Chapter 9 social drama
The Pu city opera troupe invited by Luoboxi arrived at Lujiaping on September 22.A group of fourteen people, eight stupid suitcases, took an empty lime boat from Chenxi County, and when they arrived, they moored the boat by the pier.The class leader who sang big flower noodles, according to the old rules, brought an eight-inch vermilion greeting card, and came to visit Teng Changshun, the head of the village, and contact everything.Discuss where to set up the stage, which day the gongs will start, and wait for the order to start.
In the past half a month, the news of the province's upward transfer of troops has spread throughout Lujiaping.However, the chairman of the chamber of commerce made up his mind and loaded five ships of goods downstream according to the original plan.Because the boat of his son Sanheizi has arrived to unload, Changshun listened to the idea of the president's in-laws and planned to load a boatload of oranges to Changde Mansion.Moreover, since the people from Pu City have not arrived to handle the goods, there are many empty ships in the local area. I heard that the price of oranges in Xiahe has started, so I also looked at hiring another three-cabin ship to load oranges down at the same time.In order to pick oranges and bring them down the tree, the whole family has been really busy for a few days.The old sailors who live in the ancestral hall across the river have to cross the river every day to help, participate in work, talk and laugh, which adds a lot of interest to everyone.The oranges that were picked off the tree were placed in piles by the river dam, covered with sun-dried corn mats, and waited to disembark from the boat.Two empty boats are moored by the river, the awnings have been opened, and a gangplank is set up at the bow. At any time, someone picks up the oranges and dumps them into the cabin. The theater troupe takes the big empty boat and docks beside the orange orchard. not far.
Two Pushi people who sang buffoons, pulled the boat canopy and joked with San Heizi, thinking that in ancient times the immortals sat in a bucket of big oranges and played chess, but now the immortals sit on a pile of big oranges at the mouth of a bowl and smoke. Change.But San Heizi remembered that the captain of the security team had blackmailed his family, so while listening, he only smiled wryly at the buffoon.
San Heizi said: "Everyone says that the orange tree is a money tree. It doesn't cost money. It grows from the ground. If you shake the tree in the twelfth winter, you can get money. Who knows that the things that are shaken down can't be pocketed, and they fall down." It went into other people’s purses. People don’t get rich without windfall, and horses don’t get fat without night grass. What’s the use of these people who have made a windfall? Buy three fort cigarettes to smoke, you smoke, I smoke, everyone will smoke, Alright British American Tobacco!"
A clown said: "Brother, you still don't know that in our Pu city, there are fat pigs and fat people. The oil and water have been scraped off in the past few years. Where did the scrape go? God knows. Just say something, okay. In broad daylight, I will punish you for falsely accusing your parents and officials. First, you will be stubborn and hit a hundred Luoyang sticks on your ankle bones. Otherwise, you will be shot, a reactionary! It is said that the sky has eyes, what eyes? Zhang San Li Si Corns on the feet!"
Another buffoon interjected: "The gourd is as long as a cucumber, what can I say!"
"Sandheads, sandheads, I'll take an ax or two someday!"
"Cut you bastard!"
Because of acting, Changshun invited the villagers to have a meeting in Fubo Palace to discuss whether to watch the play or not.The current situation is not very good, will crowd singing affect public security?Since everyone has a share in this matter, everyone must discuss and decide.In the end, according to the opinion of the majority, since the troupe had picked it up, the performance of rewarding the gods would still be held in the empty space in front of Fubo Palace.Everything is done in accordance with the usual practice in previous years. The public servants acted for six days, and the gongs were scheduled to start on the twenty-fifth.
Since it was decided to perform the play, the eight suitcases and some belongings on the boat were volunteered by more than a dozen young countrymen on the same day, shouted and packed ashore, and put them in Fubo Palace.When I picked up the suitcase, I burned some incense paper according to the rules, and set off a packet of five hundred small firecrackers.After the suitcase landed, it was spread all over Luoboxi that day, and it was known that there would be a play in two or three days.The chief person in the village who initiated the acting, introduced several responsible persons to work separately, or direct the stage, or purchase miscellaneous things.Known by the village, Gu Quanhong invited the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Lujiaping, other famous people in Zhuangkou, as well as the captain of the security team, the platoon leader, the master, the director of the tax bureau, the inspector, etc., to come to see the play.They also specially prepare two tables, four plates and four bowls of banquets every day to entertain these characters.
In addition, the captain was asked to send a group of security guards to maintain order on the field, and to pay 20 yuan for tea money every day.In fact, the brothers didn't care about the money. The little hooligans set up ten tables on the field, and according to the rules, each table paid five yuan, and they earned an extra fifty yuan a day.The gaming table has been taxed, so there is no need to ask friends and army cooks to bet for nothing, and bully country people at the table.Even minor disputes can be resolved immediately.
On the day when the gong kicked off, people in the village and nearby villages all changed into new starched and washed clothes, pocket money in their purses, and rushed to the Fubo Palace of Luoboxi to watch the big show, paying for it while watching the show. Buy all kinds of snacks to eat.Because whenever there is a show, as usual in Lujiaping Town, those who sell big noodles, bean cakes and rice noodles, deep-fried pancakes and other dry, wet, sweet and sour cooked food and cold food, braised dog meat and beef offal all choose pots and pots to come to the temple. Sheds are set up behind the temple to compete for business.Most of the women put on newly laundered jewelry, or gold-plated jewelry, or blue-dotted emerald jewelry, set up a high bench, and ran in groups to watch the show from afar.You must watch the last miscellaneous play at night and spend all the pocket money in your purse before picking up the stool and going home.Some brought rice baskets, needles and threads when they came, and some brought joss sticks and paper to worship the gods and fulfill their wishes.
Children and old women especially regard these few days as a big festival, and come to the meeting in new clothes.The usually pure and quiet Carrot Creek suddenly became lively and lively like never before.
Changshun's family was busy getting oranges off the tree and boarding the boat, and preparing tea and meals for relatives and friends who came to watch the theater in the distance, so it was even more lively and busy.Every day, the family will prepare a noodle meal for the guests from the town and other villages.They also burned several pots of hot tea for ordinary country people.Singing an opera is a solemn gathering of the people in the township, which contains piety and joy, so Changshun himself changed into a long blue Ning silk gown with large sleeves and short hem worn by the captain of the ship, and wore a Xuanyu feather satin mandarin jacket, dancing with the hanging There is a purple bamboo horsewhip and a long tobacco rod inlaid with silver tiger claws, and it walks around to visit guests.Seeing guests from afar must invite them to have a potluck or drink tea at home.The family chose a place in front of the stage, and put a few high stools. The whole family took turns to go to the theater every day, and, like everyone else, bought food from the pocket money in the embroidered purse.
When the gong kicked off on the first day, Changshun and the other three elderly chief officials kowtowed and burned incense in front of the statue of Grandpa Fubo, killed a white sheep, and burned a Shenshen yellow watch.
After the yellow watch was incinerated, Wang Lingguan, who was played by an actor, bit off the head of a live rooster, stuck the bloody chicken feathers behind the front of the stage, and set off firecrackers and gongs and drums above the stage.Before the play even started, the empty space was already filled with audiences. The officials and businessmen of Lujiaping had already taken their seats. On the table in front of the seats were Gaiwancha, Jiahu fine point, and black and white melon seeds.The president also brought a whole can of Fort cigarettes with him, and unscrewed the lid in public to pay homage to the honored guests at the same seat.After the gong kicked off, it was the usual "enhancement of officials". A judge in a white mask was dancing a dirty red satin scarf. The towel is about to be unfolded to reveal the words.Those who are respected and praised will be rewarded with a red envelope as usual.Some sent people to send the package, and some showed boldness, so they slammed the bounty straight to the door, which aroused applause from the crowd.Immediately afterwards, the head of the troupe used red paper to write down the official title, name and amount of money, and posted it on the edge of the stage.The first one of the day called the captain of the security team.The first play symbolizes the auspicious nature, showing respect to gods and praying to people.The second play is about persuading loyalty and filial piety.
Take a break at noon and set aside time to eat and drink.During the rest time, some actors covered their heads with hair nets, and their faces were not cleaned off. They rushed to drink in the cooked food shed by the stage, which aroused another kind of interest from the audience, and they surrounded the shed to watch the excitement.Naughty children take the opportunity to climb onto the stage, compete for the whip to play, or go behind the stage to watch the female roles in bottoms, and tell a few harmless jokes.Most viewers are digesting food, or just excreting digested things at the edge of the field.The women put their feet on the pedals of the high platform with the buckles of a pair of fengtaomei big flower shoes, eating spicy mutton noodles in their mouths, or peeling sunflower seeds while talking about trivial matters.In the afternoon, the gongs were sung again, and the opera became lively and lively.
There were still oil stains and pastels on the back of the head's ears. He wore the blue velvet court boots he wore when he was an official, changed into a pair of clean clothes that were neither too long nor too short, and brought a greasy playbook. Beside a dignitary, humbly and cheerfully come to ask for favors, to order extra plays on top of the scheduled ones.It costs one hundred and eighty yuan to order a play, and you can get a little limelight and attract the attention of the audience.
Everyone was polite and modest, and refused to speak.After a while of persuasion, the team leader and the director of the tax bureau were far away, and it was necessary to click on each, and the president was forced to click on it; the team leader clicked on "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" because the warriors clicked on heroes. It was short, lively, and suitable; Long but point "Aunt Wang Repairs the Vat", the play is a funny play, and the intention is to have fun with the people.After the play text is determined, it is also clearly written on the water board next to the pillar as usual to let the audience know.After the gong kicked off, he played at the right corner, and it was another reward number.As usual, this encapsulation was prepared by the organizer of the Luobaixi meeting, so there was no need for distinguished guests to spend additional money.While watching the play, the guests also looked at the people, looking at the young women with long eyebrows and bright eyes on both sides of the stage.
The last miscellaneous show was mostly bunt, with three pretty faces in red hakamas, somersaulting and talking nonsense on the stage.
It was almost dusk when the gong was closed, and the sky was covered with dew, which was very beautiful.The self-proclaimed boatmen and security guards all pretended to be intentional or unintentional, and each lingered at the side of the ferry crossing, waiting to see the young women in flowered aprons and benches coming home.The shadows of all people are drawn long on the horizon by the setting sun, and their faces are reddened by the setting sun.There is a lot of laughter everywhere, which arouses jokes and arguments for the jokes in the previous play.The ferry to Lujiaping was particularly lively, and many people gathered there to wait for the boat to transit. Although two boats were added temporarily, it was not enough.The flat-bottomed square-bottomed ferry, full of people returning from the theater, moved slowly in the calm river.The hills on both sides of the strait turned purple, and the cloud shadows in the sky gradually changed from yellow to red, and from red to purple.Where there is no cloud in space, there is a deep blue, which is the unique clarification of autumn.
At the end of the light blue sky, a Chang Gung star glows brightly like platinum, slowly rising upwards.The distant mountain wild fire, as the evening approached, the background has turned dark blue, and it has changed from a white smoke to a little bit of red fire. ... All the scenes are all miraculous and moving.However, everyone is blending in this kind of situation, with a bit of happiness and tiredness, waiting to return home, no one can stay away from the happiness and fatigue, sound and color of this society, to understand and appreciate the feelings of the ears, eyes and senses novel.
On this day, Yaoyao naturally also participated in this kind of excitement, wearing a full set of silver jewelry, sitting on a high stool, saw many people, and let many people see her.But the morning was too dull, and I couldn't finish reading two books, so I went back to work in the orange orchard.In the afternoon, I wanted to watch the kitchen instead of my sister-in-law and prepare meals for guests, but it was unsuccessful, so I still went to Fubo Palace with my family and sat down on the high bench.When the third sister Wang was throwing a hydrangea on stage, she always felt that she was being stared at by the officer on the official seat.The officer seemed to be saying to her: "Beauties have known heroes since ancient times, and you are the third sister of the king of the Chinese Republic!" Feeling the oppression of this vision, I felt very uncomfortable.I also knew that my third brother was rushing to load oranges and get off the boat, and was busy doing things by the river alone. I wanted to see my brother, so I went home.After returning home, I looked around in the kitchen, then went to the bank of the river at the end of the orangery to look at the boat, and saw San Heizi sitting on a pile of big oranges by the river, resting, facing the river, as if thinking about something.
"Third brother, third brother, why don't you go to the theater, everyone is watching the theater, why are you so busy?"
"What's there to see in the play? It's not that the red-painted faces come in and the black-painted faces come out. The tyrannical and domineering will have the upper hand!"
San Heizi was facing Tangtang Liushui, remembering that his family was bullied and blackmailed by that powerful person, he was a little angry.Yaoyao seemed to see through his mind, so she said: "The tyrannical and tyrannical ones have the upper hand, the sky has eyes, and it won't last long! In the play, tit for tat is always there, and you can't dodge it!"
"Tit for tat, you can't dodge! It's said in the play, but it's not like that in real life."
San Heizi looked at Yaoyao, stopped talking, and went to the Guangboat where the troupe from Zhuangpu City came.A little woman was cooking on a night fire at the stern of the boat.San Heizi, as if coaxing Yaoyao, turned the reason for not going to the theater to work, and said with a smile: "Yaoyao, I want to fill the cabin with oranges quickly, so that I can get out of Changde Mansion. There are many good shows in Changde Mansion, and they are not in the guild hall." Singing, there is an opera garden, and the gongs are played day and night, and the singing is not until the third watch at night. The place does not close the city gate, and the opera ends in the middle of the night. We light a torch and go out of the city to board the boat. When the soldiers see it, they don’t even ask!"
Yaoyao said: "Aren't the Changde Mansion soldiers the security forces?"
Sanheizi said: "Why not? There are many rules in big places, and there is a word 'reason' for everything. It's not like the people who come to our country, who bully the good and fear the evil. They can do anything. They always talk about Xiangxi. The people are all bandits, oppressing us country people. The soldiers below are like the students, they are much more gentle and honest, and never dare to bully the common people! It is advisable to take care of it, and it should be taken care of. Stranded martingale yo 焐 pure alcohol grab fiber Zheng 虼 silk stew value dusk 艋 cunning chuhu chuhu ao quiet paradox *
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The old sailor was walking towards his siblings, smiling as he walked, "Third Heizi, you must think that the vice master is here to catch chickens again, don't you?" He said to Yaoyao: "Yaoyao, Yaoyao, don't you go and see Third Sister Wang throws a hydrangea ball to invite relatives, and comes to guard the oranges by the river. The girl is so stingy. Hey, golden baby, who wants your oranges!"
Yaoyao knew that the old sailor was talking about a joke, so she also responded with a joke: "Manman, why are you here too? I see you sitting on the stool under the stage with your hands crossed, you really look like Zhao Xuantan's God of Wealth. Call today They didn’t call you when you were promoted, so I guess you must be angry. If you’re not angry, I’ll be angry for you, don’t you think it’s a shame to be full of this!”
The old sailor said: "Why are you angry? I am also angry. I have already become an angry bun and stretched my feet back to my hometown. If you ask me why I came here, if I ask you, you will definitely say: "I will accompany you, 'What a well-behaved third girl.To be honest, I didn't even think you'd be here.I'm here to accompany third brother, he will go to Changde mansion soon, the bench is still not warm, he has to hurry.Third brother, third brother, you are really—"Thumbs up when you say it," this one from Luoboxi. "
San Heizi felt a little shy after being complimented by the old sailor, so he couldn't say anything, but just laughed dryly.
Hearing the sound of gongs and drums in front of Fubo Palace from a distance, San Heizi said: "Bodhisattva blesses this year to be a peaceful year, and nothing will happen. Yaoyao, look at Daddy's scene, he is too busy to eat, I don't know if he will What is your wish!"
The old sailor smiled slightly, and pecked the ground with his short pipe, "Of course your father hopes to go out safely, with auspicious stars shining all the way. Be safe at home, don't hurt your eyes and teeth.
The peace of going in and out of the water and into the earth on the mountain tree.Chickens, dogs, cows, sheep, etc. do not suffer from plague.The fish in the field will not die, and the orange trees in the garden will not freeze to death! "
Yaoyao said: "I never count on these things. But I might like to watch a play."
Sanheizi said, "You like to watch the theater."
Yaoyao deliberately argued, "I don't want to watch a show!"
The old sailor pretended to meditate for a while, and suddenly he seemed to realize something: "I can guess what is going on."
Yaoyao tilted her head and asked, "Guess, what are you guessing?"
The old sailor said: "I guess you made a wish for brother Liuxi. He won't come back this summer vacation. He will work hard and study hard. In the future, he will become a foreign doctor and improve the feng shui of Luoboxi. The wish you made is..." Yaoyao because of the old When the sailor said this, he pretended not to hear it as usual, but went to the boat by the river.When I got to the side of the boat, I got on the gangplank and saw several small boats parked at the mouth of the stream below. Some of them were loaded with oranges and ready to go down. There is a small ferry prepared by the villagers near Au, and the man guarding the boat is the young man who sent Yaoyao across the river last time.People who live in the village of Paitanxia in Duihe Sanli, because the road is far away, they had no time to finish watching the miscellaneous opera, so they left the theater and went to Xitou to take a boat to make the transition.In addition, there are those who come by their own boats. I am afraid that the weather will not be good for floating on the beach. At this time, it is also full of people, full of laughter from the people on board, and the boats are slowly rowed downstream.Looking at all of this from the edge of the river where Yaoyao was standing, compared with what she saw at the Lujiaping Ferry, it was naturally a different and moving scene.
The red-purple wild fire in the distant mountains was blown by the wind, burning more and more intensely.
The old sailor followed Yaoyao to the bank of the river, and boarded the orange boat, "Yaoyao, Yaoyao, look at the fire on the mountain, it has been burning for ten days, and it still doesn't stop, as if it will never go out."
Yaoyao followed the guidance of the old sailor's pipe, and said with a smile, "Manman, hasn't the small fire on your pipe been burning for decades? The sun has been burning red for half a day, I don’t know that it has been burned for tens of thousands of years, and the good-looking ones should exist for a long time.”
The old sailor said as if asking: "Why, good-looking things should last for a long time, who is responsible for this matter?"
Yaoyao said: "I made an appointment. It's a pity that with my hands, I'm not as good at weaving a small basket as you are. I'll let you do the weaving. The world belongs to you, it must be much more fair!"
The old sailor was touched and sighed: "Here again! Yaoyao, in my opinion, good-looking things don't last long. A good bowl is easy to break, and a good flower is easy to freeze to death——good people don't live long. Good people don't live long. Longevity, villains live for thousands of years, it’s hard to say what is going on in the world! One day it’s really up to you to decide, that’s fine. But, Yaoyao, just wait, there will be a day when you will be in charge of something. It’s hard to say what’s going on in the world Yes, when I was young, I didn’t expect to guard the ancestral hall for the elderly! I only planned to be a leader in the Green Battalion of Chenyuan Yongjing Bingdao, carrying a single-shot pig trough gun, and wearing a double-disc cloud sleeve coat, A one-foot-two-foot green crepe scarf is wrapped around the head, and a long string of lead-tipped bullets is wrapped across the waist and shoulders. Go to Dagukou, Tianjin, to fight against straight-legged green-eyed foreigners, as the black beard said in the opera The name is in the history, and it will last forever. But people have ten counts and only one count. When the revolution came, my wishes were all shattered. The green battalion management belt was not successful, and the navy battalion management belt was even more useless, so I had to live in the Mayang River Floating on the water. Floating to and fro, the boat turned over on the Qinglang Beach, and three hundred tung oil baskets were floating in the rushing water. Now, I had to come and see the ancestral hall. What about tomorrow? Only God knows, people don’t know. I know. Your third brother just wants to bring a boatload of oranges to Changde Mansion at this time of year, and maybe he will become the provincial chairman in the future. Look at his official appearance!" The old sailor pointed to San Heizi who was sitting on the pile of oranges and watching the scenery on the water. Said: "If it is up to me, I will appoint him as the chairman." Both of them laughed at this sentence.
Sanheizi didn't know what the two people on the boat were talking about or what they were laughing at, so he also walked to the bank of the river.
"Manman, don't go back, just live in my house. I brought Jintang leaf tobacco, which is yellow and soft, and it smells delicious. It's better than Dabaotai cigarettes. Try it!"
The old sailor waved the short tobacco rod, "Yaoyao, tell me, I haven't appointed him as chairman yet, but he rewarded me with Jintang tobacco leaves. Good luck!"
San Heizi was remembering the bullying by the junior officials in the team, and he didn't understand what the old sailor meant, so he also laughed. "I became the chairman, so many people must be shot! Even those who are not good officials must be shot."
Yaoyao smiled: "Third brother, come on, it's your turn to be the chairman of the Dragon Boat Club in the village, and it will take another thirty years!"
The old sailor also smiled, seeing the water ducks on the river skimming the water in rows and flying towards Sanli Paizhou, so he said as he walked, "Go home for dinner, all the water ducks have returned to their nests.
Tomorrow we won't watch the theater, we will go to Sanli Paizhou to pick up wild duck eggs, bring them to Guizhou and Yunnan Province, and tell those rich people that they are fairy goose eggs, and they will live a long life after eating tonic blood, and they still believe it!There are many people in the world who don’t know how to use money if they find money. It’s not a crime to cheat thousands of dollars by reading fortune-telling, selling medicine, and selling calligraphy and painting, as long as you have a thick skin! "
Yaoyao said to San Heizi: "Third brother, you have become the chairman, but remember, the director of the river affairs bureau will be full!"
Completed school again on July 26, 1945