The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 55: Wind Poetry Band

Mondstadt, Wind Statue Square.

Mondstadt is a free city-state and a land of poetry and wine. Here, you can always meet drunken, sober, and bards who are about to get drunk.

They always hold a harp in their arms and sing songs they have written or heard from elsewhere.

It is these poets or singers who constitute one of the three major landscapes in the Wind Statue Square in Mondstadt: the singing bards.

The other two major landscapes worth mentioning are: the huge statue of the god of wind, and the nun under the statue who leads the people in praying to Lord Barbatos, the god of wind.

There are still bards and nuns in the Wind God Statue Square today, but the difference from the past is that the combination of the two bards, one green and one black, is so outstanding that people can't help but look sideways.

The green one plays the harp, the sound is soft and the singing is lively, which makes people stop and listen. Even when the harp stops and the singing stops, it is still endless aftertaste; the black one plays the suona, the sound is majestic, resounding through the heaven and earth, making people's scalp numb and their hearts tremble, and they cannot recover for a long time.

"Dear fellow citizens, brothers and friends of Mondstadt! I am Chen Tianfeng, from Liyue Harbor."

Chen Tianfeng put down his suona and clasped his fists to the audience. His eyes and tone were equally sincere: "I just arrived in your place and accidentally lost my purse, so I thought of using this suona skill inherited from my family to earn a living. I invite all the elders, fellow villagers, brothers and friends, those who have money to support me financially, and those who don't have money to support me physically. Chen Tianfeng would like to thank you all!"

"Please have pity on us. Our Wind Poetry Band has not had any income for two days. We can't even afford dandelion wine." Wendy put down the harp, picked up the tray beside her very naturally, and looked at the audience around her with pitiful eyes.

As a result, all the audience members donated generously. Some even gritted their teeth and took out all the Mora they had on them. They acted generously to show that it was just a small gift, and then put the Mora into the tray very "gently".

In addition, many listeners whispered to Wendy whether the Liyue man named Chen Tianfeng had threatened him, and told him not to be afraid, that they would protect him, and that the headquarters of the Knights Templar was nearby.

Wendy thought about it seriously, and finally her conscience kicked in. She didn't nod and try to trick Chen Tianfeng again.

After a few songs ended, Chen Tianfeng bowed to the audience and thanked them, indicating that today's performance was over. Only then did the audience reluctantly disperse.

"Great job, Xiao Tianfeng!"

Wendy counted the Mora on the tray and gave Chen Tianfeng a thumbs up: "I didn't expect you to have such a skill! Is it really inherited from your family?"

"Of course not. When you go to college, you know what college is, right?"

After seeing Wendy nod, Chen Tianfeng continued, "We were very poor at that time. I helped people distribute flyers, write copy, and act as a shill at the sales office. I did basically everything. One time, I was introduced to someone to cry at a funeral. The work was easy but the pay was high. I just cried a lot and said some auspicious words."

"The suona player in the funeral team thought I was a good candidate for this profession and asked me if I would like to learn suona from him, saying that I could earn more money if I learned it."

Chen Tianfeng smiled and said with emotion: "The master is knowledgeable and can tell at a glance that I am short of money and will not refuse."

"Why do I feel like you are lying to me?" Wendy looked suspicious.

Chen Tianfeng remained calm: "Oh, let me put it another way. I made a bet with someone in college. We each asked the other to learn a musical instrument to see who could learn it in the shortest time."

Wendy touched her smooth chin and asked unsurely, "Are you still lying to me?"

"Don't you have the ability to tell whether someone is lying?" Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, there is, but it is also very tiring to maintain this ability all the time."

"Oh, it's okay. I'm not tired of lying."

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Wendy twitched her lips, realizing that this person was still talking nonsense, and sighed, "Xiao Tianfeng, when will you stop lying like this?"

"Who knows, maybe after I die?"

Chen Tianfeng wrapped up the suona he had finally bought, put it solemnly into the box, and picked it up again: "Let's go, I heard that the Deer Hunter's honey-sauce carrot fried meat is 30% off today, we can't miss it." "You will lie even if you die."

Wendy murmured a few words, and took two quick steps to walk side by side with him: "Why the Deer Hunter? Shouldn't we go to Angel's Gift?"

"You have to eat something before drinking, right? Don't you Mondstadt people know that?"

"Isn't it enough to have wine to drink? Strange stranger."

“Who is weird?”

Chen Tianfeng really wanted to complain. Ever since Wendy scammed him, his life has always had some unexpected developments.

When two people live together. Ugh!
Shortly after the two formed a band, the drunken poet generously stated that he would host a dinner to celebrate the formation of the band, allowing Chen Tianfeng to spend as much as he wanted in Mondstadt.

——But this bastard poet didn’t say that the money he used to treat the guests was Chen Tianfeng’s own!

When Chen Tianfeng finally discovered it, the partitioning and decoration of the second floor had been completed. The facade of the first floor had also been renovated at Wendy's insistence, and it was now half a small alchemy laboratory.

As for why it was only half, of course it was because I had no money. God knows why these alchemical instruments are so expensive!

Also, Mondstadt clearly has a free alchemy synthesis table, so why did this bard insist on buying a small synthesis table!

If Wendy hadn't repeatedly assured him that the money was absolutely worth it and offered to teach him divine alchemy if she had the chance, Chen Tianfeng would have packed up and returned those instruments and alchemical materials long ago.

Later, Chen Tianfeng discovered that, apart from elemental jade and some non-Mora vein products, there were only a few thousand Mora left on his body.

So the last bandit of a certain Silver Wing Treasure Thieves became furious and grabbed the collar of a certain Wind God, demanding that he cooperate with him to find those wealthy businessmen in Mondstadt and show off in public a few times to make money legally.

Wendy naturally refused strongly. After a moment's thought, she suggested that Chen Tianfeng buy a musical instrument that he was good at, and go to the Wind God Statue Square with him to sing and make the Wind Poetry Orchestra famous.

——The results are quite good at the moment.

"Ugh"

Chen Tianfeng sighed. He had indeed thought that if he had the chance, he would find a companion to travel with so that his life would be less lonely. But he never thought that this companion would be such an unreliable wind god!

"Oh, it's just a little Mora, take it easy."

Wendy patted his arm and said with a smile, "Besides, don't you think this kind of life is interesting?"

".It's very interesting, and a little too interesting."

Chen Tianfeng answered, and suddenly stopped, looking up at a cavalry captain who was standing on the side of the road in front of him, with his arms folded, smiling in a way that didn't look like a good guy.

"Oh! What a coincidence, we meet again, Mr. Chen." Kaiya smiled sincerely, as if they really met by chance.

"What a coincidence, Mr. Kaia."

Chen Tianfeng smiled sincerely: "I was wondering why there were little birds chirping non-stop in front of the door when I went out today. It turned out that I met you."

Wendy looked at Chen Tianfeng, then at Kaiya, and a strange look flashed across her gem-like eyes.

He seemed to see a cunning poisonous snake and an equally cunning peacock looking at each other, both with extremely sincere smiles on their faces, but this sincerity only stopped at the expression.

(End of this chapter)