CHAPTER XLIV
Shen Yeling went home alone, as soon as he entered the door, Xu Ruliang planned for him, and in the evening, Cui Dashan had a banquet and invited Shen Yeling's entire troupe to sing, and even the pick-up car was ready.
Shen Yeling nodded, but it was also strange that they invited people to sing at home now, and they didn't just ask about the opera garden, and went directly to his house to help him invite the entire opera troupe. The more lively the people, the better.
Xu Man has also been worried about Shen Yeling who came back from the Luo family since yesterday, and she is still not at ease until now, with maternal love, she is the hostess of this troupe, and she also trembled and got into a car with Shen Yeling.
Cui Dashan is a wealthy businessman, and tens of thousands of dollars a year can be donated to help the slums, with his rich and kind-hearted truth, they are bound to sing this scene, so as soon as he arrived and chatted with Cui Dashan after a few polite words, he began to sit in the vacated large space and began to dress up in a strong color.
A group of people were busy in and out of the dressing room on display, and Xu Man followed them around, but her call did not leave the position she had chosen when she entered the door, to be precise, she stood still and did not move. She also followed them in her heart.
She came to enjoy the happiness of this troupe, she didn't have to do any work, she couldn't do anything, she stood stupidly sometimes like a pendulum clock, and no one would gossip about her, because she was the wife of the pillar of their troupe.
So this lady of hers now wants to find something to do, and she doesn't want to be idle and embarrassed, so she looks around, and finally finds something to do in the chaos of everyone - that is, to paint Shen Yeling's face.
When she used to play the pipa and sing music for others, she learned to paint her face, and she was a talented woman who had described Danqing in her poetry, so she was confident that she could draw well and hook her eyebrows very steadily.
Draw a face steadily, tear it open and see that there is really a bit of taste in it, this face is naturally praised by the little apprentices who are painting faces, and they say that their master is not only clever in mind, even Hua Dan's face can be painted, and Xu Man will also help them paint it when they are held by the stars.
Xu Man continued to hold the eyebrow pencil and smeared the rouge box to help the little apprentice apply makeup. I don't know if his master is partial to his master, and a similar makeup actually paints a different taste.
Shen Yeling's face can be done well even if it is a novice, mainly because the appearance is blessed by the blessing, but the little apprentice is different, although he is at the same time, but when he puts on makeup on his face, the whole face is painted by Xu Man in a strange way, and he doesn't know where it is weird, in short, it is like a rough and shallow painting by no craftsman.
Xu Man couldn't see it up close, and the problem only appeared when she retreated into the distance, she began to get anxious, and wiped it on the little apprentice's face, and the makeup was spent again, and a face was simply unrecognizable, not to mention weird. At this time, the intensity was in full swing, one after another, and the first half of the scene had already begun.
Everyone changed their clothes and glanced at the two people who looked at each other, the little brother in front of Xu Man obviously needed a certain amount of effort to wash his face and put on makeup, and now there was not so much time for him to spend. The little brother's unrecognizable face that was wiped by dye immediately showed two rows of big white teeth, smiled at her, his expression was free and easy, and said: The big deal is to find someone else to replace him, and he will put on the second half after putting on makeup.
So in this way, a meal of tolerance, plus push let one after another say: "Shi Niang's technique is unfamiliar, and after staying for a long time, it will naturally be painted." Everyone spoke for Xu Man, but Shen Yeling stood sideways, looking like an outsider, he wore the makeup that Xu Man painted more and more awkwardly, and the finishing team began to step on the drum and take turns to play.
Although no one blamed her in the end, Xu Man still felt ashamed, and helped them take care of this and that, and only after arranging their clothes and putting things away did they feel good.
She leaned on the pillar beam next to the corner, leaned out of her small half of her body, looked at Shen Yeling on the stage, and sang really lowly, not paying attention to everything on and off the stage. Far away from the stage, directly in front of him, Cui Dashan sat alone on his chair that all three of them could sit on. His chair is as big as a bed, and his back can't touch the back of the chair when he sits down, and even if he is next to it, he looks cowering and not angry, so he simply doesn't lean back, straightens his waist and watches the play upright.
He should not have a wife who could sit with him in this big chair. To say that his aunts are not good at learning all day long, learning to spray perfume from foreigners, making themselves fragrant, at first they feel fragrant, and then the more they smell it, the more they feel it, and the smell is worse than the fox smell of the fox. And the four aunts have four flavors, and when they are mixed together, they are even more smelly.
So when he arranged the seats, he deliberately moved them far away, just because he was worried that their bodies would hurt his nose when they thought about it. However, the aunts who sat in the distance and were left out in the cold didn't feel cold, although they sat on a chair that was half smaller than Cui Dashanren, they just happened to be comfortable, and they sat on the chair peacefully, edifying the fragrance of each other's bodies, but they could also enjoy themselves.
The third aunt of the four aunts is a Jiangnan woman in the land of fish and rice, and immediately she copied the Suzhou accent and waved her hand to Xu Man in the corner: "Mrs. Shen, come here", the figure Qingli screamed to make Xu Man respond.
Xu Man, who was instructed, came tremblingly under the leadership of the maid, she was dressed in simple and light makeup, without a little fat powder, but mixed with a medicinal fragrance, but the word gentle and virtuous was displayed on her face, and she was separated from these four noble 'weasels'. The servant had already moved an empty Taishi chair for her to sit on, a bit next to the third and fourth aunts, as if they were sandwiched in the middle.
Let's say that Xu Man just sat down timidly, and the third aunt's too white and tender hand directly slapped the face of the servant next to her, and said angrily: "What are you going to do, just give a chair, why don't you find another cushion soon, you want Mrs. Shen to sit on a cold bench."
The subordinate next to him covered his face with red marks, and immediately understood, and hurried to find a suitable mat, and finally sent it to a few ladies to avoid a beating, Xu Man sat on the cushioned Taishi chair, and sat even more uncomfortable, feeling like sitting on pins and needles.
She tossed her ass a few times, and then sat down in front of a few aunts, and smiled flatteredly.
Cui Dashanren ordered a play "Suolin Bag", which mainly revolves around Xue Xiangling and Zhao Shouzhen's Zhi'en Tubao, and the background revolves around 'Outside the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, Wind and Rain' to slowly pave the way. This is in line with Cui Dashan's psychology of vainly asking for something in return, and after a scene, he only met with this Xu Man, and no one paid attention to watching the play quietly.
He is the only one in the audience who is the real viewer, but what about his aunts? The more they talked, the more they gathered, and with a few words together, they had already surrounded Xu Man's east, west, north and south. In all directions, four fragrances surrounded Xu Man, forcing Xu Man to choke on her nose.
She smelled the smell and had a headache more and more, and wanted to find an empty environment, to find a piece of clean air to work her head well, but the aroma was very strong on all sides, and there was no room for her to wake up.
"Hey, I think my lord likes the role of Xue Xiangling the most, I've seen so many but Mr. Shen sings the best, Mrs. Shen is so blessed." The third aunt was holding a handkerchief engraved with white peonies, and after speaking, the handkerchief covered her mouth and blocked her laughter. A scent has begun to attack.
Xu Man waved his hand anxiously, wanting to say that he didn't, but the other hand covered her nose so that she couldn't speak. After that, another ancient fragrance was not willing to be lost, and the second aunt took it up again: "I think it's better to marry a good man like Boss Xiangshen, who is not affectionate or careful, and will hum a few songs for you when you are bored, Mrs. Shen has a good eye."
At this time, Xu Man didn't shake his hand and denied it, because what they said was indeed right, Shen Yeling was really good, and she couldn't find any mistakes, so she had to obediently fall into the mat given by the third aunt, listening to a few sentences after sentences.
"Oh, I used to sing songs for my lord, and my life was very bitter", the aunt leaned into her ear and muttered, this fragrance has offensive skills, she got up and took a sip of tea: "In addition to Peking Opera Kunqu Opera, Beiping is not without singing, to say that the most authentic big drum book of Tianqiao, is Mrs. Shen, you are from Beiping should know this."
The fourth aunt was too broken to the eldest aunt, obviously this taste is not strong: "Mrs. Shen used to be the eldest lady, how can we be from a humble background, if it weren't for the fate of being married by the master, maybe she would still be starving and cold." People have never heard any big drum words, and they usually don't go out of the door at home."
Several people felt justified, but it was also a shame that Cui Dashan didn't find out that his aunts were so happy and happy, and they were all so united for Xu Man.
The third aunt's Suzhou dialect rose again: "Then Mrs. Shen must not have heard our Qinhuai song, belch, that sounds good."
"I've heard it, and I can sing a few paragraphs", Xu Man finally couldn't sit still, so he said: "Big drum words, Qin Huai song, I know and can sing it." If the ladies don't dislike me, when the ladies come to my house, I'll sing you a part."
Xu Man was a little trembling when she spoke, and the few words that popped out of her mouth could be taken away by her, her nose was no longer as sensitive as she had just now, and she neither liked nor rejected it. In the past few days, she has been taken care of by the villagers and her health is getting better day by day, although it takes luck to let her sing the drum book and Qin Huai song, and now it is still a big project to let her sing, but she is also not good at living up to the careful reception of these aunts.
The second aunt hurriedly stood up and said in a jumping voice: "That's great, Mrs. Shen, we are free tomorrow, let's come tomorrow, don't bother."
Xu Man shook his head, he didn't feel bothered, but he was in too much of a hurry.
After Shen Yeling finished singing, he took off his makeup and changed his clothes and came to the court to meet Cui Dashan for a real time. Cui Dashanren watched Shen Yeling change from the waist of the original Hua Dan suit to a navy blue coat, which also had a little ink fragrance, which was obviously the temperament that a scholar should have. I saw Shen Yeling bow down in front of him, and the polite etiquette of meeting was done in one go, but there was no one more respectful than him in Xunyang.
Shen Yeling's temperament as a good son is different from the famous daughters of Yingying Yanyan who were invited before, which is rare. He stepped forward and wanted to praise Shen Yeling for a few words, but who knew that he had just bitten out a few words that were worthy of Shen Yeling, but the four aunts beside him stole the limelight.
The four aunts used the sharp teeth and sharp mouths in front of Cui Dashanren, pushed Xu Man to Shen Yeling's side, and talked about the pair of mandarin ducks in front of them. The third aunt was the first to envy: "Oh, it's really a pink beauty, both of them can sing, but it's also very good to be right, Xunyang has a model couple again."
The aunt looked at them and thought about it more long-term than the other aunts: "I just don't know, whether Boss Shen's child's full moon wine will invite us to drink a few glasses."
Shen Yeling was pushed to the center of the argument by this group of women, three lectures and four lectures, his head suddenly oozed dense sweat, he lowered his head and did not answer again, his face did not change and bowed his hand, and he expressed his gratitude to these people at that time, because Shen Yeling bowed his head and no one could see whether he was happy or worried.
Xu Man also bowed his head with him, and did enough of the attitude of a little woman beside him. This laughing gossip finally ended, the first time Xu Man was brought out, such an embarrassing scene happened, Shen Yeling hadn't spoken for a long time, he gasped and was silent for a long time, still didn't say anything to Xu Man beside him, just replied lightly: "Go home."
Xu Man quietly followed Shen Yeling home, the little woman's posture did not relax even if she got into the car at the end, her hands were put together on her thighs, and her head was slightly lowered. As others say, she used to be a beautiful lady, but now she is Mr. Shen's virtuous helper.