On October 10, Shen Congdao, a well-known gentleman from Tianliu Town, Shouguang County, couldn't stand the suffocating atmosphere in Tianliu Town, and slipped into the county town to breathe. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past few months, Shen Congdao can be said to have lost his wife and lost his soldiers. In the end, all the grain collected for 55 taels was sold in the market for 128 yuan, and 29,000 taels were lost as soon as it was entered and one was withdrawn. He has accumulated more than 30,000 taels of wealth for more than ten years, and he lost 29,000 taels. Even the mansions in the city were lost.

However, the house in Fucheng was gone, and when he moved to Tianliu Town in the countryside, the matter was not over. Shen Congdao's hoarding of grain and sniping at Jinguo Gong's disaster relief and losing all his family wealth became the biggest joke in Tianliu Town, and this joke spread throughout the township. When the people finished telling this joke, they always added a curse: "This thief is arrogant and wants to starve us to death!" ”

Now in Tianliu Town, Shen Congdao's reputation is completely stinky. He walked in the town's bazaar, and from time to time someone spat on the ground at him, where was there anyone who still had a trace of respect for his show?

Shen Congdao basically doesn't go out much now, and he has to get angry every time he goes out. On weekdays, he asked his family to go out and do whatever he wanted to buy.

But staying in the house for a long time is really uncomfortable. On this day, Shen Congdao asked people to carry a sedan chair and slipped out of the back door, and walked quickly to the county seat. Shen Congdao secretly said that there were few people who knew him in the county seat, so he went to the county town to take a turn and breathe.

Sure enough, no one in the county recognized Shen Congdao, and no one knew that Shen Congdao was a gentry who was against the Duke of Jinguo. Shen Congdao finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked easily on the commercial streets of the county.

Walking to the door of the largest teahouse on this commercial street, Shen Congdao suddenly saw that the spacious teahouse was full of people. Even the aisle next to the tea table was full of people. As soon as Shen Congdao saw this posture, he knew that the tea guests were waiting to see the big show. I think this is an extremely popular drama that has attracted so many tea drinkers.

Shen Congdao walked to the door of the teahouse and asked Zhang Luo's guest's shop junior: "Xiaoer, which one are you singing today?" Still have a place to sit? ”

The little second glanced at Shen Congdao up and down, and said with a smile: "This master, you must not like to watch this play, don't ask!" ”

Shen Congdao raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are these words?" Xiao Er, you must have accepted the benefits of others and helped others reserve a place! I'm afraid I'll rob you of the place you left! I must see it! ”

The little second looked at Shen Congdao, a little embarrassed, and said: "This lord, I won't tell you, the few gentry who watched this play before quarreled with other ordinary tea guests, and they were all beaten by the tea customers. If you have to watch it, you can say okay, don't make trouble, and leave after reading it. ”

Shen Congdao was stunned, became more and more curious about this play, and asked, "What kind of play is this?" Such an evil sect? ”

The little second said: "This master, this is a new play that the troupe of the small shop went to the Jin Guogong Opera Academy to learn, called "Relief Shandong", which is about the disaster relief of Jin Guogong in Shandong. The standing seats cost two cents, and the ordinary seats cost ten cents, all of which were sold out. There is only a front row of seats left, twenty yuan per person, how many people do you buy, master? ”

Listening to Xiao Er's words, Shen Congdao was stunned. Shen Congdao, the opera academy of Jin Guogong, knew that this incident was published in the newspaper last month. It is said that it is because the people's cultural and entertainment activities are too simple, and there has not been a new drama in the opera program for a long time, even if there are individual opera troupes to launch new operas, they are limited to the uneven level of the opera troupes, so Jin Guogong gathered outstanding opera masters from all over the country to set up this opera academy.

The best opera actors in Tianjin and Shandong gather in the opera academy and launch a new play every month. The new drama closely follows current affairs and reflects the things that the people are most concerned about, which will inevitably attract the people.

Shen Congdao didn't care too much about the news when he saw it. In recent years, most of the things that the government has done have failed, and nine out of ten things have failed. Therefore, Jin Guogong wants to set up an opera academy, and Shen Congdao subconsciously feels that this matter will not stir up much waves.

I didn't expect this to happen, and the track came out so quickly, and it was so popular.

Shen Congdao became more and more curious, and waved his hand at the servant beside him. The servant took out forty yuan and handed it to Xiao Er, saying, "My lord buys two places." ”

The little two got forty yuan, and after thinking about it for a long time, he took the two of them in. Passing through the crowded crowd, the three of them squeezed into the front row and found the front seat.

Before leaving, the little second didn't forget to say to Shen Congdao: "This master, don't make trouble after watching the play, what should you do!" ”

Shen Congdao didn't bother to pay attention to this little two, and began to play in the corner with a teacup.

After a while, the opera began to be performed.

"This year's Shandong is in a tight drought!"

At the beginning of the opera, a white-bearded actor took the stage with a hoe in his hand. The old man sang in a low voice, which immediately attracted thunderous applause from the tea guests.

Shen Congdao is also a person who likes to watch dramas, and cheered with other tea customers.

But looking at it, Shen Congdao found that something was wrong.

The "Relief Shandong" choreographed by the Jin Guogong Opera Academy is to beat the gentry who hoarded grain to the death. The whole play revolves around the issue of disaster relief in Shandong, and the plot is full of ups and downs, shaping Li Zhi, the Duke of Jinguo, into a big hero who spares personal interests for the people of the country, and portrays the gentry who hoarded grain to obstruct the relief of the Duke of Jinguo into a despicable, shameless, stupid and ignorant villain.

At the climax of the gentry's grain hoarding, an old woman with silver hair walked out on crutches, led a little girl, and carried a broken porcelain bowl, and said tremblingly: "This year, the old man is going to Nanzhili to escape the famine!" I just don't know if Jiangnan is rich and can let the old body and granddaughter live until next year. ”

Seeing this, the crowd watching the play sighed for a while, and many people felt the same way, and even shed tears.

In this era, the means of entertainment are extremely limited, and the people are very engaged when watching the play, not to mention this kind of period drama that reflects the life of the people in Shandong? Seeing this scene, the tea guests watching the play shouted loudly:

"dog rich man! Dare to raise the price of food! ”

"Chop these bad gentry and feed them to the dogs!"

"Thieves kill talents, don't let Lao Suo meet these cheap blanks!"

The people were so excited that Shen Congdao's face turned pale with fright, for fear that he would be recognized as an inferior gentleman who hoarded grain.

The big drama on the stage turned around here, and suddenly a big boat came out from behind the scenes, and it was the Duke of Jin who transported a large number of sweet potatoes from Xiaoliuqiu.

At this time, all the gentry who were stockpiling grain went bankrupt. In the play, a thief-eyed rich man in Shandong borrowed money from a pawnshop with his family's house as collateral in order to hoard grain, and finally lost all his real estate.

Seeing this, the people in the teahouse suddenly became overjoyed and laughed.

"These thieves are delusional, now they know what it is to be self-inflicted!"

Shen Congdao, who was sitting in the front row, shrank his head, and did not dare to come out in the crowd of people surrounding him in all directions.