Entertaining Children

  Chapter 39 Erhu

  The camera crew followed Xiao Yao to the door of a small yard west of the village. Before entering, they heard a creak of erhu in the yard.

  "You don't want to learn Erhu, do you?" Chen Min asked Xiao Yao, guessing.

"Why not?" Xiao Yao said, "I always think that the erhu is the most powerful instrument with strings in the world. It has only two strings, but it can play a complete tune. It is better than guitar, ukulele, and violin. , Pipa Guzheng and everything are great. All I want to learn."

  "How do you know that someone here will play erhu? Are you sure that others will teach you?" Chen Min continued to ask.

"When I was looking for Chen Yang in Judetang yesterday, I saw an old grandfather who played the erhu there. We passed by here during our game this morning. I saw the grandfather who played the erhu yesterday came into this yard, so Guess he may be living here, so he found it." Xiao Yao explained, "As for the grandfather's willingness to teach me, it depends on my own efforts."

  Speaking, Xiao Yao stepped into the courtyard in front of him.

  In the yard, an old man with gray hair and a gray beard of about ten centimeters long was sitting alone in the yard pulling an erhu for pleasure. Seeing Xiao Yao and the camera crew coming in, the old man stopped.

   "Hello Grandpa." Xiao Yaote said hello with a polite smile.

"Uh... hello," the old man replied, and then looked at the people strangely, "What are you?" Although he knows that there is a program group recording programs in the village, but he doesn't know what they are doing at their home. .

  "Grandpa, I think your erhu plays very well. I want to learn how to play erhu, and would like to ask you to teach me." Xiao Yao said bluntly.

   "Haha," the old man glanced at the camera crew behind Xiao Yao, and looked at Xiao Yao amusedly, "Little baby, aren't you here to record the show? What erhu do you learn?"

"It has something to do with the recording of the show," Xiao Yao said, "We are going to perform in the village at night, and I also want to perform a show. I just want to learn how to play Erhu with you, and go to Judetang to show it to grandparents in the village at night. Uncles and aunts listen."

"Oh, that's a good idea. This village is the only one who pulls the erhu. If I can listen to a little doll pull the erhu, the people in the village will definitely find it very fresh." The old man nodded with a smile, and then changed the conversation. " But, Xiaohua, did you think too simple? When is it now? I will perform tonight. Can you learn well in this little time?"

"Try it." Xiao Yao said confidently, "I have a good memory and learn things quickly. And my father sings, I can play the piano, the electronic organ, and the ukulele, which is just four strings. It’s kind of like a guitar. So I still have a certain foundation in music. Grandpa, would you like to teach it a try?"

   "Little doll is quite interesting." The old man smiled and said, "I don't have much to do anyway, old man. It's rare that someone is interested in erhu now. Just try it. By the way, what's your name, little doll?"

   "My name is Xiao Yao, and my nickname is Bayi. Grandpa, you just call me Bayi." Xiao Yao said.

   "Okay, August 1st, then grandpa will try you, I will play a few notes, you listen to it, if you can hear it, I will teach you, how about it?" The old man said with a smile.

  Is this to test? "Okay, no problem." Xiao Yao was extremely confident.

  The extensive listening and ear training that Xiao Yao did with Xiao Siqi was not for nothing. Although the sound quality of the erhu is quite different from that of the guitar and piano, the basic scale Xiao Yao still sounds no problem.

"Okay, wait a minute for Bayi, I'll get you the erhu." The test naturally passed the test perfectly. The old man saw Xiao Yao come empty-handed, and knew that these people could not bring the erhu, and went back to the house to get it. Erhu.

  Chen Min didn't want to say anything anymore, just watched and recorded quietly with the camera crew.

  The old man took the erhu out and handed it to Xiao Yao. He introduced to Xiao Yao the structure of the erhu, the names and functions of each part, the overall sounding principle, and the operation technique of the bowstring.

  The old man just said it briefly, and Xiao Yao immediately repeated it verbatim. When the old man heard it, his eyes lit up, and he had some confidence in teaching this little baby in half an afternoon.

  Ten minutes, Xiao Yao has mastered the basic movements of erhu playing, including pressing the strings with the left hand and drawing the bow with the right hand, and can accurately draw out each scale he needs.

Originally, Xiao Yao planned to come to the famous erhu song "Erquan Reflected in the Moon" from his previous life. Unfortunately, Li Hao in his previous life didn't have any special love for the erhu. He just heard the name of the famous erhu song "Erquan Reflected in the Moon. I have never listened to it completely, let alone remember, so it took another twenty minutes to learn from the old man a piece that can be used for erhu performance. During the rest of the time, Xiao Yao began to practice continuously.

  Chen Min can be regarded as accustomed to seeing Xiao Yao's various devilish performances, but in the past she only thought that Xiao Yao was too precocious, and his mind was so mature that he was close to an adult. But now, she has seen Xiao Yao's terrifying memory and learning ability. Basically, the old man just said everything once, and he remembered and understood them all, and did them in a decent way. This ability is probably a normal adult, even his father Xiao Siqi, who has a profound musical foundation. They may not be able to do it. Last night when Chen Yang said that he wanted to introduce Xiao Yao to his master’s basketball school, Chen Min was also there. At the time, she thought it was a pity that Xiao Yao missed this opportunity, but now that she saw Xiao Yao’s performance, she understood that she was the original one. Everyone seemed to think that it was a pretty good opportunity, but it was nothing for Xiao Yao. With his terrifying ability, in which field can he not succeed in the future?

  Probably because of martial arts, in addition to talent, hard work and perseverance, Xiao Yao is also indispensable. It takes more than half an hour to practice a piece of music, until the old man nodded Xiao Yao repeatedly before stopping to rest.

The old man is naturally very satisfied with Xiao Yao’s performance, and he can teach an apprentice in about an hour. This is undoubtedly a very happy thing in the eyes of the old man, and the little doll will be in Jude at night. Tang performed for the people in the village. This is obviously something that will give him a very long face in the village. He can blow it up in the village for a long time.

   "Okay, little baby," the old man said with a smile, "If you can pull this level at night, you will surely surprise the young and old in the village."

  "Thank you, grandpa." Xiao Yaoqian smiled amicably, and then said, "Grandpa, you taught me how to draw erhu, and you can be regarded as my teacher, but I don't know your name, grandpa."

   "Haha," the old man touched Xiao Yao's head lovingly, and said, "Old man, my name is Hua Junyi, do you remember?"

   "Well, Grandpa Hua, I remember it. Thank you. From now on, I will be your student. I will come to see you again when I have time. Then I will show you the Erhu." Xiao Yao said.

"Okay, since I am considered as my student, this Erhu will be given to you, and it will be a meeting ceremony." Hua Junyi smiled and said, "You can use it for performances at night. Anyway, you have used it for so long. smoothly."

   "Thank you, grandpa." Xiao Yao hurriedly thanked him. Originally, he wanted to borrow this erhu from Hua Junyi for evening performances. He didn't expect the old man to give it to himself when he was happy, but he was naturally disrespectful.

   I chatted with the old man for a while, and then practiced the music taught by the old man for a while. It was almost 5:30 in the afternoon. Under Chen Min’s voice reminder, Xiao Yao also returned to Judetang to prepare for the evening performance.

  There is a high platform with an area of ​​more than ten square meters in Jude Hall. It is usually used as a stage for the village's troupe to sing. Now it has become a stage for the guests to perform in the evening. Behind the stage is a stone brick wall as the background. Doors are opened on the left and right sides of the stone brick wall. Behind the two doors is the same room, which is the so-called backstage.

  After Xiao Yao returned to Judetang and entered the backstage, he found that his fathers had already put on costumes and started makeup. Looking at the costumes they were wearing, it really turned out to be an ancient drama. The other four children were also there, and they all looked at their fathers sitting there with a playful look at each other's makeup.

  The first person to find Xiao Yao came in was Xiao Siqi. Seeing Xiao Yao carrying the erhu in, Xiao Siqi asked: "August 1st, you are back. Why did you take the erhu? You don't want to perform the erhu at night, do you? I don't seem to remember that you can play the erhu? What? When did you learn it?"

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "I didn't know how to do it before, but now I will. I just learned it in the afternoon. I went to the village to find a grandfather who can pull erhu, and learned with him for half an afternoon. This erhu is also a gift from grandpa. For me."

  "Really?" The fathers turned their attention when they heard the words. A few of them feel the same as Chen Min. Although they are used to Xiao Yao's evil spirits, this kind of evil spirits is mostly reflected in the maturity of their minds close to adults. One, oh no, learn to pull the erhu in half an afternoon, this kind of abnormality. The learning ability of many adults cannot reach.

  "Time is limited. I only learn one piece called "Liubo" at present, but I have mastered the basic techniques and everything. As long as there is a score, I can pull it out. It should be considered real." Xiao Yao said.

  The performance time is set at seven o'clock in the evening.

  The people in the village go to the sunrise and the sunset. They eat dinner earlier. At 7pm, the villagers have basically finished their dinner and can come to Judetang to watch the performance of the guests.

  The first appearance is naturally the dad's drama. As a director and screenwriter, Sun Zhihao chose to adapt a story familiar to Zhejiang Province, "The Legend of the White Snake". Although there is no "Legend of the New White Lady" by Zhao Yazhi and Ye Tong in this life, the story of the White Snake is still a household name in Zhejiang Province, where it took place. As soon as the name of Sun Zhihao's play came out, it immediately greeted the audience with applause.

Sun Zhihao’s adaptation is easy to understand and partial to comedy. The folks in the audience can understand it and watch it happily. Everyone is naturally happy, especially watching the stars on stage for their happiness. The folks who worked hard and felt full of sincerity were not very good at expressing it, but they were still very satisfied in their hearts.

  The performance of the fathers is over, and then the performance of the children. The folks naturally don't have any demands on their children, and they can watch whatever they perform. As long as the children stand on the stage, they will be full of cheers and applause.

  The children's performances can't be compared with professional dads, but Zhao Rui's martial arts, Sun Tingting's songs, Lin Qisan and Zhou Zhihao's fashion show performances are just as eye-opening to the folks.

   And Xiao Yao, it is very natural to be arranged for the final finale.

  (End of this chapter)