After the house of the middle yard, it is the backyard, the backyard is much larger than the front yard, a large piece of green bamboo is planted against the north wall, the spring water on the back mountain is led in the garden, the reservoir is dug, the whole backyard is covered with large and small interlocking pools, rockeries, stone tables and stone benches are the same.

The inside and outside of the pond and on the path are inlaid with pebbles, different shades of color, and a few white or red koi swim in the pool, and quietly hide under the leaves of aquatic plants, quietly adding a little vitality to this quiet yard.

In this backyard with bamboo, water and fish, there is a single-family double-storey building on the east wall, supported by wooden beams, the wall and the ground are paved with green bamboo, the first floor is very high, and the wall is not sealed and the door is set, only a bamboo rattan chair is set up in it, and a small table made of bamboo is placed.

The teapot and teacup on the table are also carved from bamboo, and the rattan chair has a shelf to hang, without chair legs.

When Li Tang stepped into Xie Garden with Bai Meixue, he felt that this courtyard was clean, not like ordinary large households, or splendid land, or carved beams and painted buildings!

This Xie Yuan is not as good as Xie Heng's status and status, but after thinking about it, Li Tang felt that this should be the place where people like Xie Heng lived.

Twelve-year-old Li Tang, the excitement in her heart is getting stronger and stronger, she can actually walk into the courtyard of Master Xie's house one day, and she will see Xie Heng himself later, which can be said to be an epic stroke for her life, she must remember today's big day.

Xie Heng generally doesn't see outsiders, so there are few people at the door, today may know that Bai Meixue is coming, so there is a family waiting in the front yard, seeing Bai Meixue and Li Tang coming in, busy with Bai Meixue to meet the courtesy, so he went to the backyard to report.

The two then entered the middle courtyard, and only cared about admiring the courtyard in the front yard, but now they entered the middle courtyard, looked at the water lilies in the flower beds in the garden, and heard the sound of the piano from the backyard.

is different from Bai Meixue's piano sound, this piano sound sounds as if it has gone through all the vicissitudes of life, long and long, and it is wider and more inclusive than the piano sound of the old man of Qingxi Town Academy that Li Tang heard.

Li Tang was stunned for a while, Master Xie was famous all over the world at the age of sixteen, and now, he is just a man who has just passed the age of the weak crown, how can there be such a piano sound, sure enough, the master is really a master, and it has nothing to do with age!

Some people are just familiar with their lives, and some people, who are just teenagers, have extraordinary attainments, which is probably talent!

Following the sound of the piano, the two walked through the middle courtyard, now is not the season for Xie Heng to teach, except for the complete set of piano and zheng, and a set of music scores, there are no students to practice.

When I went down the steps, I saw a man in a green shirt under the bamboo pavilion, with long hair half-pulled up, sitting on his knees at a low table, his head slightly bowed, his hands wandering between the strings, his ten fingers were strong, but the sound of the piano was long.

When the song was finished, he pressed the strings with both hands, raised his head, and looked at the two people standing not far away; Li Tang and the others were about to come forward to meet them, but there was a slight sound of footsteps behind them, and when they turned around, they saw a girl coming down the steps of the middle courtyard.

Goose yellow skirt, hair combed sideburns and hair in a small bun, a few locks of broken hair hanging down on the forehead, even more moving, the man was followed by a little girl dressed in blue and combed with double buns, and the two of them came over.

Bai Meixue stepped forward with the girl in the yellow shirt and saluted the man in the green shirt together.

"Sir, well." This is Xie Heng, the rumored arrogant and indifferent, and peerless man.

Xie Heng nodded slightly, and the two of them hurriedly put the music scroll in their hands to Xie Heng's eyes, and Xie Heng lowered his eyes and reached out to take it.

Although his face was expressionless, this also made Li Tang feel that he was not as arrogant as rumored, nor was he condescending, but just a teacher.

This girl in a goose yellow shirt seems to be a rich lady, and she is Bai Meixue's senior sister, that is, Xie Heng's biggest disciple.

Although Xie Heng's disciples are rich in money, they still have peculiar door rules, whether you are a high-ranking official or a dignitary, or a family property of thousands of acres, send it to the door, these are not asked, the house is not allowed to enter, stop in the front yard, let the scholar pick a flower, after he has seen it, decide whether to accept it.

In the eyes of those who admired him or some literati, he was a prodigy of music and rhythm, and he was also praised for his high style and bright festival; But in the eyes of those powerful officials and businessmen, he is just like a play, and he doesn't know how to lift.

Mu Qingqing was Xie Heng's first disciple, and Bai Meixue had not yet entered Xie Heng's disciple at that time; Mu Qingqing, the eldest lady of the Mu family, is a wealthy businessman in Chongning City, and her family is a wealthy businessman for several generations.

At that time, Xie Heng had just settled down in Chongning for a year, and although the person with gold in his hand had broken through the threshold, he had no intention of accepting apprentices.

At that time, it was the Dragon Boat Festival, Xie Heng was enjoying the shade in the backyard, and the next person came to report that it was the Mu family, but he didn't move his eyelids, but he came to the front yard slowly with an expressionless face.

Seeing Mu Qingqing for the first time, the child's eyes were clear, the lilac jacket skirt was hanging down in a small bun, but he was also well-behaved and polite at a young age, and bowed down:

"I've seen you, sir." Xie Heng softened his face, and stretched out his hand to point to the garden full of hydrangeas: "Child, you and I pick one." ”

The maid of the Mu family wanted to step forward to help her, Xie Heng's eyebrows frowned lightly, but Miss Mu stepped forward, padded her little feet, carefully picked a pink-purple hydrangea, and went to Xie Heng with both hands:

"Sir told me to pick it, I need to come myself." The maid had no choice but to step aside, Xie Heng reached out and took the flower in Mu Qingqing's hand, and the raised little face also made Xie Heng's eyes stain a little bit of a smile from the division commander.

That year, Xie Heng was seventeen, famous all over the world but still a young man, Miss Mu was seven years old, innocent and still a child.

Xie Heng's disciples are completely different from the students he went to the Qin Pavilion to teach, he only occasionally went to the Qin Pavilion to teach, give a point, or answer some questions when he was in a good mood.

But the disciples who entered the room started from all the beginnings, and he personally taught them one by one in the debate, music reading, fingering, and piano selection, and only in Xie Yuan. He looks at talent and character, and his teaching is even more strict on weekdays.

Bai Meixue came on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the same year as Mu Qingqing's entry, in fact, she was half a year older than Mu Qingqing, but Xie Heng is a person who follows the guidelines, even if she is older, even if she is only one day late, she needs to respect the former as the elder, so Mu Qingqing, who is half a year younger than Bai Meixue, is the senior sister.

The arrival of Bai Meixue gave Mu Qingqing a playmate in the study and art, and Xie Heng's house also added more vitality. In addition to hand-copying the piano scores, it is a boring practice day after day, plus my own understanding.

As Xie Heng's disciple, he can't pick and choose what to learn, the piano and zheng must be learned, and he will learn geometry in the future, it all depends on himself, as for the instrumental music that he is willing to learn, he can also teach it.

I don't know when Mu Qingqing's eyes have been wandering away from Xie Heng all day long, lecturing, practicing or talking about music and rhythm, whenever he is there, Mu Qingqing always secretly looks at him, her fingering occasionally deviates, Xie Heng corrects from the side, Bai Meixue on the side, you can see that Mu Qingqing's face is a little red.

That day, Xie Heng asked her sister and sister to copy the score, and then went to the backyard to take a nap; When she came back, Bai Meixue was bowing her head and copying carefully, but Mu Qingqing was holding the pen and staring at the piano case, there was a zither on the piano case, and she couldn't see what she was looking at, Xie Heng only thought she was reading the music score, didn't make a sound to disturb, and walked to the two of them.

Bai Meixue was indeed copying the score, and when she turned her head to look at Mu Qingqing's case, there was a small portrait of the man in the painting, sitting on the ground in a single shirt, half of the green silk neatly tied up in a bun behind her head, and half of her hair scattered on her back and shoulders, leaning over to concentrate on plucking.

The person in the painting is clearly Xie Heng's appearance when he strokes the piano in the backyard on weekdays, and the Juanxiu Xiaokai on the side notes a poem: "I am not born when you are born." ”

Xie Heng taught, without distractions, never found out the heart of a girl like a disciple, at this time when he saw the portrait, his heart was particularly shocked, but more still angry, where can he tolerate this insulting feeling of master and apprentice.

Mu Qingqing was fascinated, the corner of her eye suddenly broke into the corner of her clothes, she hurriedly pulled the portrait and hid it behind her, raised her head in horror, and met Xie Heng's fierce face, her heartbeat suddenly stopped, and the crimson color crawled all over her face in an instant.

Xie Heng stretched out his hand: "Take it." The mouth was still in the usual warm tone, but it was more severe than before, Mu Qingqing's face was about to be burned, and Bai Meixue on the side didn't know what was going on, so she put down the pen and looked at the two of them a little blankly.

Xie Heng's hand was not withdrawn, ignoring the pair of steaming misty eyes, and his face deepened: "Take it." ”

Mu Qingqing pursed her lips, lowered her head and rolled two teardrops onto the piano case, held the portrait in her hand high and handed it forward, her arms trembled slightly, and she never dared to raise her head.

Xie Heng took the portrait, pinched it into a ball and held it in his hand, listening to the sound of the kneading of rice paper in his ears, Mu Qingqing's tears kept falling.

Xie Heng raised his steps and turned around, his voice was cold: "Copy the score ten more times." After saying that, he went back to the backyard.

Mu Qingqing couldn't help it in the end, crying at the desk, Bai Meixue was a little panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her:

"Senior sister, what's wrong, why did Mr. punish you?" was puzzled and worried, but Mu Qingqing just cried, unable to speak to Bai Meixue.

After that, Miss Mu took a leave of absence for half a month, Xie Heng had no regrets about his strictness, and his subordinates would never allow such a ridiculous thing to happen. Half a month later, Mu Qingqing came back to Xie Yuan to learn lessons.

On this day, Bai Meixue went to Qingyaju, and the next person was waiting in the front yard, Xie Heng was teaching in the hall, ignoring the gloomy and haggard face, and handed Mu Qingqing a new chapter of the score:

"Mei Xue is already proficient, you should follow up earlier, you practice on your own first, if you don't understand, Mei Xue will come back tomorrow and ask together." Now he won't be alone with Mu Qingqing anymore, and after speaking, he turned around and wanted to go back to the backyard.

Mu Qingqing endured her grievances and whispered: "Sir, is it wrong to admire someone?" As soon as he finished asking, tears welled up in his eyes.