Chapter 21: The Storyteller
Arou said casually: "Maybe, he just told me yesterday that he was here to make some money as a storyteller." ”
"Hmm." Lin Ling nodded, and asked again, "Ah Rou, you say, why should he be a storyteller?" ”
Storytellers appear outside all the year round, although they are very popular with guests, but they are also a profession that cannot be seen on the stage, not to mention that literati are born high, and this kind of lowly profession is not something that many people want to be. Zhou Junyong is also a scholar after all, how can he save face to do this kind of thing?
Lin Ling didn't mean to look down on this kind of profession, and neither did Ah Rou, but they didn't know why Zhou Junyong didn't mind this kind of profession.
Ah Rou replied: "Maybe it's forced by life, maybe it's liking, if you want to know the reason......" Ah Rou stopped, looked at Lin Ling's curious gaze, suddenly became interested, and quipped, "You can ask him yourself." ”
"Ugh." Hearing this, Lin Ling retracted her gaze in disbelief and said, "It turns out that you don't know either." "What to do? How can we learn more about him?
Seeing that she was engrossed, Arou was amused, and suddenly saw a wooden sign in the corner of the platform, one of which read: Before the second moment, Zhou Junyong, "Qin Lou Turn".
She hurriedly pointed it out to Lin Ling and said, "Look there." In a moment, it was a moment. ”
"Where, where?" Lin Ling was so excited that she almost jumped up, and hurriedly looked in the direction that Arou was pointing, "Really, why hasn't he come yet?" ”
She was overly excited, and her voice involuntarily became louder, attracting the attention of the surrounding listeners.
Ah Rou hurriedly held her down and said, "Don't be too excited, look at your crazy appearance, don't talk about him, I'm almost scared away by you." ”
Lin Ling was a little quieter, and the volume was much more normal, but her expression was still a little excited, her voice trembled, and she held Ah Rou's wrist tightly and said, "You say, will he forget me?" There was a look of anxiety in his eyes.
Arou comforted: "Why are you so nervous? It's only been a few days? How could he have forgotten about you? You'll listen to me in a moment, sit here and be your listener, and then go to him when he's done. ”
Lin Ling nodded, calming down a little, but kept staring nervously at the stage, kept rubbing her hands, only a few seconds passed, and asked again, "Why hasn't he come yet?" ”
Ah Rou patted her hand lightly, telling her to wait with peace of mind, but found that her hands were cold, and said with a smile: "You have to remember, we are wearing men's clothes now, maybe people still think you are as good as Longyang?" ”
As soon as these words were spoken, both of them laughed, and Lin Ling's nervous mood relaxed slightly.
Fortunately, less than half a cup of tea later, there was a sound of gongs and drums, and the surroundings instantly quieted down, and after a while, I saw Zhou Junyong, who was dressed in a long robe, walking to the stage.
Arou glanced at Lin Ling and found that she was looking at the stage intently, with a bright smile on her face. secretly slandered in his heart, this person should not be evil.
Syllable!
Shocked by the slap, Arou was so frightened that she quickly came back to her senses, the whole person trembled, and almost jumped up, Lin Ling glanced at her dissatisfiedly, and continued to look at the people on the stage and laughed stupidly.
Ah Rou smiled awkwardly, and after confirming that no one around her saw her gaffe, the embarrassment eased slightly.
Zhou Junyong on the stage has already begun to speak with emotion. Ah Rou didn't expect that Zhou Junyong looked quiet, even a little shy, but when he was telling a story, he was so open, and his generous appearance made it impossible to see that he was a young boy in his teens.
He was extremely serious about his storytelling on stage, fully integrated into the character, and the whole person was immersed in the plot of the story. The colorful appearance made many people involuntarily stop the movements in their hands and listen carefully.
"Qin Lou Zhuan" tells the story of the general Qin Lou's conquest of the battlefield, the return of the class to the dynasty after quelling the rebellion, and the story of marrying the county lord. Although the plot is old-fashioned, it can't stand the author's delicate description and the storyteller's wonderful speech, which makes the audience all praise it.
I spoke for about half an hour, and it was the time of the intermission.
Arou asked Lin Ling in a low voice, "Do you want to go backstage to see him?" ”
"I kind of want to ......" Lin Ling rubbed her hands, pursed her lips, and said, "Won't it be a little abrupt for me to go like this?" He might think I'm too unladylike......"
He saw what you looked like that night, and if you were to dislike it, you would have disliked it a long time ago. Arou said darkly. Even so, she comforted: "It's okay, I can take you with me." ”
"Wait a minute. I'll tweak it a little. After saying that, she took a sip of tea and ate a snack, and after a while she was not sure.
Lin Ling hesitated, and hesitated for a while before getting ready.
As a result, just as the two were about to get up, there was another sound of gongs and drums, and Zhou Junyong returned to the stage.
The two had to smile bitterly and sit back down.
After a long time, Lin Ling still watched and listened attentively, it seemed that as long as Zhou Junyong said, no matter what it was, she would be willing to listen to it all the time, but Arou couldn't do it anymore.
Arou saw that Lin Ling had the intention of sitting here all day, and it was not easy to abandon her, so she was bored fiddling with the tea set and snacks on the table. secretly regretted that he didn't bring Ah Xue today, it's better for two people to be bored together than to be bored alone.
Some of the neighbor's children near the grocery store heard that there was a cute little girl in her house, so they all came to play with her. is to give small gifts and coax her to take care of her, but Ah Xue is a cold character, and she is always faint about these affections, which makes those friends like her even more, and they come around her every day. Ah Rou and Lin Ling didn't bring her with them when they came out today, anyway, she has a place to play.
Arou looked around boredly. Most of the people in the hall were listening to books while whispering; A small number of people are very attentive, such as Lin Ling; There are also a small number of people who don't listen at all, chatting or eating, being in a daze and looking around, such as Arou.
Suddenly, Arou saw at a table next to the wall in the crowd, a man and a woman, two very handsome people, one of whom was the girl who stopped her at the moon festival that day.
The girl was dressed in women's clothes so generously, combing the lily bun that only unmarried women would comb, and sat with the boy very frankly, not caring at all about the strange eyes of the people around her. She was chatting with the boy next to her, and from time to time she looked at Zhou Junyong, who was telling a story on the stage, looking very relaxed and smiling.
Arou suddenly had the urge to go up and talk to them.
Lin Ling, who was listening intently, noticed her absent-mindedness, clapped her hands dissatisfiedly, and whispered, "Be serious." ”。
Ah Rou didn't seem to hear her at all, stood up and said to her: "You take your time here, I'll go over there and have a look, and I'll come to you in a while." His eyes stared intently at that side the whole time, and he didn't even look at Lin Ling.