Ah ha ha, ah ha ha,

Ah ha ha, ah ha ha,

The beauty of West Lake in March,

The spring rain is like wine, the willows are like smoke...

Fate brings us together thousands of miles apart.

It's hard to hold hands without destiny...

The accompanying staff asked Chang Wei if he liked Kunqu Opera, and Chang Wei inexplicably thought of this song.

He originally wanted to recite the lyrics casually, but as he was reciting, he ended up singing them.

Mainly because standing by the West Lake, it is so easy to be moved by the scene.

"It turns out that Team Leader Chang likes Huangmei Opera!"

"No, I just hummed." Chang Wei smiled, "It's a pity that the Leifeng Pagoda collapsed, so we can't see the Leifeng Sunset, which is one of the ten scenic spots of West Lake."

"Mr. Lu Xun has seen it, but he doesn't think it's very good." Fan Tuan'er came over, looked at the grass and mountains reflected on the lake, and asked curiously, "Did you think of the Legend of the White Snake just now?"

"Sister Tuan'er, do you have to be so considerate?"

Fan Tuan'er couldn't help but laugh. "This is where Xu Xuan first met the White Snake. It's said that Leifeng Pagoda was also the place where the White Snake was suppressed. But now the pagoda has collapsed. Who knows where the demon is hiding?"

Chang Wei always felt that she had something else in her words. Just as he was thinking about how to respond, Zhang Long came up and said, "Didn't they say that Xu Xuan's son passed the exam to become the Wenqu Star and released the White Snake?"

"Yes." Zhao Hu nodded, "So political review is still very important. Otherwise, if the children of criminals become officials, they will probably try to exonerate their parents first."

"Zhao Hu, your words are quite profound, but don't worry. First of all, you haven't committed any crime, and secondly, you don't have a son."

"Zhang Long, is it a big deal to have a son?"

"It's just amazing. Who told you not to have it?"

The two of them were fighting and playing, distracting Fan Tuaner from what he was saying.

The Legend of the White Snake is an ancient local love legend with many versions. The hero's name also changed from "Xi Xuanzan" to "Xi Xuan". Later, Feng Menglong called him Xu Xuan in "The White Snake is Imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda Forever".

Later, in the process of folk legends, it was continuously transformed into "Xu Xuan", and finally became "Xu Xian" in the Qing Dynasty vernacular novel "The Legend of the Righteous Demon".

However, "Jingshi Tongyan" is obviously more famous, so most people still call him Xu Xuan.

But no one knows who the fairy that Fan Tuaner mentioned is referring to.

We had dinner at Louwailou.

The West Lake Vinegar Fish here is real West Lake Grass Carp, and it tastes very good.

After coming out of Louwailou, Chang Wei refused the company of his colleagues from the Investigation Office and strolled alone to Xiaohua Opera House to watch a performance.

The rest of the people had no interest. Lao Wang wanted to go, but he didn't say anything after being glared at by Zhang Long. Only Fan Tuaner walked a few steps closer, pulled Chang Wei's collar, and adjusted his lapels, "Let's go back to the guesthouse to rest first. Come back early after you finish watching."

Chang Wei opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say for a long time.

However, the girl remained calm, smiling all the time and even waved goodbye.

Xiaohua Opera Troupe is very famous in Lin'an, and Chang Wei found the place by following the road.

At that time, opera had not yet been banned. As the quintessence of the Chinese nation, foreign guests who came to Lin'an would come to see and listen to it.

There was still an hour or so before the show, but a long line had already formed behind the ticket office.

When it was Chang Wei's turn, the ticket seller inside talked a lot, and seeing that Chang Wei was still confused, he switched to Mandarin and asked again.

"What class of seat do you want?"

Operas are also divided into front and back rows, first and second floors. Chang Wei was slightly stunned and asked, "Uh, how many levels do you have in total?"

"First class, second class, etc., and second class needs to wait a little longer."

Chang Wei didn't know the difference between each class, so he looked up at the seating chart and answered casually, "Let me take a look, you wait a moment."

The ticket seller was very nice, and urged me softly in Mandarin with a Wu dialect, "Don't wait. If you wait any longer, there won't even be second class."

Chang Wei saw that there was still a long line behind him, so he stopped worrying and said, "Then I won't wait any longer. I'll just wait a special amount."

He was not short of money, he just looked at the seating chart to see where the special class seats were.

The theater at that time had been remodeled like the movie theaters of later generations. There were no round tables in front of the special seats, and no tea was provided. As for melon seeds and peanuts, that was too much to expect.

Chang Wei sat in the first row, looking around bored.

"Why are you here?" A beautiful girl came running hurriedly from the backstage, blinking her big eyes. She gently put down the hand that was holding up the hem of her skirt, like a flower that was about to bloom but had restrained its fragrance.

"You wrote to me a few years ago saying that you would come to Lin'an from Suzhou for a performance. I happened to be on a business trip, so I came to see it." Chang Wei stood up and laughed.

Lan Xiaojie stood in front of him, pointed to the top of his head with her hand, then took a step back and said with a smile, "You've grown taller."

"I'm only seventeen. I can grow to be twenty-two."

Lan Xiaojie smiled even more happily, "It's great to meet an old friend in a foreign land."

In two months, her voice became more pleasant and had the gentleness of a Jiangnan woman.

She just looked at Chang Wei quietly, with a smile on her face all the time, until the backstage urged her to put on makeup, and then she left reluctantly.

She learned to say goodbye.

But I underestimated the longing.

I originally thought that I would never have the chance to see you again in this life, but I didn't expect to meet you again at this time.

The play performed today is "The Legend of White Snake", and Lan Xiaojie plays Xiaoqing, a fairy transformed from a green fish.

The plot is adapted from "Jingshi Tongyan". Bai Suzhen is from Shaoxing. She meets Xu Xuan, the manager of a pharmacy, by chance at the West Lake in Hangzhou. They take shelter from the rain in the same boat and fall in love at first sight. The white snake then becomes lustful and wants to have an affair with the scholar, so she marries him and becomes husband and wife.

After experiencing many ups and downs in marriage, White Snake behaved strangely again and again, and was finally discovered by Fahai, who did not understand love.

Xiaoqing doesn't have many parts in this film, but she is also the second female lead. Chang Wei doesn't understand Kunqu Opera, but he thinks her every frown and smile is so beautiful.

Not only did he feel the same way, the audience probably felt the same way. Whenever Xiaoqing appeared on stage, there would be people applauding after she finished singing.

Someone sitting next to me introduced the girl who plays Xiaoqing to a friend from out of town, "She is from outside the city. They say that monks from outside the city can chant sutras. It seems that this is true. She may have been adapting in the first few performances, but she performed better today. Look at her eyes. Oh, she is looking at me again..."

My friend smiled and said, "Maybe he's attracted to you."

"Oh, I'm already in my 40s or 50s, which girl would be interested in me...If it's the guy next door, then it's possible."

Chang Wei turned his head and smiled slightly.

The man also nodded and sighed, "This is a perfect match. It's a pity that it's not popular now. Otherwise, after the performance, I should go up and give them a big reward."

The so-called jackpot is to put the reward on the actor's head.

This is not disrespect, but the greatest recognition for the actors.

But now it is considered a bad habit and is banned.

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