Peerless luthier

After chatting for a few more words, my mother urged Ah Li to wash up quickly and go to bed early.

They walked back to the courtyard one after the other.

The bamboo forest in autumn made a rustling sound, and by the light, Zhong Yi found himself stepping on a few fallen withered leaves.

Zhong Yi thought to herself: After all, it still withered a little.

Ah Li looked at the sky without squinting, and suddenly stopped.

Zhong Yi bumped his head on the back.

He rubbed his head to express his dissatisfaction: "Why did you stop suddenly?"

Ah Li pulled Zhong Yi to his chest, his quick movements made Zhong Yi shake a few times involuntarily, he supported Zhong Yi's neck, "Xiao Yi, look at the sky."

With his head supported by him, Zhong Yi looked up: she saw a starry sky surrounded by the tip of the bamboo forest. Under the dark blue background, the small and shining stars gave Zhong Yi a cold feeling.

Zhong Yi shrank her neck: "Ah Li, it's a bit cold."

Ah Li's voice came from the top of his head. I don't know if it was Zhong Yi's psychological effect. Zhong Yi felt that Ah Li's voice had also become cold. He said, "Where is it cold? I think this sky is too small. It should be boundless... let's not go back yet."

Ga?

Zhong Yi looked up at his chin: "Where are you singing?"

Ah Li smiled softly, put his arms around Zhong Yi, and Zhong Yi felt very warm.

He squinted his eyes to look at the starry sky: "Today is really strange. It rained lightly in the morning, but the sun came out in the evening, and there were stars at night..."

Ah Li pressed his chin against Zhong Yi's head, and said in a muffled voice, "God is always so unpredictable."

After hearing this, Zhong Yi felt reasonable.

After a moment of silence, he stood up straight, turned Zhong Yi in front of him, and said to Zhong Yi: "Xiao Yi, let's go out for a while."

Zhong Yi felt dizzy being turned around by him like this,

So then he nodded dizzily.

Ah Li dragged him into the house, took his robe and put it on him: "Let's go!"

Zhong Yi looked at Ah Li's eyes that became darker and brighter because of joy, and swallowed the sentence "Daddy and mother will be anxious when they know about it".

And then there's how to sneak out.

Ah Li took Zhong Yi's hand, avoiding the occasional servants who passed by, followed the small osmanthus tree that his father planted along the path, and they stooped up the cobblestone road, which led directly to the back door.Zhong Yi and Ah Li looked at each other, lowered their footsteps, and slowly touched the back door.

As soon as the back door was opened, it faced the street. Standing behind the thick stone brick wall, Zhong Yi heard the voice of the neighbor's wife and the laughter of passers-by on the road.

It was a little short, the gatekeeper was eating in the hut, and they must have heard something when they opened the door.

what to do?Zhong Yi felt that the wind at night made people very cool.

Zhong Yi's heart was pounding.

They squatted behind the small sweet-scented osmanthus tree and looked at the hut.

How to do?

Zhong Yi looked back at Ah Li, only to find that Ah Li looked surprised.

Ok?

Zhong Yi followed Ah Li's gaze, and saw the familiar cat shadow appearing in front of him again.Huatian raised her tail high and walked arrogantly in front of the small sweet-scented osmanthus tree that hides the bells and instruments. She took an elegant catwalk. The fur of the pattern and color on her body was extremely smooth and shiny. It is estimated that she had eaten a lot of good things for dinner.

It looked lazy after drinking and eating, and walked slowly to the back door.

Zhong Yi looked at Huatian, feeling speechless: No wonder Huatian didn't stay in the piano room after eating recently. He felt inferior and thought it was because of his backward skills, but he didn't expect it to learn to keep healthy.

Hey, cats have their own world. As a qualified owner, Zhong Yi has no objection to it going out at night.

It walked to the door, and then, stretched out its paw and started scratching.

"Hiss—"

"Squeaky-"

At night, when the thick wooden boards at the back door let out mournful cries, Zhong Yi and Ah Li covered their ears in unison.

After a while, the janitor who was in the house came out, his face could not be seen clearly under the light, but they still heard his helpless voice very clearly from a distance: "Oh, Huatian, why are you going out again? ah."

Seeing that the person had already come out, Huatian licked his paw leisurely, without expressing his opinion.

The gatekeeper was silent for a while, and said as if he had made up his mind: "No, you came back a few days ago with a dirty body, and you let the young master hug you before taking a shower, and even touched and kissed, no, no!"

Zhong Yi, who was hiding behind the small osmanthus tree, had a livid face: "..."

Ah Li looked at Zhong Yi with a look of disgust.

Zhong Yi punched him.

Ah Li nimbly moved away in the small space, motioning him to silence.

Looking at Huatian again, it seemed to be hugged, struggling in the arms of the gatekeeper: "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

The gatekeeper was walking towards the cobblestone road on the side of the bells and instruments while muttering: "Don't bark, or the young master will think I have done something to you...Come on, let's find Miss A Rong and ask her to give you a bath..."

They quickly rolled into the grass and lay on their stomachs, motionless.

The janitor's thoughts were probably all on Hua Tian, ​​who kept stretching his legs and claws, and left without looking sideways.

good chance!

Zhong Yi and Ah Li looked at each other and nodded.

one two Three!

He nimbly got up from the grass and quickly ran to the back door. The zipper opened and closed the door in one go.

They leaned their backs against the door, panting.

They looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing.

The furtiveness made their hearts beat strangely, and the laughter was refreshing.

As soon as they went out the back door, they faced the busy street. A little girl holding candied haws stood in the middle of the street and looked at them blankly.

Zhong Yi and Ah Li: "..."

They held hands in tacit understanding and started to run wildly. The street at night was very lively, and the hustle and bustle rushed into my ears. The wind blew my hair into chaos. After running for an unknown amount of time, there were fewer pedestrians. Zhong Yi yelled in the wind and asked: " Go—where—"

Ah Li also yelled and replied: "Hou-shan-"

Not far from the back mountain, they followed the trail and slowly left the brightly lit streets and alleys, jumped off the main road, and walked along the path to a world that was extremely quiet at night.

Although they habitually call it the back mountain, in fact it is just a large open space with few people. Every spring, the yamen will send some yamen servants to plant flowers and plants, and ordinary people will also plant some trees during festivals. Now this land Has become very cute.Now that it is autumn, there is still an elusive fragrance of grass and trees.

They stopped and came to the big stone in the center - this is the money donated by the people a few years ago. A large block of marble with a height of three meters was transported, and famous craftsmen were invited to carve the whole block of marble into a Staircase lookout.

In the night wind, under the starry sky, Ah Li was in front, and Zhong Yi followed him, climbing up step by step.The armrest is made of marble, which is cold to the touch. Under the dim starlight, Zhong Yi holds his heart.

The steeper it went up, the colder the wind blew. Zhong Yi looked down and saw that it was pitch black, and suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

During the climbing process, they did not communicate with each other. Watching Ah Li's back, Zhong Yi gritted his teeth and continued to climb.

Soon, Ah Li stretched out his hand and pulled Zhong Yi onto the slightly spacious platform.

Zhong Yi's cold sweat still lingered on his head, looking at the ground, his back was bent a little: "I... why do I feel that coming at night is different from coming during the day?"

Ah Li glanced at Zhong Yi, and slapped Zhong Yi on the back with a lot of force.

"Ow!"

Zhong Yi glared angrily, with an innocent face on his face: "Now my back is straight."

Zhong Yi looked at his straight spine, and the corners of his black clothes floating in the night wind, and swallowed his rebuttal.

Zhong Yi asked: "Now can you tell me what you are doing here?"

He smiled, with an inexplicable smile.

Zhong Yi was terrified by his laughter, and frowned: "What are you laughing at?"

He pretended to sigh: "I'll wait for you to be considerate, I guess you will be almost old by then."

Zhong Yi: "..."

Zhong Yi assured that his words must be imitating the tone of the uncle who bought buns across from their house, because he always said to his son who was always bad at arithmetic: "Hey! Ah Mao, I will wait for you to get excellent in arithmetic. , I guess I will be almost old by then.”

Ah Li blocked Zhong Yi's fist, dodged Zhong Yi's flying legs, and pulled Zhong Yi into his arms. Zhong Yi's back sank into his arms, and his chin rested on the top of Zhong Yi's head.

Zhong Yi was dissatisfied: "Don't show off your height!"

Ah Li's voice came from above Zhong Yi's head: "No," he supported Zhong Yi's head again, forcing Zhong Yi to look at the night sky, "Look, this is the real starry sky that stretches as far as the eye can see."