Chapter 22: Ancient Drama of a Hundred Years Ago

Under the curious gaze of Xiao Xi and Wang Yang, I told all the things after moving into the new community.

The two girls were amazed when they heard it, and the expressions on their faces were surprised for a while, excited for a while, and afraid for a while, and they cooperated very well.

Brother Chao frowned the whole time, and the more he wrinkled, the tighter and tighter, and by the time I finished speaking, his face was wrinkled into a Shar Pei.

I rushed to Brother Chao and said, "What's wrong? Did I commit the hemorrhoids you talked about? Brother Chao shook his head and toasted me with a glass of wine and said, "You said that Lao Wang held a wedding at zero o'clock?" ”

I said, "I'm not sure if it's that accurate, but I was looking at my watch at about that time." Brother Chao said, "Later, you ghostly pressed the bed?" ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "Actually, I thought about it during the day, when I started to press the bed, it seemed to have something to do with that strange singing voice, and I just listened to it and got into that state, you don't know how scary that thing is." ”

Wang Yang suddenly said: "Can you learn the singing voice you said?" I thought about it and tried to hum, the focus was on the last pick up tail note, I didn't learn very similarly, and Xiao Xi, who was funny and funny, laughed again.

Wang Yang didn't say anything after listening to me hum, just took out her mobile phone and pressed it for a while, and soon she handed me the phone and said, "Listen to it, it doesn't look like it." ”

I was taken aback, took her mobile phone and put it to my ear, and a singing voice immediately sounded in the phone, like Peking Opera but not very similar, it was really similar to the singing voice I heard before the ghost pressed the bed, but it didn't seem to be exactly the same.

I took my phone away from my ear and saw that the screen was showing a music player interface, but unfortunately the title of the song was garbled, and the lyrics were also garbled.

I seriously recalled and said, "Yes... It's kind of like, but the tail note is a little higher, beaming, what are you? Wang Yang took back his mobile phone and said: "This is called Liu Cavity, which is a local drama in Binhai City." ”

Xiao Xi and I said at the same time: "Willow cavity? ”

Brother Chao explained: "It's a shame that you two have been in Coastal City for a few years, and you don't even know about the local traditional culture? I shook my head and said, "I don't know, you do?" Brother Chao said, "Of course, Wang Yang, explain it to them." ”

I glanced at Brother Chao and asked Wang Yang: "Hey, explain it." ”

Wang Yang didn't have ink, and said directly: "The willow cavity, the local opera of Binhai City, is a mixture of some tunes brought by outsiders during the Qianlong period combined with some local original minor tunes, this kind of music has been sung for more than 100 years, until around 1900, it has been rectified, and the singing tone has changed, and what I just told you is the improved version." ”

Xiao Xi said with a look of adoration: "Wow, Wang Yang, you know a lot." Brother Chao didn't seem to want to be stolen by others in front of Xiao Xi, he added: "Wang Yang is right. ”

I gave Brother Chao a middle finger and said, "Look at what you can." Then I asked Wang Yang: "Then why do I feel different from what I heard last night?" ”

Wang Yang took out his mobile phone and tinkered with it for a while, then handed it to me again and said: "You listen to this again, don't listen to the words, you can't understand it anyway, and don't be too strict about the syllables, after all, it doesn't have to be the same tune, you just listen to the style of music, don't you understand the style of music?" ”

I nodded and took Wang Yang's mobile phone, and listened to it for a while, this time the tune is indeed not exactly the same as the previous one, the tail note is the kind of upper tone that is very similar to last night's song, although it does not have the gloomy feeling of last night, but the style is indeed more similar, and it can even be said that more than ninety percent of the melodic is the same style.

I wanted to hand the phone to Wang Yang, but Brother Chao snatched it halfway, and he also put the phone to his ear and listened.

I ignored him and said to Wang Yang: "Like, this sounds more similar than the one just now, what is this?" Wang Yang said: "It's still willow." ”

I didn't react for a moment, Wang Yang didn't wait for me to ask, and then said to himself: "But this is the version I just told you about before the improvement, in other words, if you didn't mess up, what you heard last night was the local ancient opera singing method more than a hundred years ago." ”

"More than a hundred years ago... Hey, I'm happy, I didn't find it before, how do you know this? I asked, and Wang Yang replied, "I just happened to have come into contact with it, so I don't know it." ”

I looked at Wang Yang with a calm expression, and then at Brother Chao who looked like an idiot, and said to Brother Chao: "Look at people, look at you again, what does it mean to be knowledgeable?" What does it mean to be low-key? See? ”

Brother Chao looked away from Xiao Xi's face and looked at me, changed to a solemn expression and said: "Brother Qian, it's terrible, send the bride in a black sedan chair at zero o'clock, this is obviously a secret marriage, plus this singing voice that can sing you to the ghost bed a hundred years ago, your neighbors are all people who died a hundred years ago!" ”

Xiaoxi was so frightened that she covered her wide open mouth, this stupid girl is still like that, she never brings her IQ when she goes out, and she always believes what others say.

Wang Yang was probably afraid that he would really scare Xiaoxi, so he hurriedly explained: "Don't listen to your nonsense, he scares you." Xiao Xi trembled and asked, "Then why do they use that ancient way of singing?" ”

I also asked, "Yes, Xiyangyang, since this is the way it was sung more than a hundred years ago, why do you have this song on your phone?" ”

Wang Yang said: "It's very simple, there are many reasons why the art form of willow cavity needs to be improved back then, one of which is that this song was first sung for food, and it is usually sung on the street, which is considered to be a sale." Many people sang it in those years, and after a long time, the people also had experience, and those who couldn't sing couldn't get money, and some people would find ways to sing better to attract the people. At this time, there were all kinds of difficult singing, but most people couldn't sing those difficult singing methods, so everyone joined forces to make a regular arrangement for the willow cavity, and eliminated those difficult singing methods, so that everyone can have something to eat, and will not end up dying of a group of starvation. So now some people think that the improved willow cavity is better, so they went to study, what I just told you is the old version of the willow cavity that a modern person learned to sing according to the information he checked two years ago. ”

Wang Yang's words explained the origin of the original singing voice on her own phone, but did not explain what I heard last night, so I continued to ask, "Then what did I hear?" Is there someone deliberately imitating the kind of primitive singing you said? ”

Wang Yang shook his head and said: "These days, even if it is a local, few people will study these in depth, if you invite someone to sing the willow dialect for weddings and funerals, it must be a new version that has been improved, after all, in the eyes of most modern people, the improved version is authentic, if the person invited to sing the original version, the host is likely to feel that it is not authentic, so what you hear is going on, I really don't know." ”

Brother Chao interjected at this time: "Hey, don't talk about this, Brother Qian, haven't you and that gangster asked about Zhu Bajie again?" ”

This topic is too blunt, with my understanding of Brother Chao, he must have discovered something but didn't want Wang Yang and Xiaoxi to know, so he deliberately diverted the topic.

I believed that this thing would not trap me, so I replied with him: "That's it, there's nothing more, let's wait for news from the police about Zhu Bajie." ”

Speaking of this topic, everyone is a little embarrassed, after all, the time I have known Zhu Bajie is not short, and I have worked under him for so long, and now I see that people are gone, and the company is about to end.

The stupid Xiaoxi even turned red when she talked about this topic, but Wang Yang was very calm, asked the waiter to refill another bowl of porridge, and drank it silently...

Brother Chao probably because he felt sorry for Xiaoxi, eased the atmosphere and talked about some funny little things when he was in the company before, and everyone was interested, so you and I chatted word by word, telling each other that no one can go back to the past...

The meal was quite enjoyable, and after the meal, the four of us walked out of the restaurant with full burps.

Waiting for the taxi stall, Brother Chao looked at Wang Yang and me with some intoxicated eyes, sighed and said, "Alas, do you know how I got together with Xiaoxi?" Feelings, sometimes it's just such a layer of window paper, it will break when you poke it, Wang Yang, if you are willing to pierce your layer of paper, at least you can save a rent. ”

I was a little speechless and Brother Chong Chao said, "Why is there a sense of evil that comes out of your mouth?" Xiaoxi, this product is so dirty, it's too late for you to regret it now. ”

Xiao Xi said with a confused face: "He's not dirty, he loves cleanliness very much." I said, "He is all pretending, this goods last time I was on a business trip with me, I didn't wash my feet for half a month, and he was willing to wash it after the hotel called the police." ”

At this time, an empty taxi stopped in front of us, Brother Chao hurriedly opened the door to let the two girls get in the car, Wang Yang and Brother Chao argued, did not fight, and finally the two girls sat in the back row, and Brother Chao sat in the "checkout seat", that is, the co-pilot.

Waving goodbye, I wandered around and wanted to sober up and take a taxi back to my home, suddenly the WeChat prompt sounded, took out my mobile phone and saw that it was a message from the super brother who had just said goodbye: There is a problem with your underground garage, I will look for you tomorrow morning.