Chapter 23: Invited to See a Model Play

“Xiuxiu!”

Suddenly hearing someone calling her, Wu Xiuxiu’s eyes flashed with a hint of confusion.

Who was calling her?

The feminine voice calling her sounded familiar, but she couldn’t recall who it belonged to for a moment.

Wu Xiuxiu turned her head to follow the sound, discovering that the caller was a girl standing a few dozen meters away. The girl was wearing a Lenin suit, had a bob haircut, and was sporting earrings, a very fashionable look for the time.

Looking at the girl’s round, chubby face, which seemed very prosperous, Wu Xiuxiu felt a sense of familiarity. After a moment of recalling, she remembered that the girl was her high school classmate, Ye Xiaoli.

Wu Xiuxiu glanced at the earrings Ye Xiaoli was wearing. The style was ordinary, but it was clear they were made of silver.

In modern times, wearing silver earrings was nothing special, even ordinary people could afford them. But in this era, few people could afford to wear silver earrings.

In her memory, Ye Xiaoli’s family conditions were very good, even extraordinary. Both her parents were members of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee, and her father was even a minor official.

The full name of the Revolutionary Committee was the Revolutionary Committee, abbreviated as the Revolutionary Committee. It was a special power institution of the party and government at all levels during the ten-year period, equivalent to the modern people’s government at all levels.

Although Ye Xiaoli could be considered a young lady from an official family, she was somewhat pampered and even a bit willful, but she was quite nice to the original owner. The two of them had enjoyed playing together during their school days.

However, after graduating from high school, Ye Xiaoli and the original owner had little contact. This was normal, after all, they didn’t attend school together anymore, they didn’t see each other every day, and they didn’t live together. Plus, their backgrounds were quite different, so it was natural that Ye Xiaoli wouldn’t be as warm and friendly towards the original owner as before, often coming to play with her.

“Xiuxiu, where are you guys going?” Ye Xiaoli ran towards Wu Xiuxiu, stopped in front of her, and looked at Ding Hongjuan and Dong Xiaoye, asking, “Who are these two?”

Ye Xiaoli had only visited Wu’s house once before, but there was no one at home that time, only Wu Xiuxiu was there, so Ye Xiaoli hadn’t met Ding Hongjuan and Dong Xiaoye.

“We’re going home. The one on the left is my mother, and the one on the right is my sister-in-law.” Wu Xiuxiu answered Ye Xiaoli’s first question first, then introduced her family to Ye Xiaoli.

Following that, she introduced Ye Xiaoli to her family, “Mom, sister-in-law, this is my high school classmate, Ye Xiaoli.”

“Auntie, sister-in-law, hello.” Wu Xiuxiu politely greeted them immediately.

“Hello.” Ding Hongjuan and Wu Xiuxiu both smiled kindly at Ye Xiaoli.

“Xiuxiu, what a coincidence, I was just about to go to your house to find you, but I ran into you here. Now I don’t have to go out of my way to find you, I can save some walking.” Ye Xiaoli suddenly smiled at Wu Xiuxiu.

Hearing this, Wu Xiuxiu felt a little surprised, a hint of doubt flashing in her mind.

They hadn’t been in touch for a while, and now she suddenly met her and told her that she had good news, asking her to guess. How could she possibly guess?

She had no clue…

“I can’t guess, just tell me directly.” Wu Xiuxiu shook her head and said.

“You weren’t you eager to see the symphony, ‘Sha Jia Bang’, but you didn’t have any way to get tickets. Just recently, I got two tickets for ‘Sha Jia Bang’, so I came to invite you to watch it.” Ye Xiaoli didn’t make things difficult for Wu Xiuxiu and told her.

‘Sha Jia Bang’? What was that? Wu Xiuxiu’s heart filled with confusion, and she recalled it in her mind.

“Sha Jia Bang” is a model play. Model play, full name “Revolutionary Model Play”, is a colloquial term for over twenty stage art works, mainly dramas, that were established as “Revolutionary Model Plays” during a special period. They were very popular at that time.

Model plays are mainly dramatic works, with a small number of musical works added, making them large-scale stage art works.

The most representative ones are the Peking operas “Red Detachment of Women”, “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy”, “Raid on White Tiger Mountain”, “Seaport”, “Sha Jia Bang”, and the ballet “Red Detachment of Women”, “White Haired Girl”, as well as the symphonic music “Sha Jia Bang”.

The original body was considered a literary and artistic young woman, who loved art, especially music, and therefore loved model plays, especially the symphonic music “Sha Jia Bang”.

The symphonic music “Sha Jia Bang” has a great background. It was adapted from the modern Peking opera “Sha Jia Bang” by the Central Symphony Orchestra. After its first performance, it became extremely popular and was warmly welcomed by the masses. Therefore, tickets were very hard to get. Although the original body had always wanted to see it, she couldn’t get a ticket.

Unexpectedly, now Ye Xiaoli managed to get a ticket and invited her to watch it.

Should she go?

There are no model plays in modern times. Even if there were, she wouldn’t have the money or the time to watch them. Therefore, she knew very little about model plays, and what she knew was all from the original body’s memories.

Based on what she knew from her memories, she wasn’t particularly interested in model plays.

“Xiaoli, thank you. Xiuxiu has been asking us and her brother to find a way to get her a ticket to the symphonic music”Sha Jia Bang “. She wants to see it so badly.

But we couldn’t get a ticket. Now that you got a ticket and invited her to watch it, it’s really great. At least she got her wish.”

Suddenly, Ding Hongjuan’s voice came from beside her.

Wu Xiuxiu looked at her mother and saw that she was looking at Ye Xiaoli with a grateful expression.

“Xiaoli, thank you so much. Now Xiuxiu has finally fulfilled her wish!” Dong Xiaoye also thanked Ye Xiaoli with a grateful expression.

Wu Xiuxiu looked at her sister-in-law. Originally, she didn’t want to go to the theater, but she changed her mind.

After hearing her mother and sister-in-law’s words, she remembered the original owner’s biggest wish, which was to see the symphonic music “Sha Jia Bang” once. Now that the original owner was gone, she had her body and should fulfill this wish for her.

“Xiaoli, I don’t know how to thank you. When does”Sha Jia Bang “start?” Wu Xiuxiu thanked Ye Xiaoli and then asked about the starting time.

“Tonight at 7:30 at the North City Concert Hall.” Ye Xiaoli answered, not only telling her the time but also the location.

“I think we should meet at the entrance of the North City Concert Hall at 7:20. I’ll give you the ticket when we meet.” Ye Xiaoli said.

“Okay.” Wu Xiuxiu was a little puzzled why she didn’t give her the ticket now, but she thought it was the same if she gave it to her when they met in the evening, so she nodded and didn’t ask for the ticket now.

“Xiuxiu, when you come tonight, dress up a little bit. Wear a nice dress and put on some lipstick.” Ye Xiaoli suddenly instructed.

“I remember you told me when we were about to graduate that your brother gave you a braggi dress, and your sister-in-law also gave you a lipstick, right!”

Strange! Why did Ye Xiaoli ask her to dress up nicely?

Wu Xiuxiu looked puzzled, with confusion flashing in her eyes. Ye Xiaoli saw her confusion and explained with a smile, “What kind of place is the North City Concert Hall? Naturally, you need to dress up nicely when you go there. Wear your best clothes.”

Wu Xiuxiu thought about it. Although she had never listened to a symphony in modern times, she knew that when listening to a symphony, one should pay attention to etiquette. You can’t wear casual clothes. You need to wear formal attire, dress well, and dress appropriately and beautifully to show respect.

“Okay.” Wu Xiuxiu nodded again, not noticing the strange light that flashed in Ye Xiaoli’s eyes.

She had completed the task he had given her and could go back to report to him. Ye Xiaoli thought.