Chapter 12: The First Step into the Fire Pit (Part II)
In the summer, the weather in Luoyang is hot day by day, and as soon as the sun comes out, the vigorous heat is a little stuffy, and the heart is panicked and out of breath. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Shang Shang - that is, Shang Liyan (since talking to Sister Yun, Sister Yun changed the name of Lan Xin) got up early, took advantage of the fact that the sun had not yet come out, and the flowers and trees in the yard were still a little cool, and moved a thin blanket to cushion on a flat tile ground laid by Sister Yun for her and did yoga for half an hour, which can be regarded as an exercise for her body flexibility, and it is one of the few exercise methods she has learned from the 21st century.
Seeing that she was done, the green sleeves who were waiting on the side hurriedly took the little girl to clean up, rolled up the thin blanket on the ground and brought it into the house, and took a sweat towel to wipe her sweat.
The merchant took the water handed by the little girl, drank two large sips, and then exhaled two breaths. I have been persisting in this yoga for more than a month, and it is really helpful to the body, plus this body is much younger than my original body, many movements are very easy to do, and I can better experience the benefits of breathing.
"Tired, aren't you? The hot water in the room has been prepared, so go wash it up. Green Sleeves took the towel that wiped the sweat, handed it to the little girl on the side, and asked her to clean the towel, and went to the house with the merchant to wait for her to take a bath.
"What's the matter, if you do it once a morning, it's very comfortable for a day." Shang Shang smiled and took Green Sleeves' hand, "From tomorrow onwards, you can do it with me, so that it will be very beneficial for you to learn dance skills from the master in the workshop in the future." ”
"Can I do well?" The big eyes of the green sleeves flickered, revealing a little curiosity, "The girl looks so strange, her legs can be bent like that, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it!" ”
"Giggles! What's not to do? You are younger than me, and your bones should be softer than mine, even if there are some things I can't do, you will definitely be able to do them, what kind of heart? I'll teach you tomorrow! Shang Shang looked at the silly appearance of the green sleeves, giggling with a smile, since she talked to Sister Yun for a long time, she also let go of her hands and feet, since it is already like this, it is better to be: if you come, you will be safe. Instead of being sad, it is better to be happy and fight for a future for yourself wholeheartedly!
"That girl can't trick me, Ming'er must teach Green Sleeves!" The green sleeves are full of yearning.
"Got it! Silly girl! Let me take a shower! If you don't wash it again, it should stink! I'll have to practice in a while! With that, he reached out and pinched Greensleeves' small nose, making Greensleeves scream, but he slipped into the room to take a bath.
Soak in the bathtub and close your eyes, enjoy the temperature of the hot water for a while, and gently wipe your body with a towel in the bath, the merchant sighed lightly and got up, saying that he put it down, but in fact, where is it so easy? I know my own affairs, every night at midnight when I dream back, I always dream of my crying mother, such a helpless pain, every time she will wake up from her dream, I am afraid that the only belief that supports her to live now is that she promised her mother when her father died, she must live well!
After changing into a clean cotton skirt and making sure that there was no place that should not be exposed, the merchant pushed open the door and went straight to the small courtyard where he was learning art with green sleeves to practice.
Tonight, she should take the stage, whether it is in the 21st century or the Tang Dynasty, this is the first time she has appeared in front of the stage as a performer, although she used to do some work related to singing and dancing, but it is all behind the scenes, it is indeed the first time to perform in front of so many people like this.
When the merchants entered the courtyard, the little girls in the courtyards from all over the courtyard also arrived, some of them hung their throats, some of them lowered their waists, and they had already started a day's practice. Now Master Lu has long since stopped coming to Yunshuifang to teach her piano skills, but Sister Yun has opened a small room for Shangshang, which is convenient for her to practice the piano and write piano scores, the key to this room is only for Shangshang and Sister Yun, every time Shangshang comes directly into the house, close the door, no one knows what she is doing in it, she can only hear the sound of the piano and the flute from time to time, one after another, most of them are some fragments, I have never heard a complete tune, but it is a fragment, which also makes the old pianists who teach the girls to learn art very surprised, They had never heard anything before.
Shang Shang didn't want to practice today, she still has some problems with instruments that have not been solved, this is much more important than practicing, as soon as she enters the house, she will lie on the couch, take out the rice paper next to the couch, and continue to carry out her orchestration business, where to use what instrument, how long to play, where to leave a solo, where to be all quiet, no sound at all, to pave the way, these are all headaches! Seeing that she was busy, Green Sleeves didn't quarrel with her anymore, and he taught her the jokes to practice on the side.
During this time, under the arrangement of Sister Yun, the businessmen also observed Ruyu's performance on stage. After singing a song, except for Ruyu's beauty and singing voice, the rest, in terms of the feeling of businessmen, can only be: alas! It's really Taiyuan ecology!
I have to say that in this era, the way of singing and dancing is still relatively simple, Yunshuifang such a big square, when Ruyu took the stage, there was not much decoration on the stage, not to mention, even the soundtrack is very monotonous, except for some large-scale songs and dances like court music and dance, this kind of small performance is basically not a match, and even if it is court music and dance, the instruments arranged are just so two, a tune, all the instruments are played from beginning to end, there is no primary and secondary, the so-called large, It is only because of the difference in the number of pipes or stringed instruments that are involved in the performance, and it is really lackluster in terms of variety and coordination skills. This makes the merchant, who is used to making instruments, seem to be really shabby, but there is no way, now that the conditions are here, he can only find a way to use the existing instruments to remedy it.
Then there are the choreography and sets, and it's a headache to think of that stage where there is nothing! Although I had already told Sister Yun three days ago how to get it, I don't know what the final effect will be? Let's go check it out after you've eaten yourself! Otherwise, I'm really not at ease!
Rubbing the corners of her forehead, she continued to lean down and fight with the book, she had to get this right before the performance, and then communicate with the musicians who cooperated with her, hoping to achieve the effect she wanted. The merchant sighed and smiled self-deprecatingly, it seems that prostitutes are not easy to do!
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"Sister Yun! Miss Ruyi is here, waiting outside to see you. After breakfast, Bi Tao brought a cup of tea into Sister Yun's room, and replied to Sister Yun.
"Come at this hour? It's rare to see her get up so early, so let her in. Sister Yun took a sip of tea.
Without waiting for Bi Tao to walk to the door and pick up the curtain, Ruyi heard the sound outside the door, so he picked the curtain and came in, as soon as he entered the door, he blessed Sister Yun, and did not wait for Sister Yun to say hello, so he sat down on the couch on the side.
Sister Yun raised her eyebrows, but she didn't say anything, Ruyi came at this hour, there would be no good thing, presumably for the sake of letting the businessmen take the lead at night. casually handed Bi Tao a comb and motioned for her to stand behind her and curl her hair. Ignore the resentful wishful thinking.
"Sister Yun! Ruyi has a sentence that I don't know whether to say it or not? If Sister Yun ignored her, she combed her hair full of green silk in front of the mirror, and she couldn't hold it back in her heart, so she still opened her mouth first.
"Say whatever you want." Sister Yun was lukewarm, and she didn't even look at her.
"I don't know why Sister Yun wants this little girl Lan Xin to be the protagonist tonight, don't we have a girl in Yunshuifang? If you want a little girl to go up, you are not afraid of losing the face of our Yunshuifang! Looking at Sister Yun's attitude, Ruyi couldn't help but rush out, she always thought that she was the first person in Yunshuifang outside Ruyu, but this time, the Oiran competition registration book, her name was written on the second page, not to mention, for this Su Lanxin, Sister Yun also specially opened a song and dance, let the businessman sing the first card, and put her Ruyi aside, this breath, how can she swallow it?
"Who sings the top card in Yunshuifang, who picks the beam, when will it be your turn to call the shots?" Sister Yun said coldly, the cold air in her words could almost freeze people there.
"Sister Yun! Ruyi doesn't mean that, I'm also worried that she's too young, in case the time comes, won't her face be lost by her? "If Sister Yun lost her temper, she couldn't help but be a little sneering, she was an official prostitute who was sold into Yunshuifang at the age of eleven, until she was seventeen years old on stage, two years ago, Ruyu pressed on her head, she couldn't compare everywhere, but now Ruyu is going to be good, and the proper age and appearance in the workshop are comparable to her one, she also thinks a little high-minded of herself, thinking that Yunshuifang is indispensable to her now, how can Sister Yun have to give her a little thin noodles, how did she expect that Su Lanxin jumped out of thin air and smashed her wishful thinking, How could she be reconciled?
"You'd better worry about yourself first! Since you took the stage at the age of seventeen, although there is nothing wrong with it, since you took the stage to the present, your singing, dancing, and piano skills have not made the slightest progress. If you don't even know these means of making a living, I think you might as well be a lowly prostitute! Sister Yun suddenly turned around and stared at Ruyi's eyes, her eyes were full of anger, and Bi Tao, who was busy curling her hair behind her, was startled, and hurriedly retreated, so as not to pull Sister Yun's hair.
"If you think that I take Shangshang too seriously, you can open your eyes for me tonight, see why I Shen Luoyun take her so seriously, and see where she is stronger than you? Also, from now on, we will only have merchants here, not Lan Xin, don't let me hear you call that name again. Hello do it yourself! After speaking, he ignored Ruyi and motioned to Bi Tao on the side to continue to curl her hair.
Bi Tao neatly pulled her hair up on the top of her head, fixed it at the end of her hair with a hairpin wrapped with a peony branch, and shook it with a gilded dot cui step, then put the comb on the dressing table, and handed the shirt she was wearing to Shen Luoyun to change into.
Shen Luoyun asked Bi Tao while wearing her clothes: "Did all the posts I wrote when I came back the day before yesterday be sent out?" Did it fall? Have all the prefectures replied? ”
Bi Tao replied while helping her pull her clothes: "I sent the little guy on the door to send it out, and several of the chief managers of the prince's mansion replied that they wanted to come, Luoyang Mansion Zun and Master Pei also came together, and the rest of the adults also replied that they would come." Sister Yun, don't worry. ”
Shen Luoyun nodded with satisfaction, changed into a silver and red sprinkled skirt, put on a crimson shawl, and went out first, ignoring Ruyi, who was sitting in the room with a red face.
Although this year, the court revealed that it was going to conquer Goryeo, and several princes who opened the palace came to Luoyang to play the front station, but these princes were not waiting for leisurely invitations, and most of them invited singers to perform in their own mansions.
Seeing that Ruyi was still depressed and didn't move, Bi Tao had no choice but to step forward and invite Ruyi out of the house, and then went to the Qin Courtyard with Shen Luoyun. The performance stage requested by the merchant girl is a bit troublesome! Sister Yun will not be relieved if she doesn't stare at it, but I don't know if it will really have such a good effect when the time comes?
Ruyi went back to her yard alone, her deed of sale was held in Sister Yun's hand, the official prostitute wanted to be removed from the prostitute, and she asked herself if she couldn't find someone who could help her, and now she had to bow her head under the low eaves, but she was very unwilling in her heart, but she couldn't think about it for a while, so she had to hold her breath in her stomach and endure it.