Golden Greenery

"Uncle Frank, I have an idea and a request. I hope you can agree." Zhuo Yang put down the knife and fork in his hand and said to Kou Kou's father seriously.

The Christmas Eve dinner at Kou Kou's house was quite sumptuous, but it was not exaggerated at all. It only had one more turkey, some extra desserts and Christmas pudding than the usual home-cooked meal. It was far less than the dinner with Li Xiaoqing in Hanover that year. It was so extravagant that I ended up pouring more than I ate.

Food is the most important thing for people, but when conditions permit, what you eat is not the important thing, but who you eat with is.

The Koko family is a family of three plus one Zhuoyang. Although there are few people, because Zhuoyang is the first time to visit the family, in order to show respect for the guests, the Koko family puts the Christmas Eve dinner on the long table in the hall. In the huge dining room, four people gathered around one end of the seven-eight-meter-long table. It was solemn, but it seemed too empty.

Before starting, the Kou Kou family routinely said, "Our Heavenly Father, may your name be glorified." May your kingdom come, and may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Please give us our daily bread today, please forgive us...Amen'. Because it was Christmas Eve dinner, the Koko family also followed family customs. After praying to God, they also prayed and gave thanks to their family's ancestor, Grace Meredith. Because on that Christmas Eve a hundred years ago, Grace held Hubert in the heavy snow and began the miserable years of escape.

Zhuo Yang silently lowered his head and accompanied the Kou Kou family to complete these brief and sincere ceremonies. He was deeply moved by the Kou Kou family's sincere memorial. Even in China, which attaches great importance to family values, it is difficult to see special actions to commemorate an ancestor who has no prominent experience, not to mention that this ritual has been carried out for more than half a century.

Zhuo Yang learned from Kou Kou that the Joseph family respected his grandmother Grace Meredith very much and commemorated her to remind him to never forget his roots. Zhuo Yang also had great respect for this great woman. Perhaps it is difficult for ordinary people to truly empathize with and admire figures from a hundred years ago, and they only pay lip service to them, not to mention that Grace is not a historical celebrity.

But Zhuo Yang won't.

Because it's very simple. If Grace Meredith is replaced by Kou Kou, if Kou Kou has that kind of experience, Zhuo Yang will definitely go crazy. He doesn't even dare to think about it. At that time, Grace was one year younger than Coco now.

When this emotion was once again touched by the memorial actions of the Kou Kou family, Zhuo Yang had an idea, which made him a little absent-minded during the meal. After thinking for a while, he decided, and then he made this request to Kou Kou's father.

Uncle Frank was a little strange by Zhuoyang's solemn expression. He didn't know what he wanted to request. Propose marriage? Isn’t that ridiculous? Not so fast, and Kou Kou didn’t say anything. Don't want to eat the rice if it doesn't suit your appetite?

Kou Kou and her mother were also confused by Zhuo Yang's words.

"Oh, you're welcome, Zhuoyang. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to tell me." Uncle Frank said.

"That's it. I hope you can allow me to compose a set of movements for Mrs. Grace Meredith and use music to commemorate this great woman." Zhuo Yang said sincerely: "I hope to use the movements to commemorate and Celebrate the glory of Mrs. Meredith and let the world know what a legend she is."

The entire Kou Kou family was stunned. The three of them stared at him without saying a word, and the time in the restaurant seemed to have been frozen.

Zhuoyang waited for a moment and was about to continue to express his specific thoughts. Uncle Frank picked up the napkin, lightly touched the corner of his mouth, put down the napkin, pushed away the chair and stood up. Zhuoyang didn't know what was going on and quickly stood up. Kou Kou and her mother also stood up together.

Uncle Frank took two slow steps and walked to Zhuo Yang and stretched out his right hand.

"Mr. Zhuoyang, thank you very much for your suggestion." Frank Joseph used the honorific. "Mr. Zhuoyang, as the patriarch of the Joseph family, I sincerely request you to complete this movement. The Joseph family will fully assist you and will be grateful."

Uncle Frank was very moved, Aunt Matilda was also a little excited, and Coco's eyes were already shining with stars.

Zhuo Yang was a little flattered by the formality, and quickly took the right hand handed over by Kou Kou's father with both hands. "Uncle Frank, don't be so polite, don't be so polite..."

What are you being polite about? Sooner or later, we are all one family, so there is no need to be polite! Good guy, it seems that this flatterer is in the right place, and as expected, Yiduo is not too overwhelmed...

Zhuoyang's suggestion made Uncle Frank suddenly enlightened. The Joseph family has always wanted to clear the name of their great-grandmother Grace Meredith, always wanted to promote her strength and bravery, and wanted to find a way to comfort her suffering, but they have always been unable to do so.

The Joseph family also thought about writing a book and biography of Grace Meredith, but this required extremely detailed information. However, Grace Meredith did not tell her descendants how to tell her experience, and future generations did not have these. The details of the experience are only a perceptual general impression, and these things cannot constitute all aspects of the biography. Unless you fabricate it on a large scale and write it based on your imagination, it will become a romance and lose the true meaning of a biography.

Moreover, the publisher clearly told Frank that even if such a book could be written, it would have no marketability at all, and no one would want to read the story of a person with no reputation at all. Because this kind of story is unforgettable for your family, but from the perspective of an outsider, it is really ordinary. The displacement of ordinary people happens every day, and it is not unusual at all. Your Excellency, I am not afraid that you may not like to hear it. No one will read such a book if it is given away for free.

In other words, if you want to use bookends to praise and spread the word, there is no way!

But Zhuo Yang’s suggestion today is very good. Music does not require detailed historical information. As long as you have a perceptual understanding, you can exaggerate it to the fullest and deal with it grandly from the perspective of the entire life. Music does not need the details of the story, but music can be nuanced in emotional enhancement. Music can truly materialize the vague and hazy story, and can tell a complete story with its own unique musical language.

This is the magic of music and the power of music.

Zhuo Yang already has a certain status and influence in the classical music world, and is still rising rapidly. Zhuo Yang's ability in music creation is well-known, and the works he created are likely to become masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. Uncle Frank, who loves classical music, knows all this very well. He also knew that Zhuo Yang composed six love suites for Kou Kou. The exquisiteness of the six pieces of music and the emotions contained in them made him, a father, full of praise.

Zhuoyang is also the leading superstar in the football world. This status will extend the influence of his classical music to every corner of the world. Zhuoyang will make Grace Meredith known to the world, and her story and her greatness will be spread around the world.

Hit it off immediately!

The Christmas dinner was eaten in a hurry, and Uncle Frank couldn't wait to take Zhuo Yang back to the living room to discuss it. After Zhuo Yang put all his ideas together, Uncle Fu fully agreed. Uncle Fu said that the Joseph family needs money and effort. Zhuo Yang said: This is really unnecessary.

Uncle Fu decided that Koko would collect and organize the life information of Grace Meredith's grandmother, and leave it to Zhuo Yang to enrich the work. Koko fully assisted Zhuo Yang in this work. Zhuo Yang said: You can have this.

"Uncle Frank, one more thing, I hope you can understand, I need time."

"Of course, of course. Zhuoyang, don't worry, take your time. Our Joseph family has been waiting for half a century. As long as the work can be successfully published, what's the harm in waiting another half a century?"

"Hahahaha...Uncle Frank, you are joking."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The living room was filled with a joyful atmosphere, and laughter spread through the windows far, far away in the quiet valley at night...

Merry Christmas Eve!