Chapter 453: The Embroidered Gold Plaque
The previously silent Old Man Qiao suddenly said, "The Erhu, ah, how many years have I not heard Yulan play the Erhu? That girl had such a spirit, and back then, so many people said it was a pity she was born in the countryside. If she had been born in the city, who knows what she would’ve become."
"You’ve heard it, how come I haven’t?"
"This child, I watched her grow up. Old Fang was a good person, it’s just a shame he was born at the wrong time."
"Why do I feel like this is all a dream? Besides farming and looking after children, how could Yulan even know how to play the Erhu?"
"What do you new youngsters know? In the past, everyone knew that this child started playing the Erhu at three, and by the age of eight, she could play ’Moon Reflected in Two Springs’ so beautifully. She’s even accompanied singers in duet operas and songs..."
A crowd began eagerly sharing this bit of common knowledge.
Then someone shouted, "Yulan, start!"
Lin Wen’s mind was still in turmoil, with all the sounds drilling into his ears and buzzing chaotically in his brain, yet he pieced it all together in an instant.
His wife, Fang Yulan, knew how to play the Erhu since she was three and was a musical prodigy, but how did he not know this?
His rural wife, with her somewhat rough hands, had once played the Erhu?