Miss Mu and the Canary

Chapter 36

In recent years, although western sound films have spread into the world, and cinemas have spread almost all over the country, in Wenjiang, the entrance of the theater is still the busiest on rest days.

Because of Xun Huisheng's good performance today, the original one-yuan ticket price has doubled. Many people came here in high spirits, but because they were short of money, they had to return disappointed.However, this was an advantage for Mu Xing. When she and Bai Yan rushed to the theater, they had already sung a play, but because of the increase in ticket prices, there were still some vacancies.

After buying two private room tickets, the receptionist took them directly to the private room stands on the second floor.

Worried that it would be inconvenient for Uncle Song and Fuguang to be here, Mu Xing sent the two of them to have fun separately instead of waiting in the box.The waiters all left after serving fruit plates and drinks, and only Mu Xing and Bai Yan were left in the box.

The previous lively fighting scene has ended, and after another round of gongs and drums beating the heat, all the equipment is ready, and we are waiting for the actors to play.

"Coincidentally, I heard that this male actor has the true biography of the Feng family. I haven't heard Peking Opera for several years, and I don't know how well he sings." Mu Xing said while giving Bai Yan a bottle of soda.

Bai Yan took the soda and said, "I've heard it a few times, and it's not bad. But I haven't heard the drama of other members of the Feng family, so I don't have anything to compare it to."

"That's such a pity." Mu Xing said: "Feng Yingtian's performance is incredible. When she opened her voice in Haitan, her reputation was greatly shaken. Although she is an old student, she is very good at singing Tsing Yi." bad."

Just as he was talking, the eight maids had followed Feng Yilou's Concubine Concubine on stage.

"Since I have been fighting with the king in the east and west, I have suffered from wind, frost and toil..."

As soon as "Concubine Yu" opened her voice, Mu Xing couldn't help frowning.She shook her head and said, "It doesn't taste right, it doesn't taste right."

Bai Yan said: "It sounds good to me, is it really not as good as Feng Yingtian?"

"It's far behind." Mu Xing said: "Ms. Feng's singing of Lao Sheng Wu Xiang, and her singing of Tsing Yi can be soft and tactful. It is far from what Feng Yilou can compare."

She was very excited by what she said, and Bai Yan couldn't help turning her head to look at her: "Judging from Mr. Mu's tone, it seems that he is very familiar with Feng Yingtian? But I heard that Ms. Feng passed away in Renshu, and Mr. Mu was only [-] or [-] years old. You are so old, you actually like listening to operas?"

Speaking of this, Mu Xing's brows and eyes suddenly relaxed, and he smiled: "My aunt took me to listen to it. She can be regarded as half a fancier. Except for painting, she usually spends most of her time in the theater. .”

This is the first time Mu Xing has mentioned her aunt today. Thinking of the delicate dishes and chopsticks she saw just now, Bai Yan couldn't help but say, "I never thought that Mrs. Xue would have such interest. She can not only carve, paint, do handwork, but also Listening to opera and singing opera. With such an aunt, Mr. Mu must have been very happy when he was young."

"Yes." Mu Xing was quite emotional, "My aunt is the only daughter of my grandmother. She is nearly 20 years older than my uncle, so the family loves her very much. Footbinding was still fashionable at that time, because my aunt was afraid of pain, so she gave up. Yes. Later my father went abroad to study, and she went with him, and when she came back, she became a 'progressive young woman', determined not to marry and have children, and built a gallery on her own initiative..."

Bai Yan listened carefully, and said: "Mrs. Negxue is favored like this, thinking about it, Mr. Mu, you will be favored a lot."

Mu Xing nodded and smiled and said, "Yes, for a long time after I was born, she felt that I stole grandma's attention and called me a clown monkey. But at that time I had no eyesight and didn't like my two older brothers. I kept pestering her. My aunt thought I was annoying at first, but later she had no choice but to take me to play with her."

"At that time, she already knew Feng Yingtian, and she often played with Feng Yingtian on the same stage, and she sang "Farewell My Concubine". It was sung on Feng Ban’s stage at the end of the show. They were babbling on the stage, and I lay on my stomach and listened under the stage. Although I didn’t understand, I vaguely knew that this was a very beautiful story..."

Mu Xing spoke softly, with deep and long-lasting nostalgia.While listening carefully, Bai Yan couldn't help imagining: the little Mu Xing, who just lost a tooth, was lying on the seat like a little monkey.In the evening, the lights of the theater flickered, and the two magnificent women performed the love handed down from generation to generation on the stage. The little monkey watched and listened ignorantly below...

Those babbling, sad and joyful stories are gradually stained with the color of time and dissipated in the word of mouth of the world. Only the love contained in them can last forever and last forever.

After Xu Xu talked for a while, Mu Xing suddenly came back to his senses, and said apologetically, "I said a lot of useless words, which made you unable to concentrate on listening to the play."

Bai Yan shook her head quickly: "It's okay, I like to listen to it very much."

Can weave your past in these memories, know you, get close to you, how can you not make people happy?

She asked again, "What happened next?"

"Later..." Mu Xing lowered his eyes, "Later, I entered middle school and was in boarding system again, so I didn't spend as much time with my aunt as before. Only in the winter of that year, I heard that Ms. Feng died of a sudden illness, and my aunt also happened to be I got a serious illness, and the root cause of the disease fell, and we never listened to operas from then on."

"Later, my aunt went to the United States for medical treatment, and I went with my second brother to accompany my aunt while studying. Only two years later, my aunt passed away."

Although I can casually mention her name and talk about those experiences on weekdays.But at this moment, looking at Bai Yan's serious and distressed eyes, Mu Xing suddenly couldn't help feeling a little sore.

Even though three years have passed, the figure of my aunt's last lingering sickness is still engraved in my mind.It turned out that those great sorrows did not dissipate, but just lurked in the corner of my heart.They spy on opportunities, waiting to engulf the soul in an inadvertent moment.

The box fell silent for a while, only the mournful and high-pitched singing on the stage: "...the Han soldiers have plundered the land, the singing is besieged from all sides, the king is exhausted, how can the concubine live—"

Without hesitation, Bai Yan reached out and hugged Mu Xing.

The language is too poor, which makes the comfort seem frivolous. It is better to give a thick and real hug to suppress the floating sorrow.

Buried in Bai Yan's fluffy and smooth long hair, Mu Xing blinked and held back his tears.She said with some embarrassment: "Actually, I'm not very sad..."

Bai Yan didn't let go, but hugged her tighter: "I know, I just want to hug you."

With just one sentence, the originally controlled tears began to surge again.

Rubbing the curly hair on the tip of his nose, Mu Xing murmured, "Miss Bai, why are you so nice, what if..."

What if I never want to leave you again...

It wasn't until the next scene came on stage lively that the two people in the box did their best.

Mu Xing turned his face away, and rubbed his eyes with some blushing.Bai Yan at the side watched it amusedly, and purposely sat a little away and looked towards the stage, letting Mu Xing tidy up by himself.

But with a glance, she suddenly saw a certain box diagonally opposite, and a man and a woman were sitting in it.The woman among them is a gentleman from Yuhua Shuyu, named Feilan; and that man is exactly the purpose of her trip, Zhang Derong.

It turned out that Zhang Derong was a frequent visitor of Feilan. When Bai Yan was still with Young Master Cui, Zhang Derong often invited Young Master Cui to drink flowers and wine. Bai Yan sat by and listened to a lot of gossip.In the hall on weekdays, Fei Lan would also complain about some things about Zhang Derong, so Bai Yan naturally remembered some of them.

One of them is that Zhang Derong must go to the theater to listen to plays every week.

Bai Yanhui proposed to come to the theater, on the one hand, he wanted to spend more time with Mu Xing; on the other hand, he just wanted to see if he could really meet Zhang Derong.

Zhang Derong was indeed behind, and Bai Yan felt relieved.

It can be of some help to Mr. Mu, and it can also make him remember more about himself, okay?

After a while, Mu Xing had collected his emotions and sat closer to Bai Yan.It happened that there was an intermission on the stage, so Bai Yan said to Mu Xing: "Mr. Mu, do you still remember the purpose of our coming here?"

Mu Xing smiled and said, "Why, Miss Bai finally remembered about that Boss Zhang?"

Bai Yan deliberately teased her, frowned and said: "Well... there are some clues, but I'm not sure yet."

Mu Xing cooperated: "Then what should we do?"

Without hesitation, Bai Yan took Mu Xing's left hand, pointed to the ring on her index finger and said, "I think this ring is very good, Mr. Mu will exchange it, how about it?"

Mu Xing's ring was bought when she was in the United States, and she has worn it for many years.Although it was not a very expensive item, she couldn't help being stunned when she saw that Bai Yan wanted this.

Bai Yan raised her eyebrows: "What, Mr. Mu thinks it's not worth it?"

Smiling, Mu Xing took off the ring and said, "How come, I just didn't expect you to want this."

She intentionally handed the ring directly to Bai Yan, but she didn't expect Bai Yan to react faster. As soon as she took it off, Bai Yan stretched out her left hand and smiled sweetly: "Mr. Mu, put it on for me."

Mu Xing froze immediately.

Sure enough, there is a problem...

If she put Miss Bai on a finger other than the ring finger, the meaning is self-evident; but if she wears the ring finger...then things are serious.

Moving her fingers, Bai Yan looked at Mu Xing with a smile, and was about to speak.Before she could speak, Mu Xing turned Bai Yan's hand over and put the ring into her palm.

Mu Xing said: "This ring has been close to me for many years. Since Ms. Bai wants it, I will pass it on to Ms. Bai. It's just that I'm afraid the size doesn't fit. Why don't Ms. Bai put it away and buy a new one at another time."

To show her sincerity, she looked directly at Bai Yan, so it was no surprise that she saw the disappointment in Bai Yan's eyes.Her heart twitched violently, and she moved her eyes away without knowing the taste.

Bowing her head and pursing her lips with a smile, Bai Yan withdrew her hand: "That's naturally good."

Mu Xing smiled uncomfortably, but Bai Yan said as if nothing had happened: "I almost remembered, this Boss Zhang Derong Zhang is about 35 or [-] years old. He came to Wenjiang two years ago. I heard He is doing business in Zhejiang, and he came to Wenjiang to expand his business. Because of the good development, he decided to stay in Wenjiang. However, with our status, it is impossible to know about his business affairs, and we can only talk about this person himself. .”

Trying to ignore the turbulent emotions in his heart, Mu Xing asked: "Then how is he?"

Bai Yan said: "Boss Zhang is different from ordinary business. He is very willing to spend money. From time to time, he will bring all kinds of people to drink flowers and wine to make games. Because of the large amount of money, he can quickly win over some people and get into the news. Jiang’s circle. Even Young Master Cui once told me that Boss Zhang is very generous, honest and trustworthy, and he is willing to take care of his business.”

Mu Xing nodded: "It sounds like a very smooth and thoughtful person, but it's hard to say how much of it is for profit, and how much of it is sincerity."

Bai Yan agreed: "It is true that he did this to deliberately manage his image, but I have to say that he has indeed done some practical things. For example, he built a river embankment last year. I heard that he paid a lot of money. Like some people's name-calling, it didn't come to fruition."

So this is a smooth and sophisticated businessman with shrewd means.

This is not beyond Mu Xing's expectation. It is impossible for a person without ambition to compete for the council.Moreover, although it is a pharmacy, it is a businessman, not a doctor.This is also a good thing, as long as it can provide benefits, merchants are more conducive to driving transactions.

Moreover, this person's foundation is still shallow and he is eager to develop. Compared with supporting an old man who already has a deep foundation, it is naturally easier for a newcomer who needs to rely on a big tree to grasp it.

My uncle has left the political circle, and there is no one in the family to take over. Now that the situation is unstable, everything seems out of control.If there is someone who is quick-witted and good at drilling in front to ventilate, the Mu family in the back will be able to adjust their direction more quickly.

Thinking of this, Mu Xing made up his mind to make friends with Zhang Derong, she said: "From this point of view, it is still necessary for me to get to know Boss Zhang, but I am short of someone to introduce."

Although Tang Yu was able to introduce Zhang Derong for her, but since the day of riding the horse, Mu Xing felt uncomfortable. She felt that if she wanted to maintain the friendship between the two, she must no longer be involved in interests with Tang Yu.

Just as Mu Xing was thinking, Bai Yan suddenly said: "Young master Mu, why do you think I asked you to come here today? Just look over there—" She pointed to Mu Xing, "Then Isn't that the one in the long gown Zhang Derong?"

Mu Xing looked forward blankly at first, and when he saw the person, and heard Bai Yan say this, she was suddenly surprised: "Is there such a fate?"

Bai Yan laughed and told how she heard about Zhang Derong's hobbies, and Mu Xing finally understood, and she quickly thanked Bai Yan.

Bai Yan smiled and said: "From this point of view, isn't the ring you just gave me a good deal?"

Hearing her mention of the ring, Mu Xing felt more and more guilty and couldn't face it.As soon as she panicked, she immediately got up and said, "It's not too late, I'll go meet with Boss Zhang for a while."

Unexpectedly, as soon as she got up, Bai Yan grabbed her again: "Don't be so busy, how could you go to find him?"

Mu Xing was taken aback: "Why not?"

Hearing this, Bai Yan pulled her to sit down, couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. Mu, you are so sincere."

Mu Xing didn't know, so she had to listen to her continue: "Mr. Mu, although I don't know what business you want to do with Boss Zhang. But even if you came to find him today and intend to cooperate, you shouldn't throw it out in the open. Hole card. If you took the initiative to go, doesn’t the boss think that you really have to be him? If you lose your dignity, there is no room for you to advance or retreat? Doesn’t it mean that you have lost the initiative?”

Mu Xing suddenly realized.

Although she is smart, she has always been the one praised by the stars since she was a child.She always knew that as long as she wanted it, she would be able to get it.Since being straightforward was enough for her to get what she wanted, there was no need to make elaborate plans any more.

Even though she knew the depths and dangers of business, she was used to going straight and straight, and she couldn't change her behavior for a while.

After hearing Bai Yan's words, she suddenly understood, and after thinking about it, she couldn't help but feel distressed.

I don't know these experiences, it was Miss Bai who went through so much to understand.

"Then what do I do?" she asked.

Bai Yan smiled and said: "Since I said so, of course I also have an idea, but this idea can't be given in vain."

Hearing what she said, Mu Xing thought she wanted the ring again, so he couldn't help hesitating, and couldn't help but condemn himself.

Miss Bai treats her like this, but she is still cheating on Miss Bai. Now that she has this favor, she owes Miss Bai even more... But, why did things develop like this?

By now, she could no longer ignore those abnormalities.Miss Bai clearly developed some friendship towards her, but these friendships were based on her identity as a man.In other words, what Miss Bai likes is the identity of a man.If she wasn't a man, Miss Bai, would you still like her...?

For some reason, this realization made her heart throb.

Xu Shi saw the hesitation on her face, and Bai Yan smiled and said, "I don't want gold and silver jewelry either, Mr. Mu, don't worry." She turned her eyes, and her eyes fell on the snack plate in front of her.

She said: "As long as Mr. Mu peels some melon seeds for me to eat, I will naturally have an idea."

Unspeakable sadness spread in his heart, Mu Xing dodged Bai Yan's smile, reluctantly nodded and said: "Okay, of course there is no problem."

Looking at her, Bai Yan smiled again: "If that's the case, then I'll make this trip for Mr. Mu."

After finishing speaking, she got up and left the box, Mu Xing turned around hesitantly, but only saw the shaking door curtain.

And outside the door she couldn't see, Bai Yan leaned against the wall of the box, holding back all her smiles.

She opened her left hand, looked at the ring, gently picked it up, and put it on her left ring finger.