On the twenty-third of the Lunar New Year, the strong flavor of the New Year has already hit our faces. No, when I came back from Yinchuan for business, I arrived at the Pingluo East Gate Bridge. I saw a group of aunts in festive yangko costumes rehearsing, and there were many admiring people surrounding them. The crisp and pleasant Yangko drum beats, the elegant dancing colorful silk fans, the light and agile movements, accompanied by the enthusiastic applause and cheers of the audience, rendered the taste of the New Year before the festival like "a clear breeze and beautiful water waves", rippling over the small town. . oh! Colorful silks are fluttering, and the flavor of the new year is floating around. Seeing the colorful silk dancing in the air, red as fire and brilliant as flowers, I can't help but feel excited. What a familiar and warm scene! Through the fluttering colorful fans, I seemed to see the distant depths of the mountains. Twenty-six years ago, the landlady boy who was wearing a performance costume, embroidered shoes, and holding a red silk fan was agile and free and easy in the crowd. Girl, that little girl who is as lively and bright as a flower is me.
After the model drama ended, the actors of the Bai Xiaoxia and Huang Xing generation of the Rukuang Literary and Art Propaganda Team went to work one after another, and the mine's Literary and Art Propaganda Team was also disbanded. Later, during the Chinese New Year, the mine would invite song and dance troupes or Qin Opera troupes from outside to perform at the mine. Being short in stature, I first saw Guan Mucun and Yu Shuzhen, who were still actors in the coal mine art troupe at that time, under the front stage of the Mining Cinema. Their deep and deep rendition of "Turpan Grapes Are Ripe" and their crisp and melodious "Island of the Sun" aroused thunderous applause and cheers every time they sang. For those of us who have lived deep in the mountains for a long time and only listen to the radio every day and never see real people, you can imagine how excited we are to be able to enjoy their live performance so close.
However, there is only one road leading from the outside to the depths of the mountains, and it is winding and difficult to navigate. In winter, the mountains are easily blocked by heavy snow, so it is not easy to invite a troupe to come.
In 19xx, I was only 17 years old at that time, but among the temporary workers of the coal crusher, I could be regarded as someone with one year of service. I don’t know whether it was because they were afraid that the troupe would not be able to hire due to snow and mountain closures, or because the mine was considering re-establishing a literary and artistic propaganda team. In short, the Coal Quality Department received the task of forming a social fire team. At that time, there were hundreds of children of temporary workers working in the coal crusher under the jurisdiction of the Coal Quality Section. The Yangko team was organized and rehearsed by personnel drawn from the Coal Quality Section, and the cultural troupe was formed by talented personnel drawn from various companies and departments. The mine leaders decided not to invite outside troupes and to put on a prosperous show themselves. So, in my prime, I successfully entered the Yangko team.
The first time I saw a land boat tied like a sedan chair, the bright yellow tassels were so dazzling, and the two vivid black donkeys opened my eyes to me who was born in the mountains. I rarely go back to the countryside, and I basically can’t tell the difference between a mule and a donkey. Faced with these rare props, the team leader did not let us touch them at all, for fear that we would damage them. In fact, how dare we touch it with our hands, let alone get inside and try these props. I can always hear the team leader's words: "Whoever damages the car will have his wages deducted twice." At that time, we only earned 60 yuan after a month of hard work loading and unloading trucks. Who dared to risk double the wages? Risking double wages to touch these precious and delicate things?
During the intensive practice, we all worked hard because we knew that the candidates for the land boat and donkey riding were selected from among us. At that time, I worked very hard when practicing. I thought I was quite smart, because my father and many relatives in my family said that I was a smart kid. I'm not interested in the two black donkeys. What interests me is the sedan-like land boat. I know that there are three people in a dry boat, one is punting, one is rowing, and the other is playing boat. I'm not tall, so the wheel of the boat can't fit on me. To row the boat, I need a man wearing a fake beard. My only hope is the person next to me holding a silk fan and playing with a land boat. I have seen the costumes of the land boat dancers, which are different from those of the yangko team. They are dark pink slanted buttoned tops and pants, which are also in sets. They look like silk but not like that kind of fabric. They are bright and beautiful. The most important thing is the pair of embroidered shoes decorated with wool fringes. They are so beautiful. I secretly tried it on and it fit just right. I also quietly played with the red silk fan. What was flying up and down was not the fan, but my heart. At that time, I knew what it means to be "not afraid of thieves stealing, but afraid of thieves missing you".
In order to put on this beautiful performance costume, I listened carefully to the drum beats during practice, carefully observed the teacher's gestures and movements, and tried to imitate them. In order to stand out from the many practitioners, I have worked hard! Unfortunately, due to their short stature and not outstanding appearance, the final candidates for playing land boat were Cong Hui and another girl with more outstanding appearance. Although I feel disappointed, I am still a child after all. It is better to stay in the Yangko team and perform than to work in a coal breaker, so I am still very happy.
After the programmer is selected, whoever plays the role will play the role. Sometimes, beauty has nothing to do with talent. I personally think so. Our Yangko team has finished rehearsing, and some people go to play, but I always stay in the big conference room to watch the rehearsals of land boats and donkey riders. Every time I see the donkey riders rehearsing, I don’t know why, but I just want to go up and kick them hard. The butts of those two black donkeys. I still miss the land boat in my heart. One of the two punters is my best friend Xiu Qin. Every time they rehearse, the teacher says, they are good-looking people, but when they perform, they look dead. The quality of a land boat show depends on the performance, so the people who perform the land boat show must be natural and lively in their performances. It's good to be light and nimble and have a variety of movements.
Maybe it was because I couldn't bear the shame of being scolded by the teacher. One afternoon only Conghui came, and the other girl who played land boat did not come. I heard that people would rather go to the coal crusher to remove gangue than listen to the teacher's advice. The scolding and laughter of others.
After hearing the news, the beautiful costume and embroidered shoes once again aroused my desire to act. Now, the fashionable saying is that I am scheming and love to express myself, but at that time, I I'm only 17 years old. I don't have too many distractions. I just want to put on that beautiful performance costume. After much hesitation, I finally couldn't resist the temptation, so I recommended myself to the drum masters and begged them to give me a drum beat so that I could try out this role. The masters who were smoking and chatting did not refuse me. They nodded in agreement and made an exception and lent me the red silk fan prop. Seeing that the masters agreed to play the drums for me, Xiuqin, who was rowing the boat, quickly got into the dry boat and pitched the dry boat. At the same time, Xiao Wang, who was rowing the boat for Conghui, said, "I will row the boat." I have always been an extrovert, and I usually like to play. A string of crisp drum beats completely brought me into it. The joyful smile, light steps, funny movements, and the silk fans flying flexibly under my wrists attracted the yangko players on the side. Round of applause. When the drum beat stopped, the teacher who appeared out of nowhere clapped his hands and said, "You are the one who is playing the land boat on this boat." I jumped up with joy when I heard this. Xiao Wang, who was rowing the boat, ran to the teacher and said: There are three of us in a boat. We cooperate so well. Yue Feng's happy mood has infected us. The teacher agreed. It was this time that I knew for the first time that my happy mood could infect those around me, which further aroused my enthusiasm and interest in performing.
During the two-day Shehuo performance on the second and third days of junior high school, I was so excited and excited about wearing the costume that I had longed for. I was intoxicated by the beautiful and well-fitting costume. immersed in the performance. My funny expressions and skillful acting skills deeply attracted the audience, and cheers and applause always broke out towards our dry boat.
Our fresh, bright, free and easy performance became one-sided. When the boat reaches the east side, the crowd cheers and falls to the east. When the boat reaches the west, the crowd falls to the west again. We ran away on the boat, and even the drum master ran away with us. Not to mention, the red silk fan flying up and down in my hand never flew out of my hand.
At that time, there was a lack of material and spiritual resources deep in the mountains, so the Yangko troupe became the main entertainment project for the miners to enrich their spare time. At the performance of the cultural troupe in the evening, the audience was packed with people, and bursts of applause were encouragement and affirmation of our performance. And I became known to more people all of a sudden. From time to time someone in the crowd said: Look, that little little girl playing boat is Peilin's little daughter. From time to time someone shouted "Two cows, two cows". In addition to my old neighbors and playmates who grew up with me, a few of them know my nickname. I think they were also happy and cheering for me at that time!
Needless to say, we were praised by the department leaders after the performance. The section chief said: This performance by both the cultural troupe and the social fire team was very successful, and the mine leaders praised all our participants. He pointed at me and said that the mine leaders looked at it and said that you were good at dry boating. I lowered my head shyly. Does anyone know that the purpose of my self-recommendation was for the beautiful performance costume? The 17-year-old Shehuo performance also left me some precious photos of the performance. Even my opponent, Conghui, who was playing land boat on the other boat, said that my mother said that despite your good looks, you look lifeless when playing land boat, and you are not lively at all. Look at the little girl playing boat on the other boat. She is as nimble as a monkey, jumping around and making everyone laugh. I even wanted to watch her performance. People at that time were so simple that they didn't have a big heart, and they praised people sincerely.
Now think about it, everyone has something beautiful and longing for in their heart, and they work tirelessly for it. Maybe I was still naive at the age of 17, but it was my hard work and my acting talent that made me a little "celebrity" at that time.
Time flies, 26 years have passed in a flash, and smelling the strong smell of the New Year again, there are warm memories, nostalgic thoughts, and dreams to pursue.
What passes away are years, leaving behind traces, "flowers are similar every year", "people are different every year", the same colored silk is fluttering from the depths of the mountains twenty-six years ago to twenty-six years ago. After the new year, the streets and alleys of the small town dance with a long and long flavor of the year, and a long and warm memory dances, pulsating in the hard work of life, continuing in the changes of the years, every joint makes people sigh, and every time Every time you reminisce about it, it makes you nostalgic!