The screen changed.
In a small dark room, dense water vapor rises, and in the tub sits Xiaoyao, a girl brought back late at night by Master Jiu. The boy Qin Huaian is bathing the girl with a cleaning cloth in his hand. At this moment, she is not Qin Huai Ann, it's just Eleven in the theatre.
With his fingers brushing over the bony ribs, Eleven's movements were gentle, and he said lovingly, "You're so skinny."
The girl kept her mouth shut and said nothing. Eleven was startled, she relaxed her movements again, and asked softly, "Does it hurt?"
"Well~ a little bit."
"Then I'll take it easy."
The girl was as thin as a small bean sprout, when Shi Shi rubbed her body, he could touch every bone of her.
While eating, the girl looked at the bowl of wild vegetable paste and yellow steamed buns in front of her and swallowed her saliva, picked up the paste and drank it, her eyes glanced at the steamed buns in the bowl, but she didn't dare to take it.
Eleven broke apart the steamed bun, took out the softer part in the center and handed it to Xiaoyao: "You drink a few mouthfuls of the paste first, or your body won't be able to take it anymore."
"Thanks."
Eleven smiled, broke the remaining yellow buns into small pieces, soaked them in the wild vegetable paste, and then picked up his own bowl and started to eat.
Xiaoyao had been hungry for too long, she only ate half a bowl and couldn't eat anymore, she stuffed it into her mouth mechanically, while secretly wiping tears.
In such an era, being able to eat a full meal is a great gift, and wasting food is punished by rattan.
Even though her stomach was swollen and aching, and she was trembling in pain, she didn't dare to stop.
Suddenly, a good-looking hand appeared in sight, took away her bowl, and poured the soaked steamed buns and the remaining wild vegetables into his own bowl.
Xiaoyao looked at the people around her with tears in her eyes, Eleven smiled embarrassedly, and said apologetically, "I'm not full, so you can share some with me. When you are very hungry, I will pay you back."
After dinner, it was time for training, and the twelve children were pulled out into the yard.
Practicing during the summer months and during the winter months; Master Jiu believes that the worse the weather is, the more one can exercise one's willpower. Even if there is heavy snow falling in the yard and the dripping water turns into ice, the course will never be interrupted.
From a corner of the yard, Xiaoyao's heart-piercing cries could be heard. Due to malnutrition, Xiaoyao's legs were not "straight", and there was a small gap between them. Such a figure is absolutely unacceptable.
She was pressed on the bench with her legs together. The hemp rope as thick as a finger started from the ankle and was tightly tied round and round to the bench until it reached her thigh.
Eleven couldn't help looking into the corner, and with a "click", the water bowl on top of his head fell off, and three canes were hit on his back, and Eleven, who was beaten, lay on the ground and grinned, complaining that Not daring, she crawled and crawled to get a new bowl and put it on her head, and thanked the person who beat her.
There was burning pain in her back, but Eleven was worried about Xiaoyao, it was difficult to pinch two taels of meat from Xiaoyao's body, would the rope strangle her legs
At night, Eleven and Xiaoyao slept in the same quilt, the north wind howled outside the window, and the cold wind entered the room along the window and into the quilt!
The two of them were the youngest, they started late, they slept on the top of the kang in summer, and on the top of the kang in winter, and when they came to their side, the kang was almost cold.
Eleven Leng's teeth were chattering, and he hugged Xiao Yao in his arms to warm each other, but there was a burst of dampness from his neck.
"Xiao Yao, why are you crying?"
Xiaoyao huddled in Eleven's arms, suppressed her sobbing, and replied with a sob: "Eleven, my leg hurts."
Eleven got under the quilt, rubbed Xiao Yao's legs for a while, gritted his teeth and took off his jacket, wrapped Xiao Yao's legs inside, shivered from the cold, and quickly hugged Xiao Yao to feel better .
The two of them lay on the same pillow, and Eleven stuck to Xiaoyao's ear and comforted him softly: "It was like this at the beginning, just bear with it and it will pass. You are still young, and it will be easier after a few years when you are divided into subjects. Nine The Lord said that we all have a low life, and we survived a narrow escape, which can be regarded as our good fortune. In the future, we will be on stage and become a role; we will never have to worry about it in this life."
"What is a horn?"
"Jiao'er is... you can sleep in a private room, open a small stove, and get Dayuan if you sing well!"
"I can't."
"Who said that your eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, and when you grow up, you must be..."
"Cough cough!" A warning cough came from the top of the kang, Eleven and Xiaoyao immediately silenced, Eleven hugged Xiaoyao tightly, and wrapped the quilt tightly: "Sleep."
"Hmm~"
Spring goes and autumn comes, and eight years of time pass by in a hurry.
Xiaoyao, oh no, she is no longer Xiaoyao, there is a newcomer in the garden, the old Xiaoyao has become twelve.
As Eleven had expected back then, Twelve became more and more attractive. Due to congenital deficiencies, Twelve's body is not good, but this weak willow posture is very similar to Sister Lin.
It's a pity that in the past eight years, Eleven and Twelve have studied hard and practiced hard, but they have never been able to wait for the opportunity to appear on stage. The market for Yueju opera is too small. Compared with other operas, Yueju opera is just a child who is just babbling.
Master Jiu took them all over the world, and they could only perform a few performances wherever they went, so the chance to be on stage was naturally given to the sisters in front of them.
Eleven and Twelve are a pair of bound students. Because Twelve's temperament is too special, their acting path is very narrow, and they can only sing a few "Dream of Red Mansions". The fifth and sixth sisters in front are also good at singing this, and Already a little famous.
Twelve feels guilty, but Eleven doesn't care. She is very satisfied with food, clothing and a place to live.
At least you can't see the flames of war in the garden, and you don't have to worry about being caught and sold to pickled places.
The sisters in front were either sent off to marry by Master Jiu when they were old, or they already had their own rooms.
Eleventh and Twelfth are considered to be over the top, although they still sleep in the common bunk, but they have the treatment of "Kangtou holding the lamp". No one dares to complain.
Yuanzi was about to move again, Master Jiu said that he would take them to Penglai to try their luck, there was a big man there, if he could win the old man's favor, he would not worry about not having a show.
On the eve of moving, something happened, which indirectly changed the fate of Eleven and Twelve.
Fifth sister eloped with someone!
The other party is the manager of a local theater, and he will be there when the fifth sister is on stage. He came and went, the two saw each other right, and they fell in love in private.
But this time Yuanzi moved, according to Master Jiu's temperament, he would not come back again.
Fifth Sister lost her head and eloped with that man with the private money she had saved in the past few years.
In the end, he was arrested by Master Jiu overnight. On that day, Master Jiu called everyone together, including the sisters who already had a private house.
Scratched Fifth Sister's face in public and broke her waist.
Master Jiu said: "You cheap hoofs are all picked up and bought by me! According to the life and death documents, your life is in my hands, and you stay in the garden with your duties, and you are not famous when you reach your age. Grandpa With a kind heart, I will find someone for you, but if the master makes you famous, but you tear him down? This is the end!"
There was no sound in the garden, and Fifth Sister, who was covered in blood, was dragged out with a cart and never came back.
Is Fifth Sister dead or alive? no one knows.
Master Jiu pointed to Eleven casually: "You will be called Qin Huai'an from now on, this time you will pair up with Caiyi and sing "Dream of Red Mansions" in Penglai."
After a few days, the problem appeared again. Jia Baoyu was half a head shorter than Lin Daiyu? How can this work
Qin Huaian bit the bullet and knelt on the ground: "Jiuye, Huai'an has been acting with Twelve in the past. She has a good figure and a solid foundation. Would you like to take a look?"
Qin Huaian felt Sixth Sister Caiyi's venomous eyes, she didn't dare to raise her head, but knelt on the ground stubbornly without changing her words.
Master Jiu saw Twelve's figure, clapped his hands and praised: This is how he walked out of the book.
Named Zhuang Diemeng on the spot, Shiyi's name was chosen by Master Jiu casually when the garden was in the Qinhuai area at that time.
But Zhuang Diemeng is different. Taking the meaning of Zhouzhuang Mengdie, I hope Twelve and Daiyu will not be separated from each other.
Sixth Sister Caiyi's eyes dimmed. She was getting older and had lost her acting partner. She was finished.
During the trip to Penglai, Lord Jiu spent 800 yuan in money, found out the itinerary of the "noble man", and arranged for Qin Huaian and Zhuang Mengdie to appear on stage at the right time.
Sure enough, they fell into the favor of that person, and the two became famous instantly. In order to flatter Wu Peifu, the local gentry came to listen to the opera every time, and spread the word to ten and ten.
Jiuye's garden became famous and earned a lot of money. Jiuye was overjoyed and took a word from each of their names and renamed the garden: Huaimengyuan.
Qin Huaian and Zhuang Mengdie became pillars, cash cows, the hope of Master Jiu, and well-known actors!
Jiu Ye bought two houses next to each other on the opposite side of the garden, and the two moved in.
Qin Huai'an felt as if she had a dream. When she came to her senses, it was already dark. She was sitting alone in the new house, which belonged to her. After washing in the dark, she lay on the bed but couldn't fall asleep. She always felt empty in her heart. There is a piece missing.
On the head of the willow on the moon, the servant girl knocked on the door of the bedroom: "Miss, Miss Zhuang is here."
Qin Huaian jumped up, and pushed the door open with bare feet. Zhuang Mengdie was standing outside the door, wearing a red cloak and unlined clothes under the cloak, with loose black hair.
Qin Huaian pulled the man into his arms, and said angrily, "It's so dewy late at night, why did you come out in such thin clothes? You are working hard now, if you get sick and burn your throat, how can you do it?"
Zhuang Diemeng put her arms around Qin Huaian's waist, put her forehead on her shoulder, and murmured: "I can't fall asleep because of tossing and turning without you."
Qin Huaian's delicate body trembled, and she hugged Zhuang Diemeng blankly. These words burned her heart.
The author has something to say: In fact, when I was very young, when I was in elementary school, I conceived a similar story, but I never had a chance. Later, I finally became an online writer, but when I thought that the Republic of China was a minefield, and this kind of tragedy was doomed No one read it, so it ran aground. Now that she is brought up and added to this novel, it can be regarded as a fulfillment of my dream.
In fact, I just want to use this ghost story to express the difficulty of lesbians.