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The topic of making money was unfamiliar to Kuang Yuan. He was a young man who didn't know how to worry. He showed his talent early on and became a court musician. Later, he resigned and was punished by his family. If something happens and you are expelled from your family, you should suffer instead.

In the end, Ji Chen took over directly. I don't know if he was thinking of the "teaching grace" he had when he was young, or because he really had some kind of friendship. He didn't let Kuang Yuan live on the street. Although he gave him a house in a remote place, But he had everything he needed, and he didn't make Kuang Yuan worry about food and drink.

In that remote place, there is nothing to buy and spend money, and Ji Chen covers all the food, clothing and housing. After such a calculation... Ji Mo doesn't know how to tell Kuang Yuan about the suffering in the world that he shouldn't know.

Regardless of the grievances between Kuang Yuan and Ji Chen, Ji Mo felt that Ji Chen's friendship was really strong enough because Ji Chen was able to support Kuang Yuan for nothing all these years, including himself.

Now, do you still have to rely on Ji Chen?

Ji Mo didn't wake up Kuang Yuan, but greeted Kuang Yuan the next day, and was about to go out to find something to do.

"What are you looking for?"

Kuang Yuan asked.

As if seeing Ji Mo for the first time, he looked at him seriously.

"Of course I'm looking for a place to be a musician!"

Ji Mo replied very naturally, "I have studied for so long, and I am familiar with many musical instruments in theory, and the rest is for practice. Maybe in Dad's opinion, it would be embarrassing to go out if you don't play well enough. But, If it is not good enough, there are ways of selling it that are not good enough, you don’t have to be top-notch to play, this is a matter of affection and pleasure, and there shouldn’t be so many constraints.”

If you can practice what you have learned, exercise your musicianship skills, and make money at the same time, what's wrong with it?

"Where are you going?" Kuang Yuan was still asking, his heart was extremely conflicted, knowing that Ji Mo's choice was right, but how difficult it is to take this step!

Kuang's voice has never appeared among the common people.

"I don't know, just ask on the street. If you can, you can play the flute on the street. I came in a hurry, but I brought the flute!"

Maybe because he was a flute for beginners, he was impressed, and the flute itself is easy to carry, so Ji Mo always carries a flute with him.

In fact, he thought about wearing a flute, which looks more stylish, but Ji Chen is good at the front, so he didn't want to be like Ji Chen, so he chose the flute.

When you are tired from practicing the piano, you can practice fingering with a flute and play a relaxing nursery rhyme, which is also a good way to relax.

Kuang Yuan knew his habit, and was not surprised that he was carrying a flute, but was only shocked by the option of "playing the flute on the street".

"The Kuang family is not like this."

He said this with a sad face, then turned around and entered the room, and didn't say anything to Ji Mo. Ji Mo only thought that he was in a bad mood, not to say that everyone could accept "flying into ordinary people's homes" calmly.

After greeting him outside the door, Ji Mo went out alone.

He wandered around the street, and selectively asked tea houses and restaurants if they wanted a musician to play a tune or something. He borrowed someone's place, and if he got a reward, he would share the bill with them.

This kind of practice is not new. Some storytellers and the like will do this, and there are also those kind of salesmen, and it is also the case. It is rare that there is only one musician. Who comes to the teahouse and wine shop just to listen to the music?

After being rejected by the shopkeeper, Ji Mo didn't bother, and went to find the next one. The shopkeeper saw that he behaved politely, but he didn't ridicule him, and pointed out a way, "Where can you find a place, a single musician? If you really want to make money, why not go to Baihua Building, there are always few musicians in the building over there."

"Baihualou?"

Ji Mo was surprised by the name, wondering if it was the kind of place he was thinking of, asked about the location, walked there, and sure enough, he saw a brothel with ancient characteristics.

Such a place is often visited by literati and poets, but it does need some musicians to accompany it to give it a lingering atmosphere.

Ji Mo took the initiative to step forward to be docile. He was neatly dressed, behaved politely, and was still young and gentle. The bustard looked at him, smiling until the wrinkles on his face showed.

"Yes, yes, yes, what is there not to do? It just so happens that a musician in our building fell a few days ago and injured his hand. If you can play the piano, you should take his place first. Money is easy to say! "

Her words were vague, but Ji Mo wanted to ask the price clearly.

The two talked for a while, and the old bustard laughed and blamed: "Are you here to do business with me? I haven't heard how you play yet!"

Then, Ji Mo went to play a piece in front of the piano. Playing the piano in this kind of place, even if there is incense, the mood is always different, and the emotions required are also different.

Ji Mo didn't choose any far-reaching sound, but played a more soothing one. Regardless of whether the piece is good or not, this level of proficiency is enough to be a musician.

Who came to a place like a brothel to listen to a male musician play music?

If you really want to listen, you have to listen to those beauties with both color and art.

The old bustard listened to his ears, but he didn't go into it. He told Ji Mo the specific scope of activities, working hours, expenses, etc., and then ignored Ji Mo.

Baihualou is a brothel, this brothel is not only open at night, people also come during the day, but there is not much need for music during the day, if Ji Mo wants to play, he can play it casually, as long as it is coherent and smooth, If you don't want to play, you can wait until the evening. There are performances in Baihualou at a fixed time, and you only have to play at that time. There are also some requirements for the specific song.

Ji Mo had never been in contact with such a brothel before. Now it seems that the management is still very strict. The space where Ji Mo moves is separated from the front by a bamboo curtain. The bamboo curtain is fixed and cannot be opened. The door behind the back is surrounded by wooden walls on both sides, so it is impossible to pass through, and it separates the distance from the girls in the building. Similarly, it does not allow the musicians to bump into the distinguished guests or pretend to be distinguished guests.

The qin is owned by the building, it is not a good qin, and the pieces to be played are the same as the warm-up ones, they are all very common, hard to see skills.

Ji Mo looked at it, and sighed, he still thought too well, what about practicing the piano, these songs can be practiced proficiently if you want to practice the piano to death, you really want to have some basic skills, it can’t be so basic and ordinary the tune.

Taking advantage of the absence of strict requirements during the day, Ji Mo began to play some difficult pieces that he had practiced before, some of which could be regarded as elegant music.

It's just that these music are not within the scope of Baihualou's requirements, and Ji Mo didn't prepare the corresponding incense, so Ji Mo simply didn't burn incense.

He has always felt that there is a certain kind of fit and edification in his state of mind, and he doesn't need to rely on external objects. He has to immerse himself in the scent to make his piano sound lofty, and he always falls behind.

Of course, he didn't dare to say this to Kuang Yuan.

I don't know when, playing the piano requires burning incense, just like a tradition, Kuang Yuan seems to be irregular, but in some respects he is a defender of the tradition, and it is absolutely impossible to support Ji Mo's "deviance".

Ji Mo knew that these ideas were far from necessarily agreeable, so he simply disagreed with him, so as not to cause such unnecessary small conflicts between master and apprentice.

If the people in front had a request, they would send a message through the bamboo curtain, and Ji Mo could vaguely see the outside through the bamboo curtain. There were only a few people, and there were no serious guests, so he played freely.

Play a piece, rest a piece, play in the hand, review the fingering, and think about what to do with the next instrument. For the same piece, what should you do with the next instrument?

Those musical instruments are already familiar by heart, and they can be played without them at hand, but Kuang Yuan doesn't approve of this kind of false play that only uses gestures.

How much accuracy can you have in your hand, what if you make a slight mistake and can't match the real strings?

It is always best to play on the real thing, but the fingers are also worn out. If you always play, if you play too much, the skin on your hands will wear off several layers and bleed.

Ji Mo wants to play well, but he doesn't want to damage himself for no reason, and he knows that his control of the size and distance will not cause problems, so this kind of false play can also ensure that every finger appears in the correct position, and there will be no problems. Wrong fingering, the same will not wrong strings.

However, he also knew that this kind of practice was personal and not easy to promote, so he didn't insist on it with Kuang Yuan.

What Kuang Yuan was talking about was the popular practice method, and it was also a rich practice method.

Except for the Kuang family, which family of musicians can each have a room filled with musical instruments?

It was what Ji Mo needed. When I was a child, I could have a specially made flute or something. Now that I think about it, Ji Chen probably paid for it, so I should credit the other party for it.

It's a pity that Ji Mo didn't know this at that time, and he still somewhat rejected Ji Chen's friend Kuang Yuan who always came to the house for no reason.

Now it seems that it is really rude.

Even the unreasonable rejection seemed extremely rude.

The lunch at noon was brought by a servant, and it was carried in a food box. It looked pretty good, with both meat and vegetables. The servant liked to say, and asked about Ji Mo's background, and heard that Ji Mo used to live on the mountain He was a countryman at the time, and told him about the beauty of Baihualou in a somewhat ostentatious way.

It is indeed good, the dishes are good.

Ji Mo had a lunch and was going to be busy in the afternoon, some guests started to come in the afternoon.

Not all the guests who came were invited upstairs, some of them sat on the first floor and watched the performance on the front stage, what was the performance, what kind of music was played, and some people greeted Ji Mo in advance and asked Whether he can play or not, it doesn't matter if he can't, someone on the other side can make up for it.

Baihualou is really rich here, and there are even two sets of musical instruments. Ji Mo, a musician, is not much more than him, and he is not much less, just in case he is a backup.

After all, there are some wealthy guests who want to listen to some singing and dancing alone. The musical instrument troupe will go upstairs with the girl performing. Ji Mo can't do it here. They can only be on the side of the stage for the stage Dance accompaniment.