He Xiangdong was watching the excitement, Bai Qiang interrupted Tian Jiani's singing, and said: "Nier, I said why don't you sing regardless of the board, I didn't put strings on you now, otherwise it would be all messed up." ”

Tian Jiani raised her head and looked at her master with a blank expression.

Bai Qiang explained: "When you use a tight board, you also need to cooperate with the slow board, from one board and three eyes to the transition with the board without eyes, and then back to one board and three eyes. Just like the passage of "Ringing the Bell in the Sword Pavilion", it falls at the end, from the beginning of the interlude to the first word of "again" is a slow board, and the next "can't" starts until "ten thousand points are red" to the tight board with a board without eyes, and then to the end of "this king", and then back to the slow board, this is all a rule. ”

In the traditional singing, the drum board is often used to press the beat, and everything that wants to be beaten needs to hit the board, so this beat is called "board", and the weak beat and the sub-strong beat are to beat the drum with a drum or press the fingers, which is called "eye", which is collectively called "board eye". One board and one eye are called one eye board, that is, two beats, one board and three eyes are called three eye plates, that is, four beats, there is no fixed plate eye is called loose board, and there is a board without eyes called Allegro or no eye board. During performances, artists often beat the drum board to add to the beauty.

The master and apprentice asked and answered, Bai Qiang also corrected Tian Jiani's mistakes in singing, and sang a paragraph himself, but Tian Jiani still didn't grasp it well, and after two clicks, the little girl was also anxious, and there were tears in her eyes.

He Xiangdong was even more anxious when he looked at the wall, so he hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Bai, Uncle Bai......"

Bai Qiang and Tian Jiani looked back at the wall, He Xiangdong's little head was on the wall, Bai Qiang looked funny, and said: "Who is this kid, he learned the craft of climbing the wall at a young age." ”

He Xiangdong also seemed to feel a little indecent, and with a strong hand, he jumped onto the wall with his feet. He Xiangdong straddled the fence and looked at the two people in the courtyard with a smile.

Well, it seems more indecent.

Bai Qiang was speechless when he saw this hairy little ghost, so he said: "You can go where you should go, we are practicing here, and we don't have time to take care of you." ”

He Xiangdong said: "You think I want to come, my master asked me to come, and he has something to do with you." ”

Bai Qiang asked, "What's the matter?"

He Xiangdong said: "How do I know this, anyway, my master asked me to come over, so I came." ”

Bai Qiang pondered for a while, but didn't come up with a clue, so he said: "Okay, you two play, don't run around, I'll go out." Nier, you're thinking about it yourself. ”

After speaking, Bai Qiang changed his clothes, pedaled his bicycle and went out.

He Xiangdong climbed down from the wall, trotted to Tian Jiani's side, and said with a smile: "Nier, let's play." ”

Tian Jiani shook her little head and said, "No, I still have to sing the big drum, I haven't learned it yet, and when the master comes back, he will scold me again." ”

As she spoke, tears came out of Tian Jiani's eyes again.

Seeing this, He Xiangdong hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, it's okay, it'll be fine in two years." ”

Tian Jiani looked up at him and said, "Will I be able to learn it in two years?"

He Xiangdong said: "I'm used to it." ”

When Tian Jiani heard this, her mouth curled and she immediately cried.

Tian Jiani cried and said, "My master hates ...... I'm stupid...... How...... You can't learn anything, you ...... You call me stupid too...... I...... I ......"

Seeing that Tian Jiani was really crying, He Xiangdong was also anxious, he didn't cry when he was beaten by his master, sometimes he squeezed out two tears to pretend to be dead. He couldn't understand why there were so many tears in this girl's eyes.

He Xiangdong persuaded: "Nier, don't cry, I don't know what to do." ”

But Tian Jiani still couldn't stop sobbing.

was forced to run out of ways, He Xiangdong said: "Why don't I sing a paragraph for you, King Wen, if you miscalculate a hexagram, you can beat me?"

Tian Jiani looked at him with teary eyes, and she was also a little interested, so she nodded and agreed.

He Xiangdong took the drum pick in her hand and struck it on the big drum.

Wen Wang hexagram is a paragraph in the Taiping lyrics, and the four lessons of cross talk say that the singing fingers in the comic singing are the Taiping lyrics, and the other singing is considered learning. Because other songs, songs, and dramas have their own special actors, cross talk actors learn from them to sing, and only Taiping lyrics are the main singing of cross talk.

The Taiping lyrics are very simple, and the tune is also very simple, and you can basically sing it after listening to it a few times. There are many people who can sing, but there are very few people who can sing well. Because singing Taiping lyrics all depends on the actor's fleshy voice, there is only a pair of jade seeds, that is, two bamboo boards, and there is no other musical instrument to support the actor to sing, and it is difficult to sing the taste.

Leaving Yuzi, singing Taiping lyrics is not hindered at all, because the original artist who sang Taiping lyrics sang with his hands on his thighs, and later when Enxu, the predecessor of cross talk, sang Taiping lyrics to the Empress Dowager Cixi, Cixi thought that Enxu's hands slapped his thighs and beat it was not good-looking, so he asked Li Lianying to cut off two bamboo boards for Enxu to use, this is the origin of Yuzi, which was originally called "Yuci", and later became "Yuzi" because of homophony.

Originally, when cross talk artists performed in the open air, they would sing a little tune, Taiping lyrics and the like to attract the audience, so that the audience came around to watch, the jargon is called "round dipping", and all cross talk artists are inseparable from this craft. Later, cross talk entered teahouses and theater performances, and there was no need to attract audiences, and for some other reasons, Taiping lyrics gradually declined.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, the original cross talk artists all entered the quyi troupe and began to receive national salaries, and there were even fewer young cross talk actors who were willing to work hard to learn this skill. With the passing of the older generation of cross talk artists, it is almost impossible to find anyone who can sing Taiping lyrics, and now the mainstream is talking about the so-called new type of cross talk that praises or satirizes social reality, and there are very few people in the traditional old craft club. Only people like He Xiangdong who have been learning art since childhood and accepted the complete inheritance of cross talk art can understand.

He Xiangdong walked to the big drum with a drum stick and struck it gently, the drum beat was very simple, similar to high-fiveing with both hands to beat the song.

"Ahem. He Xiangdong cleared his throat and then sang, although he was young and his voice was very immature, but the charm was full.

"King Wen's gossip counts as yin and yang.

Do the math, the stars and the moon grow in the sky.

If you do the math, the whole grain is the size of a broad bean.

If you do the math, the crops in the field belong to the sorghum grow.

Forget it, the two of them are older than his father.

Forget it, the daughter-in-law's mother is the mother-in-law.

Forget it, forget it, there is an emperor in the palace......"

Tian Jiani had stopped crying, looked at He Xiangdong in amazement, and finally said: "You are really reasonable in singing." ”

The Wenwang hexagram is an old-fashioned two-person duet song in Taiping lyrics, sometimes with accurate words, sometimes with inaccurate words, which requires the basic skills and adaptability of the actors.

From the liberation to the present, basically no one sings it anymore, and the only thing left is a one-and-a-half-minute recording sung by Mr. Hou Baolin and Mr. Liu Baorui, and He Xiangdong has just learned it from his master.

King Wen's hexagram is a duet sung by two cross talk actors, and they tease each other, because the lyrics are originally the truth, so they can also amuse the audience. In fact, there is a paragraph at the beginning of King Wen's hexagram, because He Xiangdong is singing alone today, so it is omitted.

He Xiangdong looked at Tian Jiani and continued to sing: "Forget it, forget it, the girl is Jiani's favorite cryer." ”

Tian Jiani blushed and glared at He Xiangdong fiercely.

He Xiangdong didn't care at all, and continued to sing: "Forget it, forget it, He Xiangdong is the smartest in the world." ”

"Phew, shameless. Tian Jiani was also amused.

He Xiangdong sang: "Forget it, forget it, Jiani has to marry He Xiangdong." ”

"Don't sing it. Tian Jiani was forced by He Xiangdong's shamelessness, so she hurriedly trotted over, picked up a big drum and looked at He Xiangdong with a big puff.

He Xiangdong put away the drum sign and asked, "Why don't you let me sing, look at how accurate these hexagrams I just calculated are." ”