Entertaining Children

"Okay, Jan! Not a young man." Betty rolled her beautiful eyes helplessly when she saw Xiao Yao's childish gesture of comparing her height.

"I still remember the way you played the piano in the western restaurant and the keyboard in the Eva show. I didn't expect that in addition to playing the piano well, you also played the guitar very well!" Betty continued to praise Xiao Yao.

"Although the piano is known as the king of musical instruments, I think the guitar is the most popular instrument for young people." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "It's just that he was too young back then, no matter his height or the size of his palm, he was not suitable for playing guitar. "

"Is it the favorite instrument of all young people, or yours?" It seems that every time they meet, Betty and Xiao Yao like to play the pun of young.

"I think it belongs to all young people." Xiao Yao replied.

"Why?" Betty asked.

"Because it's convenient to show in front of girls." Xiao Yao introduced, "At least in Huaxia's campus, a boy carrying a guitar on his back goes down to the dormitory of the girl he likes to play guitar and sing. It's a very popular way to show love, and the success rate is very high. High."

"Really?" Betty asked curiously.

"Of course," Xiao Yao shrugged with a smile, "but the premise is that the boy's guitar must be very good. If it is bad, it will be smashed away by all kinds of things thrown by the girls in the dormitory. .”

"Hehe," Betty recalled what Xiao Yao had said, and said with a smile, "That scene must be very interesting."

"But it must not be you." Betty continued, "If you use this method to express your love to the girl you like, the girl will definitely not be able to refuse. By the way, do you have a girlfriend?"

"No." Xiao Yao replied without hesitation this time.

Seeing Betty's surprised gaze, Xiao Yao complained in his heart: "I'm only seventeen, why does everyone think that I should have a girlfriend? Not to mention that in the previous life experience, it was rare for middle school students to fall in love. , even in the current world, there are not many people in the class who are in a relationship, less than one-third, and Chen Mingfei and Ma Peng don't have girlfriends yet, don't they?"

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that several bandmates behind Xiao Yao had already packed up the instruments on the stage, and they were standing aside waiting for Xiao Yao. Betty felt that now was not the time for a long talk, so she said to Xiao Yao: "I'm very happy. See you again, come to my house this weekend. Keith was very curious about you back then, and has always wanted to meet you. It’s rare that you are in the United States and playing in a band again. I think you two must have a lot of things to talk about. "

"Your house?" Xiao Yao repeated in surprise.

"Yes," Betty nodded, "my home is in Beverly Hills. Since you are an exchange student at Westbridge Middle School, you should live in Calabasas, right? Calabasas is not far from Beverly Hills. It takes less than an hour to drive."

"Okay, I'll go." Xiao Yao agreed with a smile.

After Betty and Xiao Yao exchanged contact information, they bid farewell and left. Xiao Yao quickly packed his guitar and returned to the band members who were waiting aside.

"That's Betty Bellett?" Seeing Xiao Yao coming back, Dean couldn't help asking Xiao Yao first.

"Yes." Xiao Yao nodded.

"What did she ask you for?" George also asked, "Her husband is Keith Craig, the lead singer of Daydream. Has she fallen in love with your song and wants to buy it for her husband?" Obviously, while they were waiting just now, the few of them had already had some discussions.

"No, we just met again by accident and chatted casually." Xiao Yao shook his head.

"Oh... what?!" Dean nodded first, "Oh", and then he reacted and shouted: "Meet again? You knew Betty Bellett before? How come? When?"

"I met when I went to New York seven years ago. As for how we met, it's a long story, and I'll tell you when I have a chance." Xiao Yao pointed to the packed musical instrument and said, "Now we should put the musical instrument away first. Go back and figure out how to celebrate the success of our first show."

Hearing what Xiao Yao said, everyone's joy at the success of the show overwhelmed their curiosity about how Xiao Yao knew Betty Bellett. Under Xiao Yao's call, everyone put the packed musical instruments back into the musical instrument room, and then thought about how to celebrate.

When it comes to celebrating, the first thing that comes to mind is wine. When it comes to wine, Xiao Yao feels that being in the United States is not as good as being in China. When he graduated from junior high school, he almost got drunk when he went to karaoke with a group of friends. But in the United States, the law not only stipulates that the legal minimum drinking age is 21 years old, but also strictly prohibits any place that sells alcohol, such as bars and shops, from selling alcohol to young people under the age of 21. Therefore, even if the band members who were so excited because of the success of the show wanted to drink illegally to celebrate, there was no way to buy alcohol for a while.

Without alcohol, everyone can only use non-alcoholic drinks instead when celebrating. For Xiao Yao, it seems that it is not so enjoyable.

After a passionate and exciting performance in the afternoon, Xiao Yao, who returned to Smith's house after celebrating, had calmed down and felt a little tired.

Returning to his room and throwing himself on the bed, Xiao Yao, who just wanted to have a good sleep, failed to do so, because as soon as he went upstairs and returned to the room, Dean followed him.

"Yang, I want to learn how to write songs, can you teach me?" Hearing the knock on the door, Xiao Yao opened the door to let Dean in. He thought that Dean was here to gossip about how he knew Betty, but he didn't expect Dean to speak. Just made such a request.

"Today I feel that playing in a band and having your own music works is the right way. So I thought, since you can write songs, why can't I?" Dean said confidently.

"Since you want to learn, of course I can teach you some basic rules and methods," Xiao Yao looked at Dean and said, "But creating this kind of thing depends on inspiration and talent, whether you can write a song or not , or whether the song you write is good or bad, it’s all up to you.”

"Of course, I understand this." Dean nodded in understanding, "I used to think I couldn't do it, but now I want to try."

"Okay, if that's the case, then come to my room when you get home at night, and I'll teach you. But forget it tonight, I'm tired, and I need to rest now." Xiao Yao nodded and agreed.

"No problem, then I won't bother you." Seeing Xiao Yao agree, Dean simply got up and said goodbye.

At breakfast time the next day, Mrs. Smith, who knew the performance was very successful, first expressed to the children her apology for not being able to come to the scene to support them yesterday due to work reasons, and then congratulated the three young people, and greatly praised They do.

Mrs. Smith's congratulations and compliments made the three of them start a new day in a very happy mood. After arriving at the school, the band members also obviously felt that everyone's attitude towards them was completely different. They who seemed a little unknown before seemed to have become star students in the whole school overnight. Wherever they went, the students greeted them warmly and praised their great performance yesterday.

For the other members of the band, yesterday's school anniversary performance had a good influence on them, but for Xiao Yao, he still had some remaining problems to be resolved.

Because the rehearsals for the previous week were all at night, Xiao Yao was also absent from his part-time job at the "buy more" supermarket for a few days. Xiao Yao explained the situation to his boss Mr. Johnson in advance and asked his colleagues to help adjust the shift. Now that the performance is over, he also needs to work longer this week to make up for what he owed.

Originally, the working hours were from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, but this week Xiao Yao's working hours were from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm. And Xiao Yao, who worked until after ten o'clock for the first time, encountered an unexpected incident.

After ten o'clock in the evening, there are almost no customers in the supermarket. This time is also the main time period for the tally staff to prepare for the next day's sale.

Pushing the supermarket shopping cart full of products, Xiao Yao put the products one by one on the shelves that appeared vacant. This job is not difficult, but mechanical is a bit boring.

"Stop! Catch them!" Just as Xiao Yao was squatting on the ground bored to load the bottom shelf, he suddenly heard a girl shouting from the end of the aisle in the middle of the shelf.

Xiao Yao turned his head and saw three black youths in their twenties running towards him with bags on their backs. And behind them, chasing them seems to be... Kim?

Shocked Xiao Yao stood up, just in front of the three black youths. A black youth in a turban running at the front saw Xiao Yao who was blocking the way, took out a knife from his pocket while running, waved it and shouted at Xiao Yao: "Get out of the way!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yao, who still had a shocked expression on his face, raised his hands, and then...a sideways close to the shelf next to him, making way for the three fleeing black youths to open the aisle in the middle of the shelf.

The black youth in the lead showed a smug look, but just as he ran out of the aisle between the shelves here, he was tripped over by a supermarket shopping cart rushing towards him from a diagonal stab. Not only did the knife in his hand fly out of his hand, but he also tripped over the two companions who were following closely behind him.

Then, several tall supermarket employees ran over and pinned down the three who had fallen to the ground to subdue them.

"Jin, what's going on?" A burly white employee in his thirties who led a black youth looked up at Jin who was running over. A few of them rushed over when they heard Jin's shout, and he was the one who pushed the shopping cart blocking the way.

"They are thieves, they stole things from the supermarket." Jin replied pantingly, "I saw them stuffing things from the supermarket into their clothes and bags, so I called them. But when they saw me, they turned around and ran away. From this, I was sure that they must have stolen something, so I ran and chased them."

"Good job!" The strong white man praised Jin, and then said to the somewhat frightened female cashier behind the cashier counter, "Call the police and let the police deal with it." Then, he twisted the black young man's arm behind his back , pulled it up, and said to the black youth: "Go, before the police come, go to our lounge and stay there!"

Watching a few tall white colleagues take the thieves away, Jin, who had recovered his breath, finally relaxed. Then she thought of the scene where Xiao Yao, who had stopped in front of a few thieves in the passage just now, took the initiative to give way to the thieves.

Unexpectedly, this cool-looking, band-playing guy would take the initiative to give way to a thief when he met a thief. Jin glanced dissatisfiedly at Xiao Yao, who was standing aside with his hands down, and shouted angrily: "Coward!" !” (To be continued.)