I grew up listening to my parents singing. My hometown in Shenyang is neither rich nor poor. Looking around at the entrance of the village, every household is a large tile-roofed house.

However, Xiao Shenyang’s childhood was spent in poverty.

Xiao Shenyang's real name is Shen He, and he was born in 1981, "when the rice in the big pot of people's communes is almost gone".

In my father's memory, there was not enough rice at that time, not even sorghum rice, let alone meat, and we could eat two or three meals a year.

Nowadays, everyone says that the "post-80s generation" has been pampered since childhood, but Xiao Shenyang has been cooking for his father, mother and brother who work in the fields since he was seven or eight years old. His best dish is fried potato slices, which can be cooked with very little oil.

The slices are fried and blistered.

In the eyes of his mother, little Shenyang has been a child with "evil thoughts" since he was a child.

When the elder brother gets a dime, he hurries to buy popsicles and then thinks about how to get another dime. But if Xiao Shenyang gets a dime, he will put the money neatly in the book and never spend it easily.

Life at home has always been very stressful. Xiao Shenyang wanted to earn money as soon as possible to support the family. He entered a martial arts school when he graduated from elementary school at the age of 13, but soon dropped out because he could not afford the tuition.

The first dream of little Shenyang's boyhood was shattered.

With nothing to do when he returned home, little Shenyang followed his mother everywhere to earn money by singing duo.

Xiao Shenyang has a unique advantage in singing Er Er Zhuan. She has a naturally good voice. Moreover, her mother is a well-known Er Er Zhuan artist in ten miles and eight villages. It can be said that Xiao Shenyang's Er Er Zhuan transgene was brought from her mother's womb.

Little Shenyang followed her mother everywhere singing duets. She could survive the sun during the day, but it was hard at night. The lighting was to use a wire to hang a brick soaked in kerosene. After lighting it, smoke billowed out. After singing for a while,

The circles under his eyes and mouth were completely black.

What's even worse is that mosquitoes and moths all swarm over me. People are singing on stage, and even if they bite me a layer of mosquitoes, I don't have a chance to fight them off.

People who are inferior to others are not inferior, so they raise their own status. "Pure man" Xiao Shenyang is now 1.77 meters tall, but when he was 15 years old, Xiao Shenyang was much shorter than other children of the same age. He looked very inconspicuous, but when he opened his mouth, everyone in the audience

There was total silence.

Once in Xiafeidi Township, not far from home, someone came to Zhang Fengqin after listening to Xiao Shenyang's duo performance and said, "Sister, this child is your son? Why not send such good material to the Tieling Folk Art Troupe?"

Zhao Benshan and Pan Changjiang were both from that group, and they could still stay in the group if they sang well. "Little Shenyang was tempted, and so was her mother, but the tuition fee was 1,000 yuan, and even after searching the whole family, they could only find ***.

700 yuan.

Father Shen took the 700 yuan and sent little Shenyang to Tieling.

Fortunately, the teacher of the art troupe saw that Xiao Shenyang was a good candidate and didn't worry about the tuition fees.

Recalling this step, Xiao Shenyang's parents were full of emotions. This step was really the right one, and it was really destined to have a noble person to help!

Little Shenyang didn't know at the time how much pressure his parents were under when he went to learn Errenzhuan.

In Xiao Shenyang's hometown, the standard for success is to go to college, learn a trade, drive a car, or hold a spoon... As long as you can earn more than farming, you are considered to be successful.

"The whole village looks down on us. My relatives, his grandparents, all disagree. They didn't let me sing when I sang, and now I let my son do such a dirty thing. He is not a serious person." Zhang Fengqin said.

However, the Shen couple thought that their old son was just a mouthful. It would be a pity if he was not allowed to sing duets and had other jobs.

"We have the final say on our own lives, and others can say whatever they want. Erezhuan is a low-level profession, but we are not inferior to others. If we are destined to be in the future, we should find ways to improve ourselves." Shen Hongjiu

explain.

Nowadays, there is a famous saying in Xiao Shenyang, "Go your own way and leave others with no way to go." Although it is a joke, it cannot be said that it has no origin.

In Tieling, Erezhuan from Xiao Shenyang had a smooth journey. Once his horizons opened, his heart became wild. He intuitively determined that as long as he caught the audience's appetite, Erezhuan could make a living.

He went home and discussed with his parents to join a group, make a lot of money, and become famous!

Although his parents were reluctant to give up, they still encouraged him - a good man has ambitions all over the world, what else does he want at home?

Who misses you when you are at home all day?

If you show off your appearance outside, everyone who can't beat you will miss you, so go ahead... Many years later, Xiao Shenyang became a household name. Only then did Xiao Shenyang's parents know how much their son had suffered outside.

How many sins have been committed.

"We only found out after watching TV that our son slept at the bus station, didn't get paid after singing, and was beaten... In fact, we can guess it even if he didn't tell us. A rural child has to shed so many tears to get to where he is today. It's so painful.

I don’t know how much to eat,” Zhang Fengqin said.

In the view of Shen Hongjiu and his wife, the reason why Xiao Shenyang has been able to establish a firm foothold in Jilin is that Yan Xuejing's husband Lin Yue is another noble person destined for Xiao Shenyang.

Lin Yue opened a small two-person theater in Jilin City. When Shen Yang first arrived there, he was often coaxed at the beginning (the first one to sing and warm up the show), and every time he performed, he felt like he was facing an enemy.

Lin Yue recognized Xiao Shenyang's potential and has been cultivating him carefully. After three or four years, Xiao Shenyang began to show off.

Xiao Shenyang went to Jilin to make a living, while her mother continued to sing duets in her hometown.

With the popularity of television, there were not many people in rural areas who liked the traditional duet. At that time, Zhang Fengqin's main livelihood was "white work" - singing bitter operas during funerals, kneeling in front of the coffin, weeping in front of the coffin, and mourning the deceased.