He took out an old-fashioned semiconductor tape radio from under his pillow, took out a tape from the table in the room, patted his bed, and the chubby ball jumped up and nestled on the pillow.

Huo Qixiao put the tape into the radio, adjusted it slightly, and there was a sound inside.

"I think at the beginning, Lao Tzu's team was opened, there were only a dozen people in total, seven or eight guns, and I was dizzy when the "imperial army" chased me, thanks to Aqing's sister-in-law, she told me to hide in the water tank. She carried a pot of water there, and her face did not change as if nothing happened, and coaxed away the Oriental soldiers, and I escaped a catastrophe. It seems that this life-saving grace will never be forgotten for life, and I Hu will be rewarded for his righteousness. ”

This is a more classic singing section in the Peking Opera "Shajiabang" - "Wisdom Fight", with the sound of the radio, Huo Qixiao also sang along, the tone is almost the same as the sound made by the tape, only there is a slight difference in timbre.

Huo Qixiao is a Peking Opera actor, and when he was very young, he was favored by a well-known old Peking Opera artist in the city, and then accepted him as an apprentice for free. Huo Qixiao grew up in the village since he was a child, and he didn't have much knowledge, coupled with the lack of attention to education in their time, Huo Qixiao almost became illiterate at that time.

Fortunately, he went to the city to watch Peking Opera by chance, and Huo Qixiao, who was in the audience, danced with the actors on stage, sang and danced, and was selected by the artists who sang Wusheng at that time and became an apprentice.

Talent is a very important thing, before coming here, Huo Qixiao, who didn't know a few big characters, could imitate an eight, nine, and ten just by listening to the master sing it two or three times. Anyone who watches Peking Opera knows that Peking Opera performers are all characters in history, or characters in some apocryphal episodes.

Most people have a silhouette of these characters, such as what kind of form and demeanor this person should be, and Huo Qixiao's talent lies in the fact that he plays what he is like, which is in line with most people's imagination of the image of the characters in the play.

This also made Huo Qixiao the most famous actor in the city at that time after he made his debut on stage, and even the leaders of the city made a special trip to watch Huo Qixiao's performance, and Huo Qixiao became famous for a while.

But everyone is dead, once someone becomes famous, others will be envious, jealous and hateful, originally when Huo Qixiao, this kid was just taken in, other people in the troupe thought that he was a native child from the countryside and had no ability, but now that he has become a corner in the troupe, naturally many people can't stand it.

But Huo Qixiao, who was young at the time, saw it very openly, he realized that he was isolated by most of the people in the troupe, but he didn't care, after all, talented people were born lonely, and these people were jealous that he was too outstanding and didn't want to play with him, so he hated the mediocrity of these people and didn't want to stay with these people.

Everything changed from the third year after Huo Qixiao took the stage, when Huo Qixiao was just twenty-one years old, which was the age of high spirits, and he was still the best martial artist in the entire troupe. And that year, the troupe added a new Tsing Yi Xiaodan, who was nineteen years old, two years younger than Huo Qixiao.

Xiao Dan's stage name is "Xiao Cui", and Huo Qixiao likes to call her "Xiao Cui'er" in some hometown dialects. Xiao Cuisheng is quite good-looking, she is a little girl, Huo Qixiao remembered that everyone in the troupe was willing to watch the 87 version of Dream of Red Mansions, at that time, Chen Xiaoxu played the heroine of Dream of Red Mansions Lin Daiyu, Huo Qixiao felt that Xiao Cuier and Chen Xiaoxu were very similar. And Lin Daiyu played by Chen Xiaoxu is sentimental, sad and sad, in a more vulgar phrase, she always looks half-dead, but Xiaocui is very different from Lin Daiyu played by Chen Xiaoxu, she is lively by nature, her temperament is more like a boy, such a good-looking girl, and she has the same temperament as a man.

Sure enough, after Xiao Cuier entered the troupe, she became the pearl of the whole troupe, both men and women in the troupe and young and old, all of them cared for Xiao Cuier, Huo Qixiao was naturally no exception, the two worked together for the first time in a drama of Farewell My Concubine, Huo Qixiao played the role of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and Xiao Cuier played Yu Ji in the play.

At that time, Huo Qixiao himself was famous, coupled with Xiao Cuier's acting skills that were not inferior to Huo Qixiao, which also made Xiao Cuier famous, and for a while, not only the spectators in the city rushed to buy tickets for these two people, but even people from other provinces came to watch the performance of the two, and the popularity has moved from the province to the whole country.

With these two blockbusters, the head of the troupe was of course afraid that they would leave suddenly and jump to other troupes, so he thought of a "plan" to restrain two people at the same time - to match two people to become a couple. Although Huo Qixiao was not a top handsome guy when he was young, he was at least a famous handsome offspring, and Xiao Cuier was a really beautiful girl. In addition, the relationship in that era was much simpler and younger than the current relationship, and there were not so many external factors to interfere, so the two naturally got together.

Now that I think about it, it was also the happiest moment in Huo Qixiao's life, the two of them stuck together almost all the time, and the two of them were an enviable fairy couple in and out of the play, which made countless people fascinated.

But as we said before, people are all dead, once someone becomes famous, it will naturally attract the envy and jealousy of others, especially Huo Qixiao, this kid is really angry, he is talented in singing Peking Opera, everyone else spends more than ten hours a day practicing, this kid just takes three or five hours a day to practice, and now there is such a beautiful and talented object, who can stand it, everyone's suppressed anger towards Huo Qixiao is no longer a day or two, so, Someone is finally planning to do something to Huo Qixiao.

It was the second year that Huo Qixiao and Xiaocui confirmed their relationship, the two got along for two years, and the relationship was still as good as at the beginning, both parents had seen each other, and finally they had plans to get married. That day can be said to be the happiest day in Huo Qixiao's life, he almost didn't drink a drop of alcohol on weekdays, he drank a lot of wine that day for the first time, and almost everyone present toasted, not for anything else, but simply because he was happy that he had married such a good daughter-in-law.

But on that day, the group of people in the troupe who had always looked down on Huo Qixiao secretly added a lot of throat-destroying medicine to the wine that Huo Qixiao drank, and then these people took the initiative to change glasses with Huo Qixiao.

When he sobered up the next day, Huo Qixiao couldn't make a sound, at the beginning Huo Qixiao thought that he had drunk too much wine, and it would be fine in two days, but after a week, Huo Qixiao's voice was hoarse like a duck scalded by boiling water, and his throat hurt badly, Huo Qixiao realized that something was wrong, and Xiaocui immediately took Huo Qixiao to the hospital.

did a lot of examinations, and finally only came to one conclusion - Huo Qixiao's throat, if he wants to recover in this life, there is little hope.

This pair of Huo Qixiao, who makes money with his voice, is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, and he can't speak, doesn't it mean that he can't continue to sing on stage, but Xiaocui thinks it's nothing, she comforts Huo Qixiao and says, it's okay, she can make money to support him. He can find a down-to-earth job, and he doesn't have to make money by singing.

But how could Huo Qixiao accept this kind of thing, and Xiaocui also knew that Huo Qixiao liked to be on stage, so the two of them began to seek medical treatment everywhere, looking for a way to restore Huo Qixiao's throat.

The two of them went from the city to the provincial capital, and then from the provincial capital to Beijing, they have seen both Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, and those folk Langzhong have also visited them, but none of them can really cure Huo Qixiao's throat, but because of the bumps in the road of the two people, plus going to various hospitals, the money saved by the two of them for several years has been scattered.

When he learned that the money of the two people had been spent, Huo Qixiao finally accepted his fate, he didn't want to drag Xiao Cuier down because of himself, he was born with greater strength than others, so he secretly went to the construction site to be a laborer, but he didn't dare to tell Xiao Cui the truth, only said that he was going to ride a bicycle to deliver newspapers.

During that time, the two of them were relatively happy, Xiao Cuier continued to sing on stage, while Huo Qixiao did manual work on the construction site every day. Because of his great strength, he does the work faster than other workers every day, so he discussed with the foreman to let himself leave work half an hour earlier every day, this Huo Qixiao can top two or three people alone, and this small requirement is naturally met by the foreman. This half an hour is not for anything else, just to be able to wash the dust off her body in advance after returning home, so that Xiaocui will not find herself doing hard work on the construction site.

But there is always no impermeable wall in the world, this kind of life lasted for a few years, that day Huo Qixiao arrived home half an hour early, but found that Xiaocui also arrived home early, it was originally scheduled to be today's drama because of a few leaders in the city, so he changed another drama, seeing Huo Qixiao wearing a blackened vest, wearing a hard hat, and covered with dust, the spiritual Xiaocui immediately knew what Huo Qixiao had done.

That was the first time Huo Qixiao saw Xiaocui crying since she met Xiaocui, she didn't dislike Huo Qixiao's hand at all and said, your hand was born to be a singing hand, how can you do such tiring work. Also, since Huo Qixiao went to the construction site, the hands with fine skin and tender flesh that were maintained in the past are now all calloused, and they are rough. But Huo Qixiao didn't think there was anything, although he didn't believe in fate, but now, he had to find a way to live, he couldn't let Xiaocui support the family alone, he had to save some money, and have a child in two years.

That night, the two of them had a rare lingering night, after the joy, the two began to imagine a better future, Huo Qixiao hoped that Xiao Cui'er could give birth to a boy, not because he was patriarchal, in the final analysis, it was because the average boy looks like his mother, Xiaocui is good-looking, and the boy born must also be good-looking. If you say that you have a girl, like yourself, and you are brute, then I am afraid it will not be easy to marry in the future.

In the second month after that, Xiaocui didn't have a period, Huo Qixiao specially took a day off and took Xiaocui to the hospital, and finally found out that Xiaocui was pregnant. This news made Huo Qixiao surprised and delighted, but since she was pregnant, it meant that Xiaocui could no longer act on stage, Huo Qixiao didn't feel anything, he was a big man, and he couldn't support his own women and children, after that, Huo Qixiao let Xiaocui raise the baby at home with peace of mind, and he worked an extra job.

But love is the mutual contribution of two people, although Xiaocui can't bear to watch Huo Qixiao get up at sunrise and return at sunset, she also went to do some odd jobs during Huo Qixiao's time at work, although she didn't make much money, but she could help Huo Qixiao and his family share some pressure.

In Huo Qixiao's life, although his proud throat was destroyed, he did not give up hope because of this. But God likes to play tricks on people, which is in response to the old saying - hemp rope is broken in detail, and bad luck is only looking for miserable people. Xiao Cui, who was doing odd jobs on the street, didn't go home before dark because she had too much work at hand one day, but on this day, she was targeted by a few drunken ruffians. At that time, although Xiao Cui was already pregnant for five months, her appearance was still the same as it was back then, and those ruffians followed Xiao Cui all the way after Xiao Cui got off work, and finally dragged Xiao Cui into a small alley and raped her.

If Xiaocui is not pregnant, in fact, the final result will not be too pitiful, but Xiaocui is pregnant, and when someone finally finds Xiaocui, Xiaocui is already dying, and when Xiaocui is sent to the hospital, Xiaocui has no signs of life, one corpse and two lives.

Huo Qixiao, who learned about this, ran to the hospital like a madman, he couldn't believe the things in front of him, Huo Qixiao's miserable cry echoed in the corridors of the entire hospital, and this rough man cried like a child.

Huo Qixiao called the police, but these ruffians had an inextricable relationship with the police back then, and they already knew who the guys who raped Xiaocui were, but in the end, because of "insufficient evidence", these three people were acquitted. Huo Qixiao couldn't believe this result, he watched these people leave the police station in front of him with a hippie smile.

At that moment, it seemed as if something suddenly broke in Huo Qixiao's heart.

It was his last shred of kindness in the world.

On that day, Huo Qixiao went to the troupe, and now this actor who has long been unable to go on stage naturally does not get the respect of the members of the troupe, but Huo Qixiao didn't say anything in the face of the cynicism of the people around him, he just found the master and asked for two iron guns that he used to use when he sang martial arts.

Master is one of the few people in the troupe who still feels sorry for Huo Qixiao, he didn't say anything, he gave Huo Qixiao's two guns to him without telling the head of the troupe, and persuaded him to go alone in the future and live a good life.

Huo Qixiao didn't say anything, that night, Huo Qixiao held two iron guns and went to the base of those hooligans - it was a famous farm in the city, these people thought Huo Qixiao was crazy at first, and they were funny with two guns, but when they saw a traitor Xiaocui to provoke Huo Qixiao, but he was easily stabbed through with an iron gun, they realized that something was wrong.

I want an explanation, you have to give me an explanation.

If you don't give it, then I can only come to my door and ask for an explanation.

At the beginning, those people were all thinking of suppressing Huo Qixiao with the advantage of more people, but a few people, more than a dozen people, the result of facing Huo Qixiao was the same, how many people came, how many people died under that pair of iron guns, of course, there were also a few lucky people who were stabbed by Huo Qixiao to a place where they did not die, and then lay on the ground, or pretended to be dead or fainted in pain, in short, they escaped.

On that day, almost nothing was alive on the entire farm, even the cattle and chickens that cultivated the land did not escape Huo Qixiao's iron gun, and when someone finally realized that something was wrong and wanted to escape, Huo Qixiao was also holding a spear, and the spear was delivered as a javelin, piercing the other party on the spot.

The only thing that made Huo Qixiao's subordinates merciful was that there was a dog in production in a kennel in a corner. The dog was wizened and emaciated, apparently malnourished, and gave birth to five puppies, four of whom died after birth, and only one was still alive. The old dog also seemed to know that most of his children were dead, and it was crawling on the ground whimpering, which was this scene that made Huo Qixiao, who was murderous today, suddenly softened, and he did not shoot at the old dog and the puppy who had just been born with amniotic fluid on his body.

Huo Qixiao didn't understand dogs, and he had never raised a dog, but at that moment, Huo Qixiao felt that this old dog would not live long, and once the old dog died, the puppy would inevitably not end well.

He saw the old dog arching the puppy in the direction of Huo Qixiao with his nose, as if begging Huo Qixiao to help him raise the puppy.

The sky was already a little cloudy unconsciously, and the light of the sun swayed on Huo Qixiao's face so that he couldn't open his eyes a little, but at this moment, Huo Qixiao finally saw that he was covered in blood, and the two iron guns in his hands were also dyed red with blood, he suddenly felt a little tired and weak, at that moment, he sat on the ground, held the newly born puppy, held it in the palm of his hand, and cried out heartbreakingly.

Soon after, the police arrested Huo Qixiao, but no matter what, Huo Qixiao held the puppy and didn't let go, but whenever anyone wanted to move the puppy, they couldn't avoid being directly knocked out by Huo Qixiao.

Huo Qixiao just carried the puppy into the detention center, and finally went to prison, and was even selected by Heinas as a student of the first Heinas Academy.

And under Huo Qixiao's careful care, the puppy that was born when it was difficult to survive, but now it has become a ball, Huo Qixiao didn't want to name the puppy at first, but later he also felt that it was not good to call it "ho-ho", so he gave it a name.

Call the ball.

There are always many inexplicable things in the world, including Huo Qixiao's throat, obviously he and Xiaocui found countless well-known doctors in China at that time, and most of these people gave the result that Huo Qixiao's throat in his life was almost impossible to recover. But since entering the Black Eyes Academy, Huo Qixiao's hoarse voice has become clearer and clearer day by day, until five years ago, Huo Qixiao's voice has almost recovered no different from when he performed on stage, even Huo Qixiao himself doesn't know what the reason is, after all, since Xiaocui's death, Huo Qixiao has not planned to treat his throat anymore, he has not taken any medicine, nor has he done any rehabilitation training.

He was overjoyed, he wanted to sing it again, but he turned to face the lonely room of the Heinas Academy, and he didn't know who he should sing to.

In the end, his eyes fell on Qiuqiu's body.

"Since I, I have fought with the king in the east and west, and have suffered from wind and frost and toil, year after year. Hate only hated the unprincipled Qin to ruin the lives of the people, and only caused the people to suffer. ”

Huo Qixiao has never tried Danjiao, after all, his voice is rough and loud, and he can't be like Master Mei Lanfang, he is only suitable for singing. So at this time, when he sang the lyrics of Poppy, he was holding his throat and wanted to imitate Xiaocui's voice.

"The gun picked several generals in the Han camp, how can even the brave guard against being buried on all sides, and the general ordered Hugh to send troops to return to the camp tent." This time when he sang about the overlord of Chu, Huo Qixiao's expression was as good as back then.

Just singing these two words, unconsciously, he was already in tears, the past was vivid, and it appeared in front of Huo Qixiao's eyes, this big man cried a lot again, and Qiuqiu seemed to feel Huo Qixiao's sadness, he lay beside Huo Qixiao, and circled around Huo Qixiao.

"King!" Huo Qixiao clutched his throat, and his voice turned a thousand times.

He vaguely remembered that in those years, he and Xiaocui were the enviable fairy couple on stage.

At that time, he was the overlord of Chu.

At that time she was a poppy.

Huo Qixiao doesn't believe in fate, but maybe there are some things that have already set the ending from the beginning - they are like Xiang Yu and Yu Ji in the play, they obviously love each other, but they can't go to the end.

After the tape was played unconsciously, Huo Qixiao was a little sleepy, he looked at Qiuqiu, who was sleeping in the crook of his arm, Qiuqiu was snoring at this time, the voice was not like a puppy at all, more like a rough middle-aged man, Huo Qixiao smiled calmly, stretched out his fingers and gently scratched Qiuqiu's belly, and Qiuqiu, who was sleeping, also raised his belly and let Huo Qixiao touch it.

It was rare to have a little interest again, Huo Qixiao suddenly sang loudly: "I don't know if the guest officer has any leisure and elegance today, listen to me sing a song." ”