Chapter Seventeen: The Chorus Ends with a Flourish of Singing Skill

  "Hey kid, sing me a song of 'The East is Red', and I'll give you 50 bucks!"

  When Tang Xiao finished singing and explained his reasons for asking for rewards, he was wondering if anyone would reward him with two small coins. Suddenly, a somewhat old voice rang in his ears, and Xiao quickly turned his eyes to see an elderly woman with all white hair, smiling at him.

  "It's not necessary to have so much, just a few people giving me 1 or 2 yuan is enough." Tang Xiao quickly nodded in agreement with the singing request, but refused the old man's 50 yuan. Although this old man looked like he wasn't short of money at all.

  "Good, the young man is not greedy!" The old lady exclaimed loudly, then turned to the people who were hesitating and said loudly: "I say what era are we in now, who still lacks one or two blocks of money? The young man didn't want 100, just wanted 1 or 2 yuan, is that a lot? Even if it's less, it won't hurt a hair! How can you bear to think about it and still have the nerve to hesitate, aren't you ashamed?"

  Have to say it's really awesome!

  The old woman's words, which were both flattering and insulting, immediately made the onlookers see things clearly. "You're right," they said. "A few bucks are a big deal these days. And even if you're just watching a monkey show, you still have to pay..." The elegant brother had no idea he was being compared to a performing monkey. He didn't have the mood to care about that, and as soon as the old woman stopped talking, he began to play "The East is Red" with great enthusiasm, although it wasn't a song he was very familiar with. At the same time, he sang along to the melody in his mouth, singing that special era's "divine song" that everyone knew and loved.

  The East is Red, the sun rises, China has produced a great man named Mao

  He works for people's happiness, hurray!

  He is the great savior of the people

  He works for people's happiness

  Hurray! He is the people's great savior.

  …………

  To be honest, Tang Xiao has rarely sung any red songs except for the national anthem, because he felt that he didn't have the emotions to sing so-called revolutionary songs, and he seldom heard this type of song, thinking it was too outdated and cheesy.

  But now, when he sang this song with a bit of awkwardness, which can be compared to the popularity of the national anthem "The East is Red", he was shocked to find that almost half of the people in the audience, especially middle-aged men and women, were singing along with him. The old people were all singing, including an old farmer who had lost most of his teeth and a little girl who was only 4 or 5 years old, who was also singing "He is the great savior of the people..."

  This scene is quite funny and also very touching, so the originally somewhat unimpressed singing voice immediately became even more beautiful, and in high-pitched positions it performed perfectly without any flaws.

  Wherever there is the Party, wherever there is the Communist Party, there will be sunshine and brightness

  There is GC party, holler yo

  Where the people are liberated, there is the Communist Party

  Heir to the throne, the people there have been liberated

  ……

  It was originally a solo performance, but it has developed into a large chorus of at least nearly a hundred people now. This scene immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the market (on both sides of the road). Everyone was curious and asked: "What is this all about? Why are so many people gathered here singing together?"

  But later on, they also joined in involuntarily. After all, the tune of "The East is Red" was simple and the lyrics were not difficult to remember. Even if you couldn't sing or remember the lyrics, you could still close your eyes and shout loudly along with everyone else. As a result, some comical scenes emerged.

  Only a middle-aged man sitting on a bicycle with one foot propping up the ground was seen by the side of the road. He originally just wanted to take a glance at what activity was being held here, but he was too short and couldn't see the center surrounded by the dense crowd. However, he didn't leave, and instead followed along humming, later discovering that humming wasn't enough, so he also joined in with the "big chorus" and shouted together. This one shout wasn't a big deal, the key was that this person couldn't get excited, once excited he would start dancing wildly. As a result - just as he raised his hand and foot to shout out the lyrics "Hū ér hǎi yōu, nà li rén mín dé jiě fàng" (a revolutionary song), he suddenly fell off the bicycle onto the ground...

  There are also young children who see their parents singing happily and feel bored, so they stretch out their hands to ask for money. Normally, it's not easy to get money from them, at most just 1 or 2 yuan. But now the couple is singing very enthusiastically, and the husband didn't hesitate to take out a 20-yuan note and give it to the child...

  The scene was indeed high, but Xiao Wan Ge is now a bit cry-laugh-not-get. The length of "The East is Red" is only about 4 minutes, but he found that these uncles and aunts seemed to be addicted to singing. He had played for twice as long, but they were still singing loudly with unsatisfied expression. Even he suspected that even if he stopped playing the guitar now, these people would not stop.

  Just as he was thinking whether to call a halt, the same kindly old woman with a flushed face shouted loudly: "Alright, alright, you've sung that twice already. Aren't your throats sore or dry? Stop it, stop it."

  The old woman's words broke the atmosphere, and the people who were shouting loudly just now immediately shut their mouths one by one, covering their faces with their hands, their faces flushed red. At least for several days, they won't be able to speak again.

  "Hey, young man, you're not bad at all! You sing and play well!" The old lady saw that everyone had stopped, so she praised Xiao Sa Ge, who was holding back a smile: "Are you a music major? I used to teach music too, just elementary school. I think your musicality is really good! Are you thinking of developing it professionally?"

  Wow, is this still Senior?

  Tang Xiao immediately stood up straight and said, "Thank you for your praise, I just practiced more than others, this year I just took the college entrance exam, I don't deserve your compliment! ~!" After being humble for a while, he continued to say: "As for longing to be a professional singer, it is indeed true, now I am grinding my live performance skills, and also experiencing the taste of traveling thousands of miles."

  "You're too modest, young man." The old lady chuckled and shook her head, then pulled out a stack of money, took out the smallest denomination bill and put it in front of Tang Xiao, into the guitar case that already had quite a few coins thrown in.

  "This is too much......" Xiao Shuai Ge looked at the stack of money in her hand, the smallest being 20, and couldn't help but want to refuse. However, the old woman waved her hand and smiled: "Then you just sing another one, I'll leave after I've listened."

  "Again, let's hear another one, and listen carefully to how well this young fellow sings!" A middle-aged fat man who had just squeezed in shouted out. The others also nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes".

  To be honest, people in small towns have never seen this kind of street singer that is very common in big cities, so everyone was quite curious. Finally met one, of course, to listen and see, idle is also idle.

  "This request was also one of the three songs emphasized by the system, so before more people shouted out, Xiao Su Ge immediately nodded and agreed: "Then I'll give everyone a familiar song, 'Ao Bao Xi Hui'!"

  Among the applause and screams of perhaps over two hundred people, he calmly began to play his guitar, and soon started singing this classic song in a familiar and beautiful accompaniment:

  The moon of fifteen rose into the sky yo

  Why is there no cloud beside

  ……

  I am waiting for the beautiful girl

  Why haven't you come yet?

  ……

  This song has had many versions, and the different tones and breaths of each person have also made their singing styles somewhat different. Tang Xiao now possesses the rich singing skills of a truly first-rate singer, and with his current long breath control, when he utters the first line of lyrics, it makes people around him involuntarily produce a feeling: this young man really sings well! And soon they were drawn in by Xiao's thick, distant singing voice, as if they had really been transported to a vast, endless grassland under a bright moon shining over thousands of miles.

  Many people's faces showed a quiet and peaceful expression, especially the elderly who all closed their eyes, only lightly breathing and feeling as if some of the pain on their bodies had also disappeared. At this moment, they were surrounded by serenity and enjoyment.

  PS: Finally, I've managed to showcase Xiao Ge's singing skills in detail. Also, this book will get more and more exciting, hope you guys can collect, vote and support it, as for rewards and evaluation votes, I don't dare to ask for them.

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