At the end of the month, Tian Xiang took two days off from work to prepare to go to Beijing with the troupe for a performance.
Before leaving, she specifically went to see her master, senior brothers, and sisters.
Everyone knew she was going to perform in Beijing and praised her for being capable, bringing honor to us from Sanli Lane.
Since the trip to Beijing required a ten-hour train ride, to avoid delaying rehearsals and the performance, the troupe bought tickets for a train leaving at midnight, arriving by noon the next day, leaving the afternoon and evening for rehearsals, and performing the day after.
This was all very rushed.
Tian Xiang asked for an extra half-day off, went back home to sleep for a while, and was woken up by Hu Honglian in the middle of the night, as the whole family saw her off to wait for the troupe's bus to pick her up.
Tian Xiang didn't want them to see her off that late at night; it was safe since the troupe had a bus.
