Pei Ran ran towards the juggling stall, apologizing and squeezing through the crowd in several circles to the innermost level.
Boss Xie was playing with a big knife, with a red ribbon tied to the handle, he was concentrating, and his body flew up and down with the shadow of the knife, pointing, sweeping, pushing, piercing, one move and one style, all of which were so solid that they did not leave a single flaw.
After the knife was played, the cheers came, followed by the copper plates thrown into the field, and scattered all over the ground.
Boss Xie picked up the copper plate, saluted the crowd, and then walked to the side bench to rest.
"It's her turn."
The corners of Pei Ran's mouth lifted slightly, and he shook the package of oil-paper snacks in his hand.
Eight bird cages were moved to the field in turn, each covered with a cloth to cover the birds inside.
Xie Xiaoyu appeared last, she stood behind the birdcage, threw the big thick braid behind her to her chest, her beautiful Danfeng eyes narrowed slightly, and she saluted the crowd with her fists, "Uncles and aunts, big brothers and sisters, what I want to perform today is a guessing riddle, and each of these caged birds will call again in a while, if you can guess what kind of bird it is, then this silver ingot will be yours."
As she spoke, she took a silver ingot from her coat, held it gently in her hand, and walked slowly to the first birdcage, kicking her foot lightly on it.
There were a few chirps of "ahhhh "Girl, can't you put a child in a birdcage before he is a term?"
"No, no, I know this sound, it's the call of a peacock."
"How can such a small cage fit into a peacock, could it be that this peacock has its tail cut and is a bald peacock."
Xie Xiaoyu ignored them, she smiled faintly and walked behind the second birdcage, "This silver doesn't seem to be so easy to earn, and I don't embarrass everyone, this time it's simple, see who can guess." ” The voice in the cage is crisp and euphemistic, and it is very moving.
"I know this, it's a yellow bird."
"That's right, it's the oriole, it's exactly the same as my one."
The sound in the cage of the third bird was shocking, and everyone guessed that it was an eagle, and the fourth was thick and quack, and they all said that it was a crow, and just like that, after a while, all eight caged birds called once, and it was time to reveal the mystery.
Xie Xiaoyu pulled all the cloth on the birdcage, and the crowd let out an "ah" sound.
"Girl, why is this cage all empty?"
"You don't talk much, you changed all the birds away, how do I know if I guessed right."
Xie Xiaoyu stood in front of the eight empty bird cages, "They haven't left, they're all here." ” After speaking, a burst of chirping birds sounded, sometimes it was a crisp yellow oriole, sometimes it was an unruly flying eagle, sometimes it was a comparable peacock, and in the end, these sounds were all mixed together, sometimes high and sometimes low, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, like a gathering of birds.
Everyone was stunned, they looked at Xie Xiaoyu, only to see her lips stretched forward, the air flow blowing out from the tip of her tongue, the corners of her lips lifted and fell, and she was playing a song of a hundred birds.
At the end of the song, she raised a high note, loud and crisp, like a crane falling from a high place.
Qu fell, Xie Xiaoyu hugged his fists and saluted, "Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and it ends with the chirping of cranes. ” The crowd was silent at first, and then burst into thunderous applause, and copper and silver tickets were thrown into the arena from all directions, covering the ground densely.
Xie Xiaoyu turned around and bowed, and when he turned to Pei Ran, he looked at him and smiled, Pei Ran pointed to the oil paper bag in his hand, Xiaoyu winked at him, thanked behind the scenes, and found an opportunity to sneak out and walk towards the arched bridge.
Pei Ran was lying on the bridge railing, and when he saw her coming, he hurriedly smirked and handed over the oil paper bag, "Eat, Qinxiangzhai's honey horn, your favorite." ” Xie Xiaoyu turned out to be a paper bag, "I just said casually that day, you remember?"
” "I remember everything you said."
Xiaoyu tore off a corner of the dim sum and stuffed it into her mouth, the honey flowed all over her mouth, sweet and sweet, but her heart was sweeter than her mouth, and the breath on Pei Ran's body and the fragrance of the dim sum were inhaled into her nose at the same time, baking her heart warm.
"Take a look at it, there are all kinds of rare things, as long as a copper plate, you can vote five times, which one is voted, which one is yours, to ensure that you only make money and do not lose."
A shout came from under the bridge, and the crowd poured like a flowing stream towards the source of the sound, and in a moment it surrounded the place.
Xiaoyu took a bite of the honey horn and looked down with her eyes, "Brother Pei Ran, what is it?"
” Pei Ran smiled, his swarthy face lined his teeth with extraordinarily white, "Tricky thing, this old man has only been here for a few days, and he has put a bunch of novelties here all day long, so that people can throw arrows, and whoever hits can take it back."
But you know, the arrow is very light, now the wind is strong, it can't be voted at all, and his things are not good, yesterday someone voted more than a dozen times, and it was easy to hit a jade plate, but the jade is light and thin, and the color is also poor, and it is not worth a few copper plates. ” "Sounds very interesting, Brother Pei Ran, let's take a look and see how many people will fall into his trap."
As she spoke, she took Pei Ran's hand and walked under the bridge, Pei Ran was so led by her, it was too late to be happy, how could she have any other thoughts, and followed her to the old man's stall.
The two of them squeezed to the innermost, and saw that the ground was full of them, the outermost layer was worthless things such as New Year's paintings, and then inside, there were mud carts and dogs for children to play with, as well as bracelets and accessories that women liked, peach charms for the New Year, wisps of flowers, spring stickers, gold colors, in short, everything that can be bought in the market, there are all here.
"A copper plate, you can vote five times, which one do you like, hurry up, otherwise you will be voted by others and there will be nowhere to cry, there is only one thing in the old field, and it will never be the same."
"Old man Tian, don't talk nonsense, that mud doll was voted by me yesterday, why did you put another one today, and even the pattern of the clothes is exactly the same."
Old man Tian smiled, "This doll is a couple, twins, isn't there another one?"
” Everyone knew that he was lying, but they were still amused by him, and they all coaxed him one by one.
Seeing this, Lao Tian took out a box from the burden behind him, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be happy, I really have something here that is unique, there is only one in the world, you can't buy it anywhere else, this thing is today's jackpot, or as long as there is a copper plate, whoever can vote for it will be given to whom." ”