Shuang Qi

Dongcheng Tea House is said to be in Dongcheng, but of course there will not be only one storefront if the business grows bigger.

Except for an old store in Dongcheng that counts as the headquarters, there are four branches scattered around various commercial streets in the imperial capital.

Since Jiang Qifeng just came here not long ago, he performed in the main store of Dongcheng Tea House in the first month, so let him get acquainted with the environment and let the audience get to know him.After the first month, that is, starting next week, he has to be assigned to perform in various branches.

The more critical it is, the easier it is for accidents to happen.

The hot summer at the end of June, even in the evening, did not weaken the heat outside at all. Jiang Qifeng went backstage sweating profusely. Before he could sit down and have a cup of tea to catch his breath, he heard the phone ringing and the screen lit up. A string of phone numbers.

He is very familiar with this number, but it has not been contacted for a long time, and it seems a little strange.

Jiang Qifeng looked around the backstage uncomfortably, this is not the place to talk.

So he went out a minute after he came in, turned to the corner outside the door where no one was there, and clicked to answer.

"Hey, Mom."

Soon, a middle-aged woman's anxious voice came from the opposite side.

"Why do you answer the phone? Are you busier than a big star every day?"

Jiang Qifeng was very helpless: "I'm at work now. I just got backstage and I'll be on stage later. Do you have something to say soon?"

Jiang's mother became even more excited when she heard this, and yelled: "Now I can't bear to answer my phone, no wonder you are not familiar with it on the Internet. I haven't called you for more than a month, and you don't know Contact the family? Your father and I are dead in your eyes? And your brother..."

"Okay!" Jiang Qifeng was inexplicably suffocated by this lesson, and couldn't help shouting: "What's the matter with you, I'm fine, I'll hang up and go on stage."

Only then did Jiang's mother get to the point, and hurriedly said: "When will the performance end, I will be there soon."

Jiang Qifeng was shocked, and panicked by her words: "No, I'm the second, and it will be after nine o'clock after all. Where did you talk about?"

Jiang's mother said impatiently: "Where else can you go to your house? Can't you say hurry up and end sooner? Let your old lady wait for you at the door on a hot day?"

Jiang Qifeng thought about it for a while. After leaving Qulan Club last month, he moved his residence, and he didn't tell his family in detail. How could she find a place?Why don't you still go to Zhang Xiuming's place?

"Wait a minute, I don't live in Teacher Zhang's house now, so don't run away in vain!"

Mother Jiang said proudly: "I know, I asked someone to ask, you live next door to Zhang Xiuming's original partner, thank you. Hurry up, I'm coming!"

Jiang Qifeng bit the bullet and agreed, but after hanging up the phone, his mind went blank.

How to do this?It's only less than seven o'clock, let's say nine o'clock after the performance, and then drive back... It will take two or three hours, and let my mother wait like this?

He tapped the screen of his phone anxiously, and when he returned to the background, Shen Shaoguang also arrived, sitting aside and watching Ci'er.

Seeing him coming, Shen Shaoguang hurriedly stood up and said hello politely. "Brother, are you here? How about getting the words right first?"

Jiang Qifeng waved his hand and refused, and sat on the side by himself. His expression was a little dignified, and he knew something was wrong at a glance, but he didn't say anything, and it was difficult for others to ask.

Until Xie Yan came in, seeing that his face was not right, he asked, "What, did you eat mustard?"

"Follow where." Jiang Qifeng said absently.

"You have such a troubled expression without eating mustard?" Xie Yan joked.

Jiang Qifeng glanced at the curious actors behind him, raised his head and gestured for Xie Yan to come closer, and when the two got together, he lowered his voice and said truthfully: "My mother is here, at the door of my house... I The show got past nine o'clock, so I'm worried."

Xie Yan probably understood, and made up his mind as soon as he rolled his eyes. "No matter how big it is, it can be urgent." Then he turned around and shouted at the other actors: "Old Huang, ask the first four pairs of actors to move back and see if they are willing!"

The actor who was called Lao Huang in the back responded to him with a smile: "Who doesn't like this stuff, why don't you ask me?"

"Hey, may I know this, I asked to ask if there is something at home to hurry back!"

"No, the brothers are idle, don't worry."

Xie Yan turned back to look at Jiang Qifeng: "It's done, you start today, and when you return, I will ask Teacher Tang to help explain a sentence."

It’s hard to say the beginning, the audience just came in, it’s so hot, it’s inevitable to be impatient, then find a seat, chat with the neighbors, how many people can listen carefully from the beginning to the end?It is not easy to heat up the scene and make the audience happy.

But today, something happened at home, Jiang Qifeng was very helpless and passive, so he could only deal with it in this way.

After finishing the first scene, Jiang Qifeng didn't care about the reaction of the audience, what gossip was said in the background, Jiang Qifeng changed his clothes and took his bag and left, got into the car and rushed home.

After eight o'clock in the night, Jiang Qifeng returned to the community, the elevator door opened, and he saw a figure standing against the wall at the door of the house. The clothes were unknown how many years ago, and his hair was tied back in a mess. mom.

"Mom, what do you think you are doing here in such a hurry." Jiang Qifeng complained while taking out the key to open the door and invite people in.

Mother Jiang went in and sat on the sofa, picked up a pack of torn melon seeds on the table, and began to nibble, spitting on the melon seeds while scolding him: "You don't call home, and you don't come back to see your parents. Your old lady is not allowed to come over?"

Jiang Qifeng waved his hands and explained: "I didn't mean that, I just asked if you have anything... Forget it, I won't ask, you eat and drink well, call me if you have something to do, okay?"

"Go, go, am I playing with you?" Mother Jiang clapped her hands and swept away the handful of melon seeds she had just eaten, her expression became more serious, and she crossed Erlang's legs and folded her hands on her knees and said, "Your brother wants to eat melon seeds?" He is in junior high school, and you also know that our place is remote, remote and remote, and can't go to any good school, your father and I want to send him to the city, the school in the city is good."

Jiang Qifeng was not feeling well. When he was a child, he went to elementary school and junior high school at the entrance of the village. After finishing junior high school, he went to drama school after nine years of compulsory education. He had never experienced any high-quality education. Zhang Xiuming was worried, why didn't his parents ask him at that time?

"It's not like we can go to schools in the city whenever we want. If anyone can go to it, is there any use for the dilapidated school at the entrance of our village? You think it's an easy idea."

Jiang's mother was not happy anymore, and continued to scold him with her fingers: "Don't pretend that I haven't inquired about it. There is a foreign language school in the city, which is opened by the boss himself, and students can go to it after paying the tuition.

I also specifically called your aunt to ask her, her daughter was sent there last year, and she said that the teachers are very good, and she will be able to study abroad in the future..."

Speaking of this, Jiang's mother sighed, and comforted Jiang Qifeng softly: "However, your father and I also know that the family does not have so much money, and it is not easy for you to earn money. Let's not go out when we go abroad. Your younger brother finishes junior high school and high school, and then goes to college, and after graduation, you help him find a job."

Such words made Jiang Qifeng angry, and after a sneer, he continued to ask her patiently: "You can go to school after paying the tuition fee, have you asked about the tuition fee? You know that going abroad is expensive, why don't you know that the tuition fee of private schools is also expensive?" ?”

Jiang's mother put her legs down, stood up with her hips on her waist, and looked down at him, her mouth was insistent: "Hey, what are you talking about, how many years have you been working? If you can afford a car and a house, you don't have the money to let your brother How many years have you studied? Does 10 yuan a year embarrass you?"

One hundred thousand is not too difficult?

The average cross talk actor only earns three to four thousand yuan a month, while those in Dongcheng, Qulan, and other businesses with better businesses only earn six to seven thousand yuan. To be honest, only Zhang Xiuming, Xie Yan, and Tang Chongan are the only actors who make a lot of money.

Jiang Qifeng said angrily: "Which eye of yours has seen my annual salary of one million? I haven't had a stable job yet and bought a house to marry a wife. You just cut off my flesh like this. Do I still need to live? My brother is your second elder brother." My dear, am I not?"

Jiang's mother couldn't bear it, she blushed and scolded him: "What are you talking about? It used to be that the family's conditions were not good. Now that the conditions are good, why don't you let your brother have a better life?"

Jiang Qifeng poured a sip of tea into his mouth, forced himself to calm down, and continued to reason: "Mom, I'm not a celebrity, I'm just a small actor, an unknown person, and my monthly performance fee is The capital is not even as good as ordinary migrant workers. Why do you think we are "qualified" now? "

Jiang's mother shook the mobile phone in her hand, plausibly said: "Look at how many times you have been on the news this month. People at my age who don't use the Internet very much have seen it. Why are you an unknown little actor?"

"I've been on the hot search news for a month, and everyone knows about it. That's right, I was scolded!" When Jiang Qifeng said this, his heart was like a knife.

The more he is in front of his relatives, the more vulnerable he is. He is used to seeing storms and waves, and he can laugh it off when he is scolded, but in front of his mother, he can't help being wronged, his eyes are wet and the tip of his nose is sour.

Mother Jiang opened her mouth, but the words were stuck in her mouth and she didn't know how to say it. She bent down and took out two tissues and threw them to him. After a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but continued, "Why isn't it red? You said you have no money. , You think I'm oppressing you, but I have eyes to see, the photos posted by the reporter have them all, the car you drove here, the one that looks so good, I asked someone, and the car cost more than [-]!"

Jiang Qifeng couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed a tissue and wiped away the tears seeping from the corners of his eyes, then threw them into a trash can in a ball, turned around and turned his back on his mother.

I saw the blue veins on his forehead and the back of his hand, his eyes widened and he shouted angrily: "Yes, yes, it is not my younger brother who is being scolded, of course you don't feel bad, and all the money you earn is given to your younger brother to enjoy your blessings, of course you are happy! That car is very beautiful. Right? It’s very expensive at first glance, right? I didn’t buy it myself, it’s a gift from my master for coming of age!”