Chapter 42 is still holding the pipa and half covering his face
The next day, Shen Yeling continued to practice in the courtyard with his water sleeves, with a little babbling on his mouth, only to see Xu Ruliang also wearing the costume of the role of Xiaosheng and walking, his current ability can be regarded as being able to sing stage plays with Shen Yeling, and he also has the heart to promote Xu Ruliang, and adjust the details of his movements for him as carefully as his master before.
They stood together and sang a piece of peony pavilion, only to see that when they were in the most urgent situation, Zhang Shangzhi and the little apprentices fled one after another, Zhang Shangzhi took the lead, took turns to change a few breaths for himself, and shouted: "The aunt who also urged the great good man, it was good to look at it from a distance yesterday, why is it so fragrant as soon as you get close."
A little apprentice behind him nodded: "It's almost not fragrant, it's all stinky."
"Master, Senior Brother Xu", the little apprentice saw it, and several people also took pictures of the two people who were practicing one after another.
The two had to put down the fighting scene in front of them first, Shen Yeling put away his water sleeves and persuaded softly: "You guys run slowly, don't fall carefully"
Because he was interrupted halfway, no matter how good Xu Ruliang's temper was, he now had a straight face, and glanced at them impatiently: "What's wrong with you all panicking."
Zhang Shangzhi, who was in the lead, pointed to the back of him, his eyes revealed half surprise and half panic: "Second uncle, my second aunt is actually playing the pipa, alas! If it weren't for urging the good people's aunts who smelled of perfume to let us out, we would have wanted to hold on for a while."
Zhang Shangzhi said, rubbing the tip of his nose, indicating that the fragrance of the aunts was really not flattering, and the little apprentices behind him also nodded like chickens pecking rice. Shen Yeling also showed surprise, but after thinking for a while, he smiled a little embarrassedly: "Oh? I haven't heard it since we first met. How can she have the strength to sing it to them"?
Without waiting for Shen Yeling to raise his head in the sky, Zhang Shangzhi grabbed his hand to help him drag the costume, straighten out the water sleeves, and seemed to be a little impatient: "Oh, then Master, you have to go over and have a look, those aunts don't let us see it, so let them see who is the owner of this house."
After speaking, he pulled Shen Yeling angrily and went to find Xu Man surrounded by a group of little apprentices.
Hearing this, Xu Man sat alone in front of several aunts, first chatted with them for a few words, and then took the initiative to hold the prepared pipa and put it on her thighs.
I saw her sitting upright with her waist straight, and a bowl of tonic soup she drank in the morning made her have strength, and she took a breath of breath around her body, and her left and right hands finished posing while pressing the strings and plucking the strings, which really has a unique flavor of Jiangnan women.
She is small, and her face is also small, and a pipa is half of her body, so her face is also half covered, showing a bit of mystery. She played the pipa intermittently, but briskly, and when the trajectory was fixed, she opened her mouth and inserted it into the song, and her voice was clear and beautiful, and she also brought the charm of bearing and turning in it, but she had really practiced.
However, Xu Man sang a short paragraph, and the tonic soup in the morning could only provide her with a short paragraph, so she had no strength, and her voice was a little out of tune, and she didn't know how many breaths she took when she changed her ups and downs. But this did not prevent the aunts from looking at each other a few times, nodding and saying yes.
Xu Man couldn't help it, he just stopped breathing, his weak fingers continued to play, and his breathless mouth continued to sing. Only waiting for Zhang Shangzhi to come over with Shen Yeling, and the attention of several aunts diverted before she slowly stopped and took a few breaths.
Her face was pale and she showed a little tiredness, but she still greeted her with a smile and was generous and decent. Several aunts watched Shen Yeling come in, and they also stood up one after another, and walked a few steps in the direction of Shen Yeling, mainly anti-guest, only to see the eldest aunt take the lead and say: "Boss Shen, your wife is really good at playing, but everyone is beautiful, learn everything, Boss Shen has picked up a treasure."
Saying that, some of the aunts covered their mouths with handkerchiefs, some laughed with their hands, and even asked Xu Man to show Shen Yeling.
I saw Xu Man blocking the thin sweat on his sideburns with his hand, and was about to sit down and hold the pipa to prepare. Shen Yeling glanced at her with the afterglow, smiled politely, took a few steps closer to Xu Man, and bowed to them: "Since we are husband and wife, I also listen to my wife often sing, not to mention that it is not bad to sing better than me, but it is a pity that my wife is the time to drink medicine, the doctor said that in order to make my wife well, persuade me to supervise her to drink medicine on time, I also came over on time, I am really embarrassed to sweep the interest of several ladies."
This made several aunts look at Xu Man with round eyes, and complained that they had delayed Xu Man's time to take medicine, Xu Man also looked at Shen Yeling with puzzled eyes, seeing that Shen Yeling's demeanor was natural, and he didn't give him any eyes, so he also made a gesture of preparing to drink medicine with his head slightly against his head.
Shen Yeling bowed again, put his hand into a fist and said: "But helplessly, I asked my wife to go out to enjoy the plum blossoms last night, seeing that it is now close to noon, it is the warmest time in this winter, I am afraid that my wife's ability to withstand the cold is not enough, so please blame Shen for not being well entertained, and when I am free, I am singing a paragraph to several ladies", after speaking, Shen Yeling stretched out a hand, facing the door, and made a gesture for them to please.
A few aunts touched their hair and trimmed their clothes and looked around, and only after hesitation was Zhang Shangzhi asked to go out with a cold attitude, there was nothing to complain about except for going out, facing the two cars at the door, rubbing powder and incense and being carried away by the car.
Shen Yeling, who invited a few aunts, helped Xu Man to sit down, gave her a glass of water, and put her down the pipa in her hand to serve was considerate and thoughtful, he had already seen that Xu Man's physical condition was that he couldn't play the piano and couldn't sing: "If you're tired, don't force it, I won't let them come over and make trouble with you, if anyone comes to you in the future, you can come and talk to me if you get along with you and make you uncomfortable." I don't say that anyone is good with my heart."
Xu Man nodded, wrote it down with a smile, she picked up the teacup and drank a sip of the water that Shen Yeling poured for her, but she didn't know that it slipped down her mouth to her stomach, and it flowed through her heart and suddenly felt warm in her heart. He also explained to them: "They are also trying to have fun, they all take good care of me, and I will tell them if I really can't play at that time."
Then Xu Man's eyes changed, and he changed the topic and chatted with Shen Yeling: "I heard Erlang say that Miss Luo went out to do business these days, and she didn't come back until Lantern Festival." You can wait for her to come back and invite her to sit at home, and I want to make some buns for her to try."
Shen Yeling slowly waited for Xu Man to say a few good words about Luo Xiaoqi, and he listened to it, so he persuaded Shen Man to sleep.
Turning his head and remembering that Luo Xiaoqi was here, I really don't know if she was sick in Wuxi, but the Cheng family Baihe Jiangyuan supervised her to take medicine. When he heard about Luo Xiaoqi's illness, he was thinking about her physical condition, and he even forgot that he had to drink medicine for the sequelae of being poisoned and dumb.
Just outside the door, Xu Ruliang endured the idea of wanting to see Xu Man singing, and went to open the door for the knocker outside the door.
He first opened the door halfway, poked his head outside to check, and Aunt Huang outside the door stared at him for half of his head, and patted his head casually on the spot: "Ouch, who should I be, Brother Xu, it's okay for me to come, is your master here?" ”
Xu Ruliang finally sent his whole body out, opened the door, and then said with a respectful smile: "My master is entertaining, and my master also went just now, I'm really sorry, Aunt Huang, it's not the right time for you to come."
Mrs. Huang waved her hand and looked Xu Ruliang up and down, "Alas, no, I'm just here to inform you that in a few days, we will go to the Chenghuang Temple to burn incense for the gods, and I want to ask your master if the tributes are ready."
Then, her eyes settled on Xu Ruliang, Xu Ruliang didn't have time to take off his costume, so she was taken by Aunt Huang, and she was really handsome.
Waiting for Xu Ruliang to know that he had not taken off the costume on his body, he directly wore it out to meet people, and hurriedly cowered a little, and smiled at him: "Aunt Huang, don't worry, I will make it clear to my sister, my sister is in a good mood these days, and it is also a blessing to drag you, take turns to see her, so that she is now willing to eat two more bites, and she is more energetic than before."
When Aunt Huang heard this, she waved her hand happily, and praised Xu Ruliang with a smile for her good words: "Ouch, that's all because your master is modest, she is a decent lady, who doesn't like it."
She said a few more gossips with Xu Ruliang, and then went home.
Since Luo Xiaoqi left, the object of Xunyang's key conversation has also changed, and people don't want to comment on this and talk about that. They have learned to discover truth, goodness and beauty, and they are discussing Xu Man, a virtuous character, in the teahouse on the street, all talking about whether Xu Man, a down-and-out lady, is worthy of Shen Yeling. With Xu Man in front of everyone's argument, there are only a few people who can think of Luo Xiaoqi, and if you want to say it, only Shen Yeling is the only one.