Chapter 106: A Joyful Journey (3)
The woman's gaze was light but connotative, and her eyes swept over the table and landed on the guqin.
"I remember back then, my sister also had such a piano." The sparkle in the corner of her eyes stopped abruptly when she was about to come out, and she needed to restrain herself as much as possible in front of everyone.
Xiaoqiu was even more angry, and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't it just a broken piano, as for showing yourself so sad?" ”
Mr. Xiang turned his head, glared at her, and said to the woman: "The maid here is not sensible, please don't blame the girl." ”
The woman smiled generously: "This sister must also be a person of temperament, since she is a person of temperament, then what is there to blame." ”
Mr. Xiang smiled bitterly: "I often can't do anything about her, please tell me." ”
The woman opened her lips: "My sister and I are from ordinary backgrounds, so we didn't have the opportunity to touch this kind of piano." But who would have thought that by chance, my sister would be trapped in it and couldn't extricate herself.
It all started one day ten years ago. My father rescued a drowning Mr. Jiaoqin, who was called Feng Ming.
Mr. Feng Ming was so grateful to my father that he offered to teach one of my sister and me the guqin.
That day, our family sat together and listened to Mr. Fengming's song "Ode to Chrysanthemums", and immediately felt that it was a fairy song only in the sky.
While we all praised Mr. Fengming, he said that he did not have such superb skills.
At the age of twenty-five, Mr. Feng Ming was just a guqin performer in an inn, and his acting skills were not satisfactory. One day, while playing with friends in the mountains, he saw a strange large cabinet, from which he was able to turn a spherical object. On this cabinet it is written that a wish can be made to it at any cost. ”
Hearing this, the unique memories of Yuexia lurking in Xiaoqiu's body began to emerge.
Beautiful and delicate capsule tochaple machines and magical gacha machines, as well as those faces that are full of hope or distorted by desire......
She felt a little dizzy and staggered, and rubbed her temples lightly: "Strange, why does this thing you describe sound so familiar to me?" ”
The woman's eyes were quite surprised: "Could it be that this little girl has also seen this thing?" ”
"I'm not sure, I've probably seen it, but I can't remember where I've seen it for a while?"
"Have you ever wished for it?"
"I don't think so......"
"The world is so big that there are no surprises. Since this thing exists, there is a good chance that there are more than one person who has seen it. You're lucky enough to see something like this, and even if you don't make a wish, that scene will definitely bring you good luck. ”
"Thank you." Xiaoqiu said with a smile.
The woman continued, "Mr. Fengming didn't believe in this. But at the instigation of his companions, he really made a wish. He made a wish to make his piano the best in the world, but the price was to drown.
Neither he nor his companions believed that such a thing could happen. However, when they returned, and Mr. Feng Ming stroked the piano for the guests, he and everyone present found that his skill was far more amazing than that of the court musicians. Countless admiring guests are willing to buy a table of dishes just to listen to one of his songs. The shopkeeper also doubled his salary for this.
At first, he was a little worried that the cost of drowning would actually happen. But over time, he was still safe, and he forgot about it.
Later, he was not satisfied with playing in that little inn, and he decided to go to the court musician's examination.
However, as soon as he passed by, he was almost drowned. It reminded him of the terrible price and shuddered.
In the water, a voice seemed to say to him, "Only by teaching his piano skills to a woman can he keep him alive."
He was grateful to his father, so he decided to choose one of my sister and me to be his apprentice.
I have loved embroidery since I was a child, and I am not interested in music, but my sister has a deep desire to learn the guqin.
This opportunity naturally fell to my sister.
My sister is indeed talented, and coupled with her unremitting efforts, she has reached half of Mr. Fengming's level in just one year.
At this time, my sister was already sixteen years old. Born with a beautiful appearance and a graceful posture. She has a very lofty ideal, that is, to marry a young talent with a high status and wealth.
But with the status of our family, let alone getting married, she has no chance to meet such a man at all.
She became grumpy because of this, and she was clamoring all day long to go out to see the world and find her true love, and she was sure that her true destiny was a dignitary.
On a dark and windy night, she ran away from home and came to the city.
With her beautiful appearance and good piano skills, she successfully entered the art hall. She wants to be a celebrity in the art house, she wants to be famous, so she can marry the person she wants to marry.
However, there are so many young and beautiful women in the art hall, how can good things necessarily fall on her. She needs to wait, she needs to hone her skills.
She did try, but there was one thing she didn't notice. That is, she always shows her piano skills in front of other artists, and she has also won the favor of several guests. This attracted the jealousy of others, and a lot of abuse and harassment followed, but her mood was not affected by it.
My poor sister, I wish she had been more sensitive. In this way, she can notice the arrogance and potential hidden dangers of her words and actions.
My sister wants to become the top brand of the art gallery soon. She secretly returned home and begged Mr. Feng Ming to compose a peerless song for her.
Mr. Feng Ming had a lot of concerns and did not plan to compose music for him. But another voice told Mr. Fengming that if you write a song for your sister, you should do a good deed.
Mr. Fengming always believed that the voice was kind, so he listened to the voice and made a stunning song.
My sister was so excited that she played it on the spot and asked us how we were playing. But how can the wonder of this song be summed up by a few words of praise?
Seeing our stunned appearance, my sister was overjoyed and immediately returned to the art hall with the song.
It's also our fault for not telling her who needs to be guarded against and what needs to be paid attention to.
There is another woman who talks about the guqin in the art hall, she gathers everyone, disfigures her sister, and composes music for herself. Since then, she has become the top name of the art gallery, and she has been in the limelight for many years. ”
When Xiaoqiu heard this, she interjected: "Oh, I know the top brand of the Snow Flower Art Pavilion, I was serving her before I came to the Xiaoxiang Music Pavilion." Oops, that person is very difficult to serve! ”
The woman smiled slightly and looked at Xiaoqiu with loving eyes: "My sister is also like you, simple and straightforward. ”
Xiaoqiu sat on the steps, supporting her head, and looked at the woman blankly: "Later, how happened to your sister?" ”
The woman sighed: "My sister thinks that her future is ruined, she can't stand this blow and commits suicide." Although we have not recovered the body, we cannot say that she is still alive. ”
All the audience in the audience lamented it.
"Alas, what a young and beautiful girl, she was disfigured and committed suicide like this."
"It's also her fault, she doesn't know how to restrain."
"People are already in pain, so why blame them after they die?"
"In the final analysis, it's still to blame her for being too vanity, and she deserves it."
Xiaoqiu looked at her curiously: "Since your family background is ordinary, why are you dressed so gorgeously?" ”
The woman explained: "That's because, one day, a noble son proposed marriage to me, and I saw that he was good, so I married him." ”
The crowd began to talk again.
"It's still my sister's life."
"My sister is kind-hearted and knowledgeable, so she can marry a good family. My sister is different, she has no virtue, and she is willful, so she ended up like that. ”
The woman ignored the comments of the listeners and continued to say to Mr. Xiang: "Sir, you are good, help me divination, where is my sister." I want to know if she's still alive, I know her whereabouts! ”
Mr. Xiang slowly sprinkled a few drops of water on the strings and gently wiped them with a piece of fine silk: "Don't worry, don't panic." ”
"How can I not be in a hurry? Will my knot touch you? Are you willing to do my divination? ”
"Congratulations, your heart knot is the first to touch me, and I am willing to divinate Sister Ling's whereabouts. However, this divination tune needs to be determined by your heart knot, and I need time to compose. ”
The woman breathed a sigh of relief and waited quietly.
Mr. Xiang polished the strings very carefully. He rubbed each string, from left to right, gently and slowly, and after each one, he had to fan out a breeze to remove the water marks instantly.
Seeing him treat the guqin so gently, Xiaoqiu couldn't help but feel admiration from the bottom of his heart. A person who is so kind to Qin should be even more benevolent to others. But...... Not necessarily.
Xiaoqiu was stunned by accident, and didn't notice that a big green frog next to her jumped on her knee and croaked loudly at her.
"Wow!" Xiaoqiu was so frightened that her neck and back leaned back, her hands were propped up on the ground behind her, and her curled knees didn't dare to move, but they were trembling slightly.
"Help, help...... Help me! A shout pierced the sky.
Mr. Xiang frowned slightly, and turned his head to see Xiaoqiu's frightened appearance, the tangled facial features and the mouth that was almost up to the ears, and couldn't help but feel funny. However, he held back his emotions and only glanced at the little guy.
The little guy was resting against the wall, but when he saw Mr. Xiang's instructions, he could only make a move.
He walked impatiently to Xiaoqiu's side, picked up the frog with one hand, and asked Xiaoqiu with a wicked smile: "Why don't we cook frogs and eat them tonight, and give you more." ”
Xiaoqiu was shocked: "Don't! You, you, you release it! ”
"I caught it, why did I release it~"
"This frog is poisonous!" Xiaoqiu casually made up a lie.
The little girl was really frightened by her words, and hurriedly let go of her hand. As soon as the frog saw that he had a chance to escape, he hurriedly ran for his life.
Mr. Xiang suddenly remembered something, and did not stop what he was doing, and looked at Xiaoqiu at the same time: "Didn't you like frogs before?" Why are you suddenly scared again? ”
Xiaoqiu pondered: "Yes, I did like frogs before!" Why was I so scared just now? It's weird. ”
At this time, Mr. Xiang didn't hold back, and was amused by Xiaoqiu's cute appearance. Xiaoqiu saw Mr. Xiang smiling, and she also giggled on the side.