Chapter 19 Stay and be a coolie

"Hey, what are you talking about? I heard everything."

The old man was not happy with the boss Shen Liangjun. In fact, apart from Liu Xi, he was quite dissatisfied with the two male uninvited guests.

Who is the big mouth who didn't open the door and leaked his whereabouts? If he knows it, after he dies and turns into a ghost, he will go to his house every night to make trouble and see if he can still keep his mouth open in the future.

But Liu Xita was so popular with him that he couldn't bear to let this girl slip away from him.

So he looked at Liu Xi with a smile and said: "Girl, are you thinking about it? If you don't want to learn from me, you should just tell me."

Liu Xi was really confused by his question.

If he was really Li Jinshui, and with his reputation and ability, he really wanted to accept her as his disciple, that would be the blessing she had earned in eight lifetimes.

But she didn't think she was big enough to be called such a master. She fell in love with her at first sight without even hearing her sing. She didn't believe it if she didn't have other motives.

"Why do you want to take me in?" Liu Xi asked confusedly, tilting his head.

"Hey! Didn't you ask this question yourself to learn? Why did you ask me?" The old man laughed.

Liu Xi: "If I want to learn, you will accept it? If others want to learn, will you also accept it?"

After Liu Xi finished speaking, she glanced at Shen Liangjun. Shen Liangjun couldn't sing the female lead, so if they could learn the flower-faced opera together, she would still have a companion.

But the old man curled his lips and rubbed one hand on his thigh: "What a beautiful idea! I'm recruiting a disciple and I'm not doing charity, so why don't you just take it for granted?"

Shen Liangjun's hope was shattered, and he immediately pulled Liu Xi and whispered: "Girl Xi, you have to think twice. The old guy only wants you. He is alone and alone, who knows what he is worried about?"

Liu Xi was also worried about this, but the words "Li Jinshui" were too tempting, and she really didn't want to miss this opportunity.

After thinking about it, she suddenly raised her head, looked at the old man and asked: "You haven't sang in opera for many years, and now -"

Liu Xi took a look at Li Jinshui's legs and felt it was impolite. He quickly looked away, lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Now that you are like this again, how can I trust you to teach good acting?"

"Oh!"

Li Jinshui smoothed his white goatee, and in the blink of an eye he was in the drama, started doing martial arts, and sang a few lines of Xipi Shake Ban: "The unified troops marched down to the south of the Yangtze River to fight against each other, and Jingxiang and the Ninth Army showed off their troops.

Wei. built the Bronze Bird Tower and lacked two beauties. Sweeping Jiangdong and destroying Liu Beitian can also be done..."

This is Cao Cao's heroic words before attacking Chibi in "Borrowing the East Wind". Although the old man is older, his voice is still the same as before. He sings boldly and cunningly, coupled with his narrowed eyes and proud smile, but he does not wear facial makeup.

, it was as if Cao Cao was alive.

At this moment, when the villagers were lighting a fire and eating at home, he sang with a broad and resonant voice. The neighbors who heard it came out of their houses and looked around, thinking that some opera troupe had come to the landlord's house to sing and practice their voices on the street.

Woolen cloth.

How do people in remote rural areas have the opportunity to hear this on weekdays? They usually hold church gatherings on the village grounds during festivals, and they just stick to the walls of other people's courtyards from a distance to listen to the excitement.

To them, the lyrics that the old man sang just now were much more vivid than what they heard outside the landlord's courtyard wall.

Liu Xi and Shen Liangjun were also dumbfounded.

This momentum is actually much better than the one when Song Youzhen made a temporary rescue and sang praises.

He was clearly just sitting in a wheelchair and singing a few lines, but he looked so tall and powerful that no one paid attention to his legs, and everyone was focused on his face.

Liu Xi thought that this was more powerful than any other actor she had ever seen before. Although they were also powerful, their facial expressions had to be enhanced by facial makeup.

Now the old man didn't even do facial makeup, and he had already let her get into the act.

"good!"

This was a habit she had picked up since the first time she went to the theater with Jiang Yifu. When she saw a good singer, she would always give her a shout. This was a sign of respect for the artist, and it was also a rule among fans.

At this moment she couldn't help herself.

Unexpectedly, another shout of "hello" followed. This time it was not her, but Shen Liangjun's. Not only did he cheer along, he also clapped very hard.

However, the old man no longer sang, and he was sitting inside the door. The neighbors who came out to watch the fun could not see the old man. They could only see Liu Xi and Shen Liangjun, two strangers, one big and one small, clapping stupidly towards the door.

, and there was Liu Tielan next to him, covering his face with his hands, pretending not to recognize them.

They had lived with Old Man Li for many years and had never heard him sing an opera. They would not have thought that the opera just now was performed by Old Man Li. Therefore, they felt that something was wrong with Liu Xi and Shen Liangjun. They closed the door one after another and inserted themselves in from inside.

He went up to the house and muttered to his family: "I don't know where the beggar came from. He is coming to our place. Please lock the door later and don't answer anyone who knocks on the door."

Liu Xi couldn't hear these words and had no intention of listening.

From the moment Li Jinshui raised his hand to appear, she was already fascinated, and her mind was filled with the artistic conception Li Jinshui created for her.

She saw Cao Cao scolding Fang Qiu in the camp and threatening to kidnap Qiao and Qiao back, bringing great humiliation to Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.

Then she thought of Cao Cao's unrestrained and arrogant attitude when he composed a poem in front of the river and sang, "Singing to wine, how many years there are in life. Like the morning dew, there will be many hardships in the past...".

She felt as if she had been on the scene and witnessed with her own eyes the majestic scene of Cao Cao's army at that time.

Even now that the old man has finished singing for a long time, she is still a little unable to get out, immersed in her own joy.

She recalled that she first liked watching flower-faced dramas because each character had a very full and interesting personality, with a sinister and cunning side, and at the same time, he was free and bold.

Although Cao Cao was a traitor, he was also a great hero that no one could deny.

This is the charm of Hua Mian Opera.

The audience can always see richer emotions and more vivid performances from them.

However, this must be performed by a good actor. Otherwise, if the expressions are not so varied and rely entirely on facial makeup, the audience will feel a lot less interesting.

"Master, please accept my disciple's obeisance."

Liu Xi knelt down quickly and knelt down in front of the Li family gate with a bang. Shen Liangjun couldn't even pull him up.

But Old Man Li smiled and said: "That's it? You don't even have a apprenticeship ceremony, you just want to be my apprentice? Do I look so cheap?"

"this--"

Liu Xi was also in a dilemma.

She herself is still living under someone else's roof, has no acting skills, and has no money to make. How can she give a decent apprenticeship ceremony to her master?

You can't take it with Liu Tielan, the former master, and give it to the new master, right?

Who knew that the old man himself would show her a clear path.

"As you can see, my legs and feet are inconvenient. Although I go out and about on weekdays and my old cow pulls me around, I can still cope with it, but I still need someone to take care of my food and daily life.

At the end of the Lunar New Year, I let the person who took care of me go home to celebrate the New Year. If you really want to learn opera from me, ask these two around you to stay and serve me and work as coolies for me for a few days."

About "Borrowing the East Wind": Anyone who has watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" should know the allusion of the Battle of Chibi, "Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind".

There is a Peking Opera movie about this play, in which Cao Cao sings, "Singing over wine, life is like dew in the morning, and the days are bitter..." During this part, the sonorous voice of Mr. Yuan Shihai, a well-known actor, is really nice.

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Coupled with the old gentleman's expressive expression and vivid performance, this place is really magical.

Anyone who is interested can take a look.
Chapter completed!