Chapter 65: The Puppet Show

Wen Yingqian's aunt came to find Wen Yingqian, on this day, she wore a dark green brocade dress, the skirt was dotted with white plum blossoms, the belt tied her waist with a hand, and the black hair was curled into a cloud bun. A simple plum hairpin is inserted diagonally. It smells good. After a few days, Wen Yingqian's aunt's skin became fairer and fairer, and she looked better and better.

Qin and Wen Yingqian praised again and again, and couldn't help but ask her to share how to become beautiful. And Wen Yingqian's aunt naturally won't be stingy to say her method, she can talk to Qin's family about skin care, because both of them are people who pay attention to maintenance.

Qin is wearing a silver-gray silver rat shoulder today, a milky white long skirt underneath, Wen Yingqian is wearing a red cotton coat, her hair is in a ruyi bun, and she has a white jade hairpin on her head, and a few tassels hang down, which makes her even more delicate and lovely.

Wen Yingqian invited Qin and Bai Yuhan to travel together. And Bai Yuhan took Huachen Qiaoyu to travel together to breathe.

Originally, Wen Yingqian wanted to taunt Bai Yuhan well, but she didn't expect to be amazed by Bai Yuhan's dress today. I saw that Bai Yuhan was wearing a light blue cloud flower brocade dress today, his hair was in a bun with clouds, and there were plum blossom-style golden flowers pinned to his hair, and there were a few beaded flower hairpins with tassels hanging down. Her facial features are becoming more and more delicate and exquisite, and she is particularly outstanding with a little powder.

Wen Yingqian thinks that if she calls herself the first in terms of beauty, no one dares to call her second, but when she saw Bai Yuhan, she began to have an inferiority complex from the bottom of her heart.

Such a hairstyle is most suitable for a goose egg face like hers, and her temperament is very dusty, Wen Yingqian has to admit that she is a beauty, and it is precisely because she is so beautiful that she is jealous. And Huachen and Qiaoyu followed behind, one exuded a cold, unsmiling temperament, and the other was a delicate and agile temperament.

Wen Yingqian said to them with a smile: "Let's go to the market together, the market is very lively today!" ”

And Wen Yingqian's aunt and the Qin family talked eloquently, like friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, and there were endless topics to talk about, knowing that Bai Yuhan was coming, they just raised their eyes and didn't pay attention. After that, we continued chatting.

After that, they went to the market together, and the market was bustling. Some on the street are selling small videos, some are selling sugar gourds, some are selling snacks such as wontons, stinky tofu, and the cries come and go, Bai Yuhan, who has not come out for a long time to breathe, feels very comfortable, and Bai Yuhan is not so depressed with Huachen and Qiaoyu, otherwise she will be with Wen Yingqian, Qin's family and Wen Yingqian's aunt, not to mention how embarrassing it is.

And Wen Yingqian, her aunt and the Qin family were talking and laughing in front, completely ignoring Bai Yuhan, Huachen and Qiaoyu behind them.

Bai Yuhan naturally ignored them. And Wen Yingqian, her aunt and the Qin family stopped by the side, it turned out that they were attracted by this puppet show. And Bai Yuhan and Huachen Qiaoyu also stopped to see how this artist who manipulated the puppet show acted in this play.

The most fascinating part of the whole market is the puppet show, the stalls are crowded, only to see the puppet show people with silk threads to wrap the puppets made of wood, carry them to move around, these silk threads carry the puppets hands and feet, move vividly. I have to admire the artist's technique and skills.

These puppets are dressed in colorful clothes, some are the aristocratic style of the court, some are the style of peasants, some are the style of champions, some are the style of fairytales, some are the style of devils, in short, these puppets have many identities and are strange.

Puppet shows have appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the beginning, it was most important to ward off evil spirits, and this custom has continued. Later, it became a kind of folk drama. A lot of people are interested in this kind of play.

I saw that the person who performed the puppet show for everyone looked chubby and a little funny, and when he looked at everyone, he said hard: "My puppet show is the best!" Don't miss it! "And this little stall is surrounded by people. There were a lot of people who gave copper coins to this stall, and the artist made a lot of money before the play started.

Along with this artist, there were also people with soundtracks, and I saw that they were holding erhu, drums and other instruments in their hands, and the expressions on everyone's faces were very devoted.

Bai Yuhan remembers that when he was a child, he went to the market with his mother and father to watch a puppet show, and the puppet show was a play of the Three Kingdoms.

Bai Yuhan clapped her hands and applauded, thinking that this play was really good, but her mother couldn't help but cry when she looked at the puppeteer, and wiped it away silently, but was caught in Bai Yuhan's eyes.

And later, Bai Yuhan thought to herself, the puppeteers are all carried by the thread, as if they are tied to life, there are some helpless, but they can't choose, they can't be the master of their own life, and the puppeteer's life choice is all in the hands of the artist who pulls the silk thread, when her mother watched the puppeteer perform a scene in the hands of the artist master, her heart fell into contemplation, Bai Yuhan didn't know what her mother's psychology was thinking, but Bai Yuhan thought that her mother might be thinking at that time, she herself was like a puppeteer, Once a woman falls into marriage, she is like a puppet who has been raised to the line, and she can't help herself.

And her mother's choice of marriage is like being put on the line and involuntarily accepting the arrangement of fate, and the person who raises the line is everything in her time, including her mother and father's education to her, including her father's attitude towards her, including all shackles. The father only asked the mother to be a good wife, but the mother did not have the right to ask the father to be a good man, and the father never belonged to her, he also belonged to Ma Suqin, and also belonged to Tang Yumei, and the mother later broke free from the silk threads that bound her hands and feet, and decided to always accompany the green lantern, which is also the liberation of her spiritual pursuit of freedom.

Hopefully, Bai Yuhan's guess is just her random guess.

And at this moment, Wen Yingqian, Aunt Wen Yingqian, Qin Shi, and Bai Yuhan were also watching this stall from the side, and they were all looking forward to the wonderful performances on this stall.

Wen Yingqian asked the artist curiously: "I want to ask, what kind of plot is your puppet show?" ”

The artist smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know just by looking at it." ”

I saw that the artist was carrying a puppet wearing a showman's costume with a silk thread in one hand, and the story unfolded. At the beginning, the puppet went to Beijing with his bags to catch the exam, and when he was on the way, he rescued an injured little fox, who turned into a beautiful woman to accompany him in order to repay his kindness, and gave this Xiucai a large sum of silver, but this Xiucai originally had a wife at home.

After the title of this Xiucai gold list, this fox spirit confused Xiucai's mind, originally this Xiucai wanted to marry his childhood sweetheart's original wife, but in the end, this fox spirit broke up the marriage between the two, and instigated Xiucai to kill his original wife, Xiucai actually killed his wife in order to stay with the fox spirit. Later, a Taoist master passed by and subdued the fox spirit. Xiucai found out that this person was a vixen, and he regretted that he had chosen this vixen at that time. Complaining. However, there is no regret medicine. Xiucai can only spend the rest of his life in remorse.

And after reading this story, everyone wept and sighed. And Wen Yingqian even sighed: "I have never heard the newcomer laugh, where can I hear the old man cry, aren't these men all the same as this showman, can't they withstand the temptation in life?" ”

And Wen Yingqian's aunt sighed even more: "Qianqian is right, if it weren't for the appearance of the fox spirit, would he empathize and don't fall in love?" Her eyes glanced at Bai Yuhan, and Bai Yuhan knew that they were using puppet shows to hide that they were fox spirits. Bai Yuhan didn't want to deal with them.

And the street was full of people at the moment, taking advantage of the chaos, Bai Yuhan saw a figure, how could a person's figure look so much like Fang Qingzhu, her face suddenly changed, I hope it wasn't him. And when she looked at it again, the man was no longer there, maybe it was because of her eyes.

"Sister, what are you looking at?" Wen Yingqian asked with a smile. Bai Yuhan shook his head and said no. Just looking at the bazaar, it was very lively.

After watching the puppet show, a few people felt that there was nothing to visit in the market, and Wen Yingqian proposed: "Let's watch the plum blossoms together in Meilin!" ”

"Okay!" Wen Yingqian's aunt agreed. The Qin clan was also very happy.

At Wen Yingqian's suggestion, a group of people went to Meilin, which is very close to Shao Mansion, Wen Yingqian took Qin's family, Aunt Wen Yingqian walked in front, Bai Yuhan and Huachen, Qiaoyu walked behind, the plum blossoms in the plum forest were very bright, they carried flower baskets, Bai Yuhan picked up the fragrant red plum blossoms on the branches, pinned on the heads of Huachen and Qiaoyu, they also picked plum blossoms and pinned them on Bai Yuhan's sideburns, several people had a lot of fun, Wen Yingqian and Shao Mu were in front, hearing their voices behind them, they only felt irritable.

There is an endless stream of people watching plum blossoms in Meilin, all kinds of plum blossoms are dotted on the branches in the cold wind, which looks noble and elegant, Bai Yuhan carefully picked a flower and carefully put it into the basket, for fear that she would destroy these plum blossoms, at this time, a man suddenly saw Bai Yuhan, showing a reunion after a long absence, "Miss Bai......" he said happily.

Bai Yuhan raised his eyes and looked, who was this person Fang Qingzhu? It turned out that what she saw just now was not an illusion. At this moment, Wen Yingqian, Aunt Wen Yingqian, and Qin's eyes came one after another, making Bai Yuhan at a loss, so he had to say to the other party Qingzhu: "I don't know you......" Fang Qingzhu showed a very disappointed expression: "Miss Bai, you forgot me so quickly?" It makes me very sad......"