Chapter 190 A Flowering Tree
When they reached the broken bridge, Lin Weimin stopped. Zhang Qiang was puzzled, but he stopped anyway.
If I step forward at this time, will I encounter a white snake that has been practicing for a thousand years?
It would be best if the one gives you a house and land, and can also help you write novels.
Xu Xian is really every man’s ultimate dream!
It is no problem for a commoner to handle snakes, and a skilled craftsman is in great demand.
After a small absence, Lin Weimin walked onto the Broken Bridge.
As I was walking, I suddenly heard a soft Wu dialect voice behind me.
"Hurry up! If we go back late, the teacher will scold us."
Before Lin Weimin reached the center of the broken bridge, a young and beautiful figure ran towards him. She had a graceful figure, bright eyes and white teeth, like a bay of spring water, which caused ripples in Lin Weimin's heart.
“Here I come!”
The graceful woman, who was as elegant as the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River, agreed to her companion, and quickly ran past Lin Weimin, bringing with her the subtle fragrance of the peach blossoms blooming in the south of the Yangtze River.
As they passed each other, the woman had a bright smile on her face, and their eyes met, her eyes full of autumn water.
The dancing figure passed through Lin Weimin's mind like a startled wild goose. He stood there, stunned for a long time.
"Teacher Lin!" Lin Weimin didn't come back to his senses until he heard Zhang Qiang calling him.
"Are you okay?" Zhang Qiang asked with concern.
Lin Weimin's expression returned to calm, "Nothing."
While speaking, his eyes inadvertently looked in the direction they came from. The beautiful figure had disappeared from his sight, and Lin Weimin felt a little regretful.
He turned his head and looked towards the highest point of the Broken Bridge. He had not yet reached the center, so naturally he could not meet White Snake.
I felt a little disappointed. "It's not interesting. Let's go back."
After a half-day tour of West Lake, Lin Weimin treated Zhang Qiang to lunch and then returned to the guesthouse.
A stunning face occasionally flashed through his mind. Having traveled through time from the future, he naturally recognized this face, but what was she doing at this moment?
It will be hard to find if you miss it.
After worrying for a long time, it was useless to think about it. Lin Weimin could only focus his energy on writing temporarily. He was not even interested when Zhang Qiang came to visit him in Hangzhou the next day.
After being stuck in the guesthouse for two days, Zhang Qiang came that day.
"You don't seem to be in a good mood. Why don't we go out to play today? How about we go to the theater?"
Zhang Qiang is a very dedicated tour guide. The leader of the troupe said that his biggest task in the past half month is to accompany Teacher Lin well.
Taking Teacher Lin on a trip would mean that he could also go along to eat, drink and have fun. All expenses would be reimbursed by the troupe. Where else could you find such a good thing? Zhang Qiang was eager for it.
"Watch a play? Go to your troupe?"
"No, it's the Yue Opera, a local opera in Zhijiang."
Lin Weimin became interested when he heard this, "This is quite good."
Zhang Qiang said happily: "You are a cultured person, I knew you would be interested."
Zhang Qiang brought Lin Weimin to Hangzhou Victory Theater, and he had already bought the tickets.
Yan'an Road, where the Victory Theater is located, is one of the most prosperous commercial streets in Hangzhou today. There are many pedestrians coming and going on the street, and from time to time there are police patrolling on tricycles.
There are shopping malls, stores and restaurants on both sides of Yan'an Road. Victory Theater is the most iconic building on Yan'an Road.
The two of them entered the theater and found their seats. Zhang Qiang asked, "Teacher Lin, do you know that there is a Xiao Bai Hua opera performance in Zhijiang?"
“I have some impression.”
Zhang Qiang said with a bit of pride: "This year's Xiaobaihua Opera Festival, more than 2,000 opera students from Zhijiang Province participated in the selection, and more than 200 newcomers won awards. The province attaches great importance to this group of opera actors, and specially selected all the new Yue Opera actors who participated in more than two festivals from more than 70 Yue Opera troupes in the province to form the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe.
They were gathered together at the Zhijiang Art School for rigorous training, and the teachers who taught these actors were all famous masters of Yue, Peking, Kunqu, Wushu and other operas in China. "
"Not only that, in order to train this group of actors, our province has invited famous playwrights in the province to specially compile innovative plays, organized excellent directors, composers, stage designers and orchestra personnel to cooperate, and carefully rehearsed new plays, of course, as well as traditional plays."
"The play we are watching today is the result of this training. These are 28 actors selected from more than 2,000 Yue Opera actors. You may not know that this performance is actually a rehearsal for the Xiao Bai Hua Yue Opera Troupe to perform in Hong Kong. It will only be performed for a week, and today is the first performance. You are lucky to be here in time."
Zhang Qiang talked incessantly about the performance, and Lin Weimin was moved as he listened.
Xiao Baihua Yue Opera Troupe?
What a familiar name! He immediately thought of that graceful and stunning figure.
Only then did he remember that he had seen a boring inventory of beauties on self-media in later generations, and that the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe was a major producer of beauties.
The woman he had been thinking about these two days happened to be among them.
Thinking of this, Lin Weimin suddenly became excited and kept looking up at the platform.
"What play will be performed today?" Lin Weimin asked.
"Five girls celebrate birthday."
Lin Weimin tried hard to recall, and the impression became clearer and clearer. The little white flower he was thinking about was among them.
The Victory Theatre was very lively today. As the first performance of the Xiao Bai Hua Troupe since its establishment, and also a warm-up before going to Hong Kong, many leaders of cultural departments and people from the cultural circles in Zhijiang came to show their support, and there were even more drama fans.
When Lin Weimin looked towards the stage, the sound of gongs and drums rang out, and "Five Daughters Paying Homage to Their Parents" was about to begin.
This play was just written by Mr. Gu Xidong this year.
It tells the story of Yang Jikang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, who celebrated his birthday. His five daughters and sons-in-law came to celebrate his birthday. However, because her adopted daughter Sanchun and son-in-law Zou Yinglong were poor, Mrs. Yang drove them out of the house.
Later, Yang Jikang was dismissed from his post for offending Yan Song, and none of the women could rely on him, except Sanchun, who took them in. Later, Zou Yinglong became the top scholar, overthrew Yan Song, and Yang Jikang's injustice was redressed.
Yue Opera is one of the most widely spread local operas in China, otherwise Zhijiang Province would not have spent so much effort to establish the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe to promote Yue Opera.
Yue Opera originated in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, and originated in Shanghai. It absorbed the advantages of Kunqu Opera, Shaoxing Opera and other distinctive operas, and experienced a transformation from men's Yue Opera to women's Yue Opera. Now it has gradually become a tradition for female actors to play the leading role on stage.
Lin Weimin was not familiar with Yue Opera. As the actors came on stage one after another, he only felt that the singing was beautiful and graceful, with a strong Jiangnan charm.
Of course, he focused more of his energy on finding the little white flower in his mind.
But after watching for a long time, the actors on the stage were wearing costumes and makeup, and he couldn't tell which was which.
He could only rely on his feeling to lock his target on the actress who played the fifth woman Yang Wufeng. He had a feeling that she should be the person he was looking for.
After waiting for a long time, when the show was about to end, Lin Weimin asked Zhang Qiang: "Can we go backstage?"
"Teacher Lin, do you want to go and visit the actors?"
Lin Weimin didn't want to explain any more and just nodded.
Zhang Qiang looked at the leaders in the front row who were standing up. "I'm afraid that won't work. It seems that there are provincial leaders here."
After the performance ended and the actors took their bows, the leaders in the front row went backstage to greet the actors. The audience in the theater began to leave one after another. Lin Weimin had no choice but to follow the crowd and leave the theater first.
When he came out of the theater and walked to the theater door, Lin Weimin stopped moving.
"Teacher Lin, what's wrong?"
"Are there any tickets left for this show?"
Zhang Qiang was surprised. Was Teacher Lin so engrossed in the play? Did he have to meet the actors? He had indeed chosen a good project.
"You still want to see it? Then I'll go and ask for you."
"No, I'll go by myself."
Lin Weimin rejected Zhang Qiang's kindness and went to the ticket office at the theater entrance.
"Comrade, I want to buy some tickets for the Xiao Bai Hua Yue Opera Troupe."
The ticket seller said, "You are late. All the tickets are sold out."
Lin Weimin was a little surprised. Are theater tickets so popular?
Zhang Qiang said: "Teacher Lin, how about I ask for you?"
Lin Weimin shook his head. Zhang Qiang must have borrowed his relationship with the troupe to find the tickets. There was no need to rely on this favor. After sending Zhang Qiang away, he said to the ticket seller, "Comrade, please help me find out if there are any people who have bought tickets but don't have time to watch the show. If anyone is willing to buy them, I'm willing to pay double the price."
The ticket seller looked at Lin Weimin in surprise and asked, "Do you really want to buy a ticket?"
"Yes, I want tickets from tomorrow until the end of the performance. The price is negotiable. Thank you for your help." Lin Weimin said politely.
The ticket seller said, "Then come back tomorrow and I'll tell you if there are any tickets."
"Sorry for bothering you." Lin Weimin didn't say anything, but handed in a five-jin national food coupon through the ticket window.
The ticket seller didn't say anything and took it tacitly.
After coming out of the Victory Theater, Lin Weimin ordered a bowl of noodle soup at a restaurant nearby. It tasted very good. After eating, he used the table in the restaurant to scribbled on paper for a long time before returning to the guesthouse.
The next day, Zhang Qiang came to the guesthouse to find Lin Weimin early in the morning. Lin Weimin declined his company, and Zhang Qiang returned to the troupe disappointed.
Lin Weimin walked out of the guesthouse and headed straight for the Victory Theater on Yan'an Road.
"Comrade, do you have tickets?" Lin Weimin asked while leaning over the ticket window, holding a basket of things in his hands.
The ticket seller recognized him immediately and a smile appeared on his face, "I have a ticket."
The ticket prices for Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe's performances range from 40 cents to 1.2 yuan, depending on the seat. The ticket seller found Lin Weimin two tickets for today and tomorrow, both in the middle of the theater. The original price of the two tickets should have been 1.6 yuan, but Lin Weimin spent 3.2 yuan.
"If there are any tickets for the next few days, I want them too, preferably in the front row." Lin Weimin said to the ticket seller before entering the venue.
The conductor agreed with a happy face.
"Five Daughters Paying Homage to Their Parents" was performed again. This time, Lin Weimin came alone. The atmosphere in the theater was similar to that of yesterday. It seems that the market for drama performances is not small these days.
On the stage, the actors who played the five daughters of the Yang family appeared one after another. Lin Weimin was still blindly guessing which little white flower belonged to him until the end of the performance.
Lin Weimin stood up with a reluctant heart and found the ticket seller again.
"Excuse me, I want to give these fruits to the actors performing today."
In the height of summer, there are plenty of fruits in Hangzhou, and it is not uncommon for drama fans to give fruits as gifts after watching a play.
The ticket seller had nothing to do at the moment, so he delivered Lin Weimin's basket of fruit to the backstage of the performance. At this time, the actors of the Xiaobaihua Troupe were removing their makeup, and when they heard someone delivering fruit, no one paid much attention.
Although today, unlike before the founding of the People's Republic of China, where theaters no longer rewarded performances with silver dollars, gold, jewelry and other valuable items, the tradition of giving gifts has been retained. Generally, gifts are given in the form of physical objects and are not expensive.
He Saifei plays the fifth girl Yang Wufeng today. She has just taken off her makeup. She has a very cheerful personality and can't sit still while wandering around the backstage.
When she saw the fruits brought by the ticket seller, she opened the box, revealing the various fruits inside.
Wow, this person is really thoughtful.
He Saifei counted and found that almost all kinds of fruits on the market were there, and the quantity was quite large, at least ten kilograms.
She picked a few lychees and noticed the small note in the fruit basket with her sharp eyes.
Something is happening!
She picked up the note and unfolded it carefully with some anticipation in her heart.
"How can I make you meet me
In my best moments
For this
I have prayed to the Buddha for five hundred years."
There are only twenty or so words, divided into four lines, and I can finish reading it in one glance.
After reading it, He Saifei just stood there motionless.
What a beautiful artistic conception!
She was immersed in the tenderness and romance that came from the words, and a young girl's shyness appeared on her face.
"What is Sai Fei looking at?"
At this time, Mao Weitao, who had just removed her makeup, noticed He Saifei's behavior. She had a man's name, sang the role of Xiaosheng, and had a tomboyish personality. When she found the small note in He Saifei's hand, she snatched it away.
It took her only a few seconds to finish reading the few lines. She immediately caught the strong romantic atmosphere on the note and read it out loud mischievously.
"How can I make you meet me
In my best moments
For this
I have prayed to the Buddha for five hundred years."
There are some poems that you know are vulgar, but they are really beautiful to read, especially when used in certain situations.
The lines of poetry that Lin Weimin wrote on the note were excerpted from Xi Murong's "A Flowering Tree". There is no such poet in the world, so Lin Weimin had no pressure in copying the poem.
Not to mention the whole poem, just these few short sentences are full of destructive power for a young girl in love.
Mao Weitao has a very strong foundation in opera, and after he read these lines, it immediately caused a sensation backstage.
The actors who were removing their makeup all cast their attention towards her.
The average age of the main actors in the play "Five Daughters Paying Homage to Their Parents" is only eighteen or nineteen years old. Several young and curious girls rushed to Mao Weitao.
"What is this? Let me see."
"Let's see."
Mao Weitao handed the note to the sisters who were making a fuss and looked at He Saifei with a gossipy look on his face.
"Sai Fei, tell me, have you done anything shameful without telling us sisters?"
He Saifei blushed and didn't know how to explain for a moment.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
