Qiao Sheng and his junior brothers and sisters sat beside the hospital bed, looking at the haggard Qiao Xiang lying on the bed.
Junior Brother frowned:
"Brother, didn't you agree to take the master's key? How did he get into the teahouse when he doesn't have the key?"
"I'm also confused. Logically speaking, it's impossible for my dad to climb over the wall with his body. Why did he go in with the light on? If I hadn't insisted on going to the teahouse to look for him, I might not have been able to find him!
"
Qiao Sheng also looked sad and said in confusion.
The junior sister on the side quickly said:
"It's my fault. Last night, my child's school called and said that the child was vomiting and fussy and insisted that I go to the school immediately. I was about to close the teahouse first and go to see the child, but I happened to meet him.
The master came and said he would look after me for a while, and said he would close the door if he couldn't wait for me. I was in a hurry and didn't bother to call you, so I asked the master to look at the teahouse for a while.
At his age, I really didn’t expect that he would go on stage to tell stories!”
"Oh, luckily I found it quickly, otherwise I really don't know what would have happened!"
Hearing this, Qiao Sheng sighed.
Junior sister fell into deep self-blame and burst into tears:
"Blame me!"
"Sister, please don't blame yourself. It's not easy for you to take care of a teahouse while raising a child alone. No one wants to see something like this happen!"
The junior brother quickly comforted him.
Usually the teahouse is managed by the senior sister, and her children work outside, leaving behind a grandson who is still in school, and she needs to take care of it. It is very hard work, and she is already busy.
Qiao Sheng can also understand.
At this time, Qiao Xiang, who had been lying on the hospital bed, opened her eyes and looked at everything around her with some confusion:
"Why did I end up in the hospital?"
"Master is awake!"
"You fainted last night, and it was my senior brother who sent you to the hospital!"
"Dad, are you feeling better?"
The three people hurriedly came forward and greeted them with concern.
After a moment, Qiao Xiang finally reacted, nodded with difficulty and said:
"Okay, it's fine!"
"No need to come see me, you are all busy, I'm fine!"
As she spoke, Qiao Xiang's tears flowed out.
Seeing Qiao Xiang suddenly crying, the three of them were at a loss for a moment. Qiao Sheng quickly helped him wipe away his tears:
"Dad, why are you crying so well?"
"I think back then our teahouse was also a lively place. No matter when and where we sang or told stories, the teahouse would always be crowded with people! How many people begged to come and become apprentices, but there was no way. I was lucky enough to follow the master, and our fellow apprentices
Hundreds of people gathered in the backyard of the teahouse to learn basic skills for more than ten years. They were beaten until their skin was torn, and their bodies were shaking from the cold. In winter, they stood on the curb and yelled at the top of their lungs. Their mouths were bloody and they didn't dare to stop.
Just to go on stage and sing, just to see thousands of people waiting when I become the actor, just to pass on this skill of storytelling and singing in the future... Look at what I will look like now if I go down to see the master! Go see me
The ancestor of this national quintessence!?"
Qiao Xiang couldn't stop crying. Once upon a time, the vast sea turned into a mulberry field, but it was just difficult to deal with the water.
The grand occasion of the past has been handed down to me, but he is going to be lonely?
Hearing this, the expressions of the three of them also became silent.
They have nothing to do about this situation. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people are entering the teahouse. Even if it stands in a commercial street with a lot of traffic, no one is interested.
The glory of the past can only remain in the past.
"Master, are you okay?"
At this time, a middle-aged man with a plump figure and a bulging belly walked in.
His face was oily and he had a black leather bag under his arm.
He has the aura of a wealthy boss.
This is their senior brother, Mei Liangxin.
He looked anxious, walked quickly to the bedside, and asked nervously.
Facing the greetings from his eldest disciple, Qiao Xiang gave him a cold look:
"What are you doing here? Get out!"
"Looking at what you said, don't I care about you? Besides, don't I need to discuss the tea house demolition with you carefully?"
Mei Liangxin didn't care about Qiao Xiang's attitude and said with a smile to himself.
He glanced at the three people around him:
"Junior brothers and sisters are all here!"
Qiao Sheng looked at him coldly and said nothing.
The junior brothers and sisters responded and nodded.
The eldest brother has already left the teahouse, and has recently embarked on the road of business. I heard that he has found a funder, saying that he will demolish the teahouse and build a large shopping mall, which can bring everyone a lot of money.
But the teahouse will also disappear. The master definitely disagrees, so the two have been in a state of falling out.
"Demolition!?"
Qiao Xiang stared at him fiercely, gritted her teeth while lying on the hospital bed and said:
"Mei Liangxin, do you still know what the quintessence of the Chinese nation is? Is this how I have taught you in teahouse life and art for more than ten years? You still have to give up on me. Unless I die here, otherwise I will never do it.
I’ll make you tear down the teahouse!”
"Master, since we have talked about it for this reason, I won't hide it any more. I also want to ask you, everyone has been studying hard in the past ten years, but what do you get in exchange for it now? What did you get in return?
He always pinches me, motivates me, makes me train like crazy, and even takes away my self-esteem!
I will never forget: Just because I sang a wrong word, you took off my pants in front of everyone and beat me to death!
I was too embarrassed to go out to meet people for a month! At that time, my junior brothers and sisters laughed at me, and people on the street despised me. You were very satisfied!
Nowadays, the loneliness of the teahouse doesn't explain everything. Storytelling and singing are not the only choice. Everyone can't even eat, so why should they hang themselves on this tree? Look at the cinema next door, isn't that the same?
Art? It’s profitable and popular. You always walk on the street and ask people who doesn’t know about DC and Marvel? If you don’t let me demolish it or buy it, sooner or later other companies will come. When the time comes,
The conditions are not as good as mine!”
Mei Liangxin was also angry and said directly.
After listening to his words, Qiao Xiang became completely angry and looked at him angrily:
"Get out! Get out!!"
"Haha, okay! Take care of yourself. I'm leaving. I won't demolish this teahouse. I want to see how long you can keep it open!"
Mei Liangxin sneered, which contained a bit of ridicule, a bit of anger, and a bit of jealousy!
He could not understand his master's enthusiasm and persistence in telling stories, singing and singing, and at the same time he was a little jealous of his master's insistence on doing this all his life.
He loved it so much back then.
But now, it will never happen again!
Mei Liangxin left.
The old man was very angry, and the three of them tried to comfort him.
At this time, the doctor came out with the diagnosis result and called Qiao Sheng...
