Su Jie didn't attend any cram school when he was a child, so he didn't have any special skills. He learned to play the pipa by accident.

This matter has to start from the summer vacation of my freshman year.

That summer, Su Jie found a job pushing cement at a construction site because the construction site was far from the school and to save some money on transportation.

So Su Jie did not go back to school to sleep at night. Instead, he brought a mat and slept in a nearby subway station.

It was in that subway station that Su Jie met the beggar artist Pei Dingding.

Pei Dingding makes a living by performing arts. According to him, his ancestors once served as high officials, and his grandfather was summoned by Cixi Lafayette.

But later on, his family fell into decline, and by his generation, the family was already very poor, so he had no choice but to leave his hometown and come to Qin City to make a living by performing arts.

Pei Dingding's specialty was playing the pipa. Su Jie was sleeping next to him at that time, and the two became more and more familiar with each other as they chatted. The old man Pei proposed to teach Su Jie how to play the pipa.

Su Jie was bored at that time and thought it would be interesting to play tricks during the long night, so he jokingly accepted Pei Dingding as his teacher.

Su Jie is smart and can learn everything quickly, but he also has a shortcoming, that is, his willpower is a little weak. He was very interested in learning at first, but then he found it boring and boring. Whenever old man Pei wanted to teach him, he would ask him

The excuse was that I was too tired during the day and had to go to bed early at night.

Originally, if things continued like this, Su Jie's pipa level would probably not even reach the entry level.

But things did not develop so smoothly. Half a month after the two met, Mr. Pei's fingers were pinched by the crack of the door when he went to the toilet. The swollen fingers found it difficult to move, let alone play the pipa.

Playing the pipa is Old Man Pei's means of livelihood. Being unable to play the pipa means that he has no source of income. Su Jie once had an idea to let Old Pei go begging. He felt that Old Man Pei's desolate appearance was worse than that of a beggar.

It's not much, and the income from begging should not be worse than the income from playing the pipa. After all, he has great appearance, which is not something that normal people can compare with.

But Old Man Pei's attitude was very firm, and he vowed not to beg to death and not to lose Pei's family.

The stubborn old man Pei was completely cut off from his financial resources, and he had no savings. Within a few days, all the money in his hand was spent, and later he was even unable to eat.

Su Jie occasionally helped old Pei, but he was not financially well-off. Although he had money, it was the tuition for the second semester, and he did not dare to spend it casually.

Seeing that Old Man Pei was about to starve to death on the street, Su Jie felt compassion. After careful consideration for a while, he finally decided to take over as a performer in Old Man Pei's place.

In the beginning, no one paid at all because Su Jie’s pipa skills were really poor and the sound was little better than noise.

However, as time went by, Su Jie became more and more proficient in playing the pipa. Coupled with Old Man Pei's careful guidance and Su Jie's own efforts, his pipa level finally improved.

On the sixth day, he finally earned his first money as a performer, which was fifty yuan given by an old teacher.

With the income, Su Jie's interest immediately increased and he studied harder. His pipa level also continued to improve, and his income gradually increased.

More than a month later, Old Pei's finger recovered, and Su Jie was about to start school.

When leaving, Old Man Pei bowed deeply to Su Jie and said that without him, he would have starved to death on the streets.

Su Jie was a little embarrassed, smiled and said it was okay.

When he was about to turn around, Old Man Pei stopped Su Jie again. He took out a small notebook from his old backpack and handed it to Su Jie. He said that it was a good thing given to the Pei family by Empress Dowager Cixi, and he wanted to give it to the Pei family.

Su Jie.

Su Jie couldn't take it, but old man Pei was very determined. If Su Jie didn't want it, he would burn it on the spot. Su Jie had no choice but to accept the notebook given by Lafayette.

"Where is the book? Take it out and have a look. It might be some martial arts secret book. Then Old Man Pei must be a martial arts master living in seclusion in the busy city."

After listening to Su Jie's story, Tian Sheng and the others immediately shouted excitedly.

Su Jie rolled his eyes and said, "It's just a Buddhist scripture. I've read it a long time ago."

"Maybe it's the Forty-Two Chapter Sutra, which records the royal treasures of the Qing Dynasty. Holy shit, it's so exciting. Take it out and take a look!"

Su Jie curled his lips, then turned around and took out a gray booklet from the drawer, handed it to the three of them and said, "Hey, this is it."

The three of them studied the booklet with great interest. The booklet was indeed a Buddhist scripture, the very common Diamond Sutra.

"There's nothing!" After half an hour, the three of them finally lost their patience. They tried many methods, such as lamination, watermarking, and fire baking, but the result was that the booklet was still the same booklet, without any surprises.

"It seems that martial arts novels are all lies." Zhang Youtian concluded.

Su Jie took the pamphlet, threw it on the desk, and curled his lips and said, "I told you a long time ago, but you don't believe it."

"Okay, okay, I digress, now we are studying the party program." Tian Sheng drew the attention of several people back, "Since Jiezi can play a musical instrument, how about a musical solo?"

"Isn't the musical instrument recital a bit monotonous?" Song Zehua said.

Zhang Youtian nodded, looked at Su Jie and said, "The key is that we don't know what level Jie Zi's pipa skills are. If it's too ordinary..."

"What's ordinary? Jiezi has been tested by the broad masses of the people. If he is not good, will people give him money?"

"That's true!"

Su Jie glanced at the three of them, thought for a moment and said, "I finally have an idea!"

The three people's eyes immediately focused on each other. Su Jie coughed lightly and said: "The pipa is a very desolate instrument. The most classic one is House of Flying Daggers. Generally, it is most suitable to use the pipa to enhance the atmosphere of the battlefield, so I

Thinking about it, if I play the pipa and there are a few shirtless men playing drums next to me, do you think there will be trouble?"

"You definitely have a clue!" Tian Sheng thought for a while and said.

Song Zehua also nodded, "This kind of program is very unique and has a very national flavor."

Su Jie patted the table and stood up, saying: "That's it. Grandpa's passion has been ignited. Isn't it just to attend a party? What's the big deal? If I don't participate, I won't participate, but since I have participated, I won't participate."

If the reason is compared with others, where is Tian Sheng?"

"The end is here!"

“Go and look up classic pipa repertoire online. It’s best to have the pipa and bass drum ensemble.”

"Got the order!"

"Where is Song Zehua?"

"The end is here!"

"Go and contact the people from the big art troupe, and borrow pipa and drums from them tomorrow. When the instruments are ready, we will officially start practicing!"

"Got the order!"

"Where is Zhang Youtian!"

"The end is here!"

"You... you play a game with me first. This time I will play jungle. The newly purchased prince hasn't practiced yet!"
Chapter completed!