In March, the sun in Beijing warms people's hearts. In the narrow alley, the old man still curled up in the sun and took a nap. Occasionally, the aroma of wine emanated from the warm sunlight, attracting the attention of passers-by.
Follow the aroma of wine, and you will find a small courtyard house in the depths of the alley. This is the hometown of the cross talk master Yang Shaohua, and now it is dilapidated. Under the fence, a few flower cats are foraging for food, and the yard is overgrown with weeds. Only the smell of wine seems to be wafting from this old house without stopping.
Ninety-two-year-old Yang Shaohua lives here. Growing up in a civilian family in Beijing, he has had a soft spot for the art of cross talk since he was a child. When he was 12 years old, Yang Shaohua was accepted as a disciple by the famous cross talk master Guo Rongqi. It's a pity that a natural white horse is not a horse, and the poor Yang Shaohua soon had no chance to apprentice, so he had to eat in the teahouse and listen while working.
The years are urging people to grow old, and Guo Rongqi died soon after, leaving Yang Shaohua alone. Fortunately, fate was kind to him, Yang Shaohua entered the steel factory and joined the quyi team in the factory. There he got acquainted with Ma Sanli and Ma Zhiming, father and son, the latter of which was the famous "Wenwusheng" cross talk master of the year. Erma accepted Yang Shaohua as an apprentice and expanded his territory on the stage with Ma Zhiming.
However, Yang Shaohua, who came from a humble background, never let go of his pride. He was jealous that Ma Zhiming could be on an equal footing with him only by virtue of his mentorship, so he was in trouble everywhere on stage, which made the relationship between the two fall into a cold scene, and finally had to part ways. In this way, the young and vigorous Yang Shaohua never returned, and entered a wandering career in the cross talk world.
After that, Yang Shaohua went through several twists and turns, and finally met Zhao Weizhou at the age of 57, a disciple of the "Master of Wen" Su Wenmao, so that he finally got his wish and stood on the center of the stage. The classic work "Dead Wood in Spring" co-starred by the two became an instant hit, making Yang Shaohua a famous grandmaster since then.
But just when his career was at its peak, Yang Shaohua made a choking decision. In order to cultivate his son Yang Yi and be able to dominate the cross talk industry in the future, he ruthlessly abandoned his partner Zhao Weizhou for many years, and blindly took the family art of the Zhao family as his own. Since then, Yang father and son have become the absolute protagonists on and off the stage, monopolizing the power of the entire cross talk industry.
Once upon a time, Yang Shaohua was still the poor boy who was alone, relying on Ma Sanli and Zhao Weizhou to make a living. Now, with a tenacity against the sky, he finally sat on the throne of power and became the most respected generation of grandmasters in the cross talk industry. However, when he enjoyed this glory and wealth, he could no longer appreciate the pure love for art that he once had.
Strange to say, Yang Shaohua's obsession with this art originated from his childhood poverty. It was precisely because of his family's downfall that he saw one or two storytellers and entertainers on the streets and alleys from time to time, and he was eager for it. The art of cross talk is profound and luxurious, but it is down-to-earth, which gives Yang Shaohua hope and strength, allowing him to enjoy his hardships and create his own little world in those difficult years.
Now that he is over 90 years old, he should have had no clutter in his heart, and he should have reminisced about his artistic life in these last days.
It's a pity that Yang Shaohua's greedy and domineering personality in his bones made him forget all his interests and dreams. Whether it is a daughter or a friend, he is the only one who is so kind to his five sons in this life, and he is reluctant to treat them a penny in money.
What's even more sad is that Yang Shaohua's doting on his sons over the years has been rewarded with ulterior motives. For example, his third son, despite his father's advanced age, forced him to participate in the activity of selling boxed lunches during the epidemic, which became a cash cow to attract money. Although Yang Shaohua himself didn't say anything, he secretly admitted his fate, and turned a blind eye to his sons' behaviors with dazed eyes.
In the blink of an eye, it is the late summer of 2023. Just a few months ago, Yang Shaohua had just been hospitalized for high blood pressure. The doctors all advised him not to drink alcohol for pleasure again, otherwise he would die if he was killed? But how could the hedonistic Yang Shaohua be obedient? Sure enough, within a few months, a video of him drinking with young people was circulating on the Internet.
Looking at the drunken old man Yang, people couldn't help but sigh: Is this the end of enjoying the joy of family? I have to say that Yang Shaohua has indeed lived the kind of life he wants, without desire, without desire, and at ease. However, his passion for money and power also led him to be deceived and exploited by his children in his later years. Now he is a lonely man, and he can only rely on a few cigarettes and alcohol to support that last bit of vitality.
Walking through the alley and looking at the dilapidated courtyard, people almost couldn't believe that there were really the top experts in the cross talk industry back then. And Yang Shaohua himself seems to have given up his fantasies of scolding Fang Xuan, and just wants to live his last life quietly like this.
The smell of wine drifted over the courtyard and into the fence of the neighbor's house. It was a young couple who had just moved in, and the wife was a little curious and asked her husband where the taste of the old wine came from. The husband replied with a smile: "This may be what the old Beijingers depicted as 'the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys'." “
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