Chapter Thirty-Eight: Life Is Like a Play
Lan Eucalyptus felt that she was destined to meet Zehao.
The same hobbies make them confidants, the same tastes make them friends, and complementary personalities make them lovers.
She was like she was born to be his other half. They are not first acquaintances, but reunions.
He likes to look at her infatuately, holding her little hand in the palm of his hand, "If I want us to live together in the future, would you like to?" ”
She smiled so hard that she refused to answer, but she made a plan for the rest of her life in her heart.
She was pleased with his question, which was heavier than a thin piece of paper. He understands her.
Zehao began to appear frequently in Lan Eucalyptus's life, even at the parties of her college friends.
This party was initiated by Mengshi, and the location was naturally in her café, and there were not many friends invited, only Lan Yu, Zhao Danyan, Luo Yao and Shangguan Ruoping.
Old friends meet and are happy. The five girls have endless words to talk about.
The clerk served the café's special drinks and snacks. Dan Yan was full of praise, "Mengshi, you are not simple, you actually make the café so stylish!" People say that peers are enemies. But you can convince me, who runs a medicinal restaurant, that there are so many places I want to learn from you! ”
Mengshi said modestly, "You just praise me!" It is clear that your medicinal food shop has been open for a long time before me, and it is much more well-known than my café, and it is so distinctive, it should be that I am learning from you! ”
Lan Yu looked at the two of them, and there was always some absent-mindedness. In order not to disturb the gathering of their sisters, Zehao watched her from a window table from a distance.
And all this has already been seen by Ruoping, she sighed quietly in her heart, it is absolutely impossible for her brother Zhenping and Lan Eucalyptus to be together. Lan Eucalyptus and Zehao are like a match made in heaven, and Ruoping can't help but feel sour when she thinks that one day Zhenping will know.
The originally lively dinner table suddenly became quiet, and these girls who were good in college now have their own paths, and they are relatively silent when they get together, only the past time is churning in their hearts.
When the first plate of staple food was served, Luo Yao couldn't hold back any longer, she rushed to Chu Zehao regardless of her image, "Aze, have you really forgotten me?" ”
The customers of the entire café raised their heads in surprise, looking at a beautiful girl in front of everyone, Zehao stayed there completely, "How do you know that my nickname is Aze?" ”
Luo Yao sobbed helplessly, "It seems that you really forgot about me!" Your cousin's name is Wu Qiaochu, and she is my former neighbor. ”
Luo Yao still can't forget that beautiful summer, he took his sketchpad to his aunt's house for the summer vacation. At that time, Luo Yao lived opposite Wu Qiaochu, and the two girls were often inseparable after school, always known as sisters.
Qiao Chu whispered to Luo Yao, "Brother Aze is very handsome, he is the school grass of our school, and the prince charming in the hearts of many girls!" Every time I go to my cousin's class to look for him, I have to silently accept the white eyes of the girls in his class! ”
A feeling that had never been felt before crossed Luo Yao's sixteen-year-old heart. She was used to being praised by the boys around her, and this was the first time she had a serious crush on a person of the opposite sex.
But Aze is a silly boy who has just fallen in love, seeing that Luo Yao is about the same age as Qiaochu, he takes care of them as sisters. But such a passion that is not far away is mistaken for affection by Luo Yao, and every time Aze smiles warmly at her, there will be a ripple in her heart.
The days that drifted in the clouds turned into wisps of green smoke and rose, shrouded in Luo Yao's memory of the summer vacation. She thought that she was only one confession away from him.
Luo Yao thought sweetly that he was usually respected as a flower by the boys in school, and they all said that women chased men in the veil, and he should fall under her pomegranate skirt, right?
Finally, she poured out her heart on a piece of paper, and she still remembers that it was drizzling outside the window that day, and there was a cassette tape on the radio, which was Jay Chou's "Seven Miles of Fragrance".
“…… It rained all night
My love overflows like rain
Yard leaves
A thick stack of ...... with my thoughts"
But when Luo Yao knocked on the door of Qiaochu's house, she was extremely disappointed, and Aze had already left. Qiao Chu didn't notice her abnormality at all, "I really envy my cousin, he can study abroad." You say, is it really so good abroad? ”
Luo Yao didn't answer. From that day on, her sky began to fade. Over the years, every man Luo Yao has dated has the shadow of Aze.
She thought that she would never see Aze again, but she never thought that she would meet him at today's party, and he had become the boyfriend of her roommate. What a creation!
Zehao looked at Luo Yao sympathetically, not knowing how to answer for a while. He couldn't just say yes to a strange girl, despite her beauty.
It is true that a girl with a mediocre appearance will be unnoticed, but a beauty with an empty heart will be annoying.
Zehao was a little helpless, he obviously couldn't pull out immediately, that would be very degrading and hurtful. He subconsciously glanced at Lan Eucalyptus, not knowing how his sweetheart would have a seizure.
Luo Yao quickly realized her gaffe, but she didn't regret it. She followed Zehao's gaze at Lan Eucalyptus, and she even thought helplessly that if this rival in love was not Lan Eucalyptus, she would definitely use all means to make her retreat!
And the reality made Luo Yao feel embarrassed. On the one hand, there are close friends who have helped her a lot, and on the other hand, there are men who have been longing for many years. She looked timidly at the blue eucalyptus, her eyes full of jealousy, guilt, and trepidation.
Lan Eucalyptus didn't say a word the whole time, she just stirred the coffee in front of her with a delicate spoon, the drinks in front of the five girls today were all coffee, and they were all caramel macchiatos.
Caramel Macchiato? Isn't this Luo Yao's favorite coffee in the past?
Lan Yu still remembers that when she was in college, she bought a hand-cranked coffee machine, and once she made a cup of caramel macchiato for Luo Yao, but unfortunately Luo Yao was not feeling well that day, and she was sent to the hospital before she could taste it. The reason for going to the hospital is unbearable, but Lan Eucalyptus is by no means the kind of villain who can chew his tongue behind his back, but that cup of caramel macchiato makes Lan Eucalyptus miss the dormitory at that time. Sure enough, no matter how good a girlfriend is, she can't be a rival in love.
Lan Yu never thought that after many years, what happened to Qin Yi would happen to Luo Yao again, all of this is really hateful. Don't be jealous of your friends! She doesn't want to lose a friend because she is loved!
The originally lively party broke up unhappily. In the evening, Lan Yu followed Chu Zehao to the boiled Shenfu Hot Pot City for dinner, and he was still talking and laughing.
Zehao was a little worried at first, "I'm afraid you'll be jealous because of the noon incident!" But you don't care. Do you really not care, or do you not care about me? ”
Lan Eucalyptus chuckled, "How could I not care about you?" Pure nonsense! I just think the time we spend together is precious, so I don't care! ”
Zehao grinned like a child, "I'm relieved!" ”
They chatted and chatted, the car had already driven to the gate of the boiled Shenfu hot pot city, Zehao quickly stopped the car, and led the blue eucalyptus into the store.
"Yo~ This store is so chic! It's hard to tell whether it's a hot pot restaurant or an ancient stage! Blue eucalyptus couldn't help but praise.
Zehao chimed in, "I heard that the owner of this shop bought the stage at a high price and then assembled it in the store as it is. Now it seems that the effort was not in vain. ”
Eucalyptus takes a closer look, this stage covers an area of 204 square meters, with a mountain-style roof, flying eaves and corners, solemn and beautiful. The finches between the beams and pillars are all delicate character reliefs, there are "Pan Tao Hui", "Sanying Zhan Lu Bu", "Zhaojun out of the plug", "hit the golden branch", "Kui Xing Dian Dou" and other classical character accidents up to dozens of places, the carving is exquisite, vivid. The sculptures of the floor have Guanyin, birthday star, Arhat, King Kong; The auspicious animals include lions, tigers, unicorns, dragons, phoenixes, etc., in a variety of postures, lifelike. The side wall is decorated with a huge mural of pine cranes, and the stage is square in plan, empty on three sides, and a screen door on one side. The center of the screen door is painted with an image of a person, and the suspension is "out of the general" and "into the phase".
The shape of the ancient stage was greatly influenced by Buddhist architecture. The square heaven painting halberd in the center of the roof ridge is inserted on the top of the colored porcelain treasure, the two ends of the ridge are respectively decorated with the beautiful shape of the fish, and there are extremely straight cornices and corners above the front, and the wind chime iron horse is hung under the eaves. The colored porcelain treasure top is actually a miniature pagoda, the lotus petals or spiral caisson should be the inspiration of the Buddha seat Buddha bun, the fish comes from the legend of Guanyin, and the wind chime iron horse under the eaves is obviously moved from the temple of the Buddhist Palace.
In the center of the ceiling of the stage is a gorgeous caisson well, carved beams and painted buildings, finely carved, and ingenious. In the caisson, the stigma family and the flat body family each make three jumps, and the arch body is made into a delicate curve, and different styles are used to cover the lotus plug. The caisson is like an umbrella cover, depicting Qionghua Yao grass, auspicious birds and beasts layer by layer, You Liang, Sui Fang, three beams, grab the head beam, interspersed with the fang and between the various layers of the archway, then carved many dramas, including "Kui Xing Dian Dou", "Nine Old Heavenly Palace", "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Magu Offering Longevity", "The Legend of the White Snake" and so on.
The stage is not only an architectural form, but also a cultural exhibition stand. The gongs and drums are noisy, the silk and bamboo are full of ears, how many magnificent, mournful and lingering, loyal and filial piety stories appear here, the plot twists and turns are euphemistic, the actors dance lightly with water sleeves, and the audience is fascinated.
Zehao and Lan Eucalyptus sat down in the private room upstairs, and the stage sang and sang in unison. The two of them didn't have the heart to read the recipe, so they casually ordered a pot base and some hot pot shabu-shabu, and admired it with relish.
When I looked up, I saw Zhu Qiluo embroidered on the stage, pink and heavy makeup, water sleeves dancing, and lotus steps moving lightly. The floor-dragging gauze skirt is looming, embellished with blue and white flowers, and the plain brocade is lingering. When you are happy, you pull flowers and dance your sleeves, when you are angry, you shrug your shoulders and grab your sleeves, when you are sad, you sob, you hang your sleeves, and when you are happy, you can jump and throw your sleeves, and the emotions of the characters are unpredictable. At the climax, the water sleeves danced as smoothly and quickly as the wind, which was really like a frightening and overbearing.
The ancients said: "Long sleeves are good at dancing". The Danjiao on the stage will throw straight sitting lotus sleeves, Feiyan left flick sleeves, windmill lying cloud sleeves, neon feather sleeves, volley wings sleeves, Lingbo treading water sleeves and other water sleeves for creative combination, water sleeves play both momentum and proportion, such as spring clouds, such as summer red, such as autumn moon, such as winter wind, trembling, floating, clouds, lifting, lifting, throwing, rolling, spinning, tethering, hearty, all in one go, all of which are amazing.
There are endless loves, hatreds, and hatreds on the stage, and endless meanings and humors off the stage. The blue eucalyptus was so spicy that his throat was smoking, his head was sweating, and even his mouth was so hot that he lost consciousness, but he still felt enjoyable. The spicy Sichuan cuisine has a masculine, refreshing charm, and as long as you fall in love, you can never escape. People say: "The soup of Sichuan cuisine, the cavity of Sichuan opera", the dishes of the country of abundance are delicious, and the drama also has a unique characteristic, as early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying: "Shu opera crowns the world".
At this time, there was a burst of gongs and drums, and the thick singing on the stage attracted people's attention, "One whip knocked on the remnant of the middle moon, two whips scattered the Qinling crows, three whips to open the fog of the sword gate, and four whips shook off the Jincheng flowers." "The imagery of the drama is strange and the artistic conception is magnificent.
When Lan Eucalyptus looked at it, brightly colored faces flashed on the stage, with realistic expressions, humorous and witty, and full of fun. These faces also have their own chic and vivid names, such as Double Happiness, Three-Star Gaozhao, Crane Wings, Golden Dragon Turnover, Pretty Woman, Left and Right Open Bow, Boy Worship Buddha, Fairy Ape Stealing Peach, Fan Face, Fire-breathing Face, Face in Face, etc.
This unique artistic performance is commonly known as changing face, the body is beautiful and beautiful, the movements are novel and expressive, one move and one style, rigidity and softness, movement and stillness are appropriate, fast and slow orderly, and the unique hand, eye, body, law, essence, qi, spirit, and rhyme unique to the art of Sichuan opera are vividly expressed.
Lan Eucalyptus carefully looked at those unpredictable faces, and suddenly felt incredible: a face can be transformed into as many as fourteen in an instant, which is really something worth marveling. This face change seems to have several faces in most people's lives, and she learned Luo Yao's face change at the noon party.
And Zehao hadn't felt Lan Eucalyptus's distraction yet, he sighed to Lan Eucalyptus while watching the play, "It's really better to see than to hear!" I have heard that face changing can turn invisible and imperceptible abstract emotions and psychological states into visible and perceptible concrete images - faces, revealing the changes in the hearts and thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play, and the techniques are roughly divided into three types, 'wiping the face', 'blowing the face', 'pulling the face', in addition, there is also a kind of 'luck' to change the face. ”
As soon as Zehao's voice fell, he only heard a burst of applause, Lan Eucalyptus followed the audience's line of sight, and the actor wearing a face mask on the stage blew out a fire dragon with a half-lying fish momentum, and the flames continued to last for several feet, and then swinged back on the dragon tail of the "dragon" fire, blowing the fire one by one, and the gorgeous flames became a mushroom-like flower, that is, like a goddess scattering flowers, and like a phoenix in the fire. The most amazing thing is that the flame is not the usual red color, but a very beautiful snow blue.
This group of Sichuan opera actors uses magic-like techniques to change their faces in an instant, and they are combined with the weird combination of fire-spitting magic skills. The audience under the stage couldn't stop applauding, and the blue eucalyptus handle was red and felt that it was not enjoyable......