The place of Shen Chen Club is the kind of Jiangnan villa that is rare to see in the port city, the buildings in the courtyard are connected by floors, with pink walls and tiles, and when you step into it, you seem to be able to hide the hustle and bustle of the city and feel a kind of peace and tranquility that has not been seen for a long time.

"Gongzi He, long time no see!"

As soon as the three of them entered the courtyard, they saw a well-dressed and tall man with a thin figure waiting, who looked like a manager or something.

However, he knew He Tianran, but He Tianran didn't know him.

The tall and thin man stepped forward with a flattering face, and concisely explained that He Panshan and Bai Wenyu had come over early in the morning, so he specially instructed him to lead the three of them over after seeing them.

After explaining, he didn't talk much nonsense, and respectfully began to lead the way in front of him all the way, of course, during which he also asked the three of them if they had any taboos for other dishes of today's crab feast, the preference for dim sum, and whether they needed to arrange SPA treatment or something after the meal.

After the few people answered, the manager walked forward with great interest, keeping a short distance from the three of them.

"How many times have you been here? This manager seems to know you very well. ”

Wen Liang couldn't help asking.

He Tianran recalled:

"I haven't been here a few times, when I was a child, my grandfather liked to take our whole family here to watch a play and eat crabs, and when I was older, my dad held one or two annual meetings of the company's senior management here, but then his company became bigger and bigger, and when my father died, he didn't come much."

In fact, He Tianran didn't say a point, it is this kind of place, covering such a large area, and especially in the prosperous territory close to the city center for nearly 30 years, it is really the only one, it is said that this land was related to his grandfather, but he is not very clear about the reason, so he did not press the table.

The tall and thin man led the three of them to the three-sided ancient stage located on the central axis of the building, the foundation of the stage is one meter high, and the four corner pillars are set up for the big bucket, and the big bucket is applied with four large horizontal fangs to form a huge square frame, and below the box is the performance area with open space.

At this moment, on the stage, the opera ladies are singing a tune that is very unfamiliar to young people.

Wen Liang saw the play being staged, her beautiful eyes trembled, and the whole person suddenly was a little trance, and then she forced her eyes to move her eyes away from the stage, but she saw that on the left and right of the stage, there was a pair of Zhu character couplets, on the book-

Acting in joys and sorrows, there is nothing to do in the past now.

Viewing praise and criticism, there are often people in the play.

……

The manager who led the way subconsciously thought that this group of young people didn't know how to play, so he specially explained, and invited merit by the way:

"This is Kunqu Opera, several actors on the stage are the leaders of the pear orchard that we specially hired, in the past, Mrs. He's favorite thing to listen to was Kunqu Opera, and today Mr. He has contracted a scene, and no one will disturb during the family banquet."

He Tianran also looked at the stage, he still had a vague childhood impression of this, so he blurted out: ""Peony Pavilion"? ”

The manager nodded: "Yes, it seems that now that we have just arrived at the dream of seeking dreams, Mr. He and they will come in the afternoon!" ”

Under the stage, in an empty position, He Panshan had already seen the three of them walking slowly, he touched Bai Wenyu who was watching the play with his arm, and then raised his hand and waved it to the three of them.

Bai Wenyu's attention was withdrawn from the opera story, looked at the three people who came over, and stood up with a smile on his face.

"Mom."

After not seeing his mother for a long time, He Tianran walked up to Bai Wenyu with a restrained face, although for the latter, the two had not seen each other for more than a year in reality, but for the boy, this was in his memory for many years......

Even if he is as cold as him, even if he was dissatisfied with Cao Aiqing before, it can be seen that this long-lost dear relative, he can't control the tide of his heart.

Bai Wenyu opened her arms and gently hugged He Tianran into her arms, she was naturally very happy to see her son again, thinking that when she left, her son was only as tall as herself, and now he was already more than a head taller than herself, and even if she hugged, he needed to bend slightly before he could put his head on his shoulder.

Bai Wenyu was full of emotion, and gently patted He Tianran's back:

"Naturally, the last time I came back to see you, I didn't change so much, you have really grown taller and grown up this year, and you are no longer the child you used to be."

When the two girls behind them saw this scene, they were silent and didn't bother to bother.

After a while, He Tianran gently broke free of his embrace, and in the face of Bai Wenyu's inquiring eyes, he quickly collected his emotions, turned around, and introduced to her:

"Mom, this is Wen Liang, my girlfriend, we were classmates in high school, and now we are also studying in the same university, majoring in acting."

Bai Wenyu nodded slightly, crossed her hands, and naturally placed them in front of her lower abdomen, she took two steps and faced Wen Liang.

"Hello Auntie!" Wen Liang smiled and said hello cheerfully.

"Xiao Wen, his father told me about you before, and we finally met today, no wonder I naturally like you, you're such a beautiful girl, sit down, don't stand."

"Hmm!"

Bai Wenyu looked Wen Liang up and down, there was no kind of mother-in-law who saw her prospective daughter-in-law at first sight, and of course there was no disgusted eyes and ridiculed words that began to deliberately make things difficult when they met for the first time, this woman just smiled slightly, retaining four points of sincerity and three points of enthusiasm to talk and laugh.

"This is ...... Cao Aiqing, Mom, you should have seen it......"

He Tianran skipped a word, and he didn't seem to need to say anything about the relationship that had already arisen between them.

Bai Wenyu glanced at his son reproachfully, and then asked softly to Cao Aiqing:

"Xiao Cao, sit down and watch the play first, by the way, let's chat together and have some snacks, the waiter said just now that the crabs are still a little hot."

"Don't worry, Sister Bai."

Cao Aiqing smiled lightly, at this moment, these two women were standing together, and their temperament and demeanor were really six points similar.

Several people sat down one after another, and He Tianran sat beside He Panshan, and finally shouted:

"Dad."

"Okay, just know how to call someone."

He Panshan picked up Pu'er on the side and smacked it, as if he didn't care much about whether He Tianran's son called him, but after sitting down gently, he called him "Uncle He" playfully, and gave him a smile, and immediately quipped:

"Xiao Wen, I had a drink with your dad a few days ago, good guy, is he usually controlled by your mother? Persuade you to beat people when you drink, and if you drink less, you have to beat people, you know that the amount of alcohol is so good, you want to drink a bar, but you are afraid that you will drink it, that awkward look, I am very happy just thinking about it now, not to mention, it is really interesting to drink with your father. ”

"Really? What happened then? Who won? Wen Liang asked.

He Panshan drank with his father, it must have been for her and He Tianran, she hadn't been home recently, and she didn't know what the result was, so how could the girl not be interested in the follow-up of this matter?

He Panshan sold a pass and said: "Oh, your mother was also present at the time, we all took it, you want to ask who won, it's really hard to say......

"Don't be afraid, Uncle He, wait for you to drink next time, and I'll help you make an appointment with my dad."

"Tut-tut, sensible."

Wen Liang is very clear, and he didn't let He Panshan's pass fall to the ground, the two of you said a word, and they actually chatted about homely things, and the scene was very pleasant.

"Natural."

"Mom, what's wrong?"

He Tianran's attention was on the conversation between his girlfriend and his father, originally he thought that his mother should also follow the conversation between the two and ask the past, after all, the things they discussed were also related to their own love life, but the mother next to him seemed to have her own plans.

"Listen to your father, you were admitted to the film school with the first grade in your major?"

"Well, yes."

"Why did you suddenly think that you wanted to study directing?"

This is just a mother's ordinary question, He Tianran is used to it, and he doesn't even feel anything strange, but at this moment, Wen Liang and Cao Aiqing, two outsiders, obviously feel a strange feeling in their hearts.

"In the beginning, I liked movies a lot, I thought it was amazing, and I wanted to try to learn and understand, but now I am in a state where the more I learn, the more interesting I feel, and I want to work related to it in the future......"

He Tianran gave an answer simply.

Bai Wenyu paused for a moment, then she nodded in agreement, the gentle expression on her face remained unchanged, and her mouth was also in a tone of interest, saying three words:

"Anything else?"

In an instant, both girls reacted, what was that strange feeling in their hearts......

That's a sense of oppression.

In the process of talking to He Tianran, Bai Wenyu was obviously so amiable, and his tone had been kept in a brisk tone, as if it was a straight line, without the slightest fluctuation, but it was this kind of unchanged that made people even more flustered......

It's like when I was a child in class, the teacher asked people to get up to answer questions, you didn't want to answer, but she caught your eyes, and then walked straight over, and asked you to answer by name, and when you finally held back the answer, she didn't tell you whether it was right or wrong, but just asked you again with a pleasant face:

"Anything else?"

But anyone who has experienced this kind of situation knows that when you hear these three words, it is almost the same as being dissatisfied with the answer, if you say no, it must be a dead end, and most people will choose to rack their brains to supplement and improve the answer.

And this time of thinking is often the most painful......

He Tianran lowered his eyes and groaned for a moment, but Bai Wenyu didn't urge, just looked directly at his son and waited quietly.

The lyrics on the stage were tactfully listened to, and there were five people in the audience, but only He Panshan seemed to be out of the way, concentrating on watching the play.

He Tianran turned out to be all of a sudden, and he didn't know how to answer.

He wants to use his future love for movies to answer his original intention, but this seems to be a trick.

He wanted to use his current experience to summarize some inspirational words and express his pursuit of his dreams, but if it weren't for Wen Liang's advice at that time, he wouldn't seem to choose this line of work now......

The boy's mind was suddenly a little confused, he didn't have no answers, on the contrary, he had a lot of answers in his heart, but these didn't seem to be the "standard answers" that his mother Bai Wenyu wanted.

Bai Wenyu did not continue to embarrass her son, but smiled kindly and said:

"You, this point has not changed as when you were a child, ask what you like, always say an answer with a hot brain, three minutes of heat, but dig deeper, and can't say why."

He Tianran didn't argue about this, his mother was still as gentle and humble as she remembered, even if she didn't behave so unsatisfactorily.

But all this, in the eyes of outsiders, is a different scene, which is completely a mother's disappointment after being helpless.

He Tianran is such a smart person, he has done everything he can, it is impossible for him not to notice this......

Wen Liang was very puzzled, perhaps, this was really a kind of thinking inertia that He Tianran developed when he faced Bai Wenyu.

Cao Aiqing and Wen Liang thought about it similarly, but she knew better, just because last time in the car, Bai Wenyu told her about He Tianran's piano learning when she was a child, which made her understand a little bit of the incentive behind it......

Smart children are certainly reassuring, but He Tianran always behaved clumsy when he was a child, but stupid children can always get some extra companionship and care.

Wen Liang wanted to open his mouth to help him say something, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed again, Bai Wenyu asked He Tianran again, if others stood up to help him at this time, it would only make him even more embarrassed......

"But naturally, since you are the director, then your mother will test you, what is the story of the "Peony Pavilion" that is being staged on stage now? What's the point? ”

Bai Wenyu changed the subject and continued to ask.

He Tianran looked at the servants on the stage and sighed three times, complaining about the money, he couldn't help lowering his head, smiled astringently at the corner of his mouth, pursed his lips, and said:

"In short, Du Liniang had a dream and dreamed of Liu Mengmei, and the two fell in love at first sight, but in fact, they didn't see each other in real life, but even so, Du Liniang was lovesick, and finally died of depression, and after death, she found out that there was really such a person as Liu Mengmei in the world, she entrusted her dream to Liu Mengmei, and told her life experience cause and effect, which led to the inscription of the whole play, called ......"

Speaking of this, He Tianran was stunned, Bai Wenyu wondered why he stopped, and Cao Aiqing, who had never spoken, felt something, and couldn't help but help him slowly answer-

"I don't know what to do, I go deep; Hate doesn't know where to end, and entanglement is displaced. ”

This sentence is exactly in line with Cao Aiqing's state of mind at the moment, the so-called true love of teenagers, I don't know how it came about, and the love is as deep as the sea all of a sudden; Resentment, not knowing when there will be results, entangled.

But what He naturally wants to express is more than this, because in the inscription of "The Peony Pavilion", there is another sentence......

"Where love goes, the living can die, and the dead can live; Those who are born and cannot be resurrected, and those who die and cannot be resurrected are not lovely. ”

The warmth on the side is low.

At this moment, the servants on the stage are also singing tactfully-

"Occasionally, my heart is like a bond, by the plum tree. Such flowers and plants are loved by people, life and death are as people wish, and no one complains. To be beaten and fragrant, rainy and plum days, the guard of Megan to meet. ”

(End of chapter)