Two girls drifting to Beijing

He Nan and Cai Yanping are both engaged in classical music performances. Music makes them best friends and partners. They now live in a two-bedroom apartment in Beijing and perform everywhere with their musical instruments on their backs. But when I first lived in the basement, I broke up the gang, set up a stall, and owed rent. It’s not easy to go step by step. He Nan, a girl from the Northeast, bold and outgoing, studied at a private music conservatory in Beijing; Cai Yanping, a girl from Fujian in the south, studied at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music. In 2014, they all graduated.

It was August 2014. He Nan and Cai Yanping both applied for jobs at an art troupe in Beijing. After a brief exchange, the two girls added each other on WeChat. Thousands of troops crossed the single-plank bridge, and the result of the application was that Cai Yanping was hired and He Nan was dismissed. They said goodbye to each other, and they never communicated again on WeChat.

The next step is Cai Yanping working in the art troupe. 800 yuan per month.

Although He Nan went to school in Beijing, he has graduated and cannot live in the school anymore. When entering society, the first problem to solve is a place to stay. If your job application is not going well, where should you go? The students are all from all over the world. Except for those from Beijing, all the other students have returned to their hometowns. However, He Nan does not plan to return to the Northeast.

A long time later, He Nan and Cai Yanping met again at a certain performance. Let’s talk about the past since applying for the job. Cai Yanping said: It is difficult to support herself with the 800 yuan salary from the art troupe; He Nan said: apart from occasionally receiving a small number of performances, she took on some personal training jobs and lived in the basement. In the basement where men and women live together, you can often see some shirtless men coming in and out. This made the two little girls who had just graduated a little sad. Since I have entered society, I can no longer ask my family for money.

The second time they met, He Nan and Cai Yanping talked more than when they first met. He Nan proposed: My specialty is the harp, your specialty is the erhu, let's create a combination! It was an instant hit. It is rare to see the combination of Western classical instruments and Eastern classical instruments. He Nan means to combine it into his own characteristics and find a differentiated path so that the audience can remember him better. Two little girls lived together in a basement in Tiantongyuan to save money.

He Nan stopped working as a personal trainer, and Cai Yanping also quit her job that paid 800 yuan a month. I can only go all out to find opportunities to perform. But for these two young people who had no connections and lacked resources, performances were always sporadic. Once, the landlord demanded rent. Although they were at home, they didn't dare to express their anger. Once again, He Nan passed by a subway station. There were many people setting up stalls in the subway station. He Nan was curious: Let’s set up a stall too! Sell ??some things that little girls like. They just went ahead and scraped together a little money, and He Nan and Cai Yanping set up their stall at the subway entrance.

He Nan was actively involved in setting up a street stall and shouted when customers came. Cai Yanping was not the same. She thought to herself, I am an art student and should be on the stage, so why would I set up a street stall? But under the influence of He Nan, her frustration could only be buried deep in her heart. Because, Cai Yanping knows that this active partner also endures this hardship for our combination.

Another thing happened that made Cai Yanping completely unable to hold on. It was one day after the performance that their "home" was completely flooded. The water was poured from the toilet in the bathroom. The house was not spacious, and musical instruments and objects were placed on the floor. This time it was all flooded. Cai Yanping immediately started crying and told He Nan that she planned to give up her partner and the group. He Nan did not persuade him to stay, she was not qualified to retain him, and she was not clear about the performance path ahead. He Nan thought Cai Yanping was just talking, but who knew that Cai Yanping really left the next day.

Leaving He Nan alone, Cai Yanping sent a message to He Nan after she left. The general content was to persuade her: You should also go back to the Northeast. There are parents and relatives and friends there. It is really difficult to live in Beijing. . He Nan would not leave, but she lay on the bed and cried alone. Why she was crying, she didn't know.

In fact, before Cai Yanping, He Nan once tried to find two people to partner with. One was a college classmate and a boy, but when the boy was with her, he spent more time chatting than rehearsing. , there will be no future. There is also a girl from Beijing who plays the pipa, but that girl has no interest at all. The family is not short of money and she just plays the instrument for fun. Now, even Cai Yanping, who lived and ate with him, is gone. Cai Yanping was a little sad, but then she thought about it, the earth will continue to rotate no matter who leaves.

The day after Cai Yanping left, He Nan had an idea and opened her QQ address book. There were many groups in it, and the group messages included people recruiting and people applying for jobs. He Nan briefly edited her resume into a soft article, copying and pasting a lot. On the third day, someone privately added her as a friend, and the road to acting began.

Let’s talk about Cai Yanping. After getting on the train back to Fujian, she felt a little guilty about He Nan. She promised that the group would develop well, but she failed to stick to it. She didn't reply to the message she sent to He Nan. She knew that He Nan was angry and disappointed. But there was no way. She learned step by step from PKU and Sichuan Conservatory of Music, but she ran a street vendor and lived in a basement. This life was not what she wanted. She wants to go back to her hometown because her father has found a job for her at a local university in Fujian. I just never went back.

Then it was said that Cai Yanping returned to Fujian and worked in the office all day long, dealing with documents and the like, from 9 to 5, and she had completely given up her erhu. Only half a year has passed, and she seems to have seen herself 20 years from now. Look at He Nan's circle of friends. Today's position is here and tomorrow there. The photos taken are all of her holding Qin. In contrast, Cai Yanping couldn't sit still. Send a message to He Nan: My job is very stable, but it is difficult to make big progress. I see you running around all day long, the same thing every day. He Nan replied: It is indeed much better than before. If you ever come back, I'm here.

Cai Yanping quit her job and returned to Beijing. He Nan teased her: Didn't you go back? How long has it been? The sourness returned to sourness, and the two little sisters partnered up again. Everything is developing for the better.

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