[Zhongyingmei] Hear the sound

Just looking at Lorelai's familiar way of picking out her favorite musical instrument, Arnott knows that this is not the first time she has come here.

However, this empty store... the boss is not here?

A trace of doubt flashed in her heart, but it didn't last long, because in the next second, she was attracted by all kinds of musical instruments hanging in front of her eyes.

However, the most eye-catching thing in the whole store is the piano in the corner. It has a very old posture, but it is different from the appearance of Hapsecord and Kravikode.

On its shelf hung a sign that read "The Light of Decordo," spelled in Greek, which in ancient Babylonian legend meant mermaid.

It took Arnott a while to recognize the meaning of this string of words, and she guessed that this was probably its name.Because no one was watching around, she couldn't help reaching out and pressing the keys of the piano. The keys didn't fall hard, the decibels of the piano were not high, and the timbre was even more pure.

This piano is probably better than the Astor at her home.

But after all, she didn't study music, and she knew how to play the piano just to cultivate her sentiments, so although she was a little tempted, she was far from the point where she wanted to buy it.

Instead, she was more interested in something else.

Therefore, in comparison, Lorelai's excitement and longing emotions will be more obvious.

Her eyes were shining, as if she wanted to take everything here home.

But according to the rules, she can only choose one.

As early as on the way here, Lorelai had already briefly introduced some information she knew about this store to Arnott.

The owner of this musical instrument store is called Nierid, who used to be a well-known singer. He opened this musical instrument store after he quit the circle, probably because he had been in the vocal music circle, and his vision for buying musical instruments was always It is unique and sharp, so the musical instruments placed in his shop are excellent in every way-this point can be understood just by looking at Lorelai looking left and right, her heart wavering, and she can't put it down when she looks at each piece.

But after all, Lorelei doesn't have the backing of her family like her, and she can bring back everything she likes by saving a little from her pocket money.So after hesitating several times, she finally reached out to the violin hanging on the wall.

And the source of the voice she heard when reaching for the piano was Nierid.

Judging from his appearance, Nierid is a middle-aged man. It seems that it is due to the timing. As soon as he opened his mouth, the girl who was thinking about something subconsciously looked over and saw the man. Wearing a shirt that was washed a little white, the old style and his face that could barely be seen, it forced him to look like an old-fashioned down-and-out aristocrat.

"I want to buy this." Lorelai pointed to the violin.Nierid showed a tolerant smile, "It's this violin... Speaking of which, it has been hanging in the shop for quite a while, and I named it the Mermaid's Sorrow."

"The sorrow of the mermaid?" It was Arnott who spoke, she was walking from the corner of the room, and the next second her eyes swept past the man's back, only then did she realize that there was actually a door behind the counter, but it was just the color of the door. It was similar to the color of the wall, so it seemed that he came out silently, "Is it because the tone is more sad, so I got this name?"

"Not exactly." The shopkeeper took down the violin. The violin looked only six or seven cents new, and one could not help guessing that it was a second-hand one. "Have you all heard the story of the mermaid?"

Before they could answer, he took out a bow from somewhere, and plucked it lightly on the piano without looking at it, "It is said that mermaids often appear by the Rhine River when the sky is dark and unclear. The beautiful appearance and sad and touching singing confuse the passing boatmen, distracting them and losing their direction, and finally sinking into the bottom of the river.

Although the legends are often false, the mermaid's voice is always believed to be sad, moving and extremely beautiful.This piano has played the most beautiful mourning music in the world, hence the name 'Mermaid's Sorrow'. He handed the piano in his hand to Lorelai, "Do you want to try it?" "

Before Arnott could stop her, Lorelai hastily took the musical instrument handed over, "Of course! Thank you, the store!"

Probably influenced by Nierid's words, she tried the audition and played "She'gone".

Lorelei plays the violin very well.

When she plays the piano, she hums softly, and her voice is slightly hoarse, which is most suitable for sad love songs.

And even after listening to it many times, Arnott still couldn't help wanting to praise her - she is a well-deserved person who was born for music, and the grief that this song wants to express seems to be clearly outlined by her.

But at the same time she was sighing, she suddenly felt a palpitation, as if a strong malice had passed by her side and landed beside her, so she subconsciously looked back, and fell into her eyes, It was the scorching heat in Nierid's eyes that hadn't had time to conceal it.

She didn't know how to describe that feeling.

There seemed to be extreme fanaticism in that gaze, like the believers who believed in their religion devoutly in the old days, for the sake of faith, even if they were smashed to pieces, they would not hesitate.

But such eyes should not appear on the owner of an ordinary musical instrument store.

As if noticing Arnott's gaze, Nierid turned his face. He had restrained his appearance at the moment, only showing a harmless smile, like the expression she had just glimpsed, but she illusion.

It just so happened that the last note of Lorelai's music fell. She held the piano in her hand with satisfaction, and went forward to bargain with the man. The piano is very good, but the price is not cheap. Lorelai discussed the price for a long time. In the end, I had to turn to Arnott for help.

I knew it would be like this [Tan Shou┑(￣Д￣)┍]

Boiling uneasy in her heart, while the store was collecting money, she asked abruptly, "The store seems to like the appearance of mermaids?"

The piano is called "Light of the Mermaid", and the violin is called "The Sorrow of the Mermaid".And she looked around just now, and the musical instruments named after mermaids are obviously more than these two.But as far as she knew, almost none of the well-known musical instruments carried the word mermaid. That is to say, this shop was most likely the one who gave these musical instruments the name mermaid.

"There are a lot of legends about mermaids, and there are different opinions. I only briefly touched on it, and I am a little interested. Does Miss Arnott know anything about it?" Handing her the change, the man had an impeccable gentleness on his face. smile.

There are many legends about mermaids, but in most literary works, their end is very miserable, as if the ending has been written in the story, and they are destined not to be happy.

The mermaid is a symbol of misfortune.

The girl shook her head. She had an intuition that something was wrong with this man, but she couldn't tell where it was. "I don't know. I just heard you introduce it. There are so many musical instruments in the store with these two words, so it's a bit strange."

The friendly shopkeeper blinked, "Of course. After all, the mermaid is the most beautiful creature in the world." But the next sentence he denied his words, "Okay, I'm not joking, you are students, right? , if there is no class in the afternoon, you should take advantage of this time to go shopping, don't waste time in my small place."

no joke.

The tone was joking, but the eyes could not conceal the seriousness.

This shopkeeper obviously really thinks so.

After leaving the store, Arnott led the elated Lorelai towards home. Because of family reasons, she didn't live on campus, but rented a house outside. Lorelai was her roommate. Because Li and her mother were fairly close, in the past, she would take care of this reckless girl as much as she could.

Really couldn't bear to see Lorelai surrounded by pink bubbles, Arnott slapped the head of some idiot who was holding the qin, "Okay, watch the way, don't be an idiot for the qin, go back You have something to play with at home."

Ignoring Lorelai's pitiful expression, she suddenly thought of something, and added with some seriousness, "You'd better not go to that store next time."

"Why?" Lorelai, who was still in a nympho, obviously couldn't understand.

"I can't say clearly, but I always have a strong intuition - if you go again, maybe you won't be able to get out."