Riding the wind of rebirth

In fact, in Zhou Zhi's opinion, there is another very powerful way to prove purchasing power, that is, the flow of money in the hands of residents.

Nowadays, Chinese people are basically still at the stage where one person goes abroad to work and the whole family lives a good life. The reason is very simple. People who work abroad will send money home, which becomes a real "earning money abroad and spending it domestically". This proves that the purchasing power of the RMB in China is very strong.

A few decades later, as people's living standards improved, the purchasing power of the RMB began to decline, and many domestic families began to remit remittances to subsidize their children studying abroad.

Of course, it is meaningless to only discuss the strength or weakness of purchasing power, because neither is necessarily a purely good thing or a purely bad thing. Everything has two sides.

While a few people were chatting, the crowd started to flow, more and more people came in, and business started to pick up.

Old Crawford was still dissatisfied with the lack of popularity. He was originally in charge of the cashier, but now he simply took out a guitar and started playing.

As soon as the door passed and old Crawford spoke, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but whistled: "Great!"

Old Crawford was a bass singer, and his vocal range dropped lower as he got older, just like an ancient zither that has been played for many years and produces a perfect tone after the stress is released. He soon attracted a group of people.

Although everyone was not hungry yet, they could not resist the crazy temptation of junk food. The price of two dollars for a fast food box was really cheap, so sales quickly increased.

Louise saw that this was not going well. If they followed Zhou Zhi's efficient speed in serving food, they would probably sell out the hundreds of meals they prepared in an hour or two. So she said, "Elbow, ask Jeffrey to learn how to do it. You worked hard yesterday, so now let us do it. You and Crawford can play in the music area and help us attract people."

"There's a guitar in the car." Crawford nodded to Zhou Zhi during the interlude: "Let's play an ensemble."

Zhou Zhi's guitar level actually remains at the stage of playing a few skilled major chords in song accompaniment, which can be said to be quite low. At best, adding it to Crawford's performance just adds some liveliness.

However, his singing level is much better than his guitar level. After listening to Crawford singing the first paragraph, he was able to freely improvise harmonies to cooperate with Crawford. Once the layers of the music were enriched, his style was revealed.

When the song was over, the crowd burst into applause, whistles, and cheers, which attracted more people.

There was even a queue at the food serving area, and Mai Xiaomiao was collecting money like crazy.

When the scene changed and Zhou Zhi started singing lead, although Crawford was not good at improvising harmonies, he could insert free accompaniment. During the interlude, he would even play a guitar solo based on the rhythm and range of Zhou Zhi's song. This approach was also welcomed by applause from the audience.

The old and the young cooperated more and more tacitly and had a lot of fun. Their joy and enthusiasm also infected the people around them, and many people even clapped their hands to the rhythm and twisted their bodies.

After a few songs ended, Zhou Zhi looked at Mai Xiaomiao and found that she was wearing the same red apron and yellow sun hat as her parents. She looked so cute and lovely in the early summer sunshine.

Mai Xiaomiao had his left hand raised high, swaying his body left and right to the rhythm of the guitar. When he saw Zhou Zhi looking at him, he playfully blew him a kiss.

Zhou Zhi's heart moved, and he put his mouth close to old Crawford's ear and whispered something. Old Crawford showed surprise on his face and nodded repeatedly. Then the sound of the guitar changed from a happy song with a strong rhythm to a soothing and gentle song.

Zhou Zhi's guitar also became the main melody. The old man and the young man moved their positions while playing the guitar and came to Mai Xiaomiao's side.

Although Zhou Zhi used a common major chord, everyone had already heard what song Zhou Zhi was going to sing from old Crawford's accompaniment, and they all smiled.

"Wise men say, only fools rush in...

but I can't help falling in love with you...

Shall I stay, would it be a sin...

If I can't help falling in love with you..."

Someone in the crowd immediately whistled, and then someone covered his mouth to prevent him from ruining the atmosphere. It was the first time that Zhou Zhi stared at Mai Xiaomiao and sang affectionately. Mai Xiaomiao's face turned red all of a sudden, and she covered her face with her hands and lowered her head in shame.

Zhou Zhihui doesn't know many English songs. The song he is singing now is a ballad by Elvis Presley, which is also a very old song called "Can't help falling in love with you".

If we want to trace the origin of this melody, we have to go back to German musicians in the 18th century, but the most widely known is Elvis Presley's adaptation. In the 1960s and 1970s, all his concerts ended with this song. It can be said that everyone in Europe and the United States knows it.

“Like a river, flows surely to the sea…

Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be…

take my hand, take my whole life too,

for I can't help falling in love with you,

Like a river flows surely to the sea…

Zhou Zhi's singing voice was excellent and her image was pretty good, and with the help of old Crawford's pleasant accompaniment, deep harmony, and rich expressions, the atmosphere was perfectly set and the onlookers were filled with anticipation.

“take my hand, take my whole life too,

for I can't help falling in love with you..."

When the song was over, the stall was surrounded by cheers, applause, and whistles. Mai Xiaomiao happily threw herself into Zhou Zhi's arms and hugged his neck.

"Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!"

The people around began to clap and cheer rhythmically. Everyone enjoyed watching this scene of mutual affection.

"You're trying to play tricks here, right?" Louise was both angry and amused. She reached out and took off Mai Xiaomiao's sun hat, removing the last obstacle between the two of them.

Zhou Zhi gently kissed Mai Xiaomiao on the lips.

Old Crawford immediately began to pluck the strings frantically, and the chaotic melody was like two excited hearts.

"Oh——" The crowd finally saw the result they wanted to see and all cheered.

McGeve's eyes were a little moist. He hugged Louise's waist and kissed her on the face.

It was a heartwarming episode. When Mai Xiaomiao returned to the cashier with a red face, there was already a long line of people lining up to buy lunch boxes.

The funniest thing is that everyone who paid to receive the box couldn’t help but say, “Congratulations.”

Some of the newcomers later had no idea what was going on, but since the people in front of them said congratulations, they followed suit. Humans are inherently somewhat blindly obedient animals.

On the other side, Zhou Zhi and old Crawford also sat in the open trunk of the pickup truck, played the guitar again, and played music games with everyone.

The game is very simple. Old Crawford and Zhou Zhi play a song called "We're Floatign Down the River" together.

The lyrics are very simple, starting with "We're Floatign Down the River... to the O-hi-o" and ending with the same sentence. The lyrics in the middle are "two in the boat can't jump, Joise." and "Oh my Susan down!" repeated repeatedly. (End of this chapter)