Chapter 55: Our Times
Jiangbei City, Nanshan Community.
Wei Guoqiang dragged his tired body home, his wife was stir-frying in the kitchen, and his son was doing his homework in the room.
He was already over forty years old, but he was old enough to have children. When he was thirty-two years old, his son was born. Now he is forty-six years old, and his son is fourteen.
"Is the meal almost ready?" He asked his wife in the kitchen.
"It's almost right, you go wash your hands first, and tell Ming Ming to come out to eat." His wife said to him.
Wei Guoqiang nodded, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then opened his son's door.
What made him angry was that his son was not doing his homework, but playing with his mobile phone with headphones!
He snatched the mobile phone from his son's hand and said, "Have you done your homework?" ”
Ming Ming looked at his father and couldn't help but shrink his neck. Wei Guoqiang has always been very spoiled by him, after all, he is an old man. But in this part of studying, he is extremely strict, and if he plays with his mobile phone before he finishes his homework now, Wei Guoqiang will definitely be furious.
"Also..... Not yet! Ming Ming said softly.
Wei Guoqiang looked down at his phone, and he found that a song was playing on his phone, called "Dream Chasing Pure Heart".
He's in a slightly better mood, at least his son isn't playing a mobile game, he's just listening to a song. He knows that students are under a lot of pressure with homework nowadays, and he can understand it when he occasionally listens to songs to relax. What's more, the name of this song looks very positive.
His face softened slightly, and he handed the phone back and said, "It's time to eat, go wash your hands first." Next time you want to listen to a song, finish your homework first! ”
Seeing that Wei Guoqiang was not angry, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He usually has a good relationship with his father, although the age gap between the two is very large, Wei Guoqiang still understands young people very well, so there is not much generation gap between the two.
"Dad, I heard this song on the school radio, and even our homeroom teacher said it, the song is good, and the lyrics are very positive!" Obviously the hippie smiled at Wei Guoqiang. He didn't tell Wei Guoqiang that this singer also has a song "Sunny Day", and the classmates like it very much!
Wei Guoqiang touched his head and said, "Yo, is it still recommended by the teacher?" Okay, I'll connect your phone to the stereo and listen to it for you while you're eating. After eating, I immediately went to do my homework! ”
"Good! Thank you Dad! "I was so happy that I ran to wash my hands.
[Where is the world full of flowers,
If it really exists, then I will definitely go for ......]
In the stereo at the dinner table, a song was playing.
Wei Guoqiang gave Ming Ming a chopstick of green vegetables, and advised: "Eat more vegetables!" ”
Suddenly, he froze.
In the stereo, the song is being put in the chorus.
[Run forward, meet the cold eyes and ridicule!]
How can you feel the vastness of life without going through tribulations?
Fate it can't make us kneel and beg for mercy,
Even if blood is sprinkled all over the bosom! 】
Running forward? Running forward?
Wei Guoqiang only felt his heart twitch violently.
He is in his forties, and he has long lost the momentum of his youth.
He has been in the company for eight years and is definitely the oldest of those employees. Those who joined the company at the same time as him were either promoted to the top level, or jumped to other companies early to hold a high position, only he was just a middle-level team leader.
His wife would complain about him, complaining that he was not agitated enough and could not handle interpersonal relationships. Looking at his son, he occasionally feels ashamed, he knows that there are comparisons among students, other classmates' fathers drive BMW Mercedes to pick up their children from school, but he only has an old Santana.
But he's really old, he's forty-six years old, and he really can't run.
He really wanted to tell his wife that he didn't have that momentum anymore, and that he just wanted to be in the company for a few more years and then retire with honor. He wanted to tell his son that Dad was ashamed, but Dad really couldn't help it.
As Wei Guoqiang thought, the chorus of the song continued.
[Keep running!] With the pride of a child!
How can you see the sparkle of life if you don't stick to the end!
Instead of lingering, let's indulge in burning!
Will sprout again one day! 】
Go on...... Keep running?
If you are still breathing, why don't you burn to your heart's content?
He suddenly became agitated, and the chopsticks in his hand fell on the table.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Ming Ming asked.
After a few bites of hastily eating, the ghost sent him to his wife, "Put the bowl first, and I will come back to wash it later." I'll go to the company first. ”
Wei Guoqiang drove his old Santana, connected his mobile phone to the USB socket, and played the song "Dream Chasing Pure Heart".
When he came to the company, he was surprised to find that many young people were taking the initiative to work overtime. They are full of energy, they are working tirelessly for promotion and salary increase, for their own future, they are like children chasing dreams.
Is it because I'm too old to run, or have I never run?
Was it bad luck, or did I deserve to be in this field?
"Team Leader Wei, why are you here?"
"Come and work overtime with you!"
Wei Guoqiang put the briefcase on the desk and immediately devoted himself to the copywriting.
I'm not old yet! I'm only 46 years old! I have 14 years left before I retire! 14 years to go!
It's just that...... How many years haven't you heard of rock?
That blood-boiling feeling more than a decade ago...... It's been a long time!
......
......
"Hey! Lao He, come out for a supper! Next to the construction site, the contractor who had been busy all day made a phone call.
"Okay, I'm drinking, I can't drive, you can pick me up."
In the car, there was a song.
"What song is this? Rock 'n' roll, right? Oldies? Lao He asked.
"No, the new song, which I overheard, is called 'elopement'. How's that, do you have that feeling of listening to rock when you're younger? ”
"Yes! It's actually a new song? I'll wait for the next one. That's exciting! Same as when I was younger! ”
"I'm old, I don't have the energy I had when I was young."
Lao He glared and said, "Let go of your mother's stinky fart!" Last year, the two-child policy was opened, didn't you just give birth to a little son? Old fart, old! Anyway, Lao Tzu is not convinced of the old! ”
As he spoke, Lao He looked out the window but was in a trance.
He remembered the years when he opened a video store with the contractor, although the Internet developed later, and the video stores basically closed down, but he will never forget that time.
They sit in the store and sell all sorts of albums, and in the meantime, rock albums are always the best!
At that time, they loved rock and roll! Everyone loves rock 'n' roll!
Even if they listen to it a thousand times or ten thousand times, they will never get tired of it......
......
In the barbershop, a middle-aged man is dyeing his hair, and unlike the young man, he is dyeing his white hair black.
"What's the song in the store? Rock 'n' roll? The middle-aged man asked the hairstylist.
The hairstylist was stunned for a moment and replied: "It should be rock 'n' roll, it's called "Midsummer Lightyear". When I was reading Weibo today, it was recommended by a blogger named "Ear God". It's pretty good, so I'll put it in the store. ”
The middle-aged man didn't speak, he didn't understand any Weibo or bloggers, he was just listening to the song quietly.
[10,000 mp3s, 10,000 crazy loves.]
I can't extinguish a small lonely .....]
couldn't help but feel that the middle-aged man remembered something.
In the mirror, there is already a lot of white hair mixed with black hair. Yes, the years are not forgiving, I am old.
But he still remembers that when he was younger, he would buy records as soon as he had money, and at that time, his favorite thing was rock and roll.
In the rental house, he and his friends shouted wildly, and sang along with the record like crazy. She stood on the sidelines, smiling and washing them a few apples.
At that time, I was so poor, but I was so happy, as if I could spend the whole summer happily with just a few records!
At that time, she was so poor that she could only buy her a palm-sized cake for her birthday. But she will always smile so sweetly, and she will always be so sweet.
On the motorcycle, they sang rock songs, ignoring the fingers of others, the two looked at each other and laughed maniacally.
He is rich now, and he has given her the best life. But the childish joy of youth can never be found again.....
Yellow-faced woman, how long has it been since I listened to a song with you?
.......
.......
One person, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand.
Three rock songs, silently, entered everyone's life.
No publicity, no ads, no platform recommendations.
But I don't know why, as long as you hear it by chance, these three songs can grab anyone's ear!
Is rock 'n' roll dead?
Did rock 'n' roll really die a dozen years ago?
They don't believe it!
Yes, we're old, we're old.
But rock won't die!
The rock 'n' roll we love – never die!
These poor young people, who have not lived through that era, do not understand the charm of rock 'n' roll!
These three songs are different from other songs, they are the same rock and roll as they were in that era! Just as crazy rock!
It was the era of rock 'n' roll! It's the time for our people!