"All of them." Xu Chang'an explained to Zhu Pingniang that he had been practicing the zither recently.
Zhu Pingniang nodded, thinking it was a good thing, and asked, "Did you notice... the state of the girls while I was performing on stage?"
Xu Chang'an thought for a moment and said, "They were all learning very seriously."
Besides listening attentively to the music, those women were focused on Zhu Pingniang's hand movements and her mental state, hoping to learn something from her.
"Indeed, they are all eager learners." Zhu Pingniang spoke with a gentle sigh, "Chang'an, you only see them studying diligently, but among those girls, some do not like the zither at all, some even hate it—it's clearly just a means to earn a living."
Xu Chang'an said nothing.
He could understand.
