Erquan Yingyue (novella) Zhang Baotong

From this warm applause, Ah Bing knew that there would be no shortage of money to be collected tonight. However, Ah Ping does not regard performance as a simple way to earn money and make a living, he feels that being able to dedicate his beautiful feelings and music to others is a kind of self-appreciation and intoxication. Therefore, every time he plays, he always immerses his emotions in the music and performance, and lets his soul and emotions drift with the melody of the music. It's a wonderful feeling. And every time he puts his heart and soul into the music, it is also when his music is played at its best, so when people clapped and shouted "yes", he felt that it made him happier than how much money he made.

At that time, there were no clocks in the tea house, and people relied on their feelings to judge the time of day. Therefore, Ah Bing and Ah Hong have to prepare as many songs as they want to be based on how much time the guests will spend in the tea house. After all the songs and music have been sung or played, it is time for people to go home. Because they have to collect money from the guests after the performance, they usually sing the more exciting and popular songs at the end. The final singing is some love songs that everyone likes to listen to. Therefore, Ah Hong sang several folk songs such as "Who Sees Pity with Lovesickness" and "The Breeze and the Moon Meet".

However, before Ah Hong finished singing a song, someone in the tea party shouted at Ah Hong, "Little sister, you are singing all the brothers and sisters, how boring it is to listen all day long, it is better to give some meat to the brothers and brothers, so that we can be happy and happy." "Usually, there is also this kind of bastard who is coaxing and fooling around, but Ah Bing and Ah Hong pretend not to hear it and ignore it. Seeing that no one was following suit, those bastards stopped making noise. However, as soon as the man shouted, many people immediately started to make a commotion, shouting, "Let's get some meat, let's add money." What surprised Ah Bing and Ah Hong even more was that someone immediately threw money on the table.

Listen to the sound of someone throwing money on the table. Ah Hong immediately panicked and was at a loss for a while. Seeing this, Ah Bing immediately got up, held the erhu between his arms, and bowed to everyone, "Uncle, bear with me." Ah Hong and I have never learned meat music yet, and we will dedicate ourselves to you when we learn it later. However, Ah Bing's words not only did not win everyone's acceptance, but attracted more coaxing, "That yellow song and meat song can even be sung by illiterate rural aunts and sisters, and you are afraid that you specialists will not be able to sing?" Tell you, letting you sing is to promote you, don't be ignorant of the situation." "Sing, we have money. As he spoke, some of them threw money at them.

Listening to the guests making noise towards them, watching the silver money roll towards here one by one, Ah Hong's father couldn't hold his breath, so he stood up from the chair next to the table with a bang, carried the hookah in his hand, and yelled at Ah Hong, "If you are asked to sing, you can sing, what are you pretending to be delicate?" Ah Hong saw that her father not only did not relieve her, but instead persecuted her with everyone, so angry that tears fell out, and said, "Dad, why are you persecuting me like this?" Ah Hong's father said, "Why am I persecuting you?" People are asking you to sing and they don't want you to sing for nothing, they want to give you money? It's the same as doing business and buying and selling. When Ah Hong heard her father's words, she was ashamed and annoyed, so she gasped and said to her father, "You want to sing it, you sing, I can't sing this kind of song." So saying, he shook his body and turned his back to the coaxers.

Seeing that Ah Hong insisted on refusing to sing, Ah Hong's father also knew that this kind of thing was not forced to do, so he made a gesture to everyone angrily, saying, "Ah Hong really doesn't know how to sing meat, and I blame me for not teaching her." Since everyone wants to listen to it, I'll sing a few songs, which can be regarded as relieving everyone's boredom. As he spoke, he raised his dry and hoarse voice and sang, "My sister was born as a race, don't go out with a plate to entangle money; ”

After everyone screamed strangely, someone shouted, "Don't be weird, old man, get out of the way, we want to listen to Ah Hong's sister sing meat songs." Ah Hong's father was bored, so he turned around and persuaded Ah Hong, "You just sing a few songs for them to listen to, what's embarrassing, as long as you can exchange the money back." Ah Hong was even more annoyed, grabbed the braid in his hand, turned his body, turned his back, and said, "Don't be ashamed, how can a father let his daughter sing meat songs?"

Ah Bing felt that people were making a fuss about letting Ah Hong sing meat songs was themselves teasing and bullying them, but Uncle Ah not only stepped forward to protect their dignity, but repeatedly forced Ah Hong to submit to it, and his heart couldn't help but become angry, so he got up and took the erhu, and said to Ah Hong angrily, "Ah Hong, go, we don't want this kind of money." With that, he took Ah Hong's arm and walked towards the outside of the tea house.

As soon as Ah Bing and Ah Hong entered the house, before the oil lamp was lit, Ah Hong's father scolded and shouted from behind and chased after them. He stomped open the half-open door with a hard kick, and when he saw Ah Hong panting and sitting in his room, he scolded, "You little slut, you dare not listen to Lao Tzu's words." Then, he rushed over and grabbed Ah Hong's hair with a burst of punches and kicks. Ah Hong was frightened by Daddy's crazy appearance, and hurriedly held her head with both hands, and followed Daddy's punches and kicks, but she didn't dare to cry out loud. Ah Bing was in the next room, thinking that Ah Hong's father was just scolding Ah Hong, so he felt that it was difficult to care, but he soon heard Ah Hong's cries and screams, and knew that Ah Hong's father had started to beat Ah Hong, so he hurriedly came to Ah Hong's door. He saw that Ah Hong's father was hitting Ah Hong's head and body with his head and face covered, and the more he hit him, the more he hit it, so he rushed over, grabbed one of Uncle A's arms and pulled it, Ah Hong's father was defenseless for a while, and he spent the whole night in the peach courtyard last night, and his body was empty, so he fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Ah Hong's father fell to the ground, stroking his waist for a long time and couldn't get up from the ground. He glared at Ah Bing with his eyes and said viciously, "Dog boy, you dare to beat Lao Tzu." Then, he suddenly got up and threw himself at Ah Bing. Seeing the situation, Ah Bing dodged and pushed, and pushed Ah Hong's father to the ground, and did not speak, but stared straight at him with majestic eyes. Ah Hong's father knew that he was old and that he would suffer a loss by fighting, so he slowly held the ground, stood up, and said, "I don't fight with you, you are also old, and I can't control you anymore, from now on, you will leave here, just because we don't know anyone." ”

Ah Bing didn't expect Uncle Ah to drive him out, and he couldn't help but panic. Since his father's death, Ah Ping has always regarded this place as his home. However, now, Uncle wants to drive him out. Ah Hong saw that Ah Bing was going to drive Ah Bing out, so he hurriedly walked to his father and knelt down, pleading, "Daddy, don't you drive Ah Bing away, Ah Bing is gone, how will we perform in the future?" Ah Hong's father didn't really want to drive Ah Bing out, but he couldn't lose his dignity, so he said, "If he doesn't want to go, he will honestly kneel in front of Lao Tzu and apologize to Lao Tzu and admit his mistakes." ”

Ah Hong knew that her father's temper was strong and she refused to give up lightly, so she turned her pleading gaze to Ah Bing. However, Ah Ping stood there unyieldingly like a sculpture. Seeing Ah Bing's appearance, Ah Hong's father did not show the slightest sign of succumbing to admit his mistakes, so he forced, "If you refuse to admit your mistakes, don't stay here again." Ah Bing smiled contemptuously and said, "Just go, I'm going to leave sooner or later anyway." With that, he turned and walked out the door.