Chapter 39: Erhu

The film crew followed Xiao Yao to the door of a small courtyard in the west of the village, and before they could enter the door, they heard a squeaky erhu sound from the courtyard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"You don't want to learn erhu, do you?" Chen Min asked Xiao Yao guessingly.

"Why not?" Xiao Yao said, "I have always felt that the erhu is the most powerful musical instrument with strings in the world, with only two strings, but it can play a complete piece." It's better than guitar, ukulele, violin, pipa and zither or whatever. All I want to learn and see. ”

"How do you know that someone here can play the erhu? Are you sure someone else will teach you?" Chen Min continued.

"I saw an old grandfather playing erhu there when I was looking for Chen Yang in Judetang yesterday, and we passed by here this morning when we were playing, and I saw the grandfather who played erhu yesterday entered this courtyard, so I guessed that he might live here, so I found him. Xiao Yao explained, "As for whether the old man is willing to teach me, it depends on my own efforts." ”

With that, Xiao Yao walked into the courtyard in front of him.

In the courtyard, an old man with gray hair and a white beard about ten centimeters long was sitting alone in the courtyard and happily pulling the erhu. Seeing Xiao Yao and the film crew coming in, the old man's hand stopped.

"Hello grandpa. Xiao Yaote greeted with a polite smile.

"Uh... Hello," the old man replied, and then looked at everyone strangely, "You are?" Although he knew that there was a program team recording programs in the village, he didn't know what they were doing at his house.

"Grandpa, I think your erhu is very good, I want to learn to play the erhu, I want to ask you to teach me. Xiao Yao said bluntly.

"Hehe," the old man glanced at the film crew behind Xiao Yao, and looked at Xiao Yao with some amusement, "Little doll, aren't you here to record the show?

"It also has something to do with the recording of the show," Xiao Yao said, "we are going to perform in the village at night, and I will also perform a show." I just want to learn to play the erhu with you, and go to Judetang at night to play it to the grandparents, uncles and aunts in the village. ”

"Yo, that's a good idea. My old man is the only one who can play erhu in this village, and if he can listen to a little doll play erhu, the people in the village will definitely feel very fresh. The old man smiled and nodded, and then changed his words, "But little doll, are you thinking too simply, when is it now, you will perform tonight, can you learn in such a little time?"

"Try it. Xiao Yao said with confidence, "I have a good memory and learn things quickly." And my dad was a singer, and I played the piano, the keyboard, and the ukulele, which is a four-string instrument that kind of resembles a guitar. So I still have a certain foundation in music, grandpa, would you like to teach me to try it?"

"The little doll is quite interesting. The old man smiled and said, "Anyway, I don't have anything to do, old man, it's rare that there are still people who are interested in erhu, just give it a try." By the way, what's your name, little doll?"

"My name is Xiao Yao, my nickname is Bayi, grandpa, you can call me Bayi. Xiao Yao said.

"Okay, Bayi, then grandpa will try you, I'll play a few notes, you listen, if you can hear it, I'll teach you, how about it?" said the old man with a smile.

Is this going to be tested?" Xiao Yao was extremely confident.

Xiao Yao followed Xiao Siqi to do a lot of listening and ear training, which was not done in vain. Although the sound quality of the erhu is quite different from that of the guitar and piano, Xiao Yao still has no problem with the basic scale.

"Okay, Bayi, wait a minute, I'll go get you an erhu. Naturally, the test passed perfectly, and the old man saw that Xiao Yao came empty-handed, and he also knew that it was impossible for them to take the erhu, so he turned back to the house to get the erhu.

Chen Min didn't want to say anything at this time, just watched and recorded quietly with the film crew.

The old man took the erhu out and handed it to Xiao Yao, and introduced Xiao Yao to the structure of the erhu, the names and functions of each part, the overall sound principle and the operation of the bowstring.

The old man just said it briefly, and Xiao Yao immediately repeated it word for word. The old man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he also had some confidence in teaching this little doll in half an afternoon.

In ten minutes, Xiao Yao had mastered the basic movements of erhu playing, including pressing the strings in his left hand and drawing the bow in his right hand, and was able to accurately pull out every scale he needed.

Originally, Xiao Yao also planned to come to the famous erhu song "Erquan Reflecting the Moon" in his previous life, but unfortunately Li Hao in his previous life did not have any special love for erhu, and he had only heard the name of the famous erhu song "Erquan Reflecting the Moon", and he had never heard it completely, let alone remembered it, so he had to spend another twenty minutes to learn a song from the old man that could be used for erhu performance. The rest of the time, Xiao Yao began to practice constantly.

Chen Min is also used to seeing Xiao Yao's various demonic performances, but in the past, she just thought that Xiao Yao was an overly precocious guy with a mature mind close to that of an adult. And now, she has seen Xiao Yao's terrifying memory and learning ability. All things, the old man basically just said it once, he remembered and understood it all, and did it well, this ability, I am afraid that a normal adult, even his father Xiao Siqi, who has a deep musical foundation, may not be able to do it. Chen Min was also present when Chen Yang said last night that he wanted to introduce Xiao Yao to his master's basketball school, and she felt that it was a pity that Xiao Yao missed this opportunity, but now that she has watched Xiao Yao's performance, she understands that the opportunity she seems to think is quite good, and here in Xiao Yao, it is really nothing. With his terrifying ability, in what field will he not succeed in the future?

Probably because of the practice of martial arts, in addition to talent, Xiao Yao is also not lacking in hard work and perseverance. A piece of music was practiced for more than half an hour, and Xiao Yao didn't stop to rest until the old man nodded his head again and again.

The old man was naturally very satisfied with Xiao Yao's performance, and he could teach an apprentice in about an hour, which was undoubtedly a very happy thing in the old man's opinion, and this little doll would perform for the village people in Jude Hall at night, which was obviously something that would give him a very long face in the village, and he could blow it in the village for a long time.

"All right, little doll," said the old man with a smile, "you can pull this level at night, and make sure that the old and young masters of the village will be surprised." ”

"Thank you, grandpa. Xiao Yao smiled modestly, and then said, "Grandpa, you taught me to play the erhu, and you can be regarded as my teacher, but I don't know your name yet, grandpa." ”

"Hehe," the old man touched Xiao Yao's head lovingly, and said, "Old man, my name is Hua Junyi, do you remember?"

"Well, Grandpa Hua, I remember. Thank you, from now on I will be your student, I will come to see you again when I have time, and I will play the erhu to you when the time comes. Xiao Yao said.

"Okay, since I'm my student, I'll give you this erhu, and I'll take it as a gift. Hua Junyi said with a smile, "Use it for evening performances, anyway, you've been practicing with it for so long, it's easy." ”

"Thank you, grandpa. Xiao Yao hurriedly thanked him, originally he wanted to borrow this erhu from Hua Junyi for use in the evening performance, but he didn't expect the old man to give it to himself as soon as he was happy, but he was naturally disrespectful.

After chatting with the old man for a while, and practicing the music taught by the old man for a while, the time was almost half past five in the afternoon, and under Chen Min's reminder, Xiao Yao also returned to Jude Hall to prepare for the evening performance.

There is a high platform with an area of more than ten square meters in Jude Hall, which is usually used as a stage for the village troupe to sing, but now it has become a stage for the guests to perform in the evening. Behind the stage is a stone brick wall as a backdrop, with doors on the left and right sides of the stone brick wall, and behind the two doors is the same room, which is called backstage.

After Xiao Yao returned to Judetang and entered the backstage, he found that the fathers had already put on their costumes and started to put on makeup. Looking at the costumes they wore on their bodies, they really prepared an ancient play. The other four children were also there, and they all watched their dad sit there and put makeup on each other.

The first to find out that Xiao Yao came in was Xiao Siqi. Seeing Xiao Yao carrying the erhu in, Xiao Siqi asked, "Bayi, you're back." Why did you pick up an erhu? You don't want to perform at night, do you? I don't seem to remember how you can play the erhu? When did you learn it?"

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "I didn't know it before, but now I can, I just learned it in the afternoon." I went to the village to find a grandfather who could play erhu, and I learned from him for half an afternoon, and this erhu was also given to me by my grandfather. ”

"Really?" the fathers turned their attention away. Several of them feel similar to Chen Min, although they are used to Xiao Yao's demonity, but this kind of demonism is mostly reflected in the maturity of the mind close to that of an adult, a, oh no, learn to play erhu in half an afternoon, this kind of perverted learning ability is beyond the reach of many adults.

"Time is limited, I have only learned a song called "Flowing Waves", but I have mastered the basic techniques and everything, as long as there is a score, I can pull it out, it should be considered true. Xiao Yao said.

The show is scheduled for 7 p.m.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the people in the village have basically eaten dinner and can come to Judetang to watch the guests' performances.

The first to appear is naturally the drama of the dads. As a director and screenwriter, Sun Zhihao chose a well-known story "The Legend of the White Snake" in Zhejiang Province for adaptation. Although there is no "The Legend of the New White Lady" by Zhao Yazhi and Ye Tong in this life, it is still a household name in Zhejiang Province, where it took place. As soon as the name of Sun Zhihao's drama came out, it immediately ushered in a round of applause from the audience.

Sun Zhihao's adaptation is easy to understand and comedy, the villagers in the audience can understand it and watch it happily, and everyone is naturally happy, especially watching the stars perform stage for their happiness, although the villagers who feel full of sincerity are not very good at expressing it, they are still very satisfied.

After the dads' performances, the children's performances followed. The villagers naturally have no requirements for the children, they can watch what they play, as long as the children stand on the stage, they will be full of cheers and applause.

The children's performances naturally cannot be compared with professional fathers, but Zhao Rui's martial arts, Sun Tingting's songs, Lin Qisan and Zhou Zhihao's fashion catwalk performances are also eye-opening.

And Xiao Yao was very naturally arranged to be the last finale.