Volume 9: Home Chapter 302: The Magic Revised White-Haired Girl (Part 2)
The white-haired girl, who was a snow leopard cub, stayed in the Great Elder’s new farm for a whole scene... uh, two months. After the Great Elder’s new farm was transformed from a wasteland into a lush farmland, she was finally able to go home with the villagers.
What follows is a short heartwarming plot. Old Sal, who has been waiting for his daughter, hugs the snow leopard cub and cries, then returns to a life that is hard and poor but peaceful and happy. Old Sal saves money to buy fish for the snow leopard cub, and the snow leopard cub clumsily mends clothes for Old Sal. The plain and warm life scenes performed by the father and daughter who support each other make the bear-headed people in the audience gradually smile with relief, and "forget" the sufferings they have suffered together with the characters in the play.
Selina thought that the protagonist, White-Haired Girl, would try every means to take revenge, but she didn't expect the plot to go in a direction different from what she imagined. She looked at Xiao Yun in surprise.
"There is no such thing as revenge in life." Xiao Yun smiled calmly, "Most people's grievances and sufferings are just a part of their life experience."
"Can this still be called a drama?!" Selina's eyes widened. "Shouldn't a drama magnify and dramatize conflicts and use exciting plots to shock and move people's hearts?"
Xiao Yun nodded: "You think that the White-haired Girl should suddenly get help from a noble person, or have some kind of adventure to become powerful, so that those who bullied her and her father would look bad and reach the pinnacle of life. This is what drama is. I agree with this. But..." He raised his hand and pointed at the audience, "The theme of this play is not the protagonist who the world revolves around. What is played on stage is not a certain person's fate full of opportunities, luck and coincidences, but the ordinary, mostly painful and helpless life shared by most people."
After a pause, Xiao Yun said calmly: "In my opinion, this is also a drama."
Selina hesitated to speak. She wanted to say that this was not a drama at all, but she found that this kind of dramatic performance seemed very "literary" and artistic, which made her very conflicted...
Xiao Yun was not surprised that the snow elf lieutenant accepted the "artistic quality" of the play "White-Haired Girl" although reluctantly.
Why was the so-called scar literature on earth so popular in the beginning? It was because ordinary people saw their own lives in it, and middle-class literary youths saw "literature and art" in it. It unexpectedly reached the realm of being appreciated by both the elite and the masses, which made "scar literature" so popular for two or three decades.
So why did scar literature quickly become outdated? Because the middle-class literary youth are a group that easily loses their bearings. Once praised by the masses, they become complacent and forget what the masses really desire. One by one, the so-called intellectuals quickly distorted the scar literature that could express the inner feelings of most people into whining without illness. It would be strange if the public were willing to pay for it... (People born after 1985 and 1990 rejected scar literature and were criticized by these intellectuals. Content producers mocked this generation of readers. No one else can do this.)
The intelligence department of the Fire Ministry wants to promote the "White-Haired Girl", a magical adaptation drama that can be performed by a makeshift troupe, in the Far East. They want to use the low-level route to transplant it into the "folk legends" of the Far East. However, it will not be possible without the support of the Snow Elves.
First of all, Primo, the number one spy chief of the Fire Country, will not live for more than two years, and he simply does not have the time to slowly set up a "rural mobile crew" in the Far East (it is even more impossible to do so after he turns into an undead). Xiao Yun cannot find anyone to replace Primo for the time being, so he has to get the snow elves over to work together - even if Selena doesn't come this time, Xiao Yun will take the initiative to write a letter to invite her to come~!
The Elf King wants to find out the background of Fire City, so Xiao Yun might as well take some labor for him, so that they can make use of each other~!
"Human nobles believe that drama is an elegant art form that can only be performed for cultured, respectable gentlemen and ladies. I don't agree with this narrow-minded thinking that you elves have always criticized." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "Art is the crystallization of the thoughts of intelligent races and the shining point of cultural heritage. There is no reason to require an entry threshold if you like art. Art is what the public likes to see and hear. Selina, what do you think?"
"Of course." Selena, who was paying attention to the stage performance, did not look back and nodded in agreement subconsciously. Xiao Yun belittled the human understanding of art and flattered the elves. She had no reason to object!
Xiao Yun smiled slightly and turned to look at the stage.
The heartwarming scene designed to soothe the audience's nerves has ended, and old Sal and his daughter are once again faced with the reality of life - old Sal, who independently cultivated the family's fields during the spring plowing season, was injured from overwork, and barely made it to the summer before falling asleep forever.
Before the snow leopard cubs have time to mourn the loss of their last relative, the great elder, deacon, villain Xia, appears again with his snake clan lackeys.
The orcs of the Far East all attach great importance to the raising of cubs. Even the laziest lion elders will raise the cubs who have lost their mothers together. Of course, the unknown race in "White-Haired Girl" also has a similar policy.
Xia called the villagers together and announced that the orphaned snow leopard cub would be taken into the tribe's cub hall and raised by the tribe. At the same time, the chief elder would take back the old Sar's house and land, including the crops that had not yet grown in the fields...
Seeing this scene, Selena's bright red cherry mouth opened so wide that she could swallow her fist.
"How could this happen?!" The snow elf lieutenant, who only looked cool on the outside but was actually a hot-tempered man on the inside, was furious.
Xiao Yun stood on tiptoe and looked around the "audience seats", trying to find the bear head that provided the inspiration for this plot.
"Is there really such a thing——?!" Selina's anger turned into horror.
Xiao Yun tried to hold back, but couldn't help saying, "You snow elves have been engaged in espionage activities in the Far East for so many years, and you spent all your time drinking afternoon tea with dignitaries, chatting and bragging? Then your intelligence officers are living a pretty comfortable life! "
Selina understood this sentence, and her face gradually became embarrassed...
The underage snow leopard cubs were of course unable to resist the decision of the elders and deacons, and were forced to leave the village where they grew up and were taken to the tribe’s cub hall where orphans were raised together.
In an old compound standing alone on the edge of the town, a snow leopard cub and several "adopted" orphans live together in a dark, damp, drafty, dilapidated wooden house. They eat black beans boiled in salt water and wash dirty clothes collected from the town by their caretakers from morning to night.
If the clothes are torn or not washed cleanly, they will be beaten by the adult supervisors.
The snow leopard cubs didn't understand why they had to wash so many clothes, and the caretaker told her impatiently that they were earning their own food. When the caretaker sent out the clean clothes, she happily used the laundry money to drink, gamble, and buy snacks for her own children.
The tribe sent someone to deliver the monthly expenses of the Cub Hall. The actual amount was only half of what was disclosed. When the guards received the money, they gave part of it to the sender on the spot, and divided the rest among themselves...
At this point in the plot, the several snake actors who played the roles of the cubs' guards quickly surpassed Xia and became the most hated characters by Selina and the entire audience. If it weren't for the two rows of snow wolf warriors in front of the stage, there might have been an impulsive bear-headed guy who would have gone on stage to perform a beating...
The snow leopard cub worked as a free laundry worker in the dark cub hall for several years (wearing a wig woven from snow wolf fur to represent the passage of time), and when it finally grew up, it was still as thin as a cub (uh...).
After leaving the Cub Hall, she had nothing and no relatives, so she had to return to the village and work on the farm run by Xia.
She thought Xia was actually a good person, but she accidentally learned that the Great Elder was completely unaware of her existence and had not taken back her family's house and land. Instead, Xia, as a deacon, was using the Great Elder's name to make money... Well, the audience's hatred value returned to Xia and doubled.
At the end, the Snow Leopard White-Haired Girl, who had suffered torture for more than ten years, finally exploded. She rushed into the big house where Xia lived in a rainy night and asked Xia why he wanted to rob her family's property.
The villain Xia, who played himself, smiled gently and said to the Snow Leopard White-Haired Girl and the audience: "You asked me why I dared to occupy your house and land in the name of the Great Elder? Of course, it is because whether I indirectly killed your father, Old Sal, or seized your family's property, it is very safe for me, as easy as reaching into my pocket to take something out, there is no risk at all."
"Old Sal's father was a farmer, Old Sal was a farmer, you are a farmer, and your cub is still a farmer. You will never be able to threaten my position. When I have the opportunity to take away your property easily, why don't I do it?"
"Asshole!" Countless idiots in the audience were shaking with anger.
Xia is not like those villains in the Robbins Troupe who are easily frightened. They can continue to perform even when being criticized by thousands of people. "Even if you or your future cubs become warriors and are valued by the tribe, you will never seek revenge on me. It only takes a word for me to transfer a warrior to the most remote outpost to retire early, or to send him to the most dangerous front to die. You or your cubs don't even have time to please me, how dare you disrespect me?"
After Xia finished speaking this line, the faces of countless bear heads, who were originally so angry that their blood was boiling, began to turn pale.
On the stage, the curtain began to slowly close. In the scene that the audience could still see, the White-Haired Girl, played by the Xia Dynasty Snow Leopard cub, took a step closer. The evil yet brilliant smile on her face pierced the hearts of countless people: "Or are you dreaming of becoming a general? If you can become a general, you can deal with me. However, I have lived for fifty years and have never seen a soldier who is not a general become a general... Your parents are not generals, not non-commissioned officers, and not even soldiers. Do you think you are qualified to change the custom of the tribe?"
When this line was thrown out, it exploded in the brains of all the bears like a thunderclap. The bear captives who had not yet recovered from the last round of "human reality" comprehensive attack suffered another critical blow... The faces of the auxiliary soldiers, warriors, and even the elite warriors who were highly valued and would not be bullied like the Snow Leopard White-Haired Girl became extremely ugly.
Hal, the white bear who was sitting among the Snow Wolf tribe's disciplinary warriors because of his good performance, began to tremble slightly with his hands on his knees.
Hal was an elite warrior of the White Bear Clan, his mother was an elite warrior, and his mother's father was also an elite warrior. Most orcs would not keep in close contact after a generation, and the concept of family inheritance was relatively weak, so Hal had never thought about why there had not been even a non-commissioned officer from his ancestors to his generation.
And now, the fact that Hal had been ignoring intentionally or unintentionally was exposed by this drama and Xia's words, and the reality of the world exposed was so bloody and horrible...
In the "VIP room", Selina took a deep breath - if she knew how to use idioms, then she would definitely use the four words "the dagger is revealed" to describe Xiao Yun's purpose in launching this drama!
The Snow Leopard White-Haired Girl shed tears of blood (she had rubbed water-soluble red dye on her lower eyelids), and at the last moment when the curtain was about to cover the stage, she roared angrily and pounced on Xia regardless of the consequences.
At the end of the play, the audience could only see the flying, angry white hair in the gap between the gradually closing curtains.
The scene of the angry and desperate White-Haired Girl, with tears of blood and white hair flying, rushing towards her enemy, was deeply engraved in the eyes and hearts of all the audience present.
The heavy curtain fell, and Selina was unable to recover for a long time.
She found that this play, with its extremely casual stage and actors, was artistic and in line with the requirements of drama and could give people a strong shock. Even though she had no sense of empathy for the protagonist, who was a Far Eastern orc, she was still infected by the tension presented by the play. She very clearly felt the strong emotions that the play conveyed to her: anger and powerlessness.
Feeling somewhat guilty, Selina stole a glance at Xiao Yun and saw that he was frowning slightly and seemed to be thinking about something. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief... If Xiao Yun teased her with her previous shallow evaluation of the play, she would be embarrassed...
"The sound of 'meow' is really not powerful enough." At this moment, Xiao Yun had this thought in his mind...
