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Chapter 33 – Melody
The pink-colored champagne was put in the water glass on the table by Chi Tang, and she and You Yu sat on the floor across from a small table.
You Yu opened the box of cakes. The cake was a small one. It was just right for two people. The white and cream flowers were covered with a layer of fruit, such as strawberries, melon, and kiwi, which looked neat but not delicate. It doesn’t look like a finished product made by a cake shop.
Is it possible—
“I did it.” You Yu’s words confirmed her guess.
You Yu explained, with some embarrassment: “The owner of our shop likes to bake, so I asked her to teach me how to make a small cake. It was not very good, and the cake core inside was a little collapsed. I didn’t squeeze the oil flower well, so I could only spread a little more fruit. “
Looking at the appearance of this little cake and thinking about a novice in You Yu, Chi Tang was also amazed, “It’s so amazing, you can make it like this in one go?”
She had tried before, but she had no talent at all, and after a few failures, she never stopped.
Chi Tang enthusiastically prepared to taste it, but the two people suddenly discovered that there were no birthday candles.
“I forgot!” You Yu was upset.
“If you don’t have candles, you don’t need candles.” Chi Tang stood up, turned off the light, turned on the lamp, and the orange lantern covered the area of the small table. “We will pretend that there are candles, so there will be an atmosphere. You wait for me. “
After finishing talking, Chi Tang ran downstairs again with her slippers, and after a while, she came back with an enormous bottle of Coke and two cups.
“He–” The opened Coke bottle made a sound. Chi Tang picked up the coke bottle and poured two large glasses of coke.
You Yu took the coke and saw Chi Tang raising the cup, and she also raised the cup with a smile and staggered.
“Happy Birthday.”
“Thank you.”
Chi Tang was indeed very happy. She straightened up and sat down on the mat, went to cut the cake, and directly divided the cake into two, and the two of them split in half.
The cake was just an ordinary cake flavor, and it was a bit too sweet. “How much sugar did you put in?” Chi Tang couldn’t help asking after a few bites.
“It seems a bit too sweet.” You Yu turned the untouched cake towards Chi Tang, “Then you eat the fruit on it.”
Chi Tang directly crossed her two strawberries without being polite.
You Yu: “Do you want more? Give it to you. “
Chi Tang put a fork down and motioned for her to eat. Seeing the paper bag set aside, her eyes floated over, poking the cake and asking the tablemate who was eating seriously, “What is this you gave me? Can you open it now? “
You Yu: “Yes.” She put down the cake, ready to help her tear it apart.
Chi Tang: “I’m coming!”
She didn’t want any gifts, but she was curious about what You Yu would give her. While unpacking the wrapping paper, Chi Tang asked, “You won’t organize your notes and send them to me?”
You Yu looked at her as if she had lingering fears and found it funny: “No.”
Chi Tang: “Is that the answer to the summer homework?”
You Yu: “Not really.”
Chi Tang: “Or headphones?”
You Yu: “No.”
Chi Tang opened the box and took out a small wooden object, which was larger than her palm, could be held with two hands, and had seventeen keys.
“This is… a thumb piano? Kalimba? ” Chi Tang asked in surprise. She thought about it, but she never thought that Chi Tang would give her this. “Why would you think of giving me this?”
You Yu said, “I saw a girl who came to buy tea. She was playing with this. I think you might like it too. ” So I asked them what musical instrument it was and finally picked this one gift.
Chi Tang tried the audition. The small kalimba held it in her hand, and the sound she played with her fingers was light. “The sound that pops up is a bit like a music box.”
She lowered her head and tried the sound several times, and then tried to play it. At first, it was choppy, but after a while, she could hear the tune. You Yu listened carefully, and suddenly uttered a loud voice, somewhat happy, “It’s the city in the sky.”
Chi Tang also watched the animated movie “Castle in the Sky” with her. Those fantastic fantasies seemed to exist in another world. Chi Tang liked the soundtrack in these animations, and You Yu also liked them very much.
Chi Tang was still trying to play that little thing, and said with a smile:
“Yes, it’s the city in the sky.”
You Yu stopped talking, leaning on the table with her cheeks supported, watching Chi Tang play the thumb piano. She should still like the gift, like a little girl playing with her favorite toy.
The warm yellow light fell on the tip of her forehead, nose, and jumping fingers, and it was a little hazy in You Yu’s eyes.
You Yu had never heard of many people playing the thumb piano, but she thought Chi Tang was very good at playing it. She was great. When a new instrument was in her hand, she could play the tune so quickly that she couldn’t do it.
After playing for a while, Chi Tang picked up the thumb piano, put it in the cabinet on the side, and took out her ukulele from the inside.
Chi Tang: “Do you know what this is?”
You Yu: “Guitar?”
“It can be regarded as a member of the big family of guitar instruments, but it is simpler than ordinary guitars because it only has four strings.” Chi Tang explained, raising her hand twice.
She was much more familiar with just playing the thumb piano, but she was much more adept at fiddling with the ukulele.
Previously, Chi Tang was embarrassed to say that she was practicing, but now she had received the thumb piano as a gift, and she suddenly wanted to share her recent practice results with a friend like You Yu.
“I recently… actually practiced ukulele.” Chi Tang coughed lightly, “Thank you for coming to celebrate my birthday today. I will play this for you?”
“Okay.” You Yu sat upright as if preparing to go to class.
Just listening to a song. Why was it so serious? Chi Tang adjusted the position of the ukulele and asked her: “What song do you want to listen to?”
You Yu: “I don’t know many songs. I like most of the songs you like. Just play them. “
Chi Tang thought for a while and played “Unheard Flower Name.”
This song was from a Japanese anime and was very classic. When played with the ukulele, it jumps a bit more happily than the original song. It sounds like summer soda, sunshine, and fields.
You Yu listened quietly and saw Chi Tang swaying gently with the rhythm of the music, her cocked toes leaning on one side to move and move, which was unspeakably cute.
Chi Tang didn’t finish playing a complete song. She played for a while and saw You Yu still sitting upright. The movement under her hand stopped and changed the song.
With the rhythm of the song, You Yu glanced at her, and both laughed.
Because Chi Tang played the ending song of “SpongeBob SquarePants”, with an acute and regular rhythm and very dynamic, people couldn’t help but shake it. Chi Tang flicked, and the shaking movements of the whole person got bigger and bigger. She also prodded You Yu with her foot, and You Yu had to share with her.
“Hahaha haha, this looks silly!”
“Like two mushrooms shaking face to face.”
“I thought you would say it was like a pendulum clock.”
The two laughed at each other inexplicably, and You Yu said sincerely, “You are great; you can play a lot of songs.”
She didn’t say that it was okay. After being praised by her, Chi Tang couldn’t help but want to show off her skills, so she changed the song to “Love Cycle.” This was also a very cheerful and lovely tune. When playing the ukulele, she also sped up the rhythm, which made people shake their heads.
You Yu quietly applauded her.
Chi Tang stood up holding the ukulele and changed to “One Step Away.”
“This is a dance song from the movie Scent of a Woman.”