Who knows the Eight Monsters in Wuxi?

From the early years of the Republic of China to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the deeds of eight strange men and women have been circulated in Wuxi urban and rural areas for more than 30 years, and they are called "Wuxi eight strange men and women"

South Gate Xi Niang "Gao Maipo"

Gao Maipo, whose real name is Gao, lives in Shinan Bridge in the city. She is very capable, she can talk, and it doesn't hurt to ask her to be the bride's host.

Since the bride got married two days ago, she began to say auspicious words, such as asking for a bag and saying, "Pass it on from generation to generation, have a bag!" "When giving the bride a reunion dinner, put a piece of meat and say" There is a piece of meat for happiness from now on ",and say" He is still a lesbian "when eating shrimp. Full of auspicious words, I was so happy that my elders said, "Reward!" Take out a red envelope. The reward for selling women high is also unique. Half bend your hands, move three times, and don't bow.

The reason why high-selling women are famous is that they can not only talk well, but also cope with the new house to protect the bride. Once in Beitang, a family named Lu in Mihang got married on a small scale, and the young people in Mihang broke up in the new house. A young man went to bed and threw a frog into a new toilet. When he was seen by a sharp-eyed high-selling girl, his smile changed and he became furious. He cursed the eight-character mantra: "you old lady,' I run a mixed class, my mother is an old lady', and you have seen many big X's." If you want to support the Tianmen, you can play the piano with four donkey kong, but don't play. You can race horses on your arms and put wine on your ass. " A young man refused to accept it and cursed the three-character sutra: "XXX!" " In a rage, the high-selling girl took out a red painted toilet lid and put it on the young man, scaring them out of the new house.

Later, the master and the new official came, blaming the high-selling girl for not covering the toilet seat and letting the visitors say "don't be jealous". After hearing this, the high-selling woman smiled and said, "The toilet lid is the lid on the high-legged red-painted child's bucket. It is the joy of being rich and expensive. Who said,' Don't be jealous?' The groom, the bride and the little guests are going to have children early, and my high mother will also reward them! "The words made the host happy and the guests satisfied, and became famous from then on, known as the first of the eight eccentrics in Wuxi.

Stubborn beggar "tiger less"

In the early years of the Republic of China, there was a famous beggar named Wang, whose real name called himself "Tiger Shao" and was called "Ah Hu". My ancestors were military commanders in the Qing Dynasty, and my father was an emperor in Wuxi.

Ah Hu's begging is different from others. When he comes to the door, he will definitely shout: "There are few tigers here, please let them all go!" " The family gave a copper coin as soon as they heard it. If it is not given for a long time, it must be doubled; He wouldn't give it, so he put a broken blanket on his back at the door and put on his smelly feet to sleep. Residents are not allowed to be unlucky. They just need to hear the sound, that is, give a copper coin and let him go. Ah Hu also made it clear that it is exposed at most once a month. Sometimes, if the discussion goes well, you will fiddle with the bench, chair or door panel on your head and nose in public, or throw a heavy object into the air, then gently catch it and put it back in its original position, but he will always win applause and praise from the audience, with a straight face and no breath.

Shaving master "lame Ding Bao"

Ding Bao, whether his surname is Ding Mingbao is unknown, because he is lame, and he is called "lame Ding Bao". In the early years of the Republic of China, he opened a barber shop at the entrance of Hetou Lane in the east of the city, which can cure people's injuries, epiphyses, children's fever, head sores and toxic sores, with fair fees, free of charge for the poor and help the poor.

One day, a young woman in an alley had an argument over a trivial matter at home and threw herself into the river. When she was rescued, her nose and mouth were blocked by mud and she was out of breath. When Ding Bao saw this, he immediately dug out the silt in the young woman's nose and mouth with his fingers, and then gave mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. When the young woman woke up, they sent her back to her husband's house. A few days later, the young woman's mother-in-law came to Ding Bao and accused him of molesting her bride, kissing her belly and ruining her family style, and said that she would complain. In the local area, Manyao County, Lao Xu, came forward to mediate after learning about the incident. He first accused Ding Bao of losing the old saying that men and women don't kiss, and asked him to spend silver dollars and triangles as a gift for the young woman's family. Then Lao Xu added that it is a good thing for Ding Bao to give first aid to women who have jumped into the river. My husband's family has to pay one yuan for medical expenses, and everyone present said it was fair. Later, Ding Bao switched to practicing medicine and became a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in trauma department, which made him famous.

A "wake for women"

In the past, when some rich families went to funerals, they often hired a "widowed girl", dressed in mourning and dressed in hemp, Dai Xiao, who walked behind relatives and cried and complained, crying more than anyone else.

"A Feng" was widowed and had children in middle age, and his family was poor, so he had to go out to be a maid, and his years of suffering were stuffy in his heart. On this day, when the owner died, A Feng cried herself through the dead, which was particularly sad and attracted many pedestrians. From then on, every bereaved family, especially a group of rich families, hired them to cheer up the sad atmosphere. According to word of mouth, the name of "Lost Daughter" is becoming more and more famous, but no one knows her real name.

"Strange Boxing" Chen Defu

In the eighth year of the Republic of China, a famous boxer named Chen Defu was born in Wuxi, especially in Beitui. He received several apprentices in Wuxi, and played gongs and drums at 2 o'clock on a sunny afternoon near Chong'an Temple Square. First, the disciples practiced their fists, then they fought with real swords and guns, and finally the master came out. I saw him shirtless in winter, wearing cotton-padded clothes and not sweating in summer, dancing with knives and guns. Everyone said he was good, and they poured money into the stadium. Later, he turned to treat people's injuries and rheumatism, and introduced and sold dog skin plasters. He often performed several stunts for the audience and became famous for a while, becoming one of the eight eccentrics of that year.

Al, an exhausted idiot

Ten years before and after the Republic of China, there lived a strong young man named Al in Qiaozhen Lane, Zhong Shi. He could fly up and down by grasping a pair of stone locks weighing 50 kilograms with both hands. Because of his dull appearance, people called him "Al" and nicknamed him "Unreliable". Al usually lives by selling spiced broad beans and cooked food, singing his own songs along the street, and every sentence is auspicious. Such as singing: "primary school students eat my spiced beans and are smart in reading;" Rich people ate my spiced beans and gave birth to a chubby son ... "So there are many buyers.

Al is a member of Zhong Shiqiao Fire Protection Association. He is in charge of the pressurized water machine. In the winter of nine years of the Republic of China, Wuxi Women's Normal School at the bottom of Xiao Lou Lane caught fire in the middle of the night. In the fire, Al went in and out several times, and many girls were carried out, which was praised by everyone.

"Small fever fainting" benefits the third child.

Ten years after the Republic of China, in the square in front of Huangting, Chong'an Temple, Wuxi, there was a vendor named Hui Laosan who was called "a little dizzy from the heat". He stood on the bench and knocked on the bamboo board and said that he was selling pear toffee. That year, the Japanese army killed our diplomat Cai Gongshi in Jinan and cut off his ears, nose and tongue. When the news reached Wuxi, people were filled with indignation. "Little Heat Faint" Hui Laosan wrote his own lyrics, rapped and denounced the Japanese army every day, and his face was covered with tears, and the listeners were all moved.

"Anti-Japanese Pockmarked" King

Wang is about 40 years old and is a pockmarked man. He actively promoted anti-Japanese, and the "Anti-Japanese Pockmarked King" became famous in one fell swoop and was listed among the Eight Eccentrics.

After the "September 18th" incident, the Northeast fell, and Wang often gave a speech in Chong'an Temple Square with a bench in his hand, denouncing Japanese atrocities in public, often filled with indignation and tears. When the police intervened, he picked up the bench and left, then sang in another place. The Japanese invaders invaded, Wuxi fell, and Wang disappeared. It is said that he joined the army to resist Japan.