I don't know when the leopard also came behind the nine monkeys. Following the gap between the nine monkeys and the curtain of the door, looking at the movement of people in the big room where the birds and birds were turning on their backs, Xiang Youbao couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and muttered to himself: "This scene of picking a dingkou has always been a hard job, and after five days of hard work, the strong man can be tired and shed a layer of skin!" The people in the main gate of our fire are not prosperous, and I am afraid that this matter is hanging! ”

Turning around with some confusion, the nine monkeys pressed their voices and asked Xiang Youbao, "Senior brother, what kind of craft is Uncle Xie practicing?" How do I remember that the birds and finches that were originally served in our hall were all pure paths of one person, one feather, one house, and one cage? ”

didn't wait for Xiang Youbao to answer, from behind Xiang Youbao and the Nine Monkeys, Nalan's crisp voice that was a little pressed was the first to sound: "Uncle Xie has moved the mind of practicing all the birds and birds, plus there are not many days left before the scene of the hundred birds worshipping the phoenix, and the birds and birds in hand are all raw melons and eggs that have just been scratched from the mountains and forests, so there is this scene of picking and practicing urgent work." ”

Turning his head towards Nalan who was carrying two teapots in his hand and carrying a small dustpan full of tea bowls with his arm on his waist, he bared his teeth, and the nine monkeys reached out and took the two heavy teapots in Nalan's hand, and smiled at Nalan in a low voice: "Senior sister-in-law, as the old saying goes, it's better to be in a hurry than to be in a hurry, isn't it good to bump into a person like you who knows the market, please teach me the doorway here?" ”

Holding the small dustpan behind his forearm and protecting his waist with his vacated two hands, Nalan glared at the Nine Monkeys with some disgust, and then whispered to the Nine Monkeys: "The players who serve the birds and sparrows in the Four Nine Cities have a lot of characters who have a unique job in their hands to practice a single play, but there are really not many who can practice the whole job!" A bird of the right size and bright feathers should be trained to eat flying food and play flying bombs. The work of opening boxes, gossiping, recognizing colored flags, and calling for big rises is faster than ten days and two months slower, so that this can be regarded as going through these tasks from beginning to end in a house where no one is around. If you want to let the trained birds dare to practice these jobs in front of people, you have to start from the realm where there are few people and slowly move towards the places where there are many people. To say the least, you have to work hard for half a year, and this can be regarded as a work! ”

Sticking out his tongue towards Nalan in surprise, the nine monkeys couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "With such a hard work to practice, where do we have so much kung fu?" ”

Towards the big room where the birds were being trained, Nalan whispered: "That's why Uncle Xie has come up with the means to practice urgent work!" This first piece is to hang the birds and finches that have been scratched back with thin threads on the hundred button robes and eight hats, constantly disturbing and scaring these birds, and selecting some bold, strong, and crisp mouths from the middle, and carrying the birds and birds that can also know how to steal and play tricks like your nine monkeys, and have spiritual feet, so that they can withstand the next batch of tempering! ”

It was as if it had dawned on me. The nine monkeys turned their heads to look at the low-hanging door curtain, and muttered to themselves in a low voice: "I said that those little brothers in the house are running and shouting one by one, this is the scene of learning to be many people and noisy voices, so that those birds and birds can get familiar with the lively scene first!" ”

Sighing slightly, Nalan shook his head helplessly: "If this is not urgent, who can easily touch this hard work?" After running and shouting like this for five days in a row, I am afraid that even those who are beaten with iron will have to take off a layer of skin. On the fourth day, several children were already tired and couldn't get up. My voice is more hoarse, and let's not talk about it yet, hurry up and bring the tea in! ”

Say yes. The nine monkeys opened the door curtain with their elbows crossed, half-twisted into the big room where the birds were being trained, and gently rested the two huge teapots in their hands on a small table in the corner of the room.

Immediately behind the Nine Monkeys, Nalan gently put the small dustpan in his hand on the table, first took a tea bowl and poured a large bowl of hot tea, and held it in front of Xie Menshen who was standing in the center of the big room with both hands: "Uncle Xie." Do you want to drink a bowl of tea to moisten your throat first? ”

Nodding to Nalan, Xie Menshen, who had already boiled a pair of red eyes, took the tea that Nalan handed to him, and drank the tea in one go, then he took a sullen breath, and looked at the little apprentices of the main gate of the fire who silently gathered around the table in the corner of the room to drink water. I couldn't say a word

As if seeing Xie Menshen's anxious thoughts, Nalan turned his face to look at the little apprentices who were already tired and sweating, and their voices were hoarse and tired, and said, "Uncle Shi, you are in a hurry, this hard work of picking Ding Kou has come and gone for five days, and today is already the fourth day." Let the children stay up for another day, and it is estimated that it will be almost inseparable, right? ”

Hesitantly looked down at the hundred-button robe he was wearing, Xie Menshen hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head heavily: "It's not enough!" This year, the day of going into the mountains to catch birds and finches is a few days later than usual, and many of the raw melons and eggs that are scratched back are empty frames and virtual shells. This job of picking out the mouth has to be done carefully! ”

His eyes widened in surprise, and Nalan couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "Do you still have to do it to be fine?!" Uncle Xie, according to the old rules, this work of picking Ding Kou is five days to the end, if you really go to the bottom and do it carefully, then it will have to be seven days? Not to mention whether these children can stare at the scene, that is, you still have red wounds on your body, but you don't dare to toss so hard! ”

Shaking his head stubbornly, Xie Menshen didn't say a word more, just reached out and took off a few bird words stuck to the hundred-button robe, and then tightened the rope on the eight hats on his chin a few points, and the thick slap was sent to the side of his mouth, and the three miscellaneous whistles had already fallen into his mouth again.

Seeing that Xie Menshen put on a posture of wanting to continue practicing, the little apprentices who gathered around the corner of the house to drink tea and rest also put down the tea bowls in their hands sensibly, and picked up the straw handles resting on the wall one by one, just waiting for Xie Menshen to give an order to be able to run and jump and drink. And the three rats, who didn't even have time to take a sip of tea, stepped up their hands and feet to put the birds that were already no longer able to flutter into a big bird cage, and then carefully tied the cow tendon strings tied to the other birds that could still fly and move to the hundred-button robe worn by Xie Menshen.

Left and right, he looked at the young apprentices of the Fire Main Gate who were already tired and their faces turned white. The nine monkeys standing next to the table helping Nalan pick up the tea bowl twisted his brows and hesitated for a while, but as if he suddenly understood what was going on, he hurriedly shouted to Nalan: "Senior sister, let's all be busy cleaning up these household belongings first, you come with me quickly!" ”

Before he could understand what the nine monkeys were going to do, Nalan was dragged by the nine monkeys by his sleeve. Almost trotted all the way out of the big house where the birds were being trained, and then he had time to whisper to the nine monkeys: "Nine monkeys, what are you going to toss about?" ”

opened his mouth towards Nalan, but the nine monkeys, who are usually sharp-toothed, seemed to have a sticky bean bag in their mouths at this moment, and stumbled for a long time before shouting at Nalan: "My senior sister, I can't tell you for a while here!" Can you find Old Man Hong to make another twenty or thirty miscellaneous whistles? ”

His eyes widened in surprise, and Nalan couldn't help but whisper to the nine monkeys, "Why do you want to make so many miscellaneous whistles?" The movement that can be blown out of this miscellaneous whistle is that people shout and horses neigh, chickens and dogs bark, in addition to training birds and finches to pass through the scene of many people, they can only be held for children as a thing! Nine monkeys. What the hell are you?"

Anxious to scratch his ears and cheeks, the nine monkeys listened to the noise of the whistles coming from the big house where the birds were trained again, and the sound of the other little apprentices running and shouting at the main gate of the fire, and couldn't help but shout in a low voice at Nalan: "Senior sister, why don't you understand what I mean, have you seen the head car?" Let's make some little heel trucks."

His eyes widened in confusion, and Nalan shouted at the nine monkeys in surprise: "This is talking about the miscellaneous whistle, why did you run to the front car again?" Nine monkeys, why are you playing with these little kids today? Your poison wound should be fine, right? ”

Seeing Nalan reach out and stroke his forehead, the nine monkeys tilted their heads sharply. Twisting his face and shouting at Xiang Youbao, who was standing next to the door and didn't move, "Senior brother, do you understand what I'm talking about?" I mean that. Small heel bucket cart plus miscellaneous whistles"

Frowning slightly, Xiang Youbao did not immediately respond to the shouts of the nine monkeys, but waved his hand at the nine monkeys, and bowed his head in contemplation

There are never a few strange objects in the city, from the eight large and small pieces hanging on the waist of the nobles of Tianhuang, to the cigarette holders and purses in the hands of the peddlers' pawns. Each has its own ingenious benefits. Even those milk babies who have just come out of confinement and hairy children who can barely walk the aisle have one or two things in their hands that make passers-by look at them hot.

It's like the bucket cart that the nine monkeys said, it was originally a thing that was made out by the skillful carpenters who enshrined all kinds of furniture objects in the palace in the 49 cities during the Qianlong period, and took all kinds of leftover wood from doing big work. The size difference can be like a wine tank, and the four wheels hold the frame steadily. Piggyback on the axle with some wooden gears and bamboo tenons. As long as the bucket car is pushed forward, the wooden gear and bamboo tenon can be urged to turn the sun monkey on the car board, Zhu Bajie swings the nail rake, the sand monk carries the burden and walks around the car, and the Tang monk recites the sutra to transcend reincarnation!

With such a playful object, the carpenter who enshrined all kinds of furniture objects in the palace was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, which was more beneficial than making furniture with serious skills, and it really made people a strange story for many years.

This is also like the old saying - in the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people. When this bucket cart was first made, it was naturally called the Imperial Palace's Ouchi as a treasure, but over time, this bucket cart gradually flowed out of the Imperial Palace's Ouchi and became a thing in the homes of wealthy people. Waiting for the change of dynasty and the earth, the bucket car has become a thing that can be seen everywhere in the city and is used to coax children to play, but the size and delicacy of the object are slightly lacking.

And the miscellaneous whistle came out of the way, and it was simply an object for children who couldn't speak. Resting on the streets and alleys and corners of Sijiu City, anyone who has a hairy child and a baby at home can almost have a miscellaneous whistle in the hands of adults. After finishing the work in hand, he sat down beside the child, and gently blew the miscellaneous whistle to make some people shout and neigh, and the movement of the dog barking and the rooster made the child laugh, and the adult also felt happy in his heart.

Just these two things that can be seen everywhere in the four or nine cities, the nine monkeys are pulling them out when the birds are busy in the main gate of the fire, so they naturally opened their minds on these two objects, right?

It is estimated that Xiang Youbao is just thinking about a bowl of tea, and before Nalan who was standing on the side opened his mouth to ask, Xiang Youbao had already raised his head suddenly: "Master Nine Monkeys, did you say that you want to add a nozzle made of pig urine to this cart to make people feel more light?" ”

"Senior brother, I really haven't figured it out yet? Maybe it will happen, right? ”

"So what are you waiting for? The soles of your feet are numb - follow me to the carpenter alley! ”

Seeing Xiang Youbao and the Nine Monkeys running towards the entrance of the main gate of the fire, Nalan couldn't help but whisper in a low voice: "These two people can make trouble together, but they will explain the words to others before leaving" (to be continued......