newbobooks Chapter 1149 Impossible—!
Chapter 1149 Impossible—!
As Su Xing finished playing the last note, time seemed to stand still.
It was already evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on her, bathing her in a warm, yellow glow.
Bu Diu suddenly sat up, rested his muzzle on Su Xing's knee, and looked up at her gently.
This scene, like the mood of the last part of her song, is so warm and peaceful that one can't bear to disturb it.
After a few seconds of silence, someone in the crowd raised their hand and began to applaud.
"Clap clap-!"
The others then came to their senses and joined in the applause.
The little girl who requested a song from Su Xing at the beginning was also clapping her hands excitedly.
Although she couldn't understand the technically impressive pieces, she still thought this beautiful older sister was amazing!
Grandpa Dizi looked at Su Xing and exclaimed, "Girl, so this is your true strength!"
Su Xing said, "Actually... it's just that I've practiced this piece a lot and am quite familiar with it."
"You're too modest," the flute-playing old man said to Su Xing, then looked at the erhu-playing old man who was still in a daze, "Old Cai, what did you think of the piece 'Horse Racing' that the girl just played?"
The old man playing the erhu looked somewhat uneasy. "It's alright..."
A young man couldn't help but let out a "whoosh" at him.
The old man playing the erhu glared at the young man, then turned back and said, "Oh dear, this girl is quite good!"
Seeing the old man's reaction, many people around him burst out laughing.
The old man next to the flute player suddenly asked Su Xing, "Are you in school? Which school?"
Su Xing was a little embarrassed, but he still told the truth: "I study at Peking University."
A gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd.
"Wow! Students from Kyoto University!"
"Turns out he was a literary genius."
"Does that mean that kids who excel in their studies learn everything quickly?"
The old man who asked the question was also quite surprised. He exchanged a glance with the old man playing the flute and then asked, "Does Peking University also have a major in traditional Chinese music?"
Su Xing quickly said, "I didn't study folk music. I learned some instruments out of personal interest."
The old man who asked the question was even more surprised, "You're not a music student??"
The old man playing the flute then asked Su Xing, "How long have you been learning the bamboo flute and erhu?"
Su Xing didn't want Versailles, but she couldn't lie.
She said, "I've been studying for months..."
Grandpa Flute was also shocked, "A few months?!"
“Hmm…” Su Xing nodded and said, “I started learning the bamboo flute and erhu from several teachers who play musical instruments this summer.”
The old man playing the erhu immediately stood up and shouted at Su Xing, "Impossible—!"
If this girl could play "Horse Racing" like that after only a few months of learning the erhu, then what about his more than ten years of erhu playing?
The old man playing the erhu shouted, and in an instant, the erhu player turned around and barked back, "Woof—!"
The old man playing the erhu was startled by the dog's barking and took a step back before plopping back down on the bench.
Su Xing quickly pulled on Bu Die's collar and said to it, "Bu Die, be quiet."
Shut up if you're not going to lose anything.
"I'm sorry, it didn't mean to." Su Xing apologized to the erhu master on behalf of Bu Diu, and then said, "But I really started learning the bamboo flute and erhu this summer. I practiced 'Whipping the Horse to Transport Grain' and 'Horse Racing' many times, so I'm quite familiar with them."
Someone nearby said, "This dog is quite protective of its owner..."
The old man playing the flute said to the old man playing the erhu, "Old Cai, you really are a man with a short temper. Besides, there are always people more capable than you in this world. This girl has a strong learning ability. We old folks can't deny that we're getting old."
The old man playing the erhu was a little embarrassed. He turned his head and gave a soft "humph".
The old man who first asked Su Xing about his school then asked Su Xing, "Who are your teachers, all of them masters? Are they in Beijing?"
Su Xing said, "They are not in the capital. My first bamboo flute teacher was in Guangling. He was not a professional flute player. The other teachers were in Luoyang. Most of them had retired from the cultural troupe."
The elderly men all looked regretful. They had assumed that the girl's teacher was also in Beijing, and that he was a master of folk music, which was why he had produced such a student.
"Besides the flute and erhu, have you learned any other musical instruments? Like... this?"
The old man who was speaking took out a suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) from his crossbody bag.
Su Xing's eyes lit up when he saw the suona in the old man's hand.
She shook her head and said, "I haven't learned how to play the suona yet, but I'm planning to find some time to learn."
"Oh? You haven't learned it yet?" The old man playing the suona was a little disappointed, but when he heard Su Xing say that he planned to learn it, he added, "You should learn it. Let me tell you, this suona is much more powerful than the flute or erhu!"
His words drew disapproving looks from both the flute player and the erhu player.
"Old Huang, are you praising one while belittling the other?"
"Old Huang, you'd better shut up! I don't want to hear you talk!"
The old man playing the suona scoffed, "Of all the musical instruments, the suona reigns supreme. You can't argue with that!"
At this moment, a woman in her fifties or sixties, who was not far from the old man, said to them, "You're all too old for that."
Then she took something out of her bag.
She took two steps forward and asked Su Xing with a smile, "Miss, do you know how to do this?"
When Su Xing looked up, he saw that the aunt was holding a gourd flute.
Her eyes sparkled. "I haven't learned this yet. I only started learning traditional Chinese musical instruments this summer. So far, I've only learned the bamboo flute and the erhu. But actually, I'd like to learn many instruments."
The aunt had been standing a little far away from the old men, and before she woke up, she had no idea that she knew the old men and that they also played folk music.
The auntie smiled and said, "Young lady, how about we add each other on WeChat? We can chat sometime."
Su Xing certainly wouldn't refuse; she couldn't be happier.
“Okay.” She took out her phone, walked closer to the aunt, and said, “Auntie, I’ll scan your QR code.”
Su Xing had just added the aunt on WeChat when another phone was handed to him. "Let's add each other too, shall we? We're all in this together. I play the pipa, but it's cold today so I didn't bring my pipa. Let's play together sometime."
The speaker was a woman in her fifties or sixties, standing next to the woman who had spoken earlier. The two had stood together intimately before, so they obviously knew each other.
"OK!"
He was receptive to everyone who woke up and scanned the QR code the woman showed him.
The three old men: "..."
They were still arguing and trying to outdo each other, and now these two older women have already added that girl on WeChat?!
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