Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 27

Qingshui Mountain was a little further away, and after half an hour the carriage had traveled, it finally arrived at the foot of Qingshui Mountain.

She had to walk the rest of the way by herself. Su Xi just took a look in the carriage. This mountain is not high, and it won't take long to climb to the top of the mountain.She has good physical strength, and after walking for half an hour, her complexion is still as usual, but Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun are not as relaxed as her. They were so tired that their faces were flushed and panting. One supported the other and climbed to the top of the mountain with difficulty. .

I saw a bamboo hut from a distance. There was a bamboo forest in front of the house, surrounded by a simple fence, and a few vegetable fields were planted in the yard. Nanshan" life.The three of Su Xi walked to the door, and there was a little boy wearing a blue sticker standing in front of the door. She asked, "Mr. Gu Tong lives here?"

The little boy said: "Exactly. What are the girls doing with my husband?"

Su Xi then explained her reason for coming. The boy must have seen this kind of thing a lot, so he was used to saying it.Su Xi stopped him, and took out the letter of greeting written by Mr. Ji from his purse, "Please give this to Mr. Gu."

Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun were also taken out by the maid.

Only then did Xiao Tong take a serious look at Su Xi, and said, "Three girls, please wait a moment, I'll go in right away."

Not long after, the little boy went back and forth, invited Su Xi, Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun into the side room, and said: "My husband is receiving guests, the three girls are waiting here first."

The boy served tea.Su Xi sat on the chair made of bamboo and rattan, and waited patiently.Two quarters of an hour later, both Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun couldn't sit still. Xiao Tong only said that Mr. Gu Tong was entertaining guests. How long will this guest be staying? Will they be asked to wait here for a day?

Another quarter of an hour later, Su Lingrong asked the little boy, "When will Mr. Gu meet us?"

The little boy said: "Sir's guests haven't left yet."

This is what it means to keep waiting.

Su Lingrong's complexion was not very good-looking.Fortunately, when Su Xi heard that Mr. Gu Tong had a "weird temper", she made sufficient mental preparations. Although she was a little anxious at the moment, she could still wait.

After a while, the little boy put a bamboo plate on the Eight Immortals table with some rice paper and a pen on it.The little boy took out a piece of paper and spread it on the table, and said to Su Lingyun, "Miss, please put your hands on the paper."

Su Lingyun was puzzled, "What does this mean?"

Xiaotong didn't explain much, just said that Mr. Gu Tong meant it.As soon as Su Lingyun heard that it was Mr. Gu's order, she put her hand up without saying a word, and saw the little boy holding a brush and copying around Su Lingyun's hand shape.Then there were Su Lingrong and Su Xi. The boy copied the hand shapes of the three in turn, put the paper with the hand shapes back on the bamboo tray, and walked out with them.

Su Lingyun asked: "Mr. Ji is right. Mr. Gu is so weird. Why did he draw our hands?"

Su Xi didn't understand much either, so she didn't answer.

Su Lingrong said: "Perhaps it's an act of mystery." She didn't approve of this Mr. Gu, and the reason why she came with him was just to compete with Su Xi.Why can only Su Xi see Mr. Gu?She wants to see how divine Mr. Gu is.

Not long after, the boy came back and said to Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun: "Mr. Gu said that the two girls can go back." Then he walked up to Su Xi and said, "Miss Su, please follow me."

Su Xi was stunned for a moment, slightly surprised, unexpectedly, Mr. Gu Tong screened out two people without even seeing him.

Su Lingrong opened her eyes wide and stopped in front of the little boy: "Why is this? Why does Mr. Gu only see her and not us?"

The little boy glanced at Su Lingrong, and said honestly: "Mr. said that the fingers of the two girls are not slender enough to play the piano." Su Lingrong, who looked astonished, led Su Xi to the bamboo house.

The little boy opened the bamboo curtain, and Su Xi saw Mr. Gu sitting behind a small black lacquer inlaid mother-of-pearl table, standing over the age of [-], with no white beard on his face, looking energetic, but with sharp eyebrows and eyes, he seemed not easy to get along with.There was a piece of paper in front of Mr. Gu, on which was Su Xi's hand.

Su Xi sat across from Gu Tong, and said respectfully, "Sir."

Gu Tong raised his eyes to look at her, and said straight to the point: "Why does the girl want to learn the piano from me?"

Su Xi thought about it for a while, and chose to say a few good words first: "Mr. Ji said that your piano skills have reached the pinnacle, and the students want to make further progress."

Mr. Gu raised his eyebrows without moving, and asked again: "Why do you want to improve? To what extent?"

This question is sharp.Su Xi was silent for a moment, hesitating whether to continue to speak beautiful words or to be more honest, but when she thought that she had been said to be "a mere imitator" imitating Fu Yi, she couldn't help but said: "Mr. remember my name."

After a while, Mr. Gu said: "Go back, I won't accept students like you who are eager for quick success."

Su Xi raised her head in surprise, and said unwillingly, "Sir..."

Mr. Gu didn't show any sympathy, interrupted her and said, "Go back."

Su Xi held back the second half of her sentence, and followed the boy out of the bamboo house.Su Xi looked back three times at every step, still trying to understand what she said was wrong, she drooped her head, and the enthusiasm she had when she came here was severely hit by Mr. Gu, and she was very depressed at the moment.

It turned out that she was the same as Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun, regardless of whether Mr. Gu saw her or not, she was driven back...

As soon as she got in the carriage for the return trip, Su Xi sat up suddenly as if she had just woken up from a dream. Mr. Gu only told her to "go back", but he didn't tell her not to come anymore!When Su Xi was happy, she hit her head on the roof of the carriage with a "bang", causing her to whimper in pain, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes. "Wow, it hurts."

Ting Lu gently rubbed her head and asked, "What makes you so happy when you think of it?"

Su Xi bit the corner of her mouth and shook her head.

After returning home, Mrs. Yin learned that Mr. Gu did not accept Su Xi as his disciple, and comforted her, "It's okay if you don't accept him. Mother will find another gentleman for you. There are many people who are good at playing the piano in this world."

Su Xi picked up chopsticks and steamed shad. She didn't show any disappointment on her face. Instead, she said: "Mother, don't worry, give me a few more days." After she figured it out, her mood suddenly cleared, and suddenly There is a direction, and it is time to know what to do next.

Yin Shi only thought she was forced to smile, but didn't say anything. Knowing that she likes to eat fish, she put the tenderest part of the fish's cheek into her bowl.

Here, Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun were relieved to learn that Su Xi was not accepted as a disciple by Mr. Gu, but at the same time couldn't help gloating.So what if Su Xi plays the qin well, wouldn't it also fail to catch Mr. Gu's eyes?
Two days later, Su Xi went to Qingshui Mountain again. Mr. Gu Tong didn't even see her this time, so he just asked Xiaotong to take her back.

Su Xi was not discouraged, and went two more times, but was still rejected.

This day, when the Japanese school was over, Su Lingrong stood in front of the carriage and looked at Su Xi, showing a pleasant smile for the first time, and said, "Sister Xi, don't be stubborn, since Mr. Gu said he wouldn't accept you, It’s useless even if you go there again. You might as well ask your aunt to find another gentleman for you. Oh, I know that there is a gentleman who plays the piano well. Although he is not as good as Mr. Ji, it is enough to teach you, not as good as me. How about an introduction?"

Su Xi got into the carriage, stretched out the folds of her skirt embroidered with the eight-treasure pattern of golden wreaths, and said politely, "Thank you, Fifth Cousin, I want to choose my husband myself."

Su Lingrong thought she was a dead duck with a stubborn mouth, curled her lips disapprovingly.Recently, Su Xi was not going well, but she felt much more comfortable, so she didn't take Su Xi's words to heart at all.

On the second day, Su Xi took her qin to Qingshui Mountain, the boy guarding the gate had already remembered her, and when she saw her coming again, he smiled embarrassedly: "Miss Su, my husband is resting, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to see you. "

Su Xi has already figured out Mr. Gu's temperament. She came five times, and Mr. Gu rested four times. I'm afraid it wasn't rest, but he just didn't want to see her.Su Xi shook her head and said it's okay, "I'm waiting outside the door for Mr. Gu to wake up."

The boy looked at her for a while, saw that she had spread out a rug outside the door and sat down, so he didn't say anything more.

Su Xi asked Ting Lu to take down her piano, put it on her lap to test the sound, and started to play with her fingers.

The sound of the piano flows like flowing clouds and flowing water.

Not long after, snowflakes fell from the sky. The weather has turned cold recently, and a layer of frost formed on the ground early this morning. Unexpectedly, it snowed during the day.Snowflakes fluttered and fell on Su Xi's head and shoulders. The snowflakes stuck to her red embroidered peony cloak, and the red clothes were covered with white snow. After a while, the snowflakes melted and soaked into the clothes, bringing waves of coolness. Xi's piano sound never stopped.

Listening to Lu stamping anxiously, it's not a problem to wait like this, and it doesn't have to freeze the body.She wanted to persuade Su Xi to go back, but she knew that Su Xi would not listen. Her girl looked easy to talk, but she was actually the most stubborn in her heart.

Ting Lu had no choice but to borrow an oil-paper umbrella from a boy in the courtyard, and hit Su Xi on top of her head, so that it could still cover her from the wind.

A quarter of an hour later, the little boy came out with a smile and said, "Miss Su, sir, please come in."

Su Xi was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Ting Lu to put away the piano, and followed the boy into the yard.

Standing under the eaves, Su Xi brushed off the snowflakes from her body, and seeing Mr. Gu Tong standing at the door, she stepped forward and said, "Mr. Gu."

Gu Tong was wearing a heavy cotton coat, tucked his hands and looked straight ahead and said: "It's pretty good."

Su Xi's eyes were crooked like two crescent moons in the sky, and she asked, "Sir, are you willing to teach me?"

Gu Tong turned around and walked back into the room, with a flat tone: "I didn't say that."

"Sir." Su Xi called Mr. Gu Tong to stop, thought for a while, and said what he had been thinking about for several days, "I was wrong that day, I shouldn't study for the sake of learning, playing the piano is an elegant thing, But I turned it into a vulgar thing. Can you please teach me more in the future? I will follow my master and study wholeheartedly, so as not to embarrass him.”

Gu Tong paused, then said: "Come in and talk."

Su Xi hurriedly followed in.

Mr. Gu Tong sat behind the small red lacquer table, poured two cups of tea, pushed one cup in front of Su Xi, and said without changing his expression: "Let's just say that first, I have lived in Qingshui Mountain for nearly 20 years, and I am reluctant to leave here, right? will come out."

Su Xi nodded again and again, and said calmly: "Don't worry, sir, the students won't force you to go back home with me. If you teach me how to play the piano, I should come to you."

Mr. Gu Tong looked at her, this girl was clever, she understood everything before he said anything.Gu Tong smiled lightly and said: "Then come over from tomorrow."

After returning to the mansion, Mrs. Yin learned that Mr. Gu Tong had accepted Su Xi as a closed disciple, and she was overjoyed. She hurriedly said that she would go to the warehouse to choose a thank you gift, and tomorrow she would go to Qingshui Mountain to visit Mr. Gu in person.Su Xi didn't stop her, and she also felt that she should thank Mr. Gu and perform a teacher apprentice ceremony, so as to express her respect for Mr. Gu.

The next day, Su Xi paid homage to her teacher, and officially began to learn piano from Mr. Gu Tong.

As for Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun, there are naturally some people who are happy and others who are worried.

(End of this chapter)