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"A few steps can traverse the world; six or seven men can command a million soldiers."

Han Fulai's rewriting here also demonstrates his skill.

The original meanings of "three armies" and "eight wastelands" are self-evident, but here they are used as a double entendre, referring to three people on the stage as an army and one stage as the whole world.

The origin of the "six drums" comes from the "Zhou Li·Di Guan·Gu Ren" (Rites of Zhou·Officials of the Earth·Drummer): "He is in charge of teaching the sounds of the six drums and four metal instruments to regulate music, harmonize military campaigns, and regulate field labor." These refer to the thunder drum, spirit drum, road drum, swan drum, swan drum, and Jin drum. Here, it can refer to the six drums in the Zhou Li, or it can refer to the six drum sounds on a theatrical stage.

In just a few lines, the author not only points out the famous actor Mr. Yun, but also incorporates the plot of "The Record of the Rebirth of Cinnabar" into the text, thus demonstrating the theme of Liyue Opera, and is both grand and unconventional.

Yun Jin was overjoyed and clapped her hands in praise. Master Fan even told his servants to quickly take it to be engraved and hung in the teahouse that very day.

Han Fulai was just about to tell Yun Jin the legend of Maxius, the god of the hearth, and discuss inviting the "Yunhan Society" to put on a new play for Guoba when he saw Liu Su, the tea master, coming over with a pout.

"Second Master, how are your legs?"

Liu Su's mention reminded Master Fan of the stage accident earlier, and his face immediately turned red. He said awkwardly, "I just bumped into something, it's nothing serious..."

"I'm glad you're alright, but I'm in trouble... I still have to go on stage to tell stories for the evening show." Liu Su pointed to the stage, and it turned out that the hole that the Second Master had broken was the very spot where Liu Su usually stood when she went on stage to tell stories.

"You see, I told you a long time ago that this stage needed to be replaced..."

Seeing this, Master Fan quickly pulled Liu Su aside and whispered, "Hey, why bring this up again... Here, just put a plank there for now, and I'll get someone to fix it tomorrow..."

Before Master Fan could finish speaking, Liu Su interrupted him: "Repair it? This platform has been used for so many years. If you patch up a hole, who knows if you'll step on it and create a new one next time? Why can't you just replace it with a new one?"

Master Fan was also displeased, and his voice rose: "This stage, these tables and chairs, the private rooms upstairs... all of these were built with my savings back then! I suffered a lot when I was young... That stage, Ruoxin and I used to perform one show after another on it. You young people are ignorant, do you know how rare the top-grade fragrant wood used to build the stage is?"

Liu Su, unusually anxious, exclaimed, "Second Master, if we're stingy with the money spent on building this stage today, we'll lose a lot more in the future. Think about it, every time Boss Yun performs here, before the audience can even cheer, the stage starts banging. Isn't that embarrassing? The 'Yunhan Society' is affiliated with us. If he gets upset and goes elsewhere, we'll suffer a huge loss!"

Master Fan's face darkened: "Given the relationship between Boss Yun and me, she wouldn't do such a thing."

Liu Su exclaimed "Oh dear!" and stamped his foot. "My good second master, do you still think we're all set? I've heard that lately everyone prefers to go to 'Three Bowls Before Crossing the Harbor' and doesn't like coming here anymore. That Tian Tiezui is more famous than me now. Don't you have a little sense of crisis? Boss Yun has made so much money for the teahouse, and we can't even afford to build a stage?"

Master Fan snorted, ignoring Liu Su completely, and went backstage with his hands behind his back, presumably to find some wooden planks.

Liu Su shook his head, still sighing in the same spot.

Upon seeing this, Yun Jin waved to Liu Su and asked, "Mr. Liu Su, what's wrong today? Why are you so angry?"

Liu Su and Yun Jin were old acquaintances, so they didn't stand on ceremony. Liu Su walked over and sat down, took a couple of sips of tea to calm down, and then said, "Sigh, I can't say I'm angry, I'm just a little awkward. As you know from your performance today, Mr. Yun, this stage is no longer durable, but Second Master is still being stingy with the money and doesn't want to make a new one."

Yun Jin nodded and said, "This stage is indeed an old object, and it should be renovated."

“That’s right, Mr. Yun is the most reasonable.” Liu Su pursed her lips towards the backstage area and said, “Mr. Yun, my words don’t carry any weight. Why don’t you talk to Second Master? He’ll listen to you.”

Yun Jin gently shook her head. "It's no use me saying anything. Mr. Liu Su, think about it, did Second Master mention anyone just now?"

Liu Su rolled his eyes, slapped his thigh, and suddenly realized.

"Mr. Yun, you are so wise. I was wondering why Second Master was unwilling to build a stage. It was clearly a beneficial thing. Now I know why! I can understand Second Master's sentimentality, but I never expected that after all these decades, he would still be thinking about the past."

Their back-and-forth banter left Han Fulai and Xingqiu, who were watching, completely baffled. Xingqiu asked, "Sister Yunjin, what does this have to do with Grandma Ruoxin?"

Yun Jin chuckled and replied, "This is an old story. Since you've all seen it, I might as well tell you about it. When Master Fan was young, he could also sing. He often performed with Senior Ruoxin. Master Fan was the male lead and Senior Ruoxin was the female lead. The two of them always played a pair on stage... I guess Master Fan took it seriously."

Upon hearing Yun Jin's words, Han Fulai and Xingqiu understood. No wonder even though they were willing to help Second Master ask the renowned craftsmen of "Fanmutang" to help repair the platform, Second Master refused. It turned out that seeing the object reminded him of someone.

Han Fulai thought for a moment and said, "That Senior Ruoxin is the village chief of Qingce Village, right? We've met her before, but I heard she's always been single?"

Yun Jin nodded: "Senior Ruoxin actually had another love interest, an adventurer. Later, she gradually grew tired of her stage life and said she wanted to go to Qingce Manor to live in seclusion with him. I don't know what happened in the middle, but he was unable to reunite with Senior Ruoxin in Qingce Manor, so she stayed there alone until now."

"Second Master knows that I often visit Senior Ruoxin at Qingce Manor and always asks me about her recent situation. It is clear that he still misses Senior Ruoxin and is unwilling to build a new stage because he wants to leave a memento of the past. Even the beams and pillars next to this stage... he actually wanted to create a couplet with Senior Ruoxin back then, so they have remained empty all these years."

Liu Su sighed again, "Alas, since this stage is so important to Second Master, then the new stage definitely can't be built..."

"The falling flowers are full of affection, but the flowing water is heartless..." Xingqiu muttered to himself, head down, lost in thought.

Seeing that Xingqiu also looked distressed, Yun Jin gently stepped on his foot under the table, then said to Liu Su, "That's not necessarily true. I have a solution. Mr. Liu Su, just wait and see."

Upon hearing this, Liu Su's face lit up with joy. "You really have a good idea? As long as the new stage can be built, I will definitely thank Boss Yun properly afterward."

Yun Jin smiled and said, "I'm just talking, it's Young Master Xingqiu who will do the work. Mr. Liu Su, after this is done, please tell Young Master Xingqiu a story of 'The Sound of Rain Cutting'. He loves listening to the Gu Hua school of storytelling, but he can never hear the end. Oh, and Mr. Han will listen to it too."

Chapter 322 Restoring it to its original state [4k]

Upon hearing Yun Jin's request, Liu Su quickly nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, I will definitely hold a separate event for you in the future! I will say whatever you want to hear, all in one go, without keeping you in suspense!"

Not only Xingqiu, but even Han Fulai's eyes lit up when he heard this—it was like catching a pigeon that was writing a novel and locking it in a dark room, not letting it out until it finished writing the book, that would be so satisfying!

He was able to hear Liu Su, the famous pigeon, recite the complete version of "The Sound of Rain Cutting," an achievement that millions of Genshin Impact players had not yet attained. Now, he had finally caught up with it.

Seeing that Xingqiu's expression had also brightened, Yun Jin covered her mouth and smiled, saying, "Then please wait a moment, I'll go and have a word with Master Fan."

After saying that, he got up and went backstage.

Backstage, Master Fan was sitting there in a daze. Yun Jin called him several times before he came back to his senses. "Mr. Yun, is there something you need to see me about?"

Yun Jin pointed to the wooden board in Master Fan's hand and replied, "I've seen you've been here for quite a while, so I wanted to ask if you need any help."

Master Fan was taken aback, then remembered why he had come backstage. He smacked his head in frustration and hurriedly got up to leave, but Yun Jin stopped him.

"Second Master, you're not in a hurry. I have something else I'd like to say to you."

Master Fan looked at Yun Jin with suspicion, thinking to himself that Boss Yun had one thing after another today, which was very unusual. First, he asked him to ask that Vice Minister Han for a piece of calligraphy, and now what was he thinking?

Yun Jin spoke slowly and deliberately: "Speaking of which, do you know which restaurant I ate at when I went to Qingce Manor the other day?"

Upon hearing the name "Qingce Village," Master Fan immediately perked up his ears, just like a cat whose cat food bag had been opened.

"Boss Yun, stop keeping me in suspense. You went to see Ruoxin again, didn't you?"

Yun Jin clapped her hands: "You guessed it right away! Senior Ruoxin even asked what the Heyu Teahouse was like today, and I said everything was just like it was when she was young. Then she said..."

Master Fan hurriedly asked, "What did she say?"

Yun Jin answered slowly, drawing out her words, "Well, she said..."

"She said?" Master Fan's eyes widened.

Yun Jin clapped her hands again, "Oh dear, I forgot."

"Sigh!" Master Fan sighed in exasperation. "You, Yun, usually have such a good memory, how could you forget something so important today? Oh well, let's leave everything as it is, she'll be happy, won't she..."

"Is that so?" Yun Jin looked at Master Fan with a smile.

Master Fan pondered for a while and finally realized what was going on: "Oh, I knew it. Yun girl, you and that boy Liu Su have conspired together! You young people just like new things and don't care about the old at all. You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you. You just keep urging me, humph."

Yun Jin had anticipated Fan Erye's reaction and calmly unleashed her ultimate weapon against him—

"Second Master, I suddenly remembered what Senior Ruoxin told me."

Even though he knew Yun Jin was doing it on purpose, Master Fan just couldn't get around the words "Ruoxin".

Just like male college students in modern China, they would check the WeChat Moments of the girl they had a crush on thousands of times a day, wishing they could memorize every punctuation mark in the posts, and not wanting to miss a single new message.

"Oh, what did she say?"

Although he had turned his head away so that Yun Jin couldn't see his face, and tried his best to make his voice sound nonchalant, Yun Jin still noticed that Master Fan was secretly glancing at her.

“She said, ‘Second Brother always makes things difficult for himself, it’s heartbreaking to hear.’” Yun Jin replied.

"Sigh..." Second Master sighed, looking down. "She's the one who understands me best."

But he quickly shook his head. "However, she doesn't seem to miss this old thing much. Only I'm still arguing with myself. Isn't it pointless for me to insist on not letting anyone else touch this stage?"

He tapped the wooden board in his hand, looking dejected. "Never mind, you guys fix it."

He rummaged through the pile of props backstage for a long time before finally finding a piece of fragrant wood with a grain pattern similar to the old stage board.

However, it now seems that he has worked for nothing.

Hearing that the Second Master was disheartened, Yun Jin quickly said, "Second Master is a man of loyalty and righteousness. How can you say that he made a fool of himself? I don't like hearing you say that. The stage still needs to be repaired, but we can't ruin Second Master's plans."

Upon hearing this, Master Fan immediately raised his head: "What do you mean?"

Yun Jin confidently uttered four words: "Restore the old as it was."

The principle of "restoring the old as it was" is the principle of the restoration of ancient buildings in Liyue.

Liyue has a history of over 3,700 years. Although Liyue Harbor has been continuously expanding, many old buildings still remain in the center, such as the "Yiyan Palace" where the Geo Archon once lived, the winding wooden corridors next to the lotus pond at Yujing Terrace, and the Secretariat at Yuehai Pavilion... These are all cultural relics and historical sites with a history of 3,000 years.

These buildings still stand today, retaining their original appearance, not because of any divine power bestowed upon them, but because they have been continuously repaired over the years.

For example, Keqing's family, as the largest real estate developers in Liyue, initially made their fortune by repairing houses. Keqing's grandfather is currently the most professional expert in ancient site restoration in Liyue. Many buildings in Liyue Harbor have been personally restored by him.

Keqing's grandfather, besides possessing expertise in civil engineering, was also a historian—and he had been cultivating Keqing's knowledge of history since she was a child. Their purpose in studying history was not merely to foster interest or enhance cultural literacy, but also to master the design methods of ancient architecture, ensuring that "restoring the old as it was, and building the new as it was."

Ancient architecture is all about preserving its original character. If it's all renovated into contemporary styles, it loses its beauty and charm—and Ke Qing's family can earn a lot of Mora just by drawing ancient architectural designs.

Liyue Opera has a long history, originating from the continuous exchange and integration of various local opera genres in Liyue. Many opera scripts retain ancient pronunciation and intonation, so Yun Jin is quite knowledgeable in this regard.

Upon hearing Yun Jin's words, Master Fan gave a thumbs up: "As expected of our Boss Yun, no, Mr. Yun! What does it mean to be clever, quick-witted, and exceptionally intelligent? This phrase perfectly describes our Mr. Yun!"

The way Liyue people refer to Cloud Violet actually has a story behind it.

She is called "Boss Yun" because Yun Jin is the head of "Yunhan Society". Although the manager supports her with miscellaneous tasks, Yun Jin still makes the decisions on major matters. Therefore, many business people affectionately call Yun Jin "Boss Yun".

When Yun Jin's grandfather was managing the "Yunhan Society," veteran opera fans respectfully called him "Mr. Yun."

When Yun Jin took over, these old opera fans often came to see her perform. One fan, who thought Yun Jin's performance was quite good, jokingly said to someone after the show, "This 'Mr. Yun' sings quite well now too."

Immediately, dissenting voices arose from the crowd—"Can a young woman be addressed as 'Mr'?"

This is a respectful title reserved for highly respected performers in the Liyue Opera troupe. Generally speaking, to be addressed as "Master" by opera fans, one must first be recognized as the foremost performer in Liyue Opera.

Given Yun Jin's limited experience at the time, she was far from deserving the respectful title of "sir".

Yun Jin was not someone who cared about such empty fame, but those old opera fans, relying on their age, spoke without any regard for others, and Yun Jin overheard them in front of everyone.

Normally, most people would just pretend they didn't hear it, but Yun Jin was no ordinary person. She immediately retorted, "As for people, a gentleman is older and naturally has more experience, so everyone calls him 'gentleman.' But not everyone with extensive experience is old, and why can't a woman have great knowledge?"

Upon hearing this, those who had looked down on Yun Jin were immediately speechless and embarrassed. Yun Jin then said, "Sir, you are quick-witted and can be called 'sir.' The young woman was able to answer your question, so she naturally deserves to be called 'sir' as well."

This single sentence not only resolved the awkwardness between the two parties but also revealed a quick wit and confidence that set him apart from others, earning the admiration of the audience.

So the story spread among the theatergoers, who would talk about it all the time.

Finally, regardless of whether they had met Yun Jin in person or not, everyone habitually referred to her as "Ms. Yun" along with others.

In the history of Liyue Arts, Yun Jin is arguably the first person to be respectfully addressed as "Master" so soon after her debut.

Master Fan had known Yun Jin's grandfather and father since his days as an opera singer, and was considered an elder who had watched Yun Jin grow up. In public, he usually called her Boss Yun, but in private, he always called her Girl Yun. This time, he called her "Mr. Yun," which was a respectful title from the bottom of his heart. Master Fan only called Yun Jin's grandfather that, which proved that Yun Jin's words "restoring the old as before" had touched Master Fan's heart.

Seeing that Master Fan was happy, Yun Jin pressed her advantage and said, "If you're willing, Master Fan, I'll go to Qingce Manor tomorrow."

"Oh, you're going to invite Master Lu from 'Fanmutang'? Yes, yes, the stage of 'Yunhan Society' certainly deserves the best craftsmanship. I'm willing to pay for it." Master Fan nodded repeatedly, feeling pleased that he was willing to spend money on Mora.

Yun Jin waved her hand again, "Master Lu is getting old and his legs aren't good. He hasn't been traveling far lately. I can't invite him, but others can."

"Oh? Then who can we invite?" Master Fan asked.

Yun Jin pointed to the front desk, "'Feiyun Chamber of Commerce' should be enough of a face for us."

"Oh!" Master Fan suddenly realized and quickly stood up. "Then I must hurry and thank them."

"Don't rush," Yun Jin called out to Master Fan again, "Master Fan, have you forgotten something?"

"Huh?" Master Fan was stunned, but he didn't know what Yun Jin was talking about, so he could only look at Yun Jin in confusion.

Yun Jin laughed and said, "Think about it, if Young Master Xingqiu went to invite Master Lu, who am I going to Qingce Manor to invite? We want to 'restore the old as it was,' so shouldn't we find the person who designed the stage and screen back then to take a look? Oh dear, but that person is too old, I'm afraid she won't be willing to come..."

Master Fan jumped three feet high, wishing he could kowtow to Yun Jin on the spot, and said with a smile on his face, "Mr. Yun, what kind of thank-you gift do you want? As long as I can get it, I will never say 'no'!"

Yun Jin blinked: "Second Master is joking. It's nothing, no need to thank me. But after my performance today, I originally wanted to see your 'Xingyan' girl and ask her to come with me to the show."

"My 'Xingyan'...accompanying you to the show?" Master Fan didn't react for a moment, thinking to himself, how could a lonely old man like him have a girl named Xingyan at home? After repeating the name a couple more times, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Oh, this Yun girl, she wants to hear that rock concert again? Trying to cover up my story, huh? Hehe."

Yun Jin said aggrievedly, "How is this collusion? I just haven't seen 'Xingyan' in a long time and miss my good friend. If people from our theater troupe ask, you know..."

Master Fan waved his hand dismissively, "I understand. If anyone asks, I'll just say, 'Ask about Boss Yun? Boss Yun came to my Xingyan and we spent half a day embroidering flowers together.' Are you satisfied?"

Yun Jin nodded with a grin: "Then it's settled."

After discussing various matters, it was nearly evening.

Master Fan wanted to persuade them to stay for dinner at the teahouse before leaving, but Yun Jin firmly declined.

As for the reason—it's said to be time to learn needlework.

It's not surprising that Yun Jin is learning needlework; with her skillful hands, she's probably already a master of embroidery. But dragging Han Fulai and Xingqiu along to learn needlework is a real problem.

It wasn't until they had walked quite a distance from the Heyu Teahouse that Yun Jin explained the situation to them: "I would like to ask you to come with me to see Xin Yan's performance."

Yun Jin was acting so secretly, naturally to avoid being seen. She wasn't avoiding other people, but rather the uncles and aunts of the "Yunhan Society" at the Heyu Tea House.

"The Rebirth of Chensha" is not a one-woman show by Yun Jin. In addition to Master Fan, there are many other actors and musicians who participate in the play. They are all Yun Jin's elders.