Perfect Life

July 13th.

Before six in the morning, Li Qian opened his eyes.

The mattress was a little soft. The original owner of the house was a couple who had been married for a few years. This should be someone else's marriage bed, but Li Qian wasn't quite used to it. When he woke up, his back felt a little sore.

But since he woke up, he immediately rubbed his eyes and got up.

It was less than six o'clock, the red sun was still under the sea, but the sky was bright.

Li Qian got up in his underwear, first went to the kitchen to pick up a pot of water and boiled it, then went to the bathroom to go to the toilet, wash his face, brush his teeth, and when everything was cleaned up and the water was boiled, he filled the sea with the new big tea he bought after moving in. Make a sea of ​​tea all over the floor, and then go back to the bedroom, make up the bed and put on clothes.

Then, he took his cell phone and keys and went downstairs.

There is not a small park nearby like Shengshi Garden, but Li Qian likes this place because it is not far from the ancient city wall.

It was about 6:15 when he went out. After jogging for ten minutes, he arrived at the foot of the ancient city wall.

This ancient city wall was originally built in the Ming Dynasty, and later repaired in the Shun Dynasty. It was completely turned into a cultural relic after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but until now, although everyone knows that it is an ancient relic, the government has not put a fence to protect it. Of course, it can't be called a park, but there are many people who get up early in the morning and practice boxing, but many people will gather at the base of the city wall.

But Li Qian is not with them. After he comes here, he will bypass them and climb the city wall directly from the inside. The city wall is an important weapon used to defend the city from the enemy in the cold weapon era. , The specifications are naturally not low, the remaining part of the ancient city wall is east-west, the east-west length is seven or eight hundred meters, and the width is about four or five meters. This width is enough for running horses, and it is naturally enough for Li Qian to spread out his stance for a punch.

About ten minutes later, after practicing boxing and kicking, and after a short rest, Li Qian got up and was still jogging home.

The community where he rents a house is an early commodity community in Jinan Prefecture. According to Li Qian's understanding, in this time and space, since the early 1980s, the tide of commodity economy began to be unstoppable. The so-called commodity housing also emerged at that time, and this community was built around that time.

For more than ten years, the community has been able to form a relatively stable living system.

There are four or five breakfast spots at the east gate of the community alone.

After moving in, Li Qian had eaten them one by one, and finally he chose the "Lao Zhao Hu Spicy Soup" opened by Henan people as his future breakfast spot. This store doesn't sell a lot of things like other places, they don't sell it. The most common soy milk fritters, there are no wonton steamed dumplings, the store only sells four things: meat buns, vegetarian buns, Hu spicy soup, tofu brain.

Except for the vegetarian buns, the other three are very much to Li Qian's taste.

One dollar, three meat buns and a bowl of Hu spicy soup, is a delicious breakfast.

Their buns are not big, but the stuffing is honest and meaty, and the taste of the Hu spicy soup is also very authentic, because they are really boiling beef.

Li Qian came back from a run, circled back to the east gate, bought breakfast and went home.

At this time, the sun has risen.

When he got home and took a shower, he put on only a pair of underwear and went to the dining table, poured a cup of warm chrysanthemum tea, and drank it slowly before he started to eat breakfast.

After breakfast, it was about 8:30 after finishing the dishes.

Then, he would sit on the small sofa with two seats and listen to songs for half an hour.

The player is his old Walkman, Nansheng brand, and the speakers are second-hand goods he bought from an audio-visual store a few days ago, a pair of bookshelf boxes. Two hundred dollars, the quality is good, and the sound quality is OK.

Of course, with a box of about 200 yuan and a Walkman worth dozens of dollars, even if the Huayuan in this space and time seems to be worth a lot more, it is really impossible to talk about the sound quality at this price, but he I don’t pay attention to this now, I just don’t want to listen to songs with headphones all day and make my ears feel wrong.

What was left by Li Qian before, plus the new ones he bought later, he now has more than 100 tapes in his hand, most of which are pop and rock, and he also bought a lot of English and Russian tapes, but he listened to them in the morning. , but it is still his favorite in his previous life - Mozart.

A tape with two sides, about forty-five minutes of play time. For the first twenty minutes, he would sit on the sofa and close his eyes to rest his mind and digest his food. After twenty minutes, he would get up, first mop the floor with a mop, then take a rag and wipe it everywhere—wait for a When this tape is finished, the whole house is guaranteed to be spotless.

At this time, it was already more than nine o'clock.

Next, he will take an hour to do two things: try to compose a song for the song he has recalled and written, and organize some previous ideas and put some melody in his mind. record it.

Of course, the melodies he has recorded are only fragments, but as more and more sparks of inspiration accumulate, many works will gradually take shape. In his previous life, many of Li Qian's works were created in this way.

Some talented people can compose a song in an hour or two as soon as inspiration arrives, but Li Qian knows that he is not that talented. I also have talent, but I'm not that powerful, so I have to use stupid methods.

That is, accumulation.

Of course, in the middle of doing these two things, if you happen to touch a certain memory and suddenly think of a song that you have heard in a previous life, Li Qian will also record it as soon as possible - for him, this is extremely important A capital, of course, is endless.

Then, at about ten o'clock, he started to practice singing, which also lasted for about an hour.

In this way, until about half past eleven, all his tasks in the morning can be completed.

During this period, he would drink the scented tea from the sea.

At 11:30, he got up, grabbed his phone and keys, and rode his bicycle back to his home in Shengshi Garden for lunch.

Then, before one o'clock, he will definitely be back here.

Between one and two o'clock, he would go back to the bedroom to take a nap - even if he couldn't fall asleep, he would lie down and rest.

After two o'clock, he woke up, washed his face, put on his guitar and went downstairs.

In the previous period, he spent three days riding a bicycle around the urban area of ​​Jinan Prefecture, and he had already made dense markings on a purchased map of Jinan Prefecture.

He's going to look for a job.

Bars and dance halls that are too high-end will definitely not be short of people, and those who can sing there are often singers or bands with considerable reputation in the local underground music circle, so Li Qian put those Places are excluded. The ones he chose were mostly not-so-famous bars, as well as mid-to-high-end restaurants, especially Western restaurants.

Two o'clock in the afternoon was naturally the hottest time, but at this time, lunch was over and dinner was still early, so it was a good time for him to apply for a job.

Today, he is going to the area of ​​Xichun Road and Mingyuan Road, where middle and high-end restaurants gather. On his map and notebook, he recorded more than 20 places where he could apply for jobs.

After two o'clock, he came to the first store, and after entering the door, he found the front desk, and then the manager on duty, explaining his intention. , there is no plan to call someone - so, Li Qian smiled and thanked, and went out to another house.

The second family also refused. It's just that they said that they never planned to recruit people to sing.

It was the third one. The manager on duty was a woman who looked like she was in her mid-thirties. At first glance, she was smart and capable. I don't know why, but she didn't say yes or no, she just asked Li Qian to sing a song to her first, and she even called several waiters in the restaurant at that time, even the back chef. Run out and join in the fun.

As long as people are willing to listen, that's a good thing.

So Li Qian sang to them a song "Our Love" that had been prepared a long time ago.

This is Cui Ming's song. The singer is not big or small, not very popular, but he is also famous, but Li Qian likes it very much, especially his song "Our Love" - ​​the lyrics are about breaking up, but a little It's not sad, even with lyrics and music, it's very open-minded, and even has a little humor. Li Qian feels that if this song is sung in a restaurant, even if it doesn't stimulate appetite, it will at least make people feel comfortable. When people listen to the song and cause a little feeling, it is perfect!

The song is very good. Although his voice is not a rare good voice, it is not bad. In addition to the little singing skills he has practiced in the past month or so, he naturally won a lot of praise.

The manager of the other party was also very satisfied, but her answer to Li Qian was that she needed to report to the top for instructions, and then asked Li Qian how much salary he needed.

This Li Qian is very casual. According to what he said, lunch and dinner are fine, and the price is not chosen. He can give as much as he wants, but he can only sing for an hour.

So, the other party left his phone number and promised to give him a call regardless of the decision above.

Li Qian thanked him and went out.

This is a very normal thing. In the past two days, Li Qian came here one by one.

Some people would refuse directly, some would politely decline, and some would even wave their hands to chase people away. Of course, there were also several restaurants willing to listen to how he sang—from beginning to end, Li Qian's mentality was always peaceful.

He just wanted to find a place where he could sing in public, that's all.

Next, he went to several restaurants and restaurants. Most of them refused directly, but another restaurant asked him to try singing. He sang a folk song with a gentle and melodious tune, but he was impatient in the middle of singing. After being interrupted, Li Qian was not annoyed. After thanking him, he turned around and went out. He guessed that the manager of the other party didn't like this kind of folk songs, but it was impossible to guess what happened. , it's just bad luck.

Then, when he didn't know it was the ninth and tenth, he got another chance to audition.

The manager of this restaurant is also a woman in her mid-thirties. Afterwards, Li Qian was surprised to find that he was more popular in front of female managers.

Then, he sang to her in the manager's office a piece of Zhou Ai's "One Year Old One Withering Prosperity".

As for Zhou Ai's song, of course, it is emotional enough, enough petty bourgeoisie.

"Spring is here, so I sprouted,

At that time, I didn't know the world's prosperity and changes,

I just want to work hard to bloom a fragrant and beautiful flower.

You are here, so I love,

Under that fence on that midsummer morning,

I am a fragrant and beautiful flower. UU reading www. uukanshu. com

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Li Qian still sang very well.

As a singer, his age is there, his vocal cords have not completely stabilized, the bass is not heavy enough, but delicate enough to interpret Zhou Ai's songs. Although it is not comparable to the original singing, it is enough to be called Don't have any flavor.

The manager on the other side was obviously satisfied.

So, historically, the other party actually agreed to let Li Qian come to audition for three days.

Of course, there is no salary.

Only when the other party decides to let him sing at the end of the audition, will the salary for these three days be supplemented.

But Li Qian still agreed.

However, after agreeing to audition for an hour every day from seven to eight in the afternoon, when he walked out of this store, he still walked to the next one without hesitation.

He won't stop until he finds at least one place where he can sing.

In fact, although only the period from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm is suitable for self-recommendation, but in the past two days, he has gone to forty or fifty stores. Although most of them were rejected, there are still about six or seven stores. Promise to answer.

And today, he also walked two streets in one go, and entered more than 20 restaurants and restaurants. It was only after five o'clock that he turned around and went home.

Maybe tomorrow, he will go to another two streets not far away to continue looking for opportunities.

On the way home, he suddenly received a call from Liao Liao.