Chapter 17: A Family of Marionette Performers
This weekend, Shen Wenxue was in front of the computer desk in Du Yunshu's study, and the keyboard was knocked out of the piano keys.
Du Yunshu only thought that Shen Wenxue was writing again, except for serving her tea and fruits, he didn't dare to quarrel with her, and focused on doing logistics outside the study.
Du Yunshu, who has been partial to science since she was a child, has learned mathematics smoothly, but her Chinese grades are not ideal, she hates endorsing and writing essays, but Shen literature is different. Shen is not biased in literature, and language is still her strong point, especially in writing. From childhood to adulthood, Shen Wenxue was sent by his teacher to participate in various essay competitions, and he always won awards. While in college, Shen Wenxue also wrote articles online, and she often posted on a forum called FD, which had many readers and rave reviews. can write, which is an important reason why Du Yunshu admires Shen literature.
The door of the study suddenly opened, Shen Wenxue walked out, she saw Du Yunshu watching a drama on the sofa, in order not to make noise to Shen Wenxue, the sound of the TV was turned to mute, which made Shen Wenxue a little moved.
Seeing Shen Wenxue come out, Du Yunshu hurriedly jumped up from the sofa, threw down the remote control in his hand and asked Shen Wenxue: "Literature, what do you need, I'll help you do it, you don't have to come out in person." ”
"I'll go to the bathroom, you can do it for you?" asked Shen Wenxue with a smile as he walked in the direction of the bathroom.
The large suite of Du Yunshu's house is finely decorated, large and comfortable, and the community is also located in the most prosperous section of Taoli City, which is expensive. Compared with Jiang Xinnan's small rental house, it is indeed a world of difference. In the same community, Du Yunshu's parents also prepared another suite of the same scale for Du Yunshu as a dowry when Du Yunshu got married in the future.
Du Yunshu is an only daughter, and her parents are folk performance artists of She marionettes, who are famous in Taoli City, performing hundreds of times a year, with huge repercussions and a lot of income.
Du Yunshu's father, Du Li, did not continue his studies after graduating from high school, but worshipped Du Yunshu's grandfather Zhong Xie Nian as his teacher and devoted himself to learning the art of marionette performance. Marionettes, also known as "silk puppets" and "hanging silk puppets", tie strings to the puppet's head, neck, hands, feet and other joints of the body.
In the first year, he not only learned the skills of raising the line and rapping at the front desk, but also learned the martial arts field attack and the literary field playing in the backstage, and basically mastered the operation of the whole performance. At the end of the three-year apprenticeship, his thread-lifting skills are becoming more and more mature, one person operates four puppets with two hands, a puppet has less than a dozen threads, and more than twenty or thirty threads, which can be controlled by him, and the control of the operating procedures of the performances, the interpretation of the joys and sorrows of the characters in the play, and the threading skills of the literary and martial arts fields are also becoming more and more proficient.
Du Lao's extraordinary talent and studious qualities during his apprenticeship attracted the attention of Zhong Xianian's only daughter, Zhong Zhen, and their love for marionette performance became a common interest between the two, and the two soon fell in love, and finally entered the palace of marriage.
From a master to a father-in-law, Zhong Xie Nian taught Du Olive even more, and with the support of Zhong Xie Nian, Du Olive and his wife Zhong Zhen soon became the couple of the She puppet in Taoli City, a folk art performance hall.
From the Zhong family to Du Yunshu's mother, Zhong Zhen's generation, there have been four generations engaged in She marionette art performances, but Du Yunshu has not inherited the artistic genes of his ancestors and is very resistant to this performing art. When she was a child, whenever her grandfather Zhong Xie Nian pulled Du Yunshu to teach her marionettes, Du Yunshu cried and made a fuss, but fortunately, Du Yunshu's parents were open-minded and unwilling to force their daughter to do what they didn't want to do, so Du Yunshu's life changed from the possibility of a She puppet performance artist to a people's teacher.
When Shen Wenxue came out of the bathroom, Du Yunshu asked her: "In the evening, my parents have a performance at the People's Theater, can you go to see it together?"
Shen Wenxue wanted to call Director Hua to almost write the report, and when he was about to finish the polish, he gladly agreed to Du Yunshu.
In the evening, Shen Wenxue and Du Yunshu dressed up and set off for the People's Theater.
On the stage, Du Olive and Zhong Zhen are working together to perform a puppet program that integrates the tea culture of the She nationality - "She Girl Tea Art": the puppet is dressed as a She girl, and the dress of Zhong Zhen who sings on the side is the same, the puppet can pluck tea leaves, flush water, wash tea, make tea, and serve tea under the control of Du Olive, and the movements are elegant, which is no less than a real person. The wonderful performance of the husband and wife won bursts of applause from the audience.
Seeing Shen Wenxue's excited applause, Du Yunshu pressed her hand and said, "Don't be so supportive, embarrassed." ”
Shen Wenxue laughed "poof": "Look at your hypocrisy." ”
Without waiting for Du Yunshu to talk back, Shen Wenxue stood up: "I'll go to the bathroom." ”
"Going to the bathroom again?" Du Yunshu pouted.
"Who told you to give me that much water today?" said Shen Wenwen and quickly escaped. She actually just wanted to stand up and get some breath outside the theater. The crowd in the audience made her panic.
"Teacher Shen, why are you here?" Shen Wenxue met Hua Jianmin as soon as he walked out of the theater door.
Hua Jianmin was dressed in a formal suit, his eyebrows were straight, and the whole person looked long and jade, and he was full of energy.
"Hello, Director Hua, my friends and I came to see the show. Why are you here, Director?"
"The evening party was organized by the Propaganda Department, and I was invited to watch it. ”
The two exchanged pleasantries, and Hua Jianmin's eyes fell on Shen Wenxue's face.
Seeing that Hua Jianmin's gaze fell on his cheek looking for something, Shen Wen understood it and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Director Hua, for your ointment, the injury on my face is much better." ”
"The scar has faded, but it's still there, so continue to apply the ointment. Hua Jianmin's tone was like an instruction and an order.
Shen Wenxue bowed slightly to Hua Jianmin, Hua Jianmin nodded slightly to her, and walked forward past Shen Wenxue.
Shen Wenxue's hand fell on the satchel, and he had an idea, it was better to pick up the day than to hit the sun, didn't he bring the report? What a coincidence.
Shen Wenxue took three steps and made two steps to catch up with Hua Jianmin, "Director Hua, wait a minute." ”
When Du Yunshu came out of the theater to look for Shen Wenxue, he happened to see Shen Wenxue take out an envelope from his satchel and hand it to Hua Jianmin, Hua Jianmin took the envelope after a little hesitation, Shen Wenxue smiled at Hua Jianmin with relief.
Du Yunshu immediately covered his mouth with his hand to prevent himself from exclaiming: She, she, she actually sent a love letter to the director!
Shen Wenxue was about to walk back to the theater when he saw Du Yunshu standing at the entrance of the theater.
Shen Wenxue walked in front of Du Yunshu, Du Yunshu immediately returned to his soul, grabbed Shen Wenxue's hand like chicken blood, and said in a high octave voice: "Shen Wenxue, you are crazy!"