Chapter 11 To sing for the privilege!

Everyone skips class. Some people are very dexterous, Some people are very rude; In order to skip classes, some people made their long-dead grandmother "repeatedly critically ill" and hovered on the edge of life and death every month. Of course I also skipped classes. I rely on "privilege". If the privilege comes from such indecent behaviors as flattering the teacher and making small reports on classmates, it is very worthless. But if the privilege comes from "professional skills", it can be regarded as a "styled" way to skip classes. What kind of "professional skills"?

Such things as playing ball, speaking, mental arithmetic, and playing the piano are of course in the "interests of the authorities" and can create opportunities for skipping classes. As for professional skills such as hair dyeing, drag racing, biting off wine bottle caps with your teeth, and knotting cherry stems with your tongue, it is best to develop them among the people yourself, and you can't expect to use them to skip classes. What kind of professional skills can get the greatest indulgence from the school, in exchange for the most opportunities to skip classes? Of course, it must be the "distinguished learning" of this school.

If your school puts the most emphasis on computers, you shouldn't be practicing diabolo all the time; if your school is famous only for baseball, your Spanish proficiency will probably be neglected as well. So, what is the popular "Xianxue" in my primary school? Saying it out must make people feel "deeply meaningful"—— The outstanding learning of our school is "singing Ping opera"! "Singing Ping Opera" is really a very unpopular extracurricular activity. Later, when my love gradually developed, I often couldn't help regretting that I chose Ping Opera—if I learned to play the violin, I could at least use it to seduce my crush. Pulling out the heart-wrenching tune, while frowning, making a charming expression of pain and intoxication.Or at least you should learn to sketch, draw the silhouette of the other party in class, secretly put it in the other party's schoolbag, and sign a signature that even a ghost can't understand.

However, I learned neither to play the violin nor to draw. I chose Xueping Drama.Who can win the heart of a beautiful woman by singing a piece of Ping opera? I'm not the only one with nervous kids.Probably in that era, the proportion of families like ours who watched flat dramas was still very high. The school invited Mr. Yu and Mr. Sun. Mr. Yu is a beautiful and famous actress in his prime, leading the girls group to learn Tsing Yi Hua Dan, and Mr. Sun is a senior master, leading the boys group to learn singing from old students. The first drama sent by the school is the well-known but really boring "Shiro Visits His Mother".

Why did you learn "Shiro Visits His Mother" for the first time? Probably because this is the most performed one among all Ping operas, just like in opera theaters in various countries, Madame Butterfly must commit suicide repeatedly, Carmen must be killed again and again, and Yang Silang must visit his mother again and again .Probe until his mother spits it out. The play "Shiro visits his mother" neither kills half a person nor fights half a battle. It is purely a "great tragedy of family affection and ethics". A middle-aged man was forced to give up his citizenship in the Song Dynasty and lived in Fanbang with a fake passport. A princess was born and a baby was born!

As a result, the old mother actually represented the Great Song Dynasty and brought troops to attack Fanbang. Of course, the old queen mother who was in power in Fanbang rose up to resist; it was his old mother who came to attack his old mother-in-law. The story of Yang Silang sounds like a small tragedy caused by every great era, a bit cruel and ridiculous. However, for our group of children under ten years old, "Shiro visits his mother" is really not a story that makes people eager to try.It can't be compared with "Monkey King Havoc in Heaven". But it's still more fun than class.

The more we played, the more realistic we became, the play was learned, the roles were assigned, and we were about to perform on stage. It is a wonderful arrangement for a group of ten-year-old little ghosts to stage a political scandal drama like "Shiro Visits His Mother".If it's another elementary school, maybe a messy performance at the school celebration party will be enough. The elementary school I went to was in a different situation. The principal was a big expert and admirer of Pingju opera. She asked a reporter to watch the rehearsal, take photos of the stills, and print the program list. Adult audience, and then the next day in the major newspapers to show off.

How many children of powerful people at that time were gathered in our private elementary school?The answer can be known from the "Cast List" in the "Program Brochure"—— This is probably the weirdest cast in the history of "Shiro Visits His Mother". On the cast list, there are two "Yang Silang", but there are eight "alternate Yang Silang"! The "iron mirror princess" in Fanbang has one, but there are also eight "alternate iron mirror princesses"! This cast list looks really scary, it's not like the cast list of Pingju, but the list of kamikaze special attack team members, as if one will be killed every five minutes, and it needs to be replaced immediately!

The truth is of course not so tragic. The reason why Yang Silang had two actors was because a classmate acted in the first half and I acted in the second half. The title created by the classmates of "dragon set" and "lady of the palace". The parents of these students who play "dragons" and "ladies of the palace" are all well-connected, whether they are high-ranking officials or elders, rich businessmen or celebrities. In order to win their support, it is really inappropriate to force them to admit that their children are In "Silang Visits His Mother", a group of eight palace maids were played, but it was changed to "Alternate Yang Silang" and "Alternate Princess Iron Mirror". Of course, everyone is happy.

Just a list of actors has already made me at the age of ten fully understand the cruel iron law of competition in the entertainment industry: "There are only two types of actors, one is a candidate, and the other is waiting to be filled."Of course, I also learned the survival rule of the social world: "You give others face, and others will give you face." "Shiro Visits His Mother" is a drama full of human feelings and sophistication.The process of playing "Shiro Visits His Mother" is also a play full of human feelings and sophistication. After the performance of "Shiro Visits His Mother", my "acting career" did not end.

I started to have some "elderly singers", some old ladies would give me candy gifts, some strange old uncles would follow me, waiting to talk to me at the school gate. I was also ordered by my parents to sign a few "signed stills for public relations" for relatives and friends. Sometimes they have to be "called to attend" and "sing a cappella" for the distinguished guests who come to the house before and after the meal. Of course, those of us who played the role of princess, empress dowager, and Shiro were all favored by singing, gained high popularity in the school, and gained a lot of "privileges". These privileges include "legitimate class skipping", "frequently entering and leaving the principal's mansion", "increased space for styling", etc., which are trivial but very interesting. While feeling these little privileges, little popularity, and little fun, I gradually and unconsciously understood the mysteries of this little human society—— Adults always want to lock us in the textbooks, but the real fun is outside the textbooks, in that boundless and dangerous world. Of course I learned some depraved techniques—for example, using the system to expand my power is much more convenient than resisting the system. I stayed in this private school for nearly fifteen years, from kindergarten to high school.On behalf of this school, I have participated in countless competitions - essays, speeches, debates, and the awards I have won are enough to be used as wallpaper; the championship cup brought back to the school is enough for the round table warriors to spit on one by one.I have been working as the class monitor, model student, student union chairman, and graduate representative without interruption, but I know very well—— I have no enthusiasm for any of these things, these games, these "offices." I never thought of those championships as an honor, and I never thought of holding those "public offices" as "serving the people". I just know with the instinct of a jungle animal that these championship cups and these public titles can make me more self-willed, enjoy more privileges, and more easily get rid of the sleepy, stupid, textbook world. I am very cold and efficient to complete one competition after another, earning the space I want by "accepting cases" like a "personal studio". My parents are often puzzled, wondering why I won the championship when I went out to compete, but never mentioned it when I got home. They don't know, I'm ashamed of these champions. My essays, speeches, and debates are all full of lies that I don't believe at all, and I have exhausted my expressive skills that I think are cheap.I have to be ashamed, because these have nothing to do with glory, nothing to do with enthusiasm, just in exchange for more privileges not to be controlled. This is the most important thing I have learned in this school, from kindergarten to high school. In the last year of high school, I finally spurned my privileges with actions. I edited a rebellious school magazine, let myself be recorded as a major demerit, graduated with thrilling grades, and left this school. I really like this "highly political" teenage years. What I learned from it, whether it is the fun of corruption or the joy of rebellion, has saved a lot of time for me later, and I will no longer indulge in boring power in the game. Education, that's what it's supposed to be like—toss you into the air, get close to the stars, and then let you fall into the ditch and smell your own stink. Then, of course, you wash yourself clean, if you're lucky. My luck seems to be pretty good. I can smell my own stink.