Chapter 21 Mei Zhen and them

These three relatively exquisite wing rooms have been used by the mother as study rooms for the girls.Although all the utensils in the room are old ones from the study, and are just for the children, but I don't know where on the desk, on the bookshelf, on the chair, on the couch, and even on the floor, there is clearly a youthful appearance. The atmosphere of the girls' dormitory. ——This simple scene is waiting for the characters to appear.It's like under every roof, there are different stories playing out at the same time. The students of Yanjing Drama Club valued this performance very much. Even though it was just a rehearsal, they printed very delicate invitations and a very stylish synopsis of the plot, Ms. Lin Huiyin’s latest four-act drama "Mei Zhen and Them".It also quoted a poem about plum blossoms in Huangshan Valley: Meirui touches people's hearts, and snowflakes bloom in the cold.Remotely pity the water and wind at night, pieces of Tingsha.

Playwrights Zhao Taimo, Ding Xilin, Yu Shangyuan, writers Shen Congwen, Yang Zhensheng, and of course writer Lin Huiyin were invited to watch the rehearsal. Most of the famous artists invited were members of the Chinese Drama Improvement Society during Lin Huiyin's stay in the United States. This play describes Mei Zhen, a girl from a wealthy family, who experiences unique life experiences in a social environment influenced by the Enlightenment Movement, as well as the resulting emotional crisis and love tragedy. Mei Zhen, the maid of the Li family, is talented and intelligent, and has a lively temperament. She is very popular with Li Qiong, the second wife of the Li family.Therefore, she was regarded as a child since she was a child, and she was allowed to go to school with her daughters, which dissatisfied the narrow-minded Mrs. Chance taunts Mei Zhen, but the Fourth Miss Wen Qi gets along with Mei Zhen like sisters.On this day, Wen Jing, the second young master of the Li family, was about to return from other places, and everyone discussed holding a family dance for the second young master.In order to prepare for the dance, the ladies of the Li family got busy. The first thing was to convert this study into a futuristic lounge.

Wen Qi (Miss Li Jiasi)... You see, we have a treat the day after tomorrow, and we haven't prepared anything? Mei Zhen (Li's girl) "Let's" treat me?I am not so lucky! Look at Wen Qimei!You are good in everything, but sometimes the sourness is not good. Let me tell you, people should not be sour. If a good person is sour, it will be meaningless... I also know that you are embarrassed... Mei Zhen, you just need to know it, don't worry about me being sour and stinky! Wen Qi, but you can't be too courageous, you have to hope for the best, don't be discouraged.You know that acid means admitting failure on the one hand and resisting on the other hand, but resisting or not... Do you think so much about it?

Well, Meizhen, I remember your wise words of the future novelist, but you forgot that there is another kind of acid in the world, which is originally a kind of sourness fermented by jealousy, such a smell—but I won’t say it up... Don't talk about it, Wen Qi, turn around... Mei is so kind, I won’t say anything, now I’ll tell you the truth, I’ve thought about the treat a long time ago... Wen Qi, I knew you must have some evil ideas... Meizhen, you call other people's kindness a ghost idea!In fact, I don't care about your business!Don't tell me again, what is a girl's job?

What does Wen Qi care about?I seriously advise you to forget about this girl, you—you just treat it here... as a friend. Meizhen friend?who's friend. Wen Qi helped... Did Mei Zhen help?Why help? Wen Qi's distant relative... a distant relative... Come on, Mei, don't come up with a good name for me, and you'll crush your precious little head later!A girl is a girl, there is no way to deal with this unlucky thing, and no one can do anything with good intentions, unless...unless one day I will leave and not be at your house!Stop talking, let's talk about your treat. Seeing this, everyone cheered.Zhao Taimo said: "The opening is good, the lines are really beautifully written, and the characters' personalities come out."

Shen Congwen said: "I haven't seen the performance of Yanjing Opera Club before. It's really interesting. The girl who plays Mei Zhen can make plays." At this time, Tang Yuanlan, who came back from studying abroad, came to visit Li's house and met the eldest lady Wenjuan unexpectedly. Although they were confusedly regarded as a fiancé couple by outsiders, they did not talk to each other and did not get along harmoniously.In fact, what Tang Yuanlan really loves is Mei Zhen. In the same study, two mornings later. All the furniture has been moved, and the order is obviously chaotic. The so-called futuristic smoking room is still being created.The world is chaotic, dark and yellow are uncertain, there are various things on the ground, a small wooden ladder is placed by the wall, and a small round table is pushed on the other side of the stage. , painted some new-style paintings with bright colors and unclear themes, various backrests were piled up on the sofa, and there was a painting in front of it, which was also an eye-catching work of grotesqueness.

When the curtain opened, Song Xiong, the shopkeeper of the electric material store who came to decorate the lamps, was installing the lamps.Song Xiong was promoted from a mechanic to a young shopkeeper. He had read a little and suffered a lot. His hair was combed oily, and his short jacket was made of black silk. , the gold watch chain is led from the top of the pocket to the buckle on the chest. Song Xiong has long been interested in Mei Zhen, taking this opportunity, he proposes to Mei Zhen again, hoping that this literate girl can become the proprietress of his counter, but Mei Zhen refuses.

The fourth lady, Wen Qi, invited Huang Zhongwei, a young student who studies history and loves painting, to draw many modernist paintings for the stage. The two young people fell in love like lightning: Huang Zhongwei...the most important contribution of three-dimensional painting is probably the discovery of new angles!The perspective of this new angle really expands our original square world—or the universe—to several times larger. Wen Qi, what are you talking about? Huang Zhongwei (laughs) I am talking about the perspective of angles.It generalizes our everyday world several times!You know, modern painting—and even modern photography—start from this new angle!A thing can not only be viewed from a straight side, you can also view it from above, below, obliquely, lying down or upside down!

Wen Qi, what are you talking about? Huang Zhongwei, I will say this!Perspective from new angles.Because of this new perspective, our world, and even the universe, suddenly expanded into many worlds, many universes. In the other corner of the room, Tang Yuanlan also seized the opportunity to confess his love to Mei Zhen face to face. He said that the reason why he often came to Li's house was because of his love for Mei Zhen, not because of Wen Juan. Such a confession was very touching. Mei Zhen was in pain and sorrow.She had to tell Tang Yuanlan that she had always loved the second young master Wen Jing in her heart, but she always avoided him on purpose.So she fell into emotional distress and crisis.

Meizhen is because of me—I'm just a worthless girl, not worthy of you, your...love...your curiosity! Tang Yuanlan don't say that, you make me feel ashamed!Now I just wait for the second young master to come back and clarify the misunderstanding of the engagement.You promise me, let me help you get out of here first, if you don't believe me, you can make me a friend... We are waiting for the second young master. Mei Zhen, stop, stop talking, Mr. Tang!Don't mention me to the second master!Well, no one can help me with my business!Don't tell the second young master. Why Tang Yuanlan?Why don't you mention you to the second young master?Don't you know that he is a careful person who can understand people's feelings?Will he be able to solve their family affairs?

Mei Zhen, I don't know, don't ask me!Just don't mention me to the second young master.You want to divorce the eldest lady, so go and do it yourself!I sympathize with you about that matter, if you don't believe me, ask Miss Si. Ding Xilin said: "Congwen, you should write an article called "Mei Zhen's Tragedy and Mei Zhen in Tragedy." Shen Congwen said: "This is a big article. Meizhen's tragedy lies in her clear understanding of her own tragic role, and this tragic role cannot be changed. People don't come to this world naked. He wore a piece of clothing when he was born, and what he was at the beginning will be what he will be in the end. If this article was written by Huiyin himself, it would be too vivid." Lin Huiyin said: "When I wrote Meizhen, it was like writing about a friend of mine. I like her but I can't change her. Her own intelligence and limited education can't help her get rid of the hardships and troubles of reality. On the contrary, it deepened her inner psychological imbalance. This cannot be changed by other people's charity." Zhao Taimo said: "Yes, there is nothing that can surpass the power of fate, and the characters in the play should be like this." The performance on the stage is reaching its climax.Mrs. Li is well aware of Mei Zhen's inner pain and injustice, so she decided to let Mei Zhen attend her daughters' ball as a guest instead of a girl. This made Wen Juan very dissatisfied and threatened that if Mei Zhen The second young master Wen Jing, who she would never attend if she really went to the dance, and who had been late to return, finally appeared at home. In the same room, the chaotic scene in the morning has returned to tranquility.The room has been cleaned up by Mei Zhen and Wen Qi into a so-called futuristic smoking room. There are new paintings on the wall and a weird new painting screen next to it. The low stools are divided into several groups with other sofas and chairs. Each group has its central Small coffee tables, tall and short, some mahogany, some carved lacquer, some round, some square, on the bookshelves, in front of the windows, there are small decorations, the most eye-catching ones are the red candles side by side.Recently, children's banquets are obviously influenced by Western art, and they spend their minds on such places. Wen Jing, I'm afraid to see Mei Zhen... Wen Qi, why, second brother? Wen Jing because I feel that about Mei Zhen, I will embarrass my mother, I might as well avoid it earlier, I decided that it would be better for me not to see Mei Zhen often. Brother Wenqi!How do you say this? Wen Jing's fourth son, don't you... don't you feel sorry for me?Sometimes I feel miserable—or maybe I'm not brave enough. Brother Wenqi, can you tell me?I think... I can fully sympathize with you, Meghan can really make people love her... Now that you have said it, I understand how confused I am!I wonder how it didn't occur to me, I should have seen that you liked her...but there was a moment when you seemed to like Cancan—do you remember Cancan?I also invited her tonight. Wen Jing seems to be more confused as a younger sister than as an older sister.My eldest sister has been suspicious of me for a long time, staring at me everywhere, sometimes I am very embarrassed.She also knows my weakness, which makes me feel helpless and embarrassed, so I purposely stay with Cancan all the time, fourth child, I don't know what you think... Wen Qi me?What do I think? Wen Jing, I mean, I don’t know if you also feel that if I ask Mei Zhenhao, this matter will make my mother suffer, and I’m afraid that people will use my matter to ridicule her, saying that her son is worthless and fell in love with her. girl.I think that statement is too embarrassing; the general slanderous words in society make me shudder too much.Just say that if I really marry Meizhen, it will be even worse, I can hear all the bad words, and it will ruin Meizhen... and my mother thinks so much about my son, I can't give people a chance to say Her son has no backbone, I don't want to let people like my aunt make excuses, you know?Fourth! Wen Qi Now I fully understand! ... No wonder you try your best to avoid Mei Zhen all the time. Wen Jing, I have liked her for a long time, let me tell you!But I always feel that I only give her pain when I treat her well, and I also want to give my mother a difficult problem, telling her to be angry for my obedience, so I always avoid it, don't let others know what's in my heart, just give myself a A little pain. Does Wen Qimei really not know? Wen Jing was afraid that she would be suspicious!Maybe I have given her a lot of pain. Although Wen Jing loves Mei Zhen, he is afraid of the opposition of his family and the ridicule of the outside world, so he is full of conflicts in his heart and always wants to escape from reality. The dance is about to begin, and Wen Qi will announce that she is engaged to Huang Zhongwei. Wen Juan is still playing with her temper and refuses to show up, while Mei Zhen is sitting in a corner upset, crying secretly.Wen Jing came in and turned a blind eye to this. It turned out that he mistrusted the rumors and thought that Tang Yuanlan and Mei Zhen were on good terms, so he deliberately alienated and indifferent to Mei Zhen. After saying something inexplicable, he resolutely decided to leave Mei Zhen and leave alone. Hope and love are completely shattered. Wen Qi, let me ask you, Mei Zhen, what's the matter with you, Brother Yuan?Were you talking in this room this morning? Mei Zhen this morning?Call, but how do you know, Fourth Miss? Wen Qi turned out to have such a thing!What Zhang Aizhu told me, my second brother also heard.Aizhu said that the eldest sister saw you with your own eyes Brother Tongyuan...Brother Tongyuan... Mei Zhen is fine, but I have nothing to do with Mr. Tang!He said, he, he...to me... Isn't Wen Qi the same? Mei is really different!Is it different!Because I told him that I love another person, I only know that one person is good... Who is Wen Qi?Who is that? Mei Zhen is, it is your second brother! Brother Wenqi? But Mei Zhen, Miss Si, you don't need to worry, it doesn't matter, I can promise Xiao Song tomorrow... to be the shopkeeper of his electrical materials store!That way, everyone can relax...it doesn't matter to me... Wen Qimei is real!you can not…… Mei Zhen, why can't I, Fourth Miss?You look at it!Look... just look! Wen Qimei is real!don't...you... The curtain fell quickly. Mei Zhen finally came to reality with sober sorrow. She could not change her identity as a girl in the end. As a synonym for a slave, her fate seemed to be marked with a humble brand, and she was always excluded from the upper class. Wen Jing's psychological barrier is different from Mei Zhen's. His cowardice is caused by his social role.Everyone stands on a certain social level, and everyone on each level wears chains of thought, but the real chains are invisible. This is by no means just Mei Zhen's sorrow. The actors came out to call the curtain call, but the invited guests forgot to applaud.They were all thinking, what would happen after Mei Zhen left!