Who knows about the Wuxi Eight Monsters?

From the beginning of the Republic of China to the victory in the war of resistance, more than 30 years Wuxi city and countryside circulated the deeds of men and women eight strange people, known as the "Wuxi eight monsters"

Nanmen hiniang "Gao Saiwu"

Gao Saiwu, the real name of the Gao Meidi, live in the city of Nan Shiqiao. She lived in Nanshiqiao in the city. She was a very capable woman who could talk and talk, and whenever she was asked to be the bride's maid of honor, the owner's family 19 would not lose out.

She has been talking about good luck since the bride's entrance two days before her marriage, for example, when she asked for a bag, she said, "Passed down from generation to generation, come to a bag! In serving the bride to eat the reunion dinner, clip on a piece of meat, said, "Jade full eat a piece of meat", eat shrimp, said, "also still pull pull do people" and so on. Full of auspicious words, happy elders said: "reward!" Take out a red envelope. High seller woman thank reward is also unique, two hands held waist half-bent, moving three times, instead of bowing.

The reason why the high saleswoman is famous, in addition to full of colorful good words, but also to cope with the new house to protect the bride. A Beitang has a rice line of the Lu family name small open marriage, rice line youth haunted the new room out of character. A young man took a frog thrown into the bed behind the new toilet, was sharp-eyed high saleswoman saw, a change in the face of a big fire, scolded out of the eight true words: "your old lady, 'master open mixing hall, mother do old lady', what big X big X see a lot of, you guys this class of small penis, want to X to support the door of the sky, is the four diamonds to play the piano, play also don't play, my arm arm, I'm not going to play, I'm not going to play. I don't want to play, I can run a horse on my arm, and I can make wine on my ass, so if you guys hurt the bride and pat your ass and sneak away, how can I explain it to the master and the new official?" There is a small young man defied, cursed out the three-word sutra, "XXX!" high seller from the heart of anger, took out the red lacquer toilet seat cover to the young man cover, scared them to escape from the new room.

Later, the master and the new official came, blamed the high saleswoman should not use the toilet lid cover people, so that the guests said "do not color head". High seller heard the woman said with a smile: "Toilet bowl cover is a red lacquer on the lid of the barrel of the high-footed children and grandchildren, it is a rich and prosperous happy color, who said 'do not color head? The groom, bride and teenage guests will be born early, I high mom also want to ask for reward!" A speech, said the master happy guests satisfaction, from then on fame, known as the first of the eight Wuxi monsters.

Monstrous head of the holler "tiger less"

In the early Republic of China, Wuxi City, there is a famous "stubborn crazy head" holler, surnamed Wang, nicknamed Tiger Bao, self-proclaimed "tiger less", known as "tiger less He called himself "Hu Da Shao" and was known as "Ah Hu". His ancestor was a military general in the Qing Dynasty, and his father was a former general in Wuxi.

Ahu begging for food, different, came to the door, necessarily shouted: "Tiger is coming, to ask for a light!" Households hear that give a copper dollar. If you do not give for a long time, you have to double; and then do not give, he put the back of the broken blanket spread in the door, stilt up stinking feet to sleep. Households do not want to ask for bad luck, so only need to hear his voice, that is, give a copper dollar, let him go. Tiger also said, at most once a month. Sometimes smooth, the pleasure of it, with the store bench, chair or door, etc. on top of the head of the nose in public to play with some, or heavy objects thrown into the air, and then gently catch, put back in place, and he did not change his face, not gasping, and often win the audience's applause and compliments.

Shaving master "crappy Dingbao"

Dingbao, whether the last name of Dingbao is unknown, because of his limp feet, known as "crappy Dingbao". In the early years of the Republic of China, he opened a shaving store in the city of Donghetou Lane, but also for the treatment of injuries, joints, children's fever, scald, sores, take a fair fee, the poor free of charge, righteousness and emergency.

One day, a young woman in the alley because of trivial disputes at home threw herself into the river, was rescued, the mouth and nose have been blocked by silt, no gas. Dingbao see, immediately with fingers dig out the young woman's mouth and nose in the silt, and then mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration, the young woman woke up, the crowd sent her back to her in-laws. A few days later, the young woman's mother-in-law to find Dingbao, accusing him of molestation of his new wife, kissing and touching the belly, bad for her family, said to go to the complaint. The local Xu Yaoxian old man knew about this matter after mediation, first blamed Dingbao lost men and women are not close to the ancient teachings, to spend his silver dollar triangular, for the young woman's family to compensate for the gift "please road head". Then Xu Lao said, Ding Bao for the woman threw himself into the river first aid is a good thing, the in-laws have to pay the medical fee of silver yang one yuan, the people present said it was fair. After the incident, Ding Bao changed his profession to medicine, and became a trauma Chinese medicine practitioner, famous for a while.

"Mourning woman" Ah Feng

In the old society, some rich people's funeral, often hired a "mourning woman", wearing hemp with mourning, walking in the back of the group of relatives, crying and complaining, with a tone, crying more than anyone else's grief.

"Ah Fung" lost her husband and son when she was middle-aged, and her family was so poor that she had to go out and work as a housemaid. On this day, the master died, Ah Feng borrowed the dead to cry itself, crying especially sad, mournful attracted a lot of pedestrians. From then on, every bereaved family, especially the wealthy ones, hired her to help with the sadness. The name of the woman was spreading and her real name was not known anymore.

"Weird Boxer" Chen Defu

In the eighth year of the Republic of China, there was a famous boxer in Wuxi named Chen Defu, especially famous for his northern leg. He collected a few disciples in Wuxi, in Chongan Temple Square, every clear day at two o'clock in the afternoon, banging gongs and drums, first practiced by the disciples of the fist and feet, and then the real sword fights, and finally the master appeared. See him in winter bare shoulders do not see cold, summer wear cotton without sweat, dance knife playing gun, the crowd said good, have thrown money into the field. Afterwards, he turned to heal people's injuries and treat rheumatism and soreness, and introduced the sale of dog skin plasters. He often performs a few stunts for the audience, a moment of fame, became one of the eight monsters of the year.

"Burning through" of the dull head of the second

Republic of China around 10 years ago, the city in the town of Bridge Lane, living in a strong young man, nicknamed the second, his hands grabbed a pair of fifty pounds of stone locks can be up and down to fly, he looked dull, so people called "dull head of the second! "He was nicknamed "burnt out" because of his dull-looking face. Er usually sells five-spice fava beans and cooked food for a living, and sings self-made songs along the street, with auspicious phrases. For example, he sang: "If you eat my five-spice beans, you will be smart and clever; if you eat my five-spice beans, you will give birth to a chubby son ......", and thus there were many buyers.

The A-II was a member of the fire-fighting association of the Zhongshiqiao area, and was in charge of the water-pressure machine. In the winter of the ninth year of the Republic of China, a fire broke out in the middle of the night at the Wuxi Women's Normal School at the bottom of Xiaolou Lane in the city, and in the midst of the blaze, Ah Er went in and out of the fire, carrying out many girls, and was praised by the public.

"Small hot faints" Hui Lao-san

Republic of China ten years later, Wuxi City, Chong'an Temple Royal Pavilion Square, there is a seller of pear paste candy vendors, named Hui Lao-san, people called "small hot faints", stood on a bench, knocking a small gong playing the bamboo board, talking and singing to sell pear paste candy. He was a talker and sang and sold pear paste candies. When the Japanese army killed my diplomat Cai Gong in Jinan that year, they cut off his ears, nose and tongue, and the news spread to Wuxi, and the crowd was outraged. "Little hot fainting" Hui Lao-san made up his own lyrics to rap day after day, denouncing the Japanese army, snot and tears, the listener is not moved.

"Anti-Japanese Pocky" Wang Shigen

Wang Shigen, about 40 years old, is a pockmarked, he actively publicize the anti-Japanese, "anti-Japanese Pocky Wang Shigen" also became famous, was included in the eight strange ranks.

"9-18" after the fall of the Northeast, Wang Shigen handheld a bench, often go to the square in the Chongan Temple to the heights of speeches, public denunciation of the atrocities of the Japanese invaders, often full of indignation, tears. When the police came to intervene, he picked up the bench and left, and then sang in another place. Japanese crown invasion, the fall of Wuxi, Wang Shigen do not know where to go, it is said that he threw himself into the army to fight the Japanese.