Before going to Xinye, Ma Hong first went to Shuijing Villa, because February 11 was the teacher's fifty-sixth birthday. Jia Xu once again persuaded Zhang Xiu to defect to Cao Cao, this time Jia Xu was very secretive, and even Liu Biao only got the news after his surrender. Ma Hong thought that it was impossible for the teacher not to know his movements, perhaps Li Ru said something that made the teacher put down his hand.

Walking across the wooden bridge and through the stone forest, Ma Hong saw Zhu Ran sitting on the stone at first sight, he hadn't seen him for half a year, Zhu Ran seemed to have lost weight and darkened a little, because he also did what Pang Tong had done, grinding stones. Mr. Shui Jing is very fond of stones and also likes to have students grind stones.

"Yo, long time no see." Ma Hong smiled at Zhu Ran.

When Zhu Ran saw Ma Hong, he walked towards Ma Hong with a smile, holding a three-cornered stone in his hand, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Senior Brother Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Ma Hong snorted, narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "Did the teacher accept you as an apprentice?" I didn't get any news, could it be that you deliberately didn't let Pang Tong tell me? ”

Zhu Ran's face was slightly red and said, "In fact, the teacher only agreed the day before yesterday, so the news hasn't spread yet." ”

Ma Hong smiled slightly, patted Zhu Ran's shoulder and said, "Then what did the junior brother tell me about what he has learned in the past six months?" ”

Zhu Ran slowly rubbed the triangle stone in his hand with his right hand, then stood on tiptoe, bent his right leg slightly, twisted his waist, and threw the stone in his hand with the help of his whole body with his right hand, hitting the tree in the distance. Then he watched the stone fall to the ground, smiled and said, "It turns out that I thought I was a smart person, and I realized that I was stupid when I came here." ”

The words were very truthful, Ma Hong smiled.

The shepherd boy who herds the cattle has learned to play the shepherd flute; The girls who used to do laundry by the river learned to play the bamboo flute; Wang Xiaoer, who was chopping wood, had a firewood knife hanging on his waist, and a bamboo Xiao was also hung. Zhuge Liang has been coming to Shuijing Villa for three years, and in the past three years, the piano is screaming every day in Shuijing Villa, and the chickens and dogs are uneasy. In the past, Yang Yi held a book when she herded sheep, and now she holds a piano when she herds sheep. Now Zhu Ran will also give a when he is tired of grinding stones. Zhuge Liang let everyone bathe in music all day long, so that he became interested in music? This is obviously impossible, every time Yang Yi asks Zhuge Liang for advice, Zhuge Liang will let him play a song, teach Yang Yi if he plays well, and let Yang Yi go back to continue practicing if he doesn't play well, obviously Zhu Ran also embarked on Yang Yi's path.

When Ma Hong saw Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang was lying in the grass flying a kite, and he didn't realize who it was. Ma Hong pulled out a dagger from his waist and cut the string in Zhuge Liang's hand, then walked in front of Zhuge Liang, bent down and smiled at Zhuge Liang who was lying on the ground: "Senior Brother Zhuge , long time no see." ”

Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Hong with a ghostly expression, and then said with a bitter face: "Senior brother, I just made a new dress, tied it to the bamboo and let it fly into the sky to float a little fairy qi." You pay me for my clothes. ”

Are you letting your clothes get a little fairy in the sky? You call it pretending, let you bully the junior brothers, as a senior brother, I have to avenge the junior brothers, but I can't say this, Ma Hong smiled hesitantly: "Senior brother, you play very much!" ”

"Senior brother, what did you say? I don't understand. Tomorrow is the teacher's birthday, and after discussing with the brothers, they decided to play a song together at the teacher's birthday party, what instrument are you going to use. ”

Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and touched the bamboo pole, then stood up and lowered his head slightly to look at Ma Hong.

Ma Hongluo rubbed his lips with the back of his hand in embarrassment and asked, "What kind of musical instruments do the brothers use?" ”

"Senior Brother Yang Yi plays the piano, Senior Brother Ziyang plays the drums, Senior Brother Pang plays the criticism, I play the handle, and Senior Brother Zhu Ran plays the flute." (The pipa, in the Qin Dynasty, began to circulate a round, long-handled instrument.) Because there are two main methods used when playing: popping forward and calling "batch", and picking it up backward is called "put", so people call it "batch". Later, in order to unify the writing with the instruments of the time, such as the qin and the se, it was renamed the pipa. ）

Ma Hong pressed his nose with his curled fingers and said, "Did the junior brother organize it?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled hesitantly: "I am the person who knows the most about music and rhythm in Zhuang, of course I organized it." ”

If Zhuge Liang is the person who knows the most about music and rhythm among his brothers and sisters, then Ma Hong must be the one who doesn't understand music the most, except for singing some love songs thousands of years later, these ancient instruments are ignorant.

Zhuge Liang saw that Ma Hongting was troubled, so he continued: "Senior brother, why don't you just play it!" ”

"Are you trying to make me mess around? Isn't it obvious to someone with such a discerning eye as the teacher? Besides, I heard that Pang Degong from Xiangyang and Mr. Huang from Baishui will come tomorrow, don't you make me embarrassed? Ma Hong looked at Zhuge Liang helplessly, wanting to reach out and pinch Zhuge Liang's nose.

Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes, and it seemed that he had thought of a good idea, so he said: "Senior brothers, you all know that you are good at writing, so it is better to stay tomorrow after the senior brothers play, and you will present a birthday message to the teacher or something, and it is not beautiful." ”

Ma Hong nodded, thought for a while, and then said, "Senior brother, I thought of a great birthday message, how about you listen to it?" ”

Zhuge Liang was taken aback and said, "Senior brother is really talented, let's hear it." ”

Ma Hong cleared his throat, brewed his feelings, and then started singing, Ma Hong's expression became more interesting as soon as he opened his mouth.

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Everyday, Happy Forever......

After Ma Hong finished singing the birthday song, he looked at Zhuge Liang expectantly and asked, "How is it?" Bro. ”

Zhuge Liangqiang squeezed out a smile and said, "Senior brother's birthday greeting, it sounds a bit ...... A little bit of that...... It's a bit ......."

"Can't find the words to describe it? Isn't it a bit of a shame? Ma Hong asked.

Zhuge Liang nodded vigorously.

Ma Hong sighed, patted Zhuge Liang's shoulder heavily, and said, "What about Pang Tong?" ”

"By the pond!"

Ma Hong sighed, turned around to find Pang Tong, stretched his hand to his waist, waved his hand at Zhuge Liang and left. After Zhuge Liang saw Ma Hong's back disappear, a smile instantly flooded his face, he squatted on the ground with his stomach covered and laughed, after laughing, he also learned Ma Hong's appearance, singing: "I wish you a happy birthday, I wish you a happy birthday, I wish you a happy birthday, I wish you a happy birthday, I wish you a happy day, I wish you a happy forever......"

"Are you so happy?"

Suddenly, a girl's voice as crisp as a silver bell came into Zhuge Liang's ears, and Zhuge Liang turned his head to see an old man and a girl standing behind him. The image of the old man was directly ignored by Zhuge Liang, the girl was dressed in green clothes, covered half of her face with green yarn, clear and bright eyes, like the eyebrows of the seventh crescent moon in the early days, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, her fair and flawless skin revealed a faint pink, and her snow-white slender fingers held a white feather fan.

Looking at those eyes, Zhuge Liang was a little stupid, as if he saw the peach blossoms in full bloom.

"Is Ma Hong here?" The girl asked.

Ma Hong's two words sobered up Zhuge Liang, no wonder she seemed to see peach blossoms, it turned out that this girl was looking for Peach Blossom Lang Ma Hong! Zhuge smiled at the girl and nodded, and then saluted the old gentleman and said, "Kid Zhuge Liang has seen Mr. Huang. ”