The setting sun outside the willows, the autumn light reflecting on the water, the autumn day in Chenjiawu is as quiet and beautiful as a paradise. On the west side of Wubao, there is a large vegetable patch. In autumn and winter, mustard greens, radish, cabbage are green and lovely, and there are also numerous hanging cucumbers and
Candel, Lai Gui is collecting water to irrigate the garden. Lai Gui's wife Zhao is driving a group of big white geese back from the stream. These geese were just raised last year. There are about thirty of them, with snow-white feathers and long necks.
, chirping "HangHang"——
The big white goose strutted past Chen Caozhi and Xie Xuan. The goose's webbed feet made a "sand" sound on the mud, like a group of soldiers showing off their power. Zhao stopped and smiled at Cao Zhi.
Good luck to the young man and his guests, and then he drives the white goose into the Wubao.
Xie Xuan watched the white goose walking by and didn't say anything for a long time, but he could see that he was struggling in his heart. He finally asked: "Zizhong, you met my sister in Dongshan last time, right?"
Chen Caozhi thought to himself: "You have known this for a long time. It seems that this is not what you want to ask." He nodded and said: "Yes, I sat on Cao'e Pavilion for a while."
Xie Xuan asked: "Then did Zizhong promise anything to my sister?"
Chen Caozhi's dark and delicate eyebrows were slightly twisted, he looked sideways into Xie Xuan's eyes and said, "There was a promise——"
Xie Xuanxianfei's eyebrows slowly rose up, his eyes narrowed, and his handsome face had an aura of menace, but Chen Caozhi continued: "I said when Xu Miao came to me in August or September,
I will go to Dongshan with Xu Miao to pay a visit to Duke Anshi, and then meet with Brother Yingtai. However, my mother is in poor health now and has no choice but to miss the appointment and cannot go."
Xie Xuan's frowned eyebrows relaxed again, he smiled and said: "I respect my son's talents and character, but my family's interests are at the forefront. I want to ask again, did my sister make any promises to you?"
Chen Caozhi didn't like to be questioned. He had a clear conscience. He also understood Xie Xuan's intention in asking these questions. The interests of the family came first, and the interests of the family must not be harmed. Friendship must take a back seat——
Chen Caozhi was silent for a long time, and Xie Xuan did not press him to ask questions, but just stared at him with bright eyes.
Chen Caozhi said calmly: "Just like Brother Youdu and I had a long talk under the moonlight at Yuji Inn and formally became engaged, Brother Yingtai also said that he would be friends with me for life, and that's it."
Xie Xuan looked at Mingsheng Lake five miles away, shook his head slightly, and didn't know what to think. After a while, he said: "Zizhong, I'm rude, please forgive me."
Chen Cao said: "It's okay. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Xie Xuanwei looked ashamed and said: "My third uncle sent a letter from Beijing, mentioning Zizhong, saying that the Situ Mansion plans to promote a group of poor families to become scholars. The Chen family of Qiantang is very promising. It is said that outstanding children from all ethnic groups will participate in the Eighteenth
Zhou Dazhong Zhengpin commented, I thought that Zizhong had already left for Jiankang, how about you come with me in a couple of days?"
Chen Cao said: "My mother is in her dying years. How can I bear to travel far away? I have given up my trip to Jiankang."
Xie Xuan couldn't help but be moved. He was silent for a long time and sighed: "Zi attaches great importance to purity and filial piety, which makes people respect him. However, it is a pity to miss this good opportunity!"
Chen Caozhi and Xie Xuan returned to the west building of Wubao. Dai Kui and Gu Kaizhi were sitting opposite each other and discussing paintings. Dai Kui saw Chen Caozhi coming back and said happily: "Dai came to Qiantang just to appreciate Chen Caozhi's wonderful music."
, I didn’t expect Cao Zhi’s flower painting method to be unique, did you really figure it out on your own?”
Gu Kaizhi replied: "Neither Wei Master nor Zhang Andao has such a dyeing technique. Looking at the scrolls of the past dynasties, they have never seen it. Zi Zhong only formally learned painting last year. He used to paint with a letter pen, and he actually understood such techniques. He is really a genius.
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Dai Kui also said: "It is true that he is a genius. Dai's trip is well worth it. After seeing Mr. Wei's two disciples, they are both formidable."
Chen Caozhi asked Dai Kui for advice on some problems with brush, ink and coloring. Dai Kui was generous in giving him advice and said: "The brush has four postures, namely tendons, bones, flesh, and Qi. The continuous and continuous strokes are called tendons and ups and downs.
The flesh is called the flesh when it is real, the bones are called the rigidity of life and death, and the energy is called the Qi when the traces and paintings are not changed. There are also five ways to use the brush: flat like a cone to draw sand, round like a broken hairpin strand, leaving traces like a leak in a house, and heavy like a falling stone from a mountain.
, changes like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, Cao Cao's aura is outstanding, but still needs to be tempered. Please remember these four postures and five methods, and create a new style of painting in the future. Cao Zhi and Kai are two people. As for the use of color, Kai's use is wonderful.
When you reach the top, it is beyond my reach, so you can ask him for advice."
Dai Kui also talked about the contrast between black and white, movement and stillness, strong and weak, sparse and dense, void and solid, etc. He explained the beauty of painting form very thoroughly. Not only Chen Caozhi but also Gu Kaizhi listened with rapt attention.
I feel greatly benefited.
Chen Caozhi also deeply felt that associating with famous people was by no means just a false name, and the profound benefits were inestimable. This is why the children of aristocratic families did not seem to work hard, but they talked naturally and had extraordinary knowledge, because all he saw was knowledge.
The elegant people are influenced by their ears and eyes, and they can learn to play music, chess, calligraphy and painting without learning.
Unknowingly, the night fell. After dinner, because Chen's mother Li had to go to bed early, Chen Caozhi first had a conversation with her mother. Although Chen's mother Li was still in poor spirits, she was in a good mood and said: "Chou'er, go and accompany her."
Guests, please don’t neglect your guests. Mr. Dai Andao of Shanxi is very famous. Your father has talked about this Mr. Dai earlier, saying that Mr. Dai is versatile, but he has repeatedly refused to be called up and lives in seclusion. My son must humbly show his respect to Dai.
Sir, please give me advice."
Chen Caozhi responded: "Yes, I listened to Mr. Dai discuss painting in the evening. Mr. Dai is so talented and knowledgeable that people admire him."
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, said: "Your father once said that Mr. Dai is the best player on the left side of the Yangtze River. My mother saw Mr. Dai carrying a boy to the piano, but she never heard Mr. Dai play. She wanted to hear Mr. Dai play the piano.
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Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "Okay, let me arouse Mr. Dai's interest in playing the piano." Then he took out the Keting flute and played two pieces of music - "Remembering the Old Friend" and "Qinglian Song"...
On the third floor, Gu Kaizhi and Xu Miao were chatting with Dai An. Xie Xuan was leaning on the railing to talk. Gu Kaizhi suddenly shut up because Chen Caozhi played music for his mother on time every night. It was about this time.
Dai Andao was listening to Gu Kaizhi's talk about the flower and tree painting gathering in Wu County last winter. Why was there suddenly no sound? Just as he was wondering, he heard a clear voice rising slowly, mellow, elegant and calm, the huge Chenjiawu Fort
Everyone fell silent.
Diane Dian listened to this wonderful music with concentration and heart. The music is the voice of the heart, showing the performer's magnanimity and feelings. Deep affection and sentimentality flow like water, implying the kindness of mother, filial piety and deep family affection——
The sound of the flute faded away, and the cool breeze came. On September 17th, the bright moon was full, and the moonlight fell coldly on the ground.
Xie Xuandao: "Mr. Dai, this is Chen Caozhi playing music for his mother."
Gu Kaizhi said: "At this moment every day, all worries are gone."
Xie Xuan sighed in his heart: "Zizhong's recorder music has fascinated so many people. My sister Xie Daoyun is so fascinated that she has no thought of food and drink. She wants to be friends with Zi Zhong for life. She is a woman, not some heroic brother. How can she be with Zi Zhong?"
Let’s be friends again!”
Dai Kui said: "The person who gave the flute to Huan Yi is really worthy of his name."
Xie Xuan didn't let himself think too much about those things, and asked: "The first fret of Jiangzuo Yilu, Huan Yi's flute, and Mr. Dai's fiddle. Which fret does Mr. Dai think Chen Caozhi's flute has?"
Dai Kui said: "It's hard to criticize. Although Chen Cao's recorder can do its best, it is still not as good as Huan Yi. It's just that the music he plays is very unique. The first one is unheard of. It should be Chen Cao's recorder."
Cao Zhi's self-made song meditates on the past, recalls old friends, and is deeply in love. It's strange that Cao Zhi has such deep emotions in his weak years; the second song is from Ji Zhongsan's qin music "Chang Qing" and "Duan Qing"
", adapted extremely well——"
Just as he was talking, Chen Cao came up the stairs with his footsteps, and saluted Dai Kui and said: "Jia Ci has long heard that Mr. Dai is a master of playing the piano and wants to listen to Mr. Dai's music."
Dai Kui said happily: "I would like to play the piano for you."
Chen Caozhi and Xiao Chan moved out a mat and spread it on the corridor. Dai Kui sat on his knees, with a banana leaf lyre placed on the golden nanmu table, and asked Chen Caozhi: "Let me play the song "The Fisherman"
how?"
Chen Cao said: "Very good, please forgive me, Mr. Dai. I will go downstairs to accompany my mother to listen to Mr. Dai's wonderful music."
Chen Caozhi returned to his mother's bedroom on the second floor and said, "Mother, Mr. Dai wants to play the piano."
Chen's mother, Li Shi, forced herself to sit up. Although no one else was present, Dai Kui was playing the piano just for her, so she couldn't be rude and had to sit upright and listen attentively.
The sound of the piano "clanging" sounded upstairs, a group of fishermen and woodcutters retreated, the artistic conception of green mountains and green water came out, and the melody was elegant and unrestrained, showing the leisurely and contented state of mind of the player.
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, listened intently, with a kind smile on her face. After the piece was played, she said: "Chou'er, Mr. Dai's piece is very good. You can learn it and play it to your mother in the future."
Guqin music is very different from Dongxiao music. Guqin music is interrupted or continuous, and the meaning of the sound is retained, while Dongxiao music flows back and forth with few pauses. It is difficult to adapt qin music into Xiao music. Chen Caozhi adapted Ji Kang's qin music.
It took a lot of effort to make "Green Lotus Song" playable on the dongxiao, but as long as my mother likes it, she will do it no matter how difficult it is.
After Chen Caozhi waited for his mother to go to bed, he went upstairs and asked Dai Kui to record the music "The Fisherman". When Gu Kaizhi heard that Chen's mother liked this music, he laughed and said, "Why don't Zizhong learn the piano from Mr. Dai? Then there is no need to change it to vertical."
Diqu is in trouble."
Chen Cao said: "It takes three months to learn the recorder and three years to learn the piano."
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Dai Kui stayed in Chenjiawu for three days. On the morning of September 20th, he left Qiantang and returned to Yanxi. He made an appointment with Chen Cao to meet in Yanxi later that day. Xie Xuan still stayed in Chenjiawu, waiting for the Xie family's ship to Beijing.
Qian Tang.
At noon on September 23, two oxcarts drove into the gate of Chenjiawu. Xie Daoyun, dressed in men's clothing, got off the oxcart. Run'er who was downstairs shouted in surprise: "I wish you well - Uncle Chou, Uncle Chou."
, here comes another Mr. Zhu."
Xie Daoyun knelt down and pulled Run'er to his knees. As soon as he said, "Hello Run'er," he heard Chen Caozhi's voice: "Brother Yingtai, I see Brother Yingtai again."