I didn't intend to be a Fairy

During the Qingming Festival, it rains heavily, and pedestrians on the road want to die.

Song You also held up an umbrella, and walked towards the Crane Tower with the Sanhuamao in a bag.

No robes this time.

Hexian Tower is located at the junction of the East City and the West City. Unlike the Qinghongyuan Pear Garden in the bustling section, this place is the cleanest.

The storyteller said it was because Miss Wanjiang likes to be quiet, and listening to the piano is an elegant thing, not suitable for that bustling place. A few days ago, the lady said that it was Miss Wanjiang who came late. Six years ago, the house prices in Changjing were already ridiculously expensive, and there were no shops for rent and sale in the bustling roads, so there was no way to buy here.

I don't know if it's true or not, I just find it interesting.

Hexian Tower plays the piano and sells wine. There are many luthiers, both men and women. When scholars come here, they can not only drink wine and tea, but also listen to the piano and get drunk. It is a relatively elegant place.

Playing the piano and selling wine is to imitate the ancients.

It is said that there was a couple in ancient times. The man was a famous gifted scholar, and the woman was also talented and beautiful. Later, they fell down and opened a tavern on the street, playing the piano and selling wine.

Crane Tower also mainly sells wine and tea.

There are top-notch luthiers playing the qin, so wine and tea are naturally more expensive, and there is also a seat fee. If you want the luthier to play for himself alone, you need to add some money.

Every afternoon, Miss Wanjiang would personally play the piano upstairs, which could be heard downstairs, but if she wanted to go upstairs, she would have to spend a sum of money to protect the strings, at least fifteen taels of silver.

The more you spend, the closer you can sit.

Guqin is like this, the closer you sit, the more details you can hear. I heard that when you sit in the nearest row, the strings of the fairy qin can reach people's hearts every time they vibrate. When you play the high mountains and flowing water, you will feel like you are in a landscape painting outside the city. After listening to ten years of rain in between.

But fifteen taels...

Song You shook his head, and the cloth shoes stepped on the water, splashing clouds of water.

Gradually, I have reached the Crane Tower.

Looking through the rain curtain——

It was the afternoon at this time, and there were quite a few idlers sitting in the Crane Tower, including Changjing scholars and literati, some sitting in groups of threes and twos listening to the piano, drinking and talking and laughing quietly, and some came alone to get drunk , He fell to the ground and slept soundly by the sound of the old piano player in front of him.

There are dozens of idlers, drinking, listening to the piano, sleeping, and killing time in the rainy afternoon.

This may be the most leisurely scene in Changjing.

The Taoist stood across the street staring for a moment, then lowered his head and looked at the cat in the bag before crossing the street.

The stone road is uneven and water splashes.

The sound of the piano gradually entered my ears.

The very leisurely sound of the piano, neither fast nor slow, slowly soaks into the hearts of the people, just right for this afternoon.

Song You saw an empty case, so he walked over and sat down.

A young chap came up and asked in a low voice whether he wanted wine or tea.

The Taoist bought a jug of cheap wine.

Immediately while drinking, while listening to the old man playing.

Dayan's Fengyue entertainment industry is prosperous, and the competition is also great. Before they get married, some talented young women would want to be a singer and dancer for two years, and then find an honest man to marry after saving enough dowry. There are also many young men who study hard to play the piano and go to these romantic places to work as piano teachers. When there are more people, even the brothels will not be too old to recruit piano players.

So older luthiers are celebrities.

It's not that when you get older, you will naturally become famous. It's that only when one becomes famous can one still make a living playing the piano when the hair is gray, otherwise one has to change to another livelihood or just regard playing the piano as an elegant hobby.

The old luthier is not a well-known person.

I heard that the Crane Tower has hired many elderly luthiers, which can be regarded as giving them another choice.

Now it sounds like this old qin master's accomplishments are naturally far inferior to that of Yidu's Yang Gong, but he is old and all his experience has been given to Yaoqinli, which sounds a bit charming.

Suddenly, a whispered voice came from beside him asking:

"Brother, there is no other place in the hall. You are alone. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to be at the same table with you?"

Song You came out from the sound of the piano and looked up.

It was a bowed young man.

"please……"

The man sat down next to him, clasped hands with him, lowered his voice, and announced his name: "My name is Zhai Mingyuan, thank you brother for sharing the seat."

"My surname is Song and your name is You, so you don't have to be polite."

"Brother came alone?"

"I came alone."

"Look at Xiongtai's trousers and shoes are still wet. At this time, are you also here to listen to Miss Wanjiang playing the piano?" The man still asked in a low voice.

"And your feet too?"

"Naturally, after listening to Miss Wanjiang's song Qingyutai last autumn, I really don't know the taste of meat in March. It's rare to come to Changjing this time, so naturally I have to visit again." The man said, looking down at Song The jug of wine on the table, "Brother, drinking alone is also boring, I wonder if I can ask for a glass of wine to drink with you?"

"This wine is cheap, as long as it's not too bad."

"Ha ha……"

The man waved back the buddy who came forward, and said with a smile: "Brother, what you said is wrong. How can there be any bad wine in this Hexian Tower? No matter how bad it is, it is better than the outside! What's more, since you are here to listen to Miss Wan Jiang Playing the qin, what is the difference between good wine and bad wine? When the qin sounds, even the fine wine will turn into clear water!"

"Is it so wonderful?"

"Brother hasn't been here?"

"To tell you the truth, I came to Changjing for the first time, and I heard that Miss Wanjiang is a master at the piano, and this is the first time I have visited." Song You said, "I heard that you can go upstairs to listen, but I don't know how to go up? "

"Brother, do you want to go upstairs to listen?"

"I have this plan."

"I heard that the seats on the second floor are at least fifteen taels of silver per person. There are also some literati who don't have enough money and think they are talented. They often present poems to Miss Wanjiang, hoping that Miss Wanjiang will return the sound of the piano, but I don't know if there are any." Miss Wanjiang liked his poems and was invited to listen to the piano on the second floor." The man paused, seeing that Song You was dressed plainly and ordered the cheapest wine, so he said with a smile, "Brother Tai must also be a A great talent with poems and books in his belly, but I don’t know if I can have this eye, let’s appreciate the masterpieces of Xiongtai first? It’s also a good reference for Xiongtai.”

"I misunderstood." Song Youcheng said, "I don't know anything about composing poems or lyrics."

"That's going to cost money..."

The man suddenly showed envy and said: "I really envy you, brother. I heard that you can hear much more clearly upstairs than downstairs. Besides, Miss Wanjiang is unparalleled in appearance. I can see her playing the piano with bare hands. It must be the same as listening to the sound of the piano on the second floor." It’s a different feeling. I’m just embarrassed, and I can’t afford the fifteen taels of silver, so I have to listen downstairs.”

"Maybe not much difference."

"That's a lot worse!"

The man's eyes widened immediately, and he explained to him the difference between listening upstairs and downstairs, and the difference between listening close and far away, as if he had gone upstairs and listened in the front row. I heard the same thing in the back row.

Then I told him how to go upstairs.

Miss Wanjiang naturally wouldn't come to ask for money.

It is said that after the old man who played the piano left, he entered the back, and those who wanted to go upstairs to listen to Miss Wanjiang playing the piano followed the old man. There will be a few guys waiting behind you with the trays. When you offer the money, the guys will naturally remember your appearance. Just come out to drink and have fun. After a while, the guys will come out and invite you upstairs.

"Remember! Go in one by one, don't go in with others, it's so indecent!"

"Thank you..."

Song You smiled.

It's really troublesome to make money.

Then drink and listen to the piano.

A table of scholars beside him were talking in low voices, talking about the matter of Mr. Chen taking photos and painting bamboo a few days ago, they were full of praise for Mr. Chen, they also talked about the Xiangfei bamboo that was cut down in their courtyard, and where they dug it. How many years have I been planting here, and I once walked under the bamboo with a good friend, listening to the wind and talking about the moon, even if those bamboos are related to ghosts, I feel it is a pity.

The three-colored cat in the bag occasionally moved a few times, and was seen by the man at the same table. Song You asked him if he could take the cat upstairs, but he only said not to be seen by the guys.

After a while, the sound of the piano stopped.

The old luthier put away his hands, got up and bowed to everyone, and said: "Thank you, gentlemen, my master is going to play fairy music upstairs, so I won't disturb you."

After giving a deep salute, he walked to the back.

In the lobby, someone suddenly looked around and looked at each other.

Soon some people got up and followed the old luthier to the back, and some people stood up almost at the same time as him, but they looked at each other and declined twice. The one who got up a little later sat down, leaving only the one who stood up first The scholar walked into the back of the hall, and it seemed that everyone didn't want others to see the picture of them paying money for the joy in their hearts.

Song You was really interesting watching from the sidelines.

That person came out, and another person went in.

Song You didn't stand up until almost no one was there, and walked to the back of the lobby like them.

There is nothing special inside.

It was similar to what the man surnamed Zhai said. It was a few young guys holding plates. Most of the plates were filled with things and covered with red cloth, but there was only one empty plate without red cloth.

"I have admired Miss Wanjiang for a long time, and I want to go upstairs to listen to her playing the piano." Song You also took the initiative, took out fifteen taels of silver, and put it on the only empty plate, "A little heart is not a respect."

"Thank you, sir."

The clerk bowed respectfully and thanked: "The guest officer can go back and drink, and the villain will come to treat the guest officer later."

"Thank you."

"By the way, sir..."

"how?"

Just as Song You was about to go out, he looked back at him again.

Just listen to the guy reminding in a low voice: "It's nothing important, just tell the guest officer that the person drinking at the same table as the guest officer is a person who is used to lying, guest officer, don't trust his words."

"How to say?"

"This man is good at piano and wine. He comes to the store every afternoon to listen to music. When it's sunny, he stands on the street and brings his own drink. When he's drunk, he sleeps on the side of the street all afternoon. If it's raining, or if he doesn't When he brought wine, he pretended to come to the store to spend money, and he only picked out the customers who were alone at the table and seemed to be easy to talk to, and went up to strike up a conversation and sit down and drink."

"So that's how it is." Song You thought for a while, then smiled, and asked again, "Aside from sitting on the table and drinking, have you ever cheated on other things?"

"Not really."

"Why didn't you drive him away?"

"We told the master that the master saw that he was from Aegin, so he told us to ignore him."

"That's it..."

"Just ask the guest officer to pay more attention. It's okay to give him a drink. If he says other things, please don't believe it."

"Thank you."

Song You clasped hands with him and walked out.

The man was still sitting in the same position, looked back at the rain on the street, and glanced at Song You again, but this time he quickly lowered his head, pretending to ask casually, "Is everything going well, brother?"

"smoothly."

Song You's tone remained the same.

Probably he was the last one, and after him, no one came back. After a while, several clerks came out and invited those who had just been in to go upstairs one by one. If someone wants to bring wine up, the guys will take all the jugs and glasses on their tables.

Finally, Song You was invited.

But when the waiter asked him if he wanted to bring the wine, he refused, and only bowed to his tablemate:

"I really don't like drinking. It seems strange not to order wine when I come here. It's a pity that I can't finish it. I see that I am a person who loves wine, and I have a relationship with him. Thanks to my advice, if I don't think this wine is cheap, So please drink it for me."

"Thank you, brother."

"Thank you, sir..."

The two thanked each other, and then Song You put on his bag and went upstairs.

Go to the stairwell, look back——

There are already many pedestrians standing on the street.

For a moment it seemed to bring back memories.

When I was in Yidu back then, I passed by Songlu at dusk, Yang Gong was playing the piano inside, and there were many music-loving people standing outside the wall, and I went there once.

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