Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 113 Tour the Big World
Just last night when Meng Haoxiang told Ye Zijin that the date was set at the Great World, Ye Zijin felt inexplicably awkward when he thought of seeing Meng Haoxiang in this state.So today, instead of asking Meng Haoxiang to go to Shenji to pick him up, he waited at the gate of the Great World ahead of time.After arriving in the big world, Ye Zijin waited and waited, thinking about it, and felt that sooner or later she would see her, so it's better to treat it calmly, anyway, the awkwardness is temporary, maybe it's just that she still can't get used to her curly hair dress.

Ye Zijin saw Meng Haoxiang walking towards her, her heart was beating non-stop, and she was ready to be ridiculed by Meng Haoxiang.

"When did you get it?" Meng Haoxiang looked at her with interest.

"Yesterday..." Ye Zijin scratched her hair embarrassingly.Two strands of black curly hair were tied behind her head, and a pearl hairpin adorned her hair. Zhao Zhimei insisted that she do it like this, saying that this is the latest style among Shanghai ladies, which is both gentle and generous.

Seeing her embarrassing appearance, Meng Haoxiang found it very amused. She was obviously very good-looking in such a dress, but she herself lost her confidence.

"Miss Zhao is really talented. She can actually persuade you to get a perm. I always thought that even if all the women in Shanghai had their hair permed, you would be indifferent." She is mainly simple and elegant, but now she has transformed into a trendy lady, which makes people's eyes shine.

Ye Zijin blushed and bit her lower lip, "I'm just having a sudden brain fever, how do I change my hair back?"

Meng Haoxiang smiled, gently stroked her curly hair, and said, "You look so good, you don't need to change back."

Ye Zijin pretended to be displeased and said, "You mean it was ugly before?"

Meng Haoxiang took a look from top to bottom, and said, "I didn't say that. You used to be fresh and refined, but now you can say that it's fresh and streamlined. It's a different feeling."

Ye Zijin turned his face away, and said disdainfully, "Boss Meng might as well just say that it used to be soil, but now it's half soil and not foreign."

"Smart, easy to understand, you said it yourself..." Meng Haoxiang smiled and took Ye Zijin's hand, and the two walked into the door together.

The Great World is the most famous entertainment place in Shanghai, known as the No. [-] club in the Far East.There are Western-style buildings on both sides of the road, among which the multi-storey hexagonal cream-yellow spire supported by twelve columns is the most eye-catching. The main building is connected by a [-]-meter sky bridge, which is very spectacular.Various acrobats and opera celebrities gather here, and the Qiankun Grand Theater presents movies and Beijing operas every day, and the venues are full.

There are especially many people coming to the big world on weekends. There are crowds of people on the street, children playing, and laughter and screams from the high-altitude spaceship in the open field from time to time.Ye Zijin and Meng Haoxiang walked side by side, because there were too many people and many children here, Ye Zijin didn't feel embarrassed to walk with Meng Haoxiang on his arm.

Meng Haoxiang lowered his head inadvertently, and the corner of the dark green cloak that Ye Zijin was wearing came into his eyes. Her pair of white high-heeled shoes made a light clicking sound when they stepped on the ground, and the white skirt swayed and bloomed with her steps.There is a faint fragrance lingering at the tip of the nose, the dark fragrance full of sleeves is like an orchid in an empty valley.He raised his eyes to look at Ye Zijin's face, and saw that she had put on a little makeup today, her cheeks were slightly flushed, her lips were light pink and tender, it looked like she had carefully applied lipstick.An inexplicable joy welled up in her heart, which should be regarded as her pleasing herself.

A few children ran past the two of them holding a windmill. There was a slight sweet smell in the air, and the sound of selling various snacks and malt candy came from far and near.

"Seeing that you are upset after having your hair permed, I'll buy you a piece of candy." Meng Haoxiang smiled and patted Ye Zijin's head, and as expected, he went to the stall to buy some malt candy for her.

Ye Zijin was at a loss for words for a while, holding the maltose sprinkled with black sesame seeds in her hand, she was stunned, and then said angrily, "I'm not a child! You..."

Meng Haoxiang picked up a piece of candy and stuffed it into her mouth to block what she wanted to say, Ye Zijin chewed with puffed cheeks, feeling that his teeth were almost sticking together.I suddenly remembered the custom of eating maltose during Chinese New Year when I was a child. The old people said that this was to stick the mouth of the Stove Lord with maltose, so that he would not report bad things in the family to the Jade Emperor when he returned to heaven.Looking at it now, the Stove Lord's mouth has been glued with sugar for so many years, and he definitely won't be able to open it...

After finally waiting for the piece of candy to melt in her mouth, Ye Zijin's heart was so sweet and greasy. Just as she was about to have a seizure and said a few words to Meng Haoxiang, Meng Haoxiang couldn't wait to pull her to a building. Only after the pictorial posted on the wall did I realize that there was a distorting mirror inside.Ye Zijin gave Meng Haoxiang a helpless look, she didn't expect that Meng Haoxiang, who is usually majestic and majestic, would play like a child in the big world.

"Are you sure you want to go in? I think adults bring children in. It's not suitable for us to play..." Ye Zijin was a little embarrassed, looked around, and found that most of the children were pestering their parents to look at the distorting mirror.

Meng Haoxiang put her hand on his arm, and said with a smile: "I'll take you in, really, just say it if you want to play..."

"Meng Haoxiang!" Ye Zijin gasped.

The distorting mirror of the big world is very popular, or it is very popular with children.On the first floor of the building, there is a hall with a distorting mirror. Walking into it is like entering a maze of mirrors.Laughter and exclamations were heard from time to time, and a group of children were so excited that they ran around in front of the mirror.

"Look, I'm taller than you." Ye Zijin was surprised to find that she became thinner and taller in the mirror, although the figure was elongated to resemble a bamboo pole.

Meng Haoxiang stood in front of another mirror, in which he was short and fat.Ye Zijin couldn't help laughing, pointed at Meng Haoxiang in the mirror and said, "You have finally shown your prototype, haha."

With a smile on the corner of Meng Haoxiang's mouth, he took advantage of Ye Zijin's triumph and pulled him towards him. Ye Zijin in the mirror instantly became short and fat, as if he was going to tear his skirt.

"Well, how dare you laugh at me." Meng Haoxiang hugged Ye Zijin in front of him so that she couldn't escape.

Ye Zijin was amused by his appearance, looked at the two funny people in the mirror, and said, "If I become so ugly, would you still want it?"

Meng Haoxiang buried his face in her hair, kissed her lightly, and said with a smile: "If you want to become like this, I will admit it, people will grow old and ugly, but you have to grow old together, ugly together .”

Ye Zijin lowered his head and pursed his lips and smiled, then gave him a sideways glance, and said, "Why, it's okay to dislike it, what do you mean you recognize it?"

Meng Haoxiang let go of her, pretending to be helpless and said: "Oh, what else can I do, this life has already fallen into your hands, and I will fall into obedience."

Ye Zijin turned her face away and snorted softly, "You asked for this, don't rely on me."

Meng Haoxiang ignored her, and continued: "I'm afraid I won't be able to play here when I get old, and I'll buy you maltose to eat and stick your dentures down."

Ye Zijin rolled his eyes at him and said, "Okay, then I'll push you to take the high-altitude spaceship."

The two bickered and laughed all the way and walked around the distorting mirror. The mirror can make people grow longer, thinner, shorter and fatter, and sometimes distort their bodies into monsters.It corresponds to the sentence on the poster, "Beauty and ugliness are separated by a mirror, and good and evil are separated by a thought. If you don't know the true face in the mirror, just laugh and let it go."

Ye Zijin and Meng Haoxiang came out of the distorting mirror building, and saw that the Qiankun Grand Theater had been replaced with a new poster. On it was a portrait of a pair of young students in Tsing Yi, with the words "Kunqu opera garden startling dream" written on it.

"The Peony Pavilion is going to be performed tonight, please accompany me to listen to it." Ye Zijin suddenly became interested. When she was young, she often listened to Aunt Zhou humming a few lines of Kunqu opera, and she also had a good impression of this kind of soft tune in Wu dialect. Although she doesn't like to listen to plays about wits and beautiful ladies, she is very interested in the costumes and headgear of Danjiao.

Meng Haoxiang was reluctantly dragged by Ye Zijin to buy tickets, seeing that she was very interested, he had no choice but to follow her first.

"I promise to accompany you to the theater, how about treating me to supper after listening?" Meng Haoxiang waved the ticket in his hand.

Ye Zijin reached out and snatched the two tickets, and said with a smile, "Okay, it's a deal."

When the opening was approaching, Ye Zijin realized that today Du Liniang was sung by Xu Susu, a famous Kunqu opera singer, who was given the nickname Xiao Xianglan. Because she studied under the famous Kunqu opera master Yao Xianglan, she has the charm of Yao Xianglan when she was young, so the venues where she was present were very popular. .

Ye Zijin and Meng Haoxiang took their seats in the box on the second floor, and there were no empty seats in the audience.I only heard the gong beating twice, and a flute sounded tactfully around the beam.Mainly flute sound, supplemented by pipa and shengxiao, the whole melody is tender and heart-warming.

I saw a woman wearing emerald hairpins on her head and a peach pink embroidered costume walking out slowly.

"Dream back to the warbler, chaotic time is everywhere, people set up small pavilions and deep courtyards." Xu Susu opened her mouth, her voice was as thin as a gossamer, turning a thousand times, Xizi's sad appearance in her heart was like Du Liniang.

Ye Zijin went to see Meng Haoxiang again, he was already drowsy...

Ye Zijin didn't bother to care about him, and suddenly saw a familiar figure in front of the stage, Ye Zijin nudged Meng Haoxiang with his elbow, and asked, "Is that person in the front row Liang Xiaochuan?"

Meng Haoxiang came back to his senses and took a closer look, and said: "It's him, it seems that he is admiring Xu Susu. A few years ago, one of the women who went to the theater with Liang Xiaochuan in the Osmanthus Tea Garden was Xu Susu."

Ye Zijin recalled meeting Liang Xiaochuan when Shen Kang and his family went to the Osmanthus Tea Garden to listen to an opera. At that time, not long after Wang Luqiu passed away, Liang Xiaochuan hugged Xinhuan and listened to the opera.In this way, the relationship between Liang Xiaochuan and Xu Susu is unusual. Otherwise, a Danjiao who has only been on stage for a few years cannot have the status he has today. You must know that the Qiankun Grand Theater invites famous actors from various industries, and any seniority and status are higher than Xu Susu.

"Why is there an empty seat next to him?" Ye Zijin felt a little strange, that seat had been empty since the beginning.

"Maybe there are others coming." Meng Haoxiang said lazily.

With fluttering snow-white sleeves, accompanied by the ups and downs of a soft and watery voice, Xu Susu's appearance is dignified and delicate, her steps are light and elegant, and her frown and smile are very famous.Her singing is gorgeous and tactful, which makes people's hearts soften.

Just listen to Xu Susu frowned and sang: "It turns out that there are so many purples and reds blooming all over the place, like this, they are all ruined. Whose house is it to enjoy the beautiful scenery on a good day? Flying in the morning and evening, Yunxia Cuixuan, rain and wind, smoke waves Painting boats. People in Jinping look at it so cheaply..."

It was a good show, Ye Zijin was immersed in boundless melancholy and sorrow, but she was disturbed by a discordant voice beside her when she didn't want to.

Meng Haoxiang fell asleep leaning against the back of the chair...

Ye Zijin pushed Meng Haoxiang angrily and amusedly, and said in a low voice, "Let's go out after listening to the discount in the garden. I'm afraid I'll ask the waiter for a recliner chair if you keep listening."

Meng Haoxiang bowed slightly, yawned and said: "Walking so slowly, I guess she will have to swim for a while in the garden. The voice is so soft that I can't open my eyes. When she finishes swimming, remember to wake me up from my dream. It was a nightmare."

Ye Zijin wants to cry but has no tears...

Xu Susu licked her orchid fingers and sang slowly: "Cuckoos are singing red all over the green mountains, and the tobacco outside the tea is drunk and soft. Although the peony is good, how can he take the lead in the spring return? The language of Yan Ningwu is as clear as scissors. Listen to it The sound of warblers is round..."

For some reason, after hearing what Meng Haoxiang said, Ye Zijin couldn't return to the feeling she had just now. Meng Haoxiang said that a good tour of the garden was like walking around...

After singing the play in Youyuan, Ye Zijin lost the mood to listen any more, and woke Meng Haoxiang up to go downstairs.Meng Haoxiang suddenly regained his energy, and said with a smile: "Finally the swim is over, let's go."

The two met Qu Xiangtian who was walking towards the hall downstairs. Qu Xiangtian was taken aback when he saw them, and then smiled naturally and came over to say hello.

"Mr. Qu also came to the theater?" Ye Zijin asked.

Qu Xiangtian said: "Yes, I come to listen to the opera when I'm bored. Since when did the eldest brother also love to listen to the opera?"

Meng Haoxiang smiled helplessly, "Your sister-in-law likes to listen, so I was dragged here."

Ye Zijin glared at Meng Haoxiang, wishing to seal his mouth, forced a smile after the embarrassment, and said: "You see how elegant Mr. Qu is, it's not like you can fall asleep listening to a play."

Qu Xiangtian said humbly: "I'm just pretending to understand with a half-knowledge. Big brother is a person who does big things. He doesn't like to watch dramas about love between children."

Ye Zijin said: "Then hurry up and go in, You Garden has finished singing, and now it's time to sing Awakening Dream."

Meng Haoxiang patted Qu Xiangtian on the shoulder, and said: "If you have time, take your girlfriend out for dinner, and let me meet the third child."

Qu Xiangtian smiled awkwardly, "Brother, I..."

Ye Zijin hurriedly dragged Meng Haoxiang away, but Meng Haoxiang didn't continue to ask, but said, "Go in quickly."

After leaving the theater, Ye Zijin looked sideways at Meng Haoxiang, "Aren't you embarrassing the fourth child, maybe you are not a girlfriend, and your disturbed dream may become a nightmare."

Meng Haoxiang said indifferently: "It doesn't matter whether he has frightened dreams or nightmares, he has to wake up, see you sooner or later. Okay, what about your promise?"

Because I came out earlier than expected, the promised supper was changed to dinner.

"What do you want to treat me to?" Meng Haoxiang asked.

Ye Zijin touched the few silver and copper dollars in her handbag, because she was restless when she came out today and didn't bring much money, so she counted them quietly and said, "How about treating you to Nanxiang steamed buns?"

"It's so stingy to treat guests." Meng Haoxiang laughed mockingly.

"Forget it if you don't eat, don't blame me for breaking my promise, and you haven't decided what to eat." Ye Zijin blinked triumphantly.

Meng Haoxiang waved his hand to give up, "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)