Chapter 974: Old piano

What is he thinking?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help raising my head and glancing at it. This time, he stayed at the bow of the boat. Although the boat's hull kept rising and falling with the rushing of the river, he stood there like a rock. Form and eyes are so firm, as if even the river flowing past him cannot shake and change him in the slightest.
Wu Yanqiu saw that both Pei Yuanxiu and I had not responded, and said with a smile, "I hope the two will be successful."
"..."
"Xiaguan will still wait for the good news of the two here tomorrow, and also wait for Miss Li."
"..."
"Xiaguan quits."
Having said that, he saluted again towards us. The followers behind us stepped forward and took the huge brocade box from the attendant's hand. It seemed a bit heavy, and then Wu Yanqiu took them and turned away. .
This time, we did n’t wait for the boat to leave, and we all turned around and walked towards the carriage. It was still Pei Yuanxiu who first lifted Lier, then held my hand in one hand and held it in the other. My waist carefully lifted me onto the carriage, and then he came up.
The attendant also brought the box up.
The carriage quickly sang with the driver and drove forward staggeringly.
Again, silence.
I do n’t know if it ’s too much energy for today ’s play, or for some other reason. Lier did n’t crawl around in the car or pull us to chat, but sat cross-legged and sat quietly. Beside me, Pei Yuanxiu was on the other side, and he sat quietly.
After being silent for a while, the carriage ran into Jinling City. The street vendors on both sides of the street that had not had time to clean up were still yelling and selling. Some passersby on the street were greeting and talking, but the voice from outside became more and more small. The almost tight depression and dullness here.
Lier finally looked up at me and looked at Pei Yuanxiu: "Mother, Dad, why don't you talk anymore?"
Pei Yuanxiu and I looked at each other and looked at her again.
But they are a little overwhelmed.
The adult world, no matter how many uncles, you should not let your children know. Because of this, when I was in the palace, my bad relationship with Pei Yuanzhang always concealed my thoughts, and Lier did not know me. What a painful past he and his father have experienced, let alone know at what juncture my father and I are now.
It was just that she asked, the atmosphere in the carriage became even more awkward.
Pei Yuanxiu immediately smiled, and then said, "Lier, what's in there?"
Fortunately, he shifted the topic, and Lier's attention immediately left the point of "Why don't we talk?" Everyone also focused on the quietly lying box on the other side of the carriage.
Pei Yuanzhang's gift.
Looking back at the junk boxes that were piled up in the mountains yesterday, and looking at this box that is almost as long as the height of the child, it is a bit difficult to guess.
This time, Lier pouted, "You see, it's weird."
Oh? Strange?
Pei Yuanxiu and I looked at each other and probably thought of those outdated clothes, shoes, and socks. What did they put on this time to make Lier strange?
We both took the heavy box and opened it.
Inside is a piano.
At first glance, I was a little stunned. I didn't understand why Pei Yuanzhang gave away a piano that she still can't play at all, but when I looked at it again, my heart sank.
This piano is wide and long, and the body is extra thick and solid, giving a sense of calmness and restraint. Guqin is made of fine Chinese fir. As soon as you open the brocade box, you smell a thick rosin fragrance. The body is covered with vermillion red paint, but it seems that the color of the red paint is not so bright and bright because of time, and some places are brown, and even the corners of the body have mottled traces of red paint falling off.
This is an old piano.
I also noticed that around the inside of this brocade box, there was a layer of fishnet-like things on it, and it looked a bit shabby. It is reasonable to say that such a brocade box is also used for gifts. Even if it is not set with gold and silver, it should be lined with brocade. How can it be a broken net?
My eyebrows frowned, and Pei Yuanxiu aside, his face sank slightly.
Pei Yuanzhang gave an old piano and put it in a bad net.
Old piano ...
Bad network ...
For a moment, I was silent.
The carriage immediately fell into a kind of unspeakable, almost depressing silence. I looked at the old piano silently. It was lying quietly in the box, as if it had been silent for a long time. All things are clear and thorough.
If the last time, the pile of brocade boxes sent by Pei Yuanzhang was in this carriage, like a third person watching coldly, watching the cold war between me and Pei Yuanxiu, then this time, he felt like he was there. It became even stronger.
Especially, when Lier reached out and fiddled with the strings.
The sound of that "shock" shook both of us.
Lier looked up and said to me, "Ma'am, you say it's weird. How can anyone give a gift, an old, used thing, and this box is so tattered?"
...
I didn't know how to answer her for a moment, looked at the old piano again, and slowly closed the box with my hand, saying, "It's very strange. But you also don't want to abandon people because the things that you give you are not good. .It's polite, you know? "
She nodded.
This time, it was completely quiet.
Pei Yuanxiu and I were silent, and even Lili didn't talk anymore. The three of them sat quietly, but their eyes seemed to fall involuntarily on the long box.
Old piano ...
Bad network ...
It turned out that Pei Yuanzhang still had this meaning.
I just remembered that when Wu Yanqiu had the gift box come over, he said, "This is what my host wants to give to his wife." But I thought he was going to give away gifts under this name, so I didn't expect to refuse, but I didn't expect to see an old piano inside.
I couldn't help but feel cried and laughed.
But really, I don't want to cry and can't laugh.
After a while, the carriage returned home.
When our group walked to the bridge and it was time to split the road, Pei Yuanxiu naturally wanted to go back to his study, and I was about to turn back to call Lier, but saw that she came to the attendant and ordered something, then Take the brocade box and hold it. She wasn't too tall, and the box was held by her for a long time, almost a little taller than her, a little awkward.
I asked, "What are you doing?"
"I want to take it back."
"Is it good to let them hold it down?"
She looked up at me: "Mother, don't you say, even if this thing is not good, don't you hate it? I plan to take it back."
I frowned slightly: "Bring it back, you won't play."
"But mother, would you?"
"..." I froze.
At this moment, Lier immediately said happily, "I know that mother is so powerful, she will definitely play this. Otherwise, why would he send us this?"
Then, she looked back at Pei Yuanxiu: "A father, are you going to listen to your mother playing the piano?"
Pei Yuanxiu looked up at me.
From yesterday to today, the two of us have counted countless times. Although they are calm, they are also very embarrassing. I ca n’t even look at him for a second time every time, and he is looking at me At that time, it seemed that the eyes were struggling too much. Even if there were no such intense quarrels and painful beatings, it would not be a torture for two people.
In the end, he still said, "A Da will not go. A Da has a lot of things to do."
"Oh……"
"Don't play too late, rest early. Tomorrow—" he said, looking up at me, then immediately lowering his head to look at Lier: "Let your mother decide."
After that, he turned and left.
Lier stood on the bridge holding the big box, looked at him, and looked at me.
I turned around and said lightly, "Let's go."


In fact, apart from standing on the pier for a while today, most of the time I was sitting and lying down. I was supposed to be not too tired, but when I returned to the house, I felt a kind of exhausted body and mind, and I was leaving. After sorting things out a bit, I sat back on the couch alone.
But I heard that Lier was in the room, running around, and doing something.
After waiting a while, I realized that she had put the piano on the table, then looked back at me, with a look of hope: "Mother, can you play the piano for Lier?"
I watched her quietly for a while before propping up a weak body and sitting at the table.
Reaching out to fiddle with the strings, I immediately heard the sound of crickets, a little hard sound.
Although it is old, it seems to have a good tone.
I laughed: "What do you want to hear?"
"I don't know Lier, I'll play it nicely for you, okay?"
I smiled, sat down, tuned the harp a little, and played a god-man.
Guqin is different from other musical instruments. Guqin is also different from other music. It has so many ups and downs, more of a faint charm, but it is not something you can understand at a young age, but you can enjoy it. Standing quietly by my side, watching my ten fingers fly over the strings, as if wearing a flower butterfly, as if watching music, and as if looking at a picture scroll.
At the end of the song, I asked her with a smile: "Is it good?"
"..."
She looked at me with a look of embarrassment, as if she didn't know how to answer.
After a few words, she said, "Mother plays nice sounds."
I hehe laughed.
While laughing, she stretched out her hands and rubbed her soft heart, smiling: "Good sound is good, bad sound is not good, and you don't need to think that mother is right because you like mother."
"..."
"Mother, there are times when you make mistakes."
She looked at me stingly, half a while, and asked, "What's wrong with my mother?"