Since I met Zhang Linfan, my store has become very lively.

From time to time, he would suddenly appear, either carrying some strange snacks or bringing some weird music scores. What's more exaggerated is that he would even bring some injured animals to me for treatment. The most hateful thing is that these animals are not the cats and dogs on the streets, but are all strange flowers and plants, rare birds and beasts, and even snakes and insects. This really makes me break the rhythm of a "instrumental music store" into a "pet hospital"!

Just because of him, Lin'er was already standing outside the door with a feather duster. Her murderous look only taught me that the business of this small shop was even less.

"Lin'er, come in quickly!" Looking at Zhang Linfan who was already standing in the store, I lowered my head and smiled helplessly, and greeted Lin'er, "Let you see the house. No matter whether the mice or insects can't let go, I guess this person can't bear it!"

He jumped up with a curtain, and Lin'er's feather duster slashed directly at the back of Zhang Linfan's head: "It's here again, I won't teach you a lesson!"

Her teeth were biting, and a feather duster danced, and the wind blew, and she beat her hard all the way until the dust flew around and was in a mess.

"..." Zhang Linfan did not make a sound, but just retreated back and protected the things in his left palm tightly.

Walking over, I blocked Lin'er's attack with one finger, and scolded, "Okay, haven't you seen Mr. Zhang have anything in his hand?"

Lin'er, who was stopped by me, would not give in: "I don't care, I just want to beat him out. Our store has become a pet store every day, and those things look so delicious, but you don't let them eat them all!"

"Puff!" Zhang Linfan and I made a sound at the same time, but I was laughing, and it seemed that there was still no change on his face, only the corners of his mouth moved, and he finally laughed!

"You!" I turned my hand and poked her head. I shook my head and sighed, "Why do I think about eating all day long? It's useless to practice for years!"

"No matter what the hell is he?" Lin'er stopped her hand in dissatisfaction and said with a pout, "The lady has become very biased since she met him!"

Looking at each other, Zhang Linfan and I shook our heads slightly.

"Mr. Zhang, please sit down. Lin'er just happened to cook some green plum wine!" He scooped some and poured them into a clean cup, and I handed them over, "This green plum was picked by Lin'er early in the morning, very fresh!"

"Hmph!" Lin'er turned her little head to one side, but she didn't say anything, but her face was filled with eyebrows and eyes. She was so childish. She could laugh for most of the day with just a little praise or two.

"Miss Zhou, do you know this thing?" After sitting down, Zhang Linfan did not drink first, but reached his hand in front of me and spread his palms.

I gently took the little thing from his palm, and I stroked it with distress: "This little guy is rare now!" After pinching the resurrection technique, a ball of pink, blue, gold-belt light enveloped me.

Lin'er was naturally not surprised. Although Zhang Linfan had seen him many times, he still showed a little surprise.

Soon, the little thing regained its luster and flew from my palm to the ground, becoming bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a pipa carved like Hetian jade. Its color is transparent, white as thunder, thick and moist, elegant but not arrogant, ethereal and distant, elegant but not floating, it is truly beautiful!

"Tian, ​​Tianxin!" Lin'er pointed at it and shouted, "Miss, yes, that Tianxin!"

Zhang Linfan couldn't help but feel curious: "This is obviously a spirit insect that I rescued by chance, why did it become this jade pipa?" He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and then said, "Can it be that this insect has not cultivated the human shape but has cultivated the piano shape?"

"You really have no knowledge!" As soon as he caught the opportunity, Lin'er went over and held the pipa in her hand, pretending to be a pedantic, "Have you heard of the pianoworm?"

Shaking his head, Zhang Linfan looked at her seriously, like a three-good student waiting for the teacher to teach.

"The Great Wilderness Northern Classic in the "Shan Hai Jing" records a place called "Su Shen Family Kingdom". In the Great Wilderness, there are mountains called Buxian, and Su Shen Family Kingdom. There are leeches, four wings, insects, beast heads and snake bodies, called piano insects!" He shook his head and recited the contents of "Shan Hai Jing" and Lin'er patted the pipa in his arms and said, "This is the piano insect with a wild beast's head and snake body!"

Nodded again, Zhang Linfan looked at me: "I just heard that its name is Tianxin. Have you seen it before?"

"More than just seeing it!" Lin'er made up her mind today and snatched my lines, "There is still a story in Tianxin!"

"Story?" Finally, Zhang Linfan let out a long sigh, "What kind of story is that?" As he asked, his glass reached in front of me again.

I scooped another scoop into his wine glass. I looked at the time and said, "If Mr. Zhang is not in a hurry today, I would like to tell you!" I took a sip of wine, took out a piece of paper, and gently wiped the corners of my mouth, "This story is chaotic and long, I'm afraid you will be bored when you hear it!"

"There is no good man!" Lin'er held the Tianxin Pipa and sat at the counter, wiping gently while sighing.

"I want to hear it!" Zhang Linfan's eyes shone brightly when he looked at me.

"Okay!" I looked away my eyes, afraid that if I accidentally would make him notice something.

"Wait a minute, I want to listen too!" Lin'er, who had already put the pipa into the back hall, hurriedly carried a chair and ran out, "I want to listen too!" This girl was there when the incident happened, but she still wanted to join in the fun.

Grasping the round fan, I sat upright and said, "Remember, it was the end of the year..."

Recalling the scene of that year, I actually fell into memories.

......

It is almost the end of the year, and Luoyang City has become lively.

The streets were bustling with traffic. Every shop started to post red paper and hang red lights. The peddlers carrying loads and selling goods on the street shouted one after another, which attracted pedestrians to stop. Those who entered the store and those who were carrying loads were all buying New Year goods for the coming New Year.

However, my instrumental shop in Liren Street has become increasingly cold due to the New Year's Eve. Occasionally, there are a few girls who can sing music in brothels or wine dormitories who will take various pianos, change the strings, repair them, or just take the opportunity to take a lazy look and ask for a glass of wine to eat.

The wind chime was slightly lit on the door, and the curtain rose and walked into a beautiful man: "Miss Zhou!" A gentle and gentle voice rang out.

I stood up from the counter and replied with a smile: "Isn't this Mrs. Chu?" After that, I went up to meet him.

Mrs. Chu, the wife of a Chu man in the city, was named Chu Liang. She seemed to be a master with a lot of knowledge and art, but she was lazy and could only recite some bad poems all day long. She was just idle and didn't want to make a fortune. Lin'er often said that he was worse than a useless person.

The two old men in this family, Shang Quan, were extremely favored by this son, and even the people around him were dissatisfied with the two elders. Over the years, Mrs. Chu was not frugal and diligent, and had a good family management skills, but she was afraid that the little karma left by her ancestors would have been defeated long ago.

Mrs. Chu's mother's family was originally named Mo and her name was Jingyin. Somehow she got blind now. She married the Chu family for more than ten years. I heard that both parents in her family had died, and she had no brothers and sisters at the top and no younger brothers and sisters at the top. She was also a lonely person.

Life and death are all tragedies in the world. What's more, her parents have no family background, and their parents are still alive and can often provide rice and flour, but now they are gone.

But there is no way for everyone. Mrs. Chu is really a person with a beautiful and intelligent heart, and a brilliant mind. She is very fond of girls who make good things on weekdays and is very popular with girls. She also cooks good dishes and can make some crude things very delicious. Therefore, Lin'er often bothers her. However, although these can supplement the household income, they are not a big profit, and they are not enough to eat, drink and have fun.

It happened that she could also make some skills that others did not have, that is, she made good strings. Whether it was the guqin or the pipa, she made all the strings that needed, and she was very skilled, and she could not get enough of the best craftsmen in the city. Therefore, I often customized some good strings from her. After a while, she had more money on hand. What was hateful was that she also gave the sour husband more money to decorate him so that he would not let him lose face.

However, Mrs. Chu was extremely stingy to herself, often without any money. She didn't know how many times she had washed her old clothes, but she could no longer tell her true colors, but she was still dressed cleanly and generously. The whole story of the street was that she hoped that her husband would be very sincere, and the Chu family's husband must have been so beautiful that she married such a good woman as her wife.

"I really look forward to you!" Holding her hand, I felt that the roughness of the beautiful girl should not belong to this kind of beautiful girl. "If the customer hadn't been urged, I wouldn't have let you make it so quickly!"

Looking at the blood in her eyes and the strings in the basket in her hand, I felt distressed.

"It doesn't matter, girl, don't take it to heart!" She handed me the basket in her hand. She smiled slightly, although she was a little haggard, but she was heartbreakingly beautiful.

"Mrs. Chu is here!" Lin'er ran out of the back hall after cleaning, holding a plate of glutinous rice cake in her hand. "Try it quickly, it's made by my lady myself!" She has always been kind-hearted and knew that Mrs. Chu had a hard life, and she was close to her husband's two elders and her husband. She often ate without any belly, so she always gave her some food for various reasons.

I poured another cup of tea made by Jasmine and pushed it in front of her: "You use some snacks first and have a cup of tea!"

Nodded, she ate slowly, but didn't say anything.

"Lin'er, go and get 5 taels of silver!" I patted Lin'er back and gave her a wink.

"Yeah!" She responded and left with understanding.
Chapter completed!