Yanagawa originally had a dream, and it may be a little late for him to talk about it at his age, so let's call it an idea.

Things have to start with the family surnamed Liu, the Liu family can be regarded as a scholarly family, the ancestors have won the champion, and someone has served as the Taoist platform of the former Qing Dynasty, and it can be called a prominent wealthy family in the local area.

However, as the old saying goes, you can't be rich for three generations. There is such a sentence in "Peach Blossom Fan" - "I saw him rise up a tall building, I saw him feast guests, and I saw his building collapse." This lyric was later included in "Teahouse" by Mr. Lao She.

As the old saying goes, the Liu family's huge family business has been passed down for three generations, and when it was passed to Liu Chuanyuan's father, finally, this "century-old building" collapsed.

The Liu family has always been a single lineage, and if you want to say that this young master Liu is definitely a strange person in the world. In his short life of 30 years, life is really worthless, and the only thing that succeeds is to successfully destroy the inheritance left by his ancestors.

Smoking a lot, drinking a lot of wine, visiting the kiln, these things that a gentleman is proficient in, he is very clear.

But in addition to these, this young master Liu also has a more special hobby, that is, he loves to listen to operas. Isn't there such a saying, no gentleman does not raise an artist. At this point, Young Master Liu is definitely a frank gentleman.

The craziest thing this master has ever done is to listen to the drama and listen to the beauty, and directly rewarded more than 10 corners of the drama troupe, each of whom has a house in TianJin City. If all of these dozen or so houses are replaced with **, it is estimated that it will be enough for a big smoker to smoke from the entry of the Qing army to the abdication of Xuantong.

You just think about it, according to this young master's method of spending money, let alone a century-old family business, even if you give him a treasury, it will be lost sooner or later......

This Young Master Liu took over the family property on the day his father died, and he was exactly 20 years old at the time. And when he was 25 years old, after continuous hard work and struggle, finally, the Liu family went bankrupt.

After going bankrupt, what should be sold should be sold, and even the house has changed from a large mansion with seven or eight entrances to a dilapidated thatched house on the outskirts of the city.

It's a dilapidated house, and it's raining lightly outside, and it's raining heavily inside. It was raining moderately outside, and it was raining heavily inside. Sometimes the rain was so heavy that there was no choice, so the family of three had to hide outside in the open air to avoid the rain......

Young Master Liu has never suffered this crime, plus he still smokes a lot, and his body has long been wasted. After living so hungry and full for five years, Young Master Liu finally died of illness and starvation.

Fortunately, the year before the bankruptcy, Young Master Liu accepted a concubine. This little concubine is quite competitive, and she gave birth to a son to him back then, which can be regarded as keeping the last incense of the Lao Liu family, and this son is naturally Liu Chuanyuan.

Young Master Liu died when Liu Chuanyuan was only five years old, that is, not long after Young Master Liu passed away, this little concubine, that is, Liu Chuanyuan's mother, also committed suicide.

After the death of his parents, he was defenseless and unaccompanied, and Yanagawa Hara, who was only five years old, had to start wandering the streets and begging to make a living. I probably persevered for a month, the cold winter is coming, just before I was about to freeze to death, my life should not be extinguished, and Yanagawa Hara let people save it.

The person who rescued him is called Zhou Shan, a cross talk artist, who is a little famous in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and performs with various opera troupes all year round. It can be said that he is the first person to move the art of cross talk into the theater and stage.

Zhou Shan and Liu Chuan Yuan have some fate, on the day of the full moon in Liu Chuan Yuan, Young Master Liu found a lot of opera artists to come to the house to sing at home, and Zhou Shan was among them.

Zhou Shan has a good heart and eyes, and he has a sense of righteousness. He remembered that Young Master Liu had been kind to him, so he accepted Liu Chuanyuan and taught him cross talk, which was regarded as a reward for this child with the skill of mixing rice.

The two did not refer to each other as master and apprentice, and Liu Chuan was originally in charge of Zhou Shan and called him uncle. The reason is that Zhou Shan feels that although the Liu family is dilapidated, after all, it was once a scholarly family and a century-old family, and he is not worthy of a master in one of his own plays.

Yanagawa was still young at the time, and he didn't take the matter of salutation too seriously, just take care of the food......

In the next few years, following his uncle, Liu Chuanyuan traveled most of China, and in the end, in Fengtian, Northeast China, which is now Shenyang, the family fell behind. Yanagawa Hara had already learned a lot of skills at this time, and he gradually grew up.

Zhou Shan has mixed well over the years, and he has become a famous actor. In particular, he cultivated a disciple named Ma San, who was even more popular with half the sky.

Ma San and Liu Chuanyuan, the two children, grew up together and worked together, one praised and the other teased, and the relationship was very good.

As soon as this person grew up, he had more thoughts, seeing that his best partner called Zhou Shan master, but he called him uncle, Liu Chuanyuan was not happy. He went to Zhou Shan to tell him about the apprenticeship, and Zhou Shan pondered that it was a child raised by himself anyway, just like his own son, if he wanted to worship, he would worship.

But this master can't be worshiped at any time, and he has to pick a day. Zhou Shan found a blind man who told fortunes at the corner of the street, and after fiddling with his fingers a few times, he deduced that the suitable time for apprenticeship would take another 15 days.

Fifteen days is actually not a long time, so let's wait. Yanagawa returned home happily on September 18, 1931......

On the same day, the war began, and in just a few hours, the city was broken by the Japanese army. After the city was broken, everyone fled for their lives in a hurry, and in the process of escaping, Liu Chuanyuan, Zhou Shan and others were separated, and only Ma San was left with him.

Liu Chuanyuan and Ma San fled all the way to Jiangnan, and the two continued to talk together here, during which they also married their wives and started families, and their lives were quite good.

At that time, no one would have thought that foreign wars, civil wars, and all wars would be 20 years smaller. When the war finally ended, the two had the opportunity to start looking for a master. It was not easy to find someone back then, and it was many years before I met my master Zhou Shan again.

After meeting, the three of them hugged their heads and cried and didn't talk about it, and this time Liu Chuanyuan made a request to learn from Zhou Shan.

Zhou Shan was naturally busy agreeing, and it was also a coincidence that on this day, ShangHai Wen Wei Po published an article called "Commenting on the Dismissal of Hai Rui, a New Historical Drama", and on this day, the mighty Cultural Revolution began......

During the Cultural Revolution, the profession of cross talk actor, which sounded anti-human at first, was naturally revolutionized into cowsheds all over the country.

was locked up in the cowshed for nearly ten years, during which Yanagawa relied on stealing the turnips of the villagers' houses, and it was not easy to survive.

By the time the Cultural Revolution ended and he was finally released back to TianJin, he was already middle-aged. And Zhou Shan had already passed away at this time. Yanagawa Hara's dream of apprenticeship has been completely shattered since then.

has been doing cross talk all his life, but he doesn't even have a teacher, which has become the biggest pimple in Old Man Liu's heart, and he can't solve it.

This pimple has existed in his heart for decades, the old man is already terminally ill at this time, and he sees that the remaining days will be one day less, but he still can't let go of this matter, and always mentions to his children and grandchildren, "This master has not been worshipped, and I can't close my eyes until I die!" ”

Liu Yanghe is a dutiful son, and he can feel the knot in his father's heart.

"I can't let the old man pass away with regrets!" After thinking and meditating, his brain was about to burst, and in the end, Liu Yanghe finally held back a note and accepted the apprentice on behalf of the teacher.

Although Zhou Shan is no longer there, he still has some apprentices, and Ma San is one of the representatives. You can discuss with Ma Sanye, let him replace the late master and accept Liu Chuanyuan, the apprentice, so that the wish of two generations can be settled.

Liu Yanghe hurriedly told his father about his idea, and the old man naturally agreed. Then he contacted Ma San again, and Old Man Ma also readily agreed. So, this is the fact that the couple entered Beijing overnight yesterday and took Ma Sanye back to TianJin......

Lying on the bed of the escort, for a whole night, Liu Yanghe and Zhao Lijuan didn't dare to close their eyes, they were always thinking about it, and they ran to Old Man Liu's bed from time to time to take a look. Fortunately, it wasn't until the sun came up the next morning that nothing happened as sad as they imagined, and the couple finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man got up very early today, and before it was dawn, he woke up early. According to the rules of the elderly, at 11:50 p.m. today, the old man will go to the old house in Zhoushan located in the TianJin River-East-District to apprentice. There are already a lot of cross talk peers waiting there in advance, including Ma Sanye.

After worshipping the master, Yanagawa Hara's craftsmanship can be regarded as orderly. In the future, when the old man really passes away, all the descendants and grandchildren of this branch will have to wear filial piety to the old man. And his spiritual position has to be offered to the ancestral hall of this school.

It stands to reason that the old man's body should not leave the hospital. Liu Yanghe was also hesitant about this before, and specially asked the old man's attending doctor.

The doctor thought about it, and finally gave Liu Yanghe this answer: "From the perspective of the doctor-patient relationship, I naturally think that the old man should not leave the hospital. But you also know the old man's current physical condition, rather than letting him stay in the hospital, it is better to let him fulfill a wish happily. You say yes, right? ”

After listening to the doctor's words, Liu Yanghe nodded and patted the doctor's shoulder to thank him. At the same time, he also eliminated the last trace of concern in his heart.

On this morning, Yanagawa Hara always had a smile on his face, and his physical condition seemed to be much better. From time to time, he asked Liu Yanghe, "Hezi, why isn't there time yet?" Hezi, when are we leaving? Because he was too excited, the old man was already impatient.

Finally, after the old man's countless inquiries, the time came to eleven o'clock at noon. After washing and dressing up, and changing the old man into a brand-new coat, the family of three helped the old man out of the hospital and went straight to the old house of the Zhou family......