Chapter 77: 被坑得很惨!
[He was cheated very badly!]
Some theatre groups don’t pay attention to the conditions that arise midway through the show, and there are theatre stages that collapse, leaving the theatre crew injured, and all in all it’s a mess.
“As a corpse, you think lying down is enough?”
The class master gave Li Haitang the science, he took a sip of tea and continued, “There are also differences in corpses, some people die of illness, some are of accidents, and some are killed.”
“Class Master, what’s the point then?”
Li Haitang shook off the non-existent cold sweat on her forehead, depressed, feeling more and more that the one hundred taels of silver were not good to take, she must have been fooled by Little Red Peach.
“Little lady, you have to be a little patient.”
The class master smiled good-naturedly, the person who died of illness,her complexion is not good; this kind of make-up yet it can be done, but it will need the actor or actress to reduce their own aura or vibe.
If she was killed and her grievances were overwhelming, it would be different again, so that the audience would know that you died with a grievance (or everlasting regret).
“Okay.”
Li Haitang wanted to cry out yet she hesitated and lowered her head to read the script book. This reading was immediately addictive.
If this was written by Little Peach Blossom, it definitely had real talent and seemed flawless, another big drama or opera of a scholar who became successful and abandoned his wife.
The difference is that this scholar is even more vicious, killing his first wife and letting her die discontent.
Li Haitang was going to play the role of the first wife who died without resting in peace, no wonder there were no lines and she was even given a hundred taels of silver!
“Class Master, are you saying that I have to stare for an hour?”
Li Haitang had a bad premonition, she almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood, screw professionalism, she’s not an opera singer!
“What else then? Do you think silver is given for nothing?”
The head of a theatrical troupe was stunned by the question, looking at Li Haitang, just as if looking at a fool, but it was just a glare, not telling her to self harm, isn’t this very normal?
“Normal, your sister!” *cursed words
He’s been trapped! He’s been screwed over badly!
Li Haitang grabbed the storytelling book and decided to stop talking nonsense with the class master and directly rushed into the big tent that was set up.
“Don’t you go in?!”
The people in the troupe didn’t stop them, Li Haitang still rushed in!
Inside the tent, Little Red Peach crossed his legs and was drinking tea. He glanced at Li Haitang, “How’s it? There’s a chance to get the money, you have to thank me.”
“I thank your eight generations of ancestors!”
Li Haitang was really furious, now if she didn’t see that she was being screwed, then she really had a brain problem.
Staring for an hour, a normal person couldn’t do it, besides playing a corpse, just find a random angle and you can cover it up.
“I kindly gave you theatre tickets, you take it to earn a large sum. This matter, do you forget?”
Xiao Tao Hong put down his snack, it was the same as teasing a kitten, very few people interested him, she was the first.
“Isn’t that hush money?”
One thousand taels of silver, indeed it was justified to take it, accepting no undeserved emolument. Li Haitang also knew that, she also thought about finding an opportunity to return the favour..
“Let’s do it this way, I’ll write you a storyteller book.”
Li Haitang finished talking, and then felt that this was too tiring, she simply changed her words, “No, I’ll tell you a story, you find someone to write it, don’t worry, it’s far more than a thousand taels.”
The story she wanted to tell was a TV series she watched in modern times, The Strange Case of the Two Phoenixes. At that time, she remembered that there were at least twenty episodes aired.
With twenty episodes, the plays could be separated and sung at least several times, turning it into a continuous drama series, and still whetting people’s appetites.
The fire of Dequanban was not only because of Xiao Tao Hong, but also because of the novelty of the play, which the common people liked to watch.
These days, there is no entertainment yet a little lively, even if the street quarrel, there are people who stand in circles and stop to watch, to spice up life.
At first, Li Haitang hated this very much, and slowly, she could understand such a mentality.
“What makes you think that your idea can be worth a thousand taels of silver?”
Xiao Tao Hong rested his cheeks on one hand, his eyes shining brightly, deliberately looking for Li Haitang’s trouble, just to see her self-justification, “The plays on Dequan’s class, all of them have specialised people writing them, and one of them is only a hundred taels of silver.”
Thousand taels of silver, whether it’s in the north or in the capital, it’s a sky-high price.
Toward Little Peach Blossom, no theatre could catch up with his face, as long as he appeared, he had to be entangled by a bunch of warblers and swallows, Ruan Mianmian, the daughter of Capital Government minister House, was one of his peach blossoms (love affair).
“You, this person, are very generous, not lack that small amount of money.”
Li Haitang rolled her eyes, she felt that Little Peach Blossom was not a calculating person, at least she was not bad with that thousand taels of silver.
Even in return for that theatre ticket, use it if you can, if you can’t use it then just forget it, after all she returned the favour anyway.
Out of such a mood, Li Haitang carefully recounted the “Double Phoenix Strange Case”, in which the case ups and downs, and the case within a case, can be described as fascinating.
Xiao Tao Hong (Little Red Peach) did not think that Li Haitang could have any stories, and when she listened, she was fully engrossed, and in the middle of the story, she questioned a few details.
“Can I?”
An opera only, Li Haitang answered Xiao Tao Hong’s endless questions, her mouth was dry (talk too much), she went out and wanted to ask for a glass of water, just lifted the curtain, and a group of people at the door met face to face.
De Quan class knows Xiao Tao Hong’s temperament is not good, but also a little proud and aloof. He did not allow other people to disturb him, rushed in, the consequences are disastrous.
Li Haitang went in half a day without movement, the crowd guessed whether she become a real corpse, each of them exchanging glances, went to the door to eavesdrop.
Once they hear it, it does not matter, in time for Li Haitang to explain the “Double Phoenix Strange Case”, the crowd listened to it and get addicted.
“Don’t you have to work?”
Little Red Peach was annoyed to see that the doorway was full of people, and after a few moments cleared her throat, “What you just heard, you guys are not allowed to spread it out.”
“Quickly, quickly pour Miss Haitang a cup of fine Biluochun (a kind of green tea (originally produced in the Dongting mountains around Tai Lake)!”
The troupe master was very attentive, busy serving, Li Haitang didn’t go back at lunchtime, so she followed the troupe to rub a meal.
“The Strange Case of the Two Phoenixes” against that thousand taels of silver, if there are still good stories, you can also sell them to me.”
Xiao Tao Hong had a general idea in his head, these lines, all of them should be written into a storyteller book, in order to interact with the crowd in the theatre.
“This one made me think about it, that glaring half an hour thing….”
Li Haitang lengthened his voice, lifted his chin, and looked at Little Red Peach with a smug face.
“No need to stare, I’ll find someone to replace you.”
The two of them have a tacit understanding, the deceased does not close one’s eyes when one dies—die with a grievance and there is still blood on his face, so he can’t see his appearance at all.
In the play, it was the scholar who smashed the first wife’s head with a stone, but told the officials that the first wife died by hitting a pillar.
Li Haitang heard that there was someone to replace it, and immediately nodded her head, the matter of pretending to be a corpse was more or less obscure (bring bad luck), and she really wasn’t that willing.
Leaving the Fuxiang Teahouse, she looked at the sky. She had previously agreed on the hour with her husband, it was almost time now, and the person had not yet come.
“Miss Haitang, our class master, asks you to come back, saying that there is something to discuss.”
A man in a theatre costume walked up to her face, speaking respectfully and politely.
Just now, before she came out, she had spoken to the class master about the details. Could it be that there was something missing (overlook)?
Li Haitang nodded, believing it, and when she entered the alley, the man in costume grabbed her by the neck and shoved her into the carriage on the street corner.
“What are you doing? Let go of me!”
Li Haitang’s brain was deprived of oxygen, struggling desperately, but her mind was clear, she was being tricked! She could only balme, the other party rushed, coincidentally, she had just finished discussed it with the class master.