Fang Wenqi said: "Tomorrow we have to go to the show, I will teach you a little bit of the work of the eight screens today, you have learned the penetration in the eight screens, I will not say more, I will teach you mainly the previous mat and how to live." ”

"Good. Seeing that the lecture had begun, He Xiangdong also became serious.

Fang Wenqi said: "Our traditional cross talk performances are all about the part of the mat talk, and you can't pull it directly into the work, otherwise the cross talk will have to be screwed, just like the children in the eight screens, you bow on the stage, and say that my name is He Xiangdong, I will tell you a cross talk, I am thinking about the beginning, the Great Song Dynasty Wen Yanbo ......"

"This audience must not be dumbfounded, people haven't figured out what you're going to do, you just come up and talk about it, can the audience cheer you, people may think that you just ran out of a mental hospital. ”

He Xiangdong also smiled, but he still felt that what the master said was very reasonable.

Fang Wenqi continued: "So the role of the mat is reflected, it can make the audience remember you as soon as possible, listen to you, and you can also bring the audience to the scene story you created as soon as possible, in the cross talk performance, it will always be our artists who take the audience, and we can't let the audience take us away, otherwise what do you say?"

"There is also a mat talk at the beginning to say the answer, when performing in the theater tea house, usually many actors perform together, for example, you said a storytelling artist in the last show about a Three Kingdoms, and the audience is still immersed in the story of the Three Kingdoms, you go on the stage and directly say what happened to your second uncle, the audience hasn't reacted yet, you have a few burdens and no sound, your cross talk is about to be plagued, so what we say in the industry is gold, and it is silver. ”

"Just like the cross talk you said in Shijia, you didn't answer at all, people just finished singing Pingju, you should first say something about Pingju or the last actor, attract the audience's attention to you, resonate, and then shake off a burden, this is a good answer, and then you can say your own things. Fortunately, you are a child, and the audience will be attracted to you as soon as you come on the stage, and they will all pay attention to you, otherwise your cross talk is likely to be plagued. ”

Hearing this, he Xiangdong is sweat, he didn't expect that he still had so many problems, it seems that he was able to succeed last time, it was really the audience's praise.

Fang Wenqi continued: "For open-air performances like ours, you don't know who the audience is, it may be students, workers, farmers, and bosses. You don't know what these people like to listen to or don't like to hear, so you have to rely on the cushion to lead the way, a few burdens shook out, and it sounded, let's continue. ”

"If it's plagued, it means that the work is left, and let's talk about changing the burden. The south is sweet and the north is salty, the east is spicy and the west is sour, we have to talk about cross talk according to the taste of the audience, and when the few burdens of the mat talk sound, the audience will be attracted by you, and you can come to life at this time, saying that you are living this cross talk. There is no exact time for pad talk, one or two sentences are pad talk, and talking for dozens of minutes is also pad talk, the key is to build a line, take the line between you and the audience, and it will be smooth to live. ”

"Let's talk about what the pad words of the eight screens are, the pad words in the traditional eight screens are pairs, like the Erzhao version is saying that the wind blows the waves on the water surface, and the rain hits the beach and pits a little bit', of course, there are other pairs, such as 'the stone heavy boat is lightly loaded, the ground is long and the foot is short', 'the medicine sprouts garlic is pressed with garlic, and the cockscomb flower is under the chicken irrigation flower' These pairs are also OK, all changes are inseparable, you want to make the work, say which pair is done. Come, I'll teach you how to make this work ......."

He Xiangdong studied very seriously, Fang Wenqi taught very seriously, teaching from noon to evening, even for dinner, he cooked some noodles with half a chicken called flower and chicken, and continued to learn art after dinner.

Over and over again, from demeanor to figure to tone, the performance of cross talk artists is not loud, the voice is small, the rhythm is fast, and the rhythm is slow, which is a great test of skills and the talent of the artist.

The master was very strict, and he scolded loudly if he didn't do anything wrong, He Xiangdong didn't complain, he corrected it over and over again, and it wasn't until late at night that Fang Wenqi asked He Xiangdong to go back to sleep, and he would get up early tomorrow.

He Xiangdong, who was lying on the bed, closed his eyes slightly, and his mind was still thinking about how he should perform and how to live, and he didn't sleep well this night. There is a saying in the artist industry that if you don't go crazy, you can't live, and that's what it says.

At four o'clock in the morning the next day, Fang Wenqi woke up He Xiangdong, one old and one young, took a few steamed buns, and rode off by moonlight.

It's already autumn, it's cold in the early morning, the cold wind hurts on his face, and He Xiangdong's little head, which was still groggy, quickly woke up.

The place of the performance is in Liangzhuang Town, some distance from them, you have to leave early to catch the morning market, get up late and the market is over, who do you show for?

Like Fang Wenqi, who performs in the open air, can only be active in the countryside now, although there are many people in the city, they are not allowed to perform, and they will be taken away by the chengguan before they can get a good picture.

It's getting harder and harder to do it now.

I rode for more than two hours, and I didn't rush to Liangzhuang Town until dawn, bought two bowls of gruel, and simply solved the breakfast with the steamed buns I brought.

At this time, the number of people in the town gradually increased, and all kinds of stalls were already busy, selling clothes, farm tools, seeds, food, and everything......

After a while, Fang Wenqi's partner Huang Hua also came, he is also a folk artist, Fang Wenqi teased, Huang Hua praised, and the two have also partnered for several years.

"Uncle Huang, you're here. He Xiangdong stood up from the stool and greeted him with a smile.

Huang Hua was a little fat, his face was relatively broad, and he smiled very happily, he said: "Yo, this is not a little Dongzi, he is getting more and more handsome." ”

He Xiangdong also smiled: "Then Uncle Huang, why don't you hurry up and prepare to let the little junior sister settle with me." ”

"Go. Huang Hua scolded with a smile: "How can you learn these words, you don't have a serious appearance, Brother Fang, you don't care about him." ”

Fang Wenqi sat on the stool and didn't stand up, and said to He Xiangdong seriously: "Child, I have to criticize you, why don't you feel dirty." ”

Huang Huamao was furious and shouted: "Go, all the nonsense, the old and the young are not good." ”

One old and one young laughed immorally.

When the sun rose, there were already a lot of people on the street, some performers also went out, and there were fortune tellers who came to the countryside, and there was a monkey, which was very lively.

Huang Hua and Fang Wenqi went to a nearby farmer's house to borrow a few long benches and set them up temporarily, which was for people listening to cross talk.

He Xiangdong grabbed a handful of white sand and drew a large circle on the ground, which is called painting pot in the jargon. When the ground is abandoned, cross talk artists perform in the pot, selling their performances to make money, and it means waiting for the rice to go to the pot.

After painting the pot, it is necessary to start to dip, to attract the audience, usually the cross talk artist will sing some tunes, Taiping lyrics or singing allegro.

The more traditional name is white sand sa word, which is to use the leftovers of white marble to grind into powder, and then sprinkle it on the ground with your hand to form the shape of the word, and the powder used can only be ground out of white marble, otherwise you can't write the edges and corners.

The ancestor of the cross talk is not afraid of Mr. Poor is particularly good at "Baisha Sa Characters", and is the best at writing couplets, among which there is a pair that is very famous, called "Painting on the lotus monk painting, the book is in the Chinese character Hanlin Book".

Baisha Sa Zi also has small songs to perform together, such as "Demolition of the Cross" is one of the classic masterpieces. Now there are very, very few people who can do this unique job, and some of them are old artists who started from the streets in the old society.

For example, Master Hou Baolin once performed the unique trick of white sand characters for Chairman Mao, and it took a lot of effort to find the leftovers of white marble.

Huang Hua and Fang Wenqi had already changed into coats, Fang Wenqi was still carrying a small cyan coat in his hand, walked towards He Xiangdong, who was busy with his work, and said behind him: "Dongzi, I will leave the opening song of the meeting to you, and it depends on you whether you can be good today." ”