don't call me singer

Chapter 774 "The Star"

"Wow...Wow..."

In the darkness, there was the sound of waves.

Then came the sound of pattering footsteps.

The looming music sounded, and the screen gradually lit up.

Gu Xiaobai's singing voice sounded softly:
"Tread on the shore
Two lines of footprints
The side of the ship was held out

The pattern on the palm..."

On the coast, a boy was running stumblingly, and in front of him was a white-haired old man walking forward with his hands behind his back.

"Grandpa, grandpa, wait for me!"

The old man walking in front of him with his hands behind his back stopped and turned around, then reached out and held the boy's hand.

In the distance, a sailboat is under construction.

Two people, one old and one young, held hands and moved forward side by side. The sailboat slowly took shape, and then the second and third boats, the little boy also grew up slowly, and the old man's hair became more and more white.

"what

Roast bent keel

put together the sail

What is it?

blowing the waves

Shake the oars..."

The little boy sat under the boat, looked up at the craftsmen who were busy, and stretched out a big old hand, holding a small wooden sailboat in his palm.

The boy held it like a treasure, and then showed a big smile to the old man.

In the blink of an eye, three sailboats left the shore, the sails were beating, the oars were shaking...

On the side of the ship in the middle, the old man looked at the coast with nostalgia, while the boy beside him looked into the distance with curiosity and excitement.

The boy turned his head and looked at the old man, but he saw tears in the old man's eyes.

"Grandpa, why are you crying?"

The old man just shook his head, then saluted deeply in the direction of the land.

The boy turned his head in doubt, and looked at the land that was getting further and further away.

Then, he turned his head again and looked to the far side.

One old and one young, looking in different directions.

In the Jiang family's living room, Jiang Duoduo suddenly felt like crying.

Although there are no lines, the picture here is very clear.

The boy, he didn't know what happened.

He also didn't understand the old man's nostalgia for his homeland.

Why did he have to go far away?
He is so old, can he come back after this?

What about his relatives, his friends?Will you miss him?
In the eyes of the old man, there is nostalgia for the homeland, but in the eyes of the boy, there is only yearning for the future and the distant place.

As night fell, the sky was pitch black, with only a few stars twinkling. The old man raised his hand and pointed to the southern sky.

"You always ask
why me

raise five fingers together
A view
Looked up

lead a ray of starlight

Holding hands

Take you across the ocean..."

When seeing this picture, Jiang Duoduo finally understood why this song is called Leading Stars!

Lead the stars!

Astrology!
In ancient China, this technology was used to position oneself on the sea to ensure that one would not get lost in the sea!

At this time, the verse was over, and soft music sounded.

The camera turned into a close-up of the old man.

The wrinkles on his face were as clear as a knife, like the rings of trees.

He raised his hands together, shaking his snow-white eyebrows, and murmured: "The Vega star in the east has seven fingers flat water..."

Beside him, the boy raised his two hands imitatively: "The Vega in the east...eight and a half flat water!"

He turned around: "Northwest Boots star, eight fingers flat water..."

The boy also turned around: "Northwest Boots star, nine fingers flat water..."

The old man turned around again, facing north: "Beichenxing's ten fingers are level with the water..."

The boy raised his hand, then his eyes widened suddenly, and he called out, "Grandpa, I don't have enough fingers! What should I do!"

The old man turned around, bowed his head, and placed one of his little fingers on the child's immature palm.

The rough palms of the old man and the immature hands of the child form a strong contrast.

"North... Beichenxing eleven points to flat water!"

The old man smiled and touched the boy's head lovingly.

Then he stretched out his hand and pointed to the south: "Continue to go south!"

"Go south!" The boy followed suit.

But the old man turned around and looked to the north.

A faint sound of the flute sounded, like the lingering nostalgia, lingering in my heart.

Gu Xiaobai's singing sounded again.

"Missing is

non-stop waves

overflow into

old days

star hanging

dark sky

Who is that

Tears in my eyes..."

The slow and progressive melody injects sadness into everyone's chest.

The old man gazed at the North Star in the sky, and then closed his eyes.

Only faint flute and lonely singing.

echoed in the ears.

This journey is not peaceful. They have encountered storms, experienced hunger, and were trapped on a desperate island by a windless ocean.

But they never stopped, all the way south.

Every night, he raised his head, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the stars in the sky.

The light and shadow changed, the beard and eyebrows of the old man grew, the wrinkles became more, and the hair became whiter, but the children around him grew taller.

They are getting closer and closer to their destination.

But at this moment, the storm came!

The raging waves set off shocking waves, throwing ships up and down again. One ship leaked, and everyone tried their best to plug the leak, but they were powerless.

The old man steered the rudder and ordered everyone to try to escape.A boatman hugged the boy, grabbed the rope thrown by another boat, swam desperately to another boat, and then turned around, only to see that the boat behind him was about to capsize.

"Grandpa!" the boy cried, "Come here! Come here!"

The old man shook his head slowly.

The distance between the two ships is already too far.

He raised his head, looked at the pitch-black sky, and shouted to the boy: "Xing'er, it's up to you to lead the way."

"Grandpa can't walk forward with you, remember what grandpa taught you, remember grandpa's mission!"

"Remember, you take Zhong as your surname and Ma as your surname. Never forget who you are, whose blood is flowing on your body, and where is your hometown..."

"Xing'er, recite what grandpa taught you!"

The old man stood on the deck, listening to the boy's voice from afar:
"Oriental Vega, Eight Fingers Flat Water..."

"Beichenxing in the north, six and a half flat water..."

"South Lantern Bone Star, Nine and a Half Fingers Flat Water..."

The voice gradually became farther away and could no longer be heard, but the boy was still facing the distance, shouting hoarsely.

The old man showed a gratified smile. He changed into plain clothes and stood alone on the deck.

The boat gradually capsized, and the water gradually covered the deck and reached his ankles.

Wearing plain clothes, he drank a glass of turbid wine in one gulp, then scooped up another bowl of turbid wine, sprinkled it on the northern ocean, and murmured.

No one knows, at this moment, what he said is:
"My lord, I wish you good knowledge and a prosperous road ahead...Chen Zhongtu, please leave now."

Gu Xiaobai's singing sounded again:

"So I
turn to the distance

pull weaver girl

weave plain clothes

Pull the Big Dipper

scoop up a cup of sacrificial wine

lead the lantern

Send you far away..."

Astrology!
"Leading the Stars"!
(End of this chapter)