When they arrived at the county inn, several people had long lost the strength to jump around in the morning, and collapsed on the sofa of the hotel. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe four of them opened the only suite in the hotel, with two beds and a sofa, although it is not luxurious, but it is quite neat. One of the beds was given to the girl Liang Zhen by default, and as for how the remaining bed and sofa were distributed, they competed through rock-paper-scissors.

The final result was that Luo Cheng slept on the sofa, and Jiang Bai and Xu Yu squeezed into a bed. But at this time, everyone has no complaints, and having a place to sleep is already the greatest wish.

After exertion, hunger ensued. Xu Yu put a lot of dry food in his bag before leaving, but it was swept away during the whole journey, effortlessly, and the remaining bags of sour plums were also divided, and he was so hungry that he screamed in bed.

"People are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will die ......"

The feeling of being hungry is worse than being tired. The boss, who was sitting at the front desk and watching, was immediately excited when he heard that he was looking for food.

"We don't have a lot of fun here, but there are a lot of good food!" The boss pointed to the old street of the ancient city not far away, "Eight-sided fried fish, grilled tofu skin, fried tofu, lychee crisp, that knife is spicy, all good!" ”

As soon as I heard the delicious, the big guy's eyes lit up, fortunately, the climate in Shiping County is much better than Changzhou, walking on the road at night, I feel that every pore is open, and I breathe out the heat, as if the fried fried eight-sided fried fish has been placed in front of me, and I continue to advance until the lively old city street at night comes into view, and this finally has the feeling of entering Yunnan Province.

It's just that, it's alive!

Behind the magnificent Tonggong Gate is the boundary of the ancient city, there is no sense of oppression in the town, the buildings on both sides of the street retain the characteristics of the ancient times, if it were not for the aunt smoking shisha under the stone archway, the Bra hanging on the carved wooden attic, it seems to have returned to the Qing Dynasty more than 100 years ago in an instant.

The four of them found a small restaurant to sit down, and Xu Thrush finally got his wish and ordered the eight-sided fried fish that he had been dreaming of.

"Ouch!" After a bite, Xu Thrush suddenly frowned, "Why are these fish scales still there!" ”

Luo Cheng said unhurriedly while eating the roasted tofu in front of him: "The authentic Shiping eight-sided fried fish is made of freshwater carp from a nearby lake, breaking the belly and removing the gills, retaining the fish scales, frying it slowly over a slight fire, and then adding condiments, making it for a long time, and experienced people generally wait for it to cool before eating." ”

After that, the chopsticks are flirty, and the mouth is crispy and tender.

"Oh," Xu Yu nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly lowered his head and turned over a few noodles of fried fish with chopsticks, "I can't count eight sides......

After eating and drinking, Luo Cheng took advantage of the checkout moment and pulled the restaurant waiter to ask: "Do you sell black copper handicrafts here?" ”

"Yes!" The waiter was not surprised, "There are several shops at the corner of the street, and you all like those handicrafts when you come to travel, and the business is the best 'Yuan's Copper Art'." ”

"'Yuan's Bronze Art'?" Luo Cheng looked at Liang Zhen, and the other party also raised his head when he heard the voice, "How long has their store been open?" ”

"At least one hundred and eighty years, at least I saw them make black copper when I was a child. In the past, the store was opened in a small village in the county seat, but now that the tourism industry is developed, it has moved to the commercial area of Lao Cai, no, there are several branches! ”

I asked casually, but I didn't expect to find an important clue at once, and the four of them were immediately excited, and hurriedly went to the "Yuan's Copper Art" to find out.

It's the same as what the store said, there is no need to look for it at all, the huge signboard of "Yuan's Copper Art" is a pain in the eyes, compared with other shops around, it is really a heaven and an underground. At night, it is the time when there are more tourists, the four of them look left and right in the store, all kinds of black copper handicrafts are placed in a dazzling array of places, and the cashier is very busy.

"I always thought that Yuan Datou was a low-key old man, but I didn't expect that there were so many shops, and he must be an old rich man when he put it aside!" Jiang Bai muttered to himself, picked up the black bronze silver flower bird plum bottle in his hand and looked at it, and his eyes drifted to the two-color dragon and phoenix pair of copper plates on the opposite side.

Liang Zhen patiently waited for the person who looked more like the store manager in front of the cashier to finish busy, and then stepped forward: "Is it Master Yuan?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Yes, yes, we are all Master Yuan here, and our brand is Master Yuan!" ”

Liang Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, and continued to ask: "I mean, the boss of this house, Master Yuan of the Wutong Silver Family, is he in the store?" ”

As soon as he heard that he was here to inquire about the boss, the store manager was obviously not as active as before: "The boss has returned to the village, and he has long stopped doing it himself." Beauty, let me put it bluntly, most of our black copper and silver are made by machines, if it is all handmade, where can we still be busy! But the craftsmanship is still old, you see, this copper bracelet is more flattering to your skin color......"

I thought that I could find Master Yuan directly this time, but I didn't expect that the modern traditional handicraft industry was almost at the end of commercialization. In this case, I had to go home. Luo Cheng and Liang Zhen walked to the door, Jiang Bai was still in the store with a black copper steel knife and bargained with the clerk, but there was no trace of Xu Thrush.

The handle of this black copper steel knife is made of fine wood, the color is mellow and shiny, the surface is inlaid with colorful conformal shells, and the blade is even more black and shiny, extremely sharp. The top and bottom of the scabbard are exquisitely carved with hollows, which are difficult to understand, but at least pleasing to the eye.

After getting it at a satisfactory price, Jiang Bai stepped out of the store leisurely, but saw Liang Luo and the others walking around in the crowd.

"What's the matter, Chubby?"

"Isn't he with you?" Liang Zhen saw him walk out, and asked anxiously, "It seems to be lost, do you have any of his phone number?" ”

"This guy is really ......" Jiang Bai scratched his head, and suddenly thought that there was Beibei's WeChat in his mobile phone, "I'll go to him now, you guys are waiting for me at the hotel, call me if you have something!" ”

After that, Jiang Bai's figure was immediately drowned in the sea of people.

Xu Thrush's sudden disappearance always made Liang Zhen a little uneasy, looking at the black crowd, sitting at the door of the store in a daze, and couldn't help but put her hand in her mouth.

Before I could bite into it, a sour plum was suddenly stuffed into my mouth, and the stirred taste buds made people feel refreshed at once.

"Don't bite your fingers." Luo Cheng held the remaining sour plum of Xu Thrush in his hand, and still looked into the distance expressionlessly, "Those who leave will always come back, don't think about it." ”

Somehow, Liang Zhen had a warm feeling in her heart. The person in front of him was once extremely familiar, every movement, every look could be guessed clearly, but now, the same body is another person's soul.

A soul that seems to be more curious.

Liang Zhen chewed on the sour plum, and her mind kept flying, until the sound of "banging" in front of her brought her back to reality.

In a daze, Luo Cheng had already led her to another shop that sold black copper handicrafts, but this shop was much smaller, and there were not many finished products in the house, and the sound in her ears was made by the old man in front of her knocking on the copper utensils.

"Do you know Master Yuan?" Luo Cheng went straight in.

Liang Zhen didn't react for a moment, the sound of "Qi Qi" in his ears suddenly stopped, and the old man slowly raised his head, a pair of chaotic eyes shining.