Chapter 9 Weird Job At noon, around two o'clock in the afternoon...
After two and a half days of traveling, Wu He and other theater troupes finally arrived at Sangzhong Town.
Unlike all the villages passing along the way, the painting style of Sangzhong Town is obviously different.
Different from the dirt road in the countryside that is simply stepped on the grass with your feet, in the town, there are obvious traces of bluestone on the ground, which is solid when you step on it, although it is not very smooth and there are no asphalt or cement roads. Fabia, but also quite rare.
But looking at the streets with people coming and going, Wu He couldn't help but think of the strange man who asked him for directions by the river.
"I don't know where that person is now or what he came to do in Sangzhong Town..."
While Wu He was thinking, Wu He's grandfather was the first to speak.
"Let's go, we won't be singing on the street this time, we will go directly to Mr. Liang's ancestral home..."
Wu He's opera troupe has to travel everywhere, but how much money can a family of actors have?
It would be nice to have a horse at home.
And this horse not only has to pull costumes and musical instruments, but also has to pull food and addition, there are eight living people in the team.
If all these weights were added together and all was pulled by a horse, it would be so exhausted that it would not be able to go very far.
Every time Wu He's family travels, although they have horses, the actual traveling speed is still the same, and the amount of dry food they prepare is only the same, so most of the time they use the location connecting the villages as their route.
Even if you take a detour, there is no problem. Not only can you perform in various villages and earn some dry food, but if that doesn't work, you can also buy some food at a lower price to avoid starving to death.
The most important thing is that there are generally few thieves on this route. This is one of the reasons why Wu He has traveled together so many times without encountering thieves once.
Normally, this happens when you arrive in towns.
However, towns and villages are always different. Nobles and dignitaries will not blackmail poor people like them, but the king of hell is easy to meet and the devil is difficult to deal with. The patrolling government officials are a big problem.
But Wu He's grandfather, Wu Shen, has led the troupe for so many years, and basically has acquaintances on familiar roads. If he takes care of the patrolling government officials, there will basically be no problem.
Then you can perform somewhere and ask for the way, I also want to show off my skills, so that if someone from a wealthy family sees it, please go home and perform for the elderly or ancestors for fun and peace of mind.
Of course, the government officials don't care if they are invited to perform operas by others, but for the sake of convenience next time, if they make more money, they can't forget to show their respect to the government officials who are doing it for convenience.
But this time it was different. This time they received the business early, so naturally they couldn't waste time on the way.
However, the remuneration for performing on the street, minus the money given to the government servants, is basically just a loss of money to make a profit. After a long day of work, it is only a few meals and a few grains. The main purpose is to attract , the people in the troupe who did not have to perform on the street this time were happy to relax.
But the family surnamed Liang lives on the other side of Sangzhong Town, which is the side of Hulu Mountain close to the outside world.
Therefore, they still have to walk from the beginning of the town to the end of the town, and still have to walk some distance to reach...
During this period, it is natural to have the singers put on their costumes to avoid wasting time.
"Ahe, hurry up and get into the car and change into your costume. Ayan, Ayu, too. You don't need to participate in carrying the coffin this time."
"Let's move faster to 'go home', 'turn over', 'turn over', 'get old', 'put into a coffin', and 'put in a coffin'. They have already completed it themselves, and the only work we have to do this time is 'pass through' "Mountain", "Burial" and the final scene before the tomb are just a few things." "As long as we act quickly, we may not be able to leave the city before sunset. By then, we can just set up camp outside. The town is wasting money on hotels or throwing meat away to hyenas.”
The hyenas in Grandpa Wu He's words are naturally those group of government officials. Although they didn't show much behavior when they encountered them, no one likes those guys who pounce on them when they smell the "smell of blood".
After all, for those guys, they really only collect money and don't do anything. They can only ensure that they don't look for trouble. But if other trouble comes on the scene, they run faster than anyone else, and sometimes they don't even Mind blackmailing a bunch more, they are really a bunch of greedy hyenas.
If possible, Wu He's grandfather felt that it would be better to deal with those guys as little as possible...
However, what Wu He's grandfather said was a bit vague, but Wu He could still clearly feel the confusion in his grandfather's words.
Obviously Wu He's grandfather also felt that this business was a bit strange.
At this time, someone happened to ask a question...
"Grandpa, shouldn't we sing during the first seven days of the opera? The wake has been held for more than a month, and everything is basically done. Are you really guilty of paying such a high price to invite us over?"
"I always feel that something is wrong, just like what is said in the novel: when things go wrong, there must be a monster..."
Wu He's grandfather naturally had similar concerns about old man has never experienced any big storms in so many years, and his heart is like a mirror.
But when Wu He, a man named Liang, was acting in the past, that is, about four years ago, Wu He also met him. His father used to sell sesame seeds in Sangzhong Town, and he was also working for his father four years ago. , Wu He even went to buy sesame cakes back then, and Wu He's grandfather even talked to them, so Wu He's grandfather will naturally not forget it.
But after that, according to the man's father, the man went out to explore and did not come back for the past three years.
According to memory, although the description of the other person's appearance is different from that of three or four years ago, it is generally consistent. Therefore, although Wu He's grandfather also felt doubtful, he thought about the deposit and the follow-up promises. Reward, all doubts about it are gone...
The workload is so small, the deposit alone is one or two taels of county silver, and after the subsequent work is completed, there will be eight taels of silver available.
One tael of silver is equivalent to one thousand copper coins, and eight taels of silver is equivalent to eight thousand copper coins!Including the one tael of silver that was deposited before, there are nine taels of silver.
One catty of pork, about the same as before Wu He's time, only cost twenty copper coins, and buying an acre of land only cost seven or eight taels of silver.
If nothing else happened, nine taels of silver would be enough for their entire family to survive for a whole year. Even if they stayed in the village for the whole year, they wouldn't have to worry about starving to death.
Compared to the thieves and various dangers outside, the vague feeling that something is wrong is nothing...
Therefore, Wu He's grandfather also directly reached out and patted the suspicious Wu Yu next to him, and said:
"What nonsense are you talking about! If you don't practice acting all day long, it's still martial arts to learn martial arts from A He. If you don't practice martial arts, you just read those story novels..."
"Look at your thin arms and legs. If you encounter thieves or wild monsters, even if you are caught, don't expect us to save you..."
As he spoke, Wu Yu was being punished, while Wu Yan was gloating about his Yan, who attracted attention, was naturally beaten.
Such a fight has dispersed the uneasiness that was echoing in Wu He's heart. Now the team is composed of three generations of grandfather and grandson who have a harmonious atmosphere, and they smile slightly.
"It seems like a good day like this..."
(End of this chapter)