Chapter 15: Revue
Not long after Su Ziheng and Hua Niang left, Song Jianming's little scholar Xiao An walked in quickly.
Song Jianming was stunned for a moment and asked, "Xiao An, why did you come back so soon, didn't you listen to my son's words and send Xiaoya home?" ”
Xiao An hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Childe, Xiao An doesn't dare to disobey your orders. It's just that on the street, the little sister met her father and walked with her father, and the little one came back. ”
Song Jianming nodded and said, "Since that's the case, that's it." You can sit back and eat whatever you want. ”
Xiao An smiled and said, "Thank you, son, for the reward." ”
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On the second floor, in Ji's small boudoir.
The little girl looked at every stroke and word written by Su Ziheng, and was amazed by his thin gold font at first sight. This is a font she has never seen before, with a pen free and dripping, sharp, full of arrogance, like breaking gold and cutting jade.
"Good word!" Ji Xiaoxiao couldn't help but praise.
Su Ziheng's pen walked the dragon and snake, and with a wave, it was just a short article [Queqiao Xianyun Tricky], in addition to the name of the word brand, a fifty-six words.
When Ji Xiaoxiao was still lamenting the exquisiteness of his calligraphy, he had already finished writing.
Thin gold font is a kind of font created by Zhao Ji of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty in the previous life, it moves the pen smartly and quickly, the handwriting is thin, and it is thin without losing its flesh, and its large characters can be seen especially in the graceful place. Because its strokes are relatively thin and hard, the brushwork is exposed, and traces of pen movements such as Teton can be clearly seen, which is a font with a rather unique style.
Su Ziheng began to learn calligraphy in the fourth grade of primary school, and after the beginning of the third year of junior high school, he fell in love with the thin gold font. In the next ten years, immersion in it will naturally benefit a little.
In addition, Qin Guan's song [Queqiao Immortal Fiber Cloud Trick], he had practiced many times before, and this time he finished writing in one go, which was actually the best time for him to feel himself.
Su Ziheng said smugly: "Little girl, don't patronize the words, the most important word." ”
Ji Xiaoxiao said "ah" and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Childe, your calligraphy is really good." ”
Su Ziheng smiled silently.
Ji Xiaoxiao looked at this poem at this time, and saw the first two sentences "Xianyun is clever, flying stars spread hatred, and Yinhan is dark", and he didn't feel it very deeply, and it was average.
When I read "When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win but there are countless people in the world", I felt a leisurely yearning state. What really moved her was the last sentence: "If the love between the two is long, how can it be in the morning and twilight." ”
With just this sentence, Ji Xiaoxiao believes that it can be a swan song for the ages in describing love poems. It is precisely because of this sentence that this Tanabata song is different from the previous sad and sad tone.
Hua Niang silently read the whole poem on the side, and I didn't know what the past suddenly thought of in her heart, and she was a little stunned. It wasn't until Ji Xiaoxiao called her a few times that she reacted, "Ah, Xiaoxiao, what did you just say?" ”
It was the first time Ji Xiaoxiao saw Hua Niang so absent-minded, but she didn't pay much attention to it, in such a happy scene, who didn't have an unknown past?
"Mom, I look at this [Queqiao Immortal] is very good, this time we will use it to compete with the priest's fang." The little girl said cheerfully.
The flower girl's smiling face was like a blooming daisy, and she replied in a loud voice: "Good, good!" Tiny you think you can do it. ”
At this time, Su Ziheng on the side coughed softly, "Since the little girl thinks it's okay, then ......"
Ji Xiaoxiao smiled and said: "Don't worry, this son, the pen fee will definitely not be missing you." Mom, please take a hundred taels of silver tickets for this son. ”
Su Ziheng laughed dryly, not that he was greedy for money, but that this hundred taels of silver was related to his follow-up plan, so he couldn't help it.
When Ji Xiaoxiao handed the silver ticket to Su Ziheng, his eyes suddenly rolled and he asked, "This son doesn't know Gao's surname?" ”
Su Ziheng took the silver ticket and looked at it, and saw that there were indeed one hundred taels written on it, and there was also the stamp of Huitong Qianzhuang. Although he had never seen what the silver ticket in this world looked like, he was not worried about being cheated.
Su Ziheng said with a smile: "Xiaosheng Su Zhe, the word Ziheng." ”
Ji Xiaoxiao was a blessing again, and praised in his mouth: "Brother Ziheng is well, dare to ask Brother Ziheng, Xiaoxiao may win the championship in this Oiran competition?" ”
"This ......?" Su Ziheng scratched the back of his head, this question is not easy to answer. If you want to say yes, I haven't seen her performance, let alone the performance of several popular girls in other houses, how can I be sure that I can win the championship with just one song [Queqiao Immortal]?
But if you can't say no, that's even worse. If someone else spends a hundred taels of silver, but can't win the championship, doesn't it mean that the money has been spent in vain?
After pondering for a moment, Su Ziheng said: "There is no absolute thing in this world, as long as you do your best, then you can do it." ”
Ji Xiaoxiao said with interest: "Then how can we do our best?" I also hope that Brother Ziheng will not hesitate to give advice, if he can ensure that he can win the Oiran a little, he will be grateful. ”
Although Su Ziheng didn't watch the Oiran competition in previous years, he didn't know what the format of the competition was. But according to the stage performance he saw sitting in the hall just now, I think the red-card girls who came to the Qinglou all came to the stage to play and sing lyrics and songs, otherwise they danced.
Relying on the singing and dancing skills of the girls, coupled with their outstanding appearance to attract the audience, it may have something to do with the poems made by a certain talent, a good word can add a lot of points, which is also the key factor to attract those who claim to be talented to watch the competition and score.
Talented and beautiful, romantic affairs, since ancient times.
Come to think of it, the musical drama that combines vocal music, poetry and dance has not yet appeared in this era. Otherwise, below just now, Su Ziheng should have seen a similar performance.
It's still the era of solo fighting, and opera may have appeared, but there is still a big difference between that kind of troupe performance and song and dance drama, just like the lower riba people and the spring and white snow.
Thinking of this, Su Ziheng asked, "I wonder if the little girl has ever heard of a song and dance?" ”
Ji Xiaoxiao asked curiously: "What is a song and dance drama?" ”
"Song and dance drama is a comprehensive art that integrates music, drama, poetry, dance, stage art, etc., and usually consists of arias, recitatives, duets, choruses, overtures, intermezzles, dance scenes, etc."
Seeing the bewildered expressions of Ji Xiaoxiao and Hua Niang, Su Ziheng sighed and explained in a different way: "To put it simply, it is a kind of elegant opera. ”
"On stage, someone plays an instrument and then sings and dances a story. Usually, depending on the complexity of the story, the way in which two or more people perform together is called a musical and dance drama. ”
Anyway, they didn't know what a song and dance drama was, so Su Ziheng began to explain indiscriminately according to his own understanding.
Ji Xiaoxiao asked puzzledly: "Then what is the difference between this and opera?" It's just that there is more than one person and one person is less. ”
Su Ziheng said: "Of course, there is a difference, the performance form of opera is relatively fixed, and its singing and dancing movements have a set of stylized standard movements, which cannot be performed at will. And the one I'm talking about is much more free, and you don't need to study professionally. ”
Ji Xiaoxiao said: "Brother Ziheng, can you explain it briefly?" ”
At this time, Hua Niang suddenly interjected on the side: "Xiaoxiao, it's your turn to perform soon, or wait for the performance to end, and then ask Su Gongzi for advice." Otherwise, I'm afraid that the group of big men below will make a fuss. ”