Li Dachunwei's "brave act for justice" stopped after punching "Huang Shiren" twice, because after being stunned for a few seconds, the male actor playing "Xi'er" rushed towards "Huang Shiren" with his teeth and claws bared, and immediately threw him
He can't do it anymore.
"Xi'er, I'm here to help Nen! Why is Nen still tickling me?"
He was dodging in a hurry and defending at the same time. At this time, people from the theater troupe also rushed out from the backstage. With the combined efforts of everyone, Li Dachun was pinned to the stage with three strikes.
"Second cousin, are you okay?" The male actor playing "Xi'er" leaned over and helped "Huang Shiren" up, asked with concern, and even took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe the opponent's blood.
"My tooth fell out."
The male actor who played Xi'er didn't hear clearly, so he put his head in and asked again: "What did Nen say?"
"My front teeth fell out!"
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, Xi'er hurriedly shouted to the people on the stage: "Hey~~ Yang Ertang's tooth fell out, everyone helped to find it!"
This was originally a temporary stage, and there was no curtain, so seven or eight people on the stage began to bend over to find the front tooth, while the people in the audience just watched...
"Hey! Found it!" Suddenly, a guy squatting on the stage shouted, stretched out his hand and pulled out something from the crack of the board. Everyone came up to take a look, and they saw that it was really an incisor with blood stains on it.
Woolen cloth.
Phew!
Suddenly, a woman in the third row of the audience couldn't hold it back any longer, covered her mouth and started giggling. Then all the men, women and children in the audience burst into laughter. I have never seen this happen in so many years.
Such an interesting thing.
"Huang Shiren" felt angry and resentful in his heart. He covered his nose with a handkerchief, raised his head halfway, glanced at Li Dachun's position, raised his foot and kicked Li Dachun hard, and then cursed with his front teeth: "
You are a young servant! This is a show, but it is not real. If you beat me like this, how can you explain it to my mother-in-law when you get home?"
At this moment, Li Dachun had sobered up from his previous impulsiveness. "Huang Shiren" kicked him right on the ribs, almost knocking him out of breath. He said to himself, "Two punches for one kick," and I admitted it.
The troupe leader backstage was so angry that a bastard messed up the play. No one around him dared to speak. The junior actor who played Zhao Dachun hesitated for a moment and said quietly: "Teacher, do we still want to sing?"
Already?"
"Sing!" The class leader said in his heart that if he didn't perform because of this matter, it would ruin the story of the Beihai Navy men and the troupe's brand would be ruined. Fortunately, there were no "Huang Shiren" scenes in the next three plays.
, there are not many lyrics in the eighth scene, so it can be dealt with by hiring a temporary replacement.
After experiencing a chaotic farce, the performance of "The White-Haired Girl" was not completed until dark. Because the performance in the countryside was a task arranged by the Wendeng Military Control Commission, and special funds were allocated, the troupe did not have to ask for rewards from the audience.
The villagers dispersed laughing and joking, but the troupe could not return to Ninghai Prefecture County today. The troupe leader went to the Bao Zhang to discuss it, and everyone set up a bunk on the stage for the night.
They built a stove with a few mud bricks, lit the fire, put on a large aluminum pot, and fetched two buckets of water from the well in the village. When the water boiled, the noodles were mixed and cut into chopsticks.
Thick noodles.
While the white gas was rising, the noodles were put out of the pot. On another earthen stove, a large pot of seafood stew mixed with dried shrimps, dried razor clams, canned meat and cabbage leaves was already boiling with the fat of frozen white flowers.
The meat and meat were put into the pot, and soon the air around the stage was filled with the tangy aroma of animal fat, making everyone who smelled it salivate.
Several young men and idle men were attracted by the aroma. They stood in the shadows more than 20 steps away and looked at it with envy, and the irritation flowed down the corners of their mouths.
"You guys, if you don't go home, why are you doing this? Let's go, let's go! Go home, everyone will be embarrassed."
Chief A, who had been invited to dinner by the class leader, came here with a bag in his hand and a big black man behind him. It was Li Dachun who went on stage to beat someone in the afternoon.
At this moment, Li Dachun put his hands in his sleeves, hunched over, and his eyes soon fell on the big pot full of brine. After a while, his nostrils were blowing, his throat was shaking uncontrollably, and he was swallowing saliva.
.
"Stay calmly here, Nen. When people come out later, follow Mr. Liu's instructions and apologize to them properly."
"Uncle, don't worry."
"Oh~~ What a fucking treasure!"
The security guard left, and Li Dachun stood alone in the open space. When the noodles in the big pot were cooked, the man in charge of the ladle first asked people to bring two bowls to the troupe leader and the commander, and then greeted the others. There were more than 20 troupes.
The members gathered around with bowls of noodles. They first filled up half a bowl of noodles and then a spoonful of braised pork from another pot. Then they found a sheltered place to sit down and ate contentedly.
Whenever someone walked by with a bowl full of noodles, Li Dachun unconsciously craned his neck to take a look. Unfortunately, everyone in the troupe ignored him, especially the male actor who played "Xi'er".
He even let out a "hum" when he came forward.
"Mom, these opera singers are really well fed."
While he was thinking about it blindly, he saw a bruised and swollen Yang Ertang coming out from behind the stage with a big bowl. Li Dachun hurriedly got up and went to greet him.
Although it was dark at this time, the bonfire used for heating in the open space was burning brightly, and there was a bright lantern hanging beside the stage. Yang Ertang caught a glimpse of a dark figure approaching from the corner of his eye. He turned around hurriedly and found that there was actually
It was the guy who hit me in the afternoon. His face immediately drooped. He raised his hand and pointed at the other person and said: "What do you want to do! Don't come over here!"
His injuries were actually not serious, but the front teeth fell out, which was a bit unsightly, and his speech was still leaky. However, there are dental filling shops in Ninghai Prefecture County, and even if the tooth cannot be found, it can be replaced with a new one.
The technology of filling teeth in ancient China has been around since the Tang Dynasty. The "New Materia Medica" records that it was composed of white tin, silver and mercury, which can be regarded as the earliest amalgam filling technology. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the place where teeth were filled in the market was called
"Dental Filling Shop", dental fillings and veneers are not a problem.
Li Dachun waved his hands hurriedly and defended: "Brother Yang, I came here with Wang Jia Chang, and I want to apologize to him. The next afternoon, Mr. Liu and Wang Jia Chang gave me a pout, and I knew I was wrong. I am just a fool.
I'm sorry!" After saying that, he took his hands out of his sleeves and made a big bow to the other party.
When Yang Ertang saw this, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and said: "Forget it, if I go to the theater again in the future, I won't do this."
"Hey!" Although Li Dachun agreed, he didn't move his feet and kept glancing a dozen steps away.
Although Yang Ertang kicked Li Dachun angrily in the afternoon, it was because he was beaten anxiously. In fact, he is not a bad person. So he hesitated for a moment and said: "Have you eaten your dinner yet?"
Jiaodong people call eating "dai", which actually means "eating".
When Li Dachun heard this, he said sheepishly: "No, no, I am full, but the whole family is not hungry."
Yang Ertang thought for a while, then turned around and looked around. He saw the male actor playing "Xi'er" squatting in front of the basin and washing the dishes slowly, so he said loudly: "Cui Cui, have you finished eating?"
"Hmm. What's wrong?"
"Land me the bowl of tenderness. Don't take a break (after a while) and I will wash it for you."
As mentioned before, female actors were banned in the Qing Dynasty, so no matter what theater troupe, male actors in Tsing Yi, Hua Shan and other roles were played by men. Some male actors even had their feet bound when they were young. As a result, many male actors gave themselves
She gave her a female name. Historically, the appearance of Kun Ling in the Qing Dynasty had to wait until after the Eight-Power Allied Forces, and she was not allowed to go backstage.
The person who plays "Xi'er" is also a master who pretends to be real. He has been raised as a girl since he was a child. He moves, sits and lies just like a girl. He is different from Wei Changsheng. The master of Yehu pretends to be real on stage.
After taking off the makeup, he was a man with a hooked nose and swollen eyebrows; after taking off the makeup, he dressed up as a girl, with eyebrows painted on. If it hadn't been explained repeatedly by people in the troupe, Li Dachun would never have believed that the other party was a man.
After eating a large bowl of braised noodles, Li Dachun was still unsatisfied. Unfortunately, there were only so many noodles. He greedily licked up all the residual soup and grease hanging on the wall of the bowl, then filled the bowl of noodle soup and sucked it in.
He was drinking. A hard-working long-term worker like him rarely had enough to eat throughout the year except for the wheat harvest and New Year's Day. Although the Chinese New Year was coming soon, his family was bare, so it would be very difficult to eat a few sorghum noodles on New Year's Eve.
Not bad, so this noodle meal is definitely an unexpected surprise for him.
While Yang Ertang was pulling noodles, he looked at Li Dachun beside him. Suddenly, he remembered what someone from the Ninghai Prefecture Military Control Commission had said before. Anyone who could introduce honest and dutiful villagers to serve as soldiers would be given five silver dollars per head.
The introduction fee. He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "You are so good at eating, why not join the Bei Navy, the city is recruiting people."
"Be a soldier?" Li Dachun heard this and shook his head. "Master Liu once said that good iron cannot be nailed, and good men should not be soldiers. I used to go to the beach with him to pull goods, but I have seen the soldiers of the Green Camp. I heard that they are not so good.
I can’t even get enough to eat with my salary, and everyone’s eyes are so hungry that their eyes are glowing green.”
"Tsk~~" Yang Ertang said disdainfully: "Can the Green Camp compete with the Beihai soldiers? They can only run away in front of the Beihai soldiers! To tell the truth, when I was rehearsing in Wendeng, I cooked in the same pot with the Beihai soldiers. They ate it.
It’s so good, we have meat every day, dry rice, white flour and pastry three times a day, which is enough. Even the county magistrate can’t compare to how he lived that time.”
"What are you talking about?" Li Dachun's saliva gushed out unsatisfactorily.
"I'm sorry~~ Let's just say that our troupe are as reluctant to eat this canned meat as if it were a treasure, but even the Beihai soldiers are tired of eating it."
Li Dachun smiled apologetically and said, "Second brother is joking. How can you get tired of eating meat?"
"Do you know how much salary they get every month?" Yang Ertang handed the chopsticks in his right hand to his left hand, then stretched out his five fingers, turned it over again, and said, "This is the number!"
Li Dachun said: "One hundred cents? That's not much. I can still earn sixty cents a month by working part-time!"
"What a fat boy! It's ten white silver coins, which equals two taels of silver!"
"Pfft~~" Li Dachun almost choked on a mouthful of noodle soup and spurted it out. He quickly put the bowl on the ground and started counting with his fingers.
"Two taels of silver a month means ten...twenty...ha! I have enough money to build a house and marry a wife!"
Li Dachun slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Brother Yang, aren't you trying to trick me?"
Yang Ertang rolled his eyes and said, "What's the benefit of teasing me? I'll get punched by Nen again?"
"Hey, Second Brother Yang, I already apologized to you, why are you bringing this up?" Li Dachun scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "Second Brother, who do you think I'm going to look for? I haven't even entered the state.
Where is the city?"
Yang Ertang said: "Let's see. The troupe will return to Ninghaizhou City early tomorrow morning. If Nen wants to go, come over in the morning and help pack the cart. When we get to Zhoucheng, I will take Nen to register at the Military Control Commission."
"Second brother, I will be thirty the day after tomorrow. Can this be done?"
"Why not? Tell me the truth, the gentlemen of the Northern Navy have no rules about sealing during the New Year."
With these words, Li Dachun came with a bag at dawn the next day, and he was not the only one, but more than twenty people came. These people pushed several wheelbarrows, and some of them also brought sticks.
Yang Ertang was quite excited at first, thinking that these people were going to be soldiers. He thought that the punch was not in vain, and he could actually make a fortune. Unexpectedly, after asking Li Dachun, he found out that these villagers were planning to join the theater troupe.
We go together to the county town to collect food supplies.
"Nen is going to get food now? It will be thirty tomorrow!"
All the villagers did not say a word after hearing Yang Ertang's words. Instead, they were busy helping the troupe load the things into the carriage so that they could get on the road quickly.
In the Qing Dynasty, the condition of cultivated land in Dengzhou Prefecture was very poor. People at the time described it as "Pyongyang without fifty miles". It was the area with the most severe food shortage in Shandong. In good harvest years, the food was not enough to live on, let alone when there was a famine. During the Qianlong period, as the
As the population grows, the demand for food becomes more and more prominent. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tons of grain are imported from Fengtian via sea trade. Once the grain ship fails to arrive on time, there will immediately be a shortage of rice and grain prices.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Basically, starting from the 52nd year of Qianlong, with the expansion of the Qing Dynasty's military deployment in the Northeast, most of the food produced in Fengtian was sent to the Wula front line in Jilin, so this page
Food for the state capital can only be imported from Jiangnan. The problem is that Jiangnan does not produce sorghum, only rice, and the people in Dengzhou cannot get used to it. In addition, rice is more expensive than sorghum, so in recent years it has become a norm for farmers to have insufficient food.
After the Northern Navy occupied the four counties of Dengzhou, land and sea trade were cut off. Liu Yong intended to use this move to ask Beihai Town to quickly ship people away and then get out quickly.
However, the Manchu Qing's abacus was obviously wrong, and Beihai Town was well prepared for this. You must know that Longmen Port in the north of Ninghai Prefecture was one of the four largest ice-free ports in the world in later generations. From October 1793 to January 1794,
With the full cooperation of the navy, the civil affairs department successively transported tens of thousands of tons of wheat from Beihai Town.
Because of Li Bi's suggestion, Kong Shaoan decided to issue relief tickets to poor households in urban and rural areas through "household review". People can go to the county to receive food with the tickets. In order to prevent what Li Bi called "extortion and extortion."
In order to control the situation, the military administration in the four counties did not use subordinate officials from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Instead, they sent work teams to the countryside to conduct household inspections in accordance with the principle of "first far away and then close".
The household review work in Chuiliu Village was completed as early as the end of November, but no one dared to move the villagers after receiving the relief tickets. You must know that under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, receiving relief tickets cost a sum of money.
You have to spend a sum of money to receive food stamps, otherwise you won't get a grain of food. Although the work team did not ask for money when distributing the relief tickets, and also said that there is no need to pay for receiving food, but how dare these rural people
Believe it or not, they have suffered too much from this!
Who doesn't know that the government has always been a fool since ancient times? Whoever wants to believe it is a fool!
I have been procrastinating like this for several days, and it seems that tomorrow will be the New Year's Eve. Many families in Chuiliu Village have already run out of food. If they don't receive relief, they will not be able to survive this year. So every family in the village gritted their teeth and scraped together half a drop of money.
He also borrowed two hangings from the landlord in the village before he dared to set off. As for going to Ninghai Prefecture with the troupe, the main reason was that he was worried about encountering danger.
In later generations, the most familiar thing about thieves in Shandong during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was the "thieves". The reason for this name is because these people would shoot a whistled arrow with a whistle before launching a robbery. However, the thieves in Shandong generally
Concentrated in Linqing and Jining where merchants are busy, and in the Jiaodong area, there are "old melon thieves" who are roaming around to commit crimes.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, thieves who were in charge of boxing, performing arts, and breaking horses were collectively called "Guazi". Compared with the thieves who only robbed money but did not kill people, Laogua thieves were much more ruthless. They not only robbed goods, but also killed people. These guys specialize in pretending to be merchants and beggars.
, mixed in with traveling, and the places to do it are in remote and deserted villages.
After three generations of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, the Manchu Qing Dynasty always regarded the governance of the "Laogua thieves" in the five northern provinces as a priority for the people, and also established a relatively complete arrest system. However, as the Northern Navy captured the four counties of Jiaodong, both sides advanced and retreated.
, there was a vacuum in civil security, and the "old melon thieves" who had disappeared appeared again...