Republic of China small businessman

On the day Shang Yulou arrived, Nanfang happened to have the first snowfall.

Shang Yulou took the theater troupe and took two carts, and arrived at Nanfang District in the early morning. The cold wind was blowing snowflakes, and the tip of Boss Shang's nose was flushed. Frozen red.

"Everyone, long time no see, long time no see!"

"Boss Shang's demeanor is still the same!"

After a few words of humility from both sides, they entered the theater.

Bai Hongqi has booked the venue, and even arranged for the people in the Shangyulou troupe. She has been running Nanfang for many years, and there are mixed people here. Miss Bai has always been considerate in doing these things.

Every time Shang Yulou performed in a place, except for the box office and the newspaper office, the most important thing was to bring a Bodhisattva and a small incense burner with him, and lead the troupe to change clothes and burn incense. Be sure.It's just that when burning incense today, Shang Yulou's right eye twitched several times in succession, feeling a little flustered inexplicably.

Xie Jing went to give him a stack of white towels, Shang Yulou was hooking his face, and saw him through the mirror, stood up to pick up his face after drawing half of it, and said with a smile: "Thank you, steward, why did you send it?" ? Sit down, sit down!"

Xie Jing changed not only his appearance this year, but also grew taller. Standing in front of Shang Yulou, he was a little taller than him, and he was no longer the half-grown child he was before.

He put down the white towel and was very polite to Shang Yulou: "Boss Shang is out, just give me a little thank you as before."

Shang Yulou followed the good advice, changed his address, and ordered people to hand out the white towels.

Xie Jing was curious: "It's not cold in winter, do you need so many white towels?" Even martial arts students don't necessarily sweat profusely after a game in winter, and need so many towels to wipe their sweat.

Shang Yulou shyly said: "I'm ashamed to say that Shang has been a little tight lately. The collar of this costume is full of silk and satin. It gets dirty after only one or two uses. It's a lot of expenses this year. I I just thought that what I see in the audience is a touch of white anyway, so it’s just right to wrap it with this white towel.” As he spoke, he folded the white towel and wrapped it around his collar, it was really brand new and white, let alone There is nothing wrong with looking at it from a distance or up close.

The corners of Xie Jing's lips moved, hiding the smile.

Boss Shang is an iron rooster, and his stingy temperament has been the same for several years and has never changed.

The costume collar made of a piece of white silk is not resistant to dirt and is delicate, and it is easy to turn yellow after a long time, and it will be scrapped after a few times, and the price is not cheap. It's different, it's the cheapest material, and it also absorbs sweat. Every rickshaw driver on the roadside wears one around his neck, and it costs a dime a pair.

And even if it is not white after a few times, it can also be used as a rag to wipe objects, which is really a cost-effective business.

Shang Yulou was delighted to wear a "towel collar", talked with Xie Jing for a while, and then went to smirk again.

Xie Jing didn't come here just to see him. After delivering the things, his eyes turned around in the troupe, and soon fell on a few half-sized boys not far away.

Those people looked at their early teens, put on monkey makeup, all painted a monkey face upside down, and were leaning against the wall to practice basic skills. When they saw Xie Jing looking over, their eyes lit up. .

Xie Jing approached, looked around at them, looked at the one at the beginning and asked, "Xiaotang?"

The boy grinned and nodded vigorously!

The group of middle-aged and middle-aged people practicing here have grown up a lot compared to four years ago. Although they can't see who is who for a while after putting on makeup, it is not difficult to recognize from their enthusiasm that it was Bai Mingyu at the beginning. Rescue the children who were sent to Shangyulou Troupe by Xie Jing who personally arranged a performance of "White Ape Offers His Birthday".

Xie Jing counted them with her eyes, and it was rare for Xiaotang to take care of them. There were 11 people, but none of them was a lot.

Xie Jing took out a purse from her arms and gave it to the boy in charge. With a rare smile in his eyes, he said in a low voice, "Yes, I brought it for you, eat it."

Xiao Tang put away the purse, moved the tip of her nose, smelled the sweet smell mixed with the fragrance of tangerine peel, opened it, and saw a purse full of medicinal candies, colorful, one looked at it and got appetite.They sang operas, and they were particular about what they ate. They had been strictly restrained since they were young, and the only candies they could eat were occasionally a few medicinal candies. Here they brought mint and boiled arhat juice on their heads, which can nourish their throats.

Xiao Tang wanted to stand up and talk to Xie Jing, but before he got up, Xie Jing put his hand on his shoulder with a little force: "Practice you, I'll just take a look, see that you are all well, and there is nothing wrong. Go first."

The young men were reluctant to part, but they all listened to Xie Jing's words and nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, Shangyulou came on stage.

The people invited by the theater will come here, so they already know it. They are all good people, and they don't want to offend the Bai family easily. , The right is to spend money to make friends, eat wine for a while, eat wine, listen to operas, and the host and guest have a good time.

Shang Yulou sang twice in a row, winning a lot of applause.

When the lights came on, the banquet was at its busiest.

With the final half remaining, there was an accident backstage.

Originally, he was going to sing "Havoc in Heaven", but a samurai in the background accidentally sprained his foot.

Among all the fighting scenes, the monkey show is the most difficult, and it also depends on the real skills. Don't mention the injured foot, even if it is intact, you have to be careful at all times. When Wu Xing came to take over, there was only half of the finishing touches left. If the business of the master was ruined, their troupe's reputation would also be ruined.

Shang Yulou turned around in a hurry, and after many calculations, there was always one person missing.

However, there is still a quarter of an hour to go on stage, even if there is a big change, it is too late.

Shang Yulou gritted his teeth, and could only send someone to find someone from the Bai family, planning to sing one more time by himself, and replaced the repertoire.

Xie Jing heard the news and rushed to the backstage, Shang Yulou saw him very ashamed, and bowed to salute: "Xiao Xie, I'm really sorry, I don't have enough people here, just now a child hurt his foot and can't be on stage, why don't I go up and sing again?" Back? Of course, this is my theater troupe’s mistake, it should be done twice, it’s all up to the master.”

If it was arranged by Bai Hongqi, that's fine, but this play was ordered by an old shopkeeper in the audience, and it's already halfway through, so it's hard to change it.

A person beside Xie Jing asked: "Change him to a role that doesn't matter, and just follow him for two steps?"

Shang Yulou smiled wryly: "If you want to go up hard, you can do it, I'm afraid your legs will be useless after you get down."

Xie Jing went over and squatted down to take a look. The boy with a sprained leg was surrounded by Xiao Tang and others. When they saw Xie Jing coming over to make room, Xiao Tang whispered quickly next to Xie Jing: "Someone wiped the ground on the stairs. He is tall, so he picked up the two of us at the bottom..." He is still young and can't hide his emotions, and he has a nasal voice at the end, seeing Shang Yulou coming over and lowering his voice Said: "The head teacher won't let me speak."

Shang Yulou is a theater idiot, he has strict requirements on the theater and the theater troupe, if something happens to the theater troupe, this person will not blame the master, and he still wants to find a way to make up for it, or he wants to go on stage by himself.

Xie Jing heard that his voice was hoarse, and knew that he was rushing on the road, singing two shows today was his limit, and he was going to hurt his throat no matter how tired he was, so he shook his head and refused.

He pondered for a moment, then said: "Find someone who just does somersaults and doesn't sing, I'll go."

Shang Yulou was stunned for a moment, then said pleasantly, "Are you willing to go?"

Xie Jing nodded.

Shang Yulou immediately re-arranged, turned to Xie Jing and said, "Xiao Xie, what else do you want?"

Xie Jing thought for a while and said, "Find me a handy weapon, something stronger."

Shang Yulou: "Huh?"

At the reception, at the banquet.

The gongs and drums sounded once, but no one appeared on the stage, which aroused a lot of discussion among the subordinates. The people sitting in the back row didn't know which one it was, and even whistled to urge people to come out.

Sweat broke out on the forehead of the luthier in front, and the gongs and drums sounded again. This time, Jiaoer made his debut.

Just as soon as he appeared, he was booed head-on.

Shang Yulou peeked through the curtain, opened a gap, and his eyes quickly fell on the last row, where it was so dark that he couldn't see who was sitting there for a moment.He has been in the arts for many years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a thing. While frowning, he whispered to other people in the troupe to be extra careful, but before he finished speaking, he heard another boo immediately ahead.

Shang Yulou didn't think well, someone deliberately made trouble today.

The more you worry about something, the more you will come.

A teapot was thrown from under the stage, and it was aimed at the face of "Monkey King" who was speaking the lyrics.

There was another burst of laughter in the back row, someone stood up, pointed at the stage with sleeves rolled up in black silk and shouted: "Look, it's nothing more than that! This show that the Bai family invites everyone to watch is nothing more than that!"

There was such a teapot who took the lead, and then threw other things, some fell on the stage, and some hit the tables of the banquet guests in the front row, which startled the guests, and many of them hurried to leave, but when they reached the door , but the road was blocked and he was not allowed to go out.

The people in the back row came forward, the leader was a man in his thirties, dressed in a black satin brocade robe, with a pale face and sinister eyes.He stared at the stage, and was yelling while turning the jade wrench in his hand. He yelled, and the dozen black-clothed thugs behind him also yelled, but the voices were uneven, and there were whistlers. Deliberately booing.

After they made a fuss, the rest of the guests didn't dare to sit any longer, their foreheads were sweating, and they looked around and whispered to the Bai family: "I, I suddenly remembered that there are some things at home, and I really can't delay, how about I Go back first? We will hold a banquet another day, and invite Shopkeeper Bai back."

The companions of the Bai family also saw that someone was causing trouble, and quickly asked the guards to send the other party away.

On the way, he was stopped by a group of thugs, and the man walking in front said: "Every shopkeeper, why are you panicking? Listen for a while, the best show is yet to come."

Some of the guests recognized that they were dressed as gangsters, and they didn't want to cause trouble, so they cupped their hands and said, "My good man, we're just here for a meal and a show, why don't you let us go back?"

The man in black seemed very satisfied with his timid appearance, and laughed a few times in a good mood.

When he didn't speak, the thugs behind him wouldn't let him go. They were uniformly dressed, and they were also well-built.

The man in black coughed and said something in a low voice. The thug behind him grabbed a teapot on the table next to him and threw it onto the stage again!

This time, a person dressed as a fairy on the stage hit him backhand with a stick in his hand, and the teapot fell to the opponent's feet, splashing hot water on the shoe of the man in black.

The man in black had a bad complexion and cursed, "You're courting death!"

Two thugs behind him jumped onto the stage, kicked down the desk chairs on the stage, and cursed: "I think you stinky opera singers are getting impatient—" Before he finished speaking, he was caught by "" "Xianjun" chopped a stick head-on, and rolled around on the ground with a wail.The martial artist who hit people was painted, he looked handsome and sharp, his imposing figure was very eye-catching, with an arrogance that didn't take the opponent seriously, he kicked and kicked one, and didn't wait for the audience to react, he didn't say a word, Lifting the hem of the clothes to the waist, and holding a eyebrow-level stick, he jumped off the stage with a stride, and went straight to the troublemaker.

Catch the thief first to catch the king.

Hit, just hit the one who takes the lead and shouts the loudest!

As soon as Xie Jing went, the martial arts students on the stage were also unambiguous, especially Xiaotang and others, who were half-sized and strong, also started to fuck, and jumped off the stage together with Xie Jing to entangle with the opponent's gang of thugs. fight.

There were more than a dozen people on both sides, and Xie Jing's side could hit three or five. The stick in his hand was steady and ruthless, and he specially beat the dog's legs, sweeping a piece.

He started here, and Bai Mingyu followed suit. He had brought two guards by his side all year round, and he only dressed up as a servant at the banquet.

Those hooligans were not opponents, they were beaten up screaming, and the man in black was beaten seven or eight times by Xie Jing. He rolled on the ground in embarrassment and couldn't hide. Xie Jing quickly hit his chest with a sap, almost spitting out blood, then picked up the gun in the opponent's arms and swept it aside, shouting: "Bai Er, go on—!"

The incident happened suddenly, but Bai Mingyu cooperated tacitly with him, stepped on the pistol and picked it up.

"Do you know who I am?! You dare to treat people from the Azure Dragon Society like this. Be careful that I will make you unable to eat. Don't think that there are only a few of us here," the man in black coughed up blood again, bitterly Said: "To tell you the truth, the head of the family has said that whoever dares to do things for the Bai family today will cut off his two legs!"

Xie Jing stepped on his head and rolled it to the floor, raising his eyebrows and sneering: "Go back and tell you Master, if he dares to touch the Bai family, I will goug his eyes first!"

The man in black was in pain and fear. He had never seen such a ruthless person, and he was a little scared for a while.

Although Xie Jing said harsh words, he also paid attention to what this man said. The venue was almost over when he suddenly heard a sound from the theater door.

The door opened, and a group of people walked in.

Seeing a few men in black clothes, Xie Jing's heart skipped a beat, followed by seeing those people panicked, with their hands raised to their ears, followed by men holding rifles and wearing uniforms, black holes The barrels of the guns were unceremoniously placed on the back of their heads.

This group of people was quickly controlled by the wall, and a group of soldiers walked in behind them. The people surrounded by them did not wear military uniforms, but only wore a snow-blue mink fur cloak. They were extremely tall and walked slowly. But firm, he coughed and said: "Sorry, the reception at the banquet was not good today, the outside has been cleaned up, you can leave on your own, and Bai will post another day, please show your appreciation."

He ordered the rest of the guests to be escorted away, and the black-clothed thugs outside the door and those under control inside were tied up together and escorted away by the guards behind them.

The theater was immediately cleaned up, except for the overturned tables and chairs, and the water stains on the tiles scattered all over the floor.

Bai Mingyu stood there and bowed to greet Master Jiu.

The people in the theatrical troupe went backstage, Xie Jing just wanted to follow along, when he heard Master Jiu whisper not far away: "Jing'er stay here."

Xie Jing didn't move, just stood there, bowed her head and said nothing.

The footsteps approached slowly, and the familiar boots appeared in front of his eyes. Xie Jing's palms were sweating, and his throat felt tight for some reason.

Master Jiu stood in front of him, lifted his chin with his hand, and looked at him carefully for a while.

After watching for too long, Xie Jing couldn't help raising his eyes to look at the other person quickly, his eyes collided, and his heart beat faster.

Master Jiu rubbed his chin lightly with his thumb, and suddenly smiled and said, "Why, I haven't seen you for a year, don't you recognize me?"

Xie Jing was dressed in a white costume, the waist was not enough to grasp, the makeup on his face was painted by Shang Yulou, because he was just an inconspicuous little fairy, he didn't put too much ink on it, only a smear of red on the corners of his eyes.Xie Jing's appearance is too eye-catching, even so, he is the most handsome fairy in the audience, if it wasn't for the sudden fight on the stage, I'm afraid he would have won a lot of applause. His eyes were watery, and he didn't have the slightest aura of fighting just now, but he looked very obedient.