After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Kuomintang agents and American soldiers were rampant in Beijing. Autumn, early morning. The location is the same as the front curtain.
〔Current opening: Now, the appearance of Yutai Tea House is not as decent as in the previous scene. The wicker chairs are gone, replaced by small stools and benches. Everything from the house to the furniture is noticeably dull. If there's anything that stands out, it's that there are more "Don't talk about state affairs" notes and the words are bigger. Next to these notes was a new note saying "Tea money is paid first". [It’s early in the morning and the window shutters haven’t been lowered yet. Wang Lifa's son, Wang Dashuan, was dejected and tidying up the house alone.
[Wang Dashuan’s wife, Zhou Xiuhua, led her youngest daughter, Wang Xiaohua, out from behind. They were talking as they walked. Wang Xiaohua’s mother, please make me some hot noodle soup at noon! I haven’t eaten in many days! I know Zhou Xiuhua, be good! But who knows if you can buy noodles or not? It just happens that there is noodles in the food store, who knows if we have money or not! well! Wang Xiaohua hopes to have both! mom! ?Zhou Xiuhua, you think well, but it can't be that easy! Go ahead, little flower, and watch out for jeeps on the road!
Wang Dashuan Xiaohua, wait! What is Wang Xiaohua doing? dad! Wang Dashuan last night... Zhou Xiuhua, I already told her! She is sensible! Wang Dashuan, don’t tell others about your uncle Dali! I said, our whole family will die! Got it? I won’t tell Wang Xiaohua, even if I beat her to death, I won’t tell you! Someone asked me if Uncle Dali had come back, and I said: He has been gone for several years, and there is no news at all! [Kang Shunzi comes from behind. Her waist is a little bent, but still strong. As she walked, she called Wang Xiaohua. Kang Shunzi Xiaohua! Little flower! Haven't gone anywhere yet?
Grandma Wang Xiaohuakang, what are you doing? Kang Shunzi Xiaohua, take advantage! Mother-in-law, look at you again! (stroking Wang Xiaohua’s head) How decent! I didn’t eat enough, otherwise I would have to look better! Aunt Zhou Xiuhua, are you leaving? Kang Shunzi Yes! I'm leaving so that you can save some grain from chewing! I was the one who made Dali strong. He told me to leave. How could I not leave? At first, when I first arrived here, he was not as tall as Xiaohua!
Ding Bao seventeen!
Wang Lifa is only seventeen?
Ding Bao, yes! My mother is a widow and takes me to live with her. After the victory, the government insisted that the small house my father left for us was a miscarriage and was confiscated! Mom was so angry that I became a waitress! Old shopkeeper, I still don’t understand what reverse labor is, do you know? Miss Wang Lifa, be careful what you say! If you say the wrong thing, anything can turn into reverse labor! Look, behind this is Master Qin's warehouse. Someone stared at it and said it was a miscarriage, so it was confiscated! That's all! [Wang Dashuan comes back.
Old shopkeeper Ding Bao, you are right! Even I had a reverse pregnancy, so I have to serve whoever has thick arms! Damn it, I'm only seventeen, but I often think I'd rather be dead! If you die, your body will be completely ruined. If you work in this industry, your body will be rotten while you are still alive!
Dad Wang Dashuan, do you really want a waitress?
Wang Lifa and I were chatting nonsense with Xiao Liu Mazi! I have always loved reform all my life. Seeing that business is so bad, I am anxious!
Wang Dashuan, you are anxious, and so am I! However, have you forgotten the time-honored brand Lao Yutai? A long-established restaurant with more than 60 years history, using waitresses? What a time-honored brand Dingbao is! The older you get, the less valuable you are! If you don’t believe me, if I were twenty-eight years old now, no one would even look at me even if I was called Little Dingbao or Little Dingbao!
[Enter Tea Guests A and B.
Wang Lifa, the two early morning shifters! Where are the leaves? Boss, get some boiling water! (Wang Dashuan exits) Sorry, everyone, please pay for the tea first!
Cha Guest A has never heard of it!
I have owned a teahouse for decades and have never heard of Wang Lifa! However, you are wise: tea and briquettes all have the same price. Maybe you are drinking tea, and the price of tea has increased again! You see, wouldn't it save trouble to collect the tea money first? Tea Guest B, I see, it would be easier if you don’t drink! (Fellow the tea guest) Wang Dashuan (bringing boiling water) What? Let’s go!
Wang Lifa, you will understand!
If I go over to Ding Bao and say, "Here you come? Boy!" they will definitely give you a piece of the ocean!
Wang Lifa, boss, you are more stubborn than a stone! Wang Dashuan (puts down the pot) Okay, I'll go out and take a walk, I can't get angry here! (Part 2)
Wang Lifa, you can’t vent your anger, but I’m still panicking! [Enter Xiao Liu Mazi, wearing a foreign suit and carrying a leather bag. Xiao Liu Mazi, Xiao Dingbao, are you here?
Xiao Liu Mazi is fine! She doesn’t want wages! Right, Xiao Dingbao? Wang Lifa doesn’t want wages?
Old man Xiao Liu Mazi, don’t worry, just listen to me. Xiao Dingbao and I have our own methods! Right, Xiao Dingbao?
How could Ding Bao be so immoral if he didn’t have your method? Is Xiao Liu Mazi wicked? You are right! This is where my father was kidnapped. If you don't believe me, just ask shopkeeper Wang. Right, Shopkeeper Wang? I can see Wang Lifa with my own eyes!
Look, Xiao Liu Mazi, Xiao Ding Bao, I won’t brag about it, right? He was kidnapped and stabbed in the middle of the road! Right, old shopkeeper?
Wang Lifa heard it really!
Xiao Liu Mazi, I won’t tell lies, will I? Little Dingbao! However, my father was almost in trouble, and he didn't do well in his life. It's my turn to show up, and I have to do a particularly good job. (Opens the wallet and takes out the plan) Look, Xiao Dingbao, look at my plan!
Ding Bao, I don’t have that much time! Look, I should go home, take a day off, and come back to work tomorrow.
Wang Li generates electricity and lights? How many months are you owed?
Get three months of light bills!
Master Ming Liu Ye, what about me? !
Fang Liu, show me those pictures first! (Part 2) Master Ming, wait! I still have a kitchen knife when I have two tables of guys cheating on me! (Chasing)
Pang Si’s grandma, Shopkeeper Wang, where is Kang’s mother here? Ask her to come out! Xiao Tang Tiezui, I’ll go! (Runs to the back door) Mrs. Kang, come here! What happened to Wang Lifa?
Big events in the Tiezui court of the Little Tang Dynasty!
[Enter Kang Shunzi.
What is Kang Shunzi doing?
Grandma Pang Si (goes to greet you) Mother-in-law! I am your fourth niece-in-law. I am here to pick you up. Sit down quickly! (La Kang Shunzi sits down)
Kang Shunzi’s fourth nephew’s wife?
Grandma Pang Si, that’s right, when you left Pang’s house, I hadn’t even walked in yet. Kang Shunzi, I have severed ties with the Pang family. What do you want from me? Grandma Pang Si, your fourth nephew Haishun is the great leader of the Three Emperors Road, a leading member of the Kuomintang, and the brother of Director Shen. He will soon be the emperor. Don’t you like it?
Is Kang Shunzi going to be emperor soon?
Grandma Pang Si! The dragon robes are all finished, and we will soon ascend the throne in Xishan! Kang Shunzi is in Xishan?
The old lady Tiezui of Xiaotang, there is an Eighth Route Army in the Xishan area. Fourth Master Pang ascended the throne in that area and wiped out the Eighth Route Army. Can Nanjing not want to?
[Xiao Er Dezi ran over in a hurry.
Little Er Dezi, leave quickly! There aren’t enough people on the streets! Go quickly! Xiao Wu Xiangzi, what do you care about?
Xiaoer Dezi, I haven’t been idle. Look, my face is swollen! Shopkeeper Xiao Song Enzi, we'll be back soon, you can make up your mind! Isn’t Wang Lifa afraid that I will run away?
Xiao Wu Xiangzi and Lao Bangzi, you are so funny! If you run to the underworld, we will catch you back too! (Slaps Wang Lifa, together with Xiao Song Enzi and Xiao Er Dezi)
Wang Lifa (calls back) Xiaohua! Xiaohua’s mother! Zhou Xiuhua (running out with Wang Xiaohua) I heard it all! what to do? Wang Lifa, leave quickly! Catch up with Mama Kang! quick!
Wang Xiaohua, let me get my schoolbag! (Part 2)
Zhou Xiuhua took two pieces of clothes, little flower! Dad, what will you do if you are alone? Wang Lifa: This is my teahouse, I live here and die here! [Wang Xiaohua ran back with her schoolbag and something. Father Zhou Xiuhua!
Grandpa Wang Xiaohua! Wang Lifa, don’t be sad, go (takes out all the money and an old photo from his arms) Wife, take this little money, Xiaohua, take this, old Yutai’s photo from thirty years ago, and give it to your dad! Let's go! [Xiao Liu Mazi and Ding Bao come back.
Xiao Liu, Mazi Xiaohua, the teachers are on strike, are you going to live at grandma’s house? Wang Xiaohua is right!
Wang Lifa (pretend) Wife, come back soon! Father Zhou Xiuhua, we’ll be back after two days! (Exit with Wang Xiaohua) Shopkeeper Xiao Liu Mazi Wang, good news! Director Shen approved my plan! Wang Lifa was overjoyed, overjoyed!
Xiao Liu Mazi, you are also very happy, the director also approved the renovation of this teahouse! As soon as I said it, the director said yes! He always refers to "hao" as "wormwood", which has a particularly foreign flavor
What's going on with Wang Lifa?
Xiao Liu Mazi, you will have peace of mind from now on! This place is all under my control, you move out! I told you first to save you from bothering me later!
Wang Lifa can’t! As it happens, I'm just about to move. Ding Bao, Xiao Liu, the old shopkeeper has been here for many years, why don’t you take care of him?
Xiao Liu Mazi, watch it! I am always kind in my dealings! Shopkeeper Wang, I will pick up the director and ask him to take a look at this place. Please clean up this place! Xiao Dingbao, find your little one and greet the director! Bring some perfume and spray it on, it stinks here! Walk! (Exit with Ding Bao) Wang Lifa is good! very nice! Great! Hahaha!
[Chang Siye came in carrying a small basket with some paper money and peanuts. Although he is over seventy years old, his back is not too curved.
What’s so great about Fourth Master Chang, old friend!
Wang Lifa Ouch! Brother Chang! I was just looking for someone like you to talk to!
I’ll make a pot of the best tea, let’s drink it! (Goes to make tea) [Qin Zhongyi comes in. He was old and out of shape, and his clothes were shabby. Is the shopkeeper King Qin Zhongyi here?
Master Chang is here! You are... Qin Zhongyi. My surname is Qin.
The Fourth Master Chang and the Second Master Qin.
Wang Lifa (bringing tea) Who? Second Master Qin? I just wanted to tell you that big improvements are needed here! sit! sit!
Master Chang, I have some peanuts here. (Catch) Drink tea and eat peanuts. This is really fun!
Who can chew Qin Zhongyi?
Wang Lifa saw how evil he was, he finally got peanuts, but he couldn’t chew them all! How ridiculous! How is it? Second Master Qin! (Everyone sits down) Qin Zhongyi: Others are ignoring me. Let me tell you: I went to Tianjin to see my factory! Didn’t Wang Lifa confiscate it? Has it been returned to its original owner? This is a happy event! Qin Zhongyi demolished it!
Chang Siye Wang Lifa was dismantled?
Qin Zhongyi demolished it! My forty years of hard work has been demolished! Others don’t know it, but Shopkeeper Wang, you know: Since I was in my twenties, I have advocated industry to save the country. Now... take away my factory. Well, my power is small and I can't defeat them! But if we do it properly, it is a career that enriches the country and the people! As a result, they were dismantled and the machines were sold as scrap metal! Is there such a government that can’t be found in the whole world? I ask you! Wang Lifa: When I opened a good apartment, you had to build a warehouse.
Look, the warehouse was sealed and all the goods were stolen! At the beginning, I advised you not to sell all your property. You had to sell it all and start a factory.
Wang Lifa, please hold this pen yourself, I will move soon! Where will Fourth Master Chang move?
How is Wang Lifa different? Second Master Qin and Fourth Master Chang, I am different from you. Second Master has a great fortune and a big heart, but a big tree attracts wind! Fourth Master, you will never accept weakness in your life, dare to take action, and specialize in fighting injustice. As for me, I have been an obedient citizen all my life. I greet, bow, and salute everyone I see. I just hope that the children will have a bright future, will not be cold, will not be hungry, and will not suffer from disasters or diseases! However, the Japanese are here, Er Shuanzi has escaped, and his wife misses her son and wants to die! It's so easy. The Japanese are gone. It's time to take a breath, right? Who knows, (laughing miserably) Haha, haha, haha!
I am not better than you, Mr. Chang! I have worked by myself and my conscience all my life, but I have accomplished nothing! I'm over seventy, and I have to sell peanuts! What does it mean to be an individual? I hope, I hope, that the country will look good and not be bullied by foreigners. But...haha!
Qin Zhongyi, the Japanese here, talked about cooperation, so they cooperated with my factory. Our government is back, and factories have become counterproductive again. How many goods are there in the warehouse (referring to the back)? It’s all complete! As for the bank account, they forced me to add official shares. When the official shares came in, I came out! Ha ha!
Wang Lifa made improvements, and I never forgot to make improvements, and I never wanted to lag behind others. If you can't sell tea, you can open an apartment. The apartment is gone, add storytelling! Storytelling is not popular, okay, I am not afraid of embarrassment, I want to add a waitress! People have to live, right? I tried every means, just to survive! Yes, I will pay the bribe to those who deserve it. I have never done anything immoral or harmful to nature, so why are you not allowed to live? Who have I offended? who? Your Majesty, your Majesty, those bitches and women are living a happy life, but they don’t allow me to eat cornbread. Who came up with this idea?
Wang Lifa is right! Fourth Master, follow the rules of funerals in old age and shout! Fourth Master Chang (stands up and shouts) Sijiao'er's follower, I will reward you with a reward of one hundred and twenty coins! (Throwing a few pieces of paper money)
Qin Zhongyi
Wang Lifa one hundred and twenty!
Qin Zhongyi (holding one by one hand) I have nothing more to say, goodbye! (Part 2) Goodbye Wang Lifa!
Chang Siye will drink you another bowl! (gulp down the drink) Goodbye! (Part 2) Goodbye Wang Lifa!
[Ding Bao and Xiaoyan came in.
Ding Bao and the others are here, old man! (Spray perfume into the room) Wang Lifa, hello, they are coming, I will stay away! (Picks up the paper money and walks back) Naughty old man, why are you throwing away the paper money?
Wang Lifa, who knows! (Part 2)
[Xiao Liu Mazi comes in.
Xiao Liu Mazi is here! Stand on each side!
〔Ding Bao and Xiaoyan stood on the left and right inside the door.
Volume 11 of 944 Lao She’s Collected Works ① Thirty or forty years ago, when rich people in Beijing held funerals, they had to use 32, 48 or 64 people to carry the coffin, which was also called carrying the coffin. There are four other pole bearers holding flags and following at the four corners. When changing shifts, the pole bearers must pay attention to setting flags so that they can advance and retreat in an orderly manner; each shift is also called a batch. When starting the pole or during the road festival, the leader of the pole must shout "add money" - the family or the aunt will reward the pole driver with wine money. The amount of additional money must be exaggerated and shouted. While shouting for more money, someone threw paper money.
[There was a sound of a car stopping outside the door, and two gendarmes came in first. Director Shen came in, wearing military casual clothes, high boots and spurs, and holding a small whip. Followed by two gendarmes.
Director Shen (as if inspecting, looking at Ding Bao, being petty, saying after reading each one) Good (Artemisia)!
[Ding Bao placed a chair and asked Director Shen to sit down.
Xiao Liu Mazi reported to the director that Lao Yutai has been open for more than 60 years, is famous in nine cities, and has a good location. By using this time-honored brand as a base for us, we will definitely succeed! I plan to sell tea as usual and send (referring to) Xiao Dingbao and Xiaoxingyan as treats. As long as I'm here to monitor people from all walks of life, I'll definitely be able to get a lot of information!
Hello, Director Shen (Artemisia)!
[Ding Bao took the Camel cigarette from the hand of the military policeman and stepped forward to offer the cigarette; he cautiously took the lighter and lit the cigarette.
Behind Xiao Liu Mazi used to be a warehouse. The goods had been processed by the director, and now it is empty. I plan to repair it and make a small dance hall in the middle, with several bedrooms on both sides, all with sanitary facilities. When the Director has free time, he can come and dance, play cards, and drink coffee. It's getting late. If you're happy to stay, you can stay. Even if this is the director's personal little club, it will be managed by me. It must be more free and easy, more convenient and more lively than in the mansion!
Hello, Director Shen (Artemisia)!
Director Ding Bao, may I ask for instructions?
Hello, Director Shen (Artemisia)!
The old shopkeeper here in Ding Bao is very pitiful. How about making him a uniform and asking him to look at the door and greet the distinguished guests to get in and out of the car? He has been here for decades, everyone knows him, he can be regarded as an old man's trademark! Hello, Director Shen (Artemisia)! pass!
Xiao Liu Mazi is! (Running back) Shopkeeper Wang! Old shopkeeper! My father's old friend, the old man! (Enter. Runs back after a while) Report to the director, he didn’t hang himself. He was hanged!
Hello, Director Shen (Artemisia)! Good (artemisia)! ——The curtain falls, the end of the play
Teahouse introduction:
"Teahouse", the name of the Chinese drama, is one of Mr. Lao She's masterpieces; all the stories in the play take place in a teahouse in Beijing. Here, people come and go in the teahouse, and people of all colors and religions gather together. A big teahouse is like a small society. Mr. Lao She captured the characteristics of this scene and highly condensed sixty or seventy main and secondary characters spanning half a century into the teahouse, showing the period after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 in the late Qing Dynasty and the separatist period of the Beiyang warlords in the early years of the Republic of China. Life scenes in the three eras before the fall of the Kuomintang regime summarize the sharp opposition and conflicts between various classes and forces in Chinese society, and reveal the historical destiny of semi-feudal and semi-colonial China; this play is also one of the classic plays of the Beijing People's Art Theater 1, which was later adapted into a movie and TV series of the same name. Lao She wrote more than 8 million words of works throughout his life and was called a "people's artist". In the summer of 1924, he applied to be a Chinese lecturer at the Oriental College of the University of London, England. He began literary creation while in England.
About the author:
Lao She (February 3, 1899 - August 24, 1966), whose real name was Shu Qingchun, also given the courtesy name Sheyu, was a native of the Zhenghong Banner of the Manchu people in Beijing, and his original surname was Shu. Shu Jueluo (some say his surname is Shu Mulu, which is doubtful) is a famous modern Chinese novelist, writer and dramatist. He sang in Huangmei Opera in 1948 and was praised by Yan Fengying. Due to persecution during the Cultural Revolution, late at night on August 24, 1966, Lao She committed suicide by drowning himself on the shore of Taiping Lake northwest of Beijing. He was 67 years old. His wife Hu Jieqing (1905-2001). His representative works include "Teahouse", "Camel Xiangzi", "Four Generations Under One Roof", "Longxugou", etc.
Appreciation:
A society can be shrunk and projected by Mr. Lao She into a small teahouse. On this stage where it is said that a novel is not big or small, ordinary people have become The protagonist, and the three protagonists in that series - shopkeeper Wang, Mr. Qin and Mr. Chang. In addition to the shopkeeper appearing in every scene to string together stories, the changes in the lives of Mr. Song and Mr. Chang are actually was put behind the scenes. But carefully studying the experiences of these people actually best reflects the helplessness of people in that turbulent era. Shopkeeper Wang was careful and deliberate in running Yutai Teahouse, but in the end the teahouse was still occupied and he had no choice but to commit suicide; Mr. Qin was very aggressive when he was young and was determined to save the country through industry, but in the last life his family business was confiscated by the government and turned into ashes; Chang Si I am an upright person who loves to fight injustices, but he was imprisoned for saying "The Qing Dynasty is coming to an end". After he was released from prison, he had to support himself but was still in poverty. The experiences of these three people are the best portrayal of that era when people were in dire straits. Although there is not much writing, it makes people deeply feel the helplessness of people in that era.
There are a lot of big-name actors in the play. To a large extent, I was attracted by those actors. The upright and upright character of Mr. Chang, played by Pu Cunxin, can be seen clearly; Mazi Liu, played by He Bing, has a bad villain. The performance is just right; although Liang Guanhua plays Shopkeeper Wang, he is not the lanky and tall image he once had, but he fully expresses the character's shrewd and somewhat slippery character; Song Dandan plays Kang Shunzi, who spans fifty years and goes from being sold to an eunuch to being a workman. From the little girl who was his wife to the old lady who followed her son in the revolution, she created the image of a kind and determined working woman. But I think the most outstanding role is the role of Mr. Song played by Feng Yuanzheng. He is timid and fearful but kind-hearted. He walks on thin ice but cannot bear to support himself. The image he creates of an old aristocrat makes people laugh and sigh again and again.