Chapter 3 Longer and Long Talk
Born into an ordinary peasant family in a rural area that was not too wealthy, Leichu had a relatively poor spiritual life as a child.
Her parents had a rough first half of their lives, and a few years ago, they finally used their savings to collect an orchard to operate.
"What does your orchard grow?" Song Pingguo asked casually.
Raichu staggered up from her chair, pulled out a box from under the bed in her Pikachu one-piece pajamas, and opened the lid of the box to show Song Pingguo the apples inside.
"Grow apples." Lei Qiu took out an apple from it and handed it to Song Pingguo - this is really a twist, "Do you want to eat it?" โ
Song Pingguo nodded, and Lei Qiu turned around to wash the apples, shook off the water and handed it to her.
The income from this apple-growing orchard ensured that Leiqiu's family of three was fed and clothed, but it did not ensure some entertainment and other spiritual needs that could be carried out indoors such as "watching TV", so Leiqiu's childhood life was to find the joy of life for himself, so the troupe that came to perform the show when the village held funerals and happy events also became one of Leiqiu's joys of life.
One of the characteristics of Chinese culture is that it is inclusive, and no matter where you come from, you will immediately have Chinese characteristics when you enter the scope of Chinese culture - for example, everyone gives each other apples on Christmas Eve - and a certain primary form of this characteristic of inclusiveness is:
Mix and match.
At that time, there was no Taobao, and there was no Taobao popular Korean British style, but there was already a performance organization with rock, Peking Opera, Huangmei opera, drama, and pop songs, with a complete variety and reasonable prices. Such a new type of troupe is basically composed of retired old people and some young people who have more spare time, after all, they are really idle when they are not working, so it is better to go out and use their hobbies and specialties to make some money.
But occasionally there are people who really make a living from it after being poor, and occasionally there are professionals. The kind of major that came out of the major.
Raichu, who had just graduated from elementary school, met such a major.
"Wow, there were still dramas in the countryside at that time?" Song Pingguo's concept of a person who grew up in the city since he was a child was subverted, and he asked while nibbling on apples, "What are you playing?" You can't play a thunderstorm, right? โ
Raichu is not only a good actor, but also a good storyteller, and the storytelling is clear and engaging, but the story itself is always too unexpected.
"I didn't act in a drama." Lei Qiu shook his head with a deep face, "That's a Peking Opera actor." โ
"Acting in Peking Opera? So how did you become a TV actor? โ
After all, there are a lot of TV dramas and movies, and Song Pingguo from Peking Opera to TV dramas and movies has really not heard much.
"You, don't interrupt my narrative rhythm all the time." Raichu cleared his throat, "Doesn't everything have a cause and effect......
The antecedent is that the actor who promoted Peking Opera in the major rural areas, that is, the "master" who led Lei Qiu into the door, went to Lei Qiu to perform in their village that day, and Lei Qiu also took his friends to join in the fun with apples in their orchards, and her master fell in love with her at a glance, and visited Wรจn Lei Qiu's parents that night to see if Lei Qiu could let Lei Qiu follow her to learn Peking Opera.
Hearing this request so abruptly, Lei Qiu's father scratched his head in confusion: "Peking Opera is not all learned at the age of four or five, my Lei Qiu graduated from primary school this year, and he is twelve years old." โ
At that time, the master didn't have time to remove the oil paint on his face, and it was particularly shocking in the living room where the light bulb of Lei Qiu's house was not very bright, and she patted Lei Qiu on the shoulder categorically: "She is eighteen and can start learning in time." โ
"What did you do when you were acting in Peking Opera?" Song Pingguo had unconsciously forgotten that she was still eating apples, and the flesh was oxidized in the air.
Lei Qiu didn't know how well Song Pingguo knew about Peking Opera, so she tried to cut in from a very approachable angle: "You should know Farewell My Concubine, right?" โ
"Oh, you play Yu Ji?"
"No, I'll play the overlord."
"Don't fool me."
"I didn't fool you, if it weren't for the poor soundproofing of this house, I would have sung it to you immediately."
"But you're the one who lives across the door from me, and there's no one across the street now."
Lei Qiu took a breath and sang when he opened his voice: "Grit your teeth and scold Han Xin, take the crotch and divide the body into ......"
She stopped singing, and Song Pingguo stared at her for a long time: "You made that sound?" โ
Lei Qiu's usual voice is clear and clear, but the voice he sang just now is hoarse and low, and it is completely the voice that Xiang Yu on the Peking Opera stage should have.
"What's so strange, some people don't have two voices when they talk and sing, and there are a few old girls in my class."
After the master successively used persuasions such as "this is the quintessence of the country, and it will definitely be vigorously developed in the future", "I will pay for her tuition", "she will definitely be able to get a head in this industry", etc., Leichu's parents agreed to Master's request after some discussion. They feel that they can't guarantee Lei Qiu any future, but this Peking Opera actor seems to be able to take Lei Qiu on a particularly bright new path, maybe he can still be on CCTV11.
The most important thing is Raichu's own will, after all, if she doesn't want to learn, they can't force her to go.
The master began to ask her very sincerely: "So, tomorrow I will take you to visit our drama school, if you like it, you can go to school there, if you don't like it, I will send you back, okay?" โ
Lei Qiu's master was a familiar face in the village at that time, but in order to reassure Lei Qiu's parents, the master took out his ID card from his bag and slapped it on the coffee table.
Speaking of ID cards, Song Pingguo, who often needs to use her driver's license and ID card to indicate her real name, remembers one thing.
"You're always a master, what's your master's name?"
"My master's name is Pichu."
โโฆโฆ Pichu, Pikachu, Raichu's Pichu. โ
"Yes."
"Your master and apprentice are really destined."
"Yes." Raichu straightened her back, "Out of respect for her own wishes, I usually only call her Master. โ
When Master came to pick up Lei Qiu the next day, Lei Qiu had just been picked up from the bed by his mother, and he hadn't had time to eat breakfast, and Master brought Lei Qiu a steamed rice bun fritters very intimately.
Lei Qiu looked at the porridge and pickles on the table, and then looked at the steamed rice bun fritters in Master's hand.
She felt like she had already agreed.
At that time, the drama school was not on holiday, and when I saw the master coming over, several students greeted her with a smile: "Hello Teacher Pi!" โ
When they were far away, Master let out a long sigh.
"Actually, when I was a child, I wanted to change my name to Pipiru."
For a whole morning, the master was taking Lei Qiu to visit the opera school, and in the process, he kept emphasizing that Lei Chu was so talented, and it would be a pity not to learn Peking Opera, so Lei Qiu also spent a morning perfunctory, until she came to the canteen of the drama school and saw the two big chicken legs that the master put on her plate, she instantly agreed to the other half, and decided to follow the master to study hard.
"So two chicken thighs, one steamed rice wrap fritters...... You agreed? โ
"I couldn't eat anything good at that time, maybe that's fate."
Guided by fate, Lei Qiu began her career in drama school, and soon became a new Peking Opera actor who followed her master around the scene.
Her master really didn't look away, compared to those who started learning since childhood, Leichu's skills are not bad, and he is about to become a dark horse to the top, and the turning point that changes Leichu's fate has come again.
Master had a friend who was the head of the repertory troupe, and he hurriedly came to the door that day, saying that one of their actors had gone to the hospital for a sudden illness and had come to Master to find a replacement. Then he picked Raichu, because Raichu is just the right height and size, and his martial arts foundation is also solid.
"What's going on here?"
"Children's drama, Wu Song fights the tiger."
"You play Wu Song?"
"I play the tiger."
"Or did you go to a drama because of the food?"
"It's not." Raichu pulled the last bite of greens off the plate, "I really like it." โ
Song Pingguo sighed and admired: "In that case, why did you come to act in a TV series?" โ
"When I heard that I had changed careers to become a drama actor, my parents were very happy and asked when they would see me on TV." Raichu raised his gaze to look at the ceiling, "I asked the head of the regiment and I to take leave and run here." โ
Then Lei Qiu looked at Song Pingguo, waiting for her "long story".
This twists and turns of the story made Song Pingguo very difficult, compared to Lei Qiu's past, which still supported 2,200 words after the simplified description, her ins and outs were not enough to write the next 800 words.
"Here's the thing." Song Pingguo took a deep breath, "After graduating from college, I couldn't find a job that matched my major, so my dad asked me to go back to inherit my family's restaurant, but I felt that my level was not enough, so he gave me a sum of money and assigned me a task to come to Hengdian to sell boxed lunches." โ
"Should I applaud hard to liven up the atmosphere, your story is too poor."
"I've tried my best, but not everyone's life is as exciting as yours."
"Didn't you say it yourself?"
"After listening to your story, I don't think I need to be that long......"
After a few hours of talking, a person who had to get up early to film and a person who wanted to get up early to make a boxed lunch waved goodbye and went to bed, Lei Qiu reluctantly kept Song Pingguo with his eyes before closing the door: "What is your lunch box tomorrow?" โ
"Tomorrow's meat is Kung Pao chicken, and vegetarian is cauliflower and cucumber." Song Pingguo raised her hand and glanced at her watch, "What time do you get up in the morning?" I treat you to breakfast. โ
"At any time, you knock on the door and shout that the meal is open, and I will get up immediately." Raichu nodded firmly, "I'll look forward to it." โ