A small theater that has been dusty for a long time, standing in a corner of the city coldly, looking at it coldly, all that emerges in front of you is its former scenery and liveliness. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the thirties, the "Fengfei Theater" was located on the most lively street, this street was always full of people, people came and went, the poster at the door of the theater was updated every day to be staged on the day, as long as Du Zhongnan's name appeared on it, then the theater of the day must be full, and the cheers from inside could be heard from a few lines.

The name Du Zhongnan is really famous on the beach, his play can be described as a hard to find, and many celebrities have come one after another, just to see Boss Du's demeanor.

Leng Hanbing still remembers the first time she watched Boss Du's play, on her fifteenth birthday, her father invited the troupe of Fengfei Theater to the house to celebrate Miss's birthday.

The sun is shining, the sky is clear, Miss Leng is wearing a summer dress, holding a small parasol and coming out of the room to find her mother, but she saw Du Zhongnan who has not yet dressed up in the courtyard...... Fifteen-year-old Leng Hanbing has not seen Boss Du's play, and he is deeply fascinated by him.

And Du Zhongnan on the stage has another style, peerless elegance and otherworldliness, as if he does not belong to the world.

Since then, the eldest lady of the Leng family has become a frequent visitor to Fengfei Theater, and as long as there is Boss Du's play, she will definitely be there.

But now, such a bleak scene, Leng Hanbing never dared or wanted to believe that this was the once overcrowded Fengfei Theater, and it was the stage when Du Zhongnan swept the entire Shanghai Beach.

"Don't go in yet, hide behind the door," Bufan whispered to her, pulling her back from her memories, "Don't say anything, just listen and watch." ”

Leng Hanbing nodded blankly, Bufan pushed open the door of the theater, with the heavy "squeak" sound of his life, the door opened, Bufan went straight inside, Leng Hanbing looked in through the crack in the door. Xiao Taohong sat on a stool facing the stage, looking at the stage motionlessly, she did not wear a costume and makeup today, but wore a pink cloth dress and combed braids.

Hearing the sound, Little Peach did not look back, still maintaining this posture, standing still and no longer moving forward.

"I know you're not a senior brother," Xiao Taohong said slowly, her voice was as beautiful as a lark, but full of sadness, "I can hear the footsteps of senior brother." ”

"I'm not." Extraordinary voices echoed in the theater.

Xiao Taohong turned her head and smiled sadly at Bufan, "It's you again, have you dreamed of me again recently?" ”

"No, so I missed you, so I came to see you." Extraordinary smiled kindly, with sympathy in his smile.

"Really?" Little Peach laughed deliciously, "Thank you for still thinking about me, unlike my senior brother, who left and never came back, does he really stop thinking about Little Peach?" ”

"Perhaps, he wants to come back, but he can't?" Bufan said cautiously.

I thought that this sentence would annoy Xiao Taohong, but unexpectedly, she didn't seem to be emotionally fluctuating, but squeezed out a resentful and somewhat unbearable smile, "yes, maybe he's dead." He may have wanted to come back, but on the way back, he died, so I don't know, how could my brother bear to leave Little Pink? How is that possible? "Her voice is low, but in the quiet of the theater in the middle of the night, she can hear every word clearly, as if she were lying in your ear and talking to you.

"Do you like to listen to stories?" Bufan said to Xiao Taohong in a tone that spoke to Leng Hanbing.

"Well, I've loved listening to my brother tell stories since I was a child," Little Peach muttered, her eyes glazed over, as if she was immersed in a distant memory with her brother.

Bufan paused for a moment and began to tell the story:

There is a pair of brothers and sisters, they are all orphans, they were taken in by the boss of the drama troupe, the two childhood sweethearts, grew up together, and then fell in love naturally, it would have been an enviable couple, but I didn't expect that this senior brother empathized with each other, fell in love with a daughter in the city, couldn't extricate himself, did not hesitate to betray the lover who had been in love for many years, and eloped with the daughter on a full moon night. The senior brother felt ashamed of his sister and should not leave without saying goodbye like this, so he informed her of this decision in person before leaving, and said goodbye to her.

"Don't talk about it," Pink interrupted Extraordinary, calmly, "let me tell this story." ”

She got up and stood up and walked towards the extraordinary, "Before the outbreak of the war, the business of the theater where the brothers and sisters were located was particularly prosperous, all with the fame of the senior brother, the theater made a lot of money, but the good times did not last long, the Japanese came, they occupied Shanghai, fortunately, the theater was in the French Concession, and was not trampled on by their iron hooves, but the business is getting worse, under the troubled times, everyone is in danger, the day is not safe, and even their lives are not their own. Most of the theaters in Shanghai have closed down, because of the reputation of the senior brother, this theater has not yet closed down, but it is also a dismal operation, and it is difficult to survive. The senior brother is a patriotic person, and he has asked for no more singing, abandoning the literature and following Rong, he said that the country is in danger, the mountains and rivers are broken, but he is like what is written in the poem of Nadu Mu: The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river. He said that he didn't want to be a merchant girl, and when the motherland was invaded, he hid like a coward in the concession and sang these glamorous sounds. But no, the head of the class begged him, begged him to stay and sing, because a theater person needs him to feed, the theater can't live without him, his brothers begged him, the miscellaneous guys also begged him, and even the little junior sister begged him to continue singing with others, everyone, everyone was begging him, no, this is not begging, it is forced! All the people are forcing him to keep singing, and he has to feed a theater person, and he has to stay....... They said that there are a lot of people in the motherland to save him, and he is not one of them, and the theater can't survive without him......"

Little Peach said while crying, speaking of which, she couldn't talk anymore, and squatted on the ground and cried.

Bufan leaned over and patted her on the back gently, wanting to comfort him, but knowing that any language was pale at this moment, he opened his mouth and did not speak, but quietly looked at the crying girl.

After a while, Xiao Taohong slowly got up, Bufan helped her, she gently pushed Bufan away, wiped her tears and continued, "Senior brother has no choice, for the livelihood of everyone in a theater, I have to continue to sing in this fallen Shanghai beach, but everyone knows that senior brother He sings very unhappily, worried and depressed all day long, except for singing, he doesn't talk to anyone." ”

"And then?" Bufan asked.

"One day, a Japanese officer came to the theater," said little Peach's face full of fear, "and he brought a lot of soldiers with him, and the water around the theater was impassable." ”