Qiong Yin lingers

Chapter 5: Puffy Blossoms
It's just that the teahouse is on fire, but the Qiong Opera is still tepid.Qiongju performances are still performed on the first and fifteenth day of each month, usually with some adapted excerpts inserted in the midst of popular music.

Huang Simimei was also a little surprised by the rapid development of the teahouse.Originally, she invited the eldest sister who sold breakfast in the vegetable market to help make pastries. Later, eight old gentlemen from the Qiong Opera Troupe band volunteered to undertake the important task of making pastries in the teahouse.

Huang Simi felt guilty, but the eight old gentlemen said that the young people went to the land to open up wasteland, and they also had to support themselves, so they couldn't drag the Dongfang Qiong Opera Troupe, so they couldn't be persuaded; more delicious.In the end, Huang Simei could only let them take up this burden.

In the beginning, the teahouse was open every day, and the happiest thing was Meng Huaxiang, because every day the Oriental Qiong Opera Troupe would come on stage, and the singing of Qiong Opera would flutter over the wooden attic.

But soon, her joyful heart gradually dimmed.

Because after the performance of the Qiongju opera, there was a lot of voices in the teahouse, and no one wanted to watch the opera.Some people even booed, asking Dongfang Qiong Opera Troupe to sing popular songs instead of babbling operas all day long.

As these voices grew more and more, Huang Simi was also a little worried.This time, Meng Huaxiang was very open-minded: "Then, perform Qiongju opera once a week, and pop songs during the rest of the time! If the younger generations like pop songs, it's okay to sing on stage."

Hearing Meng Huaxiang's suggestion, Huang Simi was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.Seeing the exaggerated expression of his daughter-in-law, Meng Huaxiang snorted coldly: "You monkey grandchildren, do you all think that I am a stubborn old thing who doesn't understand reform and market economy? Me, yes Being old is not stupid! In the current situation, we must seek change to survive!" Hearing her half helpless and half sighing emotion, Huang Simi couldn't bear it, and hugged her: "Sister, don't be afraid! The future will be long! Let's take our time!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other with wry smiles, held each other's hands, and gave each other strength: Although they are insignificant, they are still willing to stand up for their posts in order to stick to the Qiongju dream!

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In [-], Bailu.

Zhang Wenxuan took his younger sister Zhang Wenqian and stood on tiptoe at the door of the teahouse to look out.Zhang Wenxuan asked every few minutes: "Mom, when will Dad go home?" Zhang Wenqian raised her head and yelled: "Mom, I want Dad to ride a horse for me!" Huang Simei comforted a pair of children: "Dad is very happy He will go home soon, and he will bring you mooncakes with lotus paste and egg yolk, aren’t you happy?”

Although she teased the baby with a smile on her face, Huang Simi was stabbed bluntly in her heart: Zhang Shennian is good at teasing children, and he often gets along with them. Wenxuan's favorite thing is to "race horses on all fours" with his father Zhang Wenqian's favorite thing is to be "rided" by her father on her neck.No matter how gentle the mother is, she still can't replace the father's position in the heart of the child.

Stuffing a big meat bun for each of the children, Huang Simi touched their heads and asked them to play first.After receiving the big meat bun from their mother, the two little people instantly forgot the unhappiness just now, and started chasing and fighting each other.

They were arguing and laughing, but Huang Simi's heart was filled with panic, and tears fell down her cheeks.

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Zhang Shennian was carrying a snakeskin bag, and he was rushing home with his good buddy Wang Yunfei.As soon as he got off the train, Zhang Shennian called a triangle nail (three-wheeled motorcycle). After getting on the train, he happily introduced the scenery along the way to Wang Yunfei, and tried his best to sell oriental delicacies.

Wang Yunfei has been in Sanya for many years, and he is the biggest acquisition boss in the first market. Zhang Shennian's oriental local goods have given him a lot of surprises. This trip back home with Zhang Shennian is mainly to see if there are any more With the opportunity for local products to enter the city, we will further in-depth cooperation with Zhang Shennian.

While the two were chatting and laughing, a strange but familiar melody flew into Zhang Shennian's ears.

"Dreams and shadows come true, wake up people are empty; you are not you, I am not me; sorrow seems real, tears are empty; there is no cause and effect, you and I will never meet again. Brother, miss you: three meals a day Tea and rice lazily raise chopsticks, at night the rooster crows and the soul lingers in dreams. This body is willing to abandon life and death, and hangs itself in the southeast to show its ambition. Russian lady, brother misses you, hates the colorful phoenix with double wings, pity is difficult to connect with branches. Same Life and death are inseparable, yang and yin are together."

The singing voice of the promotional vehicle is a fusion of popular songs and folk songs of Erxian Village. The lyrics are easy to understand and the tune is catchy. It is different from the Qiongju opera on the island in Zhang Shennian's memory, but it is indeed a special melody unique to Qiongju opera.

He followed the prestige and saw "Russian" wearing a Li brocade short skirt on the huge poster hanging on the body of the promotional vehicle, which was far from the traditional Qiongju opera style.It's just that in the melody of the song, the unique Zhongban and Chengtu melody of Haidao Qiongju Opera is still retained, and Huang Simei's unique "sweet throat" is even more unique.

Wang Yunfei saw the posters on the promotional vehicle, looked at the radiant Li brocade costumes, and clapped his hands repeatedly: "It seems that Brother Suinian came back this time! I have never seen such exquisite costumes in Sanya!"

Wang Yunfei became very interested in Li Jin during a trip to the deer, but he had never seen the actual Li Jin in the major markets in Sanya.By chance, he saw the brocade scarf Zhang Shennian was wearing, and after inquiring about it, he planned to do Li brocade business with Zhang Shennian.

However, Zhang Shennian has always believed that this Li brocade cannot become a business, because there are fewer and fewer Li brocade weavers and the construction period is very long.Taking Erxian Village as an example, there are no more than ten households still weaving Li brocade, and only a handful of families can produce Li brocade clothing independently.The weavers in the village are mostly grandmothers with white sideburns, who make scarves and gloves when they have nothing to do.

However, Wang Yunfei would not give up until the Yellow River, so he had to go back to his hometown for a field trip with him. In the euphemistic name, he wanted to find more products and opportunities for cooperation.

This is off topic.

Looking at the promotional vehicle, Zhang Shennian was a little dazed. How could this promotional vehicle dedicated to theater song and dance performances play the Sea Island Qiong Opera?

After inquiring with the driver of Sanjiaoding, Zhang Shennian found out that this is the latest publicity method of "Oriental Tea House": if you go to the Oriental Tea House in Erxian Village, you can drink a pot of authentic Wuzhishan green tea with white sugar for only one yuan. Add whatever you want; and there is a modern Qiongju opera song order stand on site; if you are hungry, you can also eat warm big meat buns, rice dumplings and fried bags, as well as fried noodles and noodle soup.

The triangular nail master introduced the special oriental snacks of the Oriental Teahouse with a small mouth, and his eyebrows were beaming.

"For Qiongxi's zongzi, the zongzi leaves are made of 簏lù糒bèi——pandan leaves, which are fragrant and not greasy!"

"Oriental Job's tears bua, glutinous rice skin, shredded coconut white sugar, peanut sesame brown sugar filling, the taste is amazing!"

"Fried bag is my favorite, glutinous rice with sugar heart and sesame skin, soft and fragrant, delicious and delicious!"

"The seafood noodle soup is so fresh, and the rice noodle melts in my mouth, it makes me want to go to the teahouse for three meals a day!"

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Dongfang City is located in a tropical monsoon climate zone. Villagers in Shiliba Township get up at the time of rooster crowing, and go home to eat and rest until noon after working. It is easy for the crops to wilt, so the locals generally work in the morning and rest in the afternoon.

Originally everyone was resting at home in the afternoon, but because of the "Oriental Tea House" that turned out, everyone found a new way of leisure. Listening to the opera is second. Everyone sits together to rest, drink tea, eat snacks and chat, very relaxed and comfortable .

Because many women will do housework at home in the afternoon, there are many men in charge of the afternoon tea in the teahouse, so the masses affectionately call it "Daddy's Afternoon Tea".

After hearing this story, Zhang Shennian's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he couldn't help laughing out loud, even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that people still go to teahouses to listen to operas these days!

It is even more unexpected that this transformation of the Dongfang Qiong Opera Troupe actually led to a new trend in the East: the spring breeze of reform blows all over the island, and now everyone's living standards are constantly improving. Erxian Village is the first county town in Dongfang City to make local goods , the pockets of the villagers were the first to bulge.Once the living standard is good, everyone naturally thinks about improving the quality of life, and eating is naturally the first priority!

Zhang Shennian laughed maniacally for a long time, repeatedly lamenting Huang Simi's daring to imagine!

Seeing Zhang Shennian laughing, the triangular nail master thought that he looked down on Dongfang Qiong Opera Troupe and Dad's afternoon tea, so he scolded him directly and almost threw him on the road: "You're half-brained! Who said go to Erxian?" The village is for listening to operas? It’s a face-saving thing to go to the Oriental Teahouse to listen to operas and drink tea! Are you from mainland China? Ask your relatives from all over the world, who doesn’t praise the Oriental Teahouse in Erxian Village? What they sang on the big stage is the life of our common people, and they sang to our hearts. More importantly, the rice dumplings, white boards and frying bags made by the master over there are good one by one, and they are cheap, high in quality and low in price ..."

Wang Yunfei listened with gusto, but he never took his eyes off the poster of the promotional vehicle, and asked Zhang Shennian: "Brother, you, you, you... have you brought back the legend of Luhuitou?!"

When they visited the deer back then, the tour guide told a legend: In ancient times, a handsome young hunter of the Li nationality, with a red scarf on his head and a bow and arrow in his hand, went all the way along Wuzhi Mountain, over 99 mountains and 99 rivers, chasing an Eld deer. to the mountains by the sea.At the end of the cliff there is only the vast sea, and Eld's deer has no escape. Turning around and looking back, suddenly, smoke surrounds and sparks shine, and she turns into a girl of the Li nationality in Li brocade. The two fall in love and settle down.

The mountain is thus called "Luhuitou".

SY City was named "Deer City" for this reason.

Zhang Shennian proudly pointed at Huang Simi, who was dressed in Li brocade, with a proud face: "My wife, Huang Simi, was a great beauty from all over the world! Not only is she outstanding in appearance and figure, but she also has a beautiful voice like a lark. A typical patriarch enjoying dinner Good food. When Dongfangqiong Troupe went on tour in Thailand and Singapore, everyone wanted to take a photo with her... What she just sang was the legend of March [-]rd in Erxianling..."

Speaking of his wife's glorious history, Zhang Shennian's face was filled with indescribable joy, and he talked endlessly like a continuous river, and he couldn't stop at all.The joyful look made Wang Yunfei laugh out loud, but he did not forget to feel that it was not easy for them to live in two places despite their deep relationship as husband and wife.

Zhang Shennian sighed again and again: "If it wasn't forced by life, how could I live in two places with my wife? It's so hard!"

The two were talking, and the triangular nails stopped at the entrance of the Oriental Teahouse in Erxian Village. Standing under the coconut tree, Zhang Shennian was a little dazed looking at the brand-new wooden attic: it was still an antique wooden attic, but the front and back yards were High oil-paper green bamboo sheds have been set up; outside the bamboo fence, there are brand-new huge posters on both sides of the door, on which Huang Simei, who is wearing Li brocade, sings and dances vividly on the paper; Four large-character plaques, flying dragons and phoenixes, magnificent atmosphere; at first glance, the bougainvillea is dazzling, and the paint color of the teahouse is dancing and quiet;

It coincides with the Qiongju performance day, and Huang Simei, dressed in Li brocade, is performing "March [-]" on the stage.

At the curtain call, Zhang Shennian caught a glimpse of the unshaven beard from the corner of her eye. She quickly ran down the stage and greeted her with small steps, her eyes crooked with a smile: "Why didn't you say hello in advance when you came back? Quick! Come in and have a drink hot tea..."

Huang Simei, who turned her back, wiped the corners of her eyes quietly. She had a thousand words in her heart, but she didn't dare to ask more: Looking at her husband's dusty face, I don't know how much hunger, cold, and grievances he suffered in Sanya!

Qiongju people are deeply influenced by Qiongju culture, and they often think that peace is a blessing.No matter how you are outside, it is a great blessing for you to come back safely.

Huang Simei can only comfort herself at the moment, that her husband's safe return is a great joy!As for making money or not, that is secondary.

Holding her husband's hand, she looked up, down, left, and right, and after confirming that she was intact, Huang Simi let go of her hanging heart, and sang softly: "It's good to be safe! Seeing the dismissed man's eyebrows relax, After leaving for a few months, I only look forward to the return journey; it doesn’t matter if you don’t take fame or fame, just ask for the love and sincerity of the husband and wife.”

Hearing Huang Simei's sudden low voice singing, Zhang Shennian felt exhausted all over his body, and he was soaked to the brim.No matter how difficult the two of them encounter, they will encourage each other with the aria of Qiongju opera. Just now Huang Simei sang the famous section of "Five Girls Blessing Birthday", welcoming him back with emotion.

"Okay! Sister-in-law's golden voice is really like the sound of nature! It's been around for three days! It's great! It's great!" Wang Yunfei next to him said, interrupting the two who were holding hands and looking at their tears.

Huang Simei came back to her senses, her face blushed, she wiped her hands on her clothes, and then she noticed that there was a person standing behind Zhang Shennian: a shirt and trousers, with a briefcase in the crunchy nest, and a combed-back hair. Not greasy, square face and wide mouth, tall and thick eyebrows, big eyes, fair skin, doesn't look like a local.

Zhang Shennian hurriedly introduced: "This is my good brother Wang Yunfei, Mr. Wang, who led the way for me. I depended on him for help in Sanya. When he came back this trip, he wanted to help Erxianling find more good specialties and make the market bigger. Oh, by the way, he is also very interested in Li Jin from Erxian Village, and wants to see if it can be promoted on a large scale in the future."

When Huang Simei heard it, her eyes turned into crescent moons with a smile: "Mr. Wang is here today, and the Oriental Tea House is in full bloom! It is indeed difficult for Li Jin to enter the city like a local product, but my family always said that as long as the mind is not There are always more landslides and methods than problems! Since Mr. Wang wants to promote it, I will be responsible for finding Zhiniang!"

(End of this chapter)