The pear garden is a place where the opera troupe learns the arts, and they are all children who have the talent for singing since childhood, and they have worked hard for ten years.

In the old days, the opera garden, the restaurant, the kiln, the bathhouse, and the burden were called the five sub-industries, and the places where they lived belonged to the lower nine ranks, and those who had money and status were not willing to drill into the opera garden.

Peking opera since the Qianlong period of the four major Hui classes into Beijing, more than 200 years of the day and the moon in the gradual foothold in the capital, because the pear garden line is the lower nine rate industry, can not live in the inner city of the Son of Heaven, so this pile of singing and storytelling is concentrated in the town next to Qiantang Town, over time, the town because of the pear garden is also named Liyuan Town.

Cixi Lafayette in the last years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also loves to listen to opera, once saw that there was no singing opera in the pear orchard, so he ordered to build a theater in the pear orchard, when the Eight-Nation Coalition entered Beijing, the theater was damaged once and has been shelved and not repaired, and then the Japanese devils attacked Beiping, the master of the pear garden learned that the Japanese army also loved to listen to the Peking opera people, so he simply ordered the stage to be demolished, and now the stage in the pear garden is temporarily built.

At the end of the lunar calendar every year, the troupe of Peking Opera is to seal the box and stop the play, and the box should be sealed to sing the box opera, and respectfully ask the ancestor to move to the car for a while, and then hold the unpacking ceremony at the beginning of the lunar New Year, and perform the auspicious small dramas such as the five blessings of the spirit official, the jumping plus official, and the god of wealth, and the firecrackers are ringing in unison, please return to Luan, incense, and kowtow to start the new year. The New Year's opening is the need to worship the ancestors, in order to thank the ancestors for the grace of the meal and preaching, the ancestor worship day is March 18 at the latest, the pear garden in order to avoid the invitation of the Japanese army to seal the box so far, if this year do not worship the ancestors and start singing is disrespectful to the ancestors.

So the first scene after unboxing was contracted by Uncle Qin.

Mr. Zhang took Jiang Sheng to approach the pear orchard, only to see that the garden was very lively, many people in gorgeous brocade robes greeted each other, Jiang Sheng frowned, now Beiping City is in chaos, there are wars everywhere in the world, but here is a sheng song, I unconsciously remembered his biological father Chen Gongbo in Shanghai, and I don't know how he is doing now.

Uncle Qin, who was in the audience, saw Mr. Zhang coming, and hurriedly got up to greet him, Uncle Qin said: "Second brother, you are here, I was afraid that you forgot that this stubble was about to let Chang Cheng and Chang De pick you up, Chang Cheng, hurry up and ask your second uncle for tea." ”

Uncle Qin beckoned Mr. Zhang to sit on the upper seat while letting his eldest son make tea, and the two talked happily, while Qin Shaoqing, a young man in white, had already pulled Jiang Sheng behind Mr. Zhang aside.

Qin Shaoqing asked in a low voice, "Jiang Sheng, do you remember me?" ”

Jiang Sheng nodded and said, "Remember, your name is Qin Shaoqing." ”

Qin Shaoqing was very happy to see that Jiang Sheng remembered his name, and asked, "Has that kid Qin Fei provoked you in the past half a month?" ”

Jiang Sheng shook his head and said, "No." ”

"That's good, I forgive him for not daring." Qin Shaoqing hooked up with Jiang Sheng as he spoke, and seemed to be very familiar. "In the future, if someone bullies you at school, go to the Guanghe Restaurant in Qiantang Town and talk to the shopkeeper inside, no matter if he is rich and powerful, I will definitely make him regret it in the next world."

Jiang Sheng frowned, not understanding why the young man in front of him, who had only seen him twice, said such cruel words, so he softly refused: "It's not necessary, I don't like to cause trouble." ”

"If you don't mess with people, others will mess with you." Qin Shaoqing said.

The guests in the pear orchard arrived one after another, and the viewing table was quickly full, Jiang Sheng was pulled aside by Qin Shaoqing to ask long and short questions, seeing that the seat next to Mr. Zhang had been occupied, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

After a while, as soon as the gong sounded, the master of Liyuan led two little apprentices to the stage to salute Uncle Qin and Mr. Zhang.

Qin Shaoqing saw that the play had begun, so he led Jiang Sheng to the back seat of Uncle Qin and Mr. Zhang, and nodded on the back shoulder of a middle-aged man wearing brocade on the seat.

After Qin Shaoqing and Jiang Sheng sat down, Qin Shaoqing deliberately put the chair close to Jiang Sheng and asked, "Have you heard Peking Opera before?" ”

"I've heard it a few times." Jiang Sheng replied that when he was in Shanghai, he was taken by Chen Gongbo to listen to Mei Lanfang's play, and he wanted to say it together, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that he had too much to say, so he didn't say it again.

Qin Shaoqing didn't expect Jiang Sheng to hear it, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, he pulled Jiang Sheng to sit down and kept Jiang Sheng's little hand in his hand, at this time he was very close to Jiang Sheng, and when he saw Jiang Sheng's side face, there was no flaw, and he was strange in his heart, and sighed that there was such a good-looking person, so he said: "Your clothes fit well, if you don't like to listen to this Peking opera, I will take you back to my house to give you a few clothes, which can only be worn by Xiao Baylor in the former Qing Dynasty." ”

A burst of applause came, everyone cheered in unison, Jiang Sheng also withdrew his hand from Qin Shaoqing's hand to applaud, Qin Shaoqing was stunned for a while, and saw Jiang Sheng looking up at the stage as if he hadn't heard his words, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart.

After the auspicious drama such as Wufu Lingguan and Tiao Caishen ended, Liyuanzi's master walked to the stage and asked Uncle Qin to order the play.

Uncle Qin said: "Today's play was listened to by Qin Mou to the second brother Mr. Zhang Shunyi, so naturally he asked the second brother to order the play. ”

Mr. Zhang shirked two sentences, everyone coaxed, and asked Mr. Zhang to order, Mr. Zhang reluctantly embarrassed, and said: "Okay, let's have a "Drunken Concubine". ”

Master Liyuan thanked him and asked everyone to wait for a while, and after a while, the music on the stage sounded, the performance began, and everyone watched with relish, Mr. Zhang and Uncle Qin also whispered to comment, Mr. Zhang glanced back at Qin Shaoqing and asked: "Shaoqing, you also love to listen to operas, maybe you can comment on this play?" ”

Qin Shaoqing thought for a moment and said: "The singing skills and singing are extremely standard and coordinated, and there is also a soft Mei style of singing, which is a little old-fashioned, but after all, it is not Master Mei, and some of the charm is still a little lacking in performance." ”

Mr. Zhang has listened to Peking Opera for many years, and consciously realized that the play on stage is already exemplary and has no flaws, but he didn't expect Qin Shaoqing to see that it was not here at a young age, so he asked with a smile: "Then you can tell me what is lacking?" ”

Qin Shaoqing said: "There are 3,000 fans in the Six Palaces, and 3,000 are specialized. Who is this Yang Guifei? Not only to be graceful and luxurious, but also to be glamorous in the world, and to captivate the country and the city, don't you think this corner on the stage is too old? ”

When Mr. Zhang heard this, he looked at the concubine with her face painted on the stage, and she did notice that she was not young in her voice and posture, so she said: "Peking Opera is broad and profound, and it can not be practiced overnight. ”

Qin Shaoqing said: "Didn't Mr. Mei spread a saying when he debuted, when marrying a wife, he should marry Mei Lanfang, and when he marries a man, he should marry Zhou Xinfang. ”

Mr. Zhang smiled and said: "If there is really someone who was born to captivate the country and the city, if he doesn't rap Peking Opera, he can turn all beings upside down when he stands on the stage, what kind of drama do you sing?" ”

Uncle Qin said: "Second brother doesn't have to pay attention to Shaoqing's wild words, he is in a daze, he doesn't know what he is talking about, according to what he says, he can only find a real concubine to sing to get by, and the face can be described." ”

Uncle Qin's words made the surrounding guests laugh, Qin Shaoqing felt bored and aggrieved, glanced at Jiang Sheng beside him, and muttered in a low voice: "It's a pity that he is still young, if he is a little older, he will definitely be born a corner." ”

Uncle Qin and Mr. Zhang went to the restaurant in Liyuan Town together after listening to the play, Jiang Sheng sat next to Mr. Zhang as a small apprentice, Qin Shaoqing also drove the people next to Jiang Sheng, and sat next to Jiang Sheng.

When Mr. Zhang led Jiang Sheng back to Qiantang Town, Qin Shaoqing was not happy in his heart, and he was very reluctant, but he was not easy to express because of the large number of people, and he didn't look back after seeing Jiang Sheng get into the car, and he didn't say a word, and his heart was even more sour.