mijobooks Chapter 3388 She Has No Money
Chapter 3388 She Has No Money
Chapter 3388 She Has No Money
Xiaobai wrote down everyone's suggestions for the garden song one by one.
Stars, heartbeats, games, stories, help, food, laughter, running, safety...
Her notebook gradually filled with the children's diverse yet sincere thoughts.
"We're overthinking it."
Looking at the densely packed notes, Xiao Bai smiled and said, "One song might not be able to sing all of this, but we can tell the old man all of this and let him figure out a way to write it into a song."
"Does Mr. Zhang want to write a song?" Liu Liu's eyes lit up.
Xiao Bai nodded: "Let my old man give it a try, let's give him a chance."
Liu Liu said, "Why don't you let Xie Xiaoxu give it a try? That silly boy Xie Xiaoxu is quite good at songwriting, isn't he? Although he doesn't sing well, his songwriting is really good."
Xiaomi smiled and asked, "Liuliu, do you like Xie Xiaoxu's songs?"
“I like duck, his songs are pretty good, aren’t they?” Liuliu said.
Robin leaned over and exclaimed loudly, "I love Xie Xiaoxu's songs too!!! His song 'Let's Pick Up Trash Together,' which he wrote for me, is so beautiful~~"
Xiaomi smiled secretly, saying nothing.
Since both Liuliu and her niece wanted Xie Xiaoxu to write songs, Xiaobai thought about it and declined. Xie Xiaoxu's songs were too down-to-earth, either about "Dear Shufen," "Yufen, Yufen," or "Let's Pick Up Trash Together."
It's fine for casual play, but it's not suitable as the theme song for Midnight Academy.
To prove that Xie Xiaoxu was a talented songwriter, her niece immediately stood in front of her aunt and sang her famous song, "Let's Pick Up Trash Together."
"Small dreams, far away, very simple~~~"
My little niece sang and danced, yelling all the while.
Zhou Zizi and Tian Xiaoya bounced over and jumped around with her, shouting, "Even collecting scrap can be a dream come true!"
Seeing this, Liuliu muttered to herself, "Since you're like this, then I won't be polite."
She rushed over and dragged the portable karaoke machine over, grabbed the microphone, stood on the steps, and started singing: "The water of West Lake~~~~ You really are a water duck~~~"
As she sang, she swayed her waist like seaweed.
Zhou Zizi and the others, like sycophants, immediately surrounded her, not wanting to be outdone, and started yelling loudly, trying to outdo Liu Liu in who could shout the loudest.
Xiaobai was getting old, so she instructed Xiaomi and Xiwawa to keep an eye on the group of people before going home to talk to the old man about the garden song.
She went up the stairs to her home, unlocked it with her fingerprint, and quietly entered. As soon as she peeked out from the entrance, six eyes met!
Yes, six eyes!
On the sofa in the living room, Xiaobai saw her old man and sister Jin'er sitting there, their bodies turned towards the entrance, looking at her.
I thought I was being careful when I entered, but I was still discovered!
Xiao Bai grinned, then immediately sensed something was wrong, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it, it just felt really off.
"Why are you sneaking in like that?" Zhang Tan spoke first.
Xiao Bai then walked out of the entrance hall, strolled to the sofa and sat down. She looked at Jin'er, who was smiling at her, as if trying to read something from Jin'er's face.
Tan Jin'er felt a little embarrassed by her gaze and took the initiative to say, "Weren't you discussing things in the courtyard, having a lively discussion?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
“You guys are so loud, how could I not know? Listen, I can still hear Liuliu singing now.”
Xiao Bai muttered something about that silly kid.
Zhang Tan asked, "Is there something you need?"
Xiao Bai handed the notebook to the old man and explained his purpose.
Zhang Tan didn't rush to flip through the notebook, but listened to Xiao Bai explain his purpose: "You actually want to write a theme song for Midnight Academy!"
Xiao Bai was a little nervous, nodded and said, "Old man, what do you think of this idea? Do you support it?"
Zhang Tan said, "I think this is a great suggestion. We do need a garden song. We have so many unique resources and advantages, we should have written one long ago. I fully agree with your suggestion."
Tan Jin'er also said, "Xiao Bai is more thoughtful than us."
"Haha~~ I just suddenly thought of it," Xiaobai said modestly.
"So these are everyone's thoughts and suggestions on the garden song?" Zhang Tan asked, then opened the notebook, which was filled with all sorts of tadpoles.
Zhang Tan's face darkened. "What does this say?"
Little Bai leaned his head closer and pointed to a tadpole on the notebook, saying, "This is a star, this is night. Old man, you can't read, can you?"
Zhang sighed: "...I definitely recognize the characters, but there are some I don't recognize in what you wrote."
Are you saying my handwriting is bad?
"...You can write more carefully, at least make the strokes clear and the handwriting neat."
"Hmph~ I'll write properly next time. I don't have time to write seriously today."
Under Xiaobai's guidance, Zhang Tan read through the records, which were truly a mixed bag.
"Old man, can you write?" Xiaobai asked expectantly.
Zhang Tan closed his notebook and said to Xiao Bai, "There's nothing I can't write, okay? Give me some time, I'll get it to you by tomorrow evening."
Xiaobai excitedly praised her father and rushed downstairs to tell her best friends the good news, leaving in a hurry.
The living room fell silent again. The two exchanged a glance. Just as Tan Jin'er was about to speak, Zhang Tan suddenly made a shushing gesture, stood up from the sofa, and tiptoed to the entrance. Sure enough, he saw that the door was ajar, with a crack in the door.
"Why didn't you close the door? What if mosquitoes get in?"
Zhang Tan deliberately spoke loudly, closed the door, but didn't leave. He stood in the entryway, staring at the peephole screen. Sure enough, after a while, Xiao Bai appeared from some corner and tiptoed downstairs.
That evening, Zhang Tan organized his thoughts, searching through his memory for songs related to the theme song of Midnight School, writing down seven or eight in his notebook, and finally choosing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
Zhang Tan saw Chengcheng's words: "The children who come to the academy at night are like stars." "Little stars" can be interpreted as referring to the children.
The song has a simple and easy-to-learn melody and lyrics full of childlike fun. It is highly consistent with the "star" imagery mentioned by Chengcheng and can convey the warmth and hope of the night.
Xiaobai was taking a shower, and her cheerful singing could be heard from the bathroom. Zhang Tan put away the notebook, turned off the light and closed the door in the study, not planning to give it to Xiaobai now, but to do it tomorrow.
He walked to the bathroom door, knocked, and said, "Xiaobai, aren't you done showering yet? It's been twenty minutes. Why does it take so long to shower? Come out quickly, don't play in the water."
The cheerful singing stopped, no one answered, and then the singing started again.
A few minutes later, Xiaobai came out of the bathroom in her pajamas, her hair still wet.
"Hehe, old man, help me blow-dry my hair."
"Come and sit down."
Zhang Tan had her sit down in front of the mirror and picked up a hairdryer to dry her hair.
Xiao Bai's hair has grown quite a bit, already reaching his neck. Zhang Tan casually remarked, "Shouldn't you get your hair trimmed?"
Xiao Bai stared at herself in the mirror and said, "It's getting a bit long, old man. Liu Liu said she's going to dye her hair purple!"
Zhang Tan paused, his hand holding the hairdryer still, and exclaimed in surprise, "Liuliu? Dyed purple?"
"Yes, yes!! That's what Liuliu said!"
"...Don't listen to her nonsense! She's just bragging."
How do you know she's bragging?
"Her mother wouldn't agree. If she dyed her hair purple, her mother would beat her to death. Besides, she doesn't have any money."
"Hahaha~~~~ Old man, do you think I should call her mother now and tell her about this?"
The father and daughter exchanged a glance and smiled secretly at each other.