02 Vanity
As soon as the words fell, all the people in the courtyard couldn't hold back their laughter.
"The whole "Drunken Yang Concubine"? Master, this can't be done, I still have a small half of it! The young man in red stumbled and almost fell off the drum.
The door of the house opened with a bang, and a man in a green shirt in his fifties walked out, with fine wrinkles on his face, no beard, and the most attractive thing was a pair of narrow eyes, which were very dark and extraordinarily energetic.
"How can I learn a good show when I have nothing to do all day?" He scolded sternly.
The four-year-old red was extremely deterrent, and the young man in red didn't dare to say anything, and slowly came down from the drum to receive the punishment. The slender eyes hung down, and the jet-black hair hung down obediently on the face, looking extremely well-behaved.
But this well-behaved four-year-old red has seen a lot, and it is not surprising for a long time, but he is even more angry.
"Shen Hua, Shen Hua, you are the lifeblood of the Shen family!" He said in a deep voice, "I ask you, I didn't see anyone all day yesterday, where did you go to mess around?" ”
Four-year-old red usually calls him by his real name when he is angry, and if he is in a good mood, he will call him by his stage name Shen Chongjin. I couldn't help but tremble in my heart after listening to these two consecutive sounds, yesterday it was raining heavily and he secretly ran to listen to his senior brother's "Yutang Chun", I thought he wouldn't be discovered, but I didn't expect that he couldn't escape.
Four-year-old Hong could see a little surprise on his face.
"I've accepted you as an apprentice all my life, I won't know if you're here?" He said coldly.
Shen Shuyi was ashamed in his heart.
"I thought Master didn't know......" At this time, he could only smile blankly.
Four-year-old Hong took out the ring ruler and grabbed his right hand strongly.
"Your senior brother sang on stage at the age of fourteen, but you are good, but you are nothing at the age of sixteen." As he spoke, the ruler snapped down, and his subordinates showed no mercy at all.
Shen Shuyi grinned in pain, and was very bitter in his heart, the four-year-old Hong not only knew that he had run away, but also knew that he had watched his senior brother's play, what should I do.
"Master, I know it's wrong......" The four-year-old red hand was extremely strong, and no matter how he struggled with his wrist, he couldn't break it until the ten hand boards were finished, not only the palm was red, but the wrist was also bruised.
Shen Shuyi's pain turned a deaf ear to the four-year-old Hong, he is not a delicate young master, he looks white and tender, but in fact he has rough skin and thick meat, not to mention that only ten handboards are already a very light lesson among children who are also learning drama.
"I say every time that I know it's wrong, but I still don't change it." Four-year-old Hong took the ring ruler and turned around and walked into the house, "I'll listen to your play tonight, if I can't sing, I still won't have anything to eat tomorrow." ”
Four-year-old red has always said the same, the senior brothers in the courtyard, especially a few good ones, laughed at him without any image, Shen Shuyi is not only bitter in his heart, but also bitter in face, the four-year-old red who sings through the door can hear it clearly, and he is afraid that he will not be able to run for a while.
It wasn't until noon that Shen Shuyi rested, it was impossible to say that he was not tired, he sat at the table holding the rice bowl and started eating regardless of his image, and his senior brother, who was two years older than him, sat next to him, and he had to look at him after two bites.
Shen Shuyi blinked and put down his job.
"I got flowers on my face today?" He asked.
Senior Brother naturally shook his head and laughed, "That's not it." ”
Shen Shuyi turned his head and continued to eat with vegetables, but he began to think in his heart. Four-year-old Hong obviously saw through that little bit of caution, and he had to be stared at after a meal, for fear that he would run away.
However, he never had anyone to stop him from running.
When he was almost finished, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, straightened his white cuffs, and was about to get up, but there was a look of surprise on his face.
"Master?" He screamed.
The senior brother was stunned, and looked back unexpectedly, how can there be any master, four-year-old red is eating in the house! I secretly screamed in my heart, and there was already a commotion in my ears.
"Chongjin, come down quickly!" The senior brother was startled when he turned around, and Shen Shuyi flew up to the old tree by the wall in the gap between his plans, and reached the height of the eaves in the blink of an eye.
I don't feel afraid if I do too much to uncover the tiles in the upper room, Shen Shuyi ignored the exclamations, jumped on the roof familiarly, and waited for the senior brother to hurriedly call the four-year-old Hong, and Shen Shuyi's figure had completely disappeared in front of their eyes.
Climbing the roof and going around to the alley outside the wall of the Red Courtyard, there were three large baskets made of bamboo on one side, Shen Shuyi saw the familiar way and jumped down, and turned a few corners along the alley to the most lively street market in Xingzhen.
There are always vendors buying food and toys on the streets, and the residents of the town come and go, but the hottest thing is outside the theater, where there are several groups of performers every day, and the work is different, and occasionally a few are indeed very exciting.
Yesterday, he came out in the rain with a lot fewer people, and there were no performers, but there happened to be his brother's play inside, and today it was lively outside, but only the new characters in Jiang Erye's opera troupe sang "Dream in the Garden". Xuedan usually has to learn a few kunqu operas for the sake of his figure, Shen Shuyi will sing this, and the one in it is still on stage for the first time, and it is estimated that there is nothing to see.
The bright red costume on his body has not been taken off, and it is very eye-catching when he walks on the street, Shen Shuyi doesn't care, he walks along the street and plays, he doesn't have much money on him, but it is worth buying a little delicious food.
"Boss, let's have a bowl of wonton." He had just eaten, but he felt that he couldn't walk when he passed by the stall of wonton, so he simply ordered a bowl and sat down to eat. The stall owner already recognized him, and he didn't forget to joke when he came over with a bowl of wonton.
"Young Master Chongjin is too late today!" He laughed.
Shen Shuyi has always been unprofessional, and it is common for him to run away, but he has always had a good foundation and a good memory, even if he is often lazy, his singing skills are no worse than those senior brothers who work hard day and night, but he does not work hard with such talent, which makes the four-year-old red feel particularly sad every time he looks at him.
But this is what he is most proud of, and he has never been afraid of ridicule from others.
"When the play is finished, it's a slip." He also smiled and said unashamedly.
The stall owner shook his head and walked back to the front of the steaming cauldron, Shen Shuyi was just greedy, eating slowly with a bowl, sweeping the bustling crowd on the opposite street from the corner of his eyes, and occasionally someone in front of a few stalls was found to be playing tricks, and he would laugh along.
Shen Shuyi was enjoying it, and someone stopped beside him and didn't notice it.
"Shen Chongjin, why are you here?" A crisp female voice said.
Shen Shuyi turned her eyes and saw that it was a little girl from Aunt Cui's family who sold candied fruits, and her name was Yu'er.
"Sneaked away." He said, patting the open space on the bench next to him, "Sit." ”
Cui Yuer is also a little girl who was born white, but compared to Shen Shuyi's handsome face, people in the nearby streets know that Shen Shuyi, not to mention handsome, and a four-year-old red apprentice, anyone who sees it has to look twice.
She is also fourteen years old this year, which is the age when girls start to think about spring, looking at Shen Shuyi's outstanding figure, she can't help but feel slightly shy, and even thinks about whether to put on an arrogant attitude towards her little daughter and not sit.
"Aren't you studying hard again?" She sat down anyway, and the distance next to each other made her a little happy.
Shen Shuyi didn't feel anything in his heart, he just felt that he was so close and easy to speak.
"It's not like you haven't heard of my play, Master has never let me go on stage, otherwise I would have been a famous actor." He smiled and said, "It's you, the female red won't still be so crooked, right?" ”
The undisguised ridicule in the words made Cui Yuer's face pale.
"Phew! What's wrong with my female celebrity, it's obvious that you can't sing well, and you want to frame me. She said angrily.
Shen Shuyi smiled and didn't answer, lowered his head and ate a whole wonton.
Cui Yu'er turned her eyes and saw that the color of his right hand holding chopsticks and even his wrist was abnormal. She heard her mother say that children who learn drama are hard, beaten and scolded at every turn, and they can't become a horn if they don't suffer for ten years.
Just now, I felt that Shen Shuyi's brain was bad, and he immediately felt a little distressed, these hands were delicate and slender, they were originally very good-looking, his skin was already white, so the red was even more conspicuous, and he was so big that he didn't care about eating with chopsticks.
Shen Shuyi sensed Cui Yu'er's gaze, and saw that her gaze was falling on her right hand, which looked very miserable, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"I sneaked out to watch my senior brother's "Yutang Chun" yesterday and only received ten prototypes, not to mention ten prototypes, a hundred are worth it." As he spoke, he pulled up his sleeves to cover up.
Shen Shuyi said it casually, but the little girl felt sorry for him.
"If you don't do anything well, you have to learn drama, you deserve it!" The tone was rather vicious.
is a joke, but it really makes Shen Shuyi feel bitter in his heart, indeed, what is not good to learn is to learn drama, although his father personally sent him to the four-year-old red hand, but he will never agree that he will one day sing on stage.
The Shen family is also a big family with a name and surname, even if the livelihood is a little worse, the young master of his own family can't be reduced to being a show!
As for why you don't sing but learn opera, this stubble has to bring up the old things. The ancestors of the Shen family have been doing the business of removing corpses and catching ghosts for more than ten generations, and it was only in the generation of the old man that they slowly changed their careers to look at feng shui, and they did too much to damage yin and morality, and they will eventually get retribution.
Since he was in his mother's womb, Master Shen has been worried about his gray hair and has been calculating hard every day, how can he avoid this fate, and then he really got a way, one of which is that he can't break his hair for the rest of his life.
Now that the world is in turmoil, the Qing government is in danger, in order to avoid shaving his head, Master Shen sent him to the four-year-old red hand to learn drama. Ten years have passed since one study, and Shen Shuyi has no time to go home except for the New Year and the big festival.
After being away from home for a long time, he has developed many bad problems, Shen Shuyi has been extremely wild since he was a child, and he will not do bad things with him if he is a four-year-old red friend. At first, I was still thinking about going home, but later I felt that it was troublesome to go home, and the four-year-old Hong Yueyue would write a letter to accuse him.
A bowl of wonton slowly bottomed out, and Shen Shuyi poured himself a glass of water.
"How glamorous it is to walk around the stage, look at my senior brother, as soon as I arrive at his play, half of the street is crowded with people who want to see it, and I can't settle in the theater!" He said.
Cui Yuer believed this, today's Taoist dramas are really very sought-after in this world, I heard that Lafayette loved to watch dramas when he was alive, and the famous dramas in the capital were even worth a thousand gold, how many people almost put their lives into it for the glory of this later.
If it can really be a smash hit in the future, it will be a little worthwhile, but after all, the drama is looked down upon, I heard that as long as the troupe is given enough money, the drama can do whatever it wants, and the dirtiness behind this line has reached the outrageous level, but it is covered up by the gorgeous appearance on the stage, and the world has never noticed it.