Chapter 70: Smashing the Pot?
'About the cost of acting, let's do it. Li Chen thought for a moment and said, "That's the number." 999 texts. ','999?' money is not expensive, but what does 999 mean. ''For a long time.'' Collect 999 and wish Xiao Langjun a long life. ''Yes, auspicious. That's it. β
After reporting the address, the housekeeper said goodbye, and Li Chen was so happy that he turned back to the courtyard. This can be regarded as opening a door for Li Chen, don't worry about performing too often to make the audience inert, special performances, not only the appearance fee is higher than the reward for hard work, if the performance is wonderful, there will be another bounty, which is really a big profit.
'Good news, kids. Li Chen returned to the backyard, the two children have been washed, after washing, they have two dogs and big heads, which look much more pleasing to the eye, not only does not have that smell, but the hair and body have to be cleaned, and they also look a lot cooler, even the clothes have been changed, and the little tiger and the puppy have to be clean first.
We were just asked to perform tomorrow at a house in the east of the city. Li Chen didn't sell Guan Zi and announced directly, "Wait a minute, the three of you will also go and clean me, don't let people think we are dirty." β
Then, Ergou and Datou, I will teach you some basic operations, you learn a little, because the time is pressing, and it is too late to teach you more, remember how much counts. ', decided to set up a branch first, huh? Should it be called a division or a group.
It doesn't matter what it should be called, Li Chen, who has made up his mind to set up another class, sent Xiaohu and Puppy with a sad face when he heard that he wanted to take a bath, and Ah Xiang who was happy to take a bath, and began to teach Ergou and Datou some basic things first. How to operate the puppet and how to use the props.
Ventriloquist is not something that everyone can get, and Ergou and Datou are not talented in this area, so of course they can't learn it. Even, Li Chen himself can't, Li Chen taught them to use props, which can be made of onomatopoeia.
Then there is the puppet show, in fact, Li Chen has not learned for many days, that is, to teach them how to do basic control, which is a little more complicated, it still needs to be studied, and even, Xiaohu and Xiaopu are actually better controlled than Li Chen.
Everything pays attention to a talent, although Li Chen has crossed over, it does not mean that he can know everything at once. In the past, he had only seen the backstage of puppet shows on TV, and he had seen how those masters could manipulate the puppets vividly, and they were controlled as if they were real people. So, seriously, there is not much more experience than the tiger and the puppy.
Unfortunately, I just missed a good set of clothes. Li Chen taught for a long time, in order to take a bath for a long time, he was busy for three hours, and the fragrance of the wash was so fragrant that he returned to Li Chen, this is the rule, for fear that they will take a perfunctory bath, Li Chen stipulates that he must come to check every time he washes.
However, this is only for Xiaohu and Puppies, Ah Xiang is a girl, and she will wash herself in vain if she doesn't supervise, mainly Xiaohu and Puppies, especially Puppies, taking a bath seems to kill him.
The three children were washed, but Li Chen unfortunately didn't give them a few good clothes because the time was too short. But it doesn't matter, at least it's clean, although with patches, but it's enough to be clean and have no odor.
'Perform well tomorrow, as long as you perform well, there will be a reward to take, and remember to sweeten your mouth. Li Chen encouraged, "Tomorrow, as long as you perform well, I will take you to eat delicious." β
The next day, after breakfast, Li Chen pushed a car, brought all the tools, looked for the address of the housekeeper's newspaper, and found the place where he had to play in the east of the city.
After entering some simple outer walls, there is a vacant lot, which is a place for people to park, and on the left hand side is a guardhouse, of course, in the Tang Dynasty, it is not called so, it is called the Yan (marriage) room, which is a place for the gatehouse and the gate guard.
On the right hand side of the door, there were a few cars parked, and there was a stable, and you could see that there were a few donkeys and two horses inside, and I didn't know if it was the guest or the host's family.
It's just that the possibility of the owner's family is relatively high, because he came very early, in order to prepare for the performance. Therefore, it is less likely that it will be a guest. It can also be seen from this that the owner's family is really wealthy, and he can afford to raise horses, or two, and just eating is a lot of money.
Not to mention, a few fat and green donkeys can be seen in the stable. Seeing Li Chen's greed, well, it's not that donkey meat is delicious, so Li Chen is greedy, Li Chen really thinks donkey meat is delicious. But the covetousness is because the donkey is good for money.
Actually, in all seriousness, donkeys are a little better than horses. Although compared to horses, donkeys are short, slow, and have poor pulling force. But donkeys have good endurance, unlike horses, which are too delicate.
Donkeys eat more simply than horses, don't need to be like horses to have good concentrate, horses can basically eat people, raising horses is equivalent to raising two or even three more people, donkeys can be more coarse. If the horse is rough-fed, it will immediately lose weight for you.
Well? Mongolian horses are very tolerant of rough feeding and have good stamina. Come on, that kind of bantam horse, about the same height as a donkey, can it be called a horse? Anyway, Li Chen does not recognize Mongolian donkeys as horses.
The donkey is good, so Li Chen took a few more looks, and thought to himself, if the probability of being invited to appear in the future is higher, and if he has money, he will also buy two donkeys to pull the cart, so as not to be tired and half dead.
Every time he goes out, he really works as a cow and a horse, and he pushes the cart, although a few children are also helping, but they can push it alone. And if you really want to divide the group in the future, it is impossible to find someone as strong and powerful as him, who can push a cart to be the head of the group.
After the outer wall, it is the inner wall, and this magnificent gate in front of you is the main gate. In the case of modern houses, the earthen wall in front of it is only a fence to separate the inside and outside.
Li Chen pushed the car to the designated place of the concierge who led the way and parked it, and then he and Wu Xiaoqi had to start moving the performance tools.
You can rest here. When you enter the main entrance, the first thing that catches your eye is the main hall. Basically, this is the most important and magnificent place in a home. It's also the faΓ§ade of the house, and it has to be made beautiful no matter what, and if even this place looks dilapidated, then this home is probably going to end.
Fortunately, there is no such situation here. The roof was covered with tiles and red pillars. There is a small staircase that raises the main hall, and it looks gorgeous.
If you want to describe it, it's a bit like a Japanese shrine. There is a small staircase with a handrail next to it, and then the handrails form a railing to form a cloister along the outside of the main hall.
It is different from some ancient buildings that Li Chen has seen. To be precise, this is Chinese architecture. Many of the ancient buildings that Li Chen saw in modern times were just from the Qing Dynasty, and they were from the Ming Dynasty. There may still be stairs, but most of them are not high, and many of them have no corridors outside.
Of course, Li Chen and the others couldn't enter the main hall, and they had to be led by a servant inside, and they were led along the corridor to a side courtyard, so that they could rest here.
'When are we going to put on a show?' Li Chen stopped the servant and asked, "Wait here, don't run around, there are a lot of people coming, and someone will call you when it's your turn." β
After waiting for half a salary, several performers came one after another, first of all, a beauty, tall and fit girl, brought a maid and a few accompaniments, and ignored Li Chen and Wuxiao, who arrived first, and let the maid set up the dressing table and start putting on makeup.
Then another group of artists came in, Li Chen judged that it should be a miscellaneous performance, there were quite a lot of people, and they also brought costumes and props, compared with them, Li Chen and they were really not half a star behind. Next, there were a few people who came in, and they were delivering food, and they could smell the aroma from afar.
'Wow. A few servants brought food boxes, and they were very considerate to divide them into several groups, and let them eat together without hastiness. In the corner of the room, a few children couldn't help but praise when they saw the food being served, which was quite good.
A large pot of rice, with a few seasonal vegetables, plus a few catties of mutton, this food is actually ordinary in modern times, but in the Tang Dynasty, it was quite hearty, especially the plate of mutton.
Li Chen divided the cut mutton into six parts, all six parts were the same, "one for each person, open it yourself, don't mess with other people's after eating." Five little cheers and stretched out their chopsticks to grab the meat.
Li Chen also put his share aside, and said, "Eat slowly, don't be reincarnated like a starving ghost." He watched a few small reactions while eating, and Ah Xiang and Ergou ate them as soon as they were sandwiched. For the other three children, Xiaohu first put it in his bowl, and the puppy also put him aside, and the big head picked up a piece very carefully, and then tasted it slowly, as if he wanted to keep the deliciousness of mutton in his heart.
When they had finished eating, the servants took away the lunch box and rested for a while, when the first person came in and took the group of acrobatic performers away.
Li Chen was bored and waited, and dozed off for a few moments, while Li Chen walked to the window and looked in the direction of the main hall very curiously, he wanted to know, how did people hold banquets in the Tang Dynasty, would it be like what they saw on TV and movies?
At this time, the beauty probably rested enough, and began to prepare, he put on makeup, the maid pulled up the curtain, and began to change his clothes, while changing her clothes, she also hung her throat, Li Chen originally guessed that she was a dancing girl, but now it is not like it, why should the dancer hang her throat.
After the acrobatic performance, it was the turn of the female performer, looking at his dress, Li Chen guessed that this female performer would sing and dance in eighty percent, because she was dressed as a dancer, and she should be very healthy in the Tang Dynasty, as for what kind of dance, Li Chen didn't know, anyway, it wasn't that he had seen the flower dance.
After waiting for a while, someone finally came to take them over, Li Chen was walking around the corridor, and when he saw a frightening person coming, he walked back to the house and woke up a few sleeping children. Then a few people had to carry things again, but fortunately this time a servant came to help.
Move the things to the front of the main hall, put the table away, set up the curtain, and the performance begins, this performance is the first performance from the first time of Journey to the West, in order to be able to play smoothly to the back, without delaying too much time, Li Chen slightly deleted some things, of course, without affecting the plot, but...
'It's boring. Go down, go down. The performance was wonderful, and loud shouts and curses came from the main hall. Hearing this, Li Chen's heart tightened, and he smashed the pot!!