Water Moon Love

There is a new troupe in the Meixiang Inn in Kyoto, and the two will go out to set up a scene before dawn, and they will come back when the sun does not set, and the little two in the inn are a natural growth with a familiar face, and everyone is called a brother and sister, if it is said that the best is mixed with it, it is the old Wu who carries a knife and a gun in the troupe, and the two of them are mixed like old friends for more than ten years in half a day.

Lao Wu caught the empty head of rest and told him the interesting things he had encountered in the past few years, and he took the shopkeeper out to clean up the account book and secretly took out a plate of peanuts and a plate of fried broad beans from the back kitchen, and listened to the story next to Lao Wu.

The two of them relieved each other's boredom and took what they wanted, and then a drooling cat would gather around the corner of the table, listening to the story with both ears and stealing the fried fava beans on the plate with a pair of small hands.

This gluttonous cat is the newly acquired little Jinmei in the troupe, because she is less than six years old and cannot go on stage, she is still an apprentice for the time being, and she works part-time on the stage to change props and clean the ground.

Xiao Er saw that Xiao Jinmei was smart and cute, a pair of big eyes flashed with clear streamers, and she spoke with a milky voice, which was very cute, and Xiao Er stole a piece of sesame cake from the guest's snack plate to her, and one big and one small squatted on the bench to listen to Lao Wu's story.

It was getting late, and the inn was gradually deserted, and a childish voice was faintly heard in the guest room on the second floor.

"Babble~~!"

The shopkeeper standing behind the counter pulled the abacus with one hand, tapped the broken silver in the account with the other, and joked to Xiao Er who was mopping the floor beside him in addition to dual-purpose, "Don't say it, this Lu Banzhu is indeed a person with vision, that little girl is handsome, and her voice is bright, she will definitely be a corner in the future." Maybe in the future, I will be able to enter the palace to sing for the emperor's ladies, and then our Meixiang Inn will also be regarded as a place that has received nobles. ”

Xiao Er's hippie smile echoed on the side, the unique vision of the shopkeeper on the left, the foresight of the shopkeeper on the right, the only few drops of ink in the stomach were sprinkled on the shopkeeper's body without hesitation, and the shopkeeper was fluttering, almost flying into the sky and shoulder-to-shoulder with the sun.

In the guest room on the second floor, a middle-aged man frowned at the little girl in front of him with a ring ruler in his hand and said, "Xiao Jinmei, your foundation is really good, but you lack practice, the conversion between the sound cavities is insufficient, and the breath is unstable. ”

Xiao Jinmei nodded her little head and said in a milky voice, "Master, I remember." ”

"Hmmm! In a few days, the owner of Yuxiu Pavilion will celebrate his birthday, let's go to the Ye family to sing a whole play, and then you will be in the background, listen carefully to the singing of the brothers and sisters, and learn their singing tones. Also, the Ye family is a big imperial merchant in Kyoto, and the young owner of the Ye family is still the one who saved the driver, you have to cheer up the spirit, if you make a little mistake and offend the Ye family, we will not have a second chance to enter the capital in our lives, you know? ”

Xiao Jinmei nodded and said seriously, "Master, don't worry, the apprentice won't cause you trouble." ”

On the second day of the eighth month, before dawn, Xiao Jinmei left the inn with Master Lu and a group of senior brothers and sisters, and entered the back door of the Ye Mansion.

There was a faint sound of firecrackers in her ears, Xiao Jinmei's wiping speed gradually slowed down, she was busy from opening her eyes to now she didn't eat a mouthful, she had secretly carried half a bun in her arms, but it was gone, and her gurgling stomach reminded her that she didn't eat the bun, and it must have rolled off on the road.

Master Lu lifted the curtain and came in, and in his loud urging Xiao Jinmei knew that the Ye family's birthday banquet was about to start.

"Bang!"

The originally busy and noisy backstage suddenly quieted down due to this loud noise, and Xiao Jinmei looked at the shards on the ground that were shining with bright light, and her mind, which was originally dizzy from hunger, suddenly sobered up.

"Division........ Syllable! ”

Master Lu reprimanded with a blushing face: "Get out!" ”

Xiao Jinmei held back her tears, covered her numb face, and ran out under the pitiful gaze of her senior brother and sister.

The Ye family deliberately ordered a big drama of Magu's birthday as the finale, and for this reason, they also specially sent a jade peach the size of a wooden bowl, and when the song was sung to the end, Magu held the jade peach in both hands and presented it to the Ye family, as the highlight of the final ending, and this highlight was now broken by her mistake, and the jade peach was worth a lot of money when she looked at it, I don't know how the master would explain to the Ye family, if the Ye family held it accountable, he would definitely have involved the entire troupe to eat a lawsuit.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and little Jinmei curled up under the bush tree and cried in fear.

"Why are you crying?"

A pale pink handkerchief stretched out in front of her, the handkerchief was embroidered with a peach blossom, a trace of sweet and greasy fragrance from the handkerchief into her nose, the fragrance she was very familiar with, it was the smell of rice dumplings on the street, as soon as she smelled the smell of food, she suddenly screamed in her belly, and its sound was like thunder on a dry day.

She blushed instantly, hurriedly took the handkerchief to cover her hot face, and said timidly, "Thank you, sister........."

Before she could say anything, she saw an eight or nine-year-old jade-faced young man standing in front of her, and the young man knocked on his orchid finger and smiled, "You're welcome, are you hungry?" I have some delicious rice dumplings here. ”

After speaking, the young man fumbled and took out a small package from his sleeve, and she hurriedly refused: "Thank you, little master!" I'm not hungry..........."

Master said that those who go to the rivers and lakes can't just take other people's things, and if you take the same thing, you have to pay the same price, otherwise you won't be able to sleep at night if you take other people's things in vain.

She listened to the master's words very much, whether she had silver taels on her body, naturally she couldn't accept other people's things for nothing, or it was better to refuse, who knew that she was not hungry after speaking, and her stomach sang an empty stomach song again, and the rice dumplings wrapped in shiny syrup in front of her exuded a sweetness that had never been seen before.

She thought for a while and said, "My master said that you can't accept other people's things for nothing, I'll accept your rice flower dumplings and sing a drama for you." ”

The little young master smiled and said, "It's okay, your master is not here, you just have to eat, you don't need to sing as a pay." ”

She shook her head and said, "No, if you don't listen, then I can't ask for your things." ”

The little young master turned his head to look at the banquet, hesitated for a while, and suddenly nodded and said, "Okay, then you eat first, and after eating, pick up your best singing, no more, just one or two sentences." ”

She turned out to be a small package, gobbling up three or four rice flower dumplings, she wiped her mouth, first opened her throat, and sang a short section of Wangjiang Pavilion, this song is what she is best at after entering the troupe, just a short paragraph, although the demeanor is very childish, but the posture and tone are one of the essences of Lu Banzhu.

The song was about to end, only to hear a call behind him, it was Lu Banzhu who came to the door in person, she hurriedly shrank in the bushes, he chuckled lightly after asking the reason, only said that it was not in the way, and pulled her out of the bushes.

Seeing that he was dressed extraordinarily, Master Lu Ban knew in his heart which young master he must have come to celebrate his birthday, and respectfully saluted him.

He chuckled and said, "Master Lu is polite, I already know the reason for the matter, don't worry, I will intercede on the matter of Yutao, and you won't punish her again." ”

She hid behind him, listening to him say a word lightly, her panicked heartstrings gradually relaxed, and she only heard Master Lu speak, "Little Master Xie's kindness, just now the second lady of the Ye family came to the backstage and said that she wanted to change the jade peach that was originally said, and after learning that the jade peach had been broken, instead of being angry, she was relieved that we don't have to worry." I was in such a hurry to find Xiao Jinmei to go back because I was afraid that this girl would do something stupid wrong. ”

"I see!"

He turned his head to look at her and smiled happily, "The matter is settled, you can go back with your master!" ”

She nodded and walked from behind him to Master Lu, only to hear another person behind her say, "That's right! What was the name of the song you just sang? ”

She replied honestly, "Wangjiang Pavilion." ”

"Your voice is very good, I believe you will be able to become a corner in the future!"

There was a great look in those eyes, shining like stars at night, and she nodded heavily, and said firmly, "Yes! I'm going to be a corner, and when the time comes, I'll go to you and sing to you alone! ”

"Good!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and it wasn't until the end of the evening that Xiao Jinmei suddenly remembered something important, she forgot to ask the little young master's surname, where he lived, and she couldn't help but feel annoyed in her heart because she didn't know anything.

"I don't know anything, I'll be a horn in the future, where can I find him!"

Ten years later

Although autumn began in June, the scorching heat in the air not only did not decrease at all, but intensified, and only two groups of people were willing to go out and walk on such a day, and I am afraid that there was no third wave of people willing to appear under the sun.

One group of people have serious things to do, and they really can't go out, and the other wave is involuntarily running the rivers and lakes for food and clothing.

The noon sun is the most poisonous, even the little officials guarding the door are hiding in the shade of the trees and refuse to come up, anyway, it is now a peaceful and prosperous era, the city wall with the wanted notice in the past is the same as the clean and washed, no task means no reward, the little officials are happy to nest in a cool place to get a basic monthly silver.

However, it was really lonely to hold this basic moon silver, and it had been a whole morning, and I had never even seen a single figure, and the little officials did not dare to leave their posts without permission, so they could only nest in one place and watch the empty city gate.

Just when the little officials were nesting in the shade of the trees and were bored and moldy, a big carriage entered the city with the poisonous sun, and the little officials instantly came to the spirit.

"Hey! You! Say yes to you! Come here, come here! ”

The carriage creaked into the shade of the tree, and a middle-aged man with a slight vicissitudes of life jumped out of the car and smiled in front of the group of officials.

"The officials stopped the little ones, but do you have something to say?"

A young official glanced at the man up and down, secretly made a gesture to count silver tickets, and said with a smile, "Where are you guys coming from?" What do I have to do in Beijing? ”

"Back to the official's words, the little ones are going to the rivers and lakes to sing songs, and in two days it will not be the dragon raising its head, it will be a good day, and the streets and alleys in Kyoto will be full of traffic and overcrowded, let's think about taking advantage of the rare good time to come to Beijing to sing, and also touch the nobility at the feet of the Son of Heaven."

Seeing that the man did not react to his gesture, the little official simply put his two hands directly on his chest and "counted the silver tickets" together.

"Singing? Which troupe? ”

"The Lu family opera troupe."

"You're the class leader?"

"No, no, no! The small one is an idler who sets up a shelf, the head of the class has something to do temporarily, and he entered Beijing half a month ago with the people in the team. ”

The little official's hand trembled and cramped, and he simply put down his hand to rest, he was familiar with the Lu family opera troupe, but he couldn't remember where he heard it, seeing the idler in front of him with a patch on the left and a patch on the right, even if he had money in his pocket, it would not be big, if the class owner was better, there would still be some on him more or less, but this was a headless grass stage team, and it must have no dime.

The little official was sure that talking to him was a waste of saliva, and waved his hand impatiently to let them go quickly, until the carriage disappeared, and the little official slapped his thigh, and suddenly found the reason why he heard it familiar.

Isn't this Lu family's opera troupe just like his eighty-year-old mother!

I knew that I wouldn't let them go away so easily, my wife liked this troupe so much, I knew that I should have a relationship with them, and when I went back to take my wife to make a play, maybe there was a seat in front of me to sit on.

It is true that the Lu family opera troupe was a grass stage team two years ago, but now that the times have changed, the Lu family opera troupe is also famous in the rivers and lakes, and the troupe has cultivated three famous actors, one of the big beams is Xiao Jinmei, who is known as Boss Mei, it is said that she never takes the stage easily, and when she takes the stage, there must be a sea of people, wearing clothes, and the scene is very spectacular.

Just as the gatekeeper was annoyed, a crisp sound came from the carriage that had entered the city against the sun, like a cool wind blowing in the scorching summer day.

"Uncle Wu, where are we going to wait for Master?"

The middle-aged man driving the car replied loudly: "Let's go to the Meixiang Inn, Master Lu, if they enter Beijing, they will definitely wait for us there." ”

The carriage became quiet again, and the old Wu, who was acting as a driver, vaguely heard a soft sigh, and comforted with a smile, "Don't worry, the class master, they must have entered Beijing, even if we can't find them, we can rest in Beijing, with your little Jinmei's reputation here, we don't have to worry about not finding them, rest assured!" ”

When I arrived at the Plum Blossom Inn, the shopkeeper should still be the previous shopkeeper, but the runner who had always been familiar with Lao Wu was not in the inn.

Lao Wu asked the shopkeeper about this, and the shopkeeper pulled the abacus and smacked his lips and said, "You don't know!" That kid went on a good fortune, there is a medicinal herb shop on the stone street, a few years ago just entered Beijing when he settled in our inn, and then people opened a shop to do business, that kid ran to other people's shops with his stomach in three days, I thought it was some kind of disease at first! Later, I learned that he was the little girl who fell in love with other people, he was diligent and loved to learn, he was very liked by the old man, and it didn't take long for him to be someone's son-in-law. ”

Lao Wu sighed in his heart, and happily joked with the shopkeeper, saying that when he was empty, he would buy some iron-damaged ointment and bring it with him, and whether he could see if he could discount his old feelings when he paid the bill.

In the guest room on the second floor, Xiao Jinmei sat against the window, looking down at the street distorted by the heat outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh when she thought of her current situation, and a bleak cloud of sadness rose on her beautiful face.