"Boss Li, I'm here," Wen Fangfei called out.
Hearing her voice, a middle-aged man in his fifties came out from the room. He was a little shriveled, thin and small, but his eyes were shining like a musician.
Liu Man noticed that he had a pair of slender hands, presumably this Boss Li must also be good at musical instruments.
"It's been a long time since you came," Boss Li said with a smile, seeing the two girls beside Fangfei, "Did you introduce me a new client?" In his tone, he was very familiar with Wen Fangfei.
"No, they are from the piano department, and they will accompany me to repair the piano," Wen Fangfei said, putting the guzheng on the ground, and opened the outer protective cover.
"Oh, how did the strings become like this!" Boss Li squatted down in pain. He picked up the broken strings and saw that they were cut by a knife. "The people who did this are so wicked."
Boss Li took out a magnifying glass and began to inspect the body of the piano, very carefully and rigorously, touching every inch with his hands, not letting go of every inch of his eyes, "Fortunately, I just cut the string."
Wen Fangfei was completely relieved, "Please help me put on new strings."
"It will take some time to change 21 strings at the same time," Boss Li said, "Should you go back and wait for me to fix it and notify you, or wait here?"
Wen Fangfei looked at Liu Man and Li Xiaoru, and Li Xiaoru said, "Just wait here, when it's done, let's go back to practice the piano."
Wen Fangfei nodded and said to Boss Li, "We are in a hurry to use the piano."
Boss Li understood, "I will fix it as soon as possible."
He put Wen Fangfei's Guzheng on an empty piano table, took out a large toolbox from the inside, and spread it out. There were dozens of Guzheng strings of different thicknesses, and special pliers for various musical instruments. and a special screwdriver.
"Sit down first, it will take about two hours." Boss Li brought three stools in front of the girls, and then began to concentrate on repairing the piano.
Liu Man didn't sit down, she first watched how Boss Li repaired the piano for a while, and found that his technique was exactly the same as that Mrs. Xu taught her. After all, ancient instruments are ancient instruments. Two thousand years have passed, everything remains the same, and nothing new has been discovered. pattern.
Boss Li felt her earnestly probing gaze, and wondered if the students in the piano department also knew how to play Guzheng
Wen Fangfei was also paying attention to Liu Man's actions.
After Liu Man finished watching Xiuqin, he went to the Guqin next to him.
The biggest difference between the Guqin and the Guzheng lies in the number of strings. The Guqin has 7 strings, while the Han Dynasty where Liu Man lived in his previous life, the Guzheng only had 5 strings. The difference between the two is not as big as it is today. With practice, Liu Man should actually be able to learn Guzheng very quickly.
However, after two thousand years of evolution, the number of strings on the guzheng has increased, ranging from 13 strings to 26 strings, while the guqin has always only had 7 strings.
Compared with Wen Fangfei's 21-string guzheng, the guqin looks much smaller, like a miniature guzheng.
This violin is very similar to Mrs. Xu's violin. The surface of the violin body is covered with black lacquer dust, and the belly of the violin also has broken water patterns. Liu Man never expected to see such a piano in the future, which made her think of Mrs. Xu in a trance.
Boss Li, who was repairing the guzheng, raised his head and saw Liu Man staring at the zither in a daze. He couldn't help laughing, "Student, have you taken a fancy to this guqin? You are very knowledgeable. This violin is modeled after the famous Qin through the ages." 'It is a one-to-one imitation, although it is a counterfeit product, but it is made of high-quality materials and fine workmanship, it is worth collecting, after all, the original product has been destroyed long ago, and there is no residue left. "
Seeing that Liu Man was still in a daze, Boss Li thought she didn't understand what he said, "Oh, you are a student of the piano department, so you probably don't understand 'Green Qi', let me explain to you..."
"'Green Qi' is Sima Xiangru's qin in the Western Han Dynasty. The whole body of the qin is black, with a hint of green, like green vines wrapped around the ancient wood, so it was named "Green Qi". Although your guqin is black, But there is no green, it is very fake."
Liu Man's words stunned the three people in the store.
Li Xiaoru admired Liu Man so much that she had never even heard of the word 'Lu Qi'.
And Wen Fangfei had a guess in her heart—could Liu Man know how to play the guqin
Being told that the piano is not good, Boss Li didn’t show any angry expression on his face. Instead, he asked Liu Man enthusiastically, “It seems that you know more about ‘Luqi’ than I do, so please give me some popular science, ‘Luqi’ What it looked like, you know it has long since disappeared in the vast river of history, and none of us have the luck to see it, unless we travel to two thousand years ago."
Boss Li didn't know that his luck was really good. He met Liu Man who traveled from two thousand years ago. Liu Man continued to say, "Your piano is really made of very good materials, the best paulownia wood, but In fact, 'Green Qi' is made from the combination of paulownia and catalpa wood, and there is an inscription on the bottom of the piano that says 'Tong Zi He Jing'."
Boss Li laughed, "It's as if you've seen it, and you even know what's written under the qin."
Liu Man also smiled, without further explanation.
She had indeed seen "Green Qi". Sima Xiangru was good friends with Mrs. Xu's grandfather, and once taught Mrs. Xu the guqin when she was young.
When Mrs. Xu entered the palace, Sima Xiangru, who was old and critically ill, entrusted someone to deliver the "Green Qi" to Mrs. Xu as a gift for her to become a concubine. So far, "Green Qi" has been kept by Mrs. Xu. Later, Mrs. Xu was thrown into the cold palace, and "Green Qi" was also taken into the cold palace.
Mrs. Xu used this "Green Qi" as an enlightenment for her, and taught her Guqin carefully. It can be said that she grew up playing "Green Qi". Later, Mrs. Xu passed away, and Liu Man asked the palace people to bury her with "Lvqi".
The palace servants apparently agreed, and left with Qin and Mrs. Xu's body. She is still not sure whether these palace attendants fulfilled their promises, and whether Mrs. Xu really slept with "Lu Qi" is an eternal mystery. .
"Man, what are you thinking? Why did you suddenly become so sentimental?" Li Xiaoru walked up to Liu Man and interrupted her memory.
Liu Man came back to his senses and said with a smile, "I just thought of something from the past."
past
Li Xiaoru was puzzled, she felt that in the past two years of college life, Liu Man looked very happy and happy, but since she fainted last semester, she has become less like her.
There is still research on the guqin, Li Xiaoru thought, and curiously plucked the strings with her fingers, "Hey, the sound is completely different from the guzheng."
The other three laughed. How did Li Xiaoru know that she was the only one present who was a layman in folk music. Wen Fangfei explained, "The timbre of the guqin is deep and deep, while the timbre of the guzheng is bright and gorgeous, just like the difference between the cello and the violin among your western instruments. .”