Chapter 17: To Survive
Xia Mengyu's figure gradually moved away, and there was still a sluggish Tutor Luo and a group of stunned students standing at the entrance of Lingwu Academy. Lan Mengfeng's eyes were lightly raised, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Tutor Luo's face became gloomy, "Hmph, how much can a blind man do." ”
Half a month later, in a simple and remote small house, Xia sat at the head of the simple but clean bed, his hands were gently placed on the lyre, his gray-white pupils were dull, he sighed, and muttered: "Why hasn't Mengyu come back yet?"
As soon as the words fell, a beautiful shadow had already pushed open the door and entered the house, with a happy smile on her pure little face, "Brother Jiangxia, do you miss me?"
"Eh?" Jiang Xia was stunned for a moment, and scolded with a smile, "Stinky girl, when did you come back?" Why didn't I hear your footsteps?"
"Hee-hee. Mengyu stuck out her tongue mischievously, then walked to Jiang Xia and sat down next to him, putting aside the little fruit he had just bought from going out, "I heard you playing the piano when I came, so I listened outside!"
"I see!" Jiang Xia nodded slightly, his mind was focused when he played the piano, and his feelings about the outside were relatively small, "Mengyu, we have been in Yanjing for half a month, and there are not many gold coins left on our bodies, it seems that we really want to go back." ”
Looking at Jiang Xia's gloomy face, Meng Yu frowned, and a trace of distress flashed in her heart, "Brother Jiang Xia, let's stay in Yanjing! I know you don't want to go back." ”
"What if you don't want to go back? If the Lingwu Academy doesn't accept it, you and I can't even be self-reliant. ”
"It's fine. Mengyu put her little face on Jiang Xia's shoulder, and said softly: "Brother Jiang Xia, when I went to buy fruit, I happened to see a restaurant recruiting people, I have already signed up, where can I go to work in the future, so that we will not starve to death." ”
Xia's body was shocked, and his brows were tightly wrinkled, "What did you say? Who told you to make money?"
Mengyu was taken aback by Jiang Xia's appearance, and hurriedly comforted the other party, "Brother Jiang Xia, don't worry, I'm just going there to help temporarily, I know that you are angry in your heart, you don't want to go back to the village like this, I will support you." ”
"Nonsense. Jiang Xia's silhouette was a little fierce and gloomy, "Mengyu, you are my daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door, why do I need you to support me as a big man?" ”
After saying that, Jiang Xia got up and got out of bed, walked to the door and left the room.
"Brother Xia. Mengyu's smart little face was full of grievances, he obviously felt sorry for the other party and didn't want to see him unhappy, but he didn't expect Jiang Xia to be so angry, and tears swirled around him with bright big eyes.
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Jiang Xia strolled down the street, and the crowd of people who came and went saw each other's gray and white eyes were all stared at in surprise, some were disdainful, some were disgusted, and some were sympathetic.
Jiang Xia walked very slowly, Yanjing is not only a lot of people, but also a large place, Rao is half a month down, Jiang Xia only roughly remembers a few directions.
After a while, Xia stopped walking, and in front of him was a three-story attic, and on the first floor of the attic hung a gold-lettered signboard, "Listen to Qinxuan". Jiang Xia sighed deeply and muttered, "Mengyu, I will definitely feed you." Then he stepped cautiously into the attic.
"Hey, this young master, are you here to listen to the piano or are you here to find someone?" A middle-aged man with a slender figure and a robe stepped forward to stop Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia politely hugged his fists and said: "This big brother, I heard others say a while ago, you are recruiting violinists here, right?"
"Oh?" the man raised his eyebrows and stared at Jiang Xia's eyes with interest, "Are you a luthier?"
"Hmm!" Shonatsu nodded.
"Huh. The man laughed with a hint of contempt, "Little brother, all we want here are second-order violinists and above, I don't think your eyes are convenient, right?"
"It's okay, it's true or not, what if my eldest brother asks me to play a song for you?"
Looking at Jiang Xia's confident appearance, the man really believed it, "Okay, let's do it! Now there is a guest on the third floor, if you can play to her satisfaction, I will decide to want you, if she is not satisfied, you can't blame me." ”
Jiang Xia nodded, "I promise." ”
"Hehe, the little brother is not small, you come with me. The middle-aged man led the way.
After a while, under the leadership of the other party, Jiang Xia came to the third floor, and the small private rooms covered by curtains surrounded the middle into a small table, which was about the same height as the usual low table, and a white ukulele was placed on the stage.
Jiang Xia felt the surroundings, quiet and almost without a trace of noise, and he didn't even know where the so-called guest was?
"Little brother, you sit down first, and after I have greeted the guests first, you start. ”
"Well, there's Brother Lao. Jiang Xia didn't expect to come as he said he would, and he wasn't even prepared.
The middle-aged man walked to an elegant private room and said in a respectful and soft voice: "Miss, this is the new luthier today, do you want to listen to his playing?"
"Yes. A cold and flat tone came from the left, just listening to the voice, Jiang Xia felt that the other party must be a cold woman.
"Yes, miss. ”
The middle-aged man bowed down politely, then walked up to Jiang Xia and whispered, "Miss has already agreed, you have to behave well." ”
"Hmm!" Natsu nodded, exhaling deeply, his slender hands flat on the strings, his fingers gently plucked, a soft light note began, and a smooth tune poured out from his fingertips.
The middle-aged man's eyes couldn't help but light up, and his face showed a hint of joy. And the woman in the private room was also shocked, and began to enjoy the music played by Jiang Xia.
Ten fingers flowed, closing Xia's eyes tightly, and the beautiful music contained his yearning for the outside world in the village, and he finally came to Yanjing, but he was blocked from the academy, and the pressure he was under turned into syllable characters.
Hope, unwillingness, resentment, changes in the young man's heart, the middle-aged man was a little depressed in his heart, and he was infected by the sound of Xia Qin, and his face was a little indignant.
Just when the boy was about to be frustrated, his beloved always had to support him, and Xia thought of Mengyu, she was really good for herself, and the sound of the piano contained regret, pity, and regret about Mengyu's attitude before going out.
Xia turned the experience of the past half a month into the sound of the piano to vent it, and when the song ended, he was already eager to return to Mengyu's side as soon as possible.
"What a song "sigh". There was a sigh of admiration and soft applause from inside the curtain of the private room.
The middle-aged man's eyes welled up with joy, and he bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "Miss, what this pianist played is indeed the "sigh" made by Master Wutian, I wonder if you are satisfied, Miss?"
"Reward him with 100 gold coins!"
"Yes, miss. The man hurriedly thanked him, and then instructed Jiang Xia Dao: "Little brother, you can go downstairs with me!"
Jiang Xia nodded and clasped his fist to the left, "Thank you, Miss." ”
After the two of them went downstairs, the curtain in the private room slowly opened up, and a beautiful woman wearing a blue dress and a cold temperament sat on a comfortable wide chair.
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"Come on, little brother, you really impress me, I apologize for my previous attitude. The middle-aged man counted a hundred gold coins from the counter and handed them to Jiang Xia, the smile on his face was in stark contrast to the beginning.
Jiang Xia also felt that it was nothing, everyone was realistic, "Well, thank you, big brother." ”
"Hehe, little brother, you can come to me to listen to Qin Xuan at any time in the future, and I will arrange the best time slot for you. ”
Xia weighed the heavy gold coin in his hand, and then said with a smile: "Then thank you for your kindness, big brother, but it is inconvenient in the lower body, if you come once every ten days?"
"Ten days?" the man frowned slightly, and nodded after a moment's thought, "Okay, no problem." ”
Jiang Xia gratefully agreed, and then said goodbye to the other party, he already wanted to go back immediately and tell Mengyu about it. Just played a tune and got a hundred gold coins, Jiang Xia sighed a lot, rich people can squander it at will, and he also knows that this kind of good thing does not happen every day, but no matter what, at least he will not let Mengyu go to the restaurant to suffer.
Seeing Jiang Xia go out, the man shook his head and nodded, and muttered softly: "This is the first time that Miss Lan Meng is satisfied!"
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Jiang Xia Zhen hurried home, Meng Yu was also waiting anxiously at the door, her pure and immaculate eyes were full of anxiety, "Brother Jiang Xia, where are you going?"
A moment has passed, half an hour has passed, Jiang Xia's figure has not yet appeared, Meng Yu's tears are about to come out, if it weren't for the worry that Jiang Xia would not be able to find himself when he came back, he would have already gone out to look for him.
Suddenly, Mengyu felt that someone was approaching behind him, and he was suddenly happy in his heart, and turned around, "Brother Xia,"
Before the words were finished, the joy on Mengyu's face had turned into doubt, and in front of him was not Jiang Xia, but a personable, gentle young man.
"Hello, Miss!" the man smiled modestly.
Meng Yufen frowned, and her heart became vigilant, "Who are you? I don't know you." ”
The man raised his eyebrows, looking polite, "Miss, my name is Lan Guang, I heard a few days ago that Miss will go to Lingwu Academy, but I searched the entire academy and didn't see Miss, I finally saw you today, I am really happy." ”
As soon as he heard the words "Lingwu Academy", the displeasure on Mengyu's face became even greater, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, I don't know you, I'm still waiting for someone!"
"Oh, yes? I wonder if Miss is waiting for the man with inconvenient eyes who is with you?"
"How do you know, have you seen him?" Mengyu asked anxiously.
"I didn't see it. Lan Guang was stunned for a moment, a trace of jealousy welled up in his heart, and he secretly scolded: Hmph, what's so good about being a blind man?
Mengyu was immediately extremely lost, and sighed helplessly, "Oh." ”
"By the way, dare to ask Miss's name?" Lan Guang continued to smile in his own eyes.
A trace of impatience flashed in Mengyu's eyes, and he didn't wait for him to speak, "Daughter-in-law." A familiar male voice came, and a young man with gray eyes was looking at this side with a smile on his face.
"Brother Xia. Mengyu hurriedly pounced on the figure she was worried about, and then hugged her tightly, "Brother Xia, I thought you were angry and ignored me." ”
"Silly girl. Jiang Xia gently pinched the other party's face, "Such a well-behaved daughter-in-law, how can I be reluctant to do it?" Then Xia turned his "gaze" to Lan Guang, who had a gloomy face, and said with a faint smile: "Who is this young master?"
Lan Guang looked cold, and forcibly suppressed the jealousy in his heart, "I'm just passing by." ”
"Oh?" raised Xia Jun's eyebrows, "Since we are passing by, then we will leave first!" After speaking, he took Mengyu's little hand and left towards the residence.
From the moment Jiang Xia appeared, Mengyu didn't look at Lan Guang again from beginning to end, the latter clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said resentfully: "Stinky boy, dare to spoil my good deeds, see if you have a good life in the future?"
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