Chapter 20: The Piano
The days out of the cellar were boring, as if there had been no change, but there had been a clear change.
After drinking the medicine brought by Lu Yuan to nourish my body, my eyes involuntarily moved with the hands of the noble person in front of me.
The eldest young master was born with a golden key in his mouth, and he should have held the book of sages in his hand, not a piece of rotten wood and carved on it without stopping for several days with a carving knife.
The person who does not touch the spring water with his fingers in his mind is doing rough work in front of him, and he must run to my room to do work. The sound of the logging head punishes my ears from morning to night.
It is said in the book that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, but the eldest young master has waited less than ten years, and he is already taking revenge on me for confronting him that night.
"Eldest young master, leave these rough jobs to your subordinates, why do you do it yourself?" Leave it to the next person, who won't visit my room.
The eldest young master dug a small pit in the wood, raised his head and gave a puzzled look, "Will you do it?" ”
I:......
Gentleman:......
"Young master, be careful and don't hurt your hands." greeted each other with a smile, don't mention the stubble just now.
The eldest young master has carved the wood for a few days, and the thing in his hand has already shown its shape, it is the piano.
The children of ordinary merchant families followed their parents to take care of the business and mostly dealt with account books and abacus. Only if the family is really well-off and hires others to watch the store and do business, the children of the family can study well and become famous for their knowledge.
Because the emperor of the previous dynasty was addicted to ritual music and delayed the government, he was destroyed by the first emperor. There is more music under the officials, businessmen and farmers, and the layers are clearly hierarchical.
All the musical instruments involved in the qin and Xiao are all playthings, so the children of official and commercial families will not dabble in music theory, only the peasant family will send their children to the music workshop to study in order to make a living, and become an artist, although the status is low, but they can also eat together.
The Luo family is extremely strict with the teaching of their children, and the second young master has to be trained when he goes out to listen to a song, and he depreciates himself to learn the piano, even more so than making the piano himself, and only the reckless young master dares.
However, from Youfu's surprised gaze, it can be guessed that the eldest young master's craft has not seen the light and has been learned secretly. Now exposed to me, I don't know if it's good or bad.
"You know the piano?"
I wondered.
"Look at your burning eyes, just ask curiously." The eldest young master pulled the strings, looked at me, and asked.
"Maybe it will?" I pondered.
Yes!
Yes?
Yes......
Alas!
I couldn't bear the condemnation of my conscience, but I still classified myself as a no, and said the shame of the year, "I don't know how to play the piano, I once secretly went to the music shop to try to learn, and was kicked out by the master two days later," bent his hands, as if he had a piano under his hands, and plucked it in the air a few times, "Now I only remember a little plucking the piano." ”
"The posture is wrong," the eldest young master twisted his eyebrows, "and, stealing?" ”
"Three years ago, during the famine year, when the family had almost run out of food, my father and grandmother cut off my food and sent me to work again. I couldn't stand it, and I heard that there was food in Lefang, so I thought about selling myself into it to find a way to survive. But my family refused, thinking of selling me to a big family with special habits to make me small. I had no choice but to sneak away at night to Le Fang. I didn't expect that I was not a material for learning etiquette and music, and I couldn't even sing the first song, so I was kicked out again and went home. When I mentioned the events of that year, my heart was still sour.
I escaped being sold once, but I didn't expect to be sold into the Luo family now. Fortunately, the eldest young master has no special habits, and two years have passed.
Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little grateful in my heart for his many complaints.
But the eldest young master didn't notice my eyes at all, and looked intently at the piano in his hand.
The strings have been installed, and they only need to be trimmed, and a quaint and atmospheric piano can be born.
"I heard you mention your family before, most of them were timid and dodgy, but I didn't expect that there would be times to resist." The eldest young master said with interest.
I resisted only once, and after I was beaten half to death, I didn't dare to resist anymore, otherwise how could I stay in the Luo family obediently?
"My heart hurts very much to hear about your tragic experience," the eldest young master looked at me, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, as if he was distressed, "This piano and these piano scores are given to you, and you will return them to me after copying them once." Back then, Lefang couldn't teach you well, but I came to fulfill your wish. ”
Hearing these sanctimonious words, my heart was shocked and bitter, and my gratitude disappeared in an instant.
The man who will repay me will ridicule me after hearing about me, and come up with this reason to punish me, sanctimonious, hypocrite!
The eldest young master walked out of the door, and a satisfied sigh lingered for a long time.
Looking at the rudimentary piano and many musical scores at hand, my hands trembled with anger.