The leader of the Nuo opera troupe is over 60 years old and his surname is Huang. This kind of folk group travels all over the country in order to make a living. Everywhere they go, they must first go to the "Chundian", which means to visit the local snakes and not to cause trouble. This is how Liu Zhiyuan got involved with them.
A once-in-a-lifetime relationship.
The Nuo opera troupe checked into Spider Alley in the afternoon. Team leader Huang brought boxes for us to change clothes and paint our faces. The clothes were like opera robes and were very loose. The person who painted our faces was a handsome young man.
"Why do I look like an old man?" Dou Sprout said to himself as he looked in the mirror.
I looked at the other people, they were all about the same. Sister-in-law Xiaoxia was unhappy, as if she had something on her mind.
Before setting off, Brother Zhiyuan warned me: "Brother, there is a white truck with the tail number 462 when we get to the West Tower. It has the things you need. I hope we can meet again."
"Take care of yourself."
"Take care of yourself."
At around 8 o'clock in the evening, the troupe began to parade through the streets. There were about thirty people in the whole group. We were walking in the middle. The two people walking at the front were walking on stilts and had gongs hanging on their chests. They were holding gongs in their left hands.
A stick similar to a feather duster can be used to strike the gong after walking for tens of meters, making a bang sound.
Many children and young people were watching the excitement on both sides of the road, pointing at the procession.
Go through the traffic lights.
"Pay attention to those people." Brother Yu suddenly whispered to me.
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I saw five or six young men standing in front of a restaurant, all of them looking carefree and idle. One of them was talking and looked towards us, so I quickly lowered my head to avoid him.
These second-rate guys are probably people from the game arcade. Jin Fenghuang hasn't given up looking for them yet. He has just left Spider Alley. You can imagine how many pairs of eyes there are in places like train stations.
Brother Yu and I were chatting in a low voice when I heard Team Leader Huang say: "Guys, I need your cooperation. Don't worry, it's not a real fight. It's just a joke."
After Bantou Huang finished speaking, a man wearing a red-faced god mask whipped us several times with a whip. He shouted some sacred words while beating us. I couldn't understand it. It should be a local dialect in Hebei. It really didn't hurt. I pretended that it didn't hurt.
Pretend.
When we arrived near the substation, we did some cross-urinal and blowing snails. Three hours later, we arrived near the old repair shop.
Seeing that there were not many people around, Team Leader Huang came over and whispered: "It's just the moving truck. You go quickly and take your clothes with you. Just wash the painted face with water."
I took a look and saw a van with double flashers in front of me.
"Sister-in-law, take care. Brother Zhiyuan has made arrangements. Someone will take care of you when you arrive in Zaozhuang."
Chang Xiaoxia forced a smile and said, "Take care, too."
This kind of enclosed van is used for moving. After we all got in, the driver came over and locked the door. When we got to the location, he would stop and call us.
There were small carts and blankets in the carriage, and Dou Sprout didn't mind the dirty blankets. He leaned on his pillow and asked Uncle Liao: "Hey, Uncle Liao, where did you put your fake bird? We didn't mean to target you, Fengzi."
He said there is something wrong with you and I have to watch you when you sleep."
The truck was bumpy and bumpy, and it was dark in the carriage to see Uncle Liao's expression clearly. He could only hear him sigh and complain: "Hey, what problem can I have if I'm a good person? In the final analysis, I shouldn't have taken this job. I'm just asking for it myself."
Suffer."
I apologized and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle Liao. I've experienced similar things before. Maybe it's okay for you, maybe. We'll talk about it after we get to the bottom of it."
Uncle Liao said in a dissatisfied tone: "Didn't you realize that you guys are like headless flies? You'll get into a lot of trouble by running around here and there, which is far worse than what Wang Xiansheng does."
He was right. I was not angry, but asked: "So, Uncle Liao, what do you know?"
"That's right, of course I know more than you do."
"The real bird is probably in Jiu Qing Shui. The gang stayed in the desert for more than two months. Wang Xiansheng just wanted to fish in troubled waters and change the civet cat for the prince. It's fine now. Even if you find him, without the fake bird I made,
What would he exchange for a real bird? How?"
I thought for a while and frowned and asked: "Uncle Liao, you said before that the things are in the hands of your apprentice. Now that we are out of the city, it will definitely be inconvenient to go back. Can you please contact me and ask him to deliver the things."
"Um"
"Give me the phone."
"Use mine," Douyazai handed over the phone directly.
There was a dial tone.
"Xiaomi, I, where are you now?"
"master!"
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded excited.
"Where have you been these past few days, Master! No one can find the phone and can't get through!"
"Something delayed me. How are our things?"
"Tao Niao is okay, Master. I'm staying in a fast hotel. If I don't find you, I'm going to call the police. I'm worried to death."
"It's okay, there's no need to rush," Uncle Liao said with a smile, "You can leave the hotel now and take a taxi with your things. By the way," Uncle Liao turned to me and asked, "Where exactly can we meet."
"Tell the driver, just say this is the big bend on the national highway, Shishi Bend."
"I heard that there is no apprentice. The national highway is called Lion Bend. We are in a hurry, so come here now."
After hanging up the phone, Uncle Liao returned the phone to Douyazai.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief when I heard that the items would be delivered and it would only take a few more hours.
At this moment, no one was prepared, and the cargo suddenly came to a sudden stop.
Dou Sprout was lying with his head on the blanket when he was hit by the inertia of the brakes and hit the iron car. Brother Yu was quick and helped Xiaoxuan, and everyone fell to pieces.
"Damn it!"
Dou Sprout covered his head and grinned, saying it hurt like hell.
"Do not talk"
I heard conversations outside and the driver opened the door and got out of the car.
"What happened to the brothers?"
"Open it at the back and let's take a look."
"Hey, brothers, isn't this a big opera show in Xita? The troupe is going to Yulin for a performance. You also know that there is no work during this period. It's just giving it away to earn travel expenses. Come on, take a shot."
I listened to the conversation outside and felt very nervous.
"Fuck, you have the nerve to take out three yuan worth of rotten cigarettes? Hurry up, open it."
The driver smiled and said: "Okay, okay, just take a look and see. They are really a bunch of opera singers. What's the point of lying to you?"
As I was talking, I heard the sound of the door bolt being pulled open, and then two flashlights were flashing towards us.
There were four people in this group, and the leader spoke with a fierce look on his face.
"come over!"
"Everyone get out of the car!"
The driver standing behind them winked at me.
"Brother Hu, they are really a bunch of opera singers. I heard from my mother that a troupe from Yulin was performing near the West Tower."
I had a black face and a circle of white around my eyes. The leader named Brother Hu came closer and looked me up and down.
I imitated the Hebei dialect in my impression: "What happened to my brother? We still have to go to Yulin to catch up. If we are late, the shift leader will have our wages deducted."
"Huh?"
"Boy, why do you look so familiar to me?"
I smiled and said that I am a popular person, and everyone who looks at me says I look familiar.
"No, no, no, no, let me think about it."
This person looked at me and rubbed my face vigorously. Suddenly his eyes widened and he said loudly: "F*ck! It's really you!"
"Damn it! You were the one who took the lead in digging out copper coins at the dairy farm that night! I was there too!"
"What kind of peak are you!"
"The person the boss is looking for is you!"
"Brothers do it!"
I didn't expect to be recognized even if my face was painted like this, and I panicked.
Brother Yu pushed me away, raised his leg and kicked the man's knee. He screamed in pain and knelt down. Brother Yu kicked me in the face again, and the latter lay dead on the spot!
When the other two people saw this, one of them called in panic, and the other took out a knife from his arms with a fierce look on his face, raised his hand and stabbed him!
"careful!"
When Xiaoxuan saw the shining reflective knife, she was so frightened that she shouted a warning.
Three minutes later, the three men lay motionless on the ground.
"Hello? Huzi? Huzi, talk."
Brother Yu stepped on the phone and smashed it while the phone was on the ground.
"Why are you still standing there stupidly?"
Brother Yu asked me to help him, lifted him up and threw him to the side of the road. He also took away the knife and gave one to Xiaoxuan and me, saying he would keep it for self-defense.
The driver watched this scene and couldn't help but swallow and spit.