Old Man and the Maiden in the
Blue Sea. A ship is quietly moored at sea. No one knows where the ship came from and how many years it has been floating. No one knows how many years the old man on board has lived at sea. No one knows his past story, how many vicissitudes he has experienced. The one who lives with him is a girl. She was adopted when she was six years old, and it has been ten years now. She never left the ship in ten years. She is beautiful, not too beautiful. No makeup, bright eyes and bright teeth. Two thick lips, plump and rosy. Wearing a bright red skirt and a green jacket, such a tacky dress made her very good-looking.
A small boat is docked beside the big boat. The old man drove it out to take tourists to the big boat for fishing and sightseeing, and then send them ashore. They paid him money. Then he buys back some groceries from the town. One day, he bought her a pair of red embroidered shoes. Put it in the closet. An old wardrobe with several Indian Buddha statues printed on it. There are also some utensils placed on the wardrobe, which are also antique. I don't know where these things are left over from, and where they came from.
At night, she took off her body and sat in the tub. The old man squatted behind her and carefully scrubbed her. Then grab a pink-yellow bath towel and wrap it around her. There is a bunk bed in the room, the old man sleeps on the upper floor and she sleeps on the lower floor. She slept in her nightgown, revealing her half-grown breast and long, fair legs. The old man walked over and covered the quilt. Then he went out and pulled a bow-shaped erhu under the watery night. Vigorous, sad, poignant... drunk with the night.
Before the end of the day, he would cross out the day with a red pen on the calendar. I flipped through the calendar, and on 5.12, I drew a heart shape with a red pen, which said "marriage". It's February. After the date was crossed, he climbed to bed and lay down, reaching from bed to bed, groping for her hand, holding it tightly to sleep. Every night. In the morning, when the sun was rising, he left in a small boat. She woke up and sat down at the dining table. Open the sheet of thin cloth, is a table of meals. She ate a few bites and ran to the deck to look at the distant figure of the old man with binoculars. A pursed smile.
Swings and bows and arrows
will always ask the old man for fortune-telling, because he is very accurate. Not only is he accurate, but his fortune-telling process is also very strange.
He tied two ribbons on the girl's hands. Then the girl sat on a swing that hung from the eaves of the boat. swaying back and forth on the water. The swing is flanked by half-exposed cabins with painted Indian Buddha statues. The old man stood on the boat not far away, drew his bow, passed through the swing and the young girl, and shot three arrows at the painted pattern. With a smile on her face, the girl fluttered to and fro without any damage. But called the visitor to sweat for her. The girl drew out three arrows, pinched them, and walked towards the old man. He whispered to him, and then the old man walked over to the guest and whispered quietly. There are those who are shocked and those who laugh. But whenever his companions asked him, what did the old man say. They never answer.
Once, two tourists came. Call the girl over, and ask questions. Not far from the heights, the old man drew his angry bow and shot it firmly on the deck beside them. The man is frightened.
Another time, two male tourists took pictures on the boat, and when they saw the girl leaning on the side of the boat, they took a picture, and then asked her to come over and have a look. One of them grabbed the freshly caught fish and threw it through her chest, and the two pretended to reach in and search for it. The girl was stunned for a while, then slapped the man fiercely and ran away. The old man drew his bow again and gave them a hard lesson. Unexpectedly, the two refused to accept it, and they waited for an opportunity to put the old man down and tied it to the deck with a thick hemp rope. Then he walked into the room, ready to attack the girl. The girl ran away alertly, going around, but they couldn't catch her. After getting out, she took off the bow. With a naive smile, he pulled the strings. Each of them had a cut on their left thigh, and the blood was dripping.
Their wedding dresses are traditional Hanbok in red satin and blue satin. The old man is ready. Locked in the closet.
Girls and Teens
(1)
One day he came, with his father and a group of tourists. She saw him right away. He also saw her. smile at each other. A tall, single-eyed Korean teenager, handsome, with a warm smile and clean eyes. Teenager wearing headphones and listening to music while standing on a boat. She came over, smiling brightly, her teeth white. It turned out that she had dimples, and she had never seen such a smile before. He took off the earphones and put them on her. He asked her how old she was, if she was in high school, if the old man was a grandpa, etc. She didn't answer, but kept smiling happily. The old man's face loomed behind the glass. His eyes were wide and he was worried, heartache and jealous. He is about to become his wife. So, he drew the bow again. Scissors fell in front of him. The young man was terrified. The girl glared at the old man. For the first time, she resisted him.
At night, she sat in the tub, the old man scrubbing behind her. The boy who was sleeping on the upper floor next door heard the movement and got up. Through the glass window, he saw the naked girl. Like a small white and pink flower, stained with many morning dewdrops. He was stunned and stunned, his eyes never looking away for a long time. She looked up and found him too. But she didn't panic. Every now and then he looked up and smiled. The old man who was scrubbing carefully didn't notice it.
When he left the next day, he left her the headphones and MP3. So she liked it so much, she wore it, and she listened all the time. The old man came over, took off the earphone without any reason, and threw the MP3 on the boat. The music ended abruptly. The girl was very angry and glared at him fiercely. He glanced at her a few times and walked away with his head down.
That night, in front of the calendar, he secretly glanced at the sleeping girl who was actually feigning sleep. In rapid succession, four days of dates were crossed off. Every night after that, he crossed off a few more days. He was so impatient, so afraid of losing her, so inferior.
(2)
Soon, the boy came again with everyone. She stood by the boat to meet him. Reach out and pull him up. The old man took a rooster and a hen into the boat, and climbed up on the boat with nothing but his legs. The girl ignored. There are many sofas in different colors and styles on the boat for tourists to use for fishing. It is placed facing the sea, and the sun is shining down. Teenager sitting alone on the sofa. The girl took a self-made sound-transmitting device to her ear and walked towards him while listening. The young man looked at her with joy, and took out his mobile phone to take a picture of her. They were also photographed. The old man took out the bow again and drew the string. Aim at the target, this time not for intimidation. Being discovered by the girl, she pulled the boy away. The arrow hits the sofa cushions impartially. He kept firing arrows, and the boy seemed to have no way to escape. At this time, the girl ran over and blocked him with her body. She is very determined. Eyes silently blamed the old man. The old man was stunned and put down his bow sadly.
At night, girls and boys sleepless. He was looking through pictures of them he had taken on his phone. The girl quietly got up and climbed into the room where he slept with them. Then he slipped into his bed and gently stroked his lips. Teenage surprise. The two just lay there, looking at each other. He stroked her face, trying to kiss her red lips. But before it could be touched, the door was pushed open. The old man woke up. He couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it. He pushed the boy out fiercely and rushed to the boat to send him away. The teenager shouted: Did you think about her from her standpoint? Don't put her under house arrest anymore! I'm going to find her parents and take her away! The old man said nothing. The girl wept silently.
The next day, the old man instructed the rest of the tourists with a bow, and rushed all the panicked guests to the boat and sent them away together. He was impatient and insecure. He frantically tore down the March-April calendar. Remove the upper and lower beds and combine them into one queen bed.
Stay and leave
The young man really came, and he hired a boat alone. He said: "I have found her parents, they have been looking for her for ten years. Then he took out a missing person notice from his pocket, and the photo on it was of the girl when she was six years old. He showed it to the old man, but was snatched by the old man, smashed it into a ball, and threw it on the boat. The girl picked it up and unfolded it, but it was still indifferent. Perhaps her parents were so pale and blurred that they were strangers to her. The old man is his true relative. The teenager continued: "How cruel it is to her that she hasn't left for ten years!" But she is free to see the outside world. I'm taking her away. The old man was still silent, and he could see how reluctant and reluctant he was in his eyes.
The young man said again: Help me with fortune-telling and see if she leaves with me or stays with you. So the swing began to float on the water again. The girl was still sitting on it, but she lost her former ease and became dignified. These three arrows were the most difficult for the old man to shoot in his life. The old man drew a fourth arrow about to fire. The boy on the boat saw something bad, he grabbed the swing, the girl fell into the water, and he pulled him up. It was still the girl who took out the arrow and whispered to the old man, and the old man was still whispering to the fortune-teller. The result of this divination was that the boy took her away.
The old man opened the wardrobe and threw the wedding dress and embroidered shoes onto the boat board in a fit of anger. Then he sat down and bowed his head silently, tears glistening. The boat started slowly. The girl sat on the bow, looked back, and looked at the old man steadily. The young man couldn't bear it either. Shouting to the old man: I know ten years of parenting, it is not easy for you to give up once.
The boat walked for a short distance, but could not move forward. The girl suddenly remembered something and looked back. Shocked. The rope that held the small boat was at the end of the big boat, and was tied by the old man, and he put his head in it. At this time, he was stubbornly confronting the power of the boat's engine. He was almost out of breath from the hemp rope. The double pain of body and spirit made him cry. But he suddenly woke up, took out a knife and cut the rope. The girl also cut the rope on the boat and drove back quickly. Seeing his appearance, the girl also burst into tears, and the two hugged each other and cried. The young man stood beside him, speechless.
Weddings and Funerals
The old man and the young girl were married on the same day. They picked up the scattered wedding clothes one by one and dressed them neatly. The girl's long hair was coiled up, a beautiful hairpin was inserted, she was wearing a small red embroidered hat, and three small red dots were pasted on her face. The old man is dressed in a bright blue swan pattern and wears an official hat. Suddenly much younger. After the ceremony was over, they drove away in a small boat. The other side of the sea. There are still unfinished rituals.
The young man was like a transparent person, watching the ceremony silently. They are gone. He leaned down and untied the hen that was tied at his feet, and it shook and started pecking at the rice. He patted the head of the rooster next to him with his hands, like blaming the old man. It also loosened its feet and went away.
On the boat, the newlyweds sit opposite each other. He kissed the three little colored dots he painted on the corners of her eyes. That point seems to be a sign of virginity. He undid her wedding dress, leaving behind a pure white cotton skirt. He also unbuttoned his wedding dress, leaving behind a long pink trousers. He stood on the bow and pulled up the erhu. She gradually fell asleep. At the end of the song, he pulled the strings. Towards her body, then moves away, shooting the string into the sky. Then, he threw himself into the sea and never came up again.
Unmanned, the boat is drifting, slowly drifting to the side of the big boat. She was still asleep, but suddenly rolled over. The body is up and down, the breathing is rapid, and the expression is strange, like intercourse with a person. Suddenly, an arrow flew across the sky and shot hard in her thighs. Her movements became more and more violent, her expression became very uneasy, and her shouting became more and more tragic. The tip of the arrow slowly oozes blood. A big beach. The old man seems to be transformed into a bow.
The boy stood on the board, stunned and overwhelmed. After a while, he jumped off the boat and held her tightly in his arms. The girl gradually calmed down and became quiet. When she woke up, it was as warm as spring. At this time, the big ship was slowly sinking. Little by little, the sea water flowed over the cabin, over the painted Buddha statues, over the deck, over the sofa, over the white sails... The place where the boat was once calmed down in an instant, and the sea was smooth as satin. It seems to be a ceremony, tragic, simple and heavy.
There is no dialogue between the old and young actresses in the play.
In the vast sea, the desolate erhu and the beautiful guitar resonate under the moon. Weeping loudly.
When the bow is left, it is music, and when it is on the string, it is a bow. Like a bow but not a bow.
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