From Middle Age: Leisure Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 9 Shili Peach Blossom Tavern

Yu Dongqing parked the small pedal and pushed the door in. The light inside was a bit dark. The various bottles of wine on the bar rack were dazzling. The tables and chairs were placed under the graceful light. On the bar, there were scattered some hanging on the wall.

Old objects add a lot of cultural feeling.

Liu Yimin runs a folk bar. Despite his beard, he likes to wear a black crew-neck shirt in summer. He also has a gold necklace as thick as a thumb hanging around his neck and two strings of Buddhist beads on his wrist. He looks like a black man.

In fact, among the four, he is the most literary and youthful. He especially likes ancient Chinese poetry. The name "Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" is also inspired by the phrase "The quiet period is not for nothing" in "Yushan Bie Shou Zhi Short Song" written by the Ming Dynasty poet Li Zhiqing.

The spring breeze brings thousands of miles of peach blossoms and thousands of miles of tears." Otherwise, I wouldn't have opened a folk bar here that was not very profitable.

However, today Yu Dongqing found that there were quite a few people inside.

"Business is good." Yu Dongqing greeted Liu Yimin who was busy at the bar.

"It's okay, the Ladybug band has been singing here recently."

Yu Dongqing heard the name of this band mentioned by Liu Yimin, saying that it was on the folk track, but it also sang pop and rock. The band was very mixed, and it was still somewhat famous among the underground bands in the imperial capital.

He turned his head and looked around, and saw four young people sitting on the bar stage, adjusting their instruments. It seemed that the concert was about to start.

But he didn't care about it.

Unlike Liu Yimin, who was born and raised in the Imperial City, his hometown is Harbin in the northeast. After graduation, he returned to his hometown to teach for two years before resigning. He returned to the Imperial City with a guitar and worked in various bars in Houhai and Sanlitun.

"That's it. My friend Yushu Linfeng can play the guitar and is also the forward of the department's football team. What girl wouldn't like a stop on the court?" Zhang Yang looked proud.

"Now your father-in-law will help you pick him up and drop him off?"

"I asked her, but she didn't want to come. She said that you guys were just drinking and bragging together, or talking about chasing girls when you were in college. It would be better to listen to people singing in the bar."

But this is all a private matter, and even good friends wouldn’t say much about it.

"Holly, your sister-in-law is nice to you." Du Hui's tone was a bit ambiguous.

"It's a pity that you guys are such a loser. You insist on starting a band, dragging me to practice every day and delaying my pursuit of girls. Thinking about it makes me cry." He even sighed deliberately when he said this.

After wandering around for a year, I saw that I had no hope of singing, so I started teaching guitar, and finally started a training class. Later, I opened a music store, opened a musical instrument training center, found a girl from the imperial capital, and now I have a house and a car.

Everything is considered a successful career.

The three of them were busy working, and Liu Yimin hurriedly walked out of the bar, carrying a large bucket of draft beer in one hand.

As soon as the girl was mentioned, everyone immediately became interested and immediately started talking about interesting things from their school days.

"Holly, you're right." Zhang Yang took over the topic and laughed: "But, you said there is still one missing: a beautiful girl!"

"I came early. I'm on the phone. I'm over there." Zhang Yang's mouth moved towards the northeast corner of the yard, and Yu Dongqing discovered a person standing in the dark beside the wall.

"The conscience of heaven and earth, people are not looking at me, they are looking at Dongqing. The girl said it herself, it is Yu Dongqing she likes!"

"It's in the backyard. You go there first. I'll make arrangements and come over right away."

"It's okay, Wei Fang will keep an eye on it."

It was my friend Zhang Yang, who majored in physics.

Du Hui and his ex-wife were both college classmates. Unlike Yu Dongqing, who entered the society after graduating from college, Zhang Yang studied economics and continued to study. He received a doctorate in economics from the central finance department and later stayed at the school to teach. The year before last,

He also received the title of associate professor and published many academic articles on economics.

"Um."

What can men say when they are together?

In addition to national affairs, it is about picking up girls in the past.

Wei Fang is Liu Yimin's daughter-in-law, and she is warm and cheerful, so this place has become a place where they often gather.

"Where's Zhang Yang and them?" Yu Dongqing asked again.

But the marriage was not going well. Five years ago, he and his wife divorced due to emotional discord. I heard that he is now having an ambiguous relationship with a female college student at school.

No need to defend.

"Nonsense, as the saying goes, a sister-in-law is half a brother-in-law." Zhang Yang interrupted.

"that is."

After working for a while, everyone sat on small benches, gathered around a table, and started drinking and eating meat, with their mouths full of oil and no need to worry about their own image.

"It's still the same. The old man doesn't want to see me. I spend my weekends sending the children here and there, and sometimes I help with them." Yu Dongqing told the truth.

Zhang Yang saw Yu Dongqing coming and hurriedly called him over to help. Yu Dongqing entered the quilt room and washed her hands and helped put on the sheep's kidneys. When she found that Du Hui was not there, she asked.

"Come on, that round-faced girl is in the next class. Every time we rehearse, the girl is looking at you. It's because you don't want to talk to other girls!" Du Hui retorted.

"Zhang Yang, I remember when I was in college, there were several girls in the music department who liked you," Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

I was invited to give lectures from time to time, and I also made a lot of extra money. My career was going smoothly.

Du Hui wears glasses, is gentle and elegant, wears a T-shirt and trousers, and maintains a good figure. Unlike Liu Yimin and Zhang Yang, who have gained weight, I heard that he is very popular among girls in school.

"It's a great life with wine, meat, and friends." Yu Dongqing couldn't help but sigh when she thought of the busy life in her previous life.

At this time, Du Hui finished the phone call, washed his hands and started to help. He saw that Yu Dongqing was still concerned and asked about his daughter.

"Yimin, what do you do when you come to the bar?" Yu Dongqing asked with concern.

"What about your relationship?"

After listening to Liu Yimin's words, everyone laughed.

Yu Dongqing didn't respond. It was normal for men to joke like this.

After saying that, both of them laughed.

"Ask my sister-in-law to come too. She cleaned all these meats and shrimps. It was quite hard after working for a long time." Zhang Yang said quickly.

"Haha, girl"

Everyone laughed.

"Where's Du Hui? He's not here yet?"

"This guy has a second spring." Zhang Yang said in a low voice.

Yu Dongqing and Du Hui hurriedly agreed.

Yu Dongqing went out from the back door and saw the lights on in the yard. There was a barbecue grill set up under the peach tree. A man wearing a white shirt and tie with a slicked back hair was roasting mutton on the charcoal stove with his sleeves rolled up.

Chuan, the yard is filled with an alluring fragrance.

In fact, it's all just talk.

Everyone was eating and drinking, chatting and laughing. Zhang Yang had a few large glasses of beer in his stomach, and his face was as red as a monkey's butt. He lit a cigarette and took two puffs. Then he suddenly said: "My throat is a little itchy. Yimin, bring me a guitar!"

Liu Yimin quickly took out an electric guitar from the bar and also carried an amplifier. Du Hui helped plug it in.

"Remember the song we sang before? I want to sing it again!" Zhang Yang said loudly while holding the guitar.

(End of chapter)