"Ding Dong, trigger the adventure task, the old horse who sells candy people at the entrance of the vegetable market has been a little distressed recently, the host go and take a look, complete the task, and reward the first-order skill. ”

This morning, before Qin Fei got up, the system began to make a fuss.

This is much more annoying than the alarm clock, which can at least be turned off.

Qin Fei got up slowly, and woke up for a while before he began to think about the system's words.

In his memory, painting candy figures was an ancient craft, Qin Fei had seen such craftsmen when he was a child, but he didn't see them when he grew up.

Craftsmen usually have a small load, one side is a stove and slate, and the other side is a small turntable for the lottery.

The small turntable is painted with the zodiac, the customer gives the money, you can start the lottery, and finally the pointer stops at which zodiac, the craftsman will draw it with syrup, and the pen will go in one go, which is very powerful.

Finally, a small wooden stick is dipped in the candy painting, so that children can hold it and eat it while playing.

If any buddy can draw a dragon, he can show off for days.

The more Qin Fei thought about it, the more he missed that simple and beautiful time, and the system said that there was a reward, so he washed up and went out.

Qin Fei often goes to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, but he is familiar with the road, but he has never seen a candy painter, so he asked someone to inquire, and then found an old horse who is a candy painter in an alley.

It's almost the same as in my memory, a small load, a wooden turntable for the lottery, and the rewards are also zodiac, with the largest grid for pigs and the smallest for dragons.

The craftsman Lao Ma is not young, his beard is white, and he is sitting on the pony and napping.

Qin Fei walked to the side of the cargo load, "Old man, can you draw one for me, how much does it cost?"

The old horse opened his eyes, stood up from the maza, and said with a smile: "Two pennies a piece." ”

It's cheap, Qin Fei paid the money, rubbed his hands, and started the turntable lottery, he had never drawn a dragon, but he fought for it, but there was a regret, go you!

Maybe Qin Fei was a little stronger, and the turntable was lifted up by Qin Fei, flying several feet away, and shattered into three halves on the wall.

The old horse was so frightened that his beard stood up, why are you here to smash the field?

Qin Fei was a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I'll compensate you." ”

Lao Ma smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Forget it, anyway, I'm the last day to set up a stall, and I won't need it in the future." Which pattern the guest wants, I will draw it directly for you. ”

Qin Fei dropped someone's turntable, and he was embarrassed to ask for the most complicated dragon again, so Qin Fei said, "Then let's have a smaller dragon." ”

The smaller dragon is more difficult to draw, the old horse rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything, and began to boil sugar on a small stove.

The sugar used by the candy painter is not just ordinary white sugar, with brown sugar and a little caramel sugar, and slowly boiled out the caramel color, the color is red and bright, smells fragrant, and tastes sweet.

Many people may not have heard of caramel sugar, when I was a child, the "knock sugar" sold by the merchant in the countryside is caramel sugar, which is called differently in different places, anyway, it is the milky white sugar cube that clangs with a hammer and chisel and knocks as much as you eat.

It is mainly made by fermentation and saccharification of starch-rich grains, such as corn, barley, wheat, millet and so on.

Caramel is also a traditional Chinese medicine that nourishes the spleen and invigorates qi, relieves cough and asthma.

The candy painter adds caramel to the syrup, not only to adjust the flavor, but also to increase the plasticity of the syrup.

Back in the present, the syrup was heated from a solid state to a liquid state in the pot, and the old horse scooped up a spoonful and quickly poured it on a stone slab.

The stone slab used for painting is also particular, and the stone with a fine texture should be selected, and the stone slab of Lao Ma should be marble, so that the stone will remain cold in the summer, so that the syrup can be cooled and solidified instantly.

In addition, the slate is also brushed with a layer of fine oil, which is convenient for separating the sugar painting later.

Qin Fei was also slightly distracted for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, the old horse had already lifted the painted dragon with a shovel, "Guest, take it." ”

Qin Fei took the painting candy and was speechless for a long time.

The dragon painted by Lao Ma does not cut corners, has a nose and eyes, scales and claws, and leaps between the clouds in an "S" shape, which is lifelike.

Where is this painting candy, it is not much better than Master Danqing.

Faced with such a work of art, Qin Fei was a little reluctant to eat it.

"Old man, this is the best dragon I have ever seen, your craftsmanship is so good, why do you say that today is the last day to set up a stall?" Qin Fei couldn't believe it, it was definitely not that the business was bad and went out of business.

"Thank you for the compliment. Lao Ma smiled, "I'm old, my hands and feet are not good, and my son won't let me swing, so he told me to go home and enjoy Qingfu." ”

"Having said that, I started painting candy when I was a teenager, and over the decades, with this craft, I married a wife and had children, and I also raised my son to become a big official. If you don't paint candy one day, maybe you are really not used to it. ”

Lao Ma said as he spoke, looking a little lonely, "The most regrettable thing is that my son doesn't learn this craft, and my grandson doesn't love it, so I can only bring it into the coffin......"

This craft has accompanied Lao Ma all his life, like his child, and the craftsman is heartbroken to watch it go into decline.

Qin Fei understood, it turned out that this was the trouble of the old horse mentioned by the system, in order to complete the system task, he really liked this craft, so he said, "Old man, can you teach me, I can pay for tuition." ”

Lao Ma glanced at Qin Fei and said suspiciously, "Looking at the way the son is dressed, there shouldn't be a need for this craft to make a living, right?"

"I don't need to, but I just like it, if I can learn your craft, I will teach him the right person in the future. Qin Fei said sincerely.

Hearing this, Lao Ma had some brilliance in front of him, "There are not many young people like you who like these old things, forget about the tuition fees or something, I can teach you." ”

"You try to draw something first, and I'll see what you know. ”

Qin Fei belongs to the handicap party, and he can't paint as well as other elementary school students, let alone use sugar to paint.

After some tossing, Qin Fei drew his head and thought he was a cute little pig, but because of the relationship between his hand, his face was hateful.

The old horse was so frightened that he bounced, "Pig demon?"

Qin Fei's expression was gloomy, old man, if you are like this again, beware of my sacrifice big trick painting, I am beaming.

Fortunately, Lao Ma did not dislike Qin Fei's handicap, after all, it was not easy to find a successor, so he began to explain how to tow syrup and how to paint.

Qin Fei practiced many times, and finally got some tricks and drew a fat and round pig, which was full of achievements.

"Remember, you have to sketch out the image in your mind before you draw candy, and you can go back and practice a lot later. The old man was tired enough, and the thought of bringing the art of painting candy into the coffin arose several times.

Out of shame, Qin Fei still gave the old man a hard fee, and asked about the boiling of the syrup, before licking a bunch of strange-shaped painted candy and leaving.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the adventure quest 'Inheritance' and rewarding the first-order skill. ”

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