Chapter 34003402【小豆子】
As for the little leper, he was tied to the bench and took off his pants, exposing half of his buttocks.
Master Guan picked up the wooden knife used for singing and slapped him on the buttocks. While beating him, he scolded him, "I asked you to run, I asked you to run, and you still ran. How many times did you beat him?" If you still have no memory, I will simply beat you to death..."
Although the wooden knife is made of wood and is not heavy, Master Guan hates the little leper for running away again and again, especially today when he ran away while the rooftop was on the ground and almost smashed the signboard of Xifucheng Keban.
Hence, every stroke was done with great strength. After a while, the little leper's buttocks swelled up to a huge height. He grinned in pain and cried for his father and mother. Tears as big as peas fell like rain.
When Xiang Nan saw this, he couldn't help but sigh to himself. He didn't plan to stay in this troupe anymore.
He is not afraid at all of suffering, being tired, and being beaten. With his skill, let alone Master Guan's wooden sword, even with the sword that blows hair and makes quick decisions, he can't even think of hurting him in the slightest.
The reason is that the feudal, backward, ignorant, and conservative system of the theater troupe made it difficult for him, who was used to freedom, to adapt.
Everything in the theater troupe is done with care.
For example, when serving a meal, you have to ask the master, "Master, do you want more food?" but not, "Master, do you want food?" If you ask this, you will be beaten immediately, "You are the one asking for food!"
What’s more important is that it extremely distorts human nature.
Let’s not talk about the fact that the brothers and sisters were beaten every day. In the old society, no child was not beaten. However, Xiaodouzi was originally a boy, but the troupe forced him into a female role, which caused him to develop gender cognitive impairment.
Moreover, he knew who Eunuch Zhang was, but he watched Xiaodouzi being taken away and played with by Eunuch Zhang. It can be seen that no matter how many heroes are performed on the stage, there is still nothing but a mess in the heart.
Therefore, Xiang Nan didn't want to find a place in a theater troupe. Anyway, with his ability, he would be able to go to the end of the world without worrying about having a job, so there was no need to stay in this rotten sauce vat.
…
Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Master Wang walked over and opened the door, and saw a beautiful woman walking in with a child.
Seeing Master Guan, he immediately smiled charmingly and said he was blessed.
The child was wearing a felt hat and black clothes, with his hands in cotton tubes. His face was covered with a piece of gauze, so his appearance couldn't be seen clearly, but his eyebrows were slender and his eyes were bright. At a glance, it was obvious that he was a handsome child.
Xiang Nan knew that he was Xiaodouzi, who later became Cheng Dieyi.
Because I was obsessed with acting, I really thought that I was a girl. I was deeply in love with my senior brother, Xiao Shitou'er, and I fantasized about it. I wanted to partner with him and sing opera for the rest of my life.
It wasn’t until the end that I suddenly woke up and realized that I had been possessed by a demon all my life, and could not distinguish between drama and reality. Treat the drama as reality and reality as a drama.
It can be said that he dedicated his life to the drama and could not live without going crazy. It can also be said that he was harmed by the drama and could not tell the difference between people and dramas, so that he was stunned for a lifetime.
The saddest thing is that after waking up from the dream, he had no way to go.
So he chose to draw his sword and kill himself, and he fulfilled himself.
Just like the movie "Shutter Island", the patient played by DiCaprio, after his mental illness was treated, because he could not accept the cruel reality that his three children drowned and he killed his wife, he chose to continue acting as a madman and underwent a lobotomy. Operation.…
Xiang Nan was just thinking that Master Guan had already led the woman and the child into the house.
Master Guan took off the mask on the child's face, took a look at his little face, and couldn't help but feel happy.
There is a saying in Liyuanxing that goes: "A thousand lives are easy to come by, but once is hard to find."
Because all the people who sang Peking Opera at that time were men, so there was no shortage of niche students. But to sing the female role well, not only the body and voice must be beautiful, but also the appearance must be beautiful. So you have to look delicate and have a slender figure, so that you look beautiful and like a diva.
Otherwise, he looks like Li Kui, is tall and thick, and doesn’t look like a woman when he is dressed in a play. On the contrary, it is easy for the audience to be shocked.
The blessings become more than ten kids, and most of them grow crooked. Like a small stone, it is already a facial features. But Xiao Shitou'er has a big frame and a huge face, so he is suitable for playing a martial arts student, but not suitable for playing a Huadan.
There is no drama without a maiden, and the only thing that is missing is a child who sings the leading role, and this child happens to be pretty, even no worse than a little girl.
So Master Guan fell in love with it at first sight. I quickly pinched his body again. Yes, he had a slender frame and was a leading actor.
But as soon as he pulled his hand out of the cotton cover, Master Guan was stunned again, and then he looked disappointed.
Because this kid has a good face and figure, but there is only one flaw that prevents him from being able to earn a living as an opera singer. That means this child is a six-fingered child.
Singing opera pays attention to "hands, eyes, body, method, and steps", and the hands are ranked first. A six-fingered child stretched out on the stage, and the audience was frightened.
"This kid of yours has no life left in the theater, so you should take him back." Master Guan said solemnly, "Just think, his appearance will scare away all the theatergoers under the stage. "
"It's not that I can't support him, but it's because the boy is too old to support him, so he came to you. You have to accept him at least." When the woman heard this, she cried.
She was originally a girl from a brothel. She accidentally became pregnant and gave birth to him. She has been raising her as a girl since she was a child, but as the child grows up day by day, it becomes too difficult to pretend to be a girl, so she has to give it away.
As for Sister Yao's child, it is not suitable to send her anywhere. At that time, even in trades such as carpentry, blacksmith, and color maker, accepting apprentices depended on family background. As long as they were from a good family with a clean background, children like Xiaodouzi were not accepted.
So he could only be sent to a theater troupe to learn opera. After all, the performer is ruthless and the actor is unrighteous. The two professions go hand in hand. When a crow alights on a pig, no one should blame anyone.
You must know that at that time, there was a kind of court system, in which male actors accompanied the guests with wine.
Little Shitou'er and Xiaodouzi were called to the Zhang Mansion to sing and perform. After the performance, the Zhang Mansion's housekeeper found Master Guan and told him to act according to the rules. It means that the actors at that time had to accompany the master of the family after singing.
"As long as you are willing to accept him, you can do whatever you want~" The woman wiped her tears, looked at Master Guan, and bowed Yingying, "Don't dislike us."
"Don't mention it. They are all low-class people. Who can despise whom?" Seeing this, Master Guan quickly raised his hand and said, "If his ancestor doesn't reward him with food, then no one can do anything about it."
When the woman heard what he said, she was in despair when she suddenly heard a shout coming from outside the courtyard, "Come sharpen your scissors and chop your kitchen knives~"
The woman suddenly went crazy, dragging the child and rushing out of the yard. Then she heard a shrill scream outside the yard, which startled the children who were doing handstand exercises.
(End of this chapter)