frightfiction Chapter 255 Three Blood Marks
Chapter 255 Three Blood Marks
As the sun rose higher, people gradually came to the temple fair.
Shen Youyou and a group of little sisters followed their younger brothers and sisters. The little kids' eyes were fixed on the candy figurine stall.
I saw the slightly yellow icing sugar poured into a small pot on the stove, melting and boiling into syrup, with a sweet aroma filling the air.
The old man selling candy figures, dressed in a coarse cloth shorts, with his hair tied up in a bun with a cloth strip, first applied a layer of water on the polished stone slab,
Holding a small copper spoon, scoop up a spoonful of syrup and pour lines on the stone slab, draw left, draw right, dot up, dot down, and a big rooster that all the kids like is formed.
"Wow!"
Shen Youyou glanced over and saw that her brothers and sisters' eyes were almost glued to her.
This old man can do two other things. One, as they have already seen, is drawing sugar figures, but he can also blow sugar figures.
As the name suggests, blown sugar figures are sugar figures that are blown up with the mouth.
He scooped a small piece of sugar from the pot with a small spatula and rubbed it in his hands.
He had talcum powder on his hands so it wouldn't stick to them.
When kneading, the old man will knead the sugar into a hollow shape, and a small tube will appear when he pulls it with his hand. This small tube is used for blowing air. When you blow along the small tube,
The sugar material gradually expands along the hollow part. As the sugar material expands,
He pinched the gradually swelling sugar left and right.
In a short while, she had made sugar figures of different shapes, including the twelve zodiac animals, Ruyi gourds, small fish, small deer and so on.
There are also differences between painted sugar figures and blown sugar figures. Blown sugar figures are three-dimensional in shape, while painted sugar figures are flat in shape.
The sugar material for painted sugar figures is also different from that for blown sugar figures. The sugar material for painted sugar figures is much thinner than that for blown sugar figures.
It seemed that the younger brothers and sisters really could not move, but among this group of people, only Shen Youyou had money on her. But that money really could not be taken out, as a golden cake was too scary.
Shen Youyou turned to look at his father. Well, he was worthy of being his father, as he was already busy early.
There were a lot of people standing in three circles inside and outside the place. They all heard that one could trap chickens, ducks, and geese with a bamboo ring for two cents, and if one was caught, they could take them away for free.
He could also hear his father yelling, "Two cents a piece. This trap is only valid if it is caught in the neck of a live chicken, duck, or goose. It won't count if it is caught anywhere else."
I have to say that the temple fair in Xinle County is really lively. Not to mention those who buy all kinds of things, there are also quite a few entertainment ones.
Shen Youyou looked around from her current position. As far as she could see, there were people performing monkey shows, storytelling, and people singing drums.
I also heard from Xiaowu that there are many acrobatics in the distance, such as stilt walking, plate spinning, fire breathing, sword swallowing, stone breaking with the chest, etc.
But their trick is the first of its kind in this era, and they say they can get chickens, ducks, and geese for free.
It didn't take long for them to become the leader of this temple fair. As far as Shen Youyou was concerned, there were no other places with as many people as here.
Originally, she was thinking about whether she should be a stand-in or something, but now it seems unnecessary. She can hear it by standing on the candy figurine stall.
"Giggle!"
"Quack quack!"
Amidst the chaotic shouting, there was a louder shout: "Give me two laps quickly,"
"Give me five."
"I want ten. Give me the ones I want first."
Then there was a louder shout: "What? Ten of you are nothing, give me twenty, give them to me first."
She could also hear her uncle shouting, "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, come one by one, we have many stalls selling hoops, one every ten meters, if you don't want to wait here, you can go somewhere else."
Then a louder man started to make a scene:
"You're just talking nonsense. You have many stalls, so you want to put more rings. The stalls of other chickens, ducks and geese are full. The stall of the hairpin is even more outrageous.
A bunch of old ladies are feeding me. If a man dares to approach me, he will be scolded. Look at these three marks on my face. They almost disfigured me. "
What this person said was very interesting, causing bursts of laughter from the people around him. Someone even joked, "Oh, your blood stain is very obvious. Will your wife forgive you when you get home tonight?"
The man waved his hand and said, "Damn it, it would be nice if I had a wife. I just wanted to wear a hairpin to get a wife because I couldn't find one. But I got fooled by those women!"
"Hahaha!" This caused another round of laughter from those around.
The scene was so lively that the patrol officers took several glances over here in a short while.
Shen Youyou didn't have any change, and everyone was busy. She squatted down and took out an oval-headed wooden hairpin inlaid with orange porcelain:
"Uncle, I have a wooden hairpin here. Do you think it looks like the spoon you use to scoop sugar? Can we exchange it for some sugar figures?"
The old man selling candy figures raised his eyebrows. These kids had been waiting here for a long time, but none of them said they wanted to buy anything. However, there was obvious desire in their eyes.
This meant that they really had no money to buy it. He also saw clearly that their parents were the ones setting up the stall over there and they looked very busy.
I guess they can earn a lot of money, but because they are so busy over there, these kids can't squeeze in to ask for money even if they want to.
Looking at the wooden hairpin in Shen Youyou's hand, he said that he could give one of the smaller sugar figures to each of the little ones.
Upon hearing this, Shen Youyou immediately took out a pipa head and a wooden hairpin inlaid with sky-blue ceramics. This one was more exquisite:
"Give us one each of the two. We don't care about size or style, just don't give us the same ones."
The old man selling candy raised his eyelids, which were about to droop, and thinking of his wife who was working hard at home, he nodded and said, "Okay."
"Wow! That's great. Thank you, Yoyo sister."
The little kids all waved their hands and cheered.
Shen Youyou pointed her finger to make a silence gesture: "How come you forgot again when we called each other brother outside? Also, it was the grandfather who sold candy figures who took care of us, so who do you want to thank?"
Shen Yuanbao, Shen Luming, Shen Nannan, a group of a dozen little kids, said in baby voices: "Thank you, Grandpa!"
"Okay, then tell Grandpa."
Look, being sweet-talkerish does have its benefits. I just said that you don’t have to choose the style, but now you can get the one you like.
The little kids had all kinds of requests: a rabbit, a puppy, a lamb, and a butterfly.
But for half-grown girls like Shen Youyou, they are not so picky. No matter what the look is, they just want to eat candy, so they will accept whatever look is given to them.
The people at the baogao stalls were so busy that they had forgotten all about showing off the rings on their hands and the hairpins on their heads.
A stall of three or four meters long was too busy for four or five people to handle. The long bench made of wooden boards was already full of children. The adults could only hold bamboo bowls instead of bamboo cups to dip in vinegar.
They asked Li Jingshu and other bosses to pour the seasoning directly into bamboo bowls and eat directly from the bamboo bowls.
This kind of food is chewy, refreshing and appetizing, it's really exciting.
There were even many people who stayed in the post stations and inns yesterday, who heard from others that there was a new food at the temple fair, and sent their servants to buy it. After hearing the description, they knew it was the same kind of steamed cake they had eaten yesterday.
Now that I think about it, it was as if he had not eaten enough. Word spread from one person to another, from two to three, and somehow it reached the ears of Taoist Shanle, who was in charge of logistics at the Renzu Temple.