Chapter Ninety-Seven: First Sight (Part II)
After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't help laughing, and my heart was all about the words just now, but with such a scene, it was really easy to make people think more. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
I put my mind down and walked on, and there began to be a division, and people chose where they wanted to go to see the weird things.
Lan Qi saw the mirror that made her very fat, and also saw the mirror that made her very thin, and she looked at herself in the mirror from left to right, and laughed non-stop.
To her left, there is a playground for children.
In a concrete-covered groove high on both sides and low in the middle, several children lay on a wooden plank with wheels underneath, screaming and sliding quickly to the other side. Occasionally, someone rolled to the ground, only wiping the blood on his arm, not even a single snot bubble, and hurriedly lying on the wooden board for fear that others would snatch it away.
On the other side, a couple of children were sweating profusely shaking a strange thing. What's even more bizarre is that after shaking, the tentacles of the strange artifact will crackle, bringing out a wonderful and amazing electric spark.
It's not just the rainbow that falls into the hand, but even something as awe-inspiring as lightning has become a child's toy. The children's laughter of surprise and excitement disappeared as the last shred of awe at the lightning vanished.
A little further afield, there is a large butt cone, placed on two wooden rails arranged in a figure-eight shape. The iron cone was beyond everyone's imagination, and without anyone pushing it, it rolled up from below until it reached the top of the figure-eight wooden rail, and several people tried to push it down but had to force it.
There are also trolleys that run on the tracks, where a child can pull up six or seven companions; a tumbler that can't be pushed down no matter how you push it; squeaky and fragrant meat grilled with large lenses and the sun; Lead mold of a soldier shooting with a gun......
A small curtain was erected farther away.
The children held a small mirror and reflected the sun's rays on the platform in front of the curtain, so that the mottled light and shadow of the mirror chased each other, clucking and pushing each other, and the boys who did not know each other soon became familiar because of the chase of those lights and shadows.
On the other side, there were a few girls, holding a triangular paper tube, staring at the inside and watching, and screaming in their mouths, causing several children waiting on the side to pull her arms one after another, wanting to see the magic inside.
Lan Qi was a little envious of these children, and her heart was itching, and she also wanted to see what these girls saw in their eyes.
But looking at those short children who had not yet grown up, they had to laugh at themselves and continue to walk forward helplessly.
Her right-hand side was more lively, but she didn't want to squeeze in, because there were too many people, so she had to stand behind and stand on tiptoe and look inside.
There are some knives, scissors and other things that are commonly used every day, but these things that are used every day are obviously a little different, at least tougher or sharper than before, and they are trying to cut copper coins or cut wood there to prove their durability.
I can see that many people are excited, but these things don't seem to be sold, they are just shown to people, at least not for now.
Inside, there's something else, and there's a lot more people around there. Lan Qi thought about it, but decided to squeeze in and take a look.
There was a small iron stove, the capital was north, and there were often winds and snows in winter, so it was essential to burn coal for heating and cooking.
Lan Qi had never made a fire, but she had seen someone else make a fire, but it was the first time she had seen such a fire.
That small stove was small, the space inside was only the thickness of a palm, and it was round. Outside, there are some strange-looking coals that look like cut, black lotus roots.
It is round and has some small round holes in it.
Lan Qi saw that the person on display picked up a small wooden stick and wiped it on a strange piece of paper, and a flame ignited on the small wooden stick, and a puff of white smoke and a smell of smell as if after letting off firecrackers.
To the cheers of the crowd, a small wooden stick ignited a piece of paper, which ignited several small pieces of wood. The demonstrator directly put the kind of briquette that looked like a lotus root into it, and according to common sense, such a flame could not ignite the coal at all, but this strange briquette burned in impossibility.
"This is a gift from our trading company, and it's easy to make......"
As he spoke, someone was standing by to make a lotus root briquette by mixing the pulverized coal and crushed coal lumps that are common in coal yards, along with things like clay, with simple iron bars and molds.
"It's cold in winter for heating, and I use coal for cooking on weekdays. However, it is not easy to ignite coal, and it is easy to ignite after making it like this, saving a lot of wood to ignite the fire. In addition, coal crushing slag and the like are cheaper than coal blocks, and it is even more cost-effective to mix some clay. It's just convenient for those who can afford it; For those who can't afford it, it saves a lot of money. ”
"We don't take any fees, and it won't take long to send some molds to the capital, and you can use dozens of households in a mile together......"
This is a very convenient and practical thing, especially for some citizens who buy a lump of coal or lack of wood to start a fire, it is indeed a good thing to improve.
The narrator was still spitting and explaining, and Lan Qi was already smiling and taking the lead in applauding. After leading the way, the onlookers who needed it also applauded, and the people who explained returned the salute again and again, and a special luster swelled up on their faces, as if their bodies and minds had been greatly satisfied.
"This should be the people of the Mo Party, really like what Hu Zhuqian said, changing the world little by little, so that more people can live a better life. It's small, but it's moving forward. That's a good thing. ”
Thinking of this, my heart became happy, and I looked inside, there were more people, and there were some small objects that could be used daily, but were more convenient.
Look at these things that are completely different from those glassware, and that ordinary people and even poorer people can use. Lan Qi felt that Jian Chen was a very good person, at least the people in his eyes included these forgotten people.
"None of these things make money, and some of them are simply taught to fish. He walked forward, step by step, on his own and on those who shared his ambitions. It's not the same as those people in the capital, it's really different. ”
Remembering the people in his circle, he vaguely seemed to feel the difference, and his mood was inexplicably much happier.
"The second time we met, it might be fun. I don't know if when he talks to us, he will also wave his arms and teeth and claws like he did on the cement platform just now, like a ...... Well, like a monkey in the mountains. ”
Inexplicably, I thought of the squeaky and energetic monkeys I saw in the mountains when I went on a long trip in early autumn, and I didn't know how to get in touch with Jian Chen, and I was amused by my strange idea for a long time, and nudged the people who were walking towards this side and walked outside.
On the road behind, she also saw a lot of strange and interesting things.
For example, in the long tube called the telescope, you can see a hired and dressed girl in the distance holding a paper umbrella, and she is delicate.
Through the lenses, you can see that it is right in front of you, within reach, and even the girl deliberately wears a very low, blurry but clear in the mirror on the chest.
A few people who watched actually stretched out their hands and scratched them a few times in front of the mirror, and their ears were twisted fiercely by the wife who followed them, but when the wife picked up the tube mirror to look at it, she also stretched out her hand and scratched it a few times......
Another example is a small fine tin box, which when opened it reveals a strange pungent smell, with a small steel wheel on it, a piece of flint stuck next to it, and a stream of cotton thread next to it.
Turning the steel wheel vigorously and rubbing the flint, it directly ignited the pungent cotton thread soaked in the smell of unknown oil, emitting a scorching flame.
Next to the small tin box was a glass bottle containing a black, viscous liquid.
Lan Qi recognized this thing, and many pharmacies sold it, and once several of her horses had scabies, and the groom bought this black strange thing to smear on the horses.
This bottle of black stuff Lan Qi remembers that it is called stone fat, and also asked the groom, in fact, it is not only cows and horses that can be used if they have scabies, but many people will also use this thing if they have it.
But she really didn't know that this thing could be so magical, and she didn't know how it could be turned into the weird-smelling oil in that little tin box, and she didn't know that it could be ignited so easily just by flint and steel wheels.
Rao is that she thinks she knows a lot of things, but she still feels dazzled after walking around like this, she wants to buy a lot of things, and she also wants to know why she wants to know why.
After walking through this circle, when it came to the exit, Lan Qi did not get on the flying hot air balloon as she wished, to feel the perspective of the world that she wanted to try ten days ago.
There were some regrets, but he didn't go to find Hulin, who was still busy in the distance, but obediently obeyed the rules and left the hot air balloon that he was reluctant to love.
There were many people outside, and there were more and more of them, all waiting anxiously, especially after listening to the first people who came out of the inside.
Lan Qi was not heartbroken, and also drove away that trace of regret.
"In the future, maybe we will become very good friends. There's a lot of time to hear him talk about these things. ”
If you're going to be friends, why bother watching all these dazzling things all at once? Anyway, the dazzling person is there, and they will meet eventually, and they are not people from two worlds, and it is more interesting to listen slowly than to look at it casually.
He walked out of the crowd that was still coming towards him, until he looked back at the blurred person at the corner of the street. Lan Qi smiled and thought to herself: "This winter, many people will burn that kind of lotus root-like coal, and the money saved may be enough to buy a handful of firecrackers for my son and a few new red head ropes for my daughter." ”