60s: I have a store

Chapter 180 Hidden in the city

The girl named Pearl ate the melon very seriously. No child can resist sweets. She ate the melon rind. Where in her family has she ever eaten such a delicious melon?
His father worked at a scrap yard and didn't earn much, but fortunately, as they were just father and daughter, they weren't particularly poor, and at least they weren't hungry.

What made Zhou Yimin ashamed was that he was the one who ate the least cleanly.

He ate melons the same way he did in his previous life, only eating the sweeter part. He was too lazy to even take a bite of the layer near the skin.

In later generations, there is nothing wrong with this. There is no such thing as the "Dubai way of eating". Most people eat this way.

But at the moment, it’s a bit of a waste.

In the opinion of Director Li and others, the piece of melon rind that Zhou Yimin threw away can still be used to cook a dish!
However, the melon was originally brought by Zhou Yimin. In addition to their relationship with Zhou Yimin, they were too embarrassed to say anything to his face and resisted the urge to lecture him.

"Yimin, I listened to the song in your hospital. It's very good. The three uncles in your hospital said that it was composed by you." Director Li said.

She also accidentally heard the children practicing singing in the yard and was amazed by their beauty.

It is almost 56% certain that Courtyard No. will represent their street in the district's cultural and artistic performances.

Zhou Yimin said ashamedly: "Unfortunately, I can't play any instrument, so I only have lyrics and melody, which is not professional."

However, it is precisely this imperfection that makes Director Li feel that this is normal.

If Zhou Yimin knew everything and was proficient in everything, that would be really weird.

Even so, everyone felt that Zhou Yimin knew a lot.

"So, the street will find someone to improve it and ask for your opinion." This is Director Li's purpose today.

She had a feeling that once this song was released, it would cause a sensation and quickly become popular. By then, their street would become famous and receive praise from the higher-ups.

Zhou Yimin nodded: "No problem! I wanted to do this, but I don't know anyone with the relevant expertise."

Director Li smiled and said, "We have such a talent in our street. After dinner, I will take you to find him."

So Zhou Yimin had a meal at Director Li's house.

After dinner, Director Li asked Zhenzhu to play in the yard and told her that her father would come back to pick her up later. Then, he took Zhou Yimin to find the professional musician.

Zhou Yimin also thought that so-called musicians would have a more stylish taste in life and would have higher requirements for where they live, after all, they are artists.

I never expected that they lived in a slum with the worst environment.

Walking into the slum, Zhou Yimin's first impression was the Pig Cage Village in Stephen Chow's kung fu movies. It wasn't that tall, but it was also a mess.

Little kids were running around in the compound with their bare bottoms, while aunties and old ladies gathered in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing, washing clothes, sewing shoe soles, pasting matchboxes, picking vegetables...

"Live here?" Zhou Yimin couldn't help but ask.

Director Li just said that the man was very good at music. Zhou Yimin thought he was a music master! This is a bit like a great hidden person in the city.

With the arrival of Zhou Yimin and Director Li, the people in the compound became much quieter and began to look over.

Director Li nodded and said, "His situation is a bit special. You will understand after you meet him."

It can be seen that Director Li admires that person very much, which makes Zhou Yimin a little curious about that person.

The adults in the compound also knew Director Li and greeted him one after another.

Director Li responded one by one and even called out many people's names.

Zhou Yimin admired it very much, saying that this was very rare in later generations.

This is serving the people!
"Mrs. Shen, how are you?" Director Li was not in a hurry to find the musician immediately, but instead started chatting with an old lady in the compound and showed her concern for her.

The old lady smiled and said, "Very well, thank you government for your care." She first responded to Director Li's question, then turned her gaze to Zhou Yimin. The way she looked at Zhou Yimin was as if she was appreciating a work of art.

"Young man, what's your name? Do you have a partner?"

Director Li was speechless, knowing that the old lady's occupational disease had recurred.

That's right! Mrs. Shen used to be a professional matchmaker.

In addition, she is a military martyr. Her two sons and one grandson were all killed in battle, and another grandson is missing.

The government has made proper arrangements for elderly people like this. Originally, they were going to be arranged to move to a courtyard house with a better environment, but the old lady refused to do so, fearing that if they moved, her missing grandson would not be able to find his home.

There was no other way! We had to follow her wishes and let her continue to live in this compound.

However, the street office often has staff members who come to care about the daily life of the elderly, and even instruct the residents in the slum to take better care of the elderly in the future.

Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "Grandma, my name is Zhou Yimin, and I have a partner."

The old lady secretly thought it was a pity.

After Director Li showed some concern, he took Zhou Yimin to one of the houses behind the compound. As they walked, he told Zhou Yimin about the old lady's situation.

Zhou Yimin had traveled to this era for more than a month and was no longer surprised by such things.

You know, during the entire World War II, the death toll in our country exceeded 18 million, not to mention the subsequent War of Liberation and the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
Too many people died, and there are countless cases like that of Old Mrs. Shen.

"Yes! We are here. This is the one."

Zhou Yimin looked around. Although the house was very narrow, only about ten square meters, it was very clean and the things were neatly arranged. It was obvious that the owner of the house had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

It seems that this is somewhat out of place in the slum.

Zhou Yimin was puzzled. He looked around but didn't see any musical instrument.

"Hanyuan, are you free?" Director Li asked with a smile.

Zhou Yimin noticed that the person in the room was a disabled person, who should be the "music master" mentioned by Director Li.

"Sister Li, you know me. I don't have much to do usually. Everyone, please sit down. There are stools over there, but they are a little small." Jin Hanyuan greeted.

Those are a few small stools.

Zhou Yimin and Director Li didn't mind either.

Director Li explained his purpose: "It's like this. I'm here to ask you to..."

"Both lyrics and melody?" Jin Hanyuan was very surprised.

In his opinion, the most difficult part of music is composing lyrics and melody. Generally speaking, once these two are mastered, a piece of music is basically finalized.

Director Li nodded: "It's all done, Yimin, sing it for him."

Zhou Yimin hummed it to him.

His singing is really average and he doesn't have a good voice.

Even Director Li couldn't help but complain: "Your singing is worse than those children in your hospital."

Zhou Yimin spread his hands.

I didn't say I'm a great singer! As long as I'm not out of tune, that's pretty good. Don't expect too much.

(End of this chapter)