Chapter 228: See Liu Xi'er
Early the second morning, Ni Wan came to Beishang Courtyard, she is a rare sister, so she naturally likes to run to Shen Yanshu's yard.
Afraid that Shen Yanshu would be bored, Ni Wan proposed: "It's very boring to stay in the house, why don't we go out together, there are a lot of interesting things in Lin'an, what is there to go for Sister Xiang?"
Shen Yanshu thought for a long time and said, "Is there a place to listen to music? I heard that the piano skills of the Lin'an people are good." ”
After listening to Shen Yanshu's words, Ni Wan frowned slightly, thought about it carefully, and said, "If you say that you want to listen to the opera, I can take you to the theater, but this is listening to the music...... Generally, there are only many in the flower building. ”
There are not many women in Daqi who learn piano skills, unless they are young ladies from some official eunuchs, otherwise they are those vassal and elegant art skills in the flower building.
Shen Yanshu asked, "Is there nothing in the usual teahouse restaurant?"
Being reminded by Shen Yanshu like this, Ni Wan suddenly patted her head, as if she had thought of something.
"Cherish the Tea House!"
Shen Yanshu's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked, "What is that place?"
Ni Wan explained: "It is a small teahouse, and the tea and pastries in it are good, but the most famous is the proprietress of the Tea House, Yueniang, and her daughter Liu Xi'er. ”
"Is it so powerful?" asked Shen Yanshu.
Ni Wan said: "In this Lin'an City, when it comes to piano skills, Liu Xi'er is a must, but she has never liked to see people, although she strokes the piano in the teahouse, but only plays for two hours a day. ”
Shen Yanshu said: "Then I really want to see it." ”
"Okay, I'll take you there, maybe just in time. Ni Wan said and took Shen Yanshu out of the door.
It was the spring season, although the street was still a little cold, but there were a lot of pedestrians, Ni Wan took her in the direction of Xi Chaxuan, and Huo Shu followed behind Shen Yanshu as a guard.
It was still early, and when Shen Yanshu and the others arrived at the Tea House, the teahouse opened its door.
"Two girls, you came early. The shopkeeper looked at them with some surprise.
Ni Wan stepped forward and said, "These other shops have been open for a long time, why did your teahouse open?"
The little guy smiled and said, "The girl doesn't know, our shop has always been like this." The door is just right to open at this time, there are not many people at this time, and it is not much use to open it, not to mention that the weather is cold now, there are fewer people going out, and it is waiting for the early opening hour, so our boss lady understands that we can open the door later. ”
Ni Wan said: "You have met a good boss." ”
"That's not it. Speaking of his own boss, the little guy seemed to open a conversation box and said, "Our boss lady is good." ”
Shen Yanshu said: "Then what about your boss lady now, I want to see it." ”
The little maid welcomed them in and said, "Our proprietress doesn't like to make friends, and the proprietress has gone out of the city these days. ”
Shen Yanshu was stunned, but he didn't expect the proprietress to be there.
"Then Liu Xi'er is not there? We came to listen to the piano. Ni Wan didn't have much regret for the boss's absence.
The little guy said: "Naturally, it's here, but our young lady only strokes the piano for two hours a day, and the time depends on our young lady's mood." ”
Ni Wan and Shen Yanshu glanced at each other, since they are here, it doesn't matter if they wait.
The little boy continued, "What do you want to order, two girls? ”
The woman in Daqi thought that she was much more arrogant than Da Zhou's, so Ni Wan just chose a random table in the lobby on the first floor, and took Shen Yanshu to sit down directly, and chose a few signature snacks and tea in the store.
Shen Yanshu looked at this teahouse, it looked not much different from other teahouses, with two floors above and below, and the second floor was a private room, with tables and chairs all used in ordinary teahouses.
In the northwest corner of the lobby on the first floor, there is a place covered by a screen, on which a group of cranes are depicted playing by the lake, which looks very elegant and natural, but it is eye-catching.
Although the screen looked ordinary, Shen Yanshu could still see at a glance that this thing was definitely not from ordinary people's hands.
Ni Wan said to the little girl who served the tea: "When will your young lady come out to play the qin, you won't let us wait for a long time, right?"
The little guy smiled and said: "Guest officer, I don't know about this little one, there are many guests who come to our young lady on weekdays, so it's impossible to follow everyone's wishes, right?"
He said it so reasonably, but it made Ni Wan speechless.
Ni Wan turned her head to look at Shen Yanshu and said, "It seems that it is really unfortunate that we are here. ”
"It doesn't matter. Shen Yanshu chuckled, then turned his head to look at the little guy, and said, "Then can you let your young lady come out to see me, I also have some research on piano skills, I don't know if Miss Liu can give me some advice?"
"This ......" The little guy looked at Shen Yanshu's sincere appearance, but said with some embarrassment, "It's not that I don't help you pass the word, it's just that our boss lady has said that if the guest wants to see our young lady by name, just refuse." ”
Shen Yanshu frowned slightly, but he didn't know why the mother and daughter were so resistant to seeing others.
Seeing her so puzzled, Ni Wan, who was on the side, explained: "Sister Xiang, you don't know, because this teahouse has come to trouble Liu Xi'er several times, so she usually doesn't show her face." ”
"Looking for trouble, why is this?" Huo Shu, who was silent on the side, suddenly asked.
Ni Wan didn't care about his faux pas, but continued to explain: "At the beginning, it was normal for some gangsters to find trouble, but later some young ladies from the family didn't know what was going on, and they also came to embarrass her. Last time, a young lady from an official family came to make trouble, grabbed Liu Xi'er and beat her, saying that she seduced men and the like, which scared everyone. ”
Shen Yanshu listened, his brows furrowed.
"But then the official lady who beat her died violently for the second time, and everyone said it was retribution......," Ni Wan said softly to Shen Yanshu.
The little guy listened to Ni Wan's words on the side, but he was a little dissatisfied: "Girl, there are some rumors in the market, you can't talk nonsense, our young lady is a good person." ”
Shen Yanshu's eyes flashed slightly, and he always felt that something was wrong.
But she had to see Liu Xi'er today.
Shen Yanshu asked, "Little brother, since Miss Liu hasn't started to play the piano yet, can you borrow me to play a song on the piano in this teahouse?"
The little guy looked at Shen Yanshu and didn't look like a bad person, so he said, "Our piano seat is behind the screen." ”
Shen Yanshu thanked him, but he was not polite, and walked straight behind the screen.
Ni Wan looked at Shen Yanshu like this, and she had always been confident.
The arrangement behind the screen is also very simple, the place is not big, so there are not many things placed, a piano, a podium, next to the tea set holding water, and the back is a push door, which allows people to enter here directly from the back, so that you can not walk in from outside the lobby.
She sat down and raised her hand to flick a string.
"Uhh
It's a good piano. Shen Yanshu said secretly.
She put her hands on the strings, looked at the screen in front of her, a leisurely artistic conception came to mind, and then gently plucked the strings, and the beautiful music slowly flowed out, like the flowing water in the mountains, like the crisp warbler, and like the evening breeze shuttling through the bamboo forest, lingering in her heart, slowly filling the whole teahouse.
With the deepening of her fuqin, the breeze from the mountains and forests just now gradually blew to the endless vast river, the white cranes on the edge of the reed lake frolicked, and there was a beautiful and beautiful crane song, the breeze rose, the reeds rippled, the white cranes spread their wings and hovered in the sky, blending with the blue sky and white clouds.
The white crane flew farther and farther away, until even the figure gradually faded away, and finally disappeared into the sky.
It wasn't until Shen Yanshu walked out from behind the screen that Ni Wan came back to her senses, she looked at Shen Yanshu in surprise, and said, "Sister Shang, you are too powerful! ”
Shen Yanshu's eyes crooked and he laughed.
Ni Wan said: "My father also asked me to learn piano skills before, but it was too boring to learn, so I didn't want to touch it anymore, and now I have some regrets after listening to your music." ”
The little girl behind Ni Wan chuckled and said, "Miss is because she's too lazy." ”
While a few people were talking, the little guy in the store came from the backyard and walked directly to Shen Yanshu's table.
"This girl, our young lady said that we can see you, but you can only go alone. ”
Shen Yanshu and Ni Wan looked at each other, but they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this Liu Xi'er gourd.
But since she could see it, Shen Yanshu was naturally happy, she got up and followed the little girl in the direction of the backyard.
Huo Shu just wanted to step forward, but was stopped by the little guy and said, "Miss didn't let anyone else see it, you better wait." ”
Shen Yanshu turned his head to Huo Shu and said, "I'll go first." ”
Entering the backyard of the Tea House, it is a different kind of elegance, like the backyard of ordinary people, although it is small, but it is complete. As the little servant came to a room, Shen Yanshu saw the woman in front of him at a glance.
"Miss, the girl who plays the piano is here. The little guy said.
Shen Yanshu stepped forward and looked at Liu Xi'er's face, which was a bit like Liu Yue's appearance in memory, but between her eyebrows and eyes she was a little more soft, and she was a beautiful embryo.
"This girl seems to be interested in me, but seems more interested in my looks. Liu Xi'er spoke, and the thin voice was like a warbler's cry.
Shen Yanshu, who came back to her senses, still didn't take her eyes off her face, but looked into her eyes and said, "Because you look like someone I know." ”
Liu Xi'er said: "I have heard a lot of this kind of talk, but it turns out that it is because I look too ordinary? There are always so many people who look like me." ”
Shen Yanshu said seriously: "Maybe you also know this person, her name is Liu Yue, and she has a daughter named Huo Xi'er." ”