Chapter 48: Buying Slaves
As soon as Ling Zifeng's words fell, he heard a soft cry of "ah" from someone behind the stage.
Ling Zifeng and Ah Xing were both shocked, Ling Zifeng didn't understand, obviously before he and A Xing came, he had already privately confessed to the manager of the theater, telling the people in the theater not to approach the theater at this time, how could anyone still appear here. This person didn't know how much he had heard, he felt that he had been entrusted by Axing, and in annoyance, he couldn't help shouting: "Who is there, come out quickly!" ”
A small head behind the stage cringefully stretched out, with handsome facial features and clear eyes, it was Ling Zifeng's proud disciple Rong Zheng.
He looked at the master, and then at A-Xing, and he didn't know whether he was afraid of the master's Tie Qing's face, or he was embarrassed by his eavesdropping, so he shrank behind the stage and didn't come out.
"Zheng'er, why are you there? Didn't I say that no one was allowed to approach the theater? Don't come out yet! Ling Zifeng spoke sharply.
Rong Zheng didn't dare to hide anymore, he walked quickly in front of Ling Zifeng, knelt down, lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry master, I didn't know you had such an order, I accidentally fell asleep when I was playing backstage this morning, and I woke up when I heard the sound of your voice, master, I didn't mean to eavesdrop!" ”
After Rong Zheng was woken up by their voices, he was attracted by the content of their conversation, the words of the A-Xing girl were more incomprehensible than one sentence, and the words were more surprising than the other, what a "drama", "women's guest seat", "attic private room", these were not something he could understand, but seeing that the master was so convinced of what she said, his attitude was so respectful, and his tone swept away the depression for many days, and there was a gratifying vitality, he felt that he couldn't fully understand what Miss A-Xing said. There must be some kind of deep meaning, and it will bring a new situation to their theater! His heart was also very happy, but when he heard Ah Xing's female singing, he heard the only sentence that he could fully understand for so long, which made him cry out in shock!
Female singing? He has been in the opera industry for almost 8 years, but he has never heard of a woman singing!
What a woman can do is in the house, either to be an embroiderer, or to sell herself as a slave, no woman will ever do anything to show her face, except for the Qinglou woman, of course. Not to mention letting women and men act on the same stage! It's totally unthinkable!
Moreover, no opera master will accept female apprentices, even if you want to find a female opera, you can't find it!
Before Ling Zifeng and A Xing entered the theater before, they had gone backstage to see it, maybe Rong Zheng's sleeping body was blocked by the dressing table, so he didn't find him, and he had been here all the time, so he didn't know his orders, and it was really no wonder that he was there. This apprentice is talented, very talented in opera, and very filial, which has won his heart, so he really can't bear to criticize him. However, after hearing so much, it seems that Ah Xing's participation in the theater can't hide it from him, and if he is not punished, Ah Xing's girl will not be able to explain it.
Just when he was in a dilemma, Ah Xing said softly beside him: "If you hear it, you can hear it!" I'm sure Rong Zheng will keep it secret for me! Rong Zheng raised his head, just in time to see Ah Xing smiling at him, there was a kind of melting warmth in his clear and bright eyes, he lowered his head, and his face was a little hot.
Ling Zifeng immediately said, "Zheng'er, don't mention every word you see and hear today!" Otherwise, the master will sever the master-apprentice relationship with you! "The consequences are very serious!
Rong Zheng's heart sank, he kowtowed to the master again and again, and swore in his mouth: "Master and girl, please rest assured, if every word that Zheng'er heard today is revealed to anyone, it will be thundered by the sky!" ”
The people here attach great importance to the oath, and when Ling Zifeng saw Rong Zheng swearing, he put his mind at ease and pulled Rong Zheng up with a smile.
The last time Ah Xing saw him loudly reprimanding Fang Mozhu, from his words, he knew that he was a person who valued love and righteousness. Now that he already knows about his participation in the theater, he simply won't hide it from him, maybe he can help in the future. So I explained to him one by one about the preparation of the drama with Boss Ling.
Rong Zheng had listened to it before, but now Ah Xing completely understands it as soon as she explains it again, and then she knows that the drama is not the same thing as the opera she has learned. I couldn't help but feel a little depressed when I thought that the opera I had spent nearly eight years learning might not come in handy in the future.
"Didn't I learn the drama for so long before that?" Rong Zheng whispered.
Ah Xing could understand his mood, so she gently persuaded: "It won't be learned in vain, it's because you have the foundation of learning drama for so many years, and you can better perform with expressions and movements when you act in dramas in the future, as for singing skills, if you like it, don't waste it, maybe it will come in handy in the future!" ”
Rong Zheng listened to her gentle words, and the worries and frustrations in his heart disappeared in an instant.
The topic returned to the question of "female actors".
Boss Ling asked Ah Xing: "The girl doesn't know why she wants a woman to act, as far as I know, no woman has ever been on stage, I'm afraid that the guests will find it difficult to accept!" ”
Rong Zheng looked at Ah Xing from the side, and nodded again and again to express his opinion.
Ah Xing smiled bitterly: "Boss Ling, I didn't know that there was a lot of risk in doing this. However, drama is not like opera, drama does not need to wear cumbersome costumes, no need to paint heavy oil paint costumes, drama is close to life, so as to give people a sense of substitution. But in this case, how do we make a male actor dress up as a woman? Light and close to life dress, natural grooming, no matter how you can let a man dress up as a woman! In this way, the guests look at the man who doesn't look like a woman playing the role of a woman there, and that feeling ......" Ah Xing didn't continue, because she remembered the role of Ruhua in Stephen Chow's movie, and couldn't help but chill.
Well, such flowers are ugly, but even if Fang Mozhu is such a motherly person, even if he wears women's clothes will only make him look more girly, but no matter how motherly a man is, he is still a man! Without the help of those props, no matter how Fang Mozhu pretends to be a woman, he will pretend to be a shemale at most.
"Moreover, there are far more characters in the drama than the play, they are more complicated, they are all men, there are no highlights, and it feels very fake after watching too much, so it will be boring! Our first drama played the story of heroes, most of them were male actors, so we arranged one or two actresses, there were not many scenes, try everyone's reaction, maybe the guests will accept it when they look fresh! ”
Rong Zheng only felt that what she said was very reasonable, nodded, and said involuntarily: "It is indeed strange to look at a man who doesn't look like a woman pretending to be a woman." ”
Ling Zifeng patted him on the head and blamed him for interjecting. Rong Zheng touched his head, looked up and saw Ah Xing looking at himself and smiling again, and his face became hot again.
After Ling Zifeng finished filming his apprentice, he said: "But we just want to find a female actor, where can we find it for a while?" Ordinary women don't want to come out and show their heads! He didn't say the rest of the words, and the only one who was willing to show his face was the woman in the Qinglou, so he wouldn't go to the girl in the Qinglou!
A Xing said: "Actually, I have thought about this question, how about we go to buy a few girls, not those criminal officials, the house was raided, and the children were demoted to slaves and prostitutes, those girls are generally literate, we pick a few good-looking ones, and then teach them to act, although there are some temporary cramming, but fortunately, there are not many scenes, and they should be in time!" ”
Ling Zifeng pondered for a while before he said: "But those girls are usually sent to official prostitutes or powerful mansions as slaves and maids...... he smiled slightly: "But as long as you spend a little more silver, it's not impossible!" I'll leave this matter to me! ”
"Then please ask Boss Ling to bother more!"
The two discussed the details again, and then left the theater together, and Ling Zifeng went directly to handle the affairs of the female drama. Ah Xing walked in the direction of the stable.
Behind him, Rong Zheng chased after him. He ran to the front of Ah Xing, his fair skin was flushed with a layer of red because of running, lined with his handsome facial features, he looked extraordinarily beautiful, if he didn't develop in the direction of "mother", in a few years, he would be a beautiful boy who made girls blush and heartbeat! It seems that the decision not to let men fight women is right, maybe Rong Zheng will become a "big star" sought after by everyone in the future!
Rong Zheng ran in front of her, stopped again, and stood in place waiting for Ah Xing to walk beside him before he stepped up to walk with her, but there was a distance of almost a meter in the middle.
He glanced at Ah Xing's dark but perfectly lined side, retracted his gaze, lowered his head and said, "Ah Xing, how do you know so much?" You look so small! But what you're talking about doesn't even know my master! ”
This question is not easy to answer, I believe that Boss Wang and Boss Ling also have the same question in their hearts, but although they are confused, they will not ask, unlike the kid in front of them, who asked directly.
Ah Xing simply played Tai Chi with him: "How do you know that I am young, maybe I am older than you!" ”
Rong Zheng felt that she couldn't be older than herself, so she couldn't help but forget the question just now and argued with her seriously about this matter.
"I'm fourteen, but I know you're thirteen! How can you be older than me! ”
Ah Xing simply circled the circle wider, she looked at him, with a look of disbelief on her face: "Do you have fourteen?" Why do you look about the same height as me! You're a liar! ”
Rong Zheng's face turned red with a "coax", like a ripe apple, height has always been his heart disease, why is even people younger than him so tall? A-Xing is like this, and so are the clouds! All smaller than him! All as tall as him! It's infuriating!
At this time, he had completely forgotten the problem he had started, and he was at a loss and said angrily: "I will grow taller, and it won't be long before I will grow taller than all of you!" Just wait and see! After saying that, he ran away.
Ah Xing looked at his back and shook his head with a smile, he was just a child!
A-Xing returned to the stable, but could not find the carriage and her father. A girl about her age ran to her, the girl was combed in a bun, she was delicate, and she was wearing a very ordinary coarse cloth dress. She said to Ah Xing: "Ah Xing, don't look for it, your father is already gone." She asked me to tell you that I would wait for him on the East Street later. ”
Ah Xing thought that her father must have known that she was looking for Boss Ling, so he didn't wait for her.
She turned her head and smiled at the little girl, "Thank you, Yunduo." Don't you have to help your mother today? ”
Yunduo's full name is Wang Yun, nicknamed Yunduo, and she is Liu Guihua's daughter. Because they meet every day, Liu Guihua and Guo Lin already know that A-Xing is a girl.
"My mother wants me to wait for you here, so you don't have to go to the kitchen to help." She smiled at A-Xing, then took her hand and walked towards the hut, "Follow me!" ”
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