Weird

There was such a big battle in front of the Gao family to select the troupe, and it quickly attracted many people to watch.

"What are you doing?" Shen Liangjun looked curious and asked someone casually.

The man looked them up and down and said with a smile: "Aren't you here to do this too? Are you still asking?"

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Liu Xi.

Because it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Xi was wearing new clothes that Li Jinshui had spent money on custom-made for her. They were pink clothes and red clothes, with a soft white cloak and a gray and white wolfskin hat on her head.

Because Li Jinshui took good care of her during this period, he only asked her to concentrate on her acting studies and did not ask her to do any chores.

Her original foundation as a wealthy lady was restored.

There are two blushes on her fair face, bright eyes, white teeth, and small cherry lips.

His appearance is incomparable to those children sent by poor families to learn opera.

The man looked at Liu Xi for a while, then immediately shouted towards the door: "Hey! This boy is pretty good. Butler Zhou, come over and take a look!"

After a while, a short-bearded man holding two walnuts in his hand and wearing a melon skin hat came over. He glanced at Liu Xi, stood up straight in an instant, looked at Liu Xi closely and asked, "The little girl can sing."

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Liu Xi already sensed that something was wrong, and subconsciously looked over to Li Jinshui. Li Jinshui was sitting next to her, smiling and comforting: "Don't be afraid, you can answer whatever you ask, sir."

Liu Xi then nodded, lowered his head and said, "I know a little bit."

Although the voice is small, it is like a sparrow.

The housekeeper laughed twice, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Do you know what to sing today?"

Liu Xi nodded again, "Master has told me to go to Song Xing'er in "Cinnabar Well"."

"Yes, it's just right for you to play."

The smile on the butler's face became even brighter. He called someone behind him and said, "Let the other families go back. They are the ones who will decide the meeting today."

While they were talking, someone came over to pull their bullock cart, and Liu Xi followed Li Jinshui in a daze and entered the door of the wealthy man's house.

She recalled the feeling that Li Jinshui had given her these days. She was as good as her own grandfather. He also worked hard to teach her and never hide his secrets. Logically speaking, he would not harm her.

But she felt really bad at the moment. Just from the look in Butler Zhou's eyes just now, she could tell that today's drama was definitely not simple.

Even she could see it, how could Shen Liangjun and Liu Tielan not see it?

But Liu Tielan believed that Li Jinshui's character would not push them into the fire pit, so he remained silent.

Shen Liangjun was not so calm, and couldn't help but ask Liu Tielan: "Master, which one do you think they sang? When singing "Cinnabar Well", they didn't pick Fu Peng, Sun Yujiao, or Song Qiaojiao, but Song Xing'er?

Is there such a thing as watching a show?"

"Why is there so much nonsense? Maybe you have seen it before, or maybe your troupe can sing these roles?"

Shen Liangjun choked, and for a moment he did not remember that the rich man had a domestic troupe in his home.

But he still couldn't figure it out, so he added: "It's not Song Xing'er's turn, anyway, let's take a look at the two of us. We have much more scenes than Xi Yatou."

Liu Tielan couldn't figure this out either, so he didn't answer, but changed the subject and said, "Maybe the master just wants to have this baby, so he is extra cautious about picking Song Xing'er's role?"

“How fresh?”

Shen Liangjun was so amused by Liu Tielan's comments that Liu Tielan probably didn't believe it himself.

"If you like to listen to dramas about babies being born, then why not listen to "Mang Yuan Jie Zi"? Why not listen to "Sanniang Godson"? But you want to listen to "Cinnabar Well", where there are more dramas about babies being born?"

Liu Tielan was annoyed by Shen Liangjun's question, so she waved her hand and said: "Stop asking these useless questions and memorize the lyrics. If Liu Matchmaker fails in the performance later, I will skin you!"

Shen Liangjun immediately trembled with fright. He didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and followed him honestly.

Fortunately, Li Jinshui didn't show off too much. He knew that Liu Xi and the others were full of problems at the moment. If they didn't explain it clearly to them, the subsequent scenes might not be performed well, so he told them the situation.

It turns out that the Gao family has a distinguished guest from the capital in the past few days. He is the younger brother of the eldest grandma of the Gao family. His surname is Tong. I heard that he is also a fifth-rank official. Because he has had a close relationship with his eldest sister since childhood, he regards her as such.

mother.

Therefore, after the eldest sister married away, Mr. Tong would come to the Gao family every three years to celebrate the New Year and honor his eldest sister.

It just so happens that Mr. Tong is also a senior fancier. He likes to sing a few lines of Tsing Yi Opera on weekdays. Today's "Cinnabar Well" is what he must sing as soon as he plays it early.

The play "Cinnabar Well" tells the story of Fu Peng, the son of an official, who met Sun Yujiao, the widow's only daughter, at home feeding chickens after he was discharged. He was attracted by her beauty, but due to poor etiquette, he directly came to the door to bother her, so he left a jade bracelet at the door.

In front of him, Sun Yujiao went out to pick it up, and he took the opportunity to strike up a conversation.

Later grandson Yujiao saw Fu Peng's suave style and liked it, so she accepted the jade bracelet after Fu Peng kept it.

Matchmaker Liu next door witnessed this incident and threatened Sun Yujiao with it. When Sun Yujiao told the truth, Matchmaker Liu said that she would keep the two of them in good company and took away Sun Yujiao's embroidered shoes.

After Liu Biao, the son of matchmaker Liu, learned about this, he threatened Fu Peng with embroidered shoes in exchange for money. Fu Peng refused, so he became malicious. Liu Biao happened to be drunk and passed by Sun's house that night. He saw the lights on in Sun Yujiao's house and wanted to go in.

Taking advantage of him, he heard the voices of men and women.

Liu Biao thought it was a private meeting between Sun Yujiao and Fu Peng, so he went in angrily and beheaded them both.

Not wanting to kill someone by mistake, Sun Yujiao's uncle and aunt stayed in her house that night.

Liu Biao was afraid and threw the severed head in the Liu Gong Taoist Courtyard next door. Song Xing'er, who worked in Liu Gong Taoist's house, discovered it first.

Liu Gongdao was afraid that this incident would harm him, so he asked Song Xing'er to throw the head into the cinnabar well. He was also worried that Song Xing'er was talking nonsense, so he pushed him into the cinnabar well, and went to the government to report that Song Xing'er had stolen and escaped.

Song Xing'er is actually the biological brother of Fu Peng's fiancée Song Qiaojiao.

Later, an incident involving the Sun family's life was reported to the officials. The officials suspected that Fu Peng was in love with him, so they beat him and took Fu Peng into custody.

Song Qiaojiao took advantage of the eunuch Liu Jin to accompany the Queen Mother to the Famen Temple to offer incense, and filed a petition to avenge her husband.

In the end, the truth was revealed, the grievances were cleared, and the murderers were severely punished.

This play is generally divided into three parts. One is "Picking Up a Jade Bracelet", which tells the story of Fu Peng and Sun Yujiao's private exchange, and the matchmaker Liu taking the opportunity to blackmail. It is a relatively interesting Huadan play.

One play is "Cinnabar Well", which tells the story of Liu Biao setting the blame for a murder, Liu Gongdao pushing Song Xing'er into the well, and the colorful Liu Biao and the buffoon Liu Gongdao playing the main roles.

One is "Famen Temple", which tells the story of Song Qiaojiao redressing her husband's grievances. It is a relatively typical Tsing Yi opera.

The three plays performed together are also called "Cinnabar Well", and some are also called "The Romance of Two Beauties".

Mr. Tong's sister, Grandma Gao, is a noble person and likes to watch dramas featuring heroic women like Song Qiaojiao. Therefore, she liked the play very much, so Mr. Tong personally went on stage to sing for her, "Go to Song Qiaojiao."

Moreover, he believed that his appearance was so beautiful that he was worthy of heavenly appearance. Therefore, his younger brother in the play had to be as good-looking as him. Otherwise, he would not be worthy of his filial piety towards his tall grandma.

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"Is there really such a weird person?"

Shen Liangjun didn't believe it, but before he finished speaking, he tripped and bumped into Liu Xi.

Liu Xi looked down.

It turned out that Li Jinshui suddenly held down the two wheels of the wheelchair and stopped walking forward. He only stared at a Qing Yi who was acting in the background. He squeezed the two wheels of the wheelchair tightly with both hands and made a sizzling sound...

The heroines in Tsing Yi operas are generally more traditional classical women, and their outlook on life is also very traditional.

I wonder if you have watched the TV series "The Mute Bride". The heroine here is a typical Tsing Yi in the TV series.

When we were children, we were very moved when we watched this TV series and felt that the heroine was a very good woman.

But looking at it now, people may scold the heroine to the point where she doesn’t even know who she is.

Each era has its own concepts and aesthetics.

Some people liked Tsing Yi Opera in that era because it was more in line with the mainstream thinking of that era.

Today's young audiences, including me, probably prefer to watch dramas with rebellious characters, gorgeous and lively Huadan dramas, or silly and cute dramas with colorful faces.
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