"This song is quite interesting. I've never heard it before. Where did you get it?"
"Would you believe me if I said I did it myself?"
"I don't believe you! You've passed, come to rehearsal this afternoon! Room and board included, 200 a month."
Two hundred a month was not high in 1993; it was only considered a middle-class wage. However, with room and board included, it was acceptable.
It's impossible to form a band with this little bit of money; he'll have to find another way in the future.
"Boss lady! Keeping me is the best decision you've ever made."
"You've got a good tongue, buddy."
"Boss lady! Can I get a couple of coins first? I need to give them to my mom, otherwise I'm afraid she won't let me come."
Mu Shuihua thought for a moment, then took out a hundred-yuan bill from her pocket and threw it to Liang Liang.
"Liang Liang! You were so charming when you sang just now, I even wanted to kiss you." Ming Hongling has a cheerful personality and speaks a bit bluntly. After Mu Shuihua left, she said this.
"Then what are you waiting for? Come over here and greet us! You've never been kissed by a girl before!" Liang Liang grinned and leaned in with one side of her face, pointing to her cheek.
Ming Hongling laughed and slapped him back.
"You actually came? Your shamelessness is as thick as Cuihua's underwear."
"What? Damn Hongling! Your underwear is as thick-skinned as his face."
The girl named Cuihua immediately objected and started arguing with Ming Hongling.
These two women are outrageous; they're comparing his face to underwear.
When women gather together, their sense of shame becomes worthless, even if they are still young girls.
"Alright! I need to go home and tell my family. See you all this afternoon, ladies."
Starting tomorrow, he will be wandering the world, so of course he needs to tell his family.
Liang Liang has two siblings: a younger brother and a younger sister.
The advantage of having many children is that you don't have to spoil them, unlike when you only have one child and they're treated like royalty.
When Liang Liang's mother heard that her son was going out to work, with room and board provided and a monthly income of 200 yuan, she almost burst out laughing. There was no reason for her to object.
The sooner you leave, the better. It saves you from being stuck at home all day doing nothing and getting annoyed.
However, she didn't take the 100 yuan that Liang Liang had withdrawn from the song and dance troupe. It wasn't a big deal for a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man to be penniless.
After lunch, Liang Liang officially became a member of Bi Sheng's dance troupe.
Mu Shuihua formally introduced Liang Liang to all the members of the song and dance troupe.
After meeting all the uncles, grandpas, young men, ladies, and gentlemen in the song and dance troupe, Liang Liang began rehearsing the songs.
He's going to officially appear on stage in front of his hometown folks tonight, so he needs to rehearse a bit.
He needed to rehearse the two songs he had sung that morning.
In 1993, before DVD players were officially available, the troupe had to rely on itself for most of the accompaniment.
But to expect to rehearse two songs in Liang Liang's singing style in just one afternoon is utterly absurd.
Therefore, we rehearsed one song first.
A broken guitar, an old keyboard, and a beat-up drum kit were all it took to cobble together a band.
In Liang Liang's eyes, the drum set in the song and dance troupe was no different from banging on a washbasin or a bucket. The drummer, Lan Zhi, was not very skilled either; at best, she was just a beginner who could bang loudly.
You should at least know how to make a loud thud, a big thud, a loud thud, a loud thud, a loud thud, a loud thud!
Liang Liang spent half an hour teaching her some basic drumming techniques, and only then could she barely manage to provide accompaniment.
After an afternoon of playing both father and mother, Liang Liang managed to get through the rehearsal, thanks to the fact that the two girls were quick learners.
You can imagine how good the song is if it can be rehearsed in such a short time.
This level of understanding is only good enough to get by here, since not many people can understand it anyway. If you went to a place where there are knowledgeable people, you'd probably get rotten eggs thrown at you.
As the saying goes, "When one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."
Liang Liang infiltrated the song and dance troupe, and he used his connections to get several of his neighbors into the evening performance tent.
Naturally, she would go through Mu Shuihua's back door. The troupe leader, Bi Sheng, had been in a bad mood these days, and Liang Liang wouldn't be so tactless as to provoke him.
There were fewer people in the greenhouse tonight than last night, but there were still quite a few, it was packed.
Liang Liang's first performance was the second after the opening performance.
Back then, the stage for these makeshift troupes was made of steel bars with wooden planks on top, which felt soft when you stepped on it.
The background was just a white cloth, and the lighting was a bit glaring.
When Liang Liang stood on this stage again, she was momentarily dazed.
"Hey! Isn't this so-and-so's son from Liangshui Bay?"
"Yeah! He looks pretty familiar to me too. What's he doing running up there?"
As soon as Liang Liang stepped onto the stage, some people in the audience recognized him.
Pingshan Village is only a small place within a radius of dozens of miles, so you see each other all the time.
"Brother Liang Liang went on stage?" Xu Mei was also surprised.
Although Liang Liang brought her in to free audition that night, he didn't tell her she was going to perform on stage, so the little girl was still quite surprised to see Liang Liang on stage.
Standing before his fellow villagers for the first time, Liang Liang was somewhat nervous.
He took a deep breath to slow his heart rate.
"Old Liang, what are you doing up there? Are you going to do somersaults for us?" a villager from Liangliang Village joked from below the stage.
A burst of laughter erupted from the audience.
Liang Liang laughed too.
"Good evening, folks of Pingshan Village, uncles, aunts, young and old!"
The people below the stage laughed and joked, and some even clapped a few times.
"I am the eldest son of Liang Laoshi from Liangshuiwan, and now I am an actor in the Bisheng Song and Dance Troupe. I am about to sing a song for my fellow villagers. Please give me a round of applause for the sake of our hometown!"
Before Liang Liang could finish speaking, the simple and honest villagers burst into applause.
His friends applauded enthusiastically.
Liang Liang plucked a string.
"The song is called 'When Dreams Awaken,' and I hope you all like it."
After saying that, he began to gently pluck the strings, but a problem arose right at the start.
Lan Zhi seemed a bit flustered; the drumbeat came in a beat too late, and if Liang Liang hadn't used a guitar chord to transition for an extra beat, things would have been a complete mess.
Even so, it was still a bit off-key, but fortunately, the people in the mountain village didn't have much knowledge of music, so they probably thought it was just a performance on purpose.
The situation only improved a little after Liang Liang started singing.
This song is widely sung in rural areas, and many young people can sing it. However, this is the first time they have heard Liang Liang's rock-style singing, and they find it novel and exciting.
There are some things you don't need to ask right now.
There are some people you'll never have to wait for—ah~
With a roar, Liang Liang's performance came to an end.
A round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.
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