During the Spring Festival, according to the customs of southern Fujian, every family will go to the temple to worship in order to pray for the happiness and health of the whole family in the coming year.

Some vendors and nimble minds, seeing that there is money to be made, bring things to the temple and sell them.

As a result, a small temporary bazaar was formed around the more lively temple. There are a variety of things sold on this small market. Some are common in the market, and some are people who come out with ancestral crafts to earn a few small bucks, and they are not specialized in this industry, so they are not common.

Sometimes, if you're lucky, you may be able to eat something you wouldn't normally be able to eat in such a makeshift gathering place, and you may be able to buy a country specialty that is not available in the market.

The town where Caijia Village is located is located at the end of the sea, where a group of people live by the sea. Most of the people in the sea believe in Mazu, and there is a Mazu temple on a stone mountain near Caijia Village.

In ancient times, the area around Caijia Village was a volcanic area, and the lava from the volcanic eruption solidified to form today's diamond-shaped pillar-like basalt mountains. The Mazu Temple was built on the waist of the basalt mountain. The basalt formed by this volcanic lava is very hard, and I don't know what people thought in the past, so they dug a hole in the mountain to build a temple, and I have to say that the faith is great.

Cai Hongming took his wife, daughter and cousins to walk around the temple.

In the middle of the main hall is holding the jade gui, the solemn Mazu Niangniang, the left and right sides are clairvoyants, the ears of the wind, there are two palace maids holding fans behind, there are thirty-six goddesses who listen to the call in the hall, the whole temple looks magnificent, the spirit is magnificent.

In the past, this was not the case, but it was a small temple dedicated to Mazu Niangniang.

Later, when everyone had money, they raised money to re-dig the cave and build such a big temple. The originally rugged and bumpy road ahead has also been made into a hundred and eight wide stairs. There are also mango trees planted on both sides, and there is a plaza and parking lot at the front.

Standing in front of the temple, you can look at the sea and watch the sunrise, so every holiday, there are many people who come here to play, making the incense of Mazu Temple more and more vigorous.

It's still the Spring Festival. There are many people who come to the temple to worship, and they are crowded when they walk inside.

A strong smell of incense wafted through the main hall, and the faces of the temple and Mazu Niangniang had already been smoked black. Xiao Chuchu was also smoked to tears, and Cai Hongming hurriedly took her out.

This Mazu temple is very famous in the county, so at this time, not only believers from ten miles and eight towns will rush to worship, but also people from afar will come to worship. When there are many people, there is business to do. Over time, a small bazaar formed at the foot of the hill. Cai Hongming came out of the temple. So I took my daughter, wife, cousin, and cousin to go there.

The small market is full of people, some are nearby villagers, some are pilgrims, and some are tourists who come to join in the fun.

Shi Wan'er grew up in the northwest and rarely saw items with local characteristics here, so when she saw the things with the color and style of southern Fujian on the small set, she liked it very much, so she bought a bunch of them. said that he was going to send good sisters.

There are too many people, and Xiao Chuchu is blocked and can't see anything. Screaming in a hurry.

Cai Hongming hugged her and sat on his shoulder, let her hold her neck, and then bought her a colorful kite to play with, making the little guy laugh all the way.

After walking past a few stalls selling things, a stall of a noodle kneader suddenly appeared in front of me. It is said that it is a small stall, but it is indeed very small. It's nothing more than an electric car. There was a wooden stick with straw tied to it. There are a few noodles that have been kneaded on the straw, including Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Guan Yu, Diao Chan, Yang Guifei and some animals.

When Xiao Chuchu saw those beautiful things, he suddenly stopped moving.

Seeing the stall of the dough kneader, it immediately reminded Cai Hongming of his childhood memories.

He remembered that this man used to set up a stall here to make noodles, and he used to ride one of those big bicycles with iron plates on the back. It's been decades. In the past few decades, he has changed from an ignorant child to a father with a daughter, and he has also changed from young to old.

Xiao Chuchu couldn't speak yet, but he sat on Cai Hongming's shoulder and twisted his ass anxiously and babbled.

Cai Hongming didn't know what she was thinking, so he pulled out the colorful rooster that was stuck in the straw and handed it to her. The little guy took the big and looked at it curiously for a while, and then bit the head of the chicken. Next to her, Shi Wan'er hurriedly snatched the colorful rooster made of dough from her hand.

Cai Hongming said to his daughter with a smile and a smile: "Chu Chu, this thing can't be eaten!" ”

How can the little guy understand this, when he sees things being robbed, the corners of his mouth twitch, his eyes blink, and he is about to cry.

Shi Wan'er hurriedly returned the things to her, otherwise the little guy would cry endlessly, and the most important thing was that he cried very loudly, like thunder on a sunny day. When the time comes, they will be heard and think that their husband and wife are human traffickers.

Xiao Chuchu got the thing and laughed happily again.

The child has a gust of wind and rain, and no one knows what she is thinking. But she seemed to know that this thing could not be eaten, so she held it in her hand and looked at it.

Shi Wan'er was relieved to see that her daughter didn't eat colorful roosters.

The group continued to wander around the small market, and then there was a row of food stalls, which had fried oysters, oyster noodles, pot side batter, five spices, red sausages, spring rolls, fried kueh zai, kueh tze soup, powder, large intestine lo mein, clear soup noodles, sand tea noodles, dry mixed noodles, beef noodles, beef offal noodles, as well as fish porridge, salty porridge, seafood porridge, beef glutinous rice balls, sweet wine glutinous rice balls and steamed buns just out of the cage, zongzi and so on.

After strolling around for a while, their stomachs were a little empty, so they sat at a stall and ate beef dumplings.

The rice balls in the beef dumplings are kneaded to the size of soybeans, the beef is finely chopped and powdered, and it melts in the mouth, and the soup is sprinkled with celery, shallots and pepper, and the taste is so delicious that people can't stop.

After Xiao Chuchu ate a small rice ball, he wanted to eat it again, so Cai Hongming hurriedly took her away. Is this little guy still drinking milk? Don't eat too much.

After eating the rice balls, it was a steamed bun seller in the past, all of which were freshly steamed and steamed, with five large pieces and two small pieces. Cai Hongming found that the bun was filled with meat and braised eggs, and when he smelled the bun again, his saliva flowed for a while. He still remembers that the first time his parents took him to the city to eat this kind of steamed bun. In the past, there was a family next to the old yamen in the city that was selling this kind of steamed buns, but later the place was demolished, and I don't know if the steamed bun seller changed careers, and there was no trace of it.

I didn't expect to meet here today, it's really fate.

He also had to share delicious things, so he bought a bun of buns. Not only what his family eats, but also his aunt and sister-in-law's family are all counted, and in the end, he bought all the buns that people had just come out of the cage, and those who wanted to buy them had to wait for the next cage.

gave the buns he bought to his cousin and cousin, and Cai Hongming continued to help his daughter take his wife to go shopping in the small market.

Chu Chu had just eaten the rice balls, and after smelling the fragrance, he even wanted to eat steamed buns. Cai Hongming was afraid that she would choke, so he ate all the stuffing inside, and then took the bun skin with a little meat flavor for his daughter to eat. Shi Wan'er next to her rolled her eyes, is there such a father?

In the past, there are a bunch of stalls selling flowers and pets.

Cai Hongming didn't expect these things to be sold in the small set, which made it really look like a market, and he really underestimated people's heads now.

These pet sellers are probably all guys who do children's business, and they are all very cute looking hamsters, turtles, rabbits, birds, etc., and Xiao Chuchu's eyes lit up when he saw it. Cai Hongming hurriedly slipped by, lest the little guys see those little guys and want to buy them again.

Walking a little past, there is a stall selling flowers. There are some blooming flowers and bonsai on the stalls.

At this time, the most beautiful flowers must be daffodils and chrysanthemums.

The daffodils on the stalls are carved into ornaments of people or animals, with many patterns. There is also a pot of golden crab claw chrysanthemum with a very delicate palm next to it, and Cai Hongming fell in love with it at a glance.

During the Chinese New Year, because I came back late, I didn't go out to buy New Year's goods, some of them were just items brought back from the northwest, as well as some seafood sent by my uncle Lu Qitian and things bought by my second uncle and second aunt. There are no good-looking flowers at home, so Cai Hongming wants to buy some and put them back.

So, he walked towards the stall.

Suddenly, I felt that the jade bead lit up, although it was extremely small, but it did light up.

Generally, jade beads will only shine when they encounter something with aura, and the more aura it contains, the brighter the light it emits. This movement is a bit small, and it seems that there shouldn't be much aura.

He followed the induction of the jade bead and found that it was a pot of round-leaved golden banyan that made the jade bead move. Like this kind of banyan bonsai, the roots are generally beautiful, and this pot of round-leaved ficus is no exception. The huge roots of the banyan tree clung to the inky black soil in the pot like dragon claws. And this dirt is what makes the jade beads move.

Cai Hongming took a closer look, and the pot mud was terrifyingly black, even blacker than the fertilizer pulled out by the sandworms after eating. (To be continued......)