Chapter 1189: Dinner in the Courtyard, the First Step to Help Hongdou

In the teahouse of Feng Xiaoyuan, Xu Hongdou was drinking tea with Ma Qiushan.

"..., this person's brain..."

While making tea, Ma Qiu Shan talked about the philosophy of life with Xu Hong Dou. Xu Hong Dou was also a good talker and followed Ma Qiu Shan's words. As a result, Ma Qiu Shan was speechless as he talked. .

Ma Qiushan was very depressed. He had previously invited Zhou Chen to have tea and talk about life, but in the end, he couldn't compare to Zhou Chen whether it was about making tea, tasting tea, or philosophy of life, so that he didn't ask Zhou Chen to have tea with him anymore. Even when drinking tea, it is mainly about tea tasting, not about life.

Today he found Xu Hongdou, thinking that he could teach Xu Hongdou a lesson, but he found that Xu Hongdou was not simple and had a lot of experience, and he couldn't even hold it.

At this moment, Zhou Chen walked in from outside.

"Xu Hongdou."

"Why."

Seeing Xu Hongdou drinking tea with Ma Qiushan in the tea room, Zhou Chen walked into the tea room.

"What's wrong?"

"Your mother can't find you. She called me. You should call her back."

Zhou Chen handed the phone to Xu Hongdou. Xu Hongdou looked shocked: "My mother can't find me, why call you?"

After saying that, she realized that her mobile phone was broken before and she was worried that her family could not find her, so she borrowed Zhou Chen's mobile phone to make a call. So her parents couldn't find her this time, so they called Zhou Chen. .

Thinking of this, she felt a little worried, so she took Zhou Chen's mobile phone and walked out of the tea room.

Ma Qiushan raised his hand to invite: "Zhou Chen, would you like some tea?"

"OK."

Zhou Chen sat down where Xu Hongdou was, and Ma Qiushan immediately poured tea for Zhou Chen with a smile.

"When it comes to tea, I'm definitely not as good as you. Just drink some of my tea."

Zhou Chen said: "Whether the tea is good or not is not the most important. What matters is who you drink it with. Master Ma, what do you think?"

"Haha, that's good. Otherwise, in our small courtyard, you know me best."

Ma Qiushan laughed loudly. He had been with Zhou Chen for a month. He naturally knew that Zhou Chen was different from ordinary people. Even when he was prosperous, he might not have Zhou Chen's magnanimity.

"That's okay. Xu Hongdou's mother has called you. It seems I'm right. You really like her."

"I'm not married and she's not married. Even if I fall in love with her, it's okay, right?"

"No problem, of course no problem, haha, I'm just curious, but you still have a good taste. This red bean, not bad, not bad."

"Master Ma, what about you, are you really prepared to hide here for the rest of your life?"

"Go, you are good at everything, but sometimes you choke when you talk. What do you mean by hiding? Why should I hide?"

Ma Qiushan rolled his eyes, very dissatisfied with what Zhou Chen said, but when he spoke, his eyes still averted, feeling uneasy in his heart.

Zhou Chen chuckled, which meant he was familiar with Ma Qiu Shan, otherwise, he wouldn't have said this rudely.

Xu Hongdou finished the call, came back, sat down next to Zhou Chen, and returned the phone to Zhou Chen.

"sorry to bother you."

"No trouble, there's no need to be so polite. Your phone should be repaired soon, but aren't you ready to tell your family about your resignation?"

Xu Hongdou said: "Aren't we afraid that they will worry? Let's wait until some time later."

Ma Qiushan poured another cup of tea for Xu Hongdou: "Drink tea, drink tea."

In the evening, Mr. Ma invited several people in the small courtyard to sit at a small table in the courtyard and drink tea.

Xu Hongdou, Nana and Damai were sitting together. Nana asked Damai with concern: "Da Mai, is your writing going well recently? Is there any writing problem?"

Damai scratched his disheveled hair, with a depressed look on his face: "I hope it won't get stuck one day, but I have no choice. I still have to update every day, so I can only hold it in until the end."

Xu Hongdou said with admiration: "Da Mai, I think you are really amazing. To be honest, this is the first time I have seen a living writer. You are really amazing."

"What's so great about it? I'm just an unknown writer at the 18th level. I'm chased and scolded every day. You don't know how stressful and difficult it is to write novels now."

Damai sighed. She had been confused all day long just for writing. Especially during the recent period, she had been under so much pressure that she even thought of giving up.

Mr. Ma pretended to be profound and said: "It's normal to have pressure. What kind of job is not stressful now? Damai, I'm very optimistic about you, you will definitely be able to do it."

"Thank you, Mr. Ma."

Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaoxia walked into the courtyard from outside.

"Hey, there are so many people today. Is this a tea party?"

"Mr. Xie, you are here."

Zhou Chen and others greeted Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaoxia with smiles.

"Come and sit."

Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaoxia both carried things in their hands and placed them on the small table.

"I brought you some barbecue and beer, let's eat and drink together."

"Mr. Xie is very generous." Nana gave Xie Zhiyao a thumbs up.

Xie Xiaochun distributed the barbecue and beer to everyone, and everyone was not polite. Except for Mr. Ma, they all started eating and drinking.

Xie Zhiyao scratched his head, looked at Zhou Chen and said, "Zhou Chen, Xiaochun and I have something to ask you."

"Ask me something? Okay, tell me what it is." Zhou Chen said.

Xie Xiaochun said: "It's my younger brother Xiaoxia. He suddenly told his elder brother yesterday that he was going to Shanghai. Do you know about this?"

"I know. When I went to Master Xie's house today, I happened to meet him. Master Xie was very angry with him. Xiaoxia also asked me about the Magic City before. It seems that he really decided to go to the Magic City. "

Zhou Chen took a bite of mutton skewers. Yang Guanjun's barbecue skills can only be said to be average, but this is the only one in the village, so the business is not bad.

Xie Zhiyao nodded: "Yes, he also came to see me yesterday, saying that he had a friend in Magic City who wanted to seek refuge with him, and he also wanted me to persuade Uncle Heshun and Aunt Baoping."

"Then you are looking for me because you want me to persuade Xiaoxia?" Zhou Chen asked tentatively.

Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaochun looked at each other, and finally Xie Zhiyao said: "We know that you know someone in Modu, so we want to ask you to help us investigate the friend Xiaoxia mentioned, this child Xiaoxia He is too innocent and has never been outside. It’s not that we don’t want him to go out, but we are mainly worried that he will be deceived.”

Xie Xiaochun added: "We are all worried about Xiaoxia. He has only been to Spring City for so long, and suddenly he has to go to a place as far away as the Magic City. We are all worried about him, so we want to ask you for help. "

Zhou Chen said: "Of course it's okay to help, but I don't know who the friend Xiaoxia is looking for. Do you have any information about him?"

"Yes, yes."

Xie Zhiyao took out his phone and opened the photo.

"When Xiaoxia showed it to me yesterday, I specially saved the photos. These are just a few photos. Xiaochun also looked at Xiaoxia's mobile phone. There was a screen name named Brother Kevin. Only the photos and screen name could be checked. Got any useful information?”

Zhou Chen looked at it for a few times and said: "My company has a team that specializes in investigation and research. However, it is illegal to investigate other people's personal information privately. But if I just help you find this person, it shouldn't be a big problem. You Send me the photos and screen name, and I’ll have someone check it out. If everything goes well, there should be news in a few days.”

Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaochun were overjoyed after hearing this.

"That's great, thank you so much, Zhou Chen."

"It's nothing. You all care about Xiaoxia. There are indeed a lot of scammers these days. If you don't know the truth, you will be easily deceived."

Zhou Chen knew the plot, and naturally also knew that Xie Xiaoxia was indeed deceived out of only 30,000 yuan. Since Xie Zhiyao and Xie Xiaochun had begged him, he just agreed. .

Xie Xiaochun even waved his hand and said: "Zhou Chen, from now on you can go to the restaurant to drink coffee and eat for free. Nana, remember this."

Nana immediately replied: "No problem, I heard you clearly."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "If you say that, I won't dare to go to the restaurant in the future."

"Ha ha……"

Xie Zhiyao curiously asked Zhou Chen: "I went to see my uncle today and heard from him that your wood carving skills have improved very quickly and you can already do simple carvings. He also said that you are the best wood carving artist he has ever seen. The most talented person, how do you do it?”

"Just study, what else can you do?"

"I've known you for a month. Tell me about you. You're so good at painting. You've already learned wood carving for less than a month and you've already achieved some success. Do you have such a high artistic talent?"

Xie Zhiyao had seen Zhou Chen's paintings, and now he knew that Zhou Chen learned wood carving so quickly, so he was so curious.

Zhou Chen said: "Maybe it's because I accept new things quickly."

"It's not faster, it's too fast."

Xie Zhiyao looked at Xu Hongdou again and asked, "Xu Hongdou, you have been here for a few days, what do you think of our place?"

"It's good, it's quite quiet. Anyway, I'm relatively relaxed these days." Xu Hongdou replied truthfully.

"By the way, has your phone been repaired? I said I would pay you half of it."

"No, I just sent it over. It may take a few days."

"Oh, then come to me and reimburse you after you repair it."

While talking, Hu Youyu walked in from outside carrying a guitar.

"Hey, there are so many people here today, it seems I came back at the right time."

"Teacher Hu, you are not busy today. Are you back so early?"

"I'm really not very busy today, what are you talking about?"

Hu Youyu was not polite, put down his guitar, and squeezed in to sit next to Xie Zhiyao.

Xie Zhiyao replied: "Just chat, Teacher Hu, everyone happens to be here today, how about you give us a performance and sing a song?"

Hu Youyu's eyes lit up: "That must be no problem. It just so happens that I haven't had enough singing today. If you don't mind it, I will sing it for you. Whatever you want to hear."

Everyone said it was casual and allowed him to express himself freely.

Hu Youyu thought for a moment and then said: "Everyone happens to be here, so I will sing a song about friends."

"good!"

Everyone applauded vigorously.

Hu Youyu picked up the guitar and sat on a wooden chair with a serious expression. He suddenly smiled, then strummed the guitar and started singing.

The song "Friends" is still very popular, and most people can hum a few lines, so when Hu Youyu sang to the climax, Nana and others couldn't help but hum along.

The song was finished in a few minutes, and everyone applauded again.

"Teacher Hu, you sing very nicely. Let's sing another song." Damai showed a rare cheerful expression.

Hu Youyu felt embarrassed after being praised: "It's average, it's average. I just composed a new song recently and it's still being improved. Please help me listen to it and see how it goes."

"OK."

So Hu Youyu sang the song ‘Wind’ that he had just composed. Maybe it was not yet fully composed, and there were some big flaws. Anyone who knows a little about music could hear the awkwardness in his song. Even he himself was not satisfied after singing it.

“It’s not a good song. There are still many problems with this song. I will sing it for you after I have revised it.”

Everyone was just listening for fun, and few people could hear that Hu Youyu sang badly. Instead, they gave him encouraging applause.

Hu Youyu looked at Nana and said, "Nana, you sing very well. Do you want to sing a song for us?"

Nana waved her hand quickly: "No, I can't. I don't sing well. You can ask Mr. Xie to sing. Sister Xiaochun sings well too."

Xie Xiaochun: "I'm tone-deaf. I'm afraid I can't sing for you all."

Xie Zhiyao: "I'm even worse. You can let me work, but forget about letting me sing."

Hu Youyu looked at Xu Hongdou again and suggested: "Hongdou, why don't you sing a song? Your voice is very nice, and you must sing well."

Xu Hongdou also hurriedly declined: "I really can't. I can't sing since I was a child. I don't have any artistic talent."

Hu Youyu sighed: "Alas, you are all so boring. Singing is such an interesting thing. It's too boring if none of you sing."

Zhou Chen patted the stains on his hands and said: "Teacher Hu, let me sing a song."

Instantly, everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Chen.

"Zhou Chen, can you sing?"

Zhou Chen said, "I know a little bit, a little bit."

As he said that, he walked to Hu Youyu's side, and Hu Youyu immediately gave up his seat. Zhou Chen took the guitar from Hu Youyu, and sat on the wooden chair.

He gently played the guitar a few times and faced the crowd.

"A song "Girl Don't Cry" for everyone."

"Sudden news......"

The crisp string sound accompanied by the pleasant singing slowly sounded in the windy courtyard.

Zhou Chen just sang a few sentences, and the eyes of the people in the courtyard changed, especially Hu Youyu and Nana, who knew more about songs, looked at Zhou Chen in surprise.

After listening for a while, they were sure that they had not stopped the song, and Nana couldn't help but take out her mobile phone to search, but the search results surprised her even more. There was no song by Zhou Chen on the Internet, which means that this is probably an original song.

This is a song of comfort and encouragement, but it makes people feel sad inexplicably, especially when Zhou Chen sings to the climax, everyone in the courtyard is infected by the emotion and shows an inexplicable look.

As Zhou Chen sings, the one who is most touched is undoubtedly Xu Hongdou.

Listening to Zhou Chen's lyrics and singing, she seemed to sink into it. She felt that Zhou Chen was singing about her and Chen Nanxing. The song seemed to describe her state of mind. The more she listened, the sadder she felt. All the memories of Chen Nanxing in the past seemed to reappear in front of her.

Tears slid down her cheeks uncontrollably.

As Zhou Chen finished singing the last sentence, the guitar stopped, and there was no sound in the courtyard. No one recovered from the song just now.

It was Hu Youyu who reacted first. He shouted excitedly: "Zhou Chen, your song, your song, is it original?"

Hu Youyu's scream woke up everyone else. Damai was shocked to see Xu Hongdou and Nana in tears.

"Nana, Hongdou, what's wrong with you?"

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Xu Hongdou hurriedly wiped away her tears with paper and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Nothing, I was just moved by Zhou Chen's singing and thought of some past events."

Nana said with deep sympathy: "Zhou Chen sang so well, I also thought of some sad things, and tears came down. Zhou Chen, your song is so good, but it's a little sad."

Zhou Chen explained: "This is a song of encouragement and comfort, telling people not to give up their love for life, and not to give up on themselves. No matter what they encounter, they must face themselves bravely and stand up bravely, so it sounds sad."

Ma Qiushan rubbed his eyes: "Don't say that these little girls, even I, a big man, listened to your song and felt sad. I am deeply touched. I don't listen to many songs. How come I have never heard this song before? "

Hu Youyu asked impatiently: "Zhou Chen, tell me quickly, is this original?"

Zhou Chen replied: "It is indeed original. It is a song I wrote not long ago. Today is the first time I played it. It looks pretty good."

"It's more than good, it's absolutely amazing, wait."

Hu Youyu was amazed, and then looked at Zhou Chen in astonishment: "What did you say, you wrote this song?"

Zhou Chen said confidently: "Why, is it not okay? Have you heard it somewhere else? I'm not afraid to tell you that if I had debuted as a singer, I would be a singer now."

"It really was written by you, Zhou Chen, you are too awesome." Hu Youyu looked unbelievable.

Nana also praised: "This song is really nice, Zhou Chen, you are amazing."

Others also agreed deeply, and Xie Zhiyao couldn't help but say: "It seems that I praised you too early just now. Not only can you draw, but you can also sing so well."

Hu Youyu emphasized: "Singing well is not the key, the key is that he wrote this song, a singer-songwriter, do you understand? Zhou Chen, you are really amazing, what other songs have you created? We can discuss it together."

Zhou Chen waved his hand and said, "There's no need to discuss this. I write songs and sing just for fun. I'm not planning to develop in this area."

Hu Youyu said anxiously, "How can that be possible? You are so talented. If you publish it online, you will definitely become popular and make a lot of money."

Xie Zhiyao pushed Hu Youyu and said, "Don't talk about it. If Zhou Chen wants to make money, he doesn't need to sing at all. You don't know Zhou Chen at all."

In the courtyard, he knows Zhou Chen best. Zhou Chen is a big boss with Chenxing Capital and charity. Every year, he does hundreds of millions of charity. How many of his capital can be compared with those top singers?

Zhou Chen returned the guitar to Hu Youyu: "When I get interested in the future, I may do that, but now, I don't have the energy to do these. I have more important things to do."

Sitting back in his seat, Zhou Chen looked up and saw Xu Hongdou's eyes, which were full of strangeness, so he smiled back.

He sang this song on a whim, but he also meant it for Xu Hongdou. His mission was to help Xu Hongdou get out of trouble and get back on track. Although a song might not be successful, it could leave a seed in Xu Hongdou's heart.

Xu Hongdou's biggest dilemma now was that she couldn't wake up from Chen Nanxing's departure. If he wanted to help Xu Hongdou, he had to do it step by step and slowly dissolve the grief of Chen Nanxing's departure from Xu Hongdou's heart.

Hu Youyu was obviously still unwilling. He was just a music fan. Now he met a creative person like Zhou Chen, which was like a wolf seeing meat.

But no matter how he persuaded Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen was always indifferent. The benefits he said could not move Zhou Chen at all.