Chapter 182 Beautiful and Pleasant Song
After all the guests who had reserved seats in the courtyard arrived, Pumpkin walked to the center of the stage on the first floor. He said to everyone as Qianhuan had taught him in advance:
"Today is the first day of the opening of our Half-Day Qinghuan Garden. Thank you all for coming to support us. In order to thank you for your kindness, our store has specially invited a music master named Qingyin to play the piano for you. If you have not heard of the name of Master Qingyin before, it doesn't matter. From today on, you will know her existence. Next, please enjoy the guzheng music "Elegant Tea Sound" performed by Master Qingyin." (Note: There are many pure music versions of "Elegant Tea Sound", also known as "Binhai")
Qianhuan, dressed in disguise, was wearing a white robe and a white veil on her head. She slowly walked towards the center of the stage, where a guzheng and a stool had already been placed.
Qianhuan walked forward and sat elegantly in front of the guzheng. Then she gently placed her hands on the surface of the instrument and began to pluck the strings back and forth. The clear and beautiful melody slowly flowed out from her fingertips.
The moment the music sounded, the originally noisy hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone was attracted by the melodious and graceful piano sound. Everyone held their breath and listened to this intoxicating song with concentration.
Qianhuan's playing skills are superb. Every note is like a dancer jumping in the air, making people immersed in the whole melody.
The moving melody is like a glass of mellow wine, drawing waves of patterns on the lake of the heart. The light and gentle melody makes people's hearts seem to float on the edge of the water or on the top of the clouds, long and distant.
No matter how many worries and ups and downs you have, when you hear this song, they will all melt away in an instant. It feels like mountain spring water caressing your heart, washing away all the dust on your body, leaving only a sense of comfort and ease.
Chu Yichen couldn't help but be secretly shocked. This master named Qingyin was so amazing that he could write such beautiful and moving music. Moreover, his piano skills were also very superb. How come he had never heard of this person before?
After Qianhuan was done with her work, he wanted to ask her where she had invited such a great playing master from. Cousin Shaoqing loved collecting beautiful music scores. If there was a chance, he would definitely ask Qianhuan to introduce this master to Cousin Shaoqing.
Old Madam Chu listened to the piece and exclaimed from the bottom of her heart, "This piano sound can make people completely free of distractions and put them in a very comfortable and relaxed state. Yichen, this Miss Qianhuan who opened the teahouse with you can not only make something as delicious as milk tea, but also invite such a great master. I'm afraid she herself is also a rare and wonderful person, right?"
Chu Yichen smiled and said, "Grandma, you are right. Qianhua is indeed an interesting and wonderful woman."
When Chu Yichen talked about Qianhuan with his grandmother, his eyes were shining with an irrepressible joy.
But then he thought again that Qianhuan didn't like him at all, and his bright eyes gradually dimmed again, and his heart was filled with bitterness.
When Mrs. Chu heard her mother-in-law praising Qianhuan as a wonderful woman, a hint of embarrassment flashed across her face. She never expected that the woman she looked down upon could actually catch the old lady's eye.
After the performance of "Elegant Tea Sounds" was finished, Qianhuan stood up from the stool and bowed to the audience to express her gratitude, followed by a thunderous applause from the audience.
Amid the continuous applause, Qianhuan slowly left the stage holding her guzheng.
Next, the actors and the two ten-year-old children, a boy and a girl, would go on stage to perform "The Legend of White Snake". She had to hide behind the scenes to play the instruments and dub, and there were even many places where she was required to sing on behalf of others.
Originally, several actors had learned the singing part and could have sung it themselves, but this was the first day of opening and also the first performance of the play "The Legend of White Snake". Qianhuan didn't want to mess it up, so to be on the safe side, she decided to personally sing the Huangmei tune part behind the scenes.
Pumpkin walked to the center of the stage again and said in a clear voice, "Thank you all for your applause to Master Qingyin. Now please enjoy the stage play "The Legend of White Snake" together."
Then the voice of the monologue sounded, "The first scene, the benefactor of the past life, the shepherd boy. One thousand seven hundred years ago, a little white snake practicing in the mountains was caught by a snake catcher and nearly killed. Fortunately, it was saved by a little shepherd boy. The little white snake was named Bai Suzhen."
As the monologue was finished, a little shepherd boy and an old man appeared on the stage. The old man was a snake catcher, and he was holding a small white snake (prop) in his hand.
The snake catcher looked at the little white snake in his hand and said happily: "Hahaha, Xiaobai, you have been running around in this mountain, but I finally caught you."
The little shepherd boy grabbed the snake catcher's clothes and begged: "Old man, please let it go, it looks so pitiful..."
Snake catcher: "You said it was pitiful? Are you mistaken? I am the one who is really pitiful... Do you know that I climbed half of the mountain to catch it? The sun made my whole body wet, and my mouth was so thirsty that it was smoking. Now I am going to kill this little white snake and take out its gallbladder."
The little shepherd boy handed the snake catcher a peach and said, "Old man, you are sweating and thirsty, aren't you? These are fresh peaches I just picked in the mountains. Have a try!"
The snake catcher scratched the back of his head in embarrassment: "This... this is not good, right? How can I have the nerve to eat a peach from a little kid like you?"
The little shepherd boy smiled and said, "It's okay, old man, just take it!"
Just when the snake catcher went to get the peaches, the little white snake took the opportunity to escape, and the little white snake bit the snake catcher's hand. The old man shouted: Oh my, look, look, it was you who made me eat the peaches, and the little white snake actually escaped, and it even bit me.
The little shepherd boy said: "Old man, please don't be angry. Eat the peaches and I will play the flute for you. How about that?"
The snake catcher took the peach and started eating it: "Okay, then you blow it... Well, your peach is really sweet."
At this time, the little shepherd boy on the stage took out a prop flute from his arms and pretended to play it, while Qianhua, who was hiding behind the scenes, quickly took out a real flute and began to play the flute song "A Thousand Years of Waiting".
The audience was instantly attracted by the beautiful tune of the flute. Everyone was discussing quietly: "Oh my God, what kind of song is this? It's so beautiful. Why do I feel so moved when I listen to it?"
"Yeah, I feel the same way. This is the first time I've heard such a beautiful flute sound."
After Qianhuan finished playing "A Thousand Years of Waiting", the scene changed and a little shepherd boy and a little girl in white clothes appeared on the stage. The little girl was the little white snake that was almost killed by the snake catcher just now.