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We can arrange for someone to set up the table first. "

"Okay, okay... Da Kui, go tell them to set up a stage first."

"Yes, Master."

"Boss Fu, this way."

Qin Heting broke away from the team, hurried to the front of the third child, poked the third child on the forehead with his hand, and said bitterly: "You kid has caused a big disaster!! Go back and see how the master will deal with you!! Hey! ! Huaiqiu!! Don't cry!!!"

Huai Qiu cried silently at the side again, and said: "I'm sorry senior brother, second senior brother, I was wrong. It has nothing to do with senior brother, I want to watch you sing."

"What stupid things are you talking about? Go stay in your room first. It's not good for us to talk here. Since Senior Brother brought you out, I can bear any consequences." Qin Heting looked at the third child and still smiled optimistically. The cloud is calm and the wind is light, the more he hates it, the more he hates it, how can this child be so ignorant, shaking his head and saying: "Come on, second senior brother will take you into the room."

Chapter 5

"Huaiqiu, just sit here and don't run around. You know, senior brother and senior brother are going to the master's place. Here, these are the steamed buns I bought for you before departure. It must be cold, but you will be hungry later. Just eat it, okay?" The third child squatted in front of Huaiqiu, and took out the steamed buns that he had been holding in his arms. The steamed buns didn't harden but were cold. Huaiqiu took the steamed buns from the third child's hand and solemnly nodded. Nodding, he said, "Brother, why am I watching in the background when you guys are singing?"

"Little ancestor! You still want to come out? Isn't it good to just stay here? I don't know how Master will punish you when I go back. I will talk to the senior brother and the third junior sister and ask them to intercede for you." Qin Heting again He took out a bag of things from his pocket and handed it to Huaiqiu, saying, "This is the crispy candy that Second Senior Brother bought on the street a few days ago. If you think dry steamed buns are too tasteless, eat some crispy candy."

"Thank you, Second Senior Brother!"

"Okay, okay, third child, let's go."

The third child stood up, patted Huaiqiu's head, turned and left the room.

When the third child and Qin Heting walked away, Huaiqiu looked at the steamed buns and crispy candies in his hands, and then looked around. The piles were all costumes and props brought by their troupe, as well as makeup and paint. He named it, but he was still a little hungry now. He opened the steamed bun and ate it in small bites. He suddenly felt that the steamed bun was really delicious.

"Master, the third child is here."

Tao Zhuyuan was painting oil paint on the side, looking in the mirror, and saw the third child and Qin Heting walking in, Fu Yunqing stood aside helping a person who was about to go on stage to tidy up his clothes, without looking at them, he said directly: "Third brother, quickly change your clothes and put on makeup , and Heting, you go too."

Without talking nonsense, the two went to the side and took out their costumes, changed into them, and waited to paint their faces.

After two or three hours of busy work, all the clothes were put on, the lights in Ye Mansion were turned on, the lights were on, and the stage was built.

On both sides of the stage, there were musical instrument bands invited by Ye Mansion. The original musical instrument players in the troupe were fine, and they were helping Qin Heting, Tao Zhuyuan and the others. They had waited too long for this play.

"Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Ye are here." Uncle Cheng stood by the door watching them ready to go, nodded in satisfaction and said, "Commander Ye will come later."

Everyone was too nervous to speak, Fu Yunqing also nodded to Uncle Cheng and said, "Uncle Cheng has worked hard, we are all ready."

The third child stood aside. Although he was not an important character and had no lines, he still had to go on stage, and he was undoubtedly very nervous now.

The lights outside were all on, but the room was pitch black, and the sound of the sanxian sounded, presumably the play had already begun, Huaiqiu thought secretly, he had finished eating the steamed buns given to him by the third child, and the crispy candy in his hand was still there. There were three or four, and it was really boring to sit in a dark room, but Uncle Cheng, the housekeeper, told me not to run around.

Huaiqiu sat in the room thinking more and more confused, and the desire to get out of this room became stronger and stronger, but he couldn't move.

On the other side, they began to appear on stage step by step, and the opera slowly began.The stage is bigger and more gorgeous than Lao San imagined, and the scenery behind it is even more exquisite. There are big red lanterns on both sides with the word "longevity" written on it. Lao San stands on the stage, stands in his position, and keeps his eyes from wandering , can only stare at the lantern above the head, there are many people sitting under the stage, the one with the gray hair in the middle who is wearing an orchid dress is probably the old lady Ye, she does not look like a senile old man, she reveals a hint of charm in her maturity, Sure enough, the old lady from a wealthy family is also different from ordinary people. The woman sitting next to her looks familiar to the third child. The woman seems to be smiling and talking with Mrs. Ye, but her eyebrows and eyes cannot be stretched.

The woman looked to be in her twenties, she was wearing a pink and white cheongsam, her face was like a peach blossom, but when she smiled, she could see the faint fine lines at the corners of her eyes, the woman seemed to feel the eyes of the third child, and turned her face to look at her In the direction of the third child, for some reason, the third child turned his face away, but he didn't see the expression on the woman's face. She didn't know whether it was shock, surprise, or sadness, and she stared blankly in the direction of the third child again. Several times, she didn't come back to herself until Mrs. Ye asked her something.

The youngest was a little nervous at first, and was a little tired from standing. He also thought of Huaiqiu who was still in the room, wondering if Huaiqiu had enough to eat, and whether he had sneaked out.At this moment, more than half of the play has been sung, and at this moment a man walked outside the door, wearing a military uniform, followed by a young man accompanying him.The man in the military uniform had tired eyebrows, his eyebrows were like swords, his eyes were bright like stars, real sword eyebrows and star eyes, he looked upright and handsome, he quietly walked to the seat beside Mrs. Ye and sat down.Mrs. Ye only found out the person beside her at this moment, she was surprised but she took the man's hand with joy on her face, and called out to the woman in the pink and white cheongsam beside her, the woman smiled gracefully at the man, and the man also smiled and nodded. nodded.

"It's a beautiful day, but what a day..."

"Someone fell into the water!!!"

The sound of the three strings stopped abruptly, and the people on the stage were also startled, and stopped the process, and the crowd who had no time to react just fell silent for two seconds.

"Play, keep singing, I'm here, Aunt Lan, go and have a look."

The first person to react was the man sitting beside Mrs. Ye. He spoke, and an older maid standing beside Mrs. Ye nodded slightly and walked towards the pond in the backyard.

For some reason, the third child jumped off the stage with a feverish brain, and rushed to the place where Aunt Lan left without saying a word. Tao Zhuyuan, who was standing on the stage, was about to stop him, but the third child had already run far away. His brows were frowned, as if he was not very satisfied.

Unexpectedly, the woman in the pink and white cheongsam also stood up suddenly, and said to the man, "Ji Lin, I'll go and have a look too." That man was Commander Ye, Ye Jilin, who became the commander of the Beiping Military Region at a young age , a prominent family background... Ye Jilin's father is currently the head of the Customs Department of the Republic of China government. The Ye family has two sons in total. Ye Jilin serves as the commander of the Beiping Military Region, while his younger brother holds an important position in Nanjing. Ye Jilin's wife is a Shanghai scholar. The daughter of the Fang family, Fang Wanruo.Fang's father served as an admiral in the Shanghai Navy District, and his mother was a teacher at Shanghai Chongde Girls' High School, which can be described as a well-known family.

Ye Jilin was surprised to see Fang Wanruo standing up and wanting to leave, after all, such a trivial matter is not worth so many people to watch.Besides, Fang Wanruo never loses manners in public on weekdays, but something happened today, but she didn't follow her heart, Ye Jilin waved her hand to let her go, the old lady Ye said with a smile: "Let Wanruo go, there is also a caretaker, someone died But it’s not good, today is my birthday, haha.”

"What Mom said was, well, let's continue the play."

The third child had already rushed to the pond at this time, and saw a boy standing by the pond in a panic. The third child with an ugly face hurriedly pulled his sleeve, looked down at him, and said, "Where is the man?" ? People?"

"That... that... in..."

At this moment, the third child also forgot that he can't swim. He was afraid that Huaiqiu would be the one who fell into the water. He was afraid that he would run out of the room. Isn't it Qiu... The third child didn't think about anything, he plunged into the water, he searched around, he couldn't find where the person fell into the water after a while, but he himself began to sink slowly, the alarm bell in his heart Dazuo, but at this time his throat was choked by water and he couldn't make a cry for help, and the servant standing beside him screamed in fear.

"Pass--"

Another person got into the water and swam towards the third child. The third child didn't know who it was, he couldn't open his eyes, and he was slowly going down into the water. He only felt that the surroundings were pitch black, only the water surface A shadow swam towards him, very thin and slender, like a woman, who would save himself?

"Madam!! Why did you get into the water!!"

Aunt Lan was also in a mess at this time, seeing that the always dignified and virtuous wife actually jumped into the water in order to save a young opera singer whom she had never met!

"Quick, come and help me." Fang Wanruo had already rescued the third child, she dragged him up, and she, who would never do heavy work on weekdays, was about to pass out after losing her strength several times. He came over and pulled the youngest child to the water, and the servant who also went down to the pond to save the person just now also rescued the person who fell into the water. It was a maid of the Ye family.

"Save someone, why are you standing there, send him to the room! Aunt Lan, prepare towels and a change of clothes." Fang Wanruo, who was usually calm and elegant,