"Who are you?" Zhang He asked, standing up.

There are two men who don't look ordinary in the house, which is really confusing.

Although the old voice is hot now, the people who should have come have also come, and I don't know who these two people are in front of me.

After the two men came in, they glanced at the courtyard and bowed slightly.

These two people have extraordinary temperaments, with a strong scholarly atmosphere and artistic atmosphere, in Zhang He's eyes, he has only seen such people when he was in college.

Only some professors and scholars in some universities feel this way.

One of the men with dark hair and gold-rimmed glasses stepped forward and said, "Hello, I am the head of the Department of Folk Music of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, my name is Liang Qiu, and this is Professor Chen Shaoyang Chen of our Xi'an Conservatory of Music, he is a professor specializing in the study of our folk music." ”

Zhang He was stunned, and hurriedly stretched out his hands, but he touched the fritters just now, and his hands were still full of oil, so he didn't care too much, so he directly rubbed his hands and clothes and stretched them out.

"Hello Professor Chen, hello Director Liang, I am Zhang He, and Zhang Delin is my grandfather. Zhang He said respectfully.

This is a teacher at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music.

Xi'an Conservatory of Music was founded in October 1949, formerly known as the "Music Department of Northwest Military and Political University", which was born to adapt to the strategy of liberating the northwest and cultivating literary and artistic cadres, and is the same age as the Republic.

In the entire northwest region, Xi'an Conservatory of Music is the only independent high-level higher music institution.

They are professional academics with high artistic attainments.

Unexpectedly, a professor and a department head came to the small village, and the scene was not small.

"You are Zhang He, I have heard of you, you opened a theater in Huayin to perform in the old style, and you have made a lot of efforts for the old voice. Liang Qiu smiled and reached out to hold it.

"Don't dare to be, it's all what I should do. Zhang He said modestly.

He was just a logistics staff and did not dare to compare himself with the two teachers.

"Zhang He, you did a good job, if it weren't for you, we might not know the old words. Chen Shaoyang also stretched out his hand and shook it.

Lao Yan later only performed in Hugou Village, and they really didn't know.

"Professor Chen, Director Liang, are you here to find my grandfather?" asked Zhang He.

"That's right. Liang Qiu nodded.

"My grandfather is still in the field, I'll call you. Zhang He said eagerly.

Chen Shaoyang smiled when he heard this: "No need, let's go with you." ”

There is not the slightest shelf.

"Sister-in-law, I went out with the guests, you can help clean up the dishes. Zhang He yelled inside, and hurriedly walked out with two people.

Chen Shaoyang and Liang Qiu were both here for the first time, and they asked Zhang He a lot of questions while walking on the road.

"Folk music has its own uniqueness, and it is inevitable that this small mountain village can give birth to such an ancient shadow puppet show as Huayin Laoyan. On the way, Chen Shaoyang commented.

In the past, my understanding of the old dialect stayed on the introduction of the media, but today I came to take a look and found that the charm of the old dialect is far more interesting than the media introduction.

There are mud houses and brick houses in the village, and the dirt roads on the original roads have long been cleaned up.

In the past, Zhang He could only drive to the entrance of the village, but now he can also drive to the gate of the courtyard.

I met some villagers on the way, and I was very curious to see Chen Shaoyang and the others.

When we got to the field, an old man was turning the ground with a hoe.

Before the figure could see clearly, the voice came first.

"Since ancient times, Chang'an, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties, mountains and rivers are like flowers, and eight rivers flow around the city. ”

The voice is rich, with the unique sense of desolation on the yellow earth, with the simplicity of farmers.

Chen Shaoyang and Liang Qiu's eyes lit up, and the speed under their feet also increased a few steps, and they hurriedly walked into the field.

Both of them had black leather shoes under their feet, but they didn't care in the slightest, and stepped directly in the dirt, and even Zhang He couldn't keep up with them.

"Mr. Zhang Delin, hello. The two men approached and hurriedly spoke.

Zhang Delin stopped what he was doing when he heard this, and asked suspiciously: "Who are you?"

"Master, this is Professor Chen Shaoyang Chen of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, and this is Liang Qiu, head of the Department of Folk Music of the Conservatory of Music. Zhang He rushed over and said hurriedly.

"Mr. Zhang Delin, we have seen your performance at the music festival "Qin Sheng's Brilliant Voice", and we would like to invite you to perform at our conservatory of music this time. Liang Qiu said slowly.

Zhang He's heart was shocked, and he was replaced by an incomparable surprise.

The two teachers actually invited Lao Yan to perform at the Conservatory of Music, which represents the recognition of his profession, Zhang He never thought that Lao Yan could perform in a professional music school.

"Mr. Zhang, Huayin is a treasure of our nation, and the teachers and students in the school are very eager to hear it, and I hope you can agree to our invitation. Chen Shaoyang said sincerely.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and perhaps the two of them are better than Zhang Delin in other aspects, but in the genre of old music, Zhang Delin is the real everyone.

Zhang Delin paused for a second and didn't react.

Naturally, he had heard of the name of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, but he really didn't expect to perform there.

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry, we can go back and talk slowly. Liang Qiu said.

"Master, you go with them to the Laoqiang Protection Center, and I'll do the work in the field first. Zhang He hurriedly went up and took the hoe and urged.

He can't intervene in this matter, Delinban belongs to the old protection center, and he wants Liu Xingwu to come forward.

"Okay, then I'll take a look. Zhang Delin nodded.

After finishing his work in the field, Zhang He hurriedly put the hoe at home and came to the Laoyan Protection Center.

Chen Shaoyang and several people were communicating with the artists in the office, and Liu Xingwu was also adding some things on the side.

"Thank you very much for agreeing to my request, I think this performance will definitely surprise the teachers and students of the school. Chen Shaoyang said with a smile.

Xi'an Conservatory of Music has a lot of majors about music, composition, vocal music, orchestra, folk music, etc., the old dialect belongs to the Department of Folk Music, and the full name is called the Department of National Instrumental Music, so Liang Qiu will personally accompany Chen Shaoyang to come.

"You're welcome, it's an honor to perform at the Conservatory. Liu Xingwu said with a smile.

"Alright, let's go back and get ready, we'll wait for you at school. Chen Shaoyang got up and said.

"Professor Chen, Director Liang, stay for a meal. Zhang He hurriedly said.

Not long after the guests came, it was rude to leave like this, and they had to stay for a meal.

"No, we have to rush back to Xi'an to tell you the good news. Liang Qiu explained.

After several excuses, he couldn't keep the two bigwigs, Zhang He sent them to the car, and the driver drove the two bigwigs out of here.

"Get ready, go to Xi'an Conservatory of Music. Liu Xingwu said with a smile.

It is to prepare, this performance is more formal, and it is to be shown to the teachers and students of the Conservatory.

The layman looks at the liveliness, the insiders look at the doorway, and the audience of this performance is all insiders and needs to perform wholeheartedly.

The repertoire of the performance, the instruments chosen, and the performers all need to be carefully considered.

Liu Xingwu began to discuss specific matters with the old artists.

"I think we can let Mr. Zhang Dongxue come to our team and perform together, our current team only has men, no women, which is not suitable, and some singing voices are better for female artists to sing. Liu Xingwu proposed.

"Zhang Dongxue can sing confused operas, and she has also learned the old dialect, and there is no problem with her singing skills, so let her join me and agree. Zhang Delin nodded.

"We need to add another lead singer, Zhang He, do you think Old Man Zhang Yusheng is willing to come?" Liu Xingwu turned his head and asked.

Zhang He said without thinking: "I asked before, the last time I went to Dali and came back, Yu Shengye was not very well, he was reluctant to go far away, so he wanted to sing in the theater." ”

It's normal for some people to be reluctant to go out when they're older.

"What about Mr. Wang Xingqiang?"

"Wang Xingqiang should have no problem, I'll ask now. Zhang He went out and made a phone call to ask.

After a while, Zhang He walked in and said, "Wang Xingqiang agreed to join here." ”

"Lord Delin, what do you think?" Liu Xingwu said tentatively.

Zhang Yusheng's cooperation is good, they are all members of the Zhang family, but Wang Xingqiang is different, he is a foreign surname.

Zhang Delin sighed and said: "If it was before, I probably wouldn't agree, but now, I agree, everyone is for the sake of the old talk, it doesn't matter if there is one more person or one less." ”

The crew of the performance was finalized, a total of 11 people.

There are two lead singers, Zhang Delin and Wang Xingqiang.

Zhang Delu in the back groove, Zhang Deyun in the signing, and Zhang Demin and Zhang Dongxue are responsible for playing gongs, singing in some repertoire, and also taking on some performance tasks.

Other artists are responsible for instruments such as horns, erhu, banhu and low hu.

"Lord Deyun, I have a proposal, let's perform a shadow puppet show at the Conservatory this time. Liu Xingwu said suddenly at this time.

Zhang Deyun was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "Aren't you singing the old dialect? Why are you still acting shadow puppetry?"

"We removed the shadow puppet in order to promote the old style, but our Huayin old style belongs to the shadow puppet play, which is undeniable, we are the earliest shadow puppet play. Liu Xingwu said.

Huayin Laohua is a kind of shadow puppet play in the classification of national intangible cultural heritage.

"Now that the old style has been promoted, our shadow puppet play can also be taken out, we can't forget our roots, we can't forget our roots when we engage in art, shadow puppetry is the root of the old style. Liu Xingwu swore solemnly.

Hearing these words, Zhang Deyun was silent for a long time.

He also wanted to perform shadow puppetry, but there were few opportunities, and now he was going to perform at the Conservatory, Liu Xingwu actually took the initiative to offer, which moved him very much.

"Okay, then this time I'll bring the shadow puppet over and show those students the shadow puppet of our Huayin!" Zhang Deyun said loudly.

Liu Xingwu laughed.

"Let's rehearse here first so that we don't go on stage and make mistakes. Zhang He said.

This time is different from the past, and it needs to be treated with caution.