Riding the wind of rebirth

This song is dedicated to friends, expressing the importance of friendship and the attitude towards getting along with friends. It is so classic that it won the Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award as soon as it was released.

However, the song is far more popular in mainland China than in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In fact, its popularity in mainland China has given many people the impression that "mainlanders value loyalty," which can be considered a case of "extending the song's popularity to the person."

This song is very popular among agricultural college students and even among young Yi people, but Zhou Zhi's modification and guitar solo version is surprisingly better than the original, which is quite a surprise.

"Xiao Miao, when Zhou Zi finishes singing, you rush out, jump into his arms, and give him a kiss." Feng Xueshan had left Xiao Shunzi with Aunt Gillie tonight and came over to relax. Seeing this, she pulled Mai Xiaomiao aside and whispered her suggestion.

"What's wrong? Are you embarrassed?" Mai Xiaomiao answered Feng Xueshan with her eyes full of hearts, while also glancing at Zhou Zhi's back.

“Fool, Yi girls are very enthusiastic, and they seem to especially like people who can sing.” Feng Xueshan looked at the audience, her tone a little disappointed: “If you don’t let everyone know that Zhou Zhi is taken, Zhou Zhi will be snatched away by someone else in no time.”

"Huh? Really?" Mai Xiaomiao said, "Everyone in the village knows about our relationship."

“Aren’t there many people from other villages as well?!” Feng Xueshan almost shouted.

"Listen to Xue Shan, you can't go wrong!" Liang Hong, who had been secretly eavesdropping at some point, suddenly chimed in, "Look down there, I feel like some of the girls are giving you weird looks..."

"Really?" Mai Xiaomiao looked curiously at the audience.

"Get out of here!" As she spoke, the song was already over. Liang Hong was a woman of action, so she simply pushed Mai Xiaomiao out.

Mai Xiaomiao threw herself into Zhou Zhi's arms, thinking that since things had already come to this, she might as well listen to his advice and kiss him on the cheek: "You sang so well, Zhouzi! I've never heard you sing before!"

Zhou Zhi put his arm around Mai Xiaomiao as they stepped off the stage, waving to the cheering crowd below and saying, "It has been a long time since I sang."

"You sang pretty well, Zhouzi." Feng Xueshan also came over: "This song is good enough to be recorded. You've been in Liangshan for two years, and your singing has improved even more."

"This is a land of song and dance, you'll see once Azi opens her mouth," Zhou Zhi laughed. "How can it not improve?"

"Then let's go dancing," Feng Xueshan said, taking Mai Xiaomiao's hand. "Xiaomiao wants to teach me that dance..."

"Left-foot dance," Mai Xiaomiao said. "That's actually quite easy to learn."

The stage DJ switched the music to lively Yi ethnic dance music, and the group was pulled into the crowd as soon as they came off the stage.

"Hey, is it starting already?" Liang Hong asked. "How do I adjust it?"

"It's very simple, just focus on having fun." Elbow laughed, "Xiao Miao is an expert, everyone dance with her."

Three bonfires were lit on the riverbank, and everyone jumped around them in circles.

Liang Hong has excellent athletic talent and quickly figured it out: "It's basically the same as disco. Just change the hip-wiggling motion of disco to hip-wiggling plus small steps, and finally add a kicking motion. Come and do it with me, twist twist twist twist twist kick, one two three five six seven kick."

Knowing how to dance and knowing how to teach are two different things. Mai Xiaomiao could only say "follow me," but Liang Hong not only learned quickly herself, but could also find the patterns and teach others in a simple and clear way. Sure enough, Feng Xueshan learned it immediately after Liang Hong's guidance. In this joyful atmosphere, people are very easily infected. There are not many square dancing activities like this yet, and Feng Xueshan, Liang Hong, and others rarely saw such a large-scale event with hundreds of people dancing together. It was truly an eye-opening experience for them. They danced with great joy, even shouting "Hey!" while kicking their legs. They adapted to the local customs and learned incredibly quickly.

Besides the young Yi people, the dancing crowd also included many college students from the Agricultural University. They were there to conduct research with their mentors at the two bases, and of course they wanted to join in the fun. With them around, Zhou Zhifeng and Xue Shan didn't seem out of place.

The dance lasted for fifteen minutes, and everyone only stopped when they were sweating profusely.

"Where is Azi?" Liang Hong asked.

“She’s on stage,” Mai Xiaomiao said. “She’s about to sing.”

By this time, the interlude was over, and as A Zi's clear, high-pitched voice sang "Little River Flowing," Feng Xueshan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Wow..."

"I'm not kidding you, am I?" Zhou Zhi laughed. "Many Yi girls sing at this level. Shamaricong, who's coming tomorrow, is also a great singer."

"Little River Flowing" is a folk song from the Midu region of Yunnan. Midu folk songs are one of the few Han folk songs that have made an appearance amidst the many ethnic minorities who are good at singing and dancing. However, to sing a folk song well, it must carry the flavor of the mountains; other singing methods just won't work.

"Azi sings so well!" Liang Hong exclaimed. "It's so bright and clear, it's like her voice is coming from her forehead."

This is about the use of vocal cords. Zhou Zhi laughed and said, "Sister Hong is quite amazing, she knows how to sing!"

"Physical education is mainly about education, right?" Liang Hong rolled her eyes at Zhou Zhi: "If you want to do education, you have to learn some of these things."

“That’s true.” Zhou Zhi nodded. It seemed that he had been taught to sing by his music teacher, Chinese teacher, and English teacher when he was in elementary and middle school. Although he hadn’t been taught to sing by his PE teacher, it was probably not that others couldn’t sing, but that they just didn’t have the opportunity.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Being a PE teacher is great. Sometimes, PE teachers don't even have the opportunity to teach PE. For example, in the senior year of high school, the class was taught by the math, physics, and chemistry teachers."

"Why didn't you say you wanted to organize the three major ball sports for the sports meet?" Liang Hong was so angry that she instinctively reached out to grab Zhou Zhi, but then thought better of it and put her hand down: "I'll let you off the hook because Xiao Miao helped me pick up the Nan Hong!"

After Azi finished singing two songs, cheerful Yi folk songs rang out again. Zhou Zhi took Mai Xiaomiao's hand in one hand and Feng Xueshan's hand in the other: "Alright, break time is over, PE class starts again!"

"Is it going to be like this all night?" Feng Xueshan asked with a smile, "Aren't you afraid of getting hungry later?"

“Don’t worry about that,” Zhou Zhi said. “We can always find something to eat and drink. They usually have braziers for grilling, rice wine, and fermented rice.”

"Also, not all dances are like that. Dancing itself is a process of meeting partners, so if a man and woman who are attracted to each other on the dance floor, they can find a place to chat privately."

"This is pretty much like our university dance hall," Yang Honghui said with a smile.

"That's about right, but university dance halls close at ten o'clock," Zhou Zhi laughed, "but this place is open all night." (End of Chapter)