Several young students gathered around Sun Erniang, and one of them said: "Master, you can't have people of unknown origin in the troupe!"

Sun Erniang nodded and could only promise again, "Let them go when they arrive in Jiaxing!"

At this time, Sun Erniang saw Zhao Tai coming out, and immediately shouted: "Everyone go and practice Kung Fu!"

Zhao Tai walked out and looked at his clothes. They fit him perfectly. He walked over and bowed, "Thank you, Mr. Sun, for taking me in!"

Sun Erniang looked at Zhao Tai and said coldly: "I don't think you look like a scholar!"

Zhao Tai was a little surprised, but considering that the troupe traveled all over the country and met all kinds of people, it was not surprising.

"I~" Zhao Tai hesitated a little, and stopped pretending to be polite. However, singing belongs to the three religions and nine streams, and everyone has it. Zhao Tai couldn't tell the truth, so he said: "I am indeed not a scholar, I am a yamen, because I offended

You are a powerful person, so you go out to cause trouble! Anyway, thank you so much, Master Sun, for saving your life!"

Sun Erniang sneered, "I think you are not a government official, but a strong man on the road. There is blood on your companion's clothes, I saw it!"

Zhao Tai hurriedly said: "Master Sun, don't get me wrong, it was because my enemies wanted to kill me and they protected me!"

Sun Erniang said coldly: "Okay, you don't need to explain. We travel across the rivers and lakes and cross the border. We have never seen anything. I will take you to Jiaxing. You can stay safe on my boat. If you dare to take advantage of us, then

Just don’t blame me for being rude!”

Seeing this, Zhao Tai stopped explaining and could only smile bitterly.

Sun Erniang continued: "Our troupe earns hard-earned money. It takes several days to get to Jiaxing, so the three of you have three more mouths to talk to. Will you pay for the expenses along the way, or will you do odd jobs on the ship?"

Zhao Tai still had many acquaintances, but he did not dare to leak money, so he said: "I am in a hurry and don't have much money. If the class leader doesn't mind, then I will do some work for you!"

Sun Erniang heard this and said, "Well, I'll leave all the laundry, cleaning, and vegetable picking to you on board!"

Sun Erniang didn't know that the young master in front of her was the hero who poisoned Tuo Lei, otherwise she would not dare to let him cook.

At this time Chengde and Chenghu happened to come out, and Sun Erniang said: "It stopped raining outside, you go and clean up first! Then go to the stern of the boat to find Aunt Wu to arrange things for you!"

Seeing this, Zhao Tai could only say to the two of them: "Go out to work?"

At this time, the rain has stopped, the sun has come out, the river is sparkling, the willow branches are hanging down on the bank, and the scenery is very beautiful.

Zhao Tai came out of the cabin, looked at Lin'an in the distance, and said to himself: "The warm wind makes the tourists drunk, and they think Hangzhou is Bianzhou!"

"Did you write a poem?" A voice sounded from the upper deck of the ship.

Zhao Tai raised his head and saw those long legs first, but it was Xiaoqiong who was leaning on the ship building, looking down at him.

Zhao Tai wanted to say yes, this was his poem, but this poem was written by Lin Sheng, a patriotic poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, who had been famous for almost a hundred years.

Zhao Tai smiled and shook his head, "No, I moaned for someone else!"

Xiaoqiong looked into the distance, "I thought it was you who wrote it!"

Zhao Tai asked: "Lin'an has a prosperous economy and many rich people. Why don't your troupe continue to be in Lin'an?"

Xiao Qiong said: "The dignitaries in Lin'an look down upon us low-class people. My mother said, go north to Jiaxing and Yangzhou, where there are many merchants and theatergoers. You can make money there!"

Chinese opera has a development process. Nowadays, southern opera is popular. However, this art has not been recognized by the scholar-bureaucrat class. Few literati have invested in this industry, and the quality of opera works is limited, making it difficult to reach the level of elegance.

For opera to develop, we had to wait until the Yuan Dynasty.

After the unification of the Yuan Dynasty, there was no imperial examination for a long time, which caused a large number of literati to lose their way to climb up. Many people joined the opera industry and created many excellent scripts, which brought opera to a peak.

When Zhao Tai heard what she said, his heart suddenly moved and he had an idea.

There was a time when he felt that there were no songs to listen to and no dramas to watch, so he became obsessed with operas for a period of time and could even sing a few verses.

When I meet the Sun family this time, I might be able to train them, then sign them and make them part of my industry.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tai suddenly laughed and said: "So, your play is not good and no one in Lin'an will watch it!"

Xiaoqiong's eyes widened and she turned away, "You are so annoying!"

Zhao Tai saw how cute she looked and said with a smile: "How about I write a play for you!"

"You?" Xiaoqiong asked with a sideways smile, "Can you still write plays?"

Seeing that the little girl didn't believe it, Zhao Tai said seriously: "Of course! Not only can I write, I can also sing!"

Zhao Tai was very serious, but Xiao Qiong was amused by his serious look.

At this time, Zhao Tai was about to show off, but a handsome man in his twenties came over with a dark face, "Xiaoqiong, the class leader called you to practice!"

"Oh!" Xiaoqiong agreed and went downstairs, feeling very sassy.

When the young man saw Zhao Tai staring at the girl's back, he glared at Zhao Tai fiercely: "You guys, don't even think about taking advantage of Xiao Qiong. Drag her off the deck!"

After finishing speaking, he followed Xiaoqiong back to the cabin.

Zhao Tai turned around and Cheng Hu asked: "Sir, can you also write opera and sing songs?"

"Go! Mop the floor!" Zhao Tai waved his hand and led the two of them to the stern of the boat to look for tools. They happened to bump into a woman handling live fish.

Zhao Tai immediately asked the two of them to clean the deck, while he came over to help wash the vegetables and wash the rice, and also inquired about the situation of the team.

Older women are generally more gossipy and talkative. Zhao Tai soon learned about the situation of the Sun family class. There were more than ten people in total, two main actors. The female actor was Xiaoqiong, the daughter of Sun Erniang, who sang in the niche.

That young man just now is Xiaoqiong's cousin, named Liu Changsheng.

"Chang Sheng likes Xiao Qiong. One of them is an actor and the other is a female actor. They are a good match, but Xiao Qiong seems reluctant."

Zhao Tai helped Aunt Wu prepare the meal, and he understood everything about the situation in the theater troupe.

Sun Family Ban is basically a family business, and the people in it are all related to each other. Because they lost their land, they embarked on this path under the leadership of the old class leader.

The Southern Song Dynasty, like all dynasties in the past, also had the problem of land annexation. However, the Song Dynasty had a developed economy and provided other job opportunities for the landless people. In addition, the Song Dynasty would absorb a part of the refugees from time to time to provide enough for the embargo, so the contradiction was not particularly acute.

The people in Sun's class didn't eat this bowl before, and they didn't have a good script, so after working for more than ten years, they still had no reputation and could only barely make ends meet.

At this time, the food was ready, and Aunt Wu asked Zhao Tai to help bring the food in. Zhao Tai brought the food to the boat building, saw Xiao Qiong and Liu Changsheng singing there, and shook his head, "The lyrics and music are really not good.
Chapter completed!