A hundred flavors of life

Time flies by like a flash. It has been more than three years since Hua Twelve and Er Yue Hong first appeared on stage at Guanghe Tower and became an instant hit.

In the past three years or so, a lot of things have happened, not to mention national events. The years have changed and the wheels of history have turned. This ancient country is still on the track it should be.

There was an unwritten rule in this historical trend during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, that is, no time-travelers were allowed to participate, and Hua Twelve naturally had no intention of doing so.

Let’s talk about two things related to Hua Twelve.

The first thing is that his relationship with Er Erhong has been greatly eased. With the dual force of force and the artistic industry, he finally convinced this famous young actor who often killed people, and he also respected him. There was no more It’s time to rebel against my senior brother.

The second thing is that three years of apprenticeship and two years of service have been completed.

In the first two years after Hua Twelve came on stage, all his money was given to Xi Luck Cheng Guan's family. From the third year on, he started to have income. Money came flooding in, and he bought a two-room house in Houhai openly.

Now Yanhong, a young mother in her 20s, is placed here, allowing Yanhong, a young mother in her [-]s, to live the life of an old lady ahead of schedule.

In addition to the cheap mother and son Yan Hong and Hua Twelve, there is also the little girl Xiang Yun whom she met in Rouge Alley's Cuifang Lane.

It took a small yellow croaker to redeem the life of such a girl. Now she is serving in the mansion and is said to be a servant, but she is pampered by Yan Hong almost like her own daughter.

Hua Twelve himself, according to the original age of Xiaodouzi, was only ten years old in this world, but now he has a slender figure and a jade tree facing the wind. At first glance, he would have thought he was fifteen or sixteen years old.

I went on stage at Guanghe Tower that day and sang the song "Jinshan Temple" from the traditional song "The Legend of White Snake".

In the past few years, Hua Twelve has been both salty and sweet, whether it is a martial artist with a painted face or a Qingyi Wudan, which has long been famous. Old theater fans are naturally amazed. Those who didn't believe it at first have praised it after watching it.

This also adds to the legend of the name 'Cheng Dieyi', and his salary is naturally higher than that of famous actors of the same level.

Today, Hua Twelve sings in Tsing Yi, decorated with white snakes, February Red sings in Wu Dan, decorated with Qing'er, the monk plays the role of Xu Xian, the small stone plays the role of Fahai, and the little leper plays the role of prisoner.

Now that Xi Luck has become the Guan family class, among the batch of apprentices like Hua Twelve, only he and Er Yuehong have become apprentices. Little Shitou and the others have not officially become apprentices yet. They are trained by their senior brothers when they perform on stage, so the opera On the water sign outside the building, there are only the names of Cheng Dieyi and Er Yuehong.

As soon as the water sign was hung up, the theater was immediately filled with guests, all of whom came to cheer for Hua Twelve and Er Yuehong.

The gongs, as soon as the gongs were opened, the twelve white snakes and the Yue red jewelery, stepped on the appearance, and the applause was deafening.

Yanhong came with Xiangyun and sat on the front row of tables. At this time, she grabbed a handful of ocean and threw it directly on the stage.

Hua Twelve's eyelids twitched. Even though Yanhong was a mother of this status, he also cursed a prodigal woman in his heart.

You must know that he got a package of silver, which means that the annual fee charged by the theater owner from him, the rewards and other things will naturally belong to others, so the money thrown up has been wasted, and the money thrown up, That's still the money he earned.

The "Jinshan Temple" section is a martial arts drama in "The Legend of White Snake", with singing, chanting, fighting, and wonderful performances. The theater hall was filled with cheers and cheers that never stopped.

Especially the scene where the White Snake played by Hua Twelve plays with tricks and tricks, the sound of strong winds and drums is exciting. Coupled with his perfect action interpretation, the shouting voice almost lifted the roof of the shed.

Today's performance was an unprecedented success. The theater owner was laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. When Hua Twelve and Er Yuehong came off the stage, he quickly handed over handkerchiefs himself and bowed to apologize:
"Boss Cheng has worked hard, Boss Hong has worked hard!"

In fact, Hua Twelve and Er Erhong didn't even break out a sweat after the martial arts scene. However, they looked at each other and smiled, then took the handkerchief and pretended to wipe their foreheads. Who wouldn't have cooperated for several years? Know who.

After wiping away the sweat, the theater owner presented two more red envelopes. Although both of them received silver envelopes, they would also be given a large red envelope every time they went out. It was substantial and absolutely satisfying.

While taking off her makeup, February Hong invited Hua Twelve:

"Senior brother, it's still early, why don't I treat you as a host and invite you to Tai Feng House to eat wine-steamed duck?"

When the little stones, little leprechauns, and monks who were removing their makeup heard this, they all gathered around without even bothering to remove their makeup, showing shy faces with flattering smiles.

They haven't left their apprenticeships yet and have little income. They still stay in the troupe for food and accommodation. When they heard that Senior Brother Hong asked them to go to Tai Feng Building, one of the eight buildings, they suddenly looked hopeful and wanted to go and have a meal and drink.

Hua Twelve waved his hand: "I'm not going. The bean girls are here today and I have to go home for dinner!"

Regarding the matter of Hua Twelve calling his mother "Duziniang" (in other people's eyes), people around him just thought it was because he couldn't get over the fact that his mother chopped off his fingers and threw them to the troupe, so they all took it for granted.

On the contrary, after hearing him say that he would not go to Tai Feng Tower, Yue Erhong, the one who wanted to treat him, was still in trouble. Xiao Shitou, Xiao Lezi, and the monk suddenly sighed with disappointment on their faces.

Hua Twelve laughed and said, "Why don't you go to my place and have a drink? If you want to eat steamed duck with wine, you can just ask someone to buy it and eat it at home."

Er Erhong, who was just ten years old, shook her head when she heard this: "It's okay to go to eat, but forget about drinking!"

Hua Twelve turned around and looked at Xiao Shitou and the others, and saw these three guys looking at him expectantly. He suddenly smiled and said:

"Let's all go, but you guys have to say hello to the master. Don't go back too late and get stabbed!"

Xiao Shitou and the others suddenly shouted with joy.

After taking off their makeup, Hua Twelve and Er Yuehong took a rickshaw back to Houhai's house, while Xiao Shitou and others went back to the Xi Luck Theater Troupe first.

As soon as they entered the yard, Xiang Yun, who had already returned, came up to them. He took a towel and swept it over before and after the two of them, regardless of whether there was any dust on them.

Er Erhong smiled and thanked: "Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Xiangyun's face turned red, and he lowered his head shyly without denying it. Just as he was about to sweep Hua Twelve, he heard this guy say to Er Erhong:
"Don't talk nonsense. Your sister-in-law must be as beautiful as a fairy. Can I like this girl's movie?"

Xiangyun's smile suddenly disappeared, and he turned around to leave. Hua Twelve shouted from behind: "Hey, why didn't you scan me when you got here?"

Xiangyun turned around and threw the towel over: "You can clean it yourself. How can a girl like me be qualified to serve you, Boss Cheng!"

After saying that, he didn't look back and left angrily.

Er Erhong laughed loudly, Hua Twelve also smiled and shook his head. This girl had quite a lot on her mind.

Bean Girl came out with a bright smile on her face and said that she had prepared meals and was waiting for them to come back.

Hua Twelve waved his hand: "Don't be busy, Shitou and the others will be here soon!" He then asked his servants to go to Tai Feng House and buy wine-steamed duck, marinated fish fillets, crystal elbows, sea cucumbers roasted with green onions, and dried cinnamon. Fish and other delicacies that you have eaten before and suit your taste.

When these servants came back with food boxes, Xiao Shitou and the others who had changed their clothes happened to come to the door. They each saluted Yanhong and then greeted Xiangyun, calling them Sister-in-law.

Xiangyun blushed and glared at Hua Twelve. The latter was about to deny it when he heard Bean Girl smiling brightly:
"Yes, I will call you Sister-in-law from now on. I am still waiting for Xiangyun to be my aunt to Douzi when she gets older!"

Aunt refers to concubine. In Yanhong's eyes, although Xiangyun is well-behaved and sensible, her background is as bad as hers. Now that her son is a well-known boss in the capital, he naturally cannot marry Xiangyun as his wife.

Pointing it out in words at this time, firstly, it recognized the identity of Xiangyun's wife, and secondly, it also told Xiangyun not to worry about the position of the principal wife.

Xiangyun was still young, so she didn't have so many thoughts. When Douziniang asked her to be Xiaodouzi's aunt, her eyes couldn't stop the joy, and she peeked at Hua Twelve shyly and coquettishly.

Hua Twelve could naturally hear the meaning behind Douziniang's words, and thought to himself that this silly girl, with her little IQ, would have died without even knowing how she died if she had been someone else's concubine.

He took out a bottle of unbranded red wine and said it was a gift from someone else. Then he asked someone to move some of the wine and food into the inner house. Bean Girl took Xiangyun inside to eat.The senior brothers gathered around the table. Xiao Shitou stood up and poured wine for everyone. Then he, Xiao Laizi and the monk picked up the wine glasses and said:

"I would like to propose a toast to you two senior brothers. You have already left school and still want to take care of us hard-working junior brothers. If it weren't for the money you earned, we happy senior brothers would still be eating stick noodles every day!"

The little leper and the monk also thanked him again and again.

They all said this from their own hearts. The brothers in the theater troupe could not afford to support their families, so joining the theater troupe was to endure hardship and earn a living.

It was really painful. The little leper couldn't bear it and ran away several times, so he was hung up and beaten by the master.

If Hua Twelve hadn't started training early and given the coating money he earned to Master Guan, thus improving the lives of his fellow apprentices, the little leper would still have run away.

Hua Twelve and Er Erhong both drank the glass with peace of mind. The latter's first time drinking, the entrance was not good, and his face turned red when he put down the glass.

Hua Twelve laughed: "Hurry up and take a bite of the food!"

After he finished speaking, he pointed at the little leper: "I don't care about others, but you, I have to give you a toast to Senior Brother Hong!"

Others were puzzled and asked why, but Hua Twelve just smiled and shook his head without saying a word. But he knew that according to the original plot, on the day he bought the candied haws, the little leper took Xiaodouzi and ran away.

When he came back, he saw Master Guan beating Xiaodouzi hard with a knife. The little leper was afraid of being whipped, so he hung his head in a rope in the theater studio.

On February Red Day, everyone was invited to eat candied haws. The little leper was naturally reluctant to run away when the food was delicious. As a result, he escaped by mistake, so Hua Twelve said this.

In the first two years, Xiao Lezi had an out-of-touch character and was full of mischief. Now he is on stage with Hua Twelve and Er Yuehong. Although he has not yet started his career, he has seen the world and has hope, and his personality has become much calmer. Seeing Hua Twelve, he is not He was willing to tell the reason, but he still said:

"Okay, senior brother must have his reasons. Since senior brother said so, I will give you a toast!"

Er Erhong originally only planned to have a drink, but the atmosphere was here, so she could only nod slightly, pick up the wine glass and touch it with the little man.

The junior brothers had a happy meal. After the meal, the troupe had rules and could not stay out all night. Xiao Shitou and the others had to return to the troupe, but Er Erhong was not among them, so Hua Twelve invited him to Er Yuehong didn't object to staying at home.

When sending Xiao Shitou and three others out, the boy slapped his head:
"I almost forgot, senior brother, tomorrow is the day for us to offer incense to our ancestor. Master asked you two to go back and witness the ceremony!"

After offering incense to the ancestor, the master gave him a stage name, which meant that he was not far away from becoming a master. Hua Twelve and Er Yuehong both clasped their fists in congratulations, and the three of them left with happy faces.

That night, Er Erhong stayed in the guest room. It wasn't his first time staying overnight, so he had nothing to be embarrassed about.

When it was almost time, Hua Twelve planned to go to the Forbidden City to absorb the Beidou Gangsha, but before he could go out, he heard the sound of birds chirping outside his yard.

Originally, there was nothing unusual about the chirping of insects and birds at night, but Hua Twelve Warriors intuitively felt something was wrong. The chirping of birds seemed too regular.

Just as he was about to go out and take a look, he saw the guest room window being opened from the inside through the crack in the door.

Then Er Erhong jumped out lightly, landed on her feet, sank her body, slumped, silently jumped onto the roof, stepped on the tiles, and ran down in one direction.

Hua Twelve felt strange in his heart, so he opened the door and walked out, followed Er Erhong in the bedroom, wanting to see what this guy was up to.

Er Erhong's Qinggong is only at the third-rate level in the Swordsman world, but in this world, she is like a swallow and Li San. But with this lightness kung fu, she can't get rid of her, and she can't notice the person behind her. Hua Twelve.

The two of them arrived at another house near Houhai, one after another. At this time, the flower hall of this house was brightly lit.

Er Erhong didn't seem to have any intention of hiding her figure. She landed directly from the roof in the courtyard, walked to the door of the flower hall, pushed the door open and entered.

At the same time, Hua Twelve had landed outside the east window and looked inside through the gap in the window.

Several people in the flower hall seemed to be discussing things. When they saw Er Erhong coming in, they didn't look down on him because of his young age. They all stood up and called "Young Master"!
One of the middle-aged men smiled and said: "The red official is here!"

Er Erhong nodded, walked directly to the main seat and sat down, then asked the middle-aged man:

"Third uncle, is it urgent to have someone call me over so late?"

Hua Twelve looked in through the crack in the window. He had an impression of the middle-aged man. When Hong entered the Xi Luck Cheng Guan family theater in February, this man was in the main room. He had not seen him in the past few years. He originally thought he would come back. I'm in Changsha, but I didn't expect to be in Beijing.

Just listen to the man who was called Third Uncle by Er Yuehong:
"You really have to make up your mind on this matter. We have received accurate information. The man named Sun from the Bishan branch seems to be interested in the old witch's big fight!"

Although Er Yuehong is young, she has ideas. She raised her eyebrows:
"Then go talk to him and tell him that I, Jiumen, was the first to take a fancy to that place!"

The third uncle frowned and said: "It's not easy to talk about. After all, this capital city is not our territory. The person named Sun has guns and cannons in his hands."

Er Erhong waved her hand to interrupt: "It's not easy to talk, but we have to talk. I can agree to join forces with him, and we will get a [-]-[-] split. If he doesn't agree, then ask him if he plans to join forces with Jiu Shan Yizhen." Knock on the door to the end!”

Hua Twelve left quietly outside, knowing that Er Yuehong was not targeting him, so continuing to eavesdrop on other people's secrets would be a shame for his friends.

Besides, he already knew what the other party was talking about. Judging from what happened tonight, Er Erhong was indeed the second master Hong of the Old Nine Sect that he thought he was.

As for the old witch’s fight they were talking about?

Who else in the capital can be called an old witch?

As for the one who has guns and cannons and whose surname is Sun, it should be no surprise that it is Sun Dianying of the Twelfth Army currently stationed in Ji County, Hebei Province.

After Hua Twelve left, he went to the Forbidden City to practice martial arts and saw the moon-worshiping Huangpizi again. Over the past few years, the two sides were no longer strangers, and Huangpizi was no longer afraid of his existence.

When he was absorbing the Beidou Gangsha, Huang Pizi ran over to watch closely. He didn't know if he was imitating the movements of Hua Twelve's cultivation.

After finishing his work, Hua Twelve sat down to smoke a cigar on the roof of Qianqing Palace, and at the same time threw a white-striped chicken to Huang Pizi, who feasted on it next to him.

After finishing his cigar, Hua Twelve greeted him: "Let's go!" He stepped on his feet and drifted away.

The next morning, as soon as Hua Twelve went out, he saw Er Erhong who had finished washing. The latter was in high spirits, as if she had never been out.

After breakfast, the two went to the Xifuchengguan Family Theater Troupe together. In the main room, Xiao Shitou, Monk and Xiao Lezi offered incense to the Patriarch respectively.

Master Guan gave Xiao Shitou the stage name Duan Xiaolou, the monk the stage name Shang Yunqiu, and the little leper the stage name Zhang Zichou. He arranged for the three of them to officially debut on stage at the Zhangjiatang meeting in the next few days.

After watching the ceremony, Hua Twelve and Er Erhong were about to leave, but Master Guan kept them because they were talking about the Zhang family meeting.

This Zhang family is the house of Eunuch Zhang who came from the palace and once served the Queen Mother of the West. For his birthday, he invited several opera troupes to sing in the hall.

Hua Twelve said that he was unwilling to go, and he was unwilling to serve a remnant.

Master Guan begged his grandfather to tell his grandma: "Eunuch Zhang invited us to Xifucheng, and what he ordered was 'Farewell My Concubine' by you two brothers. If you want to recognize me as your master, you must sing it this time!"

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