Chapter 56: Nightlife in the Ming Dynasty
"Huh!" A lute sounded. An old man sat at the table with his lute in his arms, looking at the audience below with a lifeless gaze, and his eyes looked very trance-like, like empty holes.
There was silence in the teahouse, and dozens of listeners pricked up their ears at the same time.
After a while, the old man slowly withdrew his confused gaze from everyone and fell on the pipa in his hand, which had already lost its paint.
In an instant, Sun Dan saw a sudden flash of light in the old man's eyes.
Then, the gray-haired old man raised his head sharply, opened his throat, and sang:
"Ask God for divination,
Fumiro transfer,
It must be a meritorious name,
I want to fisherman Weng Yu village mash,
Think about the fisherman and his wife together;
Sister Daolang,
Little Anu was blessed, and Feng Guanxia was unhappy,
I want to live this life by fishing. ”
Sun Dan was shocked by the old man's voice, he never expected that this inconspicuous-looking guy would have such a clear voice.
If you guessed correctly, this should be a famous sanga.
A loose song is a kind of long and short sentence lyrics that are combined with music. The Yuan people called it "Yuefu" or "Jinlefu". The content and form are also diverse, with equal emphasis on words and songs, and have a high status in the minds of later generations, and are considered to be another major literary achievement after Tang poetry and Song Ci: Tang poetry, Song poetry, and Yuan Sanqu.
The prose songs of the Ming Dynasty had some small changes on the basis of the Yuan sanqu, the style of the music was more tactful and soft, and the content was mainly to describe the emotional life of ordinary citizens, a bit like modern pop songs.
Of course, the quality of Ming Sanqu is also uneven, and some even have yellow jokes. For example, the song sung by the old man just now, in which the sentence "Little Anu is Bozi Feng Guanxia was unhappy without a beating" is suspected of being banned by eighteen prohibitions, Jiang Ruoying whispered when she heard it, and her round face turned red: "What, it's unbearable, you just let me come to this kind of place?" ”
Sun Hao and Sun Gui are children, although they were ambitious to come out and break the place, but they also paid lip service, and when they really encountered a big scene, they were embarrassed to get up first. Hearing Jiang Ruoying's words, the two of them were embarrassed.
However, Sun Dan felt that it didn't matter, in modern times, compared with the mobile phone yellow jokes in later generations, the degree of this piece of music just now was not enough to class, and he also felt that there was nothing as pure as a pool of clear water. Therefore, he only felt that the song was not bad, a little bit of Huangmei Opera, so that he didn't think it sounded inappropriate.
Sun Hao and Sun Gui saw that Sun Dan's face was calm, and they admired it a little in their hearts, and said secretly: Sun Dan had a lot of shirks when he talked about prostitution before, and even put on a decent and gentlemanly appearance, but he was really on the scene, but he was a stable person. It's really quiet every time there is a big event, and he deserves to be the oldest person in the school.
Sun Danruo knew what these two boys were thinking, but he was afraid that he would be angry with them. It's not that he's calm, it's true, this kind of song is really not a big deal, did he think about it in that direction?
The nightlife of the Ming Dynasty was much simpler than in later generations, but it was not impossible. The country has been peaceful for a long time, through the hard work of nine generations of emperors of Chengzu, Ren, Xuan, Jingtai, Tianshun and Chenghua, the Ming Dynasty has been prosperous and stable, and it is the center of the world and a paradise on earth. In an inland metropolis like Jinan, the people are rich. Every night, the idle citizens will always go out of their homes and play on the streets. In the city, major restaurants, tea houses, painting boats, and casinos are even more crowded, and they will not be quiet until midnight.
Like Sun Dan, the tea house they came to is a bit like a modern small theater, where storytellers and juggling shows are staged from time to time.
Ordinary citizens don't have much culture, and you can't demand them with the quality of modern people, so meat jokes with a little color are very welcome and popular with everyone.
Today, after singing an opening remark, the old man who played the pipa cleared his throat as soon as his hand stopped, and told a fragrant story about the noble son who met a beautiful woman in the rain. Sun Dan listened carefully, but it turned out to be the prototype of "The Legend of the White Snake", but it was a little more ambiguous and vulgar than the familiar classic stories in later generations.
The audience listened to it one by one, and they applauded one by one.
Jiang Ruoying's expression became more and more embarrassed, she spat it, and said to him left and right: "This book doesn't have much to hear, which of you goes to find a pen and paper, let's write down our wishes, and wait to go to Daming Lake to float and send it." ”
"I'll go, I'll go." Sun Gui knew that he was not treated well by everyone, and knew that if he continued to oppose Sun Hao and Sun Dan like this, he would suffer losses in the future. I wanted to please, so I stood up and looked for the boss of the tea house, and found a few thick pieces of brown paper and pen and ink.
This pair of four treasures of the study room was originally used by the tea house to write water cards, and the quality naturally cannot be compared with the children of Sunfu.
Everyone took the pen and wrote their wishes on a piece of paper.
Sun Hao's wish is very simple: to make a fortune, make a fortune, and make a fortune.
Sun Gui's is much more complicated: he shows off his talents in middle school, makes a small fortune, and can find a good messenger in the future, marrying a wife and accepting three or four beautiful concubines.
These two people are clumsy with hands and feet, and after they finished writing, they asked Jiang Ruoying to help them origami boats.
Jiang Ruoying was not polite, took it apart and looked at it, and laughed when she saw it: "Brother Hao's wish is so simple, are you still short of money, no interest...... Hey, Sun Gui, how can you be like this, it's too vulgar, you really have a lot of dirty things in your head. ”
Sun Gui's face turned red: "Everyone thinks so, but I'm embarrassed to write it." ”
"Phew!" Jiang Ruoying's nose curled and snorted: "Who said that, people Sun Dan wouldn't think about this kind of dirty thing." After speaking, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he snatched the note in Sun Dan's hand and unfolded it, "What is this?" ”
Sun Hao and Sun Gui also stretched their heads over, and at the same time recited: "I want to be a Su Pomen." ”
Sun Dan smiled slightly, but did not explain.
Jiang Ruoying was about to ask, but she heard the old man who was talking suddenly stop, and another sonorous pipa sound came:
"The man was stopped by the walkers, so he had to say: 'This is the border of Wusi-Tibet, and it is called Gao Laozhuang. Most of the people in a village have the surname Gao, so it is called Gao Laozhuang. Just let me go. Then the walker said, 'You are not a shortcut person in this way.' Tell me the truth, tell me where you go, and what you do, that I will let you go. This man had no choice but to tell the truth: 'I am a member of Gao Taigong's family, and my name is Gao Cai. My father-in-law has a daughter, twenty years old, and she has never been matched, and she was taken ......over by a goblin three years ago.'"
The four of them were stunned, and Sun Hao suddenly shouted: "Straight lady thief, isn't this the section of "Guanyin Academy's Tang Monk Gets Rid of the Difficulty of Gao Lao Zhuang Xing's Demon Suppression" in "Journey to the West"? ”
"Yes, yes, that's the story told by Sun Dan, I heard that it has been compiled into a book, what is the author's name Penglai Immortal." Jiang Ruoying exclaimed excitedly: "I like this paragraph in "Journey to the West" the most, that Bajie is so funny!" It's all quiet, let's listen. ”