Introduction:
The New Fourth Army Literary and Art Corps has a special class of children, and the children have grown into fighters in the fiery revolutionary years. The sound of the piano and singing voice flying in the smoke of war pinned on their clear and hot hearts, and also represented the hope of the nation. The new work continues the "heroic" core of Xu Guixiang's works, and infuses the writing of the legend of the revolutionary war with a flexible and high-spirited youthful spirit.
The sound of the piano flew through the wilderness
(Novel)
Xu Guixiang
Chapter 1
One
Before joining the Red Army, the name of Hanzi Road was not Hanzi Road, it was called Pull Down.
When she was ten years old, she became an orphan, and a creditor led her to Chashan Town and sold her to the drama team. The price is not expensive, two silver dollars.
The head of the Tea Mountain Opera Class was named Zhang Dekai, who had been a soldier several times when he was young, and whose power was big mixed with whom, and later stole a donkey and a cart of grain from the team, returned to Chashan Town, took in a few poor children to learn rap, and gradually became a drama team.
The drama class lives in the east end of Chashan Town, a courtyard with earthen walls and grass roofs, a dozen low houses, and more than twenty people. Zhang Dekai led the pull down to the tongzi class, let her eat with the tongzi class, and work with the gang Fang Qiu aunt.
Although the drama class days are also very bleak, the same beaten and scolded, but this bit of suffering is nothing for pulling down. The drama team went to ten miles and eight townships to sing opera, and she moved things with the boy class. At the beginning of the play, she and Aunt Qiu made a fire and cooked rice. There is no clear division of labor, but when there is rough work, someone behind the front desk shouts to pull down, she will run upside down, stupid, happy, waiting for people to order.
When pulling down into the drama class, it is the spring ploughing season, the farmers are busy, it is the empty space for the drama class to practice and rehearse the play, and there is no need to go out of the mountain to act. At this time, the food is the worst, the meal is mostly bud rice pickles, ten and a half days to see a meat, the so-called radish stew, is nothing more than a pot of radish inside the floating a few pieces of fat meat. Other children are picky and choose, and only if they pull down the beauty and can eat the leftover soup, she can grow meat.
After some days, Zhang Ban saw that the pull down did not say much, ate the leftovers were happy, moved the heart of compassion, explained the master of the boy class Master Huang Kui, and then taught the child to practice to bring the pull down, anyway, one less is to teach, more is also to teach, in case this child has spirituality.
Huang Kui is a trickster, a lean man, singing and doing proofs, and he can also blow. Huang Kui usually smiles and squints at the children, but when it comes to practicing, the red face becomes black, but if it is not in line with his wishes, he will pull the child's hand, grab the chicken claw, and grab it like a chicken's claw.
Pulling down did not less than Uncle Huang's ring ruler, but pulling down did not feel pain, but felt fresh. When Huang Kui hit the palm of her hand, her blinking problem was better, and her dark eyes met Huang Kui's big eyeballs, and she didn't blink at all, as if Uncle Huang was putting candy in her palm.
Huang Kui was bored and asked her, "You're not afraid to fight?" ”
"As long as there is food to eat, I am not afraid of being beaten." Pulling down and saying, "Uncle Huang hit me as if he was working hard, but it didn't hurt." ”
Huang Kui was stunned for half a moment, sighed, held out his big hand, and snorted twice on her head and said, "This baby, her heart is bright." ”
There was an older boy in the boy class, named Bai Erza, who was rough in writing and ink, could tell stories, and was very concerned about Pull down, and every time he ate, he had to stare at everyone and signal to pull down a little. Seeing that Ra had laughed foolishly, he picked up the spoon and scooped it into the pulled bowl, and was so frightened that he pulled it down and went straight back. Bai Erza said: "Pull down the young, everyone should help her more." Go out and act and don't let her sleep in the doorway. ”
There is also a sister named Yao Ju, who is two years older than La, and she practices diligently, which is very popular with Master Huang Kui. Of course, Yao Ju was also beaten a lot. Huang Kui has a crepe mantra, "Jade is not a tool, the better the material, the more you have to polish it."
Yao Ju didn't like to pull down at first, and when she was alone, she was treated like a squire and told her to do this and that. Once during a rest from practice, Yao Ju was lying on the grass and jean-lapped her to rub her legs and stomach, which was seen by Bai Erza. Bai Erza did not say a word, quietly pulled the pull down to the side, signaled her not to speak, and rubbed Yao Ju herself, rubbing and rubbing it with force, pinching Yao Ju and calling out: "Pull down your little devil's head, want to strangle me to death!" ”
Pulling down scared just about to speak, Bai Erza was squeezing hard again, Yao Ju turned over, a carp stood up straight, only to find that it was Bai Erza who was tricking the ghost, and pounced on it. Bai Erzha said while fighting: "Yao Ju, don't bully the little one, if you bully and pull down again, I will fight and hug." ”
Once Yao Ju practiced "harrier turning over", and turned it several times without success. Huang Kui punished her for standing upside down under the sun, and the standing was half an hour.
When Yao Ju practiced handstanding against the wall, Huang Kui watched the children press their legs in the shade of the trees to see who could press the two legs into a straight line. Pulling down the thin and bitter, he quickly straightened his legs. Huang Kui was a little incredulous, and asked her to stand up, raise her right leg up, and raise it above her head. Pulled down a breath, tried it, put his hands on his right leg, and slowly lifted it up, really lifting it above his head.
Huang Kui's eyes were straight, and he inhaled the cold air and said, "This child, his body is so soft that he doesn't seem to have long bones, and he can be a noodle." Huang Kui just finished saying this, pulled down his left leg and softened, and fell to the ground with a grunt.
Huang Kui said: "Pull down, these days you will give me a good practice of standing, standing like loose." Got it? ”
Pulling down and getting up, he looked at Huang Kui, blinked his eyes a few times, and said, "Got it." ”
Huang Kui also said: "To practice standing, we must first practice steadily. How can it be stable? That is, the foot grasps the earth, like you are a pine tree, and your roots are rooted from the soles of your feet to the ground, and held on to the stones, so that you can stand firm, the golden rooster is independent, you know? ”
Pulling down his eyes and blinking a few more times, he smiled and said, "Got it." ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, she was hit by a ruler on the door of her head. Pulling down was startled, not knowing why he was beaten, or smiling and squinting at Huang Kui.
Huang Kui asked, "Do you know why I hit you?" ”
Raku winked and said, "I know... I don't know. ”
Unexpectedly, Huang Kui's ring ruler hit head-on again, and the pulled down brain door immediately turned red. Pulling down his hand to cover the door of his head, he looked at Huang Kui in horror, and smiled again in the blink of an eye.
Huang Kui asked in surprise, "What are you laughing at when you are beaten?" ”
"I know why Master beat me." Pull down said.
"Ah, you know... Why hit you? ”
"I know, Master won't let me blink."
"You know why you don't wink?"
"Master said that when acting in a play, you don't just rely on your legs and feet and face, but you rely on your eyes, and your eyes must have a play, so naturally you can't blink."
Huang Kui raised the ring ruler, but this time he did not hit the head of the pulled down, but pointed at Bai Erzha and several other children and said, "Pull down is right, this child has a lot of spirituality, a little bit of transparency." Learn to talk with your eyes, you know? ”
Several children looked at the pull down, and all of them lowered their heads, only Bai Er's mouth moved a few times: "Master, blinking is not a talk, blinking is also a play." ”
Huang Kui froze, and the ruler in his hand went up, but he didn't hit it. Huang Kui stared at Bai Erza for a while and said: "That's right, blinking is also a play, but that is not a serious play, especially a female doll, you can't squeeze your eyebrows and make eyes, you know?" ”
Everyone didn't speak, still watching the pull down. Pull down and say, "I know, I can't squeeze... Squeeze the eyes, squeeze the eyes unlucky. ”
Pulling down can't remember the words Huang Kui said, in a hurry, not only did his eyes blink again, but he also stuttered, amusing Huang Kui.
Two
Before the Dragon Boat Festival this year, an officer found the Chashan Opera Class and sent a deposit, saying that the division commander Qiu Guangyi had returned to his hometown and asked the Tea Mountain Opera Class to go to Qiu Town to help the commander.
Zhang Dekai asked the officer, "Is it a bitter drama or a musical play?" ”
The officer said: "The drama that makes the chief happy, the chief is happy, there is a heavy reward; the chief is not happy, he can't eat and go." ”
As soon as the officer said this, Zhang Dekai was careful and consulted with Huang Kui and the violinist Yao Sanjin, who proposed to perform "Qu Yuan Toujiang". Huang Kui said: "No, the Dragon Boat Festival performed "Qu Yuan TouJiang", which was miserable and miserable, and I am afraid it would not be flattering. I advocate acting in "The Virtuous Wife's Judgment Case". Zhang Dekai felt that Huang Kui's words were reasonable, so he settled down and acted in the Lu opera "The Case of the Virtuous Wife".
The play is an old drama, there is no script, that night, Huang Kui called several tricks together, made up the story with all his tongues, and soon pulled the plot out -- the rich lady Xiao Jinxiu was privately engaged with the poor scholar for life, and his father coveted money, and successively gave it to two rich children, and the lawsuit was fought to the county court, the county official indiscriminately beat Xiao Jinxiu to the skin, and the county official's wife made a clever move, and passed down the word, saying that Xiao Jinxiu was dead, and whoever wanted to marry Xiao Jinxiu would take the body back. As soon as this remark came out, the two children of the rich family slipped away, and only the poor scholar sold the grass house, bought a coffin, and hired a carriage carrying Xiao Jinxiu's "corpse." Halfway through, Xiao Jinxiu suddenly sang "Peacock Flying Southeast", and the lover eventually became a family member.
Huang Kui told Yao Ju that if she wanted to play Xiao Jinxiu, Yao Ju's face was white with fright, because she was still learning art in the boy class, and her acting skills were far behind. Huang Kui told her that there were not many scenes in this role, and more often than not, she was just a "dead person". Yao Ju nodded and promised to come down, and in the blink of an eye, she was overjoyed, after all, she was on the stage, and it was not a dragon running set.
Unexpectedly, just after practicing for a day, Zhang Dekai consulted with Huang Kui again, and still could not act in this play. "You think, the protagonist in this play is the county official's wife, and the county official himself is actually a confused county official, and if he shows such a play to Chief Qiu, will he think that we scold him?"
Zhang Dekai said this, and Huang Kui also felt as if there was a real problem. He thought for a while, and suddenly slapped his head and said, "Yes, change the drama text, and change the drama of the county official's wife to the head of the county official." ”
Zhang Dekai looked at Huang Kui and said: "The drama of the virtuous wife is the soul of the play, and the whole body is moved by one hair, and the drama has changed a lot, I am afraid that the horns will not be able to turn the corner, and the time is so urgent." ”
Huang Kui said: "I will change, just change one place, four or two strokes of a thousand pounds." ”
Zhang De opened his spirits, stood up and asked, "Which place to change?" ”
Huang Kui took a few sips of dry smoke, looked at Zhang Dekai and said, "You don't have to worry about which place to change." However, we have to put the words in front, if this drama is on fire and you take the reward, you score me 20%. ”
Zhang Dekai's face darkened for a long time before he said, "Old Huang, I know you want the price... Well, I promise you. ”
"If the reward is big, the drama team should also change the head of the line, and the gongs and drums and costumes must be changed... Don't worry, when I'm done, and add two new clothes to everyone, in the summer, some people are still wearing torn jackets. ”
Zhang Dekai narrowed his eyes and said, "Old Huang, what are you talking about, have you made me rich?" The drama team of more than twenty people, want to eat and drink, a play can not earn a few copper plates..." Zhang Dekai said, seeing that Huang Kui was leaving, he quickly stopped the conversation and asked Huang Kui, "Well, according to you, but what if the performance is smashed?" ”
"You owe me a year's salary, twelve oceans, and nothing."
Zhang Dekai looked at Huang Kui sheepishly, and suddenly shouted: "Old Huang, you are a bandit, you killed me like a pig... Forget it, I'll stab you!" ”
For the full text, see Contemporary, No. 1, 2022
About the Author
Xu Guixiang, born in 1959, a native of Western Anhui, is the vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and the director of the Military Literature Committee of the Chinese Writers Association. He is the author of novels such as "Elevation Angle", "The Sky of History", "Highland", "August Laurel Blossoms Everywhere", "Tomorrow's War", "Secret Agent Company", "Immediately Under the Heavens", "All Directions", "Hero Mountain" and so on. He has won the Mao Dun Literature Award, the "Five One Project" Award, the People's Literature Award, and the All-Army Literature and Art Award.
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