When Xie Tao changed into women's clothes and rushed to the downstairs of the dormitory of Xinhua Girls' School, Huang Song was arguing with the teacher in the dormitory. Sorry.
Xie Tao ran over with small steps and pulled Huang Song away, and didn't let him go until he was out of the school gate.
Huang Song was very pleasantly surprised, Xie Tao ran away with her without any effort, but he did not forget his doubts, "Why do your dormitory teachers always say that there is no one like you?"
Xie Tao lied without changing his expression: "If you don't do her any favors, she won't send a message to find someone for you."
"That's it." Huang Song understood, and nodded again: "Then I understand."
The two of them walked for a while, Huang Song always peeked at her from time to time, finally mustered up the courage to take out two tickets from his pocket, and handed them to Xie Tao as if asking for credit: "The ballet troupe over there in Peking is coming to perform. At 1:30 this afternoon, I asked a friend for two tickets for the performance of "The Butterfly Lovers" at the Shengping Theater."
He stared at Xie Tao with both eyes, waiting for her to answer.
Xie Tao's heart shivered, and he looked down at the two tickets. The tickets were crumpled, as if they had been pinched in his hands for a long time.
In fact, she has been learning ballet since she was a child, and she dances very well, and she plays the leading role in a dance troupe. But since Xie Liangchen's accident, she never jumped again, instead she went into the fire and picked up the gun.
Xie Tao is a little soft-hearted. She planned to make it clear to Huang Song today, but even if she rejects Huang Song, she can't be too abrupt. Besides, Huang Song is so sincere. If she rejects him now, I don't know. How depressed this kid is.
She nodded, looking at Huang Song's cheerful look, she vaguely felt that she should be beaten up.
First went to have dinner with Huang Song, and then went to Shengping Theater.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Shengping Theater is the No. 1 theater in Shunyuan. It has a long history. It was established decades ago and has been passed down to the present. The furnishings in the theater are the most ordinary. There is a big stage with red curtains hanging on both sides. There are seats under the stage, one row after another, one next to the other, and there are only two aisles between the seats.
People who come here to watch the show, whether they are wealthy businessmen and politicians with prominent family backgrounds, or poor civilians with rough clothes and shoes, all have to sit in the same place without discrimination.
When the two entered the theater, it was still quiet inside. There was no one in the auditorium, only a few actors were rehearsing on the stage. Xie Tao looked at his watch. They were an hour ahead of schedule, so they had no choice but to wait in the front row .
Because of the early arrival and almost no one in the theater, she and Huang Song stand out. The actors were preparing for the performance, some were moving props, some were walking the stage, she glanced at it several times, and saw a few familiar faces among them very puzzled.
Before she could figure it out, both she and Huang Song heard someone calling her, and the person calling her was Xie Tao's old friend named Meng Yue. He is Xie Tao's senior in Beiping. He not only knows Xie Tao, but also Xie Liangchen. If he let him slip up, the matter of women disguised as men will be unstoppable.
"Xie Tao, why are you here?" Seeing Meng Yue with a surprised face, Xie Tao turned around and asked Huang Song, and hurriedly greeted him and pulled him aside to talk about the old days. Although Huang Song wanted to hear it, he didn't come over, just sat there obediently and waited.
He is really an honest person, and very considerate, Xie Tao blinked his dry eyes and blamed himself more and more.
While chatting with Meng Yue, Xie Tao was thinking about what kind of excuses she could find to take Huang Song away. She now fully realized that this dance troupe was the same dance troupe she used to be in. There are few newcomers, but there are still many old people who should still be there. Xie Tao can't stay longer and is thinking about how to end the conversation. Suddenly, a girl's scream came from the stage. Meng Yue's face changed drastically, and she ran onto the stage quickly.
A woman on the stage sprained her ankle and fell to the ground. Her delicate eyebrows and eyes were twisted together, cold sweat dripped down her forehead, and she cried out in pain.
Don't miss this opportunity, never again, it's now!
Xie Tao turned around and pulled Huang Song to slip away, Meng Yue shouted her name loudly from behind, he had this idea from the moment he saw Xie Tao, should it be said that it was God's arrangement? Meng Yue strode in front of the two of them, dragged Xie Tao to the dressing room backstage without any explanation.
"This time I can count on you, the lead dancer was injured, and our B corner happened to be injured too, so no one can replace it except you!"
The girl who collapsed on the stage was named Lu Li, and she was the lead dancer of this stage play, playing the role of Zhu Yingtai. Before her, this role was always played by Xie Tao, and it was not until Xie Tao left that Lv Li joined the group. This time Lu Li injured his ankle, so he must not be able to continue performing. Xie Tao happened to be here and could fill the vacancy.
If Xie Tao doesn't help, this performance will be ruined.
Even so, Xie Tao still refused in every possible way, and Meng Yue directly stuffed her into the dressing room. As soon as he entered, Xie Tao saw his acquaintances again, Wanying and Yun Yi, who had always been Xie Tao's backup dancers.
Several people had a tacit understanding developed through dozens of performances. Meng Yue gave a few simple instructions, and the two couldn't help but hold down Xie Tao and put on makeup for her.
Xie Tao was surrounded by familiar sisters, listening to them talking about familiar topics, she missed a little, but never retreated, that was the future she had abandoned, because of Xie Liangchen, she abruptly changed everything she knew.
Soon she was dressed up, Xie Tao looked at himself in the mirror, there was neither cloudy temples nor beauty, no makeup was applied on the face, only an eyebrow pencil was used to draw the tail of the eyebrows even higher Picking up just adds a bit of heroism.
It seems that this time the performance is destined to be unavoidable, Xie Tao was worried, so he had to stand up to warm up, and asked casually, "Wanying, why did you come to Shunyuan to perform."
Wanying looked at her skillful leg press and said with a smile: "Brother Meng found a sponsor from Shunyuan. He sponsored us to perform more than a dozen shows in Beiping. In return, we came to Shunyuan."
Shunyuan's sponsor... Xie Tao had a vague premonition for such a big deal, Wanying didn't know what she was thinking, and she had already dragged her to the waiting area of the stage. Xie Tao was a little nervous and hadn't skipped for a long time. Wanying patted her on the shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry, you'll do it."
The curtain on the stage opened and the light gradually brightened. Xie Tao took a deep breath and walked onto the stage amidst applause. Although he hadn't danced for a long time, every bend, tiptoe, and kick was deeply engraved on the stage of Xie Tao. In Xiang's bones, there is no need to think about it, no need to deliberately, it is a gorgeous movement naturally.
She is like a butterfly, enjoying the stage and music, dancing with her male partner, methodically and without mistakes.
The dance came to an end, and Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo, played by Xie Tao, flew away. She tiptoed and began to spin, and the white gauze skirt fluttered gently with the swing of her waist. Turn into a butterfly and leave. The music stopped abruptly, the lights on the stage dimmed, and the stage fell into darkness.
The applause from the audience rang out for a long time, until the lights on the stage were turned on again, Xie Tao got up and bowed deeply with the other actors, and left the stage.
It's been a long time since she was so hearty, at a certain moment, she almost forgot where she was, forgot whether she was Xie Liangchen or Xie Tao.
But soon, she was splashed with cold water by a certain scene that flashed in her mind just now. She didn't even have time to respond to the other actors' congratulations, so she hurried to the dressing room. When she just left the scene, she seemed to see Shen Jun Shan sat in the back row.
The sponsor of the dance troupe trip that Wanying mentioned was undoubtedly the Shunyuan Chamber of Commerce. Yes, the supplies for Xie Zhipei’s school last time were also sponsored by the Shunyuan Chamber of Commerce.
Xie Tao ran into the dressing room and quickly took off the costume, and Wanying's voice sounded outside the door.
"Stop, that's the actress' dressing room!"
"I'm looking for someone!"
A familiar and indifferent voice came, Xie Tao hid in the closet with his costume in his arms, sweating all over his forehead. The door was opened, and Shen Junshan looked around but couldn't find the person he was looking for, so he said sorry and closed the door.
Xie Tao breathed a sigh of relief, her heart was about to jump into her throat, her feet softened for a while, she put on her clothes and sat inside for a long time before she came out, she went to find Meng Yue first, and double-checked that he did not ask Shen Jun Shan revealed anything related to Xie Liangchen, so he went out with Huang Song nervously.
Huang Song was very excited. He did not expect to invite Xie Tao to watch the ballet. In the end, Xie Tao actually went to dance the lead dancer of the ballet himself. Song felt greatly shocked, and kept talking about the audience's evaluation of Xie Tao today, saying that she is a natural Zhu Yingtai.
Huang Song's praises were endless, and Xie Tao's nerves trembled as he looked at her with more obsession.
Not only because of Huang Song's attitude, Xie Tao is still terrified by the appearance of Shen Junshan just now, and her identity was almost discovered.
Seeing that she was depressed, Huang Song wisely said no more, as if he was reflecting on whether he had done something wrong.
He only said that Xie Tao was a beautiful flower in the greenhouse, but he, the wild grass growing in the mountains, was rude and lowly, and he had to be careful to make that flower look at him occasionally.
A burst of hurried footsteps broke the quiet atmosphere between the two. A group of students were chased by the police and ran all over the street. They ran so fast that they ran away, and Huang Song's sight was also taken away. His face changed suddenly, and he shouted With a sound of Xiaohe, even Xie Tao couldn't care about it, and ran after one of the children.
Yellow Crane? Isn't that Huang Song's younger brother? Xie Tao chased after him without saying a word.
She was still wearing a skirt, but her posture was steady and her steps were brisk, and she caught up with the group of people in a short while.
The students fled in all directions, and soon disappeared. Three policemen chased Huang He into an alley, Huang Song followed in, Xie Tao ran over two minutes later, saw the three policemen coming out in a file, they turned their heads Rubbing harsh words, he rubbed his red face from the beating.
With a sigh of relief, Xie Tao stood aside and watched the police go away, and waited until the two brothers came out slowly.
"Are you all right?" She pretended to know nothing.
Huang Song nodded, his expression was not very good, he looked at both sides of the street, and took Huang He and Xie Tao to the noodle shop. Xie Tao had already had dinner with Huang Song before watching the performance, so neither of them ordered food, but Huang He, who was tired and exhausted too much, held a large bowl of noodles and ate deliciously. .
Huang Song remained silent until Huang He finished his noodles before starting the interrogation. He was not as simple and silly as usual in the military academy, and his face was rarely serious and serious.
"Why on earth are the police chasing you?"
Huang He lowered his head and said weakly: "I, I will help my classmates put up slogans."
"What slogan?" Xie Tao was a little curious.
Huang He counted with his fingers seriously: "I oppose the Twenty-One, oppose the Japanese occupation of Qingdao, oppose Yuan Shikai's restoration of the imperial system, and oppose the warlord dictatorship."
What Huang Song wanted to say, who knew that Xie Tao couldn't help laughing first.
"Hehe, you have quite a lot of objections."
He froze for a moment, stared at Xie Tao, saw that Xie Tao was still smiling, and didn't have the slightest intention to dislike blame.
Those beautiful and deep eyes shone with moving brilliance, like the most precious black gemstones in the world, filled with ideals and beliefs.
"You did a good job. However, you are still young. We have to worry about such things. You should focus on your studies." Xie Tao blinked and gave Huang He a look.
Huang Song thought so, gave him a serious lecture, and said a lot of things, such as studying hard and going home to see if you have nothing to do.
Huang He lowered his head and dared not speak, which showed that he respected this brother very much. But when Huang Song finished reprimanding, he looked at Huang Song again with a smirk on his face: "Brother, can you give me some money? I have run out of money, and I have no money to eat recently."
Huang Song stretched out his hand to take out his pocket with embarrassment, but he didn't take out anything for a long time. Seeing this, Xie Tao quickly took out a handful of silver dollars and handed it to Huang He.
"Are these enough?"
"Enough, enough, these are enough for me to use for half a year." Huang He was not polite to Xie Tao, and ran out of the noodle shop like a rabbit.
On the way back to school, Huang Song was very embarrassed, "Xie Xiang, thank you just now, I took this month's salary, and I will return it to you immediately, but you gave Huang He too much, I may not pay it all at once .”
Knowing his temperament, Xie Tao comforted him and said: "It's okay, you don't have to worry, I have money to use, but you, the family is not easy, so save more money to supplement the family."
Huang Song honestly explained the situation of his family, "Now it is very good. My sister is married and has food and clothing; I have been a soldier and entered a military academy. Not only do I have food, but I also get paid. Maybe he will become an officer in the future; my younger brother is studying again, and if my parents know about it, they will be very happy from ear to ear."
What appeared on his face was a sincere and satisfied smile. Indeed, he had come out of the hardships and gained a certain amount of strength through hard work. In his and many people's eyes, it seemed that fate could no longer manipulate him at will. up.