Chapter 2 The Lady Next Door, Chu Renmei
"When my husband is happy, I am heartbroken, and I feel wronged and know my feelings. It is easy to be separated when we meet..." The voice is faint, but the words are correct and round, and it sounds pure. This opera singer is an expert.
Chen Xingzhi put down what was happening in his hand, subconsciously walked towards the door, and the sound of the play at the door became clearer.
At this moment, Chen Xingzhi had already distinguished that the singing sound came from the high wall courtyard next to him, where the township chief Tian Wan's house was.
"It must be her?" A vague figure appeared in Chen Xingzhi's mind.
Three years ago, the village head Tian Wan married a beautiful wife, who is said to be a famous lady in Hezhou Prefecture City. At that wedding, Chen Xingzhi went to Tian’s house for a drink. During the meal, he also saw a bride wearing a red wedding dress with a veil on her face.
Originally, the Shen family and the Tian family were neighbors separated by a wall, but shortly after Tian Wan got married, Chen Xingzhi's mother passed away and moved to the thatched cottage in front of his mother's grave. For three years, there was no contact with the Tian family separated by a wall.
The opera is gentle and low, and the lyrics are also sad and lingering. The more you listen to it, the more you feel the heavier you feel.
In addition, Chen Xingzhi has been walking on thin ice for a long time, and now he has vaguely resonated with this sound.
Chen Xingzhi sighed softly, and then his eyes fell on the table table under the window, where a dusty lyre was placed.
This lyricorn has no origin, it is just a very ordinary object. Chen Xingzhi gently dusted off the dust on it, then took a deep breath and sat in front of the table.
After a moment, the sound of the piano also sounded leisurely. At first, the sound of the piano was a little inconsistent with the opera on the other side of the courtyard wall, but the two sounds were integrated.
There is a pavilion in the backyard of the Tian family. At this moment, a woman in a dark blue dress is dancing her sleeves, taking steps under her feet, and singing opera lyrics in a low voice.
Suddenly she paused and heard a melodious sound of the piano in her ears. The sound of the piano was a little awkward at first, but it soon became smooth and obviously had a sense of harmony with the opera lyrics.
The woman in the blue skirt looked in curiously and looked at the place where Chen Xingzhi was. She was originally sad and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Then she continued to take steps, waved her sleeves, and blurted out her mouth again.
This time, the opera style of the woman in the blue skirt was no longer as sad and low as before. She originally only had sad and sad opera songs, but also had some warm feeling.
Shen Xingzhi's ten fingers were twitching, and the sound of the piano was as if it was in the abyss from the beginning, and gradually there was a feeling of winter snow melting and spring flowers blooming.
"You bitch, you screamed in the middle of the night. Do you want to sleep?" Suddenly, a man was cursing like a furiously, and thunderously, from the backyard of the Tian family.
The next moment, the woman in the blue skirt stopped abruptly, and then Chen Xingzhi also placed her hands on the lyre.
Then a swearing sound came from the backyard of Tian’s family, and gradually became quiet.
"Is this considered a soulmate across the wall?" Chen Xingzhi shook his head with a wry smile.
Soon Chen Xingzhi fell asleep, but he didn't care much about this matter tonight.
Early the next morning, Chen Xingzhi carried his bags, opened the gate and prepared to head towards the capital.
But the moment he opened the door, he saw a man outside the door looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Oh, Chen Xiaolian is planning to go to Beijing to take the exam today?" The man said to Chen Xingzhi with a smile, looking polite.
Chen Xiaolian is the title of Chen Xingzhi that ordinary people call Chen Xingzhi. In this world, the status of filial piety and honesty is the same as that of Juren. It is precisely because Chen Xingzhi has the identity of filial piety and honesty that he can go directly to Beijing for examination through the county and government examination.
"It turns out that it is the head of town Tian. I don't know what to do with Chen?" Chen Xingzhi quickly recognized the person, who was Tian Wan next door.
Zhao State also had a township and a village chief and a township chief under the county. Although this was not an official position in the court, it was also held by well-known local figures.
"Didn't this know that Chen Xiaolian is going to Beijing to take the exam? As the head of the hometown, he should practice Chen Xiaolian and wish Chen Xiaolian a title. So he prepared a small banquet at home, so he came to invite Chen Xiaolian to the banquet." Tian Wan said with a kind smile.
Although Chen Xingzhi was not familiar with Tian Wan, he laughed at him, and then bowed and said, "How dare you trouble the village chief Tian so much? Chen is guilty of it!"
"Uh, what's the point? Chen Xiaolian is from Huangshan Village, right? If you can have high school today, it will be the glory of our Huangshan Village. This is not my own meaning, but my uncles in the village." Tian Wan smiled slightly, but he was still very polite.
When Chen Xingzhi heard Tian Wan move out of his hometown uncle, he smiled on his face, and then he had to say, "Then I will be disrespectful."
If Tian Wan only invited him, Chen Xingzhi could be said to be urgent and time would be rejected, but the old man who moved out of the village, Chen Xingzhi, as a filial and honest person, had no reason to refuse.
Sometimes identity can not only bring convenience, but also become a bond to actions.
Soon, Chen Xingzhi came to the Tian family under Tian Wan's leadership. Sure enough, the Tian family had already set up a banquet, and all the well-known figures in the ten miles and villages were present.
"Chen Xingzhi has seen you all." Chen Xingzhi took the initiative to greet everyone.
"I have met Chen Xiaolian, I wish Chen Xiaolian a title on the list of gold." The crowd returned the gifts to Chen Xingzhi one after another.
At the same time, praises of Chen Xingzhi erupted one after another in the crowd.
What a child I grew up with is a promising child.
What is my family and the Shen family still have relatives, and the Shen family will have an official master or something.
Chen Xingzhi looked at the performance of the people in the hall and understood in his heart that the so-called farewell of these people was just an early investment, or a good relationship with himself first.
If you are granted an official position by the court in this high school, these people can justify the benefits as fellow villagers or even relatives.
All this is normal, but Chen Xingzhi felt a little unhappy.
There are clearly all kinds of things he had from three years ago in his memory. At that time, he was not a filial and honest person, but a poor scholar.
After his mother died, the family had no money to buy coffins and could not be buried in a prosperous place. Chen Xingzhi borrowed money from house to house, but almost everyone was afraid of him like beggars.
In the end, he could only bury his mother, because he was worried that the wild dog would dig the grave, so Chen Xingzhi built a hut in front of the grave.
Chen Xingzhi sat in the main seat of the banquet with a smirk, beside him was Tian Wan and an octogenarian.
Tian Wan looked like the kind of person who was good at engaging in the camp. Although the atmosphere was a bit awkward at the beginning, the atmosphere of the banquet became very harmonious after a few words.
During the meal, I naturally praised Chen Xingzhi endlessly.
Almost everyone came to toast Chen Xingzhi, but he just gave it a brief taste.
"Our Tian Chen family is not only neighbors but also family friends. I, Tian Wanxu, have a few years older, so I asked you to call you brothers from Shen." After three rounds of wine, Tian Wan said drunk.
Chen Xingzhi looked at Tian Wan and knew that this person was indeed extraordinary. At this moment, he said these words with alcohol. If he tried his best to refuse, he would expose it on the grounds that he had lost his composure after drinking. If he did not refuse, he would leave the impression of a family relationship between Tian Chen and his family in front of others. If he was really in high school this time, it would be difficult for Tian Wan to refuse in the future.
Chen Xingzhi smiled at Tian Wan. No matter what he said at this moment, he kept smiling without saying a word.
When Tian Wan saw Chen Xingzhi just smiled but didn't say anything, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. However, his eyes turned and continued, "Oh, I got married with your sister-in-law three years ago. I never thought that my aunt would go away soon. Your sister-in-law has been talking about not seeing you for many years. Today's opportunity is rare, so I let her come out to see you."
Chen Xingzhi was stunned. Unexpectedly, Tian Wan came to do this. Then, as soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Chen Xingzhi to express his opinion, he shouted outside the hall: "Beautiful, why don't you come to see the Shen brothers?"
After Tian Wan finished speaking, Chen Xingzhi saw a woman walking into the hall door. She was wearing a dark blue dress and setting off her figure gracefully. She looked about twenty-two years old and naturally had an outstanding appearance.
"I have met the brothers of the Shen family!" A woman in blue dress came over and stood in front of Shen Xingzhi and bowed and said.
As soon as Chu Renmei said, Chen Xingzhi heard it immediately. The voice was exactly the woman who sang the opera last night. Although the opera style was somewhat different from her usual speech, Chen Xingzhi still heard it.
Chapter completed!