bookcurios Chapter 111 Boring!
Chapter 111 Boring!
As soon as people heard that He Lin was going to present a gift, the scene became lively again.
"I haven't seen He Lin today. Could it be that he has been stuck in jail for a few days and didn't have time to prepare a gift for the patriarch, so he has been busy preparing a gift today?"
"If you ask me, Young Master He Lin is so handsome, the Patriarch will like anything you give him."
"This Master He Lin used to be the one that pleased the Patriarch the most, but today I'm afraid he will be outshined by He Jing."
Just as the guests were drinking and chatting happily, there was movement on the stage and two screens were put up by the servants.
The opera troupe in Lianzhou usually performs after dinner, so the guests all looked puzzled and curious: "Don't the opera troupe perform after the banquet? We are just starting to eat now."
Just when everyone was curious, He Lin walked out from behind the screen.
He still walked in his usual exquisite style today, wearing a dark green brocade robe with dark patterns, his black hair propped up with a golden crown, and the steps he took towards the stage were calm and noble.
He Lin became the focus as soon as he appeared on the stage, making all the girls' hearts flutter.
He Lin said loudly: "My fellow villagers, the gift I present to the master today is a good play, which I wrote myself."
"I hope everyone can support and give some applause, and I also hope that my aunt will like it."
As expected of the most popular person in Lianzhou, as soon as He Lin finished speaking, waves of applause broke out and the atmosphere became lively.
"Master He Lin can also write play scripts? How amazing!"
"I really want to be the heroine in Mr. He Lin's play, and be with He Lin under the moonlight~"
"The master of the family really likes to watch and listen to operas, but the troupe's scripts are too old, and they only play the same few plays over and over again."
As the head of the He family, He Shao is now financially independent and makes a lot of money. In addition to finding some good-looking lovers and objects, her hobby in passing time is listening to operas.
However, there were not many opera troupes in Lingnan, and only one or two troupes sang well. They sang the same few scripts over and over again, and He Shao and the He family almost memorized the contents of the scripts.
Now that they heard that He Lin wrote the script himself, everyone became interested.
Jiang Lili also sat up straight in surprise.
It turns out that He Lin can also write scripts. Yes, He Lin is so smart. He must have learned a lot from watching and listening to people in the crew before. He is really an all-round star...
Wait, Jiang Lili suddenly had a guess in her mind.
The musicians in the audience were already in place, but the instruments they played were not like the lively instruments like gongs and drums in ordinary operas, but rather the yangqin, guzheng, and pipa.
He Fengqing scoffed: "Cousin, do you understand opera? Did you leave without permission because you thought the gongs and drums were too noisy?"
He Manyu followed suit and shook her head: "The play scripts are the same over and over again. He Lin pieced one together and copied it and said he wrote it himself. It's boring."
During the discussion, the screen covering the stage was pulled open.
Behind the screen, everyone saw a handsome man and a beautiful woman standing together.
The woman in the orange skirt has a gentle smile and stands next to the plum vase with a round fan in her hand, while the man holds a pen in his hand, as if he is drawing a portrait of the woman.
The storyteller who read the narration introduced the identities of the two actors. The man was Zhang Sheng, the son of a county magistrate, and the woman was Zhang Sheng's wife Xie Yi.
As the two screens were pulled apart, the musicians began to play music.
The tone is graceful and lingering, setting off the subtle and ambiguous atmosphere between the talented man and the beautiful woman.
The next moment, a man dressed as a servant came on stage, hurriedly and excitedly said to the man: "Sir, our cousin has come back from the dead!"
Just this one sentence successfully aroused the curiosity of all the guests present.
The music stopped abruptly, and the sudden "clang" sounds of the guzheng made the atmosphere tense in an instant.
Jiang Lili felt that this routine had a familiar flavor.
After Zhang Sheng on the stage heard what the servant said, the paintbrush in his hand fell to the ground. Without even saying a word to Xie Yi who was posing, he hurried out with the servant.
Xie Yi, who was left behind, saw this scene and asked in confusion, "Cousin?"
"Why have I never heard anyone in the mansion talk about this cousin?"
After a pause, she seemed to have figured it out, and a happy smile appeared on her face. "It's always a good thing that my cousin is back from the dead. I have to go and say hello to this cousin."
After Xie Yi stepped down from the stage, the screen on the stage was closed again.
After a cup of tea, the screen was pulled open again and the scene on the stage changed.
Zhang Sheng was chatting with a girl who was also wearing an orange dress and had a long bun on her head: "Cousin, what have you been through in the past three years?"
His eyes were burning and his tone was filled with indescribable emotion.
The cousin just shook her head, looking as if she was about to say something but tears were already flowing.
The maidservant beside the cousin answered first: "Master! You don't know how hard our young lady has been through in the past three years and how much she has suffered."
"She fell off the cliff to save you!"
"That's enough. Stop talking. I don't want to make my cousin worry."
The cousin stopped the maid from continuing.
At this time, Madam Xie Yi came over with a look of ignorance, "Husband, I heard that my cousin is here!"
Then, Xie Yi came in and was stunned when she saw her cousin, whose dress color, hair style, and even eyebrows were similar to hers.
"Why is my cousin wearing the same clothes and hair accessories as me?"
The cousin saw Xie Yi's face turn pale and bit her lip: "It's all coincidence, sister, you don't have to take it to heart."
Her eyes were filled with tears, and she said to Master Zhang in a wronged voice, "My cousin is getting married, and I came to see him and then left. I am being rude this time."
There was nothing Jiang Lili didn't understand about the lines that were filled with the aroma of tea.
He Lin is bringing all those bloody modern dramas to the ancient stage!
This familiar stand-in routine is so classic!
Jiang Lili bet a penny that Zhang Sheng on the stage would definitely say "You're just her stand-in".
She was fascinated by this kind of plot when she was in school. Although the routine is basically the same, she can't help but read on every time she sees it.
To Jiang Lili, those extremely emotional and melodramatic modern dramas are nothing new.
But for these ancient people, it was a new thing, so keep it in mind!
Look, the girl in blue next to Jiang Lili got excited.
Through the previous conversation, Jiang Lili learned that the girl in blue was named He Shi. She was a member of the He family's side branch, but she had outstanding achievements, so she sat in the inner courtyard.
He Shi clenched his wine glass tightly with his fingers, gnashing his teeth and saying, "This cousin's actress is so annoying. Even though it's just acting, I'm furious!"