Why do I advise you not to read Da Bing’s books but also to visit Da Bing’s hut?

Text/Gu Yao

01

I have a bowl of wine, enough to soothe the wind and dust.

Many people like Da Bing's books. His books are not fresh and fresh, nor are they chicken soup. They are full of Jianghu atmosphere, which can be used for working from 9 to 5 and traveling around the world. He makes us believe that there are really people in this world living the lives we want.

But some people say that the stories he wrote are too ethereal. And we are an outsider, envious and out of reach in his fictional world.

I haven’t read many of his books, only the one recommended by a friend, "Goodbye, Touch Your Head". The stories he wrote are free, affectionate, and heart-warming, and are full of true temperament, which makes people feel good. The urge to pick up a backpack and travel around the world.

Like many young people, we all want to escape from real life and pursue poetry and distance. We find some comfort in Da Bing's books, because his books contain the life we ??want.

02

I went to Lijiang last month and went to Da Bing’s hut because of its reputation. A drink costs 40 yuan and you can sit there until closing time. People in that room came from all over the world, sitting together and listening to the singer quietly.

Lao Xie, the street singer in Dabing’s book, sat next to me that night. I have read the story of Lao Xie in a book. He is a child in a rural area in a ravine. He likes to write poetry. His ideal is to be a poet.

For a person like him, it was a big joke to say he wanted to be a poet. He was laughed at by his classmates and beaten by his father, but his ideal never changed. Now he has finally become a wandering singer and a poet, but he can't hide his rough skin.

Yes, he is very strong, with black and yellow skin and rough hands. When walking on the road, what can be thought of is the porter at the construction site, the security guard... No one can think of him as a singer.

But the way he plays the piano and sings affectionately will make people forget his appearance. His slightly hoarse voice sings stories. His story is simple, tender and sad.

Lao Xie warmly entertained us that day and sang us a Cantonese song "I Like You". He was approachable and treated us like family.

Now Lao Xie has gained a certain reputation in the folk circle, and his album has been released. The doll in the valley will one day realize his dream. Now he is still singing, working as a street singer, and living the life he wants.

When we don’t believe that someone is really living the life we ??want, go to Dabing’s cabin and you will have the answer.

03

I also met a singer I like very much in the cabin. His name is Lin Wanrong. His voice is very low and very emotional, full of vicissitudes of life. He likes to wear a black and green windbreaker, a peaked cap that almost covers his face, and a sparse mustache. His expression was always melancholy, and his singing would infect others with melancholy.

Listening to his singing, I thought he was in his twenties or thirties. But actually he was born in 1999, which is younger than me. After returning to Lijiang from Shangri-La, we went to the cabin to listen to music. Because it was too late, we still missed his performance and only listened to a few songs in the end.

Singer Lao G introduced him and said that he had not been in Dabing’s hut for a long time. Just a few months ago, he went to Dabing’s hut to listen to songs and found that he sang very well, so he invited He joins the cabin. Old G said that he is a man with stories.

He was happy when he sang. For a moment, I saw his boyish smile, shy and sincere.

That night after I finished listening to the song, I came out of the hut and he was smoking at the door. I said, "You sing very well. I'll come and listen to you sing if I have a chance." He smiled shyly again and said goodbye to me. In fact, I know that there will never really be a chance to see me again.

I became obsessed with him. I went back and scrolled through his Weibo, watched all his singing videos, and read every update in detail.

He said, "Do stars count people when they have insomnia at night?" How lonely he must be to make such a sentence.

I wanted to know more about this big boy, but who was I? I was just one of his many guests, people who came and went and came and went, all insignificant people in his life.

I saw a sentence on his Weibo Chaohua: Don’t like someone because of anything. When you don’t understand his past, you are just a passerby.

In another month I will forget his appearance, forget his singing voice, and I will not even remember his name in the future. But that’s okay, at least I remember one night, in Dabing’s hut, a person sang, which moved me deeply.

Lin Wanrong

04

Dabing’s hut is a place you don’t want to leave. Here we listen to songs, tell stories, drink and talk about life. It has nothing to do with the wind and the moon, and I will return home after all my excitement.

After going back, those who should go to school will go to school, and those who should go to work will go to work. Those of us who cannot wander around the world will have to go back to work nine to five.

But the night spent in Dabing’s hut was destined to be unforgettable. It doesn’t matter whether you have read Da Bing’s books or not, and it doesn’t matter whether you like his books or not. Everyone has their own taste in reading.

The important thing is that there is a place where you can experience a different world. There are bohemian street singers, friends from all over the world, wine, and stories.

You don’t have to have read Da Bing’s book, but you must go to Da Bing’s hut if you have the chance. , there is the poetry and distance you want.