Chapter 151 - A Man Should Strengthen Himself
The woman inChinese dress was in her twenties, but she was wearing a white embroidered b.u.t.tonedChinese jacket with Beizi, and a white satin embroidered lily skirt. Two blacksilk hanging down her waist, and her hair was tied in double bun. (TN: Think ofancient Chinese dress. I think something like these: here.)
This was avery popular retro dress. A well-made women’s Chinese dress is expensive.Moreover, it was not easy to put on a real ancient charm. Appearance and bodytemperament are indispensable. (TN: Retro - return to ancient.)
But for thiswoman, it was not a problem at all.
She seemedto be someone who has walked out from an ancient painting of a beautiful woman.Her skin is as white as snow, her eyes are as elegant as stars, her temperamentis elegant and cold, which makes people think that they can only see her fromafar and dare not have any obscene idea.
When shestepped into the elegant room, the whole room seemed to become more brighterand colorful.
“Oh!”
Seeing the womanin Chinese dress, Gao Yue asked in surprise, “Qin Qing, why are youhere?”
The woman inChinese dress bowed politely and said, “h.e.l.lo, Professor Gao, ProfessorChen, Director Zhang, Uncle Chen.”
She greetedthe four guests in one breath, and her eyes finally fell on Lu Chen.
With alittle bit of curiosity and scrutiny.
Chen Pu andZhang Wentian both nodded with a smile. Chen Jianhao exclaimed, “Qin Qingis becoming more and more beautiful, and if you continue to be beautiful, I’mafraid no one will be worthy of you in the future!”
Qin Qing poutedand said with a light smile, “Uncle Chen is making fun of me. There is nosuch exaggeration.”
Her voice issweet and beautiful, like a jade bead rolling on a golden plate, which waspleasant to hear, giving people a very comfortable feeling.
And hersmile was fleeting, and she immediately regained her original elegance.
Chen Jianhaosaid to Lu Chen, “Little Lu, this is Qin Qing, who is studying folk musicin Beijing Conservatory of Music. You will go to Beijing Conservatory of Musicto attend a lecture later. If you encounter anything, you can ask her forhelp.”
Lu Chen stoodup and said, “h.e.l.lo, I am Lu Chen, Lu of "mainland", Chen as in "morning".”(TN: Mainland in Chinese is Dàlù and Morning is Chén.)
Qin Qing nodded:“h.e.l.lo.”
Herexpression was light and she has an indescribable temperament.
After thegreeting. Qin Qing said to Gao Yue, “Professor Gao, I heard that you wanta big drum here. We only have a knotted Taiko in our tea garden. I don’t knowif it meets the requirements.” (TN: Knotted Taiko: here.Human for scale.)
Gao Yue saidwith a kind smile, “It’s all right. We have a song that needsaccompaniment, and a knotted Taiko is fine.”
A knotted Taikois a kind of Taiko. The Taiko originated in China and was developed after beingintroduced to j.a.pan, and then spread back to China in modern times. It ismainly divided into big Taiko, knotted Taiko and snare Taiko, which is usuallycalled big drum, tenor drum and small drum.
What the twowaiters brought in was a knotted Taiko drum, which had holes around it, redropes around it, and a wooden stick perpendicular to the drum surface, which ismost suitable for men to beat and play.
Qin Qing’seyes lit up and asked, “Can I listen in here?”
ZhangWentian said with a smile: “You can, you're always welcome to join us. Youcan also give some advice after listening.”
Qin Qingreplied very earnestly, “Okay.”
She sat downin the corner of the room, where she had placed a zither.
ZhangWentian couldn’t wait to say to Lu Chen, “Little Lu, do it again!”
Lu Chennodded and picked up the drumstick.
He had neverplayed this kind of drum before, but he had seen others play it and knew how todo it.
Fortunately,he was only playing the drum for accompaniment, and didn’t need much skills. Heimmediately grasped a mallet in each of his hand and played the prelude.
