Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1900: One Chant and Three Sighs

Zhou Zhi was both angry and amused: "These are all basic investments in technology. If they succeed, the returns in the future will definitely be a hundred or a thousand times greater."

"Come on, Sister Xiaomiao, I wish you success!" Guan Tingting raised her beer and said, "You are amazing. My math is not good. I can only recognize 7 at most!"

"Why can you only recognize 7? That's impossible." Mai Xiaomiao also raised the cup, but didn't understand Guan Tingting's joke.

"Tingting is a singer. The simple musical notation of Do Re Mi Fa So La Si only goes to 7," Zhou Zhi explained to Xiaomiao.

"I haven't heard Elbow sing for a long time." Yang He's voice came from the door: "There is a piano at home, we can play and sing later."

"The monk is back." Feng Xueshan stood up with a smile and went to the door to take his backpack: "It was Xiao Miao's suggestion that we have barbecue today, but I didn't do anything, it was all done by the elbow."

Zhou Zhi didn't know how the two got along in private, but in such occasions, Feng Xueshan always gave Yang He the greatest face. Zhou Zhi secretly praised her in his heart, thinking that this girl was really good at handling things.

"Speaking of singing, Tingting, how are your concert plans going?" Zhou Zhi suddenly remembered this question, but seeing how she was eating and drinking, he began to wonder if he had heard it wrongly: "Did Sister Fang say that you were going to prepare for a concert? Or did I misunderstand?"

"No misunderstanding." Liu Yuchu said, "It's already being prepared, next spring."

"Really?" Zhou Zhi glared at Guan Tingting: "Then why are you still eating like this?! Stir-fried beef with vegetables and white rice!"

Stir-fried beef with Sichuan vegetables is one of the quick stir-fried dishes. The method is inherited from Yandu, which requires a lot of oil, heavy salt, and high heat. The ingredients are bean paste, peppercorns, pickled peppers, pickled ginger, shredded beef, and shredded vegetables.

Finally, add dried chili paste to increase the spicy taste.

Zhouzhi adds a little baking soda when stir-frying shredded beef, and adds ginger juice three times to coat it. This trick is actually taken from Cantonese cuisine. Many families in Sichuan don’t know it yet. Zhouzhi also adjusted the salt ratio and reduced the amount of shredded green vegetables. Therefore, the stir-fried shredded beef is spicy, fresh, fragrant, tender and smooth. A bite of it on rice is indeed rich in flavor.

However, high oil, high salt and high carbohydrates are unavoidable.

Yang He also held a large bowl of rice with beef shreds piled on top: "Why won't you let people eat?"

No one else reacted, but Feng Xueshan burst into laughter: "Hahahaha..."

"Xueshan, what are you laughing at?" This time it was Yang He's turn to be confused: "Is it so funny?"

"I think of my grandma. She loved to say this the most. Hahahaha...you just looked like...hahahaha..."

Now even Zhou Zhi and Guan Tingting couldn't help themselves. The tone and speed of the Jiachuan dialect just now were exactly the same as what their grandmother often said, and they immediately burst into laughter.

After all the laughter, it was naturally difficult to criticize, so Zhou Zhi could only say: "No matter what, you still need to manage your body before the concert, so you should take care of it yourself."

"Brother Elbow, don't worry. Tingting exercises every day and has a professional sparring partner. She must be so happy." Zhao Lexin said with a mischievous smile.

"Xinxin, isn't that the wrong thing to say? The sparring partner should be the happy one, right?" Zhou Zhi felt that it was only natural to say that. After all, Guan Tingting was now a popular star.

As a result, these words caused Liu Yuchu, Zhao Lexin and Hu Rui to laugh again. Guan Tingting put down the bowl and hurried to tickle Zhao Lexin's armpits, and the girls started to quarrel.

Seeing Zhou Zhi was puzzled, Zhao Lexin dodged and said with a smile: "The sparring partner is Xu Jingfei! He is also your fellow villager!"

Zhou Zhi simply added a bowl of rice for himself, and then thought about it and added a bowl for Mai Xiaomiao as well. Since he couldn't stop Guan Tingting from consuming a lot of carbohydrates, he might as well snatch it from her.

Mai Xiaomiao was very happy, mainly because Zhou Zhi cared about her and asked her if she could eat spicy food.

Besides, this dish is really delicious.

"I haven't seen Xu Jingfei for a long time. How is he now?"

"He has to work harder." Guan Tingting said, "He has to practice more than ten hours a day, but he has talent, so it's not in vain."

Hu Rui and the others winked at Zhou Zhi, saying that Tingting was also a person who knew how to care for men. Zhou Zhi actually had a very good impression of Xu Jingfei, but he only thought that he had a strong literary temperament, but had never heard of his hard work in studying.

In the current situation, I don’t know if Guan Tingting’s reputation has brought him considerable pressure.

Thinking of Su Fang and her ex-boyfriend who fled to Europe, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but feel a little worried. If this couple really fell in love, who knows how many obstacles they would encounter in the future.

But there was no need to say it now, Zhou Zhi just said: "Just know how to make progress, keep moving towards your goal, as long as you don't give up, you will always get closer and closer."

"Yes." Mai Xiaomiao felt that Zhou Zhi was right: "Elbow is right, as long as we keep moving forward, we will reach our goal one day. I wish us all success! Tingting, I will definitely come to your concert!"

“I wish you success!”

After everyone drank, Zhou Zhi asked again: "So the new album is ready?"

"Huh? Brother Elbow, how did you know that?" This time it was Hu Rui's turn to be curious.

"Isn't this simple?" Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Tingting has only released one album so far. Even if she finishes singing all the songs, it won't be enough to support a concert. It will also make the audience lose their sense of freshness and anticipation, and the concert's promotional effect will not be fully realized."

"Brother Elbow, you are so naughty!" Zhao Lexin laughed and said, "That's true."

"There are still some problems with a few songs." Guan Tingting seized the opportunity to ask Zhou Zhi for advice: "It's a good thing that you are here, you can check it and decide whether to include it."

Mai Xiaomiao immediately applauded: "Tingting's new song, we must listen to it carefully."

Zhou Zhi asked Guan Tingting with concern: "Is it okay to drink beer?"

"no problem."

"So what are you waiting for? Let's go!"

Everyone moved to the living room. Liu Yuchu turned on the piano left by the previous owner of the room, tried the sound, indicated it was OK, and then started playing.

As soon as the transition started, Zhou Zhi knew what song it was and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"I heard from a friend
You, my dear, have come back.
I want him to give you my regards.

Just because I'm afraid I won't be able to say it out loud

Do you still have much feeling about the past?

You who broke my heart

I still love...”

Guan Tingting herself had never experienced such strong emotions, nor had she experienced the complex mentality of wanting to see but not being able to, and not daring to see.

There is no doubt that she brought her and Shuyi's feelings into this song again.

This song should have been Sandy Lam's famous song, but to be honest, perhaps because of the style, Sandy Lam's interpretation of this song is not actually in line with future popular trends. In other words, the performance is not "explicit" enough and the emotions are hidden very deeply.

Although that kind of singing style is not easy, it becomes increasingly difficult to satisfy the audience's aesthetic tastes as time goes on.

But now Guan Tingting's singing style is different. Her vocal range is originally very broad and sweet. Later, after concentrating on studying Mariah Carey's singing style, she made great progress.

Her singing skills have improved greatly compared to last year's "Listen to the Sea". The resonance has become more sufficient, the emotional expression is more intense, the singing is full of sculpture and changes between true and false voice, and she makes extensive use of breathy voice, dolphin sound and coloratura modulation, which she is good at with her folk singing foundation. Her style is really a bit similar to Mariah Carey's unique "gorgeous and complicated Rococo" singing style.

Maybe it was because she was a little drunk, but Guan Tingting sang with a good rhythm, and she sang with three sighs, which deeply moved Zhou Zhi.