I saw Aoki separate the two small wooden sticks, the maltose was not pulled into a stick and stuck to the small stick, and then he pulled the maltose quickly according to the figure eight, Xiaorou looked at Aoki with wide eyes, this scene made the little girl a little incredible, just like acrobatics.

Su Wanyu was also very surprised, because she had a good family background when she was a child, and rarely ate this kind of street snacks since she was a child.

Under Aoki's rapid pull, the maltose gradually turned golden and slowly hardened, and the old man looked at Aoki's skillful gesture and said, "It's okay to be in the next life." ”

Aoki's technique is really a traditional way of eating maltose, a long time ago maltose was eaten like this without sugar people, and then gradually evolved into sugar people, but the sugar people are more ornamental than the taste of maltose itself.

When I was a child, many of the masters who sold sugar outside the school sold this kind of maltose with two roots in addition to selling Tang people, commonly known as churning sugar, and the price was much cheaper than sugar painting, and the sugar man would be a lot cheaper, and he could eat it for 1 cent.

After the maltose turned golden, Aoki handed it to Xiaorou, and the little girl looked at Aoki with the maltose that emitted a pale yellow light, "Dad, you are too powerful, are you doing magic?"

Aoki replied with a smile: "Yes, Dad was a magician and was discovered by Xiaorou, so it's so smart to eat it." ”

Xiao Rou took a bite, her mouth made a crispy sound, the expression on Xiao Rou's face was very happy, and at the same time she fed the sugar in her hand to Su Wanyu: "Mom is delicious, you can also take a bite." ”

Su Wanyu leaned down and took a bite, it is true that maltose is now more like halva, crispy and refreshing, and the first bite in her mouth is not too sweet, but after a few seconds, there will be a malt fragrance and sweetness in her mouth.

"Wow, wood, this candy is so delicious. Su Wanyu covered her mouth and said.

Of course, don't look at who made it, in fact, the old man's sugar is very authentic and boiled well, the authentic maltose is made of wheat and glutinous rice, but now a lot of people, especially some post-learning sugar paintings, feel that the cost of wheat and glutinous rice is too high, and a large amount of white sugar will be added so that the cost will be saved, but this practice will cause the maltose to be very sweet and thinner.

The traditional maltose is not too sweet but a little sweet, the ancient method of boiling maltose is to soak the wheat in water to let it germinate to 3-4 cm, the malt is chopped and mixed with the cooked glutinous rice, and then quietly wait for the glutinous rice to grow small for 4 hours, filter out the excess juice and boil it with high heat to make it viscous.

The maltose then solidifies in the refrigerator and becomes a platinum color, and the sugar cubes are heated up to eat.

Aoki also took a bite and then gave the old man a thumbs up: "The old man is very skilled." ”

If Aoki guessed correctly, this old man should be made by hand, not a machine, and he didn't mix any sugar, which is too authentic.

Maltose has the effect of detoxifying and nourishing the skin, nourishing the spleen and invigorating qi, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, especially for the throat is very good, Aoki said: "Old man, see if you can sell me a jar of maltose." ”

The old man also waved his hand: "No problem, it's just that I don't have a container here." ”

Aoki thought about it and handed over the water cup he was holding casually, this is the boiled water that came to pick up Xiaorou today, and he has drunk it, "Uncle, just fill this water cup." ”

After the old man took the water cup, he carefully put the maltose into it, filled it with a full water cup, and then handed it to Aoki.

Aoki took the money from his wallet, and the old man still waved his hand: "It's rare to meet someone who still likes this ancient method of making maltose, and this glass of water will be given to you." ”

Now with the development of society, the maltose that used to be popular with children gradually no one wants to eat it, children are more willing to eat bagged candy, and parents feel that the maltose is too dirty on the street every day and do not let their children eat it. Gradually, there are fewer people selling maltose, more people using maltose to make sugar paintings, and even fewer people making maltose in traditional ways like the old man.

"How can that be. Aoki then took out 500 yuan from his wallet, he also knew that the old man should not have a good life, otherwise who would come out to sell maltose in his 80s, and finally under his own continuous insistence, the old man accepted the money but only received 100.

In the words of the old man: "This 100 is enough to buy a lot of maltose, although it is made by hand, but it is actually very cheap, not like sugar paintings, sugar people, these are 20 yuan and 10 yuan." ”

Saying goodbye to the old man, Aoki, the three of them continued to walk around, Xiaorou was still sitting on Aoki's neck, but there was more sugar in her hand that she hadn't eaten just now.

Although there was a lot of food and play at the temple fair, and there was a lot of food along the way, there was really an open-air stage outside the Wuhou Temple that attracted a lot of old people to watch.

I got up and watched for a while, it turned out that Zhuge Liang was performing on the stage, and this excerpt is more interesting to tell the story of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty in the third year of Jianxing, who waged war against Nanzhong, which is now the Xishuangbanna region of Yunnan.

At that time, the Nanban was not recognized as a human being in the Central Plains, and the relative life was relatively simple, Zhuge Liang captured the local Nanban tribe chief Meng Shu seven times and released him seven times. Every time Meng Huo was captured, he would ask if he was convinced, Meng Huo shouted that he was not convinced, Zhuge Liang ordered someone to take him away, and then captured him in the later war. It wasn't until the seventh time that Meng Shu was really convinced, no longer being an enemy, and at the same time providing many barbarian disciples for the Northern Expedition of Shu County that year.

This paragraph is mentioned in Pei Songzhi's note in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Spring and Autumn of the Han Dynasty", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been greatly adapted and fictionalized.

has always been very popular with young and old in Sichuan opera, Xiao Rou watched the clown-like Meng Shu on the stage be captured by the resourceful Zhuge Liang again and again, and lined up happily.

"Dad, Grandpa Zhuge is amazing. ”

Of course, he is a big hero in our Xichuan region, and it is said that the most respected person in the entire Shu people is not Liu Bei, the patriarch of the Han family, but Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty.

Aoki looked at the people who were working the stage, and thought to himself that it was good to be able to promote these traditional cultures, although the scene of "Seven Captures of Meng Huo" had obviously been changed, but it was very popular with the audience, and Aoki also saw that many parents around the stage were also popularizing Sichuan opera and the history of the Three Kingdoms for their children.

After watching it for a while, I left.,Aoki really wants to see it.,But I'm going to record the show tomorrow.,I'll have to go back a little earlier.,If the time is all delayed here.,Can't go anywhere else.,You know, this temple fair is too big.。

The shops around the temple fair are basically selling traditional toys and snacks, such as the face-changing doll representing the Sichuan opera of Shu City, just a small person will change a face when he presses his head, which is very popular with children.