The whole family started walking back again. They thought the show was about to start, as more and more people were walking this way.
"Aunt, let's hurry up. Look at this person. There won't be any room left if he goes there." Shufeng became uneasy when she saw the person walking quickly beside her.
"Now you can't find a good seat even if you walk fast. We almost ran out of seats when we went so early before, and now it's even worse."
As expected, when the family arrived, the stage was already packed with people. They had to shout to be heard. Changxing was riding on his father's neck and was so happy.
Duo'er and the others were a little frustrated. "We're too far away. Not only can we not see it, but we might not even hear it."
Chunxiao looked around and smiled, "Let's go. It's tiring to stand here. Let's go to the restaurant across the street and find a good seat." There was a two-story restaurant across the street. The stage was built so upright. I wonder if the restaurant sponsored it, otherwise it would occupy a great location.
Restaurants usually do not close on New Year's Eve, but on New Year's Day. Chunxiao took them to the restaurant. Those who had no money came to watch the fun, and those who had money naturally wanted to watch the fun too.
Only after entering the restaurant did they realize that there were quite a lot of people in the restaurant, especially on the second floor, where there were basically no empty seats. It was not until Chunxiao spent two taels of silver that the waiter led them to a small private room. The two taels of silver was just the money for the private room.
Everyone walked to the window, which was indeed a great spot, with the stage in front right within their sight.
"Hey, it's good to be rich. Look at our aunt. Once she helps us, we don't have to suffer down there. We can eat, drink and even watch a show right here."
Chunxiao looked at Shufeng who was making sarcastic remarks at the side and said, "I'm only paying these two taels of silver. All our expenses will be charged to your account later. You just need to make a perfect gesture of paying the money."
"What's the problem? Just order whatever you want to eat. I'll settle the bill with Huaitian later." Shufeng grinned at Yang Huaitian.
"Look around and see where your eldest brother and sister-in-law are. Call them up when you see them. We've spent money, there's no reason why they should still be suffering down there." Zhou kept looking down, and the children also looked with their eyes open.
"I think brother and the others have come to the restaurant too. Maybe they are on the other side. Let's go to the restaurant and take a look. Huaitian, come with me to look for them." The two of them left the box.
"Grandma, there are too many people down there. I'm going to have to look at them all even if I'm blind."
"Yeah, there are too many people here, I'm afraid I can't find it."
"Aunt, look, there's a carriage over there too." Changxing pointed to the road in the distance, "Look, there's a carriage."
Chunxiao looked over and saw that there really was a carriage nearby. She smiled and said, "If we had known earlier, we would have driven a carriage over here too."
"You can't even see it from inside the carriage. You see, they're all parked far away. Otherwise, you'd get stuck in the crowd and wouldn't be able to get out. It would be really troublesome."
Several people looked down for a while, but still couldn't find anyone. "Forget it, my eyes are almost blind." Zhou rubbed her eyes and looked at Yan Bingfa beside her, "Did you see anyone?"
Yan Bingfa shook his head and said, "My eyesight is not good to begin with. I see double when I look at the people below."
Soon, Yan Dahe and Yang Huaitian came back, looked at them and shook their heads, "No, they didn't come here." The waiter who followed behind brought in a pot of tea.
"Dear guests, tea is free in the restaurant today. Would you like to order something to eat? This play will take several hours to perform once it opens."
"Serve us a few plates of delicious cakes first, and then bring us a menu." Shufeng looked at Pan'er and the others, "Order whatever you want later. Sister will treat you."
Zhang laughed at the side, "Shufeng is really different now that she's married. Her style..."
The guy left happily.
Everyone sat in the box, eating cakes and chatting. After about half an hour, the show finally started. A few people had stools but didn't want to sit, so they all squeezed to the window.
It was Chunxiao's first time to watch such a drama, and she found it very fresh.
"What kind of play is this?"
"I don't know. I'll find out after listening carefully."
The crowd sat or stood by the windows, listening. The singers were dedicated to their profession; the show started late, and they didn't even have lunch or a break, just singing non-stop. Regardless of whether the audience was hungry or not, no one was willing to leave.
Yang Huaitian and Shufeng ordered a table of food at the restaurant at noon, and they had lunch together.
"It's a pity that your parents don't know where to go. If they had known, they wouldn't have gone their separate ways."
"Dad, Mom, don't worry. My eldest brother and his wife are not stupid. They have plenty of money, so they will definitely be able to find a good place to rest."
"I'm just afraid they're so used to being frugal that they won't spend money."
"Grandma, don't worry. They won't let me leave unless I have my brother. He won't let them get tired."
After dinner, they continued to listen to the opera.
Chunxiao could tell that today's opera was a typical old routine, the story of a scholar and a young lady, a talented man and a beautiful woman. Looking at the expressions of Zhang and Shufeng as they listened to the opera with fascination, it was clear that the old routine was still popular. Not to mention the people watching the opera below.
Although there weren't many actors performing, the expressions and emotions they sang were very engaging, otherwise people wouldn't be moved to tears one moment and giggled the next. As the saying goes, ten minutes on stage takes ten years of practice off stage, so the actress the township government hired must have some talent. Without noticing for a moment, several men were completely entranced by the performance.
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