning now, and with Chen Ming here, it's still cool to have a band to play.

"Well, I'll just roast meat. Maybe we can organize this kind of campfire party on a regular basis, and I'll have a barbecue. You can let people listen to you while drinking Corona and eating delicious Texas barbecue. ”

John said sullenly.

"Ness, my dear. The idea was fantastic, and then we could charge the tickets! ”

White clapped his hands excitedly when he heard John's proposal. looked at Chen Ming in the scolding of John's "Gan Ru Niang".

"Now I'm waiting for you to nod, Chen. You see, you don't want to disappoint them. With you on board, we're sure to be the most popular duo on Pensacola Beach! ”

Chen Ming was also a little moved. Charging tickets, as if you don't need to put the piano box, can it still be considered begging? It doesn't seem to count.

"I agree, but I'll have to change the name. Call it a beach park, Navy Boy is too inferior. ”

Chen Ming nodded in agreement. Looking at the anticipation in the eyes of the tourists around him, he couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

If you can make money in this way, it will be much easier and happier than working at a convenience store, and you can save a lot of time to spend in the library.

"Whatever you want, your band is up to you!"

"No, it's our band!"

Everything was negotiated, in the applause of everyone. Agreeing on a time for each night's show, White excitedly drove John in his little sports car to the owner of the city bar to talk about the drinks.

Chen Ming also returned to Pensacola Air Station after saying goodbye to everyone with other students.

After the excitement, Chen Ming had a little headache.

This matter must be reported to the embassy, if Major General Zhang knows that he has learned to make a band, will he immediately drive himself back to China?

There is also a matter of being kissed by other girls, and I have to write to Huang Huai to report it.

This is not a strict wife!