Chapter 22: Kunqu Opera

It's the old men again, and they're still sitting in the teahouse as usual, and they're all idle. In fact, that's exactly what happened.

Xiao Fan has also stayed for two nights, and the progress is too slow. He didn't know where to start, but he didn't have a clue. So I'm swaying around and west, and I don't know what I'm doing. However, it's rare to stop, he feels pretty good, this slow-paced life.

"That's right, man. There's a party tomorrow night, go over and have a look. An old man said to Xiao Fan.

"What kind of party?" Xiao Fan said in his heart, how can there be a show in this village?

"In short, it's just singing, singing, making a show, and the village will hold it once a few times a year."

"Where?"

"Well, just follow the crowd tomorrow. You can hear the noise at night. ”

"Okay. Thank you. ”

"Thank you, you little young."

In short, there will be a rural theatrical performance tomorrow, right, just take a look, and it's nothing.

……

The day passed quickly, and when night came, most of the people in the village really rushed in one direction, and Xiao Fan followed behind.

Soon they were under a stage, and the stage looked like it had been improvised. The stage was full of people, many of whom brought benches, and some even had melon seed hot water bottles ready.

The moonlight tonight is very thick, hanging in the sky like a Kong Ming lantern.

"There's still a quarter of an hour to go, and it starts at seven o'clock." Someone on the stage said with a microphone.

"Eh, ...... you?"

At this time, a young man came next to him and asked Xiao Fan.

For the fact that there are still young people in this village, Xiao Fan is also overjoyed.

"Oh, the new kid." Xiao Fan said subconsciously.

"New ...... New to the new arrival? The young man didn't understand Xiao Fan's words, what did this mean?

"Oh, there's something to do here, friend, please."

"Oh, that's right." Only then did the young man be relieved. I didn't go into this issue anymore.

"What kind of party is this?" Anyway, it's okay, isn't there still fifteen minutes, and it's idle to be idle, Xiao Fan began to talk.

The young man was very good at talking, and hurriedly said, "Singing." ”

The young man knocked melon seeds in his mouth, and threw them everywhere after swallowing, this village was not much exquisite, and it was not as good as the city.

"Peking Opera? Or something else? ”

"Peking Opera, probably, I don't know much about opera."

Xiao Fan thought to himself, if he didn't like to listen to dramas very much, how could he stay? Moreover, there should not be many young people who like to listen to dramas now. This young man may have come to see the excitement.

"I've heard that there are also sketches and pop songs. Later in the show. ”

Xiao Fan suddenly realized that this was the case.

They just had a gossip about the southeast and northwest, and finally learned that this guy's name was Wang Jie.

Seven o'clock finally arrived, and people finally began to come out of the stage.

It's really Peking Opera, the costumes of Peking Opera, and the singing voice that is clear as soon as you open your mouth. Although Xiao Fan doesn't know how to act.

A big black beard on the stage should be an ugly dan or something, and a white powder next to him should be Hua Dan. Because of the makeup on his face, Xiao Fan couldn't tell whether this Hua Dan was played by a man or a woman.

And Xiao Fan couldn't hear the reason from the lyrics, and he could vaguely understand a few words. However, the singing is too slow, and people with Xiao Fan's good temperament are starting to be a little difficult to press.

At the moment, behind the stage.

Behind the stage is also a small tent with improvised lights. There were also a few large boxes, a few small low tables, and a few people were painting makeup in front of the small low tables.

"Why do we have to sing Kunqu Opera?" A little girl who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old said.

"It's all come to this point, don't have any grudges, after all, Kunqu Opera is a traditional Chinese opera, I think Kunqu Opera is so beautiful, I must realize this dream." A young girl who was painting her own makeup at the table said.

"But, but......" The little girl who was in opposition seemed to have some displeasure on her face, as if she was worried about something.

"What do you want to say?"

"I'm afraid...... After all, the village hasn't sung Kunqu opera for more than ten years. This seems to be a taboo in our village. ”

"Taboo? How can there be so many taboos, don't listen to the nonsense of the older generation, how beautiful Kunqu Opera is, so melodious and tactful, so poetic and picturesque......"

"Eh, that, you don't know how to do makeup?! Come on, I'll help you draw. The one who insisted on singing Kunqu Opera after painting his makeup now ran to the other woman, took the other woman's pen, and began to help her apply her makeup.

And the one who sat had long hair, and his back was very long and a little thin. The half-painted face in the mirror was really amazing. Xin Xiaoqi, who had just taken over the paintbrush, couldn't help but take a deep breath, Rao is that she is also a woman, and she can't help but be moved by this face. This woman really has a good skin, and it would be a waste not to sing.

"Sister, what university did you graduate from?" Xin Xiaoqi began to deliberately ask each other, because this team was also put together temporarily, and the ultimate purpose was just to realize her little personal dream. So in addition to their best friends, other people are actually not familiar with it. I just knew that they had some foundation and pulled it over.

Xin Xiaoqi did not graduate from a serious opera school, and she signed up to learn Kunqu Opera by herself after graduation, and the teacher said that her foundation was not solid, so she had to practice more. And to put it bluntly, this is just an interest class. It's just that she's a little obsessed with this. This budding seed was actually planted when she was a child, and when she was a child, someone in their village did sing Kunqu Opera, and it was then that she became fascinated with this thing.

"I'm sorry, I haven't actually read much." The woman sitting in front of the mirror said.

“…… Oh, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to ......" Xin Xiaoqi was also a little ashamed.

"It's fine."

"Then sister, how did you fall in love with Kunqu Opera?" Xin Xiaoqi also knew that the other party was probably the same as herself, and she didn't know where she learned it, because she wasn't even very good at painting makeup.

"Sign up for the interest class."

"Eh, what a coincidence, which interest class did you apply for?"

……

Listening to this Peking Opera, Xiao Fan dozed off a little, and at this moment, Xiao Fan and Wang Jie were sitting on a bench together. He also swallowed melon seeds, Wang Jie was a veritable chatter, chattering constantly, and Xiao Fan also answered with a match to match his enthusiasm.

"Okay, the next show is Kunqu Opera, and the singing segment is ......"

The host on stage read out the program list.

Kunqu Opera?

Xiao Fan's eyes began to move towards the stage, he originally thought that there was only Peking Opera, but he didn't expect that there was also a Kunqu Opera program here.