Chapter 109: River Opera
Later, catching up with an old man in the Zhuangzi for a 100-year-old birthday, when the prince went to join in the fun, he suddenly had an idea, and immediately issued a royal decree, he wanted to give the centenarian a 100-day drama in the imperial village, and sing according to the age of the old man, the old man was 100 years old, and he would sing for 100 days in a row. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The prince has spoken, and there will be no shortage of people who join in the fun.
Because the solar terms at that time had already entered the ambush and the weather was getting hotter, if you sang a big drama for a hundred days in a row, don't rap the opera, I'm afraid that those who listen to the opera won't be able to stand it.
For this reason, the officials in charge of the government offices around Huangzhuang also offered suggestions, and finally a Niu Lu (the official position of the flag man, not a cattle raiser) in Huangzhuang came up with an idea. It's better to change the location of the stage. Build a boat on the river next to Huangzhuang, and wait for the sun to set every day, light up the lights and sing river opera on the boat.
As soon as the prince heard this, he became interested, and immediately allocated a lot of silver to scatter it, while ordering craftsmen to rush to work overnight to build a theater boat, and at the same time sending people to Beijing and Tianjin to invite famous Peking Opera actors.
A month later, after the famous actors arrived, the boat was just completed.
On the day of the play, there was a shout for a hundred miles, and there were a dense bunch of people, and a rough estimate showed that there were tens of thousands of people.
Fortunately, the stage is on the river, so no matter how many people come, it can be stuffed.
Waves of people watching the drama came and went, and various famous actors also appeared on the stage, singing for a hundred days in a row, and the prince was addicted to drama for a hundred days. Soon after, the prince returned to Beijing.
When the prince left, he made another royal decree, if there is an old man in the imperial village who lives more than 100 years, he will take the 100-day drama of the day as a model and sing the boat show for another 100 days.
It's a pity that since that big joy, no one in the imperial village has lived to be 100 years old, although there have been a few 99-year-olds, but no one can cross this hurdle!
It is not until now that my eldest grandfather has finally ushered in, the only one who has broken through the threshold of ninety-nine and reached a hundred years of life!
Someone once mentioned that a 100-day show was held, but in the end, due to lack of funds, he just invited an acrobatic troupe from the city to come over and perform acrobatics for a night.
This time, the eldest grandfather was one hundred and ten years old, and there was no idea of singing river opera, but it happened that there was a project to develop Linjiang Village in the market, and our Yang Municipal Party Committee immediately made a decision to make a 100-day drama for my eldest grandfather, but if it was really sung for 100 days, the city's finances could not afford it, so it was a trick to change the one-year-old singing day to a hundred-year-old After singing for a day, the one-year-old sang for a day, saying that it was a hundred-day boat river opera, in fact, it was only sung for ten days.
It's a pity that no one expected that this river opera was a tragedy from beginning to end.
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This time, the stage of the river opera was placed on the riverside not far from my grandfather's house, and it took about 20 minutes to walk. I had to honestly follow behind my grandfather, and the Yang Municipal Party Committee also helplessly followed me.
By the time we got to the river, it was almost cleaned up. The riverside was already densely packed with people, and a few selling peanut drinks and melon seeds shuttled through the crowd.
As far as the eye can see, there are three or four big boats moored in the center of the river, and it is more appropriate to say that it is a big boat than a large stage spliced together.
Among them, the big boat in the middle is an empty plywood, and there is a curtain on each side, and the two big characters 'out' and 'in' are written.
The cabin behind the curtain is probably the dressing room for the singing girls, and due to the limited space on the stage on the ship, the props needed for the performance are placed on the stones on the shore at this time.
The rostrum in front of the crowd on the shore has been set up, and the Yang Municipal Party Committee beckoned me and Muyang to go up, and I pulled my grandfather up.
My eldest grandfather is already sitting in the center of the rostrum at this time, the eldest grandfather is one hundred and ten years old, and he still looks very energetic and capable, but he is a little dazzled!
When he saw me walking up, he recognized me at a glance, took my hand tremblingly, and warmed up excitedly.
I sat down and looked around the red cloth in front of me with the words 'Leader' written on it.
This is the first time I have sat on the podium, and it is also the first time to look at the dense crowd under the stands condescendingly, and I am inevitably a little excited in my heart.
At this moment, there are only six people on the rostrum, including the host.
Soon after, the sky darkened slightly, and the host asked the opinion of the Yang Municipal Party Committee in a low voice, and the Yang Municipal Party Committee turned his gaze to Muyang, and after seeing Muyang nodding, the host picked up the microphone and announced the official start of the river opera.
As soon as the host's voice fell, the noise of the crowd in the audience stopped abruptly, and then all his eyes were cast on the stage on the bank of the river.
After a while, the ship's lights lit up on the stage. The Yang Municipal Party Committee began to explain on the side: This time, in order to celebrate the birthday of my eldest grandfather, the city deliberately spent a lot of money, and all the famous actors were invited.
As the Yang Municipal Party Committee was introducing, a gong sounded on the stage on the bank of the river, and an old man wearing a costume with heavy makeup on his face and a long beard on the corner of his mouth walked out from behind the curtain with the word 'out' written on it, and sang 'babbling' in his mouth.
The old man is singing the first play tonight--- mother-in-law's tattoo!
After singing for more than an hour, Yang looked at his watch and pretended to be helpless: "Director Mu, I'm really sorry, I'm missing, I still have something to do at home, I have to go back first!" ”
Mu Yang was fascinated by what he heard at the moment, and nodded, which was regarded as a promise.
After watching it for about half an hour, my eldest grandfather was also helped home, after all, he was old, and he couldn't really watch the play here until late at night.
At this time, there were only three people left on the rostrum, Mu Yang and Grandpa, looking at the old man on the stage who was still singing 'Wow Wow Ya Ya', I really couldn't arouse my interest, but Mu Yang was still shaking his head, and his mouth was still humming, I really couldn't see that he actually had this hobby.
Just as I was looking drowsy, a bald old man walked up, this old man was wearing a Taoist robe, and he looked very unusual. I recognized him at a glance, he was the same master who taught my grandfather to cover my eyes with black dog blood!
He was also like this back then, but he didn't expect it to be like this now, looking like a monk.
"Lao Tie, it's been so long, why did you come?"
My grandfather naturally knew this Taoist priest, and when he saw him coming, he immediately got up and said hello to him.
The Taoist priest smiled: "Don't mention it, someone from above checked my account, damn, it actually found my Tie Li Gui!" ”
Grandpa smiled when he heard this: "I said Tie Laodao, don't just toss around if you're fine." A good Taoist temple, not what company you took to register, but also the main catering... ”