Chapter 572: Xiaobai (12)

"Follow, follow the boy first, see what the situation is with the boy, the clothes are so good, there must be money."

The two people looked at Xiao Bai in front of them, and Xiao Bai was holding Lingzhi.

Xiaobai felt that someone was following him, he didn't think so, he didn't take it seriously, what was that person sneakily following him, his strength was much higher than them, it was useless for them to follow him, and he couldn't rob him.

Those who are weaker than themselves, let them follow them like this, let them follow them, and they have nothing to lose.

"Master, will you wake up soon?"

Xiao Bai frowned and looked around, he had to leave Fengguo as soon as possible, he was not an alchemist, he didn't know the master's situation at all, he only sensed that the master's life was not in danger.

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The city capital near Fengguo.

People come and go, there are a lot of people around, Xiao Bai took Lingzhi to the nearest alchemist union, there are a lot of alchemists over there, see if anyone knows the master's situation.

Xiaobai turned his head and looked, the two people behind him were still following him closely, didn't those two people go home, what did they do with him.

This is a branch of the Alchemist Guild, and the alchemists in it also have strength.

Xiaobai didn't have a penny on him, and he didn't know what to do, he rarely haunted the places where the Terrans lived, and he rarely learned about the daily life of the Terrans.

Xiaobai looked around at a loss, there were a lot of people around.

Lingzhi opened his eyes in a daze and looked at the person in front of him, this is Xiaobai? She felt the little white wine around her.

"Little white ......" Lingzhi shouted, his voice was very hoarse, he didn't sound very clear, and his face was still very pale.

"Master, master, you finally woke up, scared me to death, I thought you couldn't wake up." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, found an open space and put down the Lingzhi, and supported the Lingzhi.

"Xiaobai, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone for so many years, and I shouldn't have given up on you." Lingzhi felt very guilty about Xiaobai, if it weren't for himself, Xiaobai wouldn't have wasted so many years in vain, and he wouldn't have been lonely for so many years.

"Ahem, ahem." Lingzhi coughed, and his heart was also very bitter, bitter for Xiaobai, Xiaobai took so long to leave that place, if it weren't for himself, Xiaobai wouldn't have suffered.

"Master, master, what's wrong with you?"

Xiaobai patted the master's back to make the owner feel better, and he gave the Lingzhi transition aura, and the aura could make the master feel better, so that it wouldn't be so uncomfortable.

"I'm fine, I just choked."

Lingzhi smiled, stood up and pulled Xiaobai afterwards, "Xiaobai, go, I'll take you to make up for everything you haven't played in so many years." ”

"What is this place?" Lingzhi has not seen the place in front of him, this place seems to be familiar, I have seen it before, I forgot, in front of it... Everything looks so pleasing to the eye.

"Master, this place is Fengguo."

"Feng Guo ......" Lingzhi confirmed again, "Are you sure this is Feng Guo?"

"Master, I'm sure, this place is the Wind Country, do you want to go into the city near the Feng Country to have a look, I think the Feng Country is very beautiful, everything in it looks good, and there are phoenix sculptures everywhere, and the image of the phoenix is pasted on the door of every household."

The windows are also pasted with phoenix paper-cut artwork, and the children also have amulets with phoenix patterns on their bodies.

"Then let's go in and have a look, I'll go to the imperial capital by the way, the imperial capital of Fengguo, I'll go find someone, that person's name is Mu Yunfeng, I want to see what Mu Yunfeng looks like at this moment."

Lingzhi was suddenly interested in Mu Yunfeng when he was a child, Mu Yunfeng was so powerful, he must have been very powerful when he was a child.

Lingzhi took Xiaobai to go shopping first, there are a lot of things on the street, and the things here are all things that Xiaobai has never seen, Xiaobai is dazzled, and he doesn't know what to buy.

"Xiaobai, what do you like?"

"Master, I like these so much."

"Master, master, what is this?" Xiaobai pointed to the red thing on the stall in front of him and asked Lingzhi, this is so beautiful, the cooing thing looks like it can be rolled and played.

"This is a lantern, to a big festival, or at night, you can carry a lantern to light the street, these lanterns are very cheap, and there are many types of lanterns, these are traditional lanterns, these lanterns are of good quality."

Lingzhi looked at the things that Xiaobai was pointing at and said, looking at the surprise on Xiaobai's face, Lingzhi became more and more heartbroken Xiaobai, Xiaobai didn't even know the lantern, she was too irresponsible as the master.

Xiaobai looked at the small lanterns in front of him, with stars in his eyes, these lanterns are so beautiful, I really want to play with them, but I don't have any money on me.

The owner had told himself before that buying things on the street was to be bought with money, and if you didn't have money, you couldn't buy things.

The master just said this, but the master did not tell himself how to make money and where it came from.

"Do you like it?" Lingzhi pointed to these lanterns in front of him and asked Xiaobai in front of him, who had a child's naughtiness on his face.

"Like, like, especially like." Xiaobai said, and then thought about it, "I don't like it, I don't like it, Xiaobai doesn't like it." ”

The master has no money, he can't make the master embarrassed, the master has just woken up, he can't let the master worry about himself, the master is not easy to be alone, he has to be considerate and take care of the master.

"What's wrong?" Lingzhi squatted down and asked Xiaobai, Xiaobai looked at Lingzhi in frustration, and scratched his head a little embarrassed.

"The host...... We don't have the money to ......" Xiaobai's voice was so small that only the two of them could hear it, and the more he talked, the more red his face became.

No money is an unspeakable thing, Xiaobai decided to feast his eyes on it, and he didn't want things, so as not to embarrass the owner.

It is not easy for the master to be alone, the master has been outside alone for so long, and he doesn't know if he is not by the master's side, whether the master is doing well, he does not protect the master, and the master has not been bullied.

"Xiaobai, don't worry, the master is rich, there is still money to raise Xiaobai, don't be wronged, Xiaobai has money, the master still has money, you don't have to worry about money, you just need to live well now."

Lingzhi comforted Xiaobai and told Xiaobai not to be so sad.

It's hard for this kid to come, and suddenly said that he didn't like it for himself, and he was quite lucky, with a spirit beast like Xiaobai.

Xiaobai is very cute, she has to find a way to take Xiaobai wherever she goes in the future, this time she must not leave Xiaobai alone, Xiaobai is not safe alone in the mainland, Xiaobai is so simple and kind, what if she is hurt.

"Which one do you like, choose one, and the owner will buy it back for Xiaobai."

There are a lot of lanterns in front of you, there are palace lanterns, yarn lanterns, chandeliers, etc., from the shape of the figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the special for people to enjoy the lanterns.

"Master, master, I want to make a lantern for the master, follow the old uncle." Xiaobai saw that the old uncle was making lanterns, and couldn't help but be curious to try it and see if he could make lanterns, these lanterns were so beautiful, Xiaobai also wanted to make one for the owner.

"Okay."

Lingzhi doted on Xiaobai, pinched his nose and said, "Then you will follow the old uncle to make lanterns." ”

"Uncle, I want him to learn lanterns from you for a while, he wants to make a lantern himself, trouble the uncle." Lingzhi said, then took out a gold coin and handed it to the old man, who saw it and smiled.

"Okay, okay, just let him learn from me, and the old man will patiently teach him to make lanterns." The man was worried that he wouldn't be able to sell these lanterns, but he didn't expect this little girl to be so generous, and the money was more than enough to buy all his lanterns.

"Uncle, I will also learn with him, I haven't been idle for a long time." Lingzhi looked at the lantern in front of him, and remembered that in the past, the senior brother used to buy lanterns for himself, and the senior brother didn't make lanterns, and the lanterns were bought.

Lingzhi also wants to learn to see how such a beautiful lantern is made, and if you have nothing to do in the future, you can try to sell lanterns.

Find a place, set up a stall, boil a pot of tea, and get a fan, this kind of life is very comfortable.

It's a busy day, and it's also a day to be busy.

"You two come here, come into the store, and I'll teach you two."

"Draw." The old man shouted behind the curtain, and soon a little girl came out of it, with a jug of wine in her hand.

"Grandpa." The little girl handed the wine to the person in front of her, "The wine is hot, you can taste it." ”

"Well, I don't drink anymore."

"Grandpa, drink it, that's all there is left of the wine, after drinking, you are not allowed to buy it again in the future." The little girl in front of her seemed to dislike the wine.

The man sighed, looked at the cup of hot wine, and drank it anyway.

"It's gone, it's gone...... Alas...... Don't drink, don't drink, and quit drinking from today. ”

The man said, then stood up, and walked in with Lingzhi and them, "Paint, you go and watch the stall, someone buys a lantern, you help me take care of it, and the old customers remember to discount it, so that they will come back to buy it later." ”

"Got it."

The girl was very outgoing, and when she stood in front of her, she began to shout, shouting that the people around her came to buy lanterns, and you need to shout to sell things, otherwise there is no business, and if you don't shout, how will others know that you are selling.

"You two sit on the small bench and wait for me, I'll go get you the materials, and then teach you slowly."

Soon, the man brought back a large pile of things.

"The steps to make lanterns are like this, calm down first, don't be too impatient, it's easy to give up halfway if you're impatient."

"Generally, the bamboo is heated in the steam room for half an hour, and then taken out and dried in a cool place, but it should not be excessively dry or exposed to strong light."

"Well, understood, what else?"

"Wait for me to speak slowly, use a bamboo planer to remove the rough skin of the cow's noodles."

"Then there is the length required to cut the bamboo strips; This depends on the size of the lantern. ”

"The weaving method is to complete the lamp stand in a cross way, and in the middle of the lamp stand, it is also possible to tie several bamboo circles on the lamp wall."

The old man spoke very slowly, gesturing to the two of them as he spoke.

"The most important step is to paste (mount) the lantern, first paste cotton gauze, and then paste the second layer of single light paper for the lantern."

(If there is no single light paper, fine cotton paper is fine.) ）

"To paste cotton gauze, you must first dilute the paste, evenly brush it on the surface of the skeleton, and then attach the cut gauze lightly to the lamp stand, and then use a brush to dip the paste and brush it flat. At the same time, the pasted paper must also be pasted without seams to be truly pasted. ”

"Are you going to paint next?"

"Don't worry, the next thing is to dry the lantern in a cool and ventilated place."

"The final step is painting. Painting is painted with the pattern required by the individual, such as figures, eight immortals, flowers and birds, ladies, etc., after painting, according to the situation to decide whether to write the text. After the text and pattern are completely dry, add a layer of tung oil, and then wait for the tung oil to dry, and the lantern is finished. ”

"What is this?" Xiaobai saw a big bird hanging on the wall, what is this, colorful and beautiful, many thin strips.

"This is a kite."

The old man took the lead and said, the old man probably didn't think that there were still people who didn't know the kite, did this child stay in the yard for a long time, and didn't go out much for a long, long time.

"Haven't you seen that?" The old man took off the kite and showed it to Xiaobai, and he would make a lot of things, wood carvings, kites, rattles, lanterns, river lanterns, wishing lanterns, and bows......

"I haven't seen it." Xiaobai shook his head and said, he really hasn't seen these things yet.

"He was imprisoned in the dark when he was very young, and he never came out, so he never saw any of these things."

"I see, that's understandable."

It turned out that he was abused, no wonder he didn't even know these ordinary things, and he was pitiful.

"The kite is also very simple, it just needs to be tied, pasted, masked, painted and flown off."

"The skeleton material - bamboo moso bamboo (Nanzhu) material is hard, strong and tough, good masculine, is a good material for making all kinds of kites, this material must be this material, this material is better."

"There are many ways to make kites, the most common ones are to build a silhouette with a stick, then put a cover, and finally tie the string to make a simple kite, and you can also attach a tail for stability."

"The kite should choose handmade paper with long fiber, toughness, thin and light, small air permeability, and good colorability, so that it can be easily taken off."

The old man said very carefully, for fear that Lingzhi and the two of them would not be able to understand what they meant.

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An hour later.

Xiaobai came out with a lantern in his hand, it was a very small lotus lantern, the painting on the lantern was a little unskilled, the brushwork was very immature, and the lantern made was also a little ugly.

"Master, master, it's not good-looking." Xiaobai jumped happily with the lantern, his face full of happiness.

"Uncle, I'm sorry for you." Lingzhi also holds a lantern in his hand, which is a rabbit lantern, and the lantern is okay.

"Don't bother, these two little candles are for the two of you, it's already dark outside, you remember to go home early."