manynovel Chapter 230
Chapter 230
Although old things are in the past tense, they carry people’s feelings
now.
The light came towards the face, and the light was hazy, as if it were the kind of light that shone down, faintly illuminating the hazy light with flying dust. In the blur, human figures, sights, and sounds could be seen echoing, which caught Zhang Wei’s eyes and echoed Zhang Wei’s eyes. Ears.
It was as if Zhang Wei had returned to the past, to Grandpa Tang’s past.
…
in the screen.
There was a dilapidated house, and as the door opened, a group of people came in.
There were quite a number of them, seven or eight of them, and it was raining outside. They came in carrying some boxes, as if they were afraid that the rain would wet the contents of the boxes. As soon as they entered, they hurriedly opened the boxes and checked the contents.
Those were some shadow puppets and the musical instruments played by the shadow puppets.
As if these people were a shadow puppet troupe who made a living by performing shadow puppets, Zhang Wei cast his eyes on one of the boxes. Although the box was a little different, the shape and lock style made him recognize it. This was the shadow puppet. box.
Also at this time.
A cry interrupted everyone in the shadow puppet troupe from wiping the rain off the shadow puppets.
Walking into the corner of the house, they were horrified to find a woman there. She was as skinny as a stick and no longer breathing, but the tears in the corners of her eyes silently told the sadness of her death.
They from the shadow puppet troupe walked over and saw a swaddle in the woman’s arms. The cry came from inside. It was a newborn baby.
This scene made them sigh.
Nowadays, in the famine era, there are wars every year. They have seen too many scenes like this. This is another starving mother. If there is no one to take care of the baby, it will not be long before the baby will die because of not being fed.
Maybe it’s sympathy, maybe it’s the hope that there will be a successor to the troupe.
The leader of the troupe picked up the child.
“Let’s call you Tang Pi, the skin of the shadow puppet.”
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As the words fell.
When the picture appeared again, it had changed.
It’s the shadow puppet troupe again, but compared to the last time, this time there is an extra five or six-year-old boy in the shadow puppet troupe.
They stopped in a ruined temple.
The group leader hugged the little boy, showed him the shadow puppet in his hand, and told him:
“Pizi, you are sensible now. Children of poor people have long been in charge. Today I will teach you a skill. You must learn it carefully from me, you know! Because if We are gone, you can still rely on this ability to survive.”
The little boy nodded ignorantly.
The leader smiled when he saw this, pointed at the shadow puppet and said:
“Do you know what this is? Remember, this is called shadow puppet. It is a craft passed down by our ancestors from generation to generation. It has been passed down for hundreds of years, nearly a thousand years.”
Gradually .
The group leader told the little boy about the history of shadow puppets. The shadow puppets were created by an ancient emperor who missed his beloved concubine who died. One day he saw children playing with puppets and saw the lifelike shadows reflected by the puppets, so the emperor made them. Paper-cut shadow puppets like Aifei began to spread since then.
Shadow puppets are a treasure left by our ancestors to future generations. It is not only a thing for people to play and watch, but also an inheritance of wisdom and beauty.
It also started from that day.
Zhang Wei saw it.
Under the guidance of the group leader, the little boy touched the shadow puppets for the first time. There was a light of love in his eyes, and he couldn’t put it down after touching the shadow puppets.
It also started from that day.
The little boy traveled around with the group leaders, learning shadow puppetry, and experienced all kinds of things on the way.
He saw those people watching shadow puppet shows. Under the performance of shadow puppets, men, women, old and young, burst into smiles and bloomed with happiness. Even though that era was war-torn, shadow puppets became the only thing that poor people could see with their own eyes even in war-torn times. Arrived wonderfully.
Watching the shadow puppet performances, “Journey to the West”, “Yang Clan Female Generals” and other myths and history, and looking at the beauty in front of them, people no longer only have wars in their memories, but also have a touch of beauty preserved in their hearts.
Even in times of war and famine, their shadow puppet troupe lived in poverty. Hungry was a common occurrence. They had one meal but no next meal, but at least they would not live on the streets and starve to death.
This is also my experience again and again.
The little boy understood why shadow puppets can be passed down by the ancestors. It is not only an inheritance, but also a beautiful inheritance.
It was shadow puppets that brought him to his present life.
It was the shadow puppets that kept him from starving to death in that shabby room.
It was the shadow puppets that made him see the people in the war, and gave him a smile he would never forget.
at the same time.
It was also the shadow puppets that gave him relatives, the leader of the shadow puppet troupe.
In such a picture.
In this kind of influence.
The little boy turned 12 years old. His stature had become taller, and his skin had been tanned by traveling all year round. However, he didn’t care about any of this. At this moment, he was standing on a small mound that was too crude to be considered a tomb. Crying.
The small mound was raised high, with a wooden sign made from a branch stuck on it. It was used as a tombstone, and a shadow puppet was hung on it.
Looking around him, there is already one less person in the shadow puppet show.
The little boy lay on the mound and cried sadly. It was the person in the group who told him stories every night and left delicious food for him every time. Now he can no longer eat the food he left for himself. .
“Uncle, come back. You promised to eat candied haws with me again. You lied to me. Uncle, I won’t eat candied haws. Can you please come back?”
He cried heartbreakingly.
That was his first experience of separation between life and death.
The group leader handed the uncle’s shadow puppet to the little boy, which was the shadow puppet that the uncle liked to play with the most, and then told the little boy the words he often said:
“Although old things are in the past tense, they are Carrying people’s feelings.”
“Pizi, uncle asked me to give you this shadow puppet. He asked me to tell you that although uncle is dead, the happiness he brought to everyone with his shadow puppets is still there, uncle said. Let you perform shadow puppets once and show him again.”
That was the first time he performed shadow puppets while crying.
In front of his uncle’s grave, the shadow puppets were wet with tears and snot, but it was also the most unforgettable shadow puppet performance since he was born.
The shadow puppet box is still glowing.
The picture is still changing.
The shadow puppet troupe did not dissipate because of the absence of his uncle. The little boy continued to follow the leader and the others all over the country.
During this time.
The number of people in the shadow puppet troupe is gradually decreasing. In the era of war, even the squire and rich people are dying, not to mention the little boy and the others. People in the troupe die one after another, and the little boy experiences life and death again and again.
Finally…
even the group leader left.
The little boy at that time had grown into a big boy. Under the guidance of the regiment leader, the two of them joined the army together. They were members of the art troupe and were responsible for performing shadow puppets for the people in the army, so that the soldiers could play shadow puppets after fighting. At least there was a hint of laughter.
However, a cannonball fell.
In order to protect the shadow puppets in the shadow puppet box, the group leader rushed into the flames of war. Even though his whole body was ignited by flames, he rushed in and took out the shadow puppet box.
The boy will never forget that scene.
The leader’s whole body was burned, and his skin was all burned away. He was gasping for breath. The boy had experienced too many life and death. He didn’t understand that shadow puppets are important, but life is more important.
To this.
The leader just used his last strength, held the boy tightly and said:
“Skin, shadow puppets cannot be lost. They are passed down from our ancestors. The war is still going on, but after the war, I don’t want to, I don’t want to live forever.” Daxia, when the war is over, the inheritance of our ancestors can only be seen in books.”
“Promise me, Pizi, to pass on the shadow puppet show.”
The leader is dead.
The leader who brought the brightest light in his life and accompanied him on his journey died. He was covered in blood and died holding a bloody shadow puppet.
That time the boy cried the most heartbreakingly.
That time the boy had no one to accompany him anymore, only shadow puppets were left around him.
The years are long.
The war is over, and the boy continues to travel around the world with the box of shadow puppets, alone, and continues to bring joy to people after the war.
Although he also thought about forming a group and recruited people, in the end he was the only one left. The people in the group either got married and had children, or died of illness, or learned other skills for a better life.
The days after the war are gradually becoming brighter and better, and there are many more beautiful things. There are many better things than shadow puppetry, but shadow puppetry is gradually becoming less and less popular.
despite this.
The boy still carried the box of shadow puppets and continued to perform until he was old.
The scene ends abruptly here.
It stopped when the boy was over seventy years old. He was so old that he could hardly walk anymore.
Then the scene changed.
When it reappears.
In a room, there was a corpse lying in front of a boy who was over seventy years old. It was his first time to kill someone, and his first time to use the Five Elements he accidentally obtained while traveling around to extend his life.
He knelt down in front of the corpse and cried,
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I have to do this. I tried my best, but I can’t find a successor. No one is willing to learn. I can’t die.”
“I’m sorry. , I borrowed your life.”
“I’m sorry, I will definitely repay it. When I find the successor, I will come back to atone for my sins.” I
apologized one after another.
The old man drew the Soul Calming Talisman on the corpse:
“When I find the successor, I will come back to atone for my sins. I will wipe off the Soul Calming Talisman on your bodies, and I will find a place to die where no one will find me.”
He murmured. middle.
He also drew the Soul Calming Talisman on himself.
His meaning was beyond words. He planned to find a place where no one could find him, to anchor himself there, to atone for his sins by not being reincarnated forever, and to atone for his sins by bearing his sins forever.
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