Chapter 23: twenty-three children

Chapter 23: twenty-three children

    The puffed child stared at him angrily.

    Inexplicably confused by the hated Gu Qizhou, he scratched his head, put the pen in his hand behind his ear, bent down and kissed Yoyo's face.

    "Honey, go sit there for a while. Dad will come to you after talking to the other children. If you don't know how to read, you can go to Brother Ding Yao and ask him to read the lines to you."

    Yoyo feels like a bulldog with full horsepower, but in Gu Qizhou's eyes, it's just a little milk cat whose paws haven't grown yet.

    So the fierce little milk cat was picked up and placed on the small stool to sit.

    "Yo yo, oh, daddy go to work first."

    Children's emotions were originally unpredictable, and their thoughts were too erratic for adults to understand. Gu Qizhou regarded it as Yoyo intermittently stupid, and did not delve into the meaning of her words.

    Gu Miaomiao sensitively noticed that Yoyo's mood seemed a little down, so she came over and asked:

    "What's wrong?"

    Yo Yo lay down on her sister's arms with her mouth flat.

    "I want to go home."

    Gu Miaomiao was surprised.

    It has been two or three days since they came out to record the show. Unlike other children, Yoyo has always been quite sensible and never clamored to go home.

    It was a sudden, she was a little caught off guard.

    "Because I miss my mother?"

    Yoyo shook her head.

    "Missing your brother?"

    She still shook her head.

    The little boy in her arms looked at his father's back from a distance with sad eyes.

    Only then did Gu Miaomiao figure out what she meant.

    Children's thoughts are complicated and complicated, simple and simple.

    It can be as complicated as she hates her father inexplicably and wants to go home, or it can be as simple as she wants to go home because she doesn't want to be ignored by her busy father.

    Just a lot of times, no one is willing to ponder the ideas of children.

    Yoyo was sad for a while, then looked up at her sister and whispered:

    “…I can’t say that? Am I not sensible?”

    Although she is a little unhappy now, Yoyo still doesn't want to be regarded as an ignorant child.

    She is usually very good, and will not cause trouble to her father.

    She is just now, really really, really unhappy.

    "Why sensible?"

    Gu Miaomiao straightened Yoyo's body and looked firmly at her big foggy eyes.

    "Yoyo, being sensible is an excuse for adults to lie to children. They just like children who don't cause trouble for themselves."

    "Willness is the right of a child. If you are not willful, it will be too late when you grow up."

    Yoyo seemed to understand, pointed at her and said:

    "Sister, you are also a child."

    Gu Miaomiao was awakened by her and suddenly remembered that she still has such a character.

    "Well, of course."

    "But sister, you are more sensible than me."

    “…”

    Yo Yo is stupid, but it seems that every time you think she doesn't understand anything, you can subtly grasp the key to the matter.

    "That's because I'm six."

    Three years older than her can be so confident.

     Yo Yo nodded thoughtfully.

    It turns out that when she is six years old, she can be as good as her sister.

    Break your fingers, uh…

    Two years left!

    She can too!

    Only the audience in front of the screen sighed:

    […is Miao always some kind of child philosopher? 】

    【Is she really only six years old? Why do I feel that I have lived more than 20 years without a six-year-old girl sober? 】

    [Wu woo woo we know so much about Miao Miao must be because she has experienced too much at a young age, Miao Miao occasionally acts like a spoiled child, it makes my mother heartache qaq]

    Yo yo child's nature, she turned her head and forgot about it, but Gu Miaomiao was not a real child, she remembered it clearly in her heart.

    Gu Qizhou is indeed not a good father.

    But he's not too bad.

    It's not good enough or bad enough, if you like it, you can't like it, and if you hate it, it seems to be a little bit worse.

    Tsk.

    It's not as bad as it gets.

    Gu Miaomiao thought secretly.

    "...Come on, do you remember the lines of the first scene? Remember that we are about to start rehearsing-"

    Gu Qizhou had no idea that he was disliked by his two daughters behind his back for a long time.

    He counted the number of people. The first scene was in the palace. The main characters were three little girls and Ding Yao.

     King Lear played by Ding Yao sat on a chair and looked at the three daughters below:

    "...I am old, I divided the country into three parts, when I am about to give up my dominion and territory, tell me, which of you loves me the most? I want See who is most worthy of the reward for their love for me, and I will give her the greatest favor."

    Tian Tian: "I love you more than anything in the world."

    Gu Qizhou nodded, and sure enough, the little girl looked at Ding Yao, and she could praise such words very well.

    According to his lines, Ding Yao divided a rich country for her.

    "My second daughter, what about you?"

    It was Gu Miaomiao's turn.

    "I am the same as my sister, but I am more than her. I hate all the happiness in the world. Only your happiness, Your Majesty, is my happiness."

    “…”

    Daddy Lock and Daddy Joe were whispering.

    "Why is Miaomiao so expressionless even when she speaks her lines?"

    "Well, she's a cool girl."

    If an electrocardiogram is used to describe the emotions in Gu Miaomiao's words, then this is about a small wavy line with only slight undulations.

    Thinking that they are still children, Gu Qizhou is very patient, and at the same time, he squatted in front of Gu Miaomiao with no self-knowledge, and said:

    "Miaomiao, our line is to praise Dad, maybe you are not used to seeing brother Ding Yao, how about you try saying the line to Dad?"

    Gu Miaomiao looked at him, her expression seemed a little lighter, and repeated her lines.

    Gu Qizhou:…

    Okay, the small wavy line becomes a straight line, he heard the long sound of the sentence of death, a beep.

    Because Gu Miaomiao, an emotionless word-reading machine, really made Gu Qizhou unable to start, so he decided to skip her temporarily and see what happened to Yoyo.

    Gu Qizhou looked at the butterfly flying while he was standing there in a daze, and woke up the trance.

    "Yo yo, read your lines."

    Yoyo's face "Who am I, where am I, what am I going to do".

    Gu Qizhou sighed and reminded her:

    "What do you want to say to brother Ding Yao in exchange for a richer land?"

    So reminded, Yoyo's expression brightened.

    "I-I have nothing to say!"

    Ding Yao asked along her lines: "No?"

    "No, I love you no more, no less."

    Yoyo blinked and looked at Ding Yao, unexpectedly, read the lines smoothly.

    Because her consistent tone is very sincere, she actually fits the characters' feelings quite well.

    Ding Yao originally regarded Yoyo as the biggest variable in this scene, but now it seems that she has performed much better than expected.

    He was relieved in his heart, but his face was cold, and he looked at her with anger:

    "Fix your words, or you can't have nothing."

    Yoyo originally remembered the lines, but Gu Qizhou's revised lines are all short sentences, which are also very close to the common words in recent days, even Yoyo can remember them.

    However, when she saw Ding Yao's cold face, she panicked.

    "...you, don't be angry, brother Ding Yao, you are very good, I like you very much, you look good, really!"

    Yoyo seems to be unable to distinguish between acting and reality. In her eyes, the expression on her face is the expression in her heart.

    So when Ding Yao was angry, she really took it seriously.

    Looking at Yoyo's sincere compliment, Ding Yao for a while...I don't know whether to be happy or helpless.

    Gu Qizhou also has a headache.

    His two daughters, one is an emotionless reading machine, the other is a rainbow fart machine with too much emotion.

    It's just right to change the roles here, but the characters behind have changed their temperaments, and they are still the same as they are now.

    In the end, Gu Miaomiao and Youyou were pulled out to make up lessons separately.

    Gu Qizhou is extremely patient and persistent in his professional affairs, and his standards are also very high, so he constantly guides Gu Miaomiao into the role, even at the expense of himself:

    "...Miaomiao, you now think of yourself as a very unfilial, bad boy. Dad is getting old and wants to divide the money between you and your sister. You want to defraud Dad of money, so you Pretend to love Daddy very much..."

    Yoyo, who was holding a small face and watching, found that her sister's expression was visibly gentle to the naked eye.

    "I see."

    Gu Miaomiao read the lines again, full of emotion, and read it very well.

    "Is that so?"

    Gu Qizhou pupil earthquake: "Yes, it is like this..."

    Although it sounds good, but…

    Why do you put in so quickly when you say you want to defraud Dad!

    The speed of your substitution is terrifying!

    Gu Miaomiao didn't care about Gu Qizhou's thoughts, she turned around and explained to Yoyo that they were acting and no one was angry with him.

    "...Then, I'm going to quarrel with my sister later, and my sister can't take it seriously."

    "I wouldn't take it seriously."

    "Sister I love you! Hehehe"

    “…I know.”

    Facing Yoyo, even though Gu Miaomiao's performance was not obvious, the softness that was wrapped under the appearance of calm was easy for people to perceive.

    Youyou's dependence on Gu Miaomiao is also obvious.

    Gu Qizhou stood aside and watched silently, suddenly realizing something.

    His two daughters seem to need him less than he thought.

    —

    After an afternoon of rehearsal, the stage play of the children's version of "King Lear" is almost rehearsed.

    Gu Qizhou knew that the children's attention was limited and it was impossible to take on many lines, so most of the lines to explain the plot were handed over to Ding Yao and the fathers who played the jester.

    The single biggest variable right now is the tampering of lines from time to time.

    For example, when Cordelia was hanged and King Lear was crying while holding Cordelia's body—

    Ding Yao: "Wail, wail, wail! I will break the sky with crying and tears, she will never come back, she is dead!"

    Ding Yao knew very well that he was playing a children's play, so he didn't really shed tears, but just used the way of performance in a drama to exaggerate the lines in the play.

    Gu Qizhou nodded repeatedly to show his approval of Ding Yao's acting skills.

    It is a very good talent to want to play interesting and not show ingenuity.

    However, for Yoyo, that is obviously a type of person who has no talent for acting.

    While Ding Yao was fully engaged in his performance, Yoyo, who was lying in his arms, opened her eyes tearfully, stretched out her short hand to touch his face, and said moved:

     "Brother Ding Yao, don't cry, I, I am not dead..."

    Ding Yao: …I know.

    Although I am very moved, can you be a little more dedicated when you play the corpse?

    So the biggest problem now is not that the children can't remember the lines, but because Ding Yao's performance is too realistic, it is easy to be deceived.

    Then the scene changed from the king's mourning cry to the king trying to coax the corpse's daughter.

    But Cordelia did not die in Gu Qizhou's script.

    A terrifying witch has been added to the magic script. She has a potion that can bring people back to life. The witch was moved by the king's remorse and gave him the potion, saving Cordelia. , father and daughter reunited.

    Gu Qizhou originally wanted to play the role of a witch with Joe's father, although it was a bit irritating, but if there were not enough manpower, he could only do it.

    Unexpectedly, Gu Miaomiao, who had no interest in acting, read the script, but suddenly raised her hand:

    "Can I act?"

    Gu Qizhou was a little surprised: "Of course."

    It's not so good, it's so good!

    His Miaomiao is the most reliable!

    The rehearsal of the following plots went very smoothly. When Zhouzhou's father came back with the borrowed costumes, the stage in Zhenkou was almost ready, and everyone changed their costumes to go on stage.

    "Yoyo! Yoyo!"

    The worried old father warned his little daughter before starting.

    "Don't cry later! This is acting! Do you know!?"

    Yoyo seemed to understand but was quickly brought to the stage.

    The small audience invited by the program group sat in a row, the youngest was a few months old baby carried by her mother, and the oldest was a teenage junior high school student.

    There are many adults outside to watch the fun.

    Gu Qizhou, who was under the stage, focused on the little actors on stage.

    He didn't think he was so nervous and focused when he was leading a group of movie stars and actresses to film.

    The children on the stage took their places and the rudimentary lights on the stage came on.

    The poor and sour king, wearing a paper crown and a yellow cloth, was sitting on a chair and was about to divide his land among his three daughters.

    From the first person speaking, Gu Qizhou's heart has been tugging, for fear of forgetting the words, or suddenly stunned when he is acting.

    Fortunately, maybe Ding Yao was also worried about this kind of accident and has been consciously attracting Yoyo's attention.

    The first act was about to end smoothly, Gu Qizhou breathed a sigh of relief.

    A good start is always good.

    However, before she was relieved for two seconds, Yoyo, who was standing silently after speaking, began to lose her mind, and her big eyes wandered around and landed on Gu Qizhou.

    The two met eyes.

    Yoyo didn't quite understand the meaning of Ding Yao's lines, she felt a little bored, she was also very happy to see her father looking at her with relief, and then waved her hand.

    ! !

    Gu Qizhou's heart jumped to his throat.

    What are you doing!

    Put your hand back! !

    Gu Miaomiao was also startled and quickly pressed her right hand.

     Yo Yo: ?

    Inexplicably, my sister held her hand, Yoyo was a little puzzled, and whispered to her:

    "Sister, you can't lead me, we are acting."

    …I know what you wave when you are acting!

    And Yo Yo is very double-standard, just after she finished talking to her sister, her left hand was about to move when she was idle.

    Tian Tian on the other side also held her down.

     Yo Yo: ? ?

    Yo Yo, who had both hands pressed, looked like a prisoner who was about to be crushed to the execution ground, but she kept jumping, just like a stray dog.

    Gu Qizhou was terrified, for fear that the two sisters wouldn't hold her back, she ran happily on the stage.

    However, the audience next to me said:

    "That little girl played very well."

    "I know I'm going to be taken, and I struggle."

    "It's cute and cute."

    Gu Qizhou: …Is that okay?

      .

    As for these less-controlled kids—

    "Oops, you forgot your words, so cute!"

    "Hahahaha how can I fall while running! Cute!"

    "Ah, ah, brother Ding Yao is so handsome! He looks handsome in rags!"

    ...Under the beauty filter, Gu Qizhou suspects that if you fart on the stage now, they will all find it cute.

    As the plot progresses, the heroine Cordelia saves her father and dies, and King Lear hugs Cordelia's body and weeps.

    Without the jumping children, King Lear, who was alone holding his daughter, instantly swept away the relaxed atmosphere just now, and a few lines pulled the rhythm back.

    “…If she were alive, then all the pain I caused her would have a chance to be remedied…”

    One light goes out.

    On the dim stage, a witch in a black robe walked out.

    "King Lear, if you were given another chance, would you still listen to other people's flattery and hurt your honest daughter who loves you deeply?"

    "Of course not!"

    "Would you like to be a good father who will always trust and love your daughter?"

    "If I break my promise, you can pluck my tongue and use my blood to make soup."

    "Good."

    The plot has come to an end, Ding Yao is ready to take the witch's potion.

    But at this moment, Gu Miaomiao, who was right in rehearsal once, suddenly changed her lines.

    "But I don't believe you know how to be a good father."

    Ding Yao was taken aback.

    Gu Qizhou in the audience was also stunned.

    This...isn't his line?

    Gu Miaomiao continued:

    "Your love does not exempt your misses."

    "You need to repent, and you need to listen to your daughter's inner voice."

    "You should lower your head, prostrate on the ground, don't look into the distance, look in front of you."

    "My medicines are not given to unqualified fathers, but to poor, neglected little girls."

    A series of lines, she speaks clearly.

    Ding Yao, who was suddenly disrupted, looked into the eyes of the six-year-old girl in front of him.

    Her eyes were very calm, as if she was just reciting lines, and as if she was talking to someone through him.

    Gu Qizhou under the stage stared blankly at Gu Miaomiao's back.

    She is small, but her back is straight.

    Yo Yo, who was lying in Ding Yao's arms, seemed to sense that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, and quietly opened one eye, but saw that Ding Yao's brother and sister were not moving.

    I don't know why, Gu Qizhou, who was looking over here, smiled sweetly.

    In Gu Qizhou's mind, Gu Miaomiao's words echoed again.

    —Love does not exempt you from misses.

    —You need to listen, their inner voice.