69novels Chapter 44 Repertoire
Chapter 44 Repertoire
Chen Lang laughed.
"OK."
He stood up, walked to the door connecting the music room and the bedroom, and locked the door from the inside.
Then I checked the door leading to the living room and confirmed that it was locked.
The doors are all wrapped with egg-yolk cotton, which provides good sound insulation.
This gesture imbued the entire process with a sense of ritual.
Liu Qianqian really liked this feeling.
She ran to the center of the room and stood in a ready position.
Chen Lang walked up to the TASCAM multitrack recorder and pulled out a cassette tape from a drawer next to it.
A soft "click" sounded.
The magnetic tape started spinning.
A strange, synthesized sound came from the speaker.
The tempo is fast, and the drumbeats are not positioned correctly.
Chen Lang picked up the drumsticks and sat down behind the drum set.
He gestured to Liu Qianqian to prepare to begin.
Liu Qianqian took a deep breath, her little face full of excitement.
As the first electronic drumbeat began, Chen Lang's drumsticks slammed down heavily.
Boom!
The sounds of the snare drum and bass drum were perfectly timed to fit the rhythm of the music.
The melody, which had initially sounded somewhat ethereal, suddenly found its anchor.
The whole music came alive.
Liu Qian raised her hands high above her head, her waist swaying from side to side in sync with the powerful rhythm.
Twisting hip dance.
This was the first move Chen Lang taught her.
She danced with great skill.
Although still somewhat green, that innate sense of coordination and rhythm has already been fully displayed.
This is just the beginning.
Music styles are constantly changing.
After a burst of exciting electronic music, Liu Qianqian immediately changed her movements, gesturing with her hands in front of her chest and performing a martial arts routine.
Then, the music changed to a melody full of exotic flavor.
She started dancing the victory dance again.
These dances were all dug out of Chen Lang's memory.
There is a social sway regarding the third stage of the driving test.
The butterfly dance steps of the Pure Land of Bliss.
Seve's ghostly swipe.
He recorded clips of these once-popular short video dance songs onto cassette tapes using various musical instruments.
The backing track had no drums and consisted of short, fragmented sections, making it sound like a jumbled mess of electronic music that no one could make sense of.
This was originally the accompaniment tape he used to practice drums.
Playing drums to these complex and varied rhythms is a great exercise for his technique.
Moreover, practicing those classic traditional pieces every day can get a bit boring.
Now that TikTok isn't around, I can't watch those long-legged, wavy-haired beauties.
You always need to find some fun for yourself.
Watching the future fairy sister sway her body to these earthy songs that would later become popular all over the country.
This kind of exclusive joy is something that outsiders cannot understand.
Liu Qianqian herself was having a great time.
She didn't care whether the movements looked good or not, nor did she care about the origin of the music.
She just found the movements combined with the drumbeats Chen Lang was playing particularly fun.
It's much more interesting than the dances my mom taught me.
It's still a game that belongs only to the two of them.
It's a secret that even Yao Beina's sister didn't know.
This is enough.
One song after another played.
Liu Qianqian's small figure leaped, twirled, and swayed her hips nimbly on the rubber mat.
Her forehead was soon covered in beads of sweat.
The smile on her face grew brighter and brighter.
One cassette tape finished playing.
Chen Lang threw down the drumsticks and let out a long sigh.
Liu Qianqian also stopped, hands on her hips, panting.
"I'm not jumping anymore, I'm not jumping anymore."
Chen Lang took a towel from the box next to him and threw it to her.
Wipe your sweat.
He was also covered in sweat.
Drumming is a very physically demanding activity.
The two rested for a while, waiting for the heat on their bodies to dissipate.
Chen Lang turned off the stereo and air conditioner, and opened the door to the music room.
The two of them went back to their bedroom one after the other.
They each took their pajamas and went to the bathroom in the living room to take a shower.
In the living room.
Grandma and Grandpa, along with Liu Xiaoli who had just taken a shower and changed into her pajamas, were all sitting on the sofa watching TV.
A martial arts drama is playing on the television.
"In my opinion, this person's martial arts skills are mediocre and not worth a second glance."
"Brother Jing, don't underestimate him."
Chen Lang glanced at it, and his lips twitched.
The 83 version is still being rebroadcast, and now the 94 version is here.
Compared to Felix Wong and Barbara Yung, Julian Cheung and Athena Chu's version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes has higher resolution and the actors are more handsome and beautiful.
But it always feels like something's missing.
He pulled Liu Qianqian along and walked to the sofa.
"Mommy, Grandma, Grandpa."
Liu Xiaoli turned around and saw that the two children were covered in sweat, so she reached out and touched Liu Qianqian's forehead.
"Went out partying again?"
"Look at all that sweat."
She pulled out two tissues and handed them to Chen Lang.
"Go take a shower, don't catch a cold."
Chen Lang took the tissue and waved to Liu Qianqian.
"Wife, go take a shower first."
"oh."
Liu Qianqian nodded in agreement and turned to go into the restroom.
Chen Lang sat on the small stool next to him and glanced at the TV.
Something suddenly came to mind.
He turned around and looked at the three adults on the sofa.
"Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, there's something I want to discuss with you."
"What's wrong, Langya?"
Grandma turned her head and looked at him with loving eyes.
Seeing his serious expression, Liu Xiaoli sat up straight.
Chen Lang organized his thoughts.
"It's about my daughter-in-law's name."
"What's wrong with Sissi's name?"
Grandma was a little puzzled.
Chen Lang's expression turned serious.
"Grandma, at home and in the compound, we all speak Wuhan dialect, so it doesn't sound like anything."
"But I have to go to school tomorrow."
"At school, teachers and students all speak Mandarin."
"The name Liu Ximeizi, when pronounced in Mandarin, easily sounds like a Japanese name."
He paused for a moment, observing the adults' expressions.
Grandma and Grandpa both frowned.
Liu Xiaoli's expression also turned serious.
Chen Lang continued to patiently guide him.
"Kids love to joke around with each other."
"If someone gives her a nickname because of her name, or calls her a Japanese person, she will definitely feel bad."
RB people.
For the older generation who lived through that era, what it means is self-evident.
In this era, no, I should say in any era.
These three words are not considered positive terms by Chinese people.
Chen Lang remembers it very clearly.
In his previous life, when he was in elementary school, he watched movies like Tunnel Warfare, Mine Warfare, Little Soldier Zhang Ga, and The Five Heroes of Langya Mountain.
Children also deeply resent Japanese people.
The most popular insult in the class is "You little brat".
If someone is disliked by everyone, they will be isolated and given all sorts of nasty nicknames.
Among them, nicknames like "RB person" and "RB guy" are the most damaging.
The Poyang Street Primary School they were going to was a school where the children all came from good families and had strict upbringing.
They probably wouldn't laugh at him to his face.
But what about in private?
Children's world is far less capable of distinguishing right from wrong than adults.
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