The years when I was Captain Jin

Chapter 240

All of these have cast a veil of mystery on the village in front of me.

I have a strong intuition that if I want to unlock the secrets of the village, I need to know why the lips of these villagers turn blood red?

So I asked Fatty, even if it's a dead man show, actors and actors put on makeup, how can the whole village, men, women and children put on lipstick and transform themselves into such men and women?
But the fat man shook his head and said, "The dead man's play that Fat Master mentioned is not a play sung at funerals, but a play of injustice."

"Shame, what kind of drama? Brother Yuanchao, have you heard of it?" I turned my suspicious eyes to Wang Yuanchao.

Wang Yuanchao also said he did not know.

Seeing us questioning again and again, the fat man finally told about a strange thing that happened to his grandfather that year!

It turned out that after liberation, people had very few ways of entertainment, there were no movies, TV dramas, or concerts, so everyone from the rich to the rural people liked to squint their eyes and listen to the show.

In their view, listening to a good show is a day like a fairy.

At that time, there were two kinds of operas, one was Yin opera and the other was Yang opera.

As the name suggests, Yang opera is sung for living people, while Yin opera is sung for ghosts.In the past, people would invite opera troupes to come to the village to set up a stage to sing operas during festivals. Two kinds of operas were sung behind the stage. Because the folks generally believe that Yin opera can calm the resentment of ghosts and play a role in exorcising evil spirits.

Once those lonely ghosts are happy to hear it, they won't come out to harm others.

Therefore, the gentlemen who sang shady operas in those days were still very popular, comparable to the current Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung.

Fatty's grandfather was a playboy back then, because Fatty's grandfather was fat and had a loud voice, and he had his own stereo for everything he sang, so he was given the nickname: Trumpet Fat.

The fat grandfather has shown an amazing talent in yin dramas, and he can sing all the unique skills that are under the box, such as "Baogong Sleeping on a Yin and Yang Pillow" and "Zhong Kui Marries a Sister".Later, when his grandfather became famous, he felt that singing yin operas would easily attract some unclean things, so he stopped singing yin operas and changed to yang operas.

But the good times didn't last long. One day, a wealthy businessman came and gave the fat grandfather 500 yuan, begging him to sing a stage opera.

At that time, the 500 yuan was a lot of money, which was worth half a year's income of the fat man's grandfather. After all, the national average monthly salary was only more than 30 yuan, and a catty of meat was only [-] cents.

The fat grandfather was overjoyed immediately, and took his two apprentices with him, but only after arriving at the place did he realize that what the rich businessman invited him to sing was a trick to attract ghosts!

This kind of play is not something that can be sung casually, if it is not done well, people will die, so the fat grandpa was ready to pack up his things and leave.But the rich businessman lost another 500 yuan, and said that if he didn't sing, he would be sued for feudal superstition, so he had no choice but to sing on stage.

It is said to be on the stage, but it is actually standing on a bridge on the river.

Fatty's grandfather is proficient in yin opera, so of course he knows that water is yin, and singing on the surface of the water is easier to attract ghosts than standing on other places!Moreover, it is surrounded by mountains on all sides. Looking up, it is all dark, as if there is a layer of black mist covering the entire mountain.

It stands to reason that it was only in the afternoon, and the sky still had the sun, so it was not so dark at all.But I don't know what's going on, everyone's eyes are pitch-black, and no light can penetrate.

Fatty grandpa has sung for so many years, and has never seen such a terrible weather, but the rich businessman is watching from below, so fat grandpa had no choice but to bite the bullet.

He took a sip of chrysanthemum tea first, preparing to clear his throat and frighten the lonely ghosts in this place.

After all, people are afraid of ghosts for three points, and ghosts are afraid of people seven points.

The favorite thing Fatty Wang watched was "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He knew that there was an allusion in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which said that Zhang Fei's roar on the Changban slope scared off Cao Cao's million-strong army.That's why there is such a saying in wild history as "the sound is like a bell".

So the fat grandfather also imitated Zhang Fei's roar and brightened his throat.Strange to say, the fat grandpa had just finished yelling, and the dark sky slowly parted like a clear sky after rain, and the sun immediately shone in.

The fat grandfather and his two apprentices were overjoyed, put on their costumes quickly, and sang several dirty plays in succession.Seeing that the play had been sung and night had fallen, the three of them were ready to take off their makeup and go home.

Unexpectedly, the rich businessman's face was displeased, and he insisted that the fat grandfather didn't sing all the songs, and he was allowed to leave after singing a few more plays.

The fat grandpa can only say: "What's missing, tell me!"

In fact, the fat grandfather looked down on this rich businessman. It is said that this rich businessman is a descendant of the Manchu nobles, who like to bully the common people for generations.But the strange thing is that this rich businessman not only did not fall down, but lived a more nourishing life. He ate meat every day at home, bought the best furniture, slept with his arms around the young girl every night, and did not work every day. Go out for a business trip every month, and the money in your pocket seems to never run out.

The fat grandfather thought that this second generation ancestor could understand some dirty tricks, so he was going to watch his jokes.

But what he never expected was that the wealthy businessman actually called out the play title "Dream of Xishu"!
Fatty Grandpa knows this play, and it tells the story of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei who died one after another in the late Three Kingdoms period, and continued the story of being righteous in Taoyuan in the underworld.The fat grandfather seldom sang this play, it’s not that he can’t sing, it’s too evil, because there were five masters who sang this play, one of them hanged himself, and the other cut open his own body with scissors Belly, and the last three have also become crazy, and since then the saying that "A Dream of West Shu" will attract ghosts has spread like wildfire.

However, at this moment, it was hard to get off the tiger, so the fat grandfather had no choice but to continue singing.

The rich businessman didn't give up, he insisted on asking the fat grandfather to put on a ghost mask and sing again.That ghost mask was made like a paper human face, with blood red lips, and one glance at it in the middle of the night would make people panic.

Fatty grandfather thought it might be that this place has a unique tradition of shady drama, so he didn't say much.

And his apprentices, as well as the music masters who played the trumpet and played the erhu, were all forced to wear ghost masks.

This "Dream of West Shu" is a big drama. The fat grandfather went from Guan Yu's defeat to Maicheng, to Zhang Fei's assassination, and finally to Liu Bei Baidi City to entrust his orphans, and his singing voice became hoarse.

But I have to say that the fat man's grandfather is very capable. He sang for a whole night without even drinking a sip of tea, and won the applause of the whole house. Even the wealthy businessman nodded and applauded him in satisfaction.

As long as there is someone to join in the singing, the spirit will be different immediately.The fat grandfather sang more and more vigorously, as if seeing the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang meeting in Huangquan, the tear-jerking lines made everyone cry.

Seeing that it was already past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, he didn't expect that there would be more and more people listening to the opera around the small river.

The fat grandfather was quite happy at first, but there were so many folks listening to his play dearly, so he continued to sing with his voice open.But the fat grandfather forgot, this is a barren mountain, how many families can live in it?No matter how good his opera singing is, who would travel for more than an hour at night, over mountains and mountains, to hear a ghost show?
What made the fat grandfather even more puzzled was that none of the heads beside the bridge could see their faces, and from time to time they would throw out one or two rusty things as a reward for the wealthy businessman.

Fatty grandpa walked to the river bank to have a look curiously, and this look scared him out of his wits.

What kind of money did those people give as rewards? They were all old antiques!
(End of this chapter)