That same evening.

On the edge of Enshi Basho Tongxiang, Enshi Circus has a fixed performance venue.

Because the Spring Festival has not yet ended, there are still quite a few people who come to see the circus performance. Different from the previous years when materials were scarce, now movies, television, the Internet and other media have entered thousands of households, so there are fewer and fewer people who come to see the circus. As it is today, a 50% attendance rate can only be achieved on a few festivals of the year.

However, despite the recession of the industry, the circus performance team is still very dedicated and hard-working.

Puppies count, monkeys ride horses, tigers jump rings of fire, equestrian shows...... All the projects were so wonderful that the audience applauded. The clown performances interspersed between the performances amused the children to lean back and close, and the whole performance venue was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

For Xiao Shen Xuan, who has long been accustomed to learning about the world through computers and TV screens, the performances here are even more novel and interesting.

The little girl stared at a pair of big eyes, and her little face was flushed and she clapped and laughed.

Lu Yu also looked at it with a smile on his face, and secretly sighed in his heart. How many years have it been? The last time I watched a circus performance on the spot, I am afraid that I was not as old as Shen Xuan, right? I still remember that after watching the performance at that time, I kept pestering my parents to take myself to see it again. But in fact, he didn't know that it was just a circus touring the country, and it had already left the city after the show......

Later, due to the introduction of computers and the Internet into his life, he left this interesting live performance far behind. There are so many novelties and conveniences on the Internet that no one wants to leave the house and laugh in the crowd for a performance that may not be spectacular.

People say that the Internet has brought people closer together. But at this time, Lu Yu suddenly felt that in fact, the distance was not being shortened, but seemed to be being unlimitedly distanced. If it were a few years from now, would it be possible to do something as leisurely as sitting and drinking tea through video?

"Lu Yu! Lu Yu, look! That clown gave me a beautiful flower!"

Just when Lu Yu's thinking diverged, Xiao Shen Xuan beside him suddenly shouted in surprise!

It turned out that the clown who performed on the stage walked into the audience at some point, and directly pulled out the largest and most beautiful one from the bouquet in his hand and delivered it to Xiao Shen Xuan with his own hands. This move immediately attracted the envy of countless children around, all shouting and stretching out their hands to the clown, asking for flowers.

But the clown didn't stay in the audience for long, and after a brief turn, he returned to the edge of the venue and sprinkled all the remaining flowers in his hand onto the audience!

Looking at Xiao Shen Xuan with an excited face, Lu Yu smiled slightly: "Girl, do you know why the clown gave you flowers?"

Xiao Shen Xuan tilted her head and smiled: "That's not easy, because I'm the most beautiful and the cutest!"

Lu Yu looked up at the clown who was also looking here, and immediately nodded lightly to express his gratitude, and then said lightly: "What you said is right, but in addition to your beauty and cuteness, it is also because he is your nephew." ”

"Nephew...... Ahh......h But by this time, the next performance has begun, and the clown's figure is disappearing into the curtain connecting the front and back of the stage.

Xiao Shen Xuan said with a little disappointment: "It turns out that Zhang Yan is a clown in the circus......"

Lu Yu sighed lightly and shook his head, and said with a smile: "Girl, do you think it's a shame to be a clown?"

"That's not true!" Xiao Shen Xuan hurriedly denied it, but then said leisurely: "But the clown is the least concerned in the entire circus, isn't he?"

She was right, people adored the tall and mighty animal trainers who domesticated lions and tigers in the circus, the beautiful women who liked to train puppies and piglets, and applauded the enthusiastic young people who performed equestrian performances...... But he only regards the clown as a dispensable, even wanton and ridiculous character.

In Xiao Shen Xuan's heart, Zhang Yan should be the kind of person who stands in the spotlight and accepts people's applause, and no matter how bad he is, he is an indispensable staff behind the scenes. The gap that the clown brings to her is indeed a bit big.

Lu Yu smiled and asked rhetorically, "Do you really think that clowns are not being noticed? Have you ever thought about what this show would be like if there were no clowns?"

"There is no clown's interspersed ......" Xiao Shen Xuan tilted her head and slightly furrowed her little eyebrows, as if she was thinking about Lu Yu's question. However, even if her mind is more mature than most of her peers, she can't understand the deep meaning of Lu Yu's words in a short period of time.

Lu Yu lifted the corners of his mouth, rubbed the little girl's hair and said, "Don't think about it first, I know you are a good girl, and when you grow up, you should be able to understand what I want to say." ”

After that, he never mentioned this topic again, some things don't really need to be talked about, and as he gets older, his views on things will naturally change.

After this performance, the clown reappeared.

It's just that Xiao Shen Xuan was disappointed to find that Zhang Yan didn't return to the stage again, and couldn't help muttering with some dissatisfaction: "What does Zhang Yan mean? Give me a flower and leave, without even saying a word? I'm still his aunt!

Lu Yu smiled slightly and said, "The clown's performance is not allowed to have words, he is respecting his own profession...... And this flower he gave you is actually conveying what he wants to say. He's going to tell us through this, at least so far, he's doing well. ”

"Is that so?" Xiao Shen Xuan looked at Lu Yu suspiciously.

Lu Yu said with a smile: "Of course! If he finds that he can't tame Xiao Hei at all, how can he be in the mood to send us flowers? It seems that this kid is still confident." ”

Speaking of this, a hint of cunning suddenly flashed in Lu Yu's eyes, and he said, "Girl, do you want to see what method Zhang Yan used to tame Xiao Hei?"

"Of course I want to!" Xiao Shen Xuan nodded vigorously with full interest.

Lu Yu looked at the black ceiling on the top of the venue, and said with a smile: "We won't leave after the performance is over for a while!"

……

Half past eleven in the evening.

It wasn't until near midnight that the circus staff cleaned up the venue and said goodbye to each other and left the venue.

And Zhang Yan, who played the clown, also took off his costume at this time and stayed at the end.

Dead.

After Zhang Yan checked all the equipment and animal cages again, he walked quickly to a corner, lifted the curtain covering an iron cage, and said with a wry smile: "Little black brother, you have eaten, slept and slept, and now you can always give me an answer, right?"