Amid the sound of gongs and drums, an actor in an earthy yellow coat, a khaki hat, and a fake white beard on his face, dressed as an 'old student', walked out with a broom in his hand, and he sang a joke that I didn't understand as he walked.

"This is a classic track, it is a curtain in the Sichuan opera "Pipa Legend", called "Sweeping Song", this story is quite long, family, friendship and love are all included in it, this play focuses on feelings, and even the villain is a little bit of a romantic person, a thousand, you can read the full version of this story on the Internet if you have time, it's very touching."

Chen Zhonghai watched and explained to me, and I couldn't help asking, "Brother Chen, do you still know anything about opera?" Before Chen Zhonghai could speak, Chen Haobei shouted at me dissatisfiedly: "Isn't this nonsense? Is there anything in this world that my brother doesn't understand? Right? Elder brother? ”

The last three words, this thing is really flattering, Mei Tian'er, who was sitting opposite him, rolled her eyes and muttered in a low voice: "It's like a dog." ”

I think Chen Haobei actually heard this, because Chen Zhonghai was amused by Mei Tian'er's words and showed a smile, while Chen Haobei, who was sitting next to him, continued to look at Chen Zhonghai intently with a posture that he hadn't heard anything.

I can't help but feel a little emotional, Chen Zhonghai is used to seeing big scenes, if someone keeps staring at me like Chen Haobei staring at him, I will definitely not be able to stand it, it's too much like a pervert.

Chen Zhonghai continued to say lightly: "I don't understand, hehe, I'm getting older, and I can't keep up with the pop songs that you young people like. ”

"Brother, you are not old, you are always young!" Chen Haobei continued to pat the sincere and exaggerated sycophants, Mei Tianer continued to roll her eyes, Chen Zhonghai smiled faintly and continued: "One thousand, in fact, these things in the past are very good, you must take a look at them more when you have time, it is very knowledgeable." ”

I know what Chen Zhonghai is actually talking about, so I nodded seriously, in fact, I don't need him to remind me that I will study these operas, but today there is more of him as a commentator, and the effect is much better than the feeling of the blind man touching the elephant before, at least I already know and remember the name of this first scene: "The Pipa Story".

The performance on the stage continued, and after a while, another actor in an ancient police uniform, that is, the appearance of a servant, came up, and the two played against each other for a while, sometimes talking, sometimes singing.

The show ended, followed by the second one.

This time the first to take the stage was a young student, but at first glance, it didn't look very much like the appearance of the Han people, and the gongs and drums this time were also very different from the previous one, obviously much lighter and happier than before.

"This is "Bangs and Jin Toad", it's a mythological drama, hehe, this song and content jump are quite big, a thousand, these actors are all neighbors in your community?" Chen Zhonghai asked, and I nodded "um".

Chen Zhonghai continued to explain: "Oh, it's really the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger, the content of this play is relatively simple, similar to the "Frog Prince" abroad, but the gender is reversed, and there is a fox spirit in this play, you must know the role of this character when you hear this name." Like that foreign fairy tale, this story also has a happy ending, the difference is that the frog prince and princess end up living happily in the castle, and Liu Hai and Jin Toad finally soar together to become immortals. This actually represents the difference between Eastern and Western cultures, Westerners are very straightforward in their pursuit of money and power, while our ancestors are more inclined to chase immortality, immortality and other ethereal things, hehe, no matter what, the two stories run throughout, but they are the same thing, that is, love, so ah, the people of the world are one family. ”

I read it silently, trying to memorize the name of the play in my heart.

At the end of the second scene, immediately after the music switch, another actress dressed in white came up.

This time, Chen Zhonghai did not rush to explain, but said only after the actress sang a sentence: ""Thief Fairy Grass"... A very common play, there is this performance in many genres, the plot you must have known when you were a child, that, this person plays the white lady Bai Suzhen, this is the part where she accidentally drank realgar wine and scared Xu Xian to death, and she wanted to steal fairy grass to save Xu Xian, this kind of singing... Well, it should be Chu opera singing. ”

Chen Zhonghai is right, the story of the White Lady is indeed too classic, I think my generation has not watched "The Legend of the New White Lady" when I was a child, after all, even I grew up in such a family environment and had the opportunity to watch it over and over again...

However, when Chen Zhonghai mentioned "realgar wine", I was nervous for no reason, and involuntarily looked at the wine jar on the table.

After singing the song, two more actors came up, one old and one young, the old one was holding a prop similar to a leather whip in his hand, and the younger one was wearing a thick jacket that was quite torn.

This time Chen Zhonghai didn't wait much, he explained directly: "This play is called "Hitting Luhua", and it is not the same kind as those just now, the content of this play is mainly about the story of filial piety, a stepmother abused. Wait, the child who was misunderstood by his father, after his stepmother's atrocities were exposed, could still be very sensible in order to maintain his family, and plead with his father on behalf of his stepmother. Hehe, the filial piety preached by our ancestors is actually undesirable in many aspects now, so there is the word 'foolish filial piety'..."

I wrote down the three words "Playing Luhua", and also wrote down the words "foolish and filial piety", for no other reason, but I had some feelings...

There is a plot in this play, which is the actor with a leather whip who uses a leather whip to whip through the actor in a thick jacket, and after the smoke is finished, the stage is covered with cotton wool.

In the cotton wool in the sky, Chen Zhonghai's expression became more and more strange, and he suddenly got up and smiled at me: "One thousand, go, accompany Brother Chen to the toilet." Chen Haobei hurriedly took out the key and said, "Brother, go to my house, the fat water will not flow to outsiders!" ”

Chen Zhonghai took the key and said: "Haobei, your legs are inconvenient, then you can wait here first, and we will come back soon." ”

Chen Haobei nodded obediently like a kitten, and sat in place motionless.

I walked anxiously with Chen Zhonghai in the direction of Chen Haobei's house, and when I was about to walk to the door of the unit building, Chen Zhonghai smiled strangely and said: "Qian, your friend is very smart, if you can see through the secrets in this play, not only can you know where your friend is, and... You'll also know who your neighbors really are..."