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    In 1911, the Revolution of 1911 broke out and the Qing government was overthrown. China ended more than 2,000 years of feudal monarchy.  On February 12, 1912, the Qing emperor was forced to abdicate.  Since then, China has broken away from the imperial system and entered a period of democratic revolution.  From then until the founding of New China in 1949, China never stopped.  The Chinese people are struggling to survive in the cracks.

    Chen Yonghe, the sixth generation successor of Chen's puppet show. During the war years, few people had the time to enjoy puppet shows. However, Chen Yonghe, like his ancestor Chen Xilai, had a persistent belief that he could not let  The glory of his ancestors for generations was destroyed in his own hands. Even if he risked his life, he would still pass on this craft.

    ¡°Perhaps it was God¡¯s blessing that after several pregnancies, his wife finally gave birth to a boy named Chen Wenkang.

    When Chen Wenkang was 12 years old, after the bloody battles of the revolutionary ancestors, the five-star red flag finally flew on the Tiananmen Gate.

    When Chen Wenkang was 20 years old, he inherited his father's mantle. He caught up with a good opportunity. In an era when spiritual life was extremely lacking, Chen's puppet show was definitely a pastime for people after dinner. Chen Wenkang was also called "literary and artistic".  "Worker", "Advanced Individual" and many other titles. In 1960, Chen Wenkang's last "old baby" was born. He was a boy named Chen Huaigen. He was also Chen Wenkang's last hope.

    "No one is willing to learn Chen's puppet show anymore. Huai Gen, you must pass it on. This is a treasure left by our ancestors of the Chen family. We must let future generations see it no matter what." Chen Wenkanglin  Before he died, he pulled his son beside him and explained what happened after his death.  Chen Huaigen remembered his father's last words deeply in his heart.

    May 1, 1979, is a day worthy of Chen Huaigen's pride. The 19-year-old Chen Huaigen used his talent and literary atmosphere to win the heart of the village beauty Ma Yuping.  On the day of the wedding, the tractor with big red flowers on it is equipped with the wedding "three turns and one ring", and the running water mat in the village is even more porky.  The luxurious wedding has been talked about by the villagers for a long time. Even some villagers with poor living conditions will salivate out of control as soon as the big fat meat on the flowing mat is mentioned.  Chen Huaigen can live such a prosperous life all because of the puppet show skills passed down from his ancestors.

    ¡°In 1979, it was a spring, and an old man drew a circle on the South China Sea.¡± From then on, the wave of China¡¯s reform and opening up officially kicked off.

    The first thing that reform and opening up brought was cultural impact. Break dancing and bell-bottom pants. These foreign popular elements set off a climax one after another in China's post-70s and post-80s generations. Pop songs caused destruction to local operas.  Sexual shock, at that time, songs by Teresa Teng, Zhang Mingmin and Fei Xiang were sung almost everywhere in the streets and alleys.

    Gradually, Chen Huaigen realized that no one was paying attention to Chen's puppet show, which he was once proud of. In the past, there were hundreds of performances a year, but now there are only three or four performances a month, and most of them are weddings and funerals that cannot be seen on the stage.  Although the number of performances is a little less, fortunately, the income can still maintain the family's food rations.

    In 1982, Chen Huaigen¡¯s first child was born. After learning that it was a girl, he didn¡¯t sleep a wink for three days.  Chen Huaigen has been thinking about one thing for the past three days: how to have a second child when the family planning crackdown is so severe.

    When the child was just one year old, Chen Huaigen's wife became pregnant again. In order to avoid punishment, he and his wife lived a life of "superbirth guerrillas." A year later, their second child was born, a boy. The child's first cry was  It almost made him cry.  Those were touching tears. He could finally live up to his ancestors and pass on the family's glory.

    With one family, two adults, and two babies waiting to be fed, Chen Huaigen's puppet show could no longer sustain the family's livelihood. Due to financial pressure, Chen Huaigen's wife gave up her life of singing with her husband and took care of the two children alone.  A child worked as a hard laborer in a brick kiln.

    Chen Huaigen does not blame his wife. They want to live. Only by living can they hope to carry forward the treasures left by their ancestors.  From that day on, he and his wife parted ways, and a big-bar bicycle and an opera suitcase became all of Chen Huaigen's spiritual food.

    Lonely and sleeping in the open, Chen Huaigen looked for one opportunity after another to sing. In the past five years, he had suffered all kinds of hardships and suffered all kinds of sins. He once sang hard for a certain celebration for a whole day and only got one song in exchange for it.  He received a box lunch as a reward; although he had no income, he was very happy. The cheers from the crowd every time he performed made him happy all day long.

    In order to ensure that the operas he sings are correct, Chen Huaigen never smokes, but every time he performs, he does not refuse the cigarettes offered to him by the merchants.  Although Chen Huaigen has never been toTianxue, but he always regarded himself as a cultured person, and his aloof nature made him look down on people who took advantage of others. He kept cigarettes not because of greed, but for other purposes.

    After many years of running on the stage, he discovered a pattern. The audience for puppet shows is still an older group. In order to win people's hearts, giving each audience a cigarette before the show has become an indispensable part of him.  program.  As the saying goes, you have short hands and soft lips when you eat. Now that you have smoked, the audience will not leave easily.  After gradually forming a habit, some audience members who often attended the opera started asking for cigarettes before the show started.  Having no money to earn and having to pay for cigarettes is an embarrassing situation Chen Huaigen often encounters.

    With two days left before his son¡¯s 8th birthday, Chen Huaigen took out the bankbook hidden close to his body and looked at it again and again. It contained all the savings he had gained from wandering in the past few years, a total of 5,000 yuan.  At that time, "households with ten thousand yuan" were popular, and 5,000 yuan was already a large sum.  However, 3,000 yuan of this money came from a reward from a big boss in Beijing.

    "I can finally explain to my wife and children." Chen Huaigen weighed the red notebook and felt happy.  He was looking forward to having his wife compliment him when he entered the house: "My man is so capable!"

    The day to go home came as scheduled. Chen Huaigen never dreamed that his wife would be so cold the moment he opened the door.

    "Yuping, today is my son's birthday, why are you keeping a straight face?"

    "Tell yourself how long it has been since you came back? Do you still want this home?" Yuping was full of grievances.

    "Why not? Didn't I go out to make money? Look, how many bricks can you move with 5,000 yuan?"

    "What's wrong with moving bricks? I feel at ease when I eat steamed buns and pickles."

    "Erwazi is 8 years old, and I'm going to let him sing a puppet show."

    "Don't even think about it!" Chen Huaigen's words seemed to touch her skin, and she roared angrily.

    "I have the final say in this family!"

    "Why do you do that?"

    ¡°Since I am the head of the family and I can earn money, these 5,000 yuan are irrefutable proof!¡± Chen Huaigen slapped the bankbook on the table.

    "Get out, take your money and get out now. This family doesn't need you. I won't let my children suffer behind you. Unless I die, I won't let my children touch your box of broken wood!" Yu  Ping became angry and pushed Chen Huaigen out of the door.

    "Damn you!" The conflict reached its peak, and Chen Huaigen chose to use violence to resolve it. He slapped Yuping on the face. Five fingerprints were like bumps from rubella, instantly covering the left side of Yuping's face.  , after so many years of marriage, this was the first time that Chen Huaigen was violent to his wife.

    Yuping covered her cheeks and said nothing, her eyes were like faucets that had been turned on, and tears kept pouring out. It was not difficult to see from her resentful eyes that she was completely disappointed with the man in front of her.

    The pain in his wrist made Chen Huaigen gradually wake up. He regretted beating his wife, but he had no choice. If the puppet show was lost in his hands, he would not be able to see the ancestors of the Chen family after his death.

    He was very sad to see his wife so heartbroken. It was all his fault that his wife had fallen from being a village beauty to carrying bricks. He hated himself for not having the ability, but he always had a belief in his heart that puppetry would one day be able to rise again.  , because it is the accumulation of many years of culture and a witness to history, so even if he knows that he is wrong today, he still cannot give in. His children must continue the family's mission. This is his bottom line.

    "I'll put my words here today. Unless I die, my son must learn puppetry from me!" Perhaps it was the man's pride that was at work. He said these cruel words quite happily, but what he didn't expect was that  , after being drunk, he never saw his wife and children again. The only thing that made him miss him a little was a note left by Yuping before leaving: "I took the children away, and we will be separated for the rest of our lives."  Now." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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