A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 381 No one who doesn't cry

(Malena)

Malena's home is located on the easternmost coastline of Syracuse. There is a wide road near the sea, and on the west side of the road are a row of ochre-colored two-story buildings.

Although Sicily is an island with abundant rainfall and groundwater resources, due to human destruction, the forest coverage rate on the island is only 4%, and everywhere is earthy yellow, even near the sea.

The house that Lu Cheng bought was just to the north of Malena's house. The two houses were adjacent to each other, and from the second floor of Lu Cheng's house, one could directly see Malena's yard.

These buildings on the seaside are two-story buildings running from north to south. They face the road on the east side and have a small courtyard gate. There is a courtyard on the north side with an old tree planted in the middle of the courtyard and some cacti planted on the edge of the courtyard.

As the sun sets, I sit on a lounge chair under a tree in the yard, feeling the sea breeze, tuning the strings of the erhu in my hand, brewing my emotions, and then the strings in my hand slide, and a cheerful song "Horse Racing" sounds.

As the cheerful rhythm sounded, a scene of thousands of horses galloping on the vast grassland seemed to instantly appear before my eyes. The bright and brisk rhythm, the sound of horses' hooves, and the cheerful neighing were all perfectly interpreted by the erhu.

There was a horse-drawn carriage parked in the yard of the neighbor in front. When the horse heard the music, it couldn't help but neigh, which immediately attracted the owner of the house.

Soon, the neighbors in front and behind came out of their houses and stood in front of Lu Cheng's house to listen to this wonderful performance.

Malena also came over curiously, greeted the neighbors, and stood outside the yard to enjoy Lu Cheng's performance.

When the song ended, the neighbors outside the yard applauded and cheered.

Lu Cheng walked to the gate of the yard, nodded to the people, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very sorry to disturb your rest."

"It's okay. Is this gentleman a musician? Your instrument looks very special. What is its name?"

"I'm just a wandering musician. This is a Chinese musical instrument called the huqin."

"It's a very special instrument, and a very beautiful performance. My horse was attracted by it just now. I thought there were a lot of cavalry running outside."

“It’s hard to imagine that your instrument can express such a rich sound.”

"Thank you for your compliments. By the way, I just moved here and haven't met you all yet. My name is Lu Cheng, I'm from China, and I'm an international student studying music. I ended up here because of the war. In the future, I may practice my instrument at home more often, which will inevitably disturb you all. To apologize, I've prepared some small gifts for everyone."

As he said that, Lu Cheng turned around and called out to the person behind him: "Mrs. Moore, please take out the gifts I prepared for everyone."

"Okay, sir."

Mrs. Moore was a maid hired by Lu Cheng from the city. She was a middle-aged woman in her 40s with nimble hands and feet. She was responsible for cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, etc. for Lu Cheng.

Living in such a big house, it is naturally impossible for Lu Cheng to spend all his time every day on cleaning, washing clothes and cooking.

Soon, Mrs. Moore took out some gift boxes that had been prepared in advance, each of which contained some candies, chocolates, etc.

In this day and age, these are extremely scarce supplies, and people usually are reluctant to buy them.

After receiving Lu Cheng's gift, everyone's attitude became more gentle: "Lu, you are so polite."

"Lu, do you want to continue playing?"

"of course."

"Can we go out to the courtyard and enjoy your beautiful music?"

"No problem, Mrs. Moore, go get some chairs for everyone."

Upon hearing this, everyone followed Mrs. Moore into the house and brought in some chairs.

Lu Cheng sat back on the chair and plucked the strings again, playing the sad and beautiful song "Infatuated".

The melodious melody has the power to penetrate the soul and instantly touches people's hearts, as if the sunset in the sky is a bit desolate.

They had just heard a cheerful song, and then the music switched to a romantic and sad one, and these people were still not able to react.

But when they felt the emotions brewing in the music, they all fell silent for a long time.

There is no one who cannot cry because of the erhu, and there is no soul that cannot be sent away by the suona.

A heart-breaking song, where can I find a close friend in the world?

Although these foreigners did not understand the song, they were moved by the emotions in the song and felt a little sad unconsciously.

After the song ended, the crowd did not applaud immediately. Malena and another young girl had red eyes. Then someone asked, "Lu, what's the name of your song? It sounds nice, but it's a little too sad."

"This song describes love and separation. Fate always likes to play tricks on lovers. Lovers may not necessarily be able to stay together for life. This song is about that. Perhaps you can call it "Parting of Life and Death."

“It’s a very sad name.”

“That sounds beautiful.”

These people are not very educated and can't think of any good compliments. They just keep saying "nice".

Lu Cheng ignored them, glanced at the two women with red eyes, and handed them two tissues: "Sorry, ladies, I made you think of sad things."

"Thank you. Your performance is really wonderful and touching."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Lu Cheng smiled, regrouped his emotions, and started a new song.

As the prelude sounded, everyone was instantly hooked by the song again, and their hearts unconsciously recalled some regrets in their lives. Even the horses in the front yard became quiet, as if they were recalling the grassland they once saw.

A saying later circulated on the Internet: when the prelude of "Anhe Bridge" sounded, even the dogs on the roadside felt regretful.

Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, this song can really touch people's hearts, evoke the regrets in their hearts, and make people unable to calm down for a long time.

In fact, this piece of music is more suitable to be played with the horse-head fiddle, just like the wind on the grassland blowing through the heart, making people unconsciously recall the past.

The effect of the erhu performance is three times more desolate, infinitely magnifying the sadness in regret and making people wet their eyes without realizing it.

When the song ended, Marlena took the initiative to ask, "Lu, what's the name of this song?"

""Pity"."

"It's a very appropriate name. No wonder it reminds people of those regrettable past events. Lu, your performance is really wonderful. I have never heard these songs before."

"This is our Chinese music, which is rarely spread to the West. In fact, I came here to bring our Eastern music to the West, and at the same time combine it with Western music to create a fusion of Eastern and Western music."

"Lu, you will definitely become a great musician. Just like Beethoven."

"Thank you."

In fact, most people here don’t understand the meaning of the song, they just feel that they are somewhat like the people in the song.

After that, everyone chatted for a while and then went their separate ways.

Lu Cheng and Malena only exchanged a few words and didn't get too close, keeping the distance of new neighbors.

However, after everyone returned home, they couldn't help but start talking about their new neighbor Lu Cheng, the small gifts the new neighbor gave them, and Lu Cheng's generosity and superb skills.