Chapter 137
Seeing her great-grandfather sitting in a wheelchair, being surrounded and slowly walking this way, when she reached the corner of the piano, the little girl turned her head and said, "Sister, please excuse me."
Jiang Qiuyi gave her an OK gesture, then her hands fell on the black and white keys, and a slow-paced warm version of the birthday song slowly flowed out from her hands.
When they heard the birthday song, the group headed by the old man was obviously stunned for a moment.
Then, I saw the little girl running up to her great-grandfather, clapping along with the rhythm, and happily singing happy birthday to her great-grandfather.
Chen Wen turned the camera of his mobile phone and recorded this warm scene.
"I wish you a happy birthday~ I wish you a happy birthday~"
The relatives nearby watched the little girl singing in front, with smiles on their faces, and some younger ones even clapped along.
The old man sitting in the wheelchair looked at his junior and couldn't help but smile so much that his face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum. He reached out and touched his great-granddaughter's little head.
After a birthday song was played, Jiang Qiuyi smiled and waved to them.
I thought this would be the end.
I don't know what happened, but the old man suddenly felt something. He talked to the people around him and saw the middle-aged man in his thirties or forties walking over.
"What's the matter?" Seeing the man walking straight towards him, Jiang Qiuyi stood up and asked.
The middle-aged man was very polite. He first stretched out his hand to shake Chen Wen's hand, and then asked Jiang Qiuyi softly: "Hello, I would like to ask, can you play the volunteer army's military song?"
Jiang Qiuyi was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, I learned it in school."
"Can I ask you to play another song?" the middle-aged man asked gently and politely, and then explained, "Our old man is a veteran of the year."
Hearing this, Jiang Qiuyi immediately reacted and nodded repeatedly: "No problem, no problem, do you want to play now?"
"Wait a moment, I'll bring the old man here." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he thanked you again, "Sorry for bothering you, thank you very much."
Turning around and walking quickly back to his grandfather, the middle-aged man pushed the wheelchair to the piano and nodded to Jiang Qiu.
Jiang Qiuyi nodded with a smile, glanced at the thin and stooped old man, pursed his lips, and slowly placed his hands on the piano.
The music didn't start immediately.
Jiang Qiuyi closed his eyes and brewed his emotions for a while.
When her inner peace was filled with fire, she opened her eyes and let her fingers follow her emotions.
Soon, passionate music burst out from the piano.
One note after another jumps on the piano, like an exciting drumbeat.
Every beat in this military song struck the old man's heart, making his loose body tense up instantly.
The old blood seemed to be replaced with warm blood, making his eyes brighter and his aging spirit also glowing a little bit.
The little girl lay next to the wheelchair, listening to the music curiously.
She was still young and could not understand the spirit and meaning contained in it.
But everyone around her was listening quietly, so she also listened quietly.
When she realizes the weight of that period of history, she may have a deeper understanding when she recalls today's events.
The volunteer army's military song is not long, only one minute in total.
But after playing it once, Jiang Qiu immediately played it a second time.
The piece itself was not popular, and she did not play it many times.
After the first recall and familiarity, the second tune became more powerful and bold.
The old man was sitting in a wheelchair. Although his back had been bent by the years, he still sat upright with his head straight and looking forward with bright eyes.
In the familiar yet distant tune, his hands tightly grasped the armrests of the wheelchair, like holding the barrel of a gun.
The shopping mall looked like nothingness, with ruins, shells and the remains of comrades everywhere in sight.
"Vigorous...high-spirited..."
"Crossing the Yalu River..."
A hoarse and harsh tone came out of the old man's throat, as if he was choked, and his breath was intermittent.
But it seems to be full of sharpness and edge.
"Keep peace...for the motherland..."
"Just to protect my hometown..."
The old man's lyrics were extremely unpleasant to the little girl's ears.
But for some reason, the little girl turned around and saw tears flashing in her great-grandfather's eyes. Her little face suddenly froze, and she blinked without speaking.
As if being infected by the old man's singing, Jiang Qiuyi still didn't stop after playing the second time, and continued to play for the third time.
This time, she finally entered a state of selflessness. In the old man's hoarse singing voice, she seemed to have traveled decades ago, and the military song flowing out of her hands seemed to have a soul.
In this military song, the old man recalled something.
After singing it once, he subconsciously clenched his fists, waved them forward, and opened his dry lips, as if shouting silently.
When the passionate song came to an end, the old man's eyes were filled with tears. He straightened the palm of his right hand, slowly but firmly raised it to his temple, and gave a standard military salute.
The music stops.
There was silence all around.
Until the old man took his hand back and clapped heavily in front of his chest, the people around him came to their senses and burst into fierce applause.
The old man pursed his lips and clapped his hands, holding back his tears. Except for the lingering lingering feeling in his eyes, his expression returned to its usual seriousness and seriousness.
Only the red palms after clapping vigorously could prove his previous mood.
After finishing playing, Jiang Qiu took a long breath and felt very happy, with a hearty and refreshing feeling.
After hearing the applause from around her, she quickly stood up and bowed to express her gratitude.
After the passers-by gradually dispersed, the middle-aged man came over again and thanked him again.
Jiang Qiuyi took this opportunity to explain what happened when they were filming the video just now.
After getting permission to upload, Chen Wen added a middle-aged man's WeChat account and said that he would send a copy when the video was cut.
Naturally, the middle-aged man would not refuse something that could please the old man. After accepting it with a smile, he took the old man to say goodbye and left.
Holding Chen Wen's arm, the two sat on a bench in the mall. Jiang Qiu lay limply in Chen Wen's arms.
"You don't know, just now the old man's singing sounded next to me, and my whole body was excited. The feeling is indescribable." Jiang Qiuyi sighed, "The second and third time after that, I felt like my whole body was sinking.
, I’ve never had this experience before.”
Chen Wen recalled the old man's previous reaction and was a little touched.
The two of them rested for a while. Chen Wen looked at the time and saw that it was almost eight o'clock, so he stood up and said, "Let's go, it's time to go back to the restaurant."
After Jiang Qiuyi finished playing the previous volunteer army song, he felt a little limp, so he lay down directly from behind Chen Wen and said coquettishly: "You carry me on your back~ I can't walk anymore."
"You were sitting the whole time just now."
"I don't care, do you carry it or not?"
Chapter completed!