Chapter 12: My Musical Initiation

Speaking of music, I do the math, I think I've been associated with it since '04.

If I'm not mistaken, I would have been in second grade, when the Internet wasn't as advanced as it is now, there were no smartphones, and I didn't have my own standalone computer.

But I can always hear "East Wind Breaking", "Qili Xiang", "Peninsula Iron Box" and later "Big City Little Love" and other familiar songs in the streets and alleys of the county, and I didn't have the money to buy genuine CDs at that time, my cousin Lin Yuan and I used the pocket money saved to buy that kind of pirated discs, a disc contains thousands or even tens of thousands of songs from different musicians and different styles, and then go home, use the old-fashioned CD player, play every night, and sing along with the TV screen.

I believe this is an experience that many post-90s generations have, until I was in the sixth grade, my father bought me the first MP3, the memory card is full of different genres of music, and I will wear headphones to and from school every day, immersed in the world of music.

At that time, my parents' concept was not so open, and the family conditions were limited at that time, so I did not have the opportunity to sign up for piano and guitar interest classes like other children, but my obsession with music in my heart has not subsided, during which I have always had a swan brand harmonica to accompany me, and my father gave me a birthday gift when I was seven years old.

At that time, I was young, and I had no interest in the harmonica, and I never learned it, so I was stranded and put it in the cabinet. It wasn't until the second year of junior high school that I fell in love with a girl in our class, she invited me to her birthday party, and I was stupid at the time, and I wouldn't give any gifts, so I had an idea, if I played a "Happy Birthday Song" to her that day, would she be very moved, and then secretly promised me.

Half a month before her birthday party, I found the rusty harmonica, found my father, and asked him to teach me to play the "Happy Birthday Song" with his surprised expression. My father was also fond of music when he was young, and he was able to play the harmonica, accordion, flute, and flute proficiently, and every night he would take them out at home to have a good time, as if he had never played these instruments since I was in the third grade, and gave him a few good flutes.

Over the years, I have always been curious, but I have never asked my father why he gave up music, and why he has never seen him play again, until today. I haven't seen him play for nearly 15 years, and I only taught him verbally, and then I learned it on my own, and I don't have any instruments left at home that he collected when he was young.

I think my father also had a musical dream when he was young, and during this time when he came out of society, I could understand a little, maybe it was for life, for family, and for me...... And give it up! Just like me now, don't you have to be a 9-to-5 travel salesman in order to survive in the city?

That girl I can still remember her name "Pan Qinru", at that time, for her, desperately practiced blowing and inhaling, blowing until dizzy and blowing until the mouth was swollen, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and finally really practiced, I also played a happy birthday song that night, she thanked me very much, and gave me a piece of cake with her own hands!

It's also interesting to think about, in the third year of junior high school, I Yunqian finally couldn't resist the hormonal attack, and confessed to the girl I liked for the first time, the result was different from the movie, Pan Qinru sent me the first good person card, and moved to the city after the high school entrance examination, and studied in the city No. 1 middle school in high school, this girl was excellent in character and learning, and later studied at Chongqing University, and listened to junior high school classmates say that Pan Qinru also sent a graduate student this year.

Speaking of these now, it's not that I still like that girl, I was a little kid at the time, how do I know what love is, it's just a good relationship, a simple good feeling, after being rejected, they seem embarrassed to each other, she moved again, and they don't contact each other.

It can only be said that it was the throbbing of adolescence, and it was officially because of that throbbing that I became interested in the harmonica, and had a new understanding of music, until high school and college, although I learned other instruments, I could still use the harmonica, and the harmonica would be arranged in the harmonic part of the orchestra performance, after all... The harmonica was the first instrument I came into contact with.

This time I won't make the same choice as my father did, and I don't want to regret it for the rest of my life.

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"Yun Qian, you call back on this, these are all customers that old colleagues can't sort out, you take it to practice and strive for it." Yang Xin, the sales manager, called me into the office and gave me a list of customers printed on A4 paper.

"Okay, Manager Yang, thank you!"

After walking out of the office and returning to my seat, I visited one by one, and none of the customers wanted to travel, too... After all, these are the remaining customers selected by other colleagues on the list, and if they really work, they won't be left to us newcomers.

"Yun Qian, are you done fighting? Are there any interested customers? ”

Tang Yun walked up to me and asked.

"Haha, there is a ghost Sister Tang, these are all leftovers from your beating, not kind! The meat was eaten, and we newcomers didn't even have soup. "Of course, I'm joking.

"At the beginning, newcomers are the same, and if there are customers who can't handle it in the future, I'll give you one or two!"

"Well, then I can remember Sister Tang, you can't forget when the time comes, I'm messing with you, not only drink soup, but also leave me a little meat, little brother is ready to saddle your horse at any time, haha..."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, don't talk about a sister, I'm one year older than you, and I'll call me old." Tang Yun smiled and said, "Just call me Tang Yun, I'll go first, Team Leader Zhang is here." ”

"Okay, Sister Tang, you can get busy first!"

I smiled, only to see Tang Yun give me a blank look, as if she was against me and called her sister again. Like Tang Yun, who came out of society earlier than me, they are all seniors, and I am not a piece of wood, and how to deal with interpersonal relationships is basically clear.

At noon, I met with Huang Bin, who had finished the training, and I went to a nearby shopping mall with him to eat Shaanxi Liangpi and Pork Sandwich Buns, and also talked about the current situation of some colleagues who worked in real estate companies. It was still early to come back, we went to the nearby park to sit down, he looked a little melancholy, gave me a cigarette and said: "Yun Qian, I really envy you now for being single, how free you are, I quarreled with my girlfriend yesterday, I want to break up... She's too headstrong..."

"Brother Bin, it's not easy to have a good relationship for three years, you watched the video during the training! Why are our seventy or eighty-year-old customers going on a trip together, you and I don't..."I spit out a puff of smoke and said with emotion: "The love of the older generation is really the hand of the son and the son growing old together, back to you coaxing, don't cold war!" ”

"Hey, I know everything, but she doesn't understand me at all! You said, after leaving my job, I worked part-time outside to deliver food every day, tired and tired, I just wanted to take a good rest when I went home, she was good, a phone call asked me to pick her up at school, I said I was very tired today, you took a taxi by yourself, she was not happy, and she was petty... Temper tantrum. ”

After a while, Huang Bin smiled bitterly: "Yun Qian, do you say I'm easy?" I explained that she didn't listen at all, and that she was making trouble like this, and I might not be able to hold on......"

"Understand, I understand your feelings, but I don't know what to say about feelings, as a friend, I advise and don't advise, you cherish it! Don't regret losing it. ”

I patted Huang Bin on the shoulder. There is a girlfriend who longs for freedom when he is single, and a single person envies a woman who can share big and small things together. O man! Life is really like a siege, those inside want to come out, and those outside want to go in!