The meal didn't take much time, since there was no alcohol involved.
Gao Xing saw that no one at the table was drinking, and there was no point in him drinking alone, so he stopped drinking as well.
Without alcohol, the eating speed is greatly shortened, and the meal is finished in just over half an hour.
After finishing our meal, we packed up and went home.
Just like when they came, Liang Liang first sent the four young men (three women and one man) back to Gao Xing's house, and then brought Gao Xing and the others back on the second trip.
It was only 1:30 when we brought everyone and everything home.
The next task is to divide the money.
A morning's income of one thousand yuan is a considerable sum of cash for all members of the farmers' band.
The meal cost over fifty yuan, leaving me with nine hundred and fifty yuan.
Gao Xing even took a pen and did some calculations, figuring out that 166 equals 36, and finally concluded that each person could get nearly 160 yuan.
"I already said I don't want any money, you don't need to calculate my share, just calculate it as five people!"
Liang Liang said from the beginning that he didn't want any money, so naturally he had to keep his word.
He didn't even care about a hundred or two hundred yuan.
“How can that be? You’ve contributed the most to our little band, and you even have a car that runs back and forth. Gas costs money! Just consider it as paying for gas.”
Gao Xing insisted on giving it to Liang Liang, but Liang Liang resolutely refused.
When the two sides reached a stalemate, they had no choice but to resort to the most traditional method: hammering steel nails.
Unfortunately, Liang Liang lost the hammer fight and had no choice but to accept the remaining two change, which was 50 yuan.
The remaining nine hundred yuan was divided among the five of them, with each person receiving one hundred and eighty yuan.
The band members were all very happy; each of them earned 180 yuan that morning, and they had every reason to be cheerful.
In 1994, when a master bricklayer earned twelve yuan a day, earning one hundred and eighty yuan in a morning was like winning the lottery.
After dividing the money, Liang Liang and Gao Xing chatted.
"When we were performing at the machinery factory this morning, I thought of something. We made some mistakes when we practiced this piece. We should practice more festive pieces."
The goal should have been to focus on serving the Chinese New Year, and simply rehearse a few more New Year's greeting songs.
"Are there any other pieces of music like this?"
"Even if we practice now, it's a bit too late. Can we rehearse in just one day?"
"Is it accompanied by singing? If it is, it will be simpler."
Aside from the sung songs, the accompaniment, the intro, and the interludes, the rest can be handled with some simple chords, making it simpler than a purely instrumental ensemble.
"Then let's arrange one!"
Arranging too many songs is pointless, but arranging just one to get by is still manageable.
Liang Liang composed the melody for "Harvest" in just half an hour.
I sang the song with guitar accompaniment.
"Today, you should familiarize yourselves with the melody of this song according to the score. Tomorrow, we'll rehearse the song. If we can rehearse it, it will come in handy when we go to the city the day after tomorrow. If we can't, then forget it."
After Liang Liang distributed the sheet music, he and Xu Mei drove home.
Xu Mei sat happily in the passenger seat.
Making money for the first time in my life is indeed something to be happy about.
"Hey! What's your last name?" Liang Liang teased Xu Mei as he drove.
“My surname is Xu!” Xu Mei didn’t understand the hidden meaning in Liang Liang’s words.
"I thought you'd forgotten your own name. You're so happy about a mere 180 yuan. If you had more money, you'd probably sell yourself, wouldn't you?"
"So, are you going to buy it or not? If you buy it, it's free."
Liang Liang curled her lip: "You get what you pay for, and you definitely shouldn't take something that's given away for free."
"Ugh! You're making me so angry! Say it again!" Xu Mei immediately raised her little fist.
"You can talk, but you can't use your hands. Be careful not to fall into the ditch. You're not allowed to touch me while I'm driving."
The roads on the mountain ridges are already difficult to travel, and the danger level increases dramatically with the added disturbance.
"I'm going to my aunt's house tonight, will you come with me?" Xu Mei stammered for a while before finally managing to say this.
The young girl is smitten; is she asking him out?
Want to go out? No way!
Her aunt's family lives at the south end of Liangshui Bay, which is nearly 100 meters away from Liang Liang's family on this street.
It's not far.
"What are you going to your aunt's house for at night? If you want to go, why don't you go during the day?"
"My cousin is going out to work tomorrow, so I'm going to visit him as a farewell gesture."
That's just an excuse. If I were to go to her aunt's house with her that night, it would be fine if there were other people around, but if it were just the two of them, it would be strange if her aunt didn't think things were going wrong.
Rural people seem to be particularly sensitive to matters between men and women. If a girl is chatting with a young man alone by the roadside, the first thing people think is that they are looking for a partner, and then all sorts of messy gossip will emerge.
Liang Liang didn't want to give anyone such an excuse.
"Let my sister go with you. My friend is at my house, so I can't go with you."
Xu Mei's face immediately grew several centimeters longer, and she leaned back in her seat, sulking.
"What if he leaves?" Xu Mei saw Wang Fan arrive when she went to Liang Liang's house to catch her ride in the morning, and knew that Liang Liang was not lying.
"We'll talk about it after we leave. If we're leaving, I definitely can't go with you.
So Xu Mei put her hands together, closed her eyes, and made a prayer gesture.
Is this little rascal praying that Wang Fan will leave?
Liang Liang strongly suspected that Xu Mei might become a great deity in the future, so she closed her eyes and prayed, and Wang Fan actually disappeared.
When Liang Liang got home and got out of the car, he asked Liang Qiuqiu, who said that Wang Fan had left at noon.
"How could we let him go? Why didn't Mom try to stop him?"
“A car came to pick him up, saying that he was some kind of apprentice in Yahe and they were taking him to the city. No matter how hard Mom tried to persuade him to stay, she couldn’t.”
When did Wang Fan have an apprentice in Yahe?
Could it be Gong Xihai and Xie Dejun?
Wang Fan coached both of these guys back then, so it must be either of them or one of them.
Besides, how did they know Wang Fan was here?
Did Wang Fan contact them before he came?
Xu Mei's face flushed slightly; Wang Fan's departure seemed like good news to her.
"Qiuqiu! Xu Mei is going to her aunt's house tonight to see her cousin off. Why don't you go with her tonight? So she won't be scared by herself!" Liang Liang used his sister as a shield.
Upon hearing this, Xu Mei's face fell again, and she began to grit her teeth inwardly.
"I'm not going. It's naturally cold at night, and walking that far down the street would be like freezing someone to death."
Unexpectedly, Liang Qiuqiu didn't buy into her brother's offer at all, giving him no kind look and directly refusing him.
Xu Mei was so happy she wanted to kiss Liang Qiuqiu twice, and then she looked at Liang Liang triumphantly.
Liang Liang saw that Xu Mei was so happy her eyes were practically closed, and he inwardly grumbled.
This little girl is looking for a fling.
They say a young woman's buttocks are like electric fans, no matter how you move them, they keep spinning.
Why does this little girl want to be an electric fan too?
Should I tell myself whether to pluck it or not?
After finishing your meal, go to the small shop and wait there so she can't find you.
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