Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"Oh?" Ming Hanwen raised his thick eyebrows: "There are very few songs on the market that are written purely using the ancient Chinese five-note scale."

My father-in-law obviously didn't believe it.

Yu Dongqing didn't refute and asked his father-in-law to go to the piano room in the east wing.

Mother-in-law Liu Huiyan once graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and sang Huangmei Opera, and later switched to piano practice. Now she is a middle school music teacher. There is a special piano room at home. The two of them went in and there was a piano in it.

Yu Dongqing was sitting next to the piano stand, and he was going to play the popular martial arts song "A Laugh in the Sea".

This is a typical song written in pentatonic scale. In the 1990s, Huang Zhan was asked to compose the music for Tsui Hark's movie "Swordsman". He wrote six drafts, but Tsui Hark was not satisfied with it. In desperation, Randomly flipping through the ancient book "Le Zhi", I saw a sentence, "Great happiness must be easy."

I thought that the most "easy" thing was the Chinese pentatonic scale (Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu), so I changed it to "Yu, Zheng, Jiao, Shang, Gong" instead, so I wrote "Yu, Zheng, Jiao, Shang, Gong" accordingly. The entire melody of "A Laugh in the Sea" instantly became a masterpiece of martial arts music.

However, when Yu Dongqing was about to play, he suddenly saw his mother-in-law Liu Huiyan who was busy in the kitchen opposite him. He suddenly remembered another folk tune and started playing and singing.

Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain

Cultivate this body in the cave for thousands of years

ah……

Practice diligently to gain enlightenment

Reborn and transformed into a human being

"Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain"!

This song was originally an episode in the TV series "The Legend of White Snake". It was later covered by Good Sister Band, Ju Jingyi and others and became popular again.

Ming Hanwen was surprised to hear Yu Dongqing singing this song with a strong opera style.

What song is this?

It's obviously written in a five-note scale, but it doesn't look like a pop song. Why does the singing sound a bit like Huangmei Opera?

After Yu Dongqing finished singing, Ming Hanwen couldn't help but ask: "Dongqing, the tone of your song should be like Huangmei Opera, right?"

Yu Dongqing was just about to answer when he heard a pleasant female voice: "Hanwen, you are right. In fact, it should be more accurately called Huangmei Diao. "Huangmei Diao" is the predecessor of Huangmei Opera, which is another name for Huaiqiang. .”

When Yu Dongqing looked up, he saw a woman with an apron wrapped around her waist standing at the door with a smile. It was her mother-in-law, Liu Huiyan, and a smiling Mingliang stood next to her.

The singing in the piano room just now naturally alarmed the mother and daughter who were busy in the kitchen. Liu Huiyan was not interested in pop songs, but when she suddenly heard this song with a grand and dramatic style, she became curious and came over to listen carefully.

This shocked her.

Although it is the simplest dramatic singing style, it is indeed Huangmei tune, perfectly integrated with pop songs, and it sounds so good!

"Wow, brother-in-law, you are awesome! I want to dance when I hear this song! Brother-in-law, you can sing it again!" Meiliang also came over to join in the fun.

As Yu Dongqing's singing started playing again, Meimei waved her hands, as if throwing out her sleeves, took small steps, and actually danced an opera to the rhythm of the song!

Twist your sleeves, raise your fingers, and cover your eyebrows to learn how to do it in a decent manner.

It seems that he learned it seriously from his mother.

Seeing her mother standing aside, Mingliang couldn't help but smile and said, "Mom, come and dance too. You were a leading actress in Huangmei Opera back then."

Liu Huiyan also wanted to dance.

The sound of the piano seemed to have a magical power when she first heard it, making her eager to give it a try, but she couldn't help but feel embarrassed when her husband was present to dance with her son-in-law.

"Ahem, listen first, I'll go out." After Ming Hanwen said that, he turned and left the room.

As soon as her husband left and encouraged by her daughter, Liu Huiyan also began to dance to the rhythm.

As expected, he was an expert. His movements and steps were so smooth. Although he was only wearing ordinary home clothes, in Yu Dongqing's eyes, he was like a Tsing Yi on the stage!

This soft figure, these charming eyes.

Who can tell that someone is over forty years old?

Seeing her mother dancing gracefully, Mingliang stopped and clapped her hands: "Mom, you dance so beautifully!"

"I haven't danced in many years, I'm old." Liu Huiyan finished dancing, her face was red.

"Mom, you are not old at all. When we were walking on the street, many people thought you were my sister." Meili smiled and hugged her mother's neck, her pretty face was still close to her face: "Brother-in-law, you Say so?"

Yu Dongqing looked at it.

It really is.

Smiled and nodded.

"No matter how big or small! Stop making trouble, Tongtong, go cook with grandma!" Liu Huiyan patted her daughter's head gently, called her granddaughter who was watching the fun, turned and left.

Meimei stuck out her tongue playfully from behind, then ran over and hugged her mother with laughter.

This birthday banquet was held with great joy, the father-in-law was happy, and the mother-in-law was also happy. After dinner in the evening, Yu Dongqing and his daughter were ready to leave, and told him to come back often. Of course, Yu Dongqing happily agreed.

"Dad, Mom, I'm going back with my brother-in-law now." Meiliang said suddenly.

"What were you doing there?" Liu Huiyan frowned slightly.

There are good reasons for being bright:

"My brother-in-law said this song "Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain" is suitable for girls to sing, so I'm going to his house to record it and upload it to station B as soon as possible! Let more people hear it!"

this?

Liu Huiyan was just about to say something when she saw Ming Hanwen's doting look on his face: "Go ahead, young man, he loves to play."

"Dad, you are so kind!" Meiliang jumped up happily, hugged her father and kissed him on the cheek.

"so rude!"

Ming Hanwen had a wry smile on his face, he really couldn't do anything about his little daughter.

I'm used to everything.

Now that her husband had agreed, Liu Huiyan couldn't say anything else, so Meili took Yu Tongtong's hand and said goodbye to her parents with Yu Dongqing.

Seeing the three of them leaving the courtyard happily, Liu Huiyan suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Hanwen, aren't you worried?" Liu Huiyan asked.

"What are you worried about?" Ming Hanwen was a little confused.

"Forget it. It's nothing." Liu Huiyan swallowed the words as she spoke.

Maybe, I worry a little too much?

Besides, Yu Dongqing was driving back. In the rearview mirror, she saw Ming Mingmei chatting with Yu Tongtong, and remembered her mother-in-law's reaction before leaving. Yu Dongqing said

"Mingming, you shouldn't come with me tonight."

"What's wrong? Brother-in-law, don't you welcome me?" Mingliang asked curiously.

"of course not."

"what is that?"

"Okay, let's not talk about it. In fact, another person is more suitable to sing this song than you."

"Who?" Meili seemed a little unconvinced.

"Your mother."

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