At this time, the music stopped and everyone on the dance floor left together. Tie Jun was relieved and no longer had to think about what to talk about.
I looked around but couldn't find Chu Yao. I wanted to go back to the private room. When I looked in from the door, I saw only the two southern couples drinking.
The two of them walked back slowly and finally returned to the booth. As soon as they sat down, the waiter came over with a bottle of XO and two pot-bellied short glasses on the tray.
"Sister, brother, this is a gift from the boss!"
The waiter smiled, bowed and placed the cups on the coffee table in front of them, poured the wine in, and placed the wine bottle in the middle of the coffee table.
"Thanks!"
Tie Jun and Wan Qiu spoke at the same time. The waiter smiled, took two steps back, turned and left.
"Wan Qiu, here's to you, thank you for helping Chu Yao realize her dream. It has always been her dream to live in Beijing!"
"Sister Chu Yao has a good opportunity to catch up. It just so happens that our unit is expanding. It's such a simple effort and I can't thank you enough!"
Late Autumn raised the fat wine glass in his hand and the two of them took a sip of the fragrant brandy.
Savoring the aroma of wine between his lips and teeth, gently shaking the wine glass in his hand, Tie Jun casually looked towards the direction of the stage.
Xiaochuan and Daya were surrounded by several people wearing strange clothes. They didn't know what they were talking about. Tiejun's eyes narrowed and he was about to get up.
"Don't worry, they are all for dance halls. Ah Chuan is an old singer and can handle it. It was not as good as yours in the past!"
Wan Qiu also saw it and felt that Tie Jun was about to get up, so he persuaded him to come down.
"Yeah, haha, I'm always like this, am I a little too worried?"
"I understand, she is your biological sister after all, but I always feel that a sister-in-law should be more concerned about her younger siblings."
Tie Jun did not speak, but laughter came from the private room behind him, and Chu Yao's highly recognizable voice was mixed in with it.
"She is always worried about her at home, but when she comes out, I want her to relax and relax!"
Tie Jun smiled and excused Chu Yao.
"It's not good to be too relaxed. Just like a kite, if it flies too high, it needs to be retracted. Otherwise, it may become a kite with a broken string!"
"No, it's not a kite, it's a red-crowned crane!"
The metaphor of late autumn made Tie Jun feel uncomfortable, and he immediately retorted with a harsh tone. It was a common problem for most people, no matter how bad the daughter-in-law was, it was not the turn of outsiders to gossip.
"Red-crowned crane?"
Late autumn’s face is full of question marks, and I really don’t understand what the red-crowned crane means?
"Yes, go to Crane Township and see those red-crowned cranes, and you will understand!"
"Okay, I will go and see it, but where is Hexiang? Why did I hear about it for the first time?"
"Hexiang is located in Zhalong Nature Reserve in Qiqihar City. You haven't heard that it's normal. The black land is being gradually forgotten by people!"
There was some sadness in Tie Jun's tone, and Late Autumn couldn't help but become more curious, and the idea of seeing the red-crowned cranes became urgent.
"From May to September every year, there are the most red-crowned cranes. Next year, let Chu Yao accompany you!"
"No, next fall, I will go alone!"
Tie Jun glanced at Wan Qiu, while Mei and others were talking. Da Ya's voice sounded on the stage, interrupting the conversation between the two.
"The song "The Story of the Red-crowned Crane" is dedicated to my brother and sister-in-law, as well as to the lovers here. I wish you are as loyal as the red-crowned crane!"
Wan Qiu glanced at Tie Jun and said "loyal and unswerving", understanding Tie Jun's metaphor.
"What a family we are. Even though we are so far apart, we all know that her brother is talking about red-crowned cranes!"
"Hehehe, it's a bit magical. Listen to it, it's a true story."
"No, not one, there is another, equally real!"
Chu Yao's voice suddenly sounded. Tie Jun turned around, a pair of small hands climbed onto his shoulders, and Tie Jun smiled.
"came back?"
"Well, I'm back!"
The two of them stopped talking and looked up at the stage. Xiaochuan strummed the strings, and the melancholy melody lingered in everyone's heart. Daya began to monologue softly.
"There was a girl who loved raising red-crowned cranes since she was a child.
After she graduated from college, she still returned to the place where she raised cranes.
But one day, in order to save the injured red-crowned crane, she slipped into the swamp and never came out."
Da Ya's voice is clean and ethereal, and her inner emotions are surging and passionate, like a scroll slowly unfolding in front of everyone...
"Walking through that creek, have you ever heard of it?
There was a girl who came here once.
"Walking through that reed slope, have you ever heard of it?
There was a girl who left a song..."
The song echoed in the dance hall, Tie Jun nodded, this is Da Ya, if the high notes don't reach the top and the bass doesn't hit the ground, Ye Luzi can still stir up the world!
"Why do all the white clouds shed tears for her?
yi...oh...
Why does the gust of wind speak for her?
yi...oh...
There is also a group of red-crowned cranes, gently, gently...
Fly over...
yi...oh...yi...oh..."
Sanbao stood up, raised his hands above his head, and waved along with Da Ya, the last long string of continuous "dolphin sounds".
As a musician, he knows best how difficult this song is?
She has a wide range of vocals and many singing skills, especially the high falsetto, which is more like the cry of a red-crowned crane than a 'dolphin sound', ethereal and piercing the heart.
"Thanks!"
Daya crossed her hands on her chest and slowly bent down. The smile under the mask was so beautiful!
"Thanks!"
Ogawa then bent down, with his long silver hair hanging in the air. There were bursts of sobs from the audience, and there was gentle applause, like a continuous drizzle, endless!
"Tie Jun, do you remember? You saved Diandian, I said, Diandian saved me!"
"He saved us!"
Tie Jun patted his little hand on his shoulder, closed his eyes, and opened up that long memory. Under the sunset, red-crowned cranes spread their wings...
It was autumn. Tiejun and Tielin entered high school together. The school organized an outing for three days to Zhalonghe Township. It was the first time the two brothers went on a long trip.
They brought biscuits, cans, bread, and sausages. Tiejun's family was poor, so the two brothers only had two dry cakes and a piece of Buluk pickle in their bags.
He was wearing a denim cloth, which my mother had remade from Lao Tie's work clothes. Tie Jun's was quite new, but Tielin's was just patches. There was nothing I could do about it, it was too shabby, and I was short of going to the moon.
The ride was on a green leather train with wooden chairs. Tie Jun was bored and watched "Three Kingdoms" in the small seat for four people, while Tie Lin was in trouble and played poker in the large seat with six people.
It's funny to say that the children of two-income families are sitting together. At first glance, they are well-dressed and energetic.
People like Tie Jun were relatively shabby, sitting in a pile with rags and tatters, burying Gu Tai. Tie Jun was considered the most efficient.
Chu Yao was like a little princess, blowing bubble gum and drinking soda, and was guarded by the navy bodyguard.
Along the way, everyone was talking, laughing, and having fun. Only Tie Jun lowered his head and read a book, neither eating nor drinking, nor talking or laughing.
At that time, Chu Yao really couldn't look down on Tie Jun. It was very simple. Tie Jun was poor and broke, but also stubborn, with droopy eyes, and a fake aloofness that no one would find rare.