Unfortunately, as soon as I climbed onto the stage, my grandfather carried me off the stage with a pair of ruthless hands, one on each side.
Xu Da laughed and said: "There is no show for you today."
The brother and sister suddenly felt disappointed, hung their little heads unhappily, broke away from their grandfather's hands, and went to play with their uncle and aunt.
In the restaurant lobby, the performance officially began.
In order to facilitate publicity performances in various places, Wen Qing and others' performance format is to use local materials, whichever is convenient.
If there are no gongs and drums to make the soundtrack, a wooden barrel is placed upside down, and wooden sticks are struck on it to create ready-made background music.
There are also ventriloquists who are good at dubbing behind the scenes, and a pretty similar stage is created.
The performance is in the form of a drama, mixed with dance and acrobatics, and all the words and songs are spoken and sung in vernacular. There is no viewing threshold at all. Even beggars on the street who are mentally ill can understand and understand.
This kind of down-to-earth performance is very new to people. Even if they have seen many dignitaries performing elegant performances, they can still enjoy it if they change their taste occasionally.
In addition, there are various magic special effects, which is simply dazzling.
After a performance in which Qi Laosi angrily beat up Wang Dabiao, the hall was full of voices scolding the villain Wang Dabiao.
People were very excited, and the performers acted so realistically that they almost had rotten vegetable leaves thrown at them.
But I have to say that the effect of the program is overwhelming.
People at this time were different from modern audiences. There was little entertainment. Even if you watched a play once, you would not feel bored after watching it several times.
There are still many people who could not catch up with this performance. People who have heard it say that the performance is very exciting and come here to see it.
Therefore, that afternoon, the restaurant lobby was completely full, and even the private rooms and backyard space were rented out, just to come and watch this fresh show.
When someone watched, the troupe just acted, and when one actor got tired, he was replaced by another. Everyone took turns to come on stage, and even Xu Yue, his father and son, who were soy sauce actors, also came on stage several times.
At this moment, the Yi County officials who were watching the play had no idea that the leader of the Xu family army was actually on stage right under their noses, playing a small role several times.
It was just a play, but the people of Yixian County were not tired of watching it at all. Xu Yue and others performed the same play in the restaurant twice a day for three days in a row, and every venue was full.
In the past few days, the restaurant has made a lot of money just by selling tea, cakes and cakes.
When caravans from other places heard the excitement here, they came here to stay and join in the fun.
On the busiest day, all the rooms for the next day were booked at around 10 a.m.
The fact that a small restaurant in the county town could make such a big noise successfully aroused the curiosity of the magistrate of Yi County.
So, on the day when the troupe changed the play about Qi Laosi's angry attack on Wang Dabiao into the play "Xu Jiajun", an open-top luxury carriage drove up in front of the restaurant gate.
In front of the carriage, the official cleared the way.
On the carriage, the magistrate of Yi County and his family were sitting there, looking curiously into the restaurant.
When the common people crowded in front of the restaurant saw such a scene, they subconsciously kept silent and stepped back, not daring to provoke him.
Soon, a passage automatically appeared in front of the door of the restaurant that had been so crowded before.
The county magistrate and his family members, dressed in casual clothes, walked in with the support of maids and servants. People immediately knelt on the ground in front of the door.
The noisy restaurant became quiet. In the face of absolute power, the common people could not express their voices at all, and they did not dare to speak out.
It is now around 11 o'clock in the morning, and there is still an hour before Xu Jiajun's performance at noon. Xu Yue and others are setting up the stage.
The twins were playing by themselves in the audience, occasionally getting naughty, but it was nothing serious, and the guys in the restaurant would help and keep an eye on them.
They liked these two cute little dolls who looked exactly the same and knew how to do tricks.
The two young people were playing and suddenly found that the noisy lobby behind them had suddenly become quiet.
Turning around to look strangely, he saw a man and woman dressed in luxurious clothes, walking slowly with two children of seven or eight years old, supported by a servant.
Xu Dongbei and Xu Pingyuan were startled for a moment, and soon realized that the silence in the lobby was due to the arrival of these people.
The female shopkeeper rushed out of the backyard in a hurry, and before rushing in front of this group of people, she hurriedly slowed down to avoid being rude.
She was a little panicked, not because the county magistrate and his family came to the restaurant, but because she was worried that the theater troupe would cause something bad to happen with Xu Jiajun's performance.
But no matter what, the county magistrate was here, so she could only bite the bullet and greet him carefully.
"I don't know that my lord, madam, young master, and young lady are here, but I am not welcoming you from afar. I hope that your lord and madam will forgive me!"
The female shopkeeper bowed deeply, her head almost pierced into the ground.
The magistrate of Yixian County is a young man in his thirties, with a medium build, good facial features, a popular goatee, wearing a Confucian shirt, and looks like a scholar.
The young woman next to him was wearing a mixed-crotch skirt with brightly colored crotch skirts. Standing among the people in yellow and gray linen clothes, she looked particularly unique.
This is a beautiful lady. It can be seen from her uniform that she belongs to the aristocratic class.
Yixian County is a small place in Jizhou, but it is not that inconspicuous.
It is located at the junction of You and Hebei, with direct business roads. It has always been prosperous. If someone can be the magistrate of Yi County, there must be someone in the family.
Xu Yue stood behind the stage, feeling very uncomfortable as she watched the female shopkeeper groveling and fawning over the county magistrate and his wife, while the couple acted as if they were taking it for granted, even a little disgusted.
The female shopkeeper asked the waiters to bring over clean mats and counter tables. The maid next to the couple looked at the waiters with disgust, took out a silk handkerchief, wiped the remaining oil stains on the counter tables several times, and then
Kneel down, raise your arms high, and let the owners support you to sit down.
This is what is called aristocratic style.
As soon as the county magistrate and his wife arrived, there was no one left in the lobby. The businessmen who had paid for the table before silently retreated with the idea that doing more would be better than doing less.
In the end, the only guests left in the lobby were a few gentry who seemed to have some friendship with the county magistrate and were careful to flatter them, and a few out-of-town businessmen who didn't know why.
The county magistrate didn't go out of his way to clear the place, but he didn't say any polite words, "Please ignore me, you should do whatever you want."
It seems that the concessions of common people and merchants are natural and they have long been accustomed to it.
The common people and businessmen also consciously abide by the so-called rules set by the top and do not dare to exceed them.
After everyone stood in their respective seats, Xu Dongbei and Xu Pingyuan, who were still standing in front of the stage, curiously observing the changes around them with their big eyes open, looked very conspicuous.
"Whose child is that? Why don't you take it with you!" the maid in front of the county magistrate's wife asked sharply.
