Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

What Cao Zhiqiang didn't expect was that the so-called music salon was really far away and was actually in Wang'er Mountain.

Well, Wang'er Mountain is the local name, and it is actually Baiwang Mountain Forest Park in later generations.

Of course, at this moment, this is not a forest park, but an ordinary suburban forest area with a few villages nearby.

In fact, if we put this place in the 21st century, it would give the impression that it was not too far from the city. But in 1983, this place was far away from the city and was a proper suburb of Beijing.

During this period, this place gave people the impression that it was a proper mountain countryside, not even the urban-rural fringe.

No wonder you have to drive. Compared with the city, this place is indeed a bit far.

In addition, although this place is not far from the Summer Palace, not many people actually came here during this period.

After all, in 1983, everyone generally had no money, and the domestic tourism industry was not developed. How could ordinary people have the time to travel to such a distant place all day long?

Therefore, although there are woods everywhere here, it is truly inaccessible at this time.

In addition, it has not been repaired by later generations, has not been turned into a forest park, and the infrastructure is incomplete, so it actually looks quite desolate.

After the car came along the main road, it soon left the main road and entered a small road.

The path is a dirt road, not an asphalt road, nor a cement road, nor even a gravel road.

It's the kind of dirt road that becomes a road when there are too many people walking on it.

If it rains, the road will turn into mud.

That is to say, during this period, if it were the 21st century, it would be difficult to find a dirt road here.

There are dense woods on both sides of the path.

In this kind of environment, you can say it's really quiet, but if you come at night, it might be scary.

After walking along the path in the forest for a while, I came to a stop in front of the gate of a single-family farmhouse courtyard that looked very old.

There were already many cars and motorcycles parked at the gate in front of the courtyard.

At a glance, there was a Shanghai brand car, a Polonaise car, a Volgagas car, three 212 jeeps, three large trucks, and four sidecar motorcycles.

You can see so many cars here, especially so many sedans, especially many of them with military plates. It seems like there must be a lot of talented people inside.

After getting out of the car with Hao Shuwen, Cao Zhiqiang looked at this courtyard house alone in the forest and marveled: "The courtyard in the forest is private enough?"

"That's right." Hao Shuwen smiled, "We are all concert friends, and it is inevitable that we can play musical instruments. If it is so loud in a downtown area, wouldn't it disturb the residents?"

"Disturbing the people?" Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "I think you are afraid of being investigated, right?"

Hao Shuwen smiled slightly: "For this reason, let's go."

Soon, Hao Shuwen led Cao Zhiqiang forward, but soon two young men carrying semi-automatic rifles and wearing green military uniforms came out to block the way.

However, after seeing Hao Shuwen, the two men in green military uniforms carrying rifles smiled, and they knew each other at first sight.

Hao Shuwen went up to say hello to the two of them, and introduced Cao Zhiqiang, saying that the companion she brought was absolutely reliable.

Upon hearing this, the two men in green military uniforms glanced at Cao Zhiqiang twice, nodded, and let him go.

After Cao Zhiqiang followed Hao Shuwen into the courtyard, he couldn't help but ask: "Are there any soldiers here?"

"You're not a soldier." Hao Shuwen said with a smile, "He's just a nearby militia ranger, hired to look after the door."

"That's incredible." Cao Zhiqiang clicked his tongue, "He's carrying a gun."

"How fresh." Hao Shuwen said with a smile, "Isn't it normal for a militia ranger to carry a rifle? The rifle is just for hunting wild beasts and scaring ordinary people."

"Is that a real gun?" Cao Zhiqiang asked again.

"Of course real guns, authentic five and six half guns, they are all real guys." Hao Shuwen said with a smile.

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, his curiosity inside became even more serious.

Although there are no real soldiers standing guard, just militia rangers, and there are half a dozen or so of them, it already shows that the owner here is not simple.

Soon, Cao Zhiqiang followed Hao Shuwen through the front yard and entered the middle yard.

As soon as you entered the central courtyard, you saw a row of tables in the middle of the patio, filled with various snacks, fruits, seeds, peanuts and other snacks, and of course drinks and wine.

There were quite a few people standing around a row of large tables, mostly young people, both men and women, none over forty years old.

At the same time, the people here dress a bit formally.

Except for the young women who are dressed in a somewhat western style, with some wearing bell-bottoms and butterfly shirts, the men are basically very formal, either wearing suits, Chinese tunic suits, or leather jackets, and none of them wear bell-bottoms.

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These people all gathered into small groups, talking and laughing with each other, but their voices were not loud, and no one laughed loudly.

Well, it looks like this is indeed an ordinary party, similar to a Western buffet.

Of course, the conditions here are relatively simple and different from the real Western buffet. It can only be said to be a cheap version of the buffet.

After Hao Shuwen brought Cao Zhiqiang in, she took him straight to a small group.

When he arrived here, Cao Zhiqiang found that there were mostly women here, and there was also a person he met among them, the wavy woman he had met at Lao Mo's place before.

When we got here, we introduced each other and found out that most of the people in this small group were college teachers, or housewives like Hao Shuwen, who had backgrounds and were not short of money.

For example, the young woman with wavy hair whom I met in the hotel was called Chen Jing. She was only twenty-four years old and was already a high school music teacher. This surprised Cao Zhiqiang.

After asking again, I found that more than half of the people here are music teachers from various schools, such as Beijing Normal University, First Normal University, Yangyin University, etc., and then there are music teachers from various junior high schools and high schools.

Yes, the people who come to this party are all people who know musical instruments or know music. Although music teachers are the most common, there are also some people who are not music teachers but know music very well.

Anyway, the common feature here is that everyone must understand music.

At the very least, when someone mentions the staff, you won’t turn a blind eye.

Also, the people here are all under forty and over eighteen, there are no minors and there are no elderly people, they are all young people.

I continued to ask and found out that this music salon is recommended, but it also has many restrictions. There are four main restrictions.

The first restriction is the age limit, which can only be for those under forty years old and over eighteen years old, regardless of gender.

The second restriction is that you must know music. At least you must know staff and simplified musical notation. It is best to be able to play an instrument proficiently by yourself.

The third restriction is that there must be no criminal record.

The fourth restriction is that if a new person wants to come in, he must have an old person as a guarantee, and the old person must bring him in personally, and the old person can only bring one new person in at a time, and cannot bring more.

Although there are four restrictions, in Cao Zhiqiang's opinion, the fourth one should be the most important, that is, if outsiders want to come in, they must be guaranteed by old players and brought in personally.

Just like Cao Zhiqiang, he was brought in by Hao Shuwen and had not undergone any assessment or review before.

Although Cao Zhiqiang does understand musical instruments and music theory, but he doesn't show it, who knows if he knows it?

There is also an age limit. Except for very old people, whose age is more obvious and can be seen at a glance, how do you know whether the other person is an adult for other young and middle-aged people, especially younger people?

There is no ID card in China these days. If you don’t have a letter of introduction from your employer, you can’t tell how old the person is.

It is even harder to determine whether you have committed a crime or not. If you don’t go to the police station to check, who will know whether you have a criminal record?

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang felt that the first three items were all nonsense, and the most important thing was the fourth item, which was recommended by an old man.

If there is no old man in the salon to bring you here to play, everything else is nonsense.

But having said that, since this salon gathering has these four restrictions, there must be a reason.

At the very least, these four restrictions highlight the professionalism of this salon. People can tell at a glance that this is a salon gathering for music lovers, and those who do not understand music are screened out from the beginning.

Not to mention anything else, assuming you don’t understand music, after seeing these conditions, you will be discouraged and not want to participate.

The reason is also very simple, what is fake cannot be true.

If you really don't understand music and you reluctantly join in, your secret will be exposed immediately when you chat with others, and you will be kicked out by then, which will be ugly.

If this is the case, then this so-called music salon should indeed be regarded as a relatively high-end and professional salon gathering. This judgment made Cao Zhiqiang secretly relieved.

These four restrictions are enough to screen out most ordinary people who don't understand music, especially those who don't understand music.

Especially the second requirement, the requirement that one must understand music. Currently, not many ordinary people can do it.

At least the street gangster Xiao Zhongxiao can't do it.

It's okay if you ask street gangsters to break dance, but it's really hard for them to ask them to recognize music scores or even master an instrument.

Because as mentioned before, ordinary people are generally very poor these days, and playing music is very expensive. Not only the instruments are expensive, but the teachers are even more expensive.

Although compulsory education in China has music classes starting from elementary school, the music classes at best only teach you how to sing, how to read simple music, and even how to learn the harmonica twice, which is far from truly understanding music.

After reaching junior high school, everyone is busy doing questions to get points, and few people are really willing to continue playing music.

As for pop music, it is easy for young people to learn it. For example, guitar is easy to get started with.

But the problem is that these days, there are still too few people who really have the money and leisure to play music. Even if there are these people, they often form small circles, each playing their own thing, and there is a chain of contempt between them.

Just like this music salon, it is obviously a circle dominated by young music teachers from various schools and young Jun people from art troupes and the like. It is completely different from those workers' groups that play music.

What, how do you know there is a young jun?

Nonsense, there are so many cars at the door, most of them have jun plates. Even Hao Shuwen's car also has jun plates. Isn't this obvious enough?

From this perspective, this highly secretive salon should really be a high-end and serious gathering of music lovers.

In this case, it would be a good idea to come here to have some fun and get to know more like-minded people.