Chapter 85 Becoming Guan Haifu's control group... (1)
Taotao saw a young man who was slightly fat, with dark skin, thick eyebrows and red eyes.
Uh, it should be considered a young man...right?
Taotao finds it difficult to define.
Because judging from the way the man in front of me is dressed, he must be a young man. He was wearing black trousers, a white shirt and leather shoes, and the material and shoes looked expensive.
But this man looked gloomy and haggard, with heavy shadows under his eyes. The stubble on his chin made him look particularly old, and there was an indescribable bitterness in his bones.
Tao Tao heard Song Zhi say to the man calmly: "Hailong, long time no see."
She understood that the man in front of her was Guan Haishan's brother - Guan Hailong.
Guan Hailong looked at Song Zhi in dismay.
Just now he only saw the back of Song Zhi's head.
It was not until this moment that he saw Song Zhi's face clearly, and then he realized that Song Zhi had changed.
In the past, Song Zhi was gloomy, taciturn, and seldom smiled. He is very indifferent. He is unwilling to get close to others, unwilling to understand others, and unwilling to let others get close to him.
The sharp and sinister look between Song Zhi's brows is now gone. His facial features are handsome and soft, and his whole temperament is very gentle and kind.
Looking at the little beauty who was gently held in Song Zhi's arms with an attitude of absolute possession, Guan Hailong was stunned again.
——There is no doubt that this beautiful girl should be Song Zhi’s new wife.
I heard she is a country girl.
Where did such a beautiful country girl come from? !
Song Zhi lowered his head and said to Tao Tao: "He is Guan Hailong, Guan Haishan's brother."
His attitude was intimate and doting.
Taotao greeted Guan Hailong with a smile, "Hello, Brother Guan!"
Song Zhi raised his head and looked at Guan Hailong, his tone becoming indifferent, "...She is my wife Bai Taotao."
Guan Hailong looked at Bai Taotao absentmindedly, then at Song Zhi.
He suddenly understood how Song Zhi could have been transformed in just three years.
——Anyone would change if they had such a lovely, beautiful and lively girl accompanying them day and night!
but--
Guan Hailong suddenly felt extremely jealous.
Why is Song Zhi getting better and better?
Guan Hailong ignored Taotao and stared at Song Zhi, asking coldly, "Does Haishan know that you are married?"
Song Zhi frowned, "Of course."
We all live in the same village, how could we not know?
Guan Hailong's eyes turned red, "Is this how you treat her?"
"how?"
Guan Hailong lost control, grabbed Song Zhi by the collar, and said hatefully: "She came all the way to find you, but you, you married another woman?"
Song Zhi said coldly: "Guan Haishan has lived in Ruyi Village for three years, and you are only now coming to seek justice for her?"
Guan Hailong growled at Song Zhi, "That's because I trust you..."
Tao Tao was puzzled. "What are you doing? Isn't Shanshan fine? When you two were like this, I thought something happened to Shanshan!"
"Shut up!" Guan Hailong yelled at Taotao.
Song Zhi was instantly furious!
He grabbed Guan Hailong's arm, twisted it back, and said angrily, "How dare you treat my wife like this? Apologize to her!"
Guan Hailong only felt severe pain in his arm! He struggled desperately, but found that he couldn't get free at all. His dark face turned red in an instant!
He was shocked and in great pain. He didn't believe that Song Zhi would do this to him, but he couldn't bring himself to ask Song Zhi to let go of his arm. So he growled, "Song Zhi, are you crazy?"
"Apologize!"
Song Zhi exerted more and more force.
At this time, the nanny in the villa had already discovered that there was someone outside the yard.
"Who's at the door? Hailong, are you back?"
Nanny Aunt Zhang asked loudly.
Guan Hailong didn't want others to see his embarrassed look, so he had to give in and said to Taotao, "I'm sorry!"
Song Zhi let go.
Guan Hailong regained his freedom.
Taotao hugged Song Zhi's arm, looked at Guan Hailong, and said to Song Zhi: "...Why is he completely different from Shanshan? Aren't they siblings? Why is Shanshan so good and he so bad?"
Guan Hailong: ...
Song Zhi touched Tao Tao's head and said, "Next time you write to her, tell her the truth. Her brother is not nice to you at all."
Taotao nodded seriously, "Okay!"
Guan Hailong: ...
——This means that Bai Taotao and Haishan are still very good friends?
Suddenly, Guan Hailong was stunned.
He saw Bai Taotao wearing a necklace.
On the thin necklace, there was a small copper plate, on which were engraved two fancy English characters: DM...
Guan Hailong’s eyes widened instantly and he stretched out his hand towards Bai Taotao!
Taotao took a step back in time and hid behind Song Zhi.
Song Zhi was furious and slapped Guan Hailong's claws away, "Are you sick?"
Guan Hailong lost his mind again, "That's my mother's necklace!"
Taotao pouted, "This is the wedding gift Shanshan gave me!"
Hearing this, Guan Hailong was stunned.
He looked at Taotao in shock, his face full of disbelief, "How, how is this possible?!"
"How is it impossible?" Tao Tao retorted to Guan Hailong, "Shanshan is my good friend! Shanshan likes me very much, and I like Shanshan too!"
Song Zhi looked at Dabaitao and was speechless - this little ancestor always accurately misjudged the emotional belonging.
However, Song Zhi didn't understand Guan Haishan's feelings for Taotao. It was only when Guan Haishan learned about his marriage to Taotao that she burst into hatred towards Song Zhi, and she forced him to swear that he would never let Taotao down...
Song Zhicai vaguely realized Guan Haishan's thoughts.
Guan Hailong snorted coldly, "Then do you know that Haishan has always..." At this point, he looked at Song Zhi, feeling a little proud, thinking that I want you to be embarrassed in front of your new wife, so he said word by word, "...Haishan has always liked Song Zhi and wanted to marry him."
Song Zhi's face was as gloomy as water.
Tao Tao stared at Guan Hailong and said seriously, "You don't know Shanshan at all! If someone wrongly accuses her like this, I will not let him go. Considering that you are Shanshan's biological brother, I will not bother with you, but please respect yourself. If you provoke me like this again, I will not accommodate you anymore. I believe Shanshan also agrees with my decision."
Guan Hailong sneered, "I don't understand Shanshan? You understand?"
Tao Tao, "Of course I understand Shanshan, she is my best friend! Guan Hailong, Shanshan doesn't like you, otherwise she wouldn't have not written you a single letter for three years. She also doesn't like this home, otherwise she wouldn't have moved to our village and lived there for three years."
Guan Hailong was completely speechless.
Aunt Zhang, the villa's nanny, came over and opened the door. "Hailong, it's really you!"
Then she saw Song Zhi.
Aunt Zhang didn't recognize Song Zhi for a moment, so she kept looking him up and down, "You..."
Song Zhi, "Aunt Zhang, I'm Song Zhi, and this is my wife Bai Taotao, we're here to pay our respects to Uncle Guan."
Aunt Zhang opened her mouth in surprise, "Song Zhi! You've changed so much, I can't recognize you..." Then she looked at Taotao, "Is this your lover? He's so handsome! Come in, come in!"
Aunt Zhang turned sideways and continued, "The chief was talking about it yesterday, saying that you guys should buy more vegetables when you come back today..."
Song Zhi carried mooncakes and fruits in one hand and gently supported Taotao's slender waist with the other hand. He led Taotao into the villa and then into the living room.
The Guan family's living room is decorated in a fresh and elegant style.
Song Zhi and Tao Tao sat on the sofa. Guan Hailong glanced at them and said hello indifferently, "I'll go upstairs first."
Tao Tao asked Song Zhi, "Song Zhi, you are considered the adopted son of the Guan family. Do you have a room here?"
"No."
"Where did you sleep before?"
"Just sleep here, on the couch for the night."
"Since childhood?"
"Well, I slept on this sofa from the age of six to seventeen. I remember Aunt Fang said several times that the sofa was broken by me, so I slept on the carpet later." Song Zhi gestured to the floor of the sofa, "There used to be carpets here, but then they disappeared... I stopped living here after I went to college."
Guan Hailong, who was walking on the stairs, paused, smiled, and continued walking up.
Song Zhi and Guan Hailong used to sleep in the same room.
But after Fang Ling married with her first son Fang Shenghao, the six-year-old Fang Shenghao slept in a room by himself.
Guan Hailong was not convinced. He also wanted to live in a room by himself, so he asked Song Zhi to move out of the room.
His original intention was to make things difficult for the new housewife Fang Ling and ask her to arrange a new room for Song Zhi. As a result, Fang Ling was really cruel and ignored Song Zhi.
In the past, Guan Hailong would sow discord and force Song Zhi to stand on the same front with him, hating Fang Ling and opposing her.
But ever since he used his favor to force Song Zhi to give him the quota to stay in the city, Song Zhi said, "Don't regret it"... Later, although he was able to stay in the city for a short time thanks to Song Zhi's quota to stay in the city, Professor Huang's project was still closed. Only then did Guan Hailong understand the meaning of Song Zhi's words "Don't regret it".
Whenever he thinks about it now, that sentence is like a slap in the face of Guan Hailong.
Guan Hailong now hates Song Zhi to the core. In his heart, Song Zhi and Fang Ling are no different. They are both vicious people who bully him and make him lose face!
Guan Hailong went upstairs with a smile on his face.
However--
Taotao looked at the middle-aged man who had just stepped into the living room from outside.
The middle-aged man looked at Song Zhi in shock, with a complicated expression, obviously having heard what Song Zhi said.
Song Zhi also quickly turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man.
He calmly pulled Taotao up and greeted the middle-aged man politely, "Hello, Uncle Guan!"
The person who came was Guan Qingbai.
Taotao also greeted him, "Hello, Uncle Guan!"
Guan Qingbai stared at Song Zhi for a long time, then looked at Taotao and nodded with satisfaction, "Good, good! Xiaozhi has grown up and has married..." He suddenly saw the necklace hanging on Taotao's chest and was stunned for a moment.
——The necklace that Song Zhi’s wife was wearing was a gift he gave to his late wife Du Min, who he married at the age of 18.
Guan Qingbai and Du Min were engaged as children, and both of their families were quite wealthy. Later, Guan Qingbai accepted progressive ideas at school and gave up writing to join the army. Many years later, Du Min, who had studied abroad, came back and asked him whether the engagement was still valid.
At that time, Guan Qingbai was being hunted by the enemy and he desperately needed an identity to clear his name. After receiving Du Min's letter, he went to find her immediately and the two got married.
On the wedding night, Du Min gave Guan Qingbai a gift.
It was a huge oil painting she painted herself - "Sorrow".
The painting shows smoke rising from all directions, blood, broken limbs and bones all over the ground. Three or five seriously wounded Red Army soldiers are holding red flags, broken suonas and chopped swords. They are covered in wounds and blood, but they stubbornly grit their teeth and look towards the place where the sun rises, their eyes filled with firm belief.
Guan Qingbai was shocked.
After liberation, this painting was donated to the country by Guan Qingbai. Now it is hung in a museum and has long become a famous masterpiece at home and abroad!
When the two got married, Guan Qingbai was really penniless and could not reveal his identity. He only survived the most difficult years by relying on Du Min who went to the newspaper to translate foreign languages during the day and stayed up late at home to draw patterns for a floral fabric factory.
Later, when Du Min gave birth to Guan Haishan, Guan Qingbai won a battle. He picked up a bullet shell on the battlefield and made it into a yellow pendant with his own hands. He also copied the two flower-shaped characters DM according to Du Min's signature on the English dictionary...
Recalling the past at this moment, Guan Qingbai suddenly remembered every detail of his time with his deceased wife long ago.
He looked at Song Zhi and Bai Taotao again, and saw that the man had gentle eyes and the woman was innocent and romantic, quite a bit like the love and affection he and Du Min had when they were newlyweds.
"Good! Great, beautiful children and a beautiful wife..." Guan Qingbai suddenly choked.
He remembered something and said to Song Zhi and Tao Tao, "Please sit down for a while. I'll get something for you!" As he said that, he hurried into the small study in the living room.
At this time, Guan Qingbai's current wife Fang Ling heard that Song Zhi and his wife had arrived, and she walked down the stairs leisurely, "Song Zhi is here?"
Song Zhi introduced Taotao again, "Taotao, this is Aunt Fang, Guan Haifu's mother."
"Aunt Fang, this is my lover Bai Taotao." Song Zhi said to Fang Ling.
Fang Ling looked at Taotao and was stunned.
She had heard early on that Song Zhi was married to a rural girl from the village where he had been sent to work.
Fang Ling was from the art troupe and saw many beautiful women. She had never expected that Song Zhi’s wife was so beautiful. She was the most stunning beauty she had ever seen!
For a moment, she was stunned.
"Mom! Mom!" Guan Haifu's voice rang out.
Soon, a young girl rushed into the house like the wind, "Mom, I'm back! Today is a holiday, what delicious food did you make for me?"
Taotao could see clearly that this young girl was Guan Haifu!
Guan Haifu also saw Taotao and Song Zhi, and was stunned, with a suspicious look on her face, "You——"
Taotao greeted Guan Haifu openly: "Guan Haifu, hello!"
The reason why Guan Haifu didn't dare to recognize them was because Song Zhi and Taotao were no longer the same as they were in Ruyi Village before - Song Zhi's hostility had disappeared without a trace, and now he was a completely gentle gentleman; Bai Taotao used to be pure and lovely, but now Bai Taotao's appearance is even better than before, even more beautiful and more attractive.
Guan Haifu looked at Bai and Song blankly, "Song Zhi? Bai Taotao?"
A young and handsome man followed Guan Haifu in.
He recognized Song Zhi very quickly, "Song Zhi?!" He was delighted and stepped forward to shake hands with Song Zhi, "...Long time no see!"
Song Zhi also recognized this man - he was Guan Haifu's newlywed husband He Yunqi.
He Yunqi was also a child of the compound. He played with Song Zhi when they were young. They went to the same elementary school and junior high school. Later, when Song Zhi went to college, they had less contact.
Guan Haifu and He Yunqi got married half a year ago, three months earlier than Song Zhi and Taotao's wedding.
When He Yunhe and Guan Haifu got married, Song Zhi was too impatient to spend time thinking about giving them gifts, so he simply and crudely sent He Yunqi a hundred yuan as a gift.
At this moment, Song Zhi finally had a sincere smile on his face, "Long time no see, Yunqi, you really have changed a lot!"
He Yunqi chuckled and turned to look at Taotao, "Is this my sister-in-law?"
"Taotao, he is He Yunqi," Song Zhi introduced Taotao and He Yunqi, "Yunqi, she is my lover Bai Taotao."
He Yunqi said, "Hello, sister-in-law!" Then he said to Song Zhi, "Where did you find such a beautiful sister-in-law? She is so beautiful, like a fairy from heaven!"
Guan Haifu was unhappy, "Where else can you find it? It's just in that remote place where no one even shits!"
He Yunqi's face darkened, "How did you talk?"
Guan Haifu, "Did I say something wrong?"
Fang Ling tried to smooth things over, "Alright, alright, Haifu is young, Yunqi, you should be more considerate of her! Haifu, you too, she is a guest from afar, you should be more polite!"
Guan Haifu recalled the humiliations she had suffered in Ruyi Village over the years.
Humph, today she wants to get back everything she paid with interest!
Who let Bai Taotao fall into her hands?
Guan Haifu said to Bai Taotao: "Aren't you good at cooking? Then go and cook now!"
Then she went forward and hugged Fang Ling's arm, acting coquettishly, "Mom! Mom Bai Taotao is very good at cooking. The food she cooks is even better than Aunt Cai's! Let her cook!"
He Yunqi, "Are you sick? My sister-in-law is a guest..."
Guan Haifu glared at He Yunqi fiercely, "Just know that she is your 'sister-in-law'! You protect her so much, others who don't know would think she is your wife! Humph, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, she is not my sister-in-law, my brother's surname is Fang, not Song!"
After saying that, Guan Haifu ran away angrily.
He Yunqi was very angry and quickly said to Song Zhi and Bai Taotao: "I'm sorry, she is just like that!"
Fang Ling was very unhappy. Even though the Song Zhi and his wife were guests from afar, Hai Fu was the pampered girl who was raised in her hands since childhood, and He Yunqi was the son-in-law she had carefully chosen for her daughter. Now He Yunqi was actually helping outsiders?
Fang Ling asked Bai Taotao with a smile, "Are you going to cook?"
Song Zhi's face was as gloomy as water.
He Yunqi looked at Fang Ling, very shocked.
Taotao was very excited, "Okay!"
Then he pulled Song Zhi to look around, "Song Zhi, where is the kitchen?"
"Taotao!" At this moment, Song Zhi wanted to turn around and leave.
Tao Tao said, "Let's go cook together!"
Song Zhi looked at her steadily for a long while, sighed, "Okay." Then he took Taotao to the kitchen.
Fang Ling showed a decent and elegant smile, and said to He Yunqi in a friendly and graceful manner: "Yunqi, go and comfort Hai Fu. You should be considerate of your own wife."
He Yunqi glanced at Fang Ling and said, "Okay, Mom, I understand."
Then he turned and went to the kitchen.
Fang Ling: ...
She was just about to call He Yunqi and give him a good scolding, but suddenly she saw Guan Qingbai walking out of the small study in the living room with a sullen face.
Fang Ling was startled. "You're back? When did you come back?"
Guan Qingbai asked her, "Let me ask you, where did Song Zhi sleep when he was a child?"
Fang Ling's expression was a little flustered. "W-what?"
"Where is Song Zhi's room?" Guan Qingbai asked again patiently.
Fang Ling's eyes rolled. "Song Zhi, he...he used to live in the same room with Hailong!"
"Then why can Sheng Hao have his own room?" Guan Qingbai was getting angrier and angrier. "Isn't our house big enough? There are four rooms on the second floor, and the third floor is only half a floor but it also has two rooms. Isn't it just right for five children to have one room each?"
"I finally understand why Song Zhi is becoming less and less friendly to us! You, you actually let him sleep on the sofa in the living room for more than ten years! Sometimes he even sleeps on the floor! You, you! How can I be worthy of Old Song?"
Fang Ling, "I, I don't know... He never told me that he slept on the sofa! I always thought he and Hailong were good brothers and had to sleep in the same room! Hey, can you blame me for this? If you want to blame someone, blame him! He could have told me that he had no place to sleep!"
Guan Qingbai suppressed his anger and said, "You are the mistress of this family. Song Zhi is also one of the children in this family. The child can't even sleep in a bed. Are you qualified to be the mistress?"
Fang Ling was angry, "What about you? He has no place to live, he thinks I'm his stepmother, he doesn't want to tell me, but did he tell you? Yes, he lost his mother when he was a child and was fostered in our house, but he didn't lose his father. We bullied him, so if he had the guts to leave our house and go find his real father, why would he have to stay in our house?"
Guan Qingbai was furious, "You!
Fang Ling, "Hmph, I think you're getting senile! You don't love your own child, but you love other people's children... You're really sick!" After saying that, she turned around and went upstairs in her high heels.
Guan Qingbai was so angry that he was shaking all over.
Song Zhi, Tao Tao and He Yunqi had no idea that Guan Qingbai and Fang Ling were arguing in the living room.
They entered the kitchen, and Aunt Cai, the maid, hurriedly asked, "Song Zhi, you're back? Oh, is this your wife? She's so pretty... Are you hungry? Go sit outside and I'll get you some snacks..."
Then I heard that Song Zhi and Tao Tao came in to cook?
Aunt Cai's eyes widened in shock. "How can this be possible? You are guests!"
Tao Tao said with a smile: "It's true, Aunt Fang said so."
Aunt Cai was speechless.
"How about this, I'll move a few chairs in, and you guys can sit here and help me cook and chat, okay?" Aunt Cai said.
Tao Tao said seriously: "Thank you Aunt Cai for your kindness, but we still want to cook by ourselves."
Before coming to Guan's house, Taotao had already prepared herself mentally to eat some food there. So when Fang Ling asked her and Song Zhi to cook just now, it was certainly a humiliation, but it was also a benefit for Taotao.
——Since arriving in Kyoto, she and Song Zhi have been busy. It has been more than a month, and of course the two of them haven't been able to have a proper meal. Of course, it’s not impossible to cook in Song Zhi’s single dormitory, but she and Song Zhi are the only two of them, and if they cook too much, they won’t be able to eat it all, and it’s not very convenient to buy food…
Now you have the opportunity to cook a delicious meal, why not do it!
Taotao rolled up her sleeves excitedly, "Aunt Cai, come over, I'll see what dishes we have today!"
A look at the vegetable basket——
Tao Tao's eyes lit up, she grabbed two purple eggplants and said excitedly: "Song Zhi, look, eggplants!"
Song Zhi smiled.
Since I came to Kyoto, I have never seen eggplant.
Tao Tao quickly flipped through the basket and muttered, "Song Zhi, let's make a braised eggplant, fried tomato and tofu, radish meatballs and loofah soup... ok?"
"good."
As he spoke, Song Zhi took off his coat, took off his watch and put it in his coat pocket, then unbuttoned the cuffs of his white shirt and rolled up his sleeves.
Taotao looked around, took out an apron and tied it on Song Zhi.
He Yunqi, who followed Bai Song into the kitchen, was stunned.
so?
It’s not Bai Taotao who is cooking, it’s Song Zhi who is cooking? !
In order not to embarrass Song Zhi, He Yunqi also took off his coat and said with a smile: "Come, let me show you my skills! Let me tell you a secret, my braised pork is really good!"
Tao Tao immediately retorted, "Impossible!"
He Yunqi was stunned.
Tao Tao said seriously: "The braised pork made by my sister is the best in the world! The braised pork made by Song Zhi is the second best in the world! The braised pork made by you... I haven't eaten it yet, but even if it's delicious, it can only be ranked third in the world!"
He Yunqi laughed, "Sister-in-law, you are wrong. You are treating my braised pork with tinted glasses! This is discrimination!"
Tao Tao, "Today I'm giving you the chance to show off! If our Song Zhi makes braised pork someday, you will definitely feel inferior to him!"
Guan Haifu hid at the kitchen door and bit her lip angrily.
——She waited upstairs for a long time, but He Yunqi never came up to coax her. She was so angry that she went downstairs to find him, but found that he had also entered the kitchen? And he was chatting and laughing with Bai Taotao!
Guan Haifu was very angry, and subconsciously wanted to scold He Yunqi for being shameless and having an affair with Bai Taotao!
But if you listen carefully to their conversation -
Bai Taotao has been protecting Song Zhi from beginning to end!
And Bai Taotao didn’t say anything to He Yunqi, she was just joking.
Guan Haifu became even angrier.
He Yunqi had never been so kind to her, so why could he chat and joke so cheerfully with Bai Taotao?
Before she knew it, Guan Haifu had been standing outside the kitchen door for an hour.
She saw Song Zhi cooking skillfully and frying the pot, while Bai Taotao stood aside and directed Aunt Cai to wash and cut the vegetables. Every time Song Zhi finished cooking a dish, Bai Taotao would pick up a piece with chopsticks to taste it. Bai Taotao must take a small bite, and then stuff the rest into Song Zhi's mouth...
Guan Haifu is a married person herself, but she didn’t expect to be fed a mouthful of dog food!
And when she saw that He Yunqi cooked in a very professional manner, she was even more surprised.
——She and He Yunqi grew up together in the compound since childhood, and she knew a long time ago that He Yunqi would become her husband. So what she cared about most was He Yunqi's future and his military rank... He couldn't go to the front because she didn't want to be a widow; but he had to make achievements and get promoted as soon as possible because she was the little princess of the compound and she couldn't tolerate her husband being inferior to others in every way...
However, she never knew that He Yunqi could cook, that He Yunqi had such a humorous personality, and that He Yunqi and Song Zhi had such a good relationship...
Guan Haifu felt like she didn't understand He Yunqi at all.
Looking at Bai Taotao, Song Zhi and He Yunqi happily cooking and chatting in the kitchen, Guan Haifu felt excluded and left silently.
When she walked into the living room, she saw someone delivering a wooden box.
Her mother Fang Ling was directing people to put the wooden box in the living room, then opened the box and carefully took out a guzheng from it.
Guan Haifu came over quickly, "Mom, the piano has finally arrived!"
Fang Ling looked at her and sighed, "You! You must do your best this time..."
Guan Haifu's face felt hot.
——She originally studied ballet and started learning it at the age of four. But when she was a child, she was too pampered. She would cry whenever she practiced. She was afraid of pain and tiredness, and she found it annoying and boring. She was always active for three days and lazy for two days. So much so that when Fang Ling wanted to take the exam and get promoted, she realized that Guan Haifu's basic skills were not good enough.
I can’t bend my waist or do splits…
Fang Ling was almost mad to death!
After thinking it over, Fang Ling came up with another idea - let Guan Haifu learn a musical instrument!
She chose the konghou after careful consideration because it is extremely expensive and very few people know how to play it. As long as Guan Haifu learns it, she will have a status that no one can reach.
Guan Haifu rolled her eyes and said to Fang Ling, "Mom, just put this piano in the living room!" As she spoke, she glanced in the direction of the kitchen.
How could Fang Ling not know what her precious daughter was thinking?
——This girl just wants to show off in front of the country bumpkin Bai Taotao!
However, Fang Ling had just been blamed by Guan Qingbai for mistreating Song Zhi when he was a child. She felt guilty and said to her daughter, "Come on, she's already gone to cook. Stop causing trouble!"
"Mom!" Guan Haifu was unhappy.
Fang Ling still loved her daughter, so she scolded her, "Then I won't bother you. If you make your father angry, you can handle it yourself."
"No problem!" Guan Haifu agreed immediately.
She has always been her father's favorite child and knows how to act coquettishly to please her father.
So, the konghou was placed in the most conspicuous place in the living room.
Taotao, Song Zhi, He Yunqi and Aunt Cai were laughing and making a lot of dishes in the kitchen. Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Aunt Cai urged them to wash their hands and sit in the living room outside for a while.
As soon as Taotao came out of the kitchen, she saw a konghou in the living room?
She ran to see—
Guan Haifu came over at the right time and stopped Bai Taotao, "Do you know what this is?"
"Don't you know?" Tao Tao asked in surprise at first, then told Guan Haifu seriously, "This is a konghou."
Guan Haifu: ...
——The country bumpkin is actually me!
Song Zhi didn't care.
In the past few years, he has found a lot of university textbooks and let the Bai family read and study. The booksellers we contacted bought books directly from the university, covering all kinds of subjects, including a few books on music and art.
He thought Taotao might have recognized it as a konghou after reading those books.
Guan Hai said to Tao Tao in a stern tone: "Since you know this is a konghou, why are you so reckless? Don't you know that this thing is very expensive?"
As she spoke, Guan Haifu finally regained her sense of superiority, "Even if you know this is a konghou, you can't play it! You don't even know what music is, what art is!"
Humph, a guy from the countryside, what does he know about art?
Taotao: ...
Sorry, she can actually play a few musical instruments.
After all, she was trained by the sect and would become the beloved concubine of the Immortal Emperor in the future. She had to learn the art of dual cultivation, and singing and dancing were the foundation of her life.
Taotao can play almost all the ancient musical instruments, including the konghou.
Taotao's favorite instruments are the flute and suona, and she can always play very cheerful and lively tunes...but her master doesn't allow her to play the suona, and instead asks her to practice string instruments such as the qin, zheng, pipa, and konghou.
Seeing the konghou now, Taotao felt a little itchy, so she asked Guan Haifu, "Can you play it?"
Guan Haifu, who was so arrogant just now, suddenly became dispirited, "No, I won't."
"I can." Taotao said seriously.
Guan Haifu laughed angrily, "You can do it? How can you do it? Who taught you?"
Guan Hailong came down from upstairs and heard Guan Haifu and Bai Taotao arguing.
After listening carefully, Guan Hailong smiled and said to Taotao: "Sister-in-law, don't mind it. This is Haifu's personality. She can't stand losing... She's just afraid that you are better than her in everything!"
Guan Haifu was furious, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
She just didn't believe it. Bai Taotao was a country girl, and it was amazing for her to know how to play the konghou. It was probably Song Zhi who taught her! How could such a person play the konghou? There are very few people in China who can play...
"Okay! Then you play it! But I have to say this first. If you break my guzheng, you will pay me back tenfold!" Guan Haifu said angrily.
Taotao narrowed her eyes and smiled.
Song Zhi originally wanted to persuade Taotao not to take people like Guan Haifu too seriously.
But he saw the desire in Taotao's eyes when she looked at the guqin. So he said nothing and moved a chair next to the konghou.
Guan Haifu said sarcastically: "If you don't have the diamond, don't take the porcelain job! Otherwise, you will be embarrassed..."
Taotao sat on the chair, stretched out her hands and gently plucked the strings.
The strings vibrated slightly, making soft and pleasant sounds.
Taotao smiled.
——This konghou is different from the one she had in the fairyland, and there is a huge difference in the sound quality.
However, the principle of the kotsu remains the same.
She continued to pluck the strings one by one, not very fast.
Guan Haifu was relieved when she saw Taotao's movements and posture. She sneered, "Is this what you call mastering it?"
Tao Tao ignored her until she had finished playing all the strings. Then she began to exercise the ten fingers of both hands, familiarized herself with the strings for a while, and played a short piece of her favorite tune "Monkey Music"...
However, Taotao stopped after playing only a few notes.
The music is too highbrow and few people understand it.
Mortals have never heard of fairy music, so they don’t know how good it is.
It would be better for her to play a song that everyone is familiar with.
Taotao thought about it, and then played the Liu Yang River with a single string.
Everyone was stunned.
Guan Haifu especially.
After Taotao finished playing it once, she had some experience and started to play chords left and right...
Then everyone heard a very beautiful and smooth piece of music.
Guan Qingbai and Fang Ling could not help but walk to the living room and stand there to enjoy the performance. The family's nannies, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Cai, also began to hum along with the tune.
When everyone was immersed in the beautiful and pleasant music, no one noticed that a handsome man was pushing open the door of the living room.
He heard heavenly music, and saw a beautiful girl sitting beside an ancient qin. Her slender, fair, and graceful fingers, like orchid petals, plucked the strings, creating a series of elegant and beautiful music...
The man stared at the beautiful girl, with a fierce and burning light gradually appearing in his eyes.
Taotao didn't notice the man.
No one else noticed him.
When the song was over, everyone stared at Taotao in a daze, their hearts filled with excitement and shock.
——Bai Taotao is a genius, right?
After all, everyone just watched Taotao touch the strings one by one, and then she played them randomly, which was not good at all. Then she stumbled and played Liu Yanghe again...
Although I could hear a few wrong notes in the last performance, it was really good.
Guan Haifu stammered, "Did you know how to play it before?"
But how is this possible?
Taotao then realized that something was wrong.
——Yes, she is a country girl, so it is reasonable that she cannot play the konghou. But she had just said she could, and now she had actually played a piece of music...
How does it end?
Taotao thought about it and said, "I think I should be able to do it."
Guan Haifu bit her lower lip jealously.
Song Zhi felt very sad.
In this era,
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