Lin Feng was familiar with this voice, so he put down his chime and stopped playing. He stood up and looked down at the people below the balcony. Sure enough, among them was his friend Ma Yunhan. Guessing that something was wrong with him, he went downstairs to greet him. When he got downstairs, Ma Yunhan had already entered the room. When Fei saw him coming, she left with a look of shame and anger.
But Lin Feng didn't know the reason, but asked Ah Fei to make tea quickly. Ah Fei, who had already walked to the aisle, stopped, was stunned for a moment, and then returned, quietly bringing a cup of tea and placing it on the coffee table in front of Ma Yunhan. , Ma Yunhan glanced at her quickly, then turned his gaze to her filled steaming tea cup, and said thank you softly, but A Fei pretended not to hear and quickly moved away like a plague. .
Ma Yunhan felt very uncomfortable, but he looked calm and joked with a smile, Lin Feng, you are so lucky to have such a good young nanny! Lin Feng didn't reply. He looked furious, stretched out his hand to pull his pants, and then walked towards the bathroom, which was called the toilet in the past.
Ma Yunhan thought it was a good opportunity, so he went upstairs to get the bronze chime, then walked downstairs lightly, and came to the backyard of his house. He looked around and saw no one. There was a little bird singing on the scaffolding covered with melons and vines. , he glanced at it, and the bird spread its wings and took off. At this time, its tail lifted up and dropped a piece of bird excrement, which landed in a large open earthen jar with a large round mouth. There was swill in it, and there was a tiny ball of swill in it. ripple. Ma Yunhan tried his best and put the bronze chime inside. Because the bronze chime sank, it would not float. Because the swill was murky, the human eye could not see the bronze chime sinking underneath. Ma Yunhan immediately returned to the central hall and sat down in the living room. Lin Feng was coming out of the bathroom. Ma Yunhan said: I have something to ask you. Come out with me!
After Lin Feng and Ma Yunhan went out, Ah Fei walked out of the room. The first thing she did was to go upstairs to clean the musical instruments that Lin Feng had played. Now Lin Feng preferred the copper chime. She wanted to find it, wipe it, and then place it on the chime. on the shelf. But she couldn't find it when she went up and looked around. She went downstairs in confusion, first to the central living room, then to the left and right rooms, looking in every corner, but she couldn't find it after rummaging through the boxes and cabinets. She simply stopped looking, planning to ask Lin Feng when he came back. Where is it? But something told her that Lin Feng usually wouldn't put the bronze chime anywhere else. Even if he put it somewhere else, it would only be in the room.
She still clearly remembered that Lin Feng came down from the stairs empty-handed and did not bring the bronze chime with him. After that, he went into the bathroom and never went upstairs again. Ma Yunhan asked him out again, both of them were empty-handed.
She firmly believed that this memory was correct, so where was the bronze chime on the balcony? She was puzzled. Did someone climb up the stairs and steal it? Impossible. The terrace of Lin Feng's house is high and steep. Besides, there are people at home and it's daytime. How could such a bold thief climb up and steal the bronze chime without leaving any traces? She felt that Ma Yunhan had gone upstairs, and she vaguely heard footsteps on the stairs. At that time, she was in a room with an open window on the right, so she could hear the movement of the building, but this room was some distance away from the backyard, so Ma Yunhan There was a bronze chime hidden in the backyard, but she didn't know it.
She also considered this: Since Ma Yunhan lent the bronze chime to Lin Feng for entertainment, he could not touch it casually, and even if he touched it, it would not disappear. A Fei was restless and had no intention of cleaning. She was worried that the owner Lin Feng would come back and blame her for losing the bronze chime.
In the evening, Lin Feng's wife Liu Ruyi came back from kindergarten and passed by the Chengdu Entertainment Park. She heard the roar of drum music. There was a kind of ancient music that was very different from other music. It happened to be played with the ancient music that my husband had recently borrowed from outside. The sound was the same, and she remembered that the name of this ancient music was Qing. She planned to practice hitting with the chime, and then take it to the kindergarten to perform hitting performances for the children.
When she got home, she saw that her husband was not there, so she went upstairs to the balcony to get the bronze chime, but there was no bronze chime. She asked Afei, who was very nervous and said that Uncle Lin Feng’s friend Ma Yunhan had been here during the day, and then they left together. Just disappeared.
Did they take it away? Liu Ruyi asked.
Afi said she didn't know because she didn't care when they were out.
It was still late when Lin Feng returned home. Liu Ruyi asked where the bronze chime was hidden. Take it out quickly, she wants to practice hitting.
Isn't it on the chime stand on the balcony?
No.
impossible.
Lin Feng and Liu Ruyi couldn't argue with each other, so he lit up the lamp and went upstairs to look around. As Liu Ruyi said, the bronze chime was missing.
A Fei's right eye kept twitching, knowing that sooner or later she would be blamed for this. Before she could think of how to respond, Lin Feng came downstairs and asked aggressively, "You are alone at home. Only you know where the bronze chime is. It belongs to a friend and is an ancestral ancient music relic. It is difficult to talk about it if it is lost."
A Fei hesitated, not knowing what to answer, and finally squeezed out three words from his mouth: I didn't see it. Seeing her cheeks turn red, Lin Feng suspected that she had something up her sleeve, so he muttered: You are the only one at home today. You should know where this bronze chime is lost. Even if it is stolen, you are still responsible. After hearing this, A Fei covered her face with her hands and cried softly.
Lin Feng searched upstairs and downstairs again, but couldn't find it. He asked if anyone else had been here since he and Ma Yunhan went out, and Afei said no.
This is really strange. Lin Feng still insisted on that sentence, you are responsible. Then he said to himself: This bronze chime was borrowed from Ma Yunhan's family. If he asks and wants the bronze chime back, how can I explain it?
Liu Ruyi walked around the room and said anxiously, "I haven't even compensated him. Where can I buy ancient musical instruments to compensate him now?"
A Fei didn't know what to do, so he returned to the dormitory, looked around blankly, and then threw himself on the bed and sobbed lonely. Lin Feng walked to A Fei's door and deliberately raised his voice and said, "Crying is not the answer, we still have to find it."
Ah Fei listened and stopped sobbing. She knew that her search was in vain. She had found everything she needed to look for. This made her feel pressured. Her parents died young, and she had a younger brother who she took care of. When she reached the age of attending private school, she had no money to send her younger brother to school, so she asked someone to write a sign, hang it on her front, and walk around the streets.
Once, a strange man saw the words on the sign - Whoever pays my brother's tuition for a year, I will be their nanny for a year.
The strange man saw that although the girl had darker skin, she was pretty, youthful, and quite charming. He immediately took off her sign and said that she would work as a nanny in our house, as we were short of someone to pick her up.
Afei was stunned for a moment and said to this strange man: You must first pay half of the tuition fees for my brother, otherwise I will not go with you.
The strange man hummed, moved his eyes and asked: Which private school does your brother want to study in? Afi said come with me.
