The Days of Opening a Restaurant on an Abnormal Earth

Global Harbor, a landmark building in Putuo District, Huaihai. It is also one of the few super large shopping centers in Shanghai. The 320,000-square-meter commercial shopping area stands out among the crowd even in the bustling Huaihai.

Many international big brands and restaurants have opened their own branches or flagship stores here. From food to clothing, to living and playing, it can be said that there is everything here.

Coupled with the intersection of three subway lines here, Global Harbor has become a crowded place. There is a large square at the entrance of Global Harbor, where various activities will be held from time to time.

At night, it becomes a gathering place for nearby residents. Some people walk their dogs here, some people practice skateboarding and roller skating here, and some people simply come here to take pictures. But more people pass by in a hurry.

Because there are three subway lines here, and not far away is the crossroad where Yinshajiang Road and Ningqiu Road meet, and there is also an elevated upper and lower passage in the inner ring.

So here is an extremely lively place with a huge flow of people.

Countless people pass by here every day, with their heads down, swiping their phones. Or standing anxiously near the subway entrance and looking around, as if waiting for something. In the late autumn of November, Huaihai City is full of autumn.

Although the inside of Global Harbor was still very lively, the footsteps of pedestrians on the square outside Global Harbor became more and more hurried.

Almost no one noticed what three people were doing here.

Niu Ben carried his saxophone and brought Niu Xiaoli to the square of Global Harbor. Niu Xiaoli didn't understand what Niu Ben was dragging her here for. And Zhang Tong was also called.

Niu Ben opened the saxophone box and took out his own saxophone. Then he said to Zhang Tong: "Brother Zhang, help me record the video."

Zhang Tong took the phone and turned on the recording function, then nodded.

Niu Xiaoli asked Niu Ben in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Twelve-year-old Niu Ben smiled at his mother, and his brows were full of flamboyance unique to children of this age: "The performance does not have to be at the New York City Hall!"

After saying this, Niu Ben has already started to blow the first note of the saxophone.

The melody is familiar. What a beautiful jasmine, what a beautiful jasmine. The fragrance is beautiful and full of branches, and it is fragrant and white, and everyone praises it. Let me pick you up and give them to others, jasmine, jasmine.

The melodious melody came from the saxophone. Deep and calm, full of emotion, soft and sad, like an echo within an echo.

Simple tunes with emotional melodies. Niu Ben stood on the stone steps of the flower bed, playing the song "Jasmine" with his own feelings. This was the first time he played the saxophone in public outside of school and music classrooms.

And still in this kind of square where people come and go, Niu Ben is very nervous. He started the first verse two scales wrong and had a pitch loss in the second verse. But he adjusted himself quickly after that.

Niu Ben has forgotten that he is performing in the crowded square of Universal Harbor from the beginning of being together, to the later becoming more and more proficient.

He was as relaxed as practicing in an empty music classroom. The use of portamento and vibrato is round and smooth, while wind instruments are most concerned about emotion, and Niu Ben is even more focused on it.

He closed his eyes, giving up his visual senses. All he could hear was the music from the saxophone.

The melodious sound of the saxophone floated in the air in the autumn night, and floated into the ears of every passerby in a hurry. Those who lowered their heads and swiped their phones, those who were in a hurry, those who were eating with their college classmates to celebrate passing the grade exam.

Many people began to look up to find the direction of the music, and the crowd gradually gathered from around.

Many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures or videos of the little chubby standing on the stone steps. A group of female college students who came to Universal Harbor to eat dessert took out their mobile phones to take pictures of Little Pang Ding and at the same time kept saying, "Oh, this little Pang Pang is so cute." "He can also play the saxophone, much better than my fat brother." It's gone." "Wow, I really want to pinch this little meaty face."

However, the comments from the people around him did not affect Niu Ben. After playing "Jasmine", he directly switched to "Moonlight in the City" without stagnation.

The moonlight in the city illuminates the dream, please warm his heart. Seeing through the gathering and parting of the world, can we have more happy episodes.

The melodious voice of the saxophone sings the hasty joys and sorrows in this city. Come with the fate, the fate scattered away. In this big city, many people are like the inner and outer rings. You and I are driving on the same route, but we always run in opposite directions.

When Niu Ben finished playing the piece and opened his eyes, he was surrounded by dozens of people. And more people stood farther away and listened to the music he played.

When the music stopped, everyone clapped their hands enthusiastically. And someone blew a whistle and shouted: "One more, little fat!"

Niu Ben was a little excited. This was his first public performance. But it doesn't look too bad. Because he was excited, he said to Niu Xiaoli with a trembling tone, "Did you see it, Mom?"

"In fact, the performance can be performed anywhere. It is not only the performance at the New York City Hall that is called a performance. I also have an audience here. I asked Brother Zhang Tong to help me record this video, and I will upload it online .” Niu Ben’s hands trembled slightly.

"The world is big, but the world is also small. Although I am only standing here, my stage can be the whole world!"

Niu Xiaoli looked at Niu Ben and her son, her eyes were already red involuntarily.

Zhang Tong shot this video for Niu Ben with a smile on his lips. Twelve years old, this is the age at which a person should speak boldly.

Maybe it's very secondary, maybe it's very arrogant. But if a seed is planted in the bottom of my heart, maybe one day it will take root and sprout into a towering tree?

Qia, a classmate, is young and in full bloom; he is full of scholarly spirit, scolding Fang Qiu.

Pointing to the country, encouraging the writing, the dung soil was once tens of thousands of households.

Niu Ben is at the most vain age of a person's life, but his family conditions make him "have nothing" in terms of material conditions. But he was far above his peers in spirit and character.

He is in full bloom and in high spirits. Niu Ben has the most self-confidence and pride he should have at this age, and he should be frivolous when he is young.

Although I have nothing now, it does not mean that I will still have nothing in the future. Niu Ben is very stubborn, like a bull. But this kind of stubbornness and pride makes Zhang Tong appreciate it very much. This is a good boy!