Master of Chinese Opera

Chapter 17 Dreaming of Mei Lanfang

"Whoa, Dad, did you see that?
My Mei family finally has a queen. "

Shen Yuelou's small body was clinging to the arms of the handsome man, feeling the blood of the same origin flowing in his body, he couldn't help feeling a little bit of admiration in his heart.

He was originally an orphan in Blue Star. He didn't know what his parents were since he was a child, so he never experienced any blood relationship.

Now, my consciousness has sunk into the virtual world, and I actually have parents and a family at the same time.

Could it be that God is compensating himself in another way?

Seeing that his nephew was born safely, Mei Yutian, the uncle of the Mei family, walked up to the second grandfather, Mei Zhufen, and asked, "Zhufen, have you chosen a name for the child?"

"Changyu and I have already decided on a name for him. The single name is Lan, the alias Heming, and the baby name is Qunjie. What do you think?"

There was a slight smile on Mei Yutian's stern face: "Heming Jiugao, the sound is heard in the sky. A good name and a good meaning. This child will definitely have a great future when he grows up."

Wait, isn't my student Mei Lanfang?
Heming, sister Qun, and Lan'er, why don't they have the word "Lanfang".

Can't go wrong?

probably not.

After all, just now the baby's biological father made it clear that this is the Mei family.

After thinking about it, Shen Yuelou immediately understood the key point.

Mei Lanfang should be a stage name, and he will have it when he studies art, just like his real name Shen You and stage name Shen Yuelou.

In this way, Shen Yuelou grew up in the Mei family under the name of Mei Heming.

Mei Heming's grandfather, Mei Qiaoling, was a peerless famous actress who was in charge of Sixi Troupe and ranked third among Tongguang Thirteen. He was once nicknamed "Fat Qiaoling" by Lafayette Cixi.

His father, Mei Zhufen, is also a well-known actor in Tsing Yi, and his mother, Yang Changyu, is the eldest daughter of martial arts master Yang Longshou. With such a prominent background, he can be regarded as a top wealthy family in the Peking Opera world.

Therefore, in the early years, relying on the shade of the ancestors, "Shen Yuelou" lived a very good life in the Mei family.

No worries about food and clothing, loving father and mother, let him spend a period of carefree childhood that he never enjoyed on Blue Star.

However, the happy time is always very short. When he was four years old, his father Mei Zhufen died of illness, and his mother Yang Changyu became ill from worry. After that, he almost became a child with no one to take care of him.

In the 25th year of Guangxu, when he was five years old, his mother sent him to study in a private school near Baishun Hutong.

After attending private school, Shen Yuelou realized that the Ming Dynasty was before the Qing Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty was before the Ming Dynasty...

In addition to "The Injustice of Dou E" and "The Story of the Golden Lock", Guan Hanqing and Ye Xianzu also have those works in existence.

...Han Fu, Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, and Ming and Qing novels form a mighty cultural river with a long history.

The splendid 5000-year-old Chinese civilization, countless moving stories that have been passed down on the land of China, have been heard one after another from old masters in private schools, idlers on the street, and storytellers in teahouses——

Cangjie created characters, Nvwa patched up the sky, Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, Chu and Han contended for supremacy, three kingdoms stand together, havoc in the heavenly palace, flooding Jinshan...

Hearing these stories, Shen Yuelou felt fascinated, and the blood all over his body boiled.

The earth seems to be an all-encompassing treasure house of literature and art, and the treasures handed down from generation to generation are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Even if I spend my whole life, I should only be able to absorb one hair from the nine bulls.

It's a pity that I can only stay in this virtual world for a few decades.

You can't even choose the knowledge and information you want to obtain. You can only feel the external world through Mei Heming's eyes, hands and heart, but there is no way to guide or interfere with any of Mei Heming's decisions.

Immersive experiential learning is like watching an immersive movie. You can substitute the characters and have real feelings, but there is no way to change the original plot that has been preset.

I'm afraid Mei Heming doesn't know it himself, but there is also a consciousness from another world that is always attached to his body and soul, examining him and the life around him.

Alas, one needs to know how to be content, and to be able to do this is already very good.

Even if you can't seal the knowledge and literary works you are interested in deeply and pack them in your mind and bring them back to Blue Star, as long as you know their names, can't you still go to the system mall to buy them?
Isn't the system mall the place where you can buy earth literature and art works?It's just that you need to spend a little reputation point.

The reason why I have never thought of entering the system mall before is because the reputation value of [-] points is too shabby, and I can't buy anything good there.

Now that his net worth has risen to [-], he can go to the system mall for a while.

After attending a private school for three years and learning some basic cultural knowledge, Mei Heming finally inherited his ancestral business and embarked on the old path that his grandfather and father both walked—becoming a Peking Opera Tsing Yi.

In the old society, most of the descendants of the low class had to make such a choice - most of the sons of opera singers still went to be opera singers, and Changji's sons went to be big teapots...

In the 28th year of Guangxu, Mei Heming officially went to study under Wu Lingxian in Tsing Yi to study Tsing Yi, and since then started his great drama career.

In fact, when Mei Heming was young, his aptitude was not very brilliant, and his appearance was just ordinary, with a round face and drooping eyelids, and he dared not speak when he saw people. To use his aunt's words to describe it, he would say nothing. Outstanding, not surprising.

Before he became a disciple of Wu Lingxian, Mei Yutian, the eldest son of the Mei family, once invited Zhu Suyun's brother, a well-known young boy, to come and teach drama to Xiao Heming.

One "Two Entering the Palace" plus one "Three Niangs Teaching the Son", two Kaimeng operas, and four and a half old accents. After more than ten days of studying, I still can't catch it.

Such stupid and clumsy qualifications not only made Zhu Suyun's elder brother jump in anger, but even Shen Yuelou, who was reading and listening to him, was secretly suspicious.

That's it?

This is the learning object chosen by oneself.

The aptitude is also a bit poor. When Mr. Zhu taught opera, he sang along for a while, and he would be able to listen to it once.

Even if I go back to the understanding I had when I first learned Qing Yi, I should be able to master it all after listening to it two or three times.

"This kid's aptitude and comprehension are too poor. There is no hope in the career of Tsing Yi. The patriarch didn't reward him with this bowl of food at all. Let's change careers as soon as possible."

After hastily leaving a few words that hurt people's self-esteem, Mr. Zhu has never been to Mei's house since then.

Later, when Mr. Mei became famous all over the world, Mr. Zhu could only take a detour.

Once, it was impossible to get around it, and he hurriedly stepped forward to apologize to Mei Lanfang, saying that he was blind and lost his sight.

Of course, these are all things to say later, let's not mention it for now, at that time, Mr. Zhu's words still dealt a big blow to Xiao Meilan.

(End of this chapter)