The weather at the end of April was quite hot, and it was noon. The sun was shining directly, and all the shadows were shrinking under the feet as if they were afraid of the heat.
Ding Youwei turned her head to look at Chen Caozhi, the young man who was half a step behind her. She saw a slight sweat on one side of his straight nose and knew that he had just written one hundred and twenty-eight words in two calligraphy styles with his hands hanging above his wrists.
The four-character long poem must have been laborious, and he asked softly: "Are you tired of this?"
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "No, I feel very relaxed."
"Yeah." Ding You said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, too, feels like a big stone pressing on her chest has been lifted. Looking at the flowers and trees on the balcony, she feels that it is different from when she came here before."
Yuyan and Axiu, who were following the two of them, also laughed out loud at this moment. Axiu said: "Little Master Cao is really amazing. Just writing a few words made the guy surnamed Chu retreat. Tsk tsk.
"
Yu Yan said: "Axiu, haven't you noticed that the man named Chu was in a panic when he said goodbye? He stumbled and almost fell when he walked out of the main hall. He has no gentility at all. He is really incomparable to our young husband -
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Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "Sister Yuyan said it's funny. Isn't it true that high-ranking nobles are not allowed to fall when walking?"
The two maids giggled together, and Ding Youwei also pursed her lips and smiled, restraining the two maids from teasing the guests behind their backs.
Zongzhi and Run'er, brothers and sisters, were sitting on the porch of the wooden building waiting. When their mother and Uncle Chou came back, the two worried little guys suddenly beamed. Run'er cheered: "Uncle Chou has found my mother. Uncle Chou has found her."
Mother is back."
Ding Youwei's eyes were a little moist. He leaned over and kissed his daughter's pink cheek, whispering: "Mother is not going anywhere, she will just be with Run'er and Zongzhi."
Run'er added: "There is also Uncle Chou, and there is also grandmother." After thinking for a while, he added: "There is also Aunt Ying."
Zongzhi reported: "Uncle Chou, Run'er and I have read books and practiced calligraphy. We are not lazy at all. Run'er is reciting "The Analects of Confucius: Advanced Chapter", and I started to recite "The Book of Songs: Taoyao Chapter" after practicing calligraphy -
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But Run'er pouted and said, "But Run'er and brother have become stupid today. They can't remember the book after reading it several times, and their handwriting is not as good as yesterday."
Of course Chen Caozhi understood the reason for this. He cherished these two cute and sensitive nieces and nephews very much, and comforted him: "That's because Uncle Chou didn't study with you. If you are three of us, you must have me as your teacher."
It is said that it is best for three people to study together - let's read and practice calligraphy in the afternoon, and we will make sure that we can recite it as soon as we read it, and the handwriting will be better looking."
It was already lunch time. A strong maid picked up two large lacquer boxes, each containing four small boxes. These were the lunches for Ding Youwei, Chen Caozhi, Zongzhi and Runer. Xiaochan and other maids were not here.
Meal, and the servants and servants only have two meals a day, morning and evening, and no lunch.
After lunch, Ding Youwei, mother, son, and Chen Cao went up to the study room on the second floor. Yu Yan took the roll of paper that was given to Chen Caozhi as a gift and asked, "Mr. Cao Zhi, can you put this scroll in your hands?"
In your luggage?"
Chen Cao said: "Let me take a look first." He took the scroll and unfolded it. It turned out to be a graceful and beautiful "Declaration Form" style small regular script, with about two thousand words. When the dot painting was done, it was deep and elegant, and he was already in love with it.
The essence of Yao's "Declaration Table" is much better than the copy copied by Chen Qingzhi from Lu Na's Mansion in Wu County. This should be Huan Yi's handwriting -
Looking back at the contents written on the paper, involving various aspects of the shape, setting of tunes, playing techniques and maintenance of the dongxiao in the four seasons, there are many tips that Chen Caozhi has never heard of, and he can't help but feel happy. This Huan Ziye is really a genius.
Wonderful man, we met by chance and received many gifts. He said to Ding Youwei: "Sister-in-law, this is a great time. I can not only learn a lot of tips on how to play and maintain the recorder, but also understand the meaning of the "Declaration Form" from Huan Yi's calligraphy.
With the wonderful way of writing and the essence of my spirit, given time, I believe my left-hand regular script will definitely improve a lot."
Ding Youwei took the volume of cave flute secrets and read it over, admiring: "Huan Yi's wonderful interpretation of music is known as the best in Jiangzuo, and his calligraphy is also listed as the third grade. You are lucky enough to be favored by him. My sister-in-law is really good for you."
I'm glad, by the way, you have to hand over two pieces of music score to Quan Changshi tomorrow, so copy it now."
Chen Cao said: "I need help from my sister-in-law. Although I can play the two pieces of music, I can't memorize the music."
Ding Youwei said: "Okay, Xiaochan, get the Keting flute and let Xiaolang play it." He sat down in front of the desk, polished ink and spread paper to prepare for notation.
Zongzhi and Run'er competed to polish their mother's ink, while Ding You smiled and looked at these lovely children, and his heart was filled with warm and sweet feelings.
Chen Caozhi played Ke Ting's flute and played the two tunes "Remembering the Old Friend" and "Red Bean Song" three times respectively. Ding Youwei gently pulled his right sleeve with his left hand to prevent it from hanging down and getting the pen and ink on it. He held a hairpin pen in his right hand with a bright wrist.
Hanging horizontally, he recorded the music score in the elegant and beautiful "Cao Quan Stele" Han Li style. After writing, he leaned down and slightly pursed his lips, gathered his breath and blew on the last row of ink characters, then sat up straight and said: "Fuck it,
Come, let’s see if sister-in-law remembers correctly?”
Chen Caozhi walked over with Ke Tingdi in hand, knelt down beside Ding Youwei, and looked carefully at the rows of strange Chinese characters with fresh ink that was still wet. Some were just radicals of Chinese characters, and some were larger than standard traditional Chinese characters.
There are missing strokes, and there are some weird symbols like tadpoles——
There is no impression of these strange characters in the young man's memory, so now Chen Caozhi can use traditional Chinese characters proficiently, and can read simplified musical notation and five-line musical notation, but he is unable to do anything about this strange music score. He said: "Sister-in-law, I don't know music, sister-in-law taught me
."
Ding You slightly turned his head to look at Chen Caozhi, with a faint smile on his cheeks and pear dimples appearing, and said: "It's finally time to see Caozhi show his timidity. We haven't seen you for two years. You are so surprising to my sister-in-law. She even thinks you have nothing to do with her."
No more."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "My sister-in-law makes fun of me because I know too little, so my sister-in-law wants to teach me more. I will go to Dr. Xu in Wu County to study in the future. I think as long as I am willing to learn and work hard, I will be successful."
There is nothing that cannot be learned.”
Ding Youwei gave an approving "hmm" sound: "My sister-in-law can teach you this music score, but she can't teach you other classics and metaphysics - I will teach you this music score later. I will play it to you first according to this music score."
Listen and see if you remember anything wrong."
Ding Youwei didn't use Chen Caozhi's Keting flute and asked Xiaochan to get the purple bamboo flute. With ten slender fingers, she held the flute in her left hand high and right hand low. With her eyelashes lowered, she looked at the music score on the desk and began to play it leisurely.
No matter whether the sound of the flute is pleasant or not, this posture is a picture of a beautiful and graceful lady.
Chen Caozhi listened attentively and then pointed out some minor mistakes. Ding Youwei corrected them one by one while explaining the music score to Chen Caozhi in detail.
It turns out that this notation is called "Yanle Banzi Pu", which was jointly developed by the Western Jin Dynasty musician Lihe and Zhongshu supervisor Xunxu.
Guan chromatography records musical notation based on the clutching, pause, and tempo of six fingers. Compared with the simplified musical notation and staff notation of later generations, it is naturally much cruder, and often cannot express the fine details of the music. It seems that the ancients only recorded music notation.
Generally speaking, more emphasis is placed on the performer's sensitivity and understanding of music, and on improvisation. This notation method obviously does more harm than good.
Chen Caozhi has the basis of musical notation. Since the soul fusion, his memory has been surprisingly good. The things he has experienced in his past and present lives and the books he has read can be clearly recalled. What's more important is that he is very easy to learn and has a good understanding of all kinds of things.
They are very thirsty for this kind of knowledge. Ding Youwei taught the "Yanle Half-Character Notation" carefully, and it only took him an hour to basically master this notation method.
Ding You smiled and sighed: "Cao Zhi, being your teacher is such a joy. I can draw inferences from one case to another and understand everything clearly. When I teach such disciples, as a teacher, not only do I not feel hard work, I feel relaxed and happy."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "This is because my sister-in-law taught me well."
Ding Youwei said: "Today I'm going to teach you Guan Shen Shen, and I'll teach you Xin Suo Shen tomorrow. You first copy the two music scores "Remembering the Old Friend" and "Red Bean Song" on the silk. I will give them to my uncle and sister-in-law later.
This record will not work, as all the attendants know your handwriting."
Xiao Chan, who was standing by the side, had endured it all afternoon, and finally couldn't help it, and said cautiously: "Madam, since that Quan Chang Shi appreciates Mr. Cao, why don't Mr. Cao ask Quan Chang Shi and let Quan Chang
Please talk to the head of the family about your love, and maybe my wife can return to Chenjiawu."
Chen Caozhi and Ding Youwei fell silent immediately. Zongzhi and Run'er, who were reading, stared at Chen Caozhi with wide eyes, waiting nervously to see what Uncle Chou would say.
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