Chapter 138 The End and the Little People (4)

Author: Yueting A Cup of Wine

Chapter 138 The End and the Little People (4)

In order to hold the bell ringing party, Fu Jishan spent a lot of effort to open up a wide and smooth road leading to the bell pavilion on the top of the mountain. A carriage can be run on the mountain road, but no one will do this. Everyone carries various

lanterns, chatting and laughing among the shelves of the stalls.

At the foot of the mountain, Luo Xuanyi saw many people packing colored silk and trellises, and was a little curious. Zhang Qiu explained: "This is a lantern festival. Because to walk the road of blessing, you have to hold a lantern in your hand. You can choose to do it yourself,

You can also choose to participate in the lantern festival to get it."

"Like the Blue Bird Lantern? How many people have you defeated?"

Zhang Qiu laughed: "No, no. The lantern riddle competition is just one of the various activities. Generally, we weak scholars in the academy participate more. There is also archery and lantern shooting, which is more exciting than smelling incense and arm wrestling.

Awesome! It’s a pity that you didn’t see it. This year, the top spot for the lantern shooting was won by Sister Yumi. It was supposed to end late in the evening, and the banker was still proud that only his own top spot was not taken away. What a joke! But Sister Yumi came over in a hurry.

She casually shot an arrow, took the lantern, and left with her brother. The banker was dumbfounded."

"Do you still know Yumi?" Luo Xuanyi couldn't help but ask, thinking of the brother and sister who made her take the boat back inexplicably.

Zhang Qiu thought for a while: "Actually, we are not familiar with each other. It's just because from the time I came to the academy, and later when I picked up the boats to pick up the junior brothers and sisters, it was Sister Yumi who greeted her. I would say a few words occasionally."

Feeling a little regretful about leaving the lantern festival behind, Luo Xuanyi was greeted by a group of enthusiastic vendors as soon as she walked on the road of blessing, saying that all the food today was free of charge.

Luo Xuanyi couldn't even look at it, Zhang Qiu didn't rush her, just introduced everything to Luo Xuanyi from the side. Sweet glutinous rice dumplings, charred fish sprinkled with spicy noodles, cold and smooth ice cheese, etc.

Perilla paste with a light herbal scent...

Luo Xuanyi, who was holding a lot of snacks in her arms, finally reached the first corner of the mountain road, which was also the end of the snack shop, and finally saw the marshmallows that Zhang Qiu had longed for. The shopkeeper was a fat and kind uncle, carrying

There was a bench sitting next to a weird table. When he saw the two people approaching, he stood up with a smile and said to Zhang Qiu: "Here?"

"I come every year." Zhang Qiu was a little embarrassed. Luo Xuanyi, who was always generous, didn't know why she was a little shy. When she saw the uncle's actions, she couldn't help but be surprised.

After the uncle confirmed that he wanted two, he used his chubby fingers to open a small pot next to the strange copper table. It was actually filled with snow-white and delicate sugar. He filled the sugar with a small wooden spoon, watched the timing, and started the copper table.

A piece of yellow talisman paper was blown out by the wind. The uncle poured the sugar into it, quickly put down the wooden spoon, picked up a sharpened bamboo stick and rolled it on the copper table. After a while, a small flower was rolled out.

"White Cloud".

The uncle first cut off the talisman paper, and then handed the rolled marshmallow to Zhang Qiu. After Zhang Qiu handed it to Luo Xuanyi, the uncle made another one in the same way. This time, Zhang Qiu held it in his hand and bit it lightly with happiness.

A mouthful of marshmallow.

"It turns out to be snowflake candy. It's really luxurious." Luo Xuanyi murmured and understood why Zhang Qiu was embarrassed. Snowflake candy is extremely expensive. Luo Xuanyi had never seen it in the valley. She later learned about it from Taoist Hua Shen's book. Since there was no

The snowflake candy with impurities can also be used to make elixirs. Taoist Hua Shen asked Feiyan Pavilion to get some back no matter what. Feiyan Pavilion reportedly paid a lot of money to purchase a batch from profiteers who Tiandao had been communicating with, and Jiao Xing even came in person.

deliver.

Luo Xuanyi only tasted it secretly once when she was delivering ingredients to Feiyan Pavilion. It was sweet and very expensive. This was her concept of snowflake candy. Since Taoist Hua Shen used the snowflake candy to make poison pills, she was a little jealous of the marshmallows in her hand.

I can't eat it.

In order to divert attention, she chatted with the stall owner: "This snowflake candy is extremely expensive. Are you here to show off your signature today?"

The uncle laughed twice, carefully covered the snowflake candy, and was happy to chat: "It's okay, it's okay. In fact, I stopped doing it a long time ago. Fortunately, my son was trained by Mr. Wang and now he is a big businessman. I

I will become a rich man soon. But one must not forget his roots. I come to the bell-ringing ceremony every year to soak up the blessings, so I consider it as a sign of good deeds."

Luo Xuanyi hummed twice and saw that the talisman paper on the bronze platform was slightly off its cinnabar: "This talisman paper is also rare, isn't it? You really spent a lot of money, you must be blessed."

The uncle smiled, pointed at the talisman paper and said: "You know your stuff. After all, talisman paper can only be made by immortals. Even if it is just used for food, it costs ten spiritual coins! Calculate the copper coins this year.

The price is thirty guan, and it’s too much to buy one every year. It’s too much to bear.”

"Ten spirit coins last year were still ten strings?" Zhang Qiu, who was sipping the marshmallow, realized something and frowned.

"That was last year. We don't use money in Fuji Town on weekdays. We don't know if we don't go out." The uncle shook his head. "You can't pay copper coins for a stone or meter outside now. I want you to buy it with gold and silver. Why don't you pay for it with gold and silver?"

You can definitely buy it. The price is one per day."

Luo Xuanyi nodded indifferently to indicate that she was listening, but decided to take a bite of the marshmallow. It was not bad. The two said goodbye to the stall owner and walked onto the second section of the mountain road.

Compared with the first section of the mountain road, the second section of the mountain road is full of lanterns, and they are all glazed lanterns of the same standard. They are heavy and will not be shaken by the wind. Each glazed lantern has a different painting.

Zhang Qiu was obviously a little absent-minded, but he just forced himself to explain to Luo Xuanyi: "The eating just now means that we are now rich, and every household can eat a variety of delicacies, and we no longer have to worry about fullness. This section of the road right now is

It uses colored glaze paintings to depict many stories of suffering in the past, telling us not to forget our ancestors."

Luo Xuanyi looked at her carefully and asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Qiu shook her head and continued walking forward in silence. She looked at the brilliant glazed lamps and the marshmallows in her hand. After a while, she was about to walk out of the road before she suddenly said: "I actually thought that there must be no place outside."

It's peaceful, otherwise I wouldn't have been sent to the academy. My father thought that I could get a bite of food, even if I couldn't study, so I wouldn't starve to death like my mother."

"Fuji Town is very prosperous, and the stories of those who starved to death can only be seen on the colored glaze lanterns. I have stayed here for too long, and I seem to be in a trance and feel that there are only colored glaze lanterns outside."

Luo Xuanyi couldn't understand her logic. Just be good for yourself, why should you care about other people? So she didn't interfere with Zhang Qiu's thoughts. She just felt a little bored and walked quickly out of the second section of the brightly lit road. After all, Luo Xuanyi was too

Those who have crawled out of hell on earth cannot sympathize with the suffering depicted here.

But she felt that she wanted to comfort Zhang Qiu, and after thinking about it, she handed the marshmallow in her hand to Zhang Qiu. Zhang Qiu gave Luo Xuanyi a confused look, and Luo Xuanyi said directly: "Don't be sad. You like eating marshmallows, right? I don't like it.

But we can’t waste food, will you eat it?”

In fact, this is not a very appropriate move, but Luo Xuanyi really feels that food cannot be wasted. She has used her spiritual power to seal all the snacks she bought and put them in her storage bag while walking. Even though she does not need to eat now,

What if?

Zhang Qiu took the marshmallow, and finally her expression was not so heavy. "Thank you." She saw the last turning ahead, and finally said excitedly: "Go ahead and you will see the Hanging Bell Pavilion."

Second update~Zhang Qiu and Yumi will appear later, so I want to shape them carefully~
Chapter completed!