Because there are only a few families living in this alley, it is very quiet on weekdays.

When I found the place where the sound came from, I saw a small three-story building that was some years old, with a courtyard in front and a house in the back, and the buildings were somewhat biased towards the red bricks and gray tiles of the Soviet style.

In recent years, there are still very few buildings, and the families who can live in such houses must have had a good family background before.

The gate is crawling with creeper branches, densely occupying most of the door, it can be seen that the owner seems to be rarely taking care of it, the door is not locked, Xiaoxiao directly pushed the door and walked in.

The yard was overgrown with weeds, as if no one had cleaned it for a while, and under the grape trellis on the east side sat a thin old man in his fifties, pulling an erhu in his hand.

There are melodious, miserable, resentful, quiet, and uneasy emotions intertwined in the sound of the piano, echoing in the courtyard, it is a song that has never been heard before, but it sounds very good, as if there is a story in it, joy, anger and sorrow are contained in it, Xiaoxiao stands there quietly, waiting for him to finish.

I couldn't help but applaud him.

The old man heard the abrupt applause, raised his head, and saw Xiaoxiao in the courtyard.

"Sir, you played so well, I just passed by and heard it and walked in to listen for a while, I'm sorry to come in without your permission." Explaining, I heard it last time, but I didn't know it was here.

For those who are also proficient in music, Shinoxiao will always listen to support when he hears a good song.

"You know music, too?" The old man said lightly, his tone was not disdainful, but he asked a little absent-mindedly.

Xiaoxiao nodded, "I understand a little, old man, I'll blow a paragraph for you to hear." After speaking, she took out her jade flute from her body and said it to herself, but only for a short while.

The flute sound is crisp and full of tension, but it lacks emotion, and some people once said that she may not have experienced too many life events, so her flute voice is less infectious.

"What kind of tune is this, what have I never heard?" The old man looked at her in surprise.

He'd really never heard such a tune.

Shinoxiao nodded,

"This is a Taoist tune, and ordinary people may not be able to hear it."

It's really a special tune, it's not for normal people to listen to, a few of Xiaoxiao's songs are not for normal people to listen to, she rarely takes it out to play, and it's basically on special occasions.

"No wonder ......" the old gentleman muttered a lot of folk miscellaneous songs, although they are not well-known, but this song just sounds unusual.

"Has the old gentleman always lived here? I also live in this alley, but at the back of the house. Xiao Xiaole said happily, although this Hu only lives in a few families, but he is also happy to meet such a talented person.

It's just that when Xiaoxiao's eyes moved to the old gentleman's hand holding the piano, he found that the back of his hand was rough and scarred, as if he often did some kind of work, such as carpentry or carving.

The old man glanced at Xiaoxiao, moved away to look into the distance, didn't know what he was looking at, and said for a long time: "This alley used to be very lively when there were many people, but then something happened, and it was a little remote, so some people didn't want to continue to live and moved out one after another......"

When he said this, there was some pain and vicissitudes in his eyes, as if he was immersed in the memories of the past.

As soon as Shinoxiao wanted to say what had happened here before, he heard a series of footsteps, and then saw several strangers suddenly break in.

The man at the head looked to be in his thirties, dressed in a gray suit, a white Panama hat buttoned diagonally, with his hands in his pockets, and a squirming look, followed by three of his henchmen.

"Old man Yang, you should have time to carve Lao Tzu now! Don't keep holding on to Lao Tzu. ”

The old gentleman raised his eyelids and replied angrily: "Du Yuemin, I told you that I have been sealing the knife for five years, and I will no longer carve any works, so please go back!"

"The old guy gives you a face, you don't want it, tell you to help me quickly carve that piece of jade and I want to give it away, but you have been grinding for a month and you are unwilling to agree to carve for Lao Tzu, and if you don't agree to come down today, Lao Tzu will break your hand and make you a waste!"

He said fiercely and threateningly, glaring at the old gentleman with a pair of cross-eyed eyes.

The old gentleman was unmoved, and wanted to enter the house after putting away the erhu.

In the past month, Du Yuemin has been here twice, and today is the third time, he once ruined his family because of gambling stones, and now he no longer wants to pick up a carving knife to carve anything.

"Old immortal, if you give you a few colors, you want to open a dyeing workshop, do you agree to carve today!" Walked quickly in front of him, grabbed his placket and scolded viciously.

"What are you doing!"

Xiaoxiao scolded beside him, and after listening to a few words, Xiaoxiao knew that these bullies wanted to force the old gentleman to do things, but the old man didn't want to help, so he wanted to threaten with violence, and it was not a good thing to look at these things.

"Oops~ There's a beautiful girl in this courtyard, tsk! Yes, after following Lao Tzu, I will eat and drink spicy food!"

Du Yuemin let go of the old man, his eyes fell on Xiaoxiao and looked up and down, and his eyes looked disgusting.

"Girl, hurry up and go home, it's getting dark!" The old gentleman urged.

didn't want Xiaoxiao to be implicated in her own affairs, she was just passing by.

"Okay, I'll go home." Shino wants to leave.

I don't want to get involved in their affairs.

wanted to walk out of the gate, but Du Yuemin grabbed his arm and didn't let him leave.

"Let it go!" Xiaoxiao scolded, and at the same time shook off vigorously, and shook his arm in disgust, as if he was afraid that this person would be infected if he touched it like this.

"Little girl, the strength is quite big." Du Yuemin was a little surprised, looking at being thrown away, he was thrown back a step back just now, a girl actually has so much strength.

"Baby, go home!" The old gentleman was in a hurry to remind him again, for fear that something would implicate Xiaoxiao.

Shinoxiao nodded and walked out very quickly.

Du Yuemin saw that Xiaoxiao was running fast, just think about it, he still has important things to deal with.

"Old man, if you don't agree to carve for me today, your hands, I don't dislike the trouble to help you break them!" After speaking, he motioned to the people behind him to catch the old man.

Yang Shucheng has lived for most of his life and experienced too many things, and at this moment his face did not change and responded, "I said that if you don't carve, you won't carve, even if you break my hand, I won't promise you to pick up the carving knife again." ”

is reluctant to agree to him, besides, Du Yuemin is arrogant and bullies many people on weekdays, and he will not help him do things.

When Du Yuemin heard this, he immediately became angry and scolded viciously: "It's really a toast and a punishment for not eating and drinking, you guys will teach him a good lesson and let him know the fate of offending Lao Tzu!"

The face is full of anger, he will never stop if he does not achieve his goal today, the old man in the family has confessed that he must let the old man agree to come down to carve, and ask about the whereabouts of the three legendary big jades back then.