Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 241 Tears of lovesickness
"Huh!"

Chen Weihong climbed up to Huzhuang Temple. She screamed as if she was frightened and stayed at the intersection for a long time without moving.

At this moment, the noisy musical instruments began to sound, as if a play was about to begin. The gongs clanged, the drums beat rapidly and intensively, and the strings also chirped and joined in the fun.

The big guys were blocked by him, and they were so anxious that they cursed:
"Chen Weihong, you have no moral character, please get out of the way and let us go up!"

"Damn, this is the beginning of the drama!"

"It sounds like a martial arts drama, and my heart is pounding. You kid, get away!"

After being scolded for a while, Chen Weihong finally recovered from the shock, hurriedly hid aside, and exclaimed:
"What are you calling for?"

"I don't believe you can be much calmer than me after seeing this battle."

"Oh my god! Why are there so many people here?"

A group of people filed forward and stood with him. Seeing the scene in front of them, they couldn't help but take a breath, and their eyes widened.

Although the show only started at noon, at dusk, the front of Huzhuang Temple was already crowded with people.Fortunately, the place is big enough, with east and west slopes, so you can sit everywhere.Looking at it from a distance, it was as dark as the puddles left in the river after the river rose.

The conditions were difficult at that time. Both the elderly and children were mostly dressed in dark black. They were crowded together, and the visual impact was really great.

In particular, there were some beauty-loving lesbians among the crowd. Decorated with red flowers and green willows, the crowd became even more crowded.

In a few slightly more spacious places, there are also some simple sheds set up, with red banners written in calligraphy on them, saying that they are the rural areas of supply and marketing cooperatives, selling a variety of products.

In comparison, some privately run food stalls are much simpler.

Some just set up a big pot, set up a few stools, and started selling spicy soup; some piled up a stove made of yellow mud, patted the sesame cakes on the chopping board next to them, and then quickly posted them. They were baking on the wall; there were more salesmen pushing wheelbarrows, with all kinds of strange knick-knacks stuck on the shelves.

This kind of scene is very rare in the past, even in big shows that are opened on time every month.

The group of people quickly found a spacious place and moved a small bench to sit there.Xu Xiaozhi and Wang Aiduo were the most active, with their big eyes flashing and their hands on their knees, obediently waiting for the show to begin.

It turned out that the noisy gongs and drums just now were the masters in the troupe adjusting the instruments, and they also meant to remind everyone that the show was about to begin.

There is also a professional term called “getting through”.It is often used when the troupe goes to perform in the countryside.

The gongs and drums paused, but the audience's hearts were lifted. Taking advantage of the gap when the curtain fell, they all whispered to each other:

"It's coming, it's coming! I really didn't have to travel more than ten miles on the mountain road in vain, and I caught up with the whole audience. Good luck!"

"Who says it's not true? Brother, which commune are you from? You don't have to run close to watch a show!"

"Hey, who am I? There are people from other counties! There are some good actors in this troupe, and they can listen to a lot of voices. No matter how far they travel, it won't hurt!"

"Hey, is this troupe still famous? Is there any famous teacher? Tell me about it."

"Li Yuzhi, do you know? She is the mainstay of the Second Troupe of Henan Opera. Not only is that girl handsome, but she is also good at typhoon. Her voice is as crisp as the cry of a lark. After listening to a few singings, I am impressed. The skin is now smoother, and I can eat several more bowls when I go home!"

"Are you awesome? Boss Li Yuzhi, have you never heard of it before? Then I really have to listen carefully this time. Brother, is there anything good about this troupe?"

"Good shows? There are so many good shows! "The Story of the Red Lantern", "Chaoyanggou", "Five Worlds"... Oh, there are too many!"

Several old gentlemen were sitting not far from Wang Chengzhou and the others, smoking and chatting with each other, making a group of young people blink their eyes.

Although most of them are educated youth, it can be seen that their knowledge is still far behind that of the older people who like opera.I've definitely heard of the familiar opera names, but I've only heard of them and have no idea what they're singing about.

Therefore, everyone listened to their discussion with great interest.I became more and more curious about what show I would sing next.

At this moment, there was a crisp sound of clappers, the sound of silk and bamboo, and a sad and mournful female voice floated out melodiously.The tone was neither urgent nor slow, affectionate and melancholy, and it immediately caught everyone's ears, making them so anxious that they couldn't help but look up at the stage.

However, the strange thing is that until now, the curtain has not been raised.

Everyone couldn't help but feel restless.But with the touching singing, the impatience seemed to be soothed, and everyone calmed down involuntarily.

"Since ancient times, there have been so many infatuated women who have regretted their mistakes and regretted them for eternity. They hated the heartless man and gave up. Therefore, I sing a song: Tears shed on the land of lovesickness."

The curtain opened, and a woman dressed as an ancient lady appeared in front of everyone. She had a beautiful appearance and a delicate temperament. She made people's eyes shine as soon as she appeared.

The entire open space in front of Huzhuang Temple boiled with a roar.

"What kind of drama is this? Why haven't you heard of it before? This girl doesn't seem to be Teacher Li Yuzhi?"

"Hey, newbies and new plays, this troupe is really brave!"

"Don't talk, don't talk, just listen! It's officially started."

Not to mention them, the well-informed Wang Chengzhou was attracted by the performance on stage and couldn't help but raise his head and take a look.

A young man who announced the curtain was also wearing ancient clothes, with makeup on his face, and walked past the stage holding a sign.

Some literate people immediately started shouting: "Garden Party!" "The first act is "Garden Party"!"

Then, everyone fell silent, leaving only the story being performed on the stage.

After singing the song, everyone couldn't help but smile on their faces, and some young people even whispered embarrassedly, a little shy.

It turned out that the woman on the stage played the role of a daughter of a Wuxi magistrate named Wang Lianjuan, who met a scholar named Zhang Qingyun in the Moonlight Garden.Wang Lianjuan was moved by Zhang Qingyun's suave and romantic alliance, and the two made a private lifelong love affair.

The sweetness blew through the entire hillock like the wind. Even Wang Aiduo blushed slightly, bared his teeth and smiled silly, whispering and chattering to Xu Xiaozhi beside him.

The corner of Wang Chengzhou's mouth raised, and he couldn't help but glance at Luan Hongying beside him, and found that she was also blinking her big eyes, staring curiously at the stage, looking very absorbed.

"Farewell on the Tower"

The second paragraph opens.

Suddenly, a letter from home broke the sweetness between the two.Zhang Qingyun's mother was seriously ill and summoned him to return to Suzhou quickly.Wang Lianjuan and Zhang Qingyun couldn't leave each other, but they had to send him back.

At this time, the sun had already set, leaving only brilliant clouds in the sky, and the stage gradually darkened.

Everyone sat in the sunset, raising their heads and listening quietly. Thousands of people gathered together, but there was silence.

"Bridal Chamber Change"

Unexpectedly, after Zhang Qingyun returned home, he discovered that his mother's serious illness was a lie. His parents deceived him to come back to arrange for him to marry Jiang Suqin, the daughter of the Minister of Etiquette.Zhang Qingyun tried his best to resist to no avail, and finally decided to abandon Wang Lianjuan and marry Jiang Suqin for the sake of career.

The sky turned completely dark, and the figures on the stage began to blur.

But everyone was sitting in the darkness in a daze, as if they still hadn't recovered from the transformation of the characters in the play.

Wang Aiduo subconsciously clenched Xu Xiaozhi's hand and murmured:
"really?"

"Didn't Zhang Qingyun and Miss Lianjuan make a vow of eternal love? Why did he still marry Jiang Suqin?"

"Sister Xiaozhi, this must be a pretense to deceive his parents, right?"

Xu Xiaozhi stared at her with big eyes and smiled unnaturally at her, but she didn't bother to talk to her at all. Instead, she stared straight at the stage and continued to look down.

"Lovesickness"

Wang Lianjuan is already pregnant, and she hides on the balcony all day long. Her body becomes heavier day by day, and she feels anxious and unable to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

It was getting dark, and the comrades in the theater troupe began to hang carbide lamps everywhere, and there were busy figures everywhere.

Under the bright light, the faces of everyone turned gloomy.

Wang Aiduo and Xu Xiaozhi stopped talking.

Wang Chengzhou shook his head, almost anticipating the direction of the plot below.Just when he was about to sigh a few words, he felt a sudden pain in his thigh. He turned his head and found that Luan Hongying's eyebrows were frowning at some point, and she subconsciously grabbed his flesh and twisted it.

He was so shocked that he took a breath of cold air and quickly opened her little hands, but he looked aggrieved and did not dare to say anything.

She thought to herself: This pure-hearted female Bodhisattva doesn’t care about Guo Mingyue’s intimacy with her. How could she become interested in the love of the person in the play?

"Taihu Lake Disaster"

Finally, the father, who was very strict about running the family, found out that his daughter Wang Lianjuan was pregnant before marriage. He thought that she was a disgrace to the family, and at the instigation of his wife, he forced her to sink into Taihu Lake to wash away the shame.

The moment Wang Lianjuan fell into the water, a crowd of exclamations rang out in front of the Huzhuang Temple.Many soft-hearted people were so frightened that they couldn't help but stand up, with tears in their eyes.

Wang Aiduo and Xu Xiaozhi, two silly girls, had long hugged each other and cried.

hiss!
Wang Chengzhou grinned, and the senior sister came again...

Luan Hongying's autumn-like eyes had already widened, as if a cold wind had blown by, causing little ripples in the lake of her heart.

"Hall Rebuke"

Fortunately, Wang Lianjuan was rescued by a fisherman and traveled to Suzhou, where she sent her maid Xiaoling to deliver a letter to Zhang Qingyun.Unexpectedly, Zhang Qingyun tore up the letter and became ruthless.Xiaoling was furious and called him ungrateful, but he cruelly cut out her tongue.

Seeing this scene, the entire Huzhuang Temple exploded!
"Damn it! Is this turtle grandson a human?"

"Hey, I have never seen such an inhuman thing! If he appears in front of me, I will kill him!"

"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise, let's see what happens next!"

"If this bitch doesn't die, I won't watch this big show today!"

(End of this chapter)