The second grandma got into the car and asked the fourth aunt, "What's the name of the theater we're going to today?"
The fourth concubine laughed and said, "It's called 'Qingfeng Theater', the breeze of June breeze."
The second grandma smiled: "Shuiyun Building, Qingfeng Theater. It's an actor's nest, and the name is quite elegant." Snakes, rats and ants have always built nests.
Lao Ge looked at the second grandma with wrong eyes, and he was going to a terrible place. I am afraid that there will be no good today, and he was in a hurry for his second master, so he apologized and said, "Second grandma, you can sit down right away. Arrived." He has to walk this route at least once a day, and he is very familiar with it. Where there are trails to copy, and where the alleys are too narrow for cars to pass, he knows better than a policeman. However, although the journey was short, Second Mistress didn't go out for a long time, and she still felt very uncomfortable when she went out, and it was also stuffy in the car, and she felt nauseated sitting there. The fourth concubine sprinkled a few drops of toilet water on the handkerchief, and asked her to sniff the fragrance with her mouth and nose, while constantly stroking along her chest and back. It was so easy to make it to the gate of the theater, and there was still a long way to go—the gate was completely blocked by theater fans who couldn’t afford tickets and who couldn’t buy tickets, listening to the show with their ears open. Due to economic constraints, these commoner coolies are generally not decent, with their chests exposed, trouser legs rolled up, and sleeves rolled up. A man with a shoulder pole yelled for Boss Shang to open the door to silence everyone, and another yelled that he missed Boss Shang, he missed Boss Shang to death.
The second grandma saw this magnificent scene from a distance through the car window, and immediately regretted it. All the men she had met in her life did not add up to the number she saw at this moment! It's so frustrating to watch! Can't imagine how to pass through this place of monsters and monsters later, and enter Shang Xirui's goblin cave. Feeling even more bored, he frowned, sweating profusely all over his body, and took a sandalwood fan to blow a few strands of wind over his face. The fourth aunt also felt a headache: "Old Ge, this..."
Lao Ge said: "Two ladies, wait a moment, I'll find someone to arrange it." He stretched out half of his body, called the waiter at the entrance of the theater, and said, "Go and tell Manager Gu that our second grandma and fourth wife are here. Send someone to pick it up at the east gate." The waiter nodded and went, Lao Ge turned his car around to the back alley, turned around and said with a smile, "There are several gates in this theater, let's not squeeze through the main gate."
Second Mistress said without showing any signs of expression: "In the past two years, you have followed Second Master in Beiping, and you have seen a lot in the world. It is very clear how many gates there are in the theater."
The second mistress doesn't talk too much with her servants easily, she must have something to say, and there is something to point to in it, women from old-style big families, some men who are out of society can't match them in some psychological skills, unlike Cheng Fengtai Yes, I am so happy that there are two loads of nonsense in the world, and each sentence is not next to each other. Lao Ge was about to break out in a cold sweat, he smiled stiffly and didn't dare to take a breath, he thought to himself that these two aunts and grandmothers really came to make a rabbit's nest today, why did the second master let them come! The young master inside is not easy to provoke, whoever collides with the other, in the end it is the second master who suffers, and I am unlucky! Right now, I have to take care of things for the second master! Can't answer nonsense! But then Second Mistress didn't say anything, she wasn't stupid enough to ask Lao Ge about Cheng Fengtai's absurdity, even if Lao Ge was willing to report it, she still couldn't ask it out! On the short way around the east gate, she used the fourth aunt's powder mirror to apply some powder on her nose and chin, and wiped away the melted rouge at the corners of her mouth. The fourth aunt had never seen her dress up so carefully, and she even seemed a little nervous.
When Manager Gu heard that Cheng Fengtai's wife was coming, he put down the corners of the backstage and the dignitaries in the seats to greet them in person. The maids and old ladies guarded the two wives on both sides. The mighty group of brocades, satins and emeralds, Manager Gu led the way at the front. The shopkeepers in the hotel and theater business are best at familiarizing themselves with themselves. Manager Gu smiled eagerly and said, "Second Grandma, you are a rare visitor and have a real eye for it! I don't see you on weekdays, but today I came here to catch a big show! This is how you really understand theatre! Coincidentally, I kept Second Master Cheng's box untouched, and I won't let anyone move it! Come and have a look, this place is absolutely perfect!"
Second Mistress tilted her head and said with a smile: "Our Second Master sounds good to me, and there is a special box here!" I don't know if she said it to the Fourth Concubine or to Gu What the manager said.
From the side, Lao Ge went straight at Manager Gu to kill chickens and wipe his neck, his eyes popped out of his sockets. Manager Gu serves actors and nobles, what a clever and clever person. Actors have the most narrow minds, they are often petty, they often have to compete, and they are not smart enough; the nobles are the most tempered, and they must pay attention to face, and they don't know how to look down and wink. At this time, seeing Lao Ge's expression, he instantly understood the purpose of Second Grandma's trip, he felt a sudden shock in his heart, but his expression did not move. He opened the chair for Second Grandma, bowed slightly and smiled and said, "It's not that I buried Second Grandpa, The second master doesn’t know how to play! This is because he has shares in the theater, and he came forward to replace Fan Erye’s box last year.” Lao Ge hurriedly glanced at Fan Lian’s side, and there was no one who knew which family’s old lady was sitting inside, Fan Lianzhun He had to bear the pain to give up his love and use the box as a favor, otherwise Manager Gu would not dare to take it and say, he is really clever! The witty manager Gu said again: "It's a rare day today, I'm here to honor the two wives. First, I'll serve you eight treasures dish of preserved fruit, plum mint tea, don't you think it's okay? Our plums are salted, which is especially refreshing to relieve the heat. , I can’t eat it anywhere else.” After finishing, he poured tea for the fruit plate with his own hands. Second Mistress was a little annoyed by Manager Gu's filial piety, which prevented her from gossiping with Fourth Concubine, and dismissed him after a few polite words with him. Manager Gu said that he was always on call and dedicated himself. As soon as he turned around, he asked the tea boy to keep an eye on the table. Whenever he wanted to get up, he first came to inform him, and then ran to the backstage. At the beginning, the relationship between the third grandma Yuan and Yu Qing made people have lingering fears, the identity of the second grandma was incomparable to that of the third grandma Yuan, a concubine, and Shang Xirui's donkey temper was incomparable to Yu Qing, a scholar. If Second Mistress is in trouble, Shang Xirui can really fight her with a fist and a kick! At the beginning, no one dared to fight the third grandma Yuan, wasn't he the one who caught and held people down because of his cruelty! Even if you don't do it, it's ugly enough to scold.
The second grandma thought about not coming early, but she came early anyway. On the stage, Cao Cao and the others were fighting with their faces, and it was not yet Shang Xirui's turn for Zou to appear. This time, all the dan roles are from Shuiyun Tower, and there are several female dans in the backstage, including Yuan Lan and Shijiu, who have already dressed up and chatted. Manager Gu ran in with a panicked expression, and was meeting Xiao Lai face to face, Xiao Lai let out a sigh, and the pot of hot tea in his hand almost splashed him all over, Manager Gu didn't reason, he just stretched his neck to find Boss Shang, Yuan Lan grabbed him tightly: "The class leader is silently playing! You startle him, beware of his losing his temper!"
Manager Gu looked intently, and sure enough, he saw Shang Xirui flicking his handkerchief against a full-length mirror in the corner, he flicked it twice, his feet trembled a couple of steps, causing the hairpin on his head to flicker, and suddenly he stood upright in front of the mirror again , stood still. It was as if there was a female ghost in the mirror, sometimes jumping out to attach himself to him, and sometimes returning to the mirror to confront him silently. At this time, whoever wants to call him, he will definitely turn his head and slap the brains out. Manager Gu didn't have the guts, he just thought that the senior sister in front of him was someone who could make up his mind, so he quickly grabbed Yuan Lan's shoulders and pushed her into a chair, then said in a low voice, "I know who's here today!" Here we come! Second Master Cheng's wife is here! With her fourth concubine and a group of old women!"
Yuan Lan was stunned for a moment, and exchanged glances with Nineteen, then smiled and said, "Come here! Is Second Master Cheng here yet? I'll go and see!" Famous, he is not afraid of his wife.
Manager Gu pushed Yuan Lan down again: "Hey, my little aunt! Did you forget that Boss Yu came out? This is going to be a fight with my back office!"
Yuan Lan showed a nonchalant smile full of sarcasm, her nineteen eyes rolled playfully, and Lan Hua pointed to the tip of Manager Gu's nose: "Then you can hide again! You can hide for eighteen years and never return! Don't let us Get into a fight and break your bastard!" Manager Gu was ashamed and flustered, but judging by their attitudes, they couldn't be bothered. Yuan Lan nineteen turned her head and raised the curtain to peek at Second Mistress, and Xiao Lai followed behind to take a sneak peek, and saw two dignified and elegant wives sitting in Cheng Fengtai's box, There are a large number of slaves and maidservants serving on the left and right, and they have the ostentation of the palace Fujin. I thought to myself that this is not like looking for bad luck, but rather to show off.
Nineteen's eyes were on the jewelry worn by the two wives, but the seat was rather dark, and it was not very clear. I saw some diamonds shining from the earrings of the fourth aunt's neckline. The tall and thin woman was wearing a tight skirt She wore a short-sleeved cheongsam, and her short, ear-length hair was curled. Generally based on the guesswork of temperament and attire, everyone thought that the fourth concubine should be Cheng Fengtai's wife at a glance, but if the one next to her was the fourth concubine, a widow, it seemed, shouldn't be dressed so festively. It is inevitable to argue a few words. Manager Gu shook his shoulders and said, "Hey, stop talking nonsense, Second Grandma Cheng, it's the one in red." It was as if she had mastered a secret proudly.
The actresses were indeed in an uproar, repeatedly saying that they never expected Cheng Fengtai's wife to look like this. It's not that the Second Mistress is not beautiful enough or that she is not good enough for Cheng Fengtai, anyway, it's just that it's inappropriate and unexpected, like two people who came out of two stories. up. Rather than saying that Cheng Fengtai married a Western-style slut with bare arms and legs, it is more convincing than this lady from the previous dynasty. Those who knew the details of Cheng's family would tell Cheng Fengtai's story in general at this time, and the male actors couldn't help listening to them, feeling very yearning for the half of the country brought by the second grandma's marriage. The actresses believed that with Cheng Fengtai's personality and style, they must not be compatible with this style of wife, eager to try and give birth to the idea of hooking up with Cheng Fengtai, saying that he must have a second wife outside, and a woman who is "suitable" for him, Otherwise, it is simply "a pity". Yuan Lan never said a word, but at this moment her eyes widened, and before she could speak to stop her, Li Qiaosong passed through the gossip of the group of them with a huqin in hand. The next scene is Zou's spring grievances, Shang Xirui appoints his huqin. His huqin has already matched Shang Xirui's voice perfectly, and within a month, Shang Xirui can't leave him anymore, although he didn't praise him in person, he told Cheng Fengtai behind his back : In the past, I thought that whichever huqin played well could be used, and I was willing to try the different flavors of each huqin. With Xiaosongzi, I feel that it is very reasonable for Old Hou Jiulang and the others to order a huqin and serve it for decades.
Li Qiaosong followed Shang Xirui. Shang Xirui was already deep into the play at this time, raising his hands, frowning and smiling is quite a woman's habit, he is walking on stilts today, his spine is straightened, he is a head taller than Yang Baoli, staring down from the tip of his eyes The players took a look. Even his eyes have changed, and he has a woman's breath, indescribably charming and charming, with a thousand words in his mouth, like anger and anger, making people feel itchy all over, and want to be scolded and rolled up by him It's comfortable to twist the sleeves for a meal. The female actress who wanted to be Cheng Fengtai's second wife just now had an epiphany at this moment, fearing that Shang Xirui would be jealous and slap her, she silently took a small step back, the other actors also held their breath for her, Manager Gu muttered the most , I said in my heart that I don't need to wait for the second grandma to do it, I should fight first!
Shang Xirui walked among the actors and stopped, put his shoulders on Yang Baoli's shoulders, stomped his feet to the ground, stomped the stilts firmly, then took out the handkerchief from his skirt and flicked it, wiped the fine sweat from the tip of his nose and throat Cough. Standing straight for a while without looking sideways, when the huqin sounded, he went to the stage with his waist swayed! He was so absorbed that he didn't hear what they were chattering about.
Mrs. Zou came to the stage, wearing a black costume, with a marigold pattern made of large rhinestones on the hem of the skirt, against the black background, so it was particularly bright, even when she was motionless, it was dazzling, her footsteps Flick it up, and the whole audience will be watching him. Shang Xirui's costumes have always been extravagant, extravagant, no matter how exquisite they are. And Zou Shi floated onto the stage with great demeanor, and before he even had to open his mouth, the people below went crazy, and those who applauded lost their fortunes, and some couldn't help shouting a few words of sweetheart, eating tofu for a good time. Seeing Shang Xirui's play, I feel that his posture is more graceful today than in the past, and he is still singing such a coquettish character, which makes people's hearts sick.
Second Mistress frowned immediately.
Lao Ge stood behind the two wives, and couldn't see the expression of the second mistress, but he felt that she would not like this, and secretly sucked his teeth.
Zou was young and widowed, lonely, unspeakable, Shang Xirui stepped on stilts and took small steps, it was the wind swinging the lotus leaves, the rain hitting the golden branches, stood still, took off a blue chrysanthemum flower on his temples and pinched it on his slender fingers Jian watched and stroked for a while, and opened his mouth to sing two lines of opera: -In the late spring, Ri Zhengchang was restless, sick, lazy and lack of energy in dressing up. Su Luowei talked about loneliness and thin waistline, living up to her good years and wasting her life.
After singing, he let out a long sigh reluctantly, and inserted Suju back into his hair, annoyed that this temple flower forcibly delayed the good color of rouge on his face.
The fourth aunt shook her body uncomfortably, unable to sit still.
Second Mistress turned her head and said with a smile: "You look so handsome, she's even more feminine than our women!" She especially noticed the big radiant diamond ring on Shang Xirui's hand: "This skin is fine enough "The fourth aunt answered yes and forced a smile.
Sitting on a chair, Zou sat on the chair without twiddling the strings or unfolding the book, facing the audience, beat and kneaded his arms and shoulders along with the strings. Playing the sound of Huqin, directly expresses Zou's inner desire, and deduces his tenderness. Zou sits alone in the room and has no one to seduce; while Shang Xirui sits on the stage, the thousand or eight hundred people in the audience are his targets, every bone in his body is full of spring, every look in his eyes They are all dripping with honey, and they don't need to open their mouths to make the sound of warblers. Every claw and scratch scratches the hearts of the men in the audience, changing the tone of their applause. Thinking of Jiaoniang, she wished she could jump on the stage and rub him, which would immediately relieve him of his loneliness.
Second Mistress also felt it, and tightened her two willow eyebrows again, she didn't believe what Cheng Meixin said about Shang Xirui, because she knew that they had deep conflicts, but now she believed it 100% of the time, she turned her head and whispered to Fourth Aunt : "This is a widow! What kind of widow is this? Do widows live like this at night?"
The second grandmother lived in the inner house for a long time, with many women, many thoughts, and many disputes. She has always been very careful when she speaks. Today, I probably came here with a feeling of resentment, and I left the house again, with a different mood and a lot more openness to talk, and I didn't take into account that my fourth concubine is also a widow. Fourth Concubine, as an anxious widow with ghosts in her heart at the moment, is not sure whether Second Mistress came to see Shang Xirui, or came to spy on her after knowing her secret, or killed two birds with one stone at all.
After rubbing her arms, Mrs. Zou noticed at a glance that the shoes on her feet were stained with dust, so she raised her legs and lifted a corner of her skirt, revealing a pair of three-inch golden lotuses in full view. He even made the uppers of the shoes so gold and embroidered with silver, they are very eye-catching. Someone in the seat gave a long "Yo", and then someone blew a whistle. The little feet of old-fashioned women are also a secret place, and they are never willing to show others. Because it has a sense of mystery, it looks exciting. Of course it is impossible for Shang Xirui to bind a pair of small feet, this is the "swinging skills" of their actors. When he was learning to walk on stilts, it was already too late. He tied the stilts to his feet for three months in a heartless manner. I can't walk anymore. Li Qiaosong played the huqin very playfully in this section. Zou kept time with her, raised her toes high, and brushed the uppers of the two shoes one by one with a handkerchief in a beautiful posture, until it was spotless, before nodding in satisfaction. The female seats below couldn't help admiring, because this is exactly what they do and see every day, being brought to the stage by Shang Xirui to perform it vividly, one can't help but smile knowingly with a shy face, and don't Knowing where this Shang Xirui learned it from, it's really nuanced, it's like someone who lurks by their side day and night.
Second Mistress shrank her feet unconsciously, thinking that Cheng Fengtai had the face to despise her for having small feet back then, since he detested her, what does this one on stage mean? This ostentatious, isn't it a pair of smaller feet
The fourth concubine saw that the second grandma was in a bad mood, so she couldn't help staring at her for a while. The Second Mistress seemed to be aware of her thoughts, and she turned into anger and made a decisive comment on Shang Xirui: "I want no one in the rap opera to be decent, and my aunt must laugh at me for being pedantic. Take a closer look today, and the other opera actors are not Dare to say, this Zou family on the stage is definitely not serious."
The fourth aunt forced a smile and said softly, "Second Grandma, this is a play!"
Second Mistress looked at the stage and said, "Even if it's a play, he played such a coquettish Zou so vividly, where can he be serious? Can a decent person perform like him? It takes a lot of money." , to be able to resemble. Probably Qi is just such a person, not much difference!"
Lao Ge listened behind him, beating his chest and feet for Shang Xirui in his heart.
The fourth aunt couldn't help but say a few fair words: "It's not true. It's good work to act what you look like. The second grandma has never seen a movie played by Ruan Lingyu. She is a decent girl, and she can also play a prostitute." Very similar."
Second Mistress didn't answer, but took a sip of tea, wondering why Fourth Aunt suddenly contradicted her today. Seeing her silence, the fourth aunt realized that she had sung the wrong tune, so she also took a sip of tea and swallowed the rest of the just words.
After that, Zou's scaring the rats won a lot of applause, but the second grandma was not interested anymore. Not only was she not interested, but she looked disgusted. When Zou and Cao Cao faced each other on the street, they flirted with each other, making her think of all kinds of rumors between Shang Xirui and Cheng Fengtai, thinking of Shang Xirui's seduction of Cheng Fengtai, did they also follow each other when they first met? As in the performance on stage, one who is unrestrained and full of love, and one who is confused and greedy, thinking about it this way, I immediately feel that the performance on stage is extremely unsightly. Originally, girls from good families had the intention of killing sluts who lost their virginity, not to mention the same plot on and off the stage, and Cheng Feng's entanglement of flirtatiousness came to the fore. The fourth aunt and wife just said: "Come on, let's go back." The tea boy who was being served immediately let go of his feet and ran to the backstage when he heard it. Manager Gu immediately let go of his feet and ran to the box.
With the help of the maid, the second mistress had already stood up and was about to leave. When she saw Manager Gu, she nodded to an old lady next to her. Two or three hundred yuan. Second Mistress would never lose her place in this kind of theater-watching rules. Manager Gu thanked Jiao'er respectfully, and was about to go on, when Second Mistress suddenly raised her hand and slowly picked off the silk flower inlaid with Dadongzhu from her hair, and placed it on several rolls of ocean. A dark red sandalwood color, which can best set off the beauty of rouge. The Second Mistress glanced back at the beauty on the stage, smiled at Manager Gu, and said, "You have to make it clear, this is the Second Mistress Cheng, who gave it to Mrs. Zou." Then she went downstairs surrounded by slaves without looking back. up.
Manager Gu was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the meaning of this sentence: Second Mistress didn't move her hands or feet, and lightly slapped her mouth with a muffled sound! The fourth aunt swallowed and spit, feeling a little flustered. Lao Ge only thought that the Second Mistress was really good at hiding needles in the cotton, she was good at knowing how to advance and how to retreat, Boss Shang was hard to find an opponent on the stage, and with Second Mistress, I am afraid that he would not be able to live for a lifetime with the Second Mistress.