The Local Lazy Man System

"What is 'playing the Eight Immortals'?" Ma Lin asked curiously.

"This 'playing the Eight Immortals' is a feature of theatrical performances in the Wenzhou area. Now you can't see it in the grand theater. You can only see it in the countryside. It's very interesting. You'll find out later." Ye Rongrong He smiled and said to Liu Qingqing and Ma Lin.

Although Liu Qingqing has been married to the countryside for almost two years, it is also the first time to watch a play in the countryside. After all, Taoyuan Village has not had a play for many years. Before Ye Rongrong got better, Liu Qingqing never went out of Taoyuan Village. Therefore, she has never seen a rural show, and she is as interested as Ma Lin.

"Yeah, sister Qingqing, Linlin, the first scene of the rural play is 'Batting the Eight Immortals', which is very interesting. I liked playing in the countryside when I was a child, especially 'Playing the Eight Immortals', I would sprinkle sugar on the bottom, small Children like it very much, you see a lot of children around the stage, all waiting for the Eight Immortals to hand out candy, and I was also waiting there when I was a child."

Ye Shuting said excitedly to Ma Lin and Liu Qingqing. The play in the village reminded Ye Shuting of interesting things when she was a child.

"Husband, did you also wait around the stage to make candy when you were young?" Liu Qingqing looked at Ye Rongrong and asked with a smile.

"Yes, at that time, the villages were still very poor, and children rarely had candy to eat. It was rare to have such a good thing, and everyone would definitely not let it go. At that time, in several nearby villages, as long as there was a play, the first play 'Playing the Eight Immortals' If everyone is not late, they will sprinkle sugar on the Eight Immortals waiting on the edge of the stage." Ye Rongyao nodded and said.

"Brother Glory, why don't we go grab the candy too?" Ma Lin suggested.

"Husband, shall we go too?"

Liu Qingqing looked at Ye Rongyao and said. Liu Qingqing also wanted to experience the fun of grabbing candy.

"Go grab it, I'll just watch it here."

Ye Rongrong said. After all, Ye Rongyao is almost thirty years old now, his face is much thinner than before, and now he is also the number one person in the village. Ye Yaoyao was too embarrassed to do such a loss-making thing.

"Sister Qingqing, Ma Lin, just let's go. You can see that there are many women in the village under the stage, and they also want to grab candy. Everyone says that the candy sprinkled by the Eight Immortals is lucky candy, and you will be lucky if you eat it." Ye Shu Ting said.

"Brother Glory, are you not going?" Ma Lin looked at Ye Rongyao and asked.

"You just go."

Ye Rongyao shook his head and said. Ye Rongyao is very masculine,

Ye Rongyao would never do such a shameful thing.

"Let's go, husband, you can help us see where we are."

Liu Qingqing stood up and explained to Ye Rongyao, then dragged Ma Lin and Ye Shuting to the front of the stage.

At seven o'clock it was completely dark, and the stage was full of people. The whole stage was very lively.

The first scene, "Fighting the Eight Immortals", is about the Queen Mother holding a peach feast, and the Queen Mother entertains the gods from all walks of life. The first to come out are the four gods of the four gods (the year, the month, the day, and the hour).

Then came up one after another, such as the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, the three stars of Fu, Lu, and Shou. Send your child to the goddess, Kuixing. Small bangs, God of Wealth, Guan Gong and so on.

Then, after sitting on several high chairs arranged on the stage in turn, they sang a piece of play, and finished. Xiao Liu Hai is here, played by a 10-year-old child, but this role is also quite hard, and it has to turn several somersaults on the stage. After that, the gods from all walks of life returned their salutes one by one and went behind the scenes.

Then came up by a single person. The first is Kuixing. Kuixing is the god in charge of the imperial examinations. He wears a mask and holds a brush in one hand and an ink fountain in the other. He is going to jump on the stage, and he also writes something in the air with a pen from time to time. The desire to gain an official title.

The next person to come out should be the Heavenly Official, also wearing a mask, the mask is white, with a smiley face. The rhythm and music behind each player are different, and they are all fixed.

After the heavenly official came up, he first bowed to several directions, and then picked up the characters placed on the table and showed them to everyone. Generally, the words were "rich crops and good rains". Then he put it back on the table, bowed again, and walked slowly behind the scenes.

Next came the two fairy aunts, and it was not clear which fairy Ye Guangyao was playing. They had to act like grinding rice, weaving cloth, etc. Then one picked up the child, and the other held a champion hat.

Ye Rongyao couldn't understand it, but he could probably guess the meaning, that is, the meaning of sending children and taking the exam for the champion. The ancients attached great importance to inheriting the lineage and the title of the golden list.

Then the music at the back became extremely high, and the God of Wealth with gold ingots in his hand came up, wearing a black robe and a mask.

It's very interesting, he will deliberately point to the audience under the stage and then stretch out his hand as if to give him the ingot, and then take it back immediately.

After going back and forth a few times like this, he will wave his hand and call up to the person waiting on the side. In the countryside, "playing the Eight Immortals" is always packaged by someone, and the person who makes the package can come up to get the ingot, and then he has to give the person who plays the god of wealth a red envelope in exchange for the ingot. .

Then, the person who plays the god of wealth will open the red envelopes, take out the money one by one, count it for everyone, and then go behind the scenes.

The people who "play the Eight Immortals" in this package are generally rich people in the village. After all, in front of so many elders and villagers, the money in this red envelope is to be counted for everyone to see. There are no three or five thousand. I'm embarrassed to wrap this "playing the Eight Immortals".

Otherwise, it will be laughed at by the people in the nearby villages. Today, Ye Rongguang also knows the person who "plays the Eight Immortals". It is Ye Rongkai, a very rich person in the village. He runs a factory outside and has his family property. Tens of millions, I bought a house in the city a long time ago, and they all live in the city. This time I went home to accompany the elderly to celebrate the New Year. It happened that there was a drama in the village, and this package of "playing the Eight Immortals" was booked by him.

For business people, they are particularly concerned about such auspicious things. Judging from the amount of money counted by the "God of Wealth" just now, there are 8,000 yuan, which is not a small red envelope.

Next is the last project of playing the Eight Immortals. Worshiping the hall, two couples of newlyweds, wearing phoenix crowns and robes, Shenggong flower gauze hats, and red official uniforms bow to the audience, and then put the fruits, beer, sugar, etc. that have already been placed in front of the stage. All kinds of food to go.

Of course, there are also red envelopes, which must be opened and shown to the audience one by one. This red envelope is different from the previous red envelope. This red envelope is for the newcomers of the church. One red envelope is 800 yuan, and two red envelopes are 1,600 yuan. The bucks are from the elderly association in the village.

Then there is a very interesting part, which is the sugar distribution. Here, the sugar is to be dismantled, and the two new couples spread the sugar to the audience below.

At this time, there were 10-year-old children all around, all of them dancing, and after the sugar was sprinkled on it, all of them had a great time grabbing it. There were also many women grabbing the candy, but no adult men were going to grab the candy. , After all, men have a good face.

Ye Rongrong paid attention to his wife and the others, and saw that they were having a lot of fun grabbing sugar under the stage, more active than the children.

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I invited the guests to drink too much at home today, and I went to my aunt's house for a drink tonight. Sorry for the late update. There is one more update, because it is past ten o'clock now, and the third update is estimated to be after twelve o'clock, please forgive me. (To be continued.)