Chi Ling Chapter - "Narrating the World" (3)

"Ever since I begged Pei Yanzhi to let me stay, I often went to Pei Yanzhi's place to ask for advice and listen. It wasn't until later, in October 1932, that Pei Yanzhi's senior brother Xiao Dengzi was favored by the daughter of a wealthy businessman, so he forcibly wanted to marry Xiao Dengzi. Zixuan explained while recalling.

That night, fireworks burst into flames and firecrackers rang out. In the courtyard, the lights are bright, and the guests are full, which is a lively scene.

At this time, Xiao Dengzi was marrying the bride. At that time, the crowd was crowded, congratulating and saying goodbye.

The bride and little Deng Zi are standing in the lobby, one of them is holding a red silk in their hands, and the red silk is connected to the middle and woven into a big red flower, which means: the red line of marriage is leading! And sitting in the hall was the father of the bride.

I only heard the Xi Po on the side shouting loudly: "The auspicious time has come, worship the church and get married!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the two firecrackers hanging on the roof beams rang even harder. 'Crackling' rang so loudly that the three houses next door could hear it.

"Worship heaven and earth," Xi Po shouted, and after the two worshipped, Xi Po continued to shout

"Second worship high hall!"

When the second shout came, Xi Po stopped. The bride and little Deng Zi stepped forward and knelt down to the bride's father in the hall to offer tea, and the bride's father took it, took a sip, and then instructed: "Virtuous son-in-law, I will hand over my daughter to you." You have to treat her well! ”

"Father-in-law, rest assured, the son-in-law will definitely do his best for Ah Ying, and he will never be half-hearted! In this life, I am only good to her, and I will never fail her! Little Deng Zi swore an oath.

After hearing this, the bride's father seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, "That's good, so that I can rest assured that my daughter will be handed over to you!" Virtuous son-in-law, I only have this daughter under my knees, since she chooses you, I won't say much, I, I wish you a hundred years of good together, forever together! Speaking of which, I still can't help but feel sad.

And at this time, the bride also has a lot of reluctance and feelings, yes, his father, who has worked hard to raise himself for half his life, and now, he is watching himself get married and become someone else's wife, can he not be sad? But fortunately, Xiao Dengzi has no father and no mother, and she has come to her own home, so she also has a lot of time to spend with her father. But it's just that half a year ago she was still a willful little girl, but in the blink of an eye, she became someone else's bride. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Time flies so fast!

"Thank you, son-in-law, father-in-law!" Xiao Dengzi kowtowed again, already grateful.

After finishing her sentence, Xi Po continued to shout:

"Husband and wife!"

"Send to the cave!"

With a loud and clear shout, the worship ceremony ended.

The bride was sent to the cave house. Xiao Dengzi went to the courtyard to toast with everyone, this night was Xiao Dengzi's big day, but it was also Pei Yanzhi's sad day. That night, one of Pei Yan's people drank stuffy wine in the pear orchard and was drunk......

He couldn't figure it out, why did the senior brother go to get married? In the past half of his life, it was he and his senior brother who supported each other to achieve today's glory.

Pei Yanzhi took a sip of wine and swallowed it, the concentration of alcohol made him numb. Suddenly, his mind turned sharply, and he remembered that they became famous with the song "Farewell My Concubine".

He seemed to think of something, and said with a wry smile: "Farewell concubine, overlord!" ”

He muttered: "Farewell concubine, overlord is the overlord after all, farewell concubine!" ”

Zixuan took a pot of tea and comforted: "Mr. Pei, have a cup of tea and relieve the bar!" ”

Pei Yanzhi didn't say anything, but still drank stuffy wine. Zixuan looked at a post in Pei Yanzhi's hand and took it.

The shape of the post is exquisite and luxurious, and the lilies on it are carved by hand into a hollow shape. Flip to the first page of the post, which reads:

Senior brother, senior brother is going to marry Miss Chen in October, hereby send an invitation, hoping that on that day, junior brother can come to drink our wedding wine.

Senior brother Xiao Dengzi

After reading it, Zixuan closed the post and comforted: "Sir, don't be like this. I know that you are reluctant to give up Mr. Deng, but it is a good thing that he marries a wife and has children! Why should you be unhappy, sir, it's not worth it to abuse your body like this! ”

"Zixuan, burn that post!" Pei Yanzhi said with tears.

"Sir, you ......"

"Burn! Burn ...... in front of me" Pei Yan roared angrily, startling Zixuan.

Sir has never been so angry, and it seems that his friendship with his brother has exceeded my imagination. Zixuan said secretly in her heart.

Zixuan picked up a brazier and walked to the pear orchard, picked up the post, lit the firewood, and burned the post. The breeze blows, and the post quickly turns to ashes and drifts into the distance.

After Xiao Dengzi finished toasting, he returned to the new house, and in the room, the room was very festively decorated. The big red couplet hangs next to the door of the new house, and it reads: Luan Feng and Mingchang Baishi, Mandarin Duck Celebrate Sanchun together!

Embroidered with dragon and phoenix auspicious red quilts are piled up in front of the bed. The whole house is framed by hand-cut paper cuts on the cage tables.

Xiao Dengzi looked forward and saw that the bride was wearing a red scarf on her face, wearing a bright red wedding dress, and a pair of red satin embroidered shoes on her feet, all red and beaming.

When Xiao Dengzi saw it, he was moved by the beauty in front of him. The beautiful woman in front of her sat upright at the head of the bed, crossed her hands, placed on her laps, and clasped her fingers. When Xiao Dengzi saw this, he couldn't wait, he hurriedly ran over, lifted his hijab, and a gorgeous-looking and delicate beautiful girl came into view.

Chen Ying smiled, her lips opened lightly, "Husband, it's been three months, and you and I have finally become married!" ”

"Yes, lady!" Xiao Dengzi responded with a smile.

"Xianggong, in the future, I will be your person, you must be good to me in the future, and you are not allowed to fail me!"

"Okay, I will."

"Xianggong, after we get married this time, you have to promise me that you will not be allowed to sing from now on. The two of us will pack up tomorrow, get out of here, go to the place we have planned, and spend our lives in peace. Chen Ying said seriously.

"Tomorrow? Lady, can you let me go one more day? Tomorrow, I want to go to Suzhou Pear Garden with my junior brother to sing the last song. Lady, I promise you, after this song is sung, I will go with you to the place we planned and start again. ”

"Alright, just one day!"

After the two finished talking, they went to bed to rest. The candle flame is still burning, and on the round table made of sandalwood, there is a delicate Fulang flower, which means: rely on each other and work together! Respect and love each other and spend a lifetime together!

There was a thickened red wedding book next to the table, and the wind outside the window gradually blew, and the marriage book was slowly opened, which read:

The two surnames are married, and the contract is signed together, and the good relationship is forever, matching the same name. Look at the peach blossoms burning on this day, it is appropriate to have a room for IKEA, and the melons are full of melons in the year of Bu Ta, and Erchang is blazing. I would like to take the covenant of the white head, and write to the Hongjian, so that the alliance of red leaves will contain the mandarin spectrum. This certificate.

The red candle tent in the room is warm, a night of spring supper, the bright moon outside the room is cold, and the cold wind is cool at night......

On the second day, the red sun rose in the east.

Xiao Deng Zi hurried to the pear orchard early in the morning, he came to Pei Yanzhi's room and knocked on the door slowly.

Pei Yanzhi's voice came from the door, "Who?" ”

"Your senior brother!" Little Deng Zi replied.

"Please go back!" Pei Yanzhi replied lightly

Xiao Dengzi smiled: "Yanzhi, are you still angry with your senior brother?" Yes, my brother has a woman he likes who has never told you, and he has set a wedding date in such a hurry. This is indeed the fault of the senior brother! However, Senior Brother has also sent invitations, and I apologized to you last time, so don't be angry with Senior Brother! ”

When he finished speaking, the door opened. I saw Pei Yanzhi wearing a Yu Ji costume, "I thought that after you got married, you forgot what you promised to Suzhou Chen Banzhu." ”

"How so? I'm not going to forget it. ”

"Alright, let's go!"

Pei Yanzhi said that he was about to walk forward, but was stopped by Xiao Dengzi, "Yanzhi, I have set up a car for you outside, you go first." I have something to do, I'll come back later. ”

"Okay!" Pei Yanzhi said, and left alone first.

In the backstage of Suzhou Pear Garden, Pei Yanzhi waited for Xiao Dengzi for too long and accidentally fell asleep.

"Mr. Pei, Mr. Pei......" There was a rapid urging.

After Pei Yanzhi woke up, Class Master Chen stood aside, looking a little anxious.

"Mr. Pei, why hasn't your senior brother Mr. Deng come yet? In a little while, you'll be on the scene! Chen Ban on the side said.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, he has his own sense of proportion, and he will definitely come over on time." Pei Yanzhi explained.

"Class Master Chen!" In the distance, a deep male voice rang out. Everyone looked towards the source of the voice, only to see Xiao Dengzi wearing an overlord costume and his face covered with oil paint coming forward, he was full of apologies and apologized: "I'm really sorry, Master Chen, I have something on the road and was delayed for a while, so I am late, please forgive Master Chen!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay! It's good if people come, it's good when they come! It's going to be a little while, and you're going to be on stage. Then I won't bother the two of you to comb, so I'll step back first. When you come to the stage in a while, you will be invited in advance. As he spoke, he retreated respectfully.

"Senior brother, why did you come so late?" Pei Yanzhi asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just that when I came, I exchanged a few words with my wife, so I came late, please don't blame my junior brother." Xiao Dengzi replied while touching up his makeup.

"Oh, it's okay!" Pei Yanzhi replied coldly, he sat in front of the dresser, looked in the mirror, and sorted out his makeup.

Looking at Yu Ji played by herself in the mirror, this heavy makeup is gaudy, the color is heavy, as if she is wearing a handsome mask, and it is extremely exquisite.

And under this exquisite, powder-coated mask, there are also many unknown joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

The gongs and drums on the stage were noisy, and the audience was full of guests. The two were soon on the field. I only heard Xiao Deng Zi sing: "The gun picked several generals of the Han battalion, how can the enemy be outnumbered, and it is difficult to win." This is the death of the heavens, and it is not a crime of war. ”

cooperated with Xiao Dengzi in this play, Pei Yan sighed again and again in his heart. Because, he knows, this is their famous play, and it is also their ending scene. There is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed, he doesn't understand this truth, but his senior brother is the only person who is good to him in this half of his life, and suddenly wants him to accept his senior brother's departure, how can he be willing to do it?

The audience is sitting in the audience, and the feelings are sung on the stage. The world only says that the drama is ruthless, but how do you know that the drama also has a heart? And the joys and sorrows sung in the play are inseparable and inseparable, and only the actors on the stage can experience it personally!

The people in the audience walked past and didn't see the old color, and the people on the stage sang heartbreak and parting!

- Chi Ling