Zijin found a small restaurant on the side of the road, and as soon as he entered, the clerk asked enthusiastically, "How many of you are dining?" ”

"I'm alone." Zijin said.

"I'm sorry guest, there are so many people these days, there are no separate empty tables, do you mind sharing a table with other people?"

Zijin looked at the store, nodded and said yes, so the clerk led him to a table where there were already people sitting.

After reading the menu and ordering, Zijin lowered her head and waited for the food to be served, when she felt something moving at her feet. She bent down to look under the table, where a squirrel-like puppet was running happily about.

The little squirrel sensed that Zijin was looking at it, and was stunned for a moment, and then carefully ran to Zijin's feet to sniff and sniff. Zijin had never seen such a good doll, and was about to reach out to touch it, when the squirrel suddenly jumped back on the body of the tablemate and hid in his arms. Zijin sighed regretfully, straightened up, and looked at the person at the same table, who was also looking at her at this time.

I didn't pay attention before I came, but Zijin realized that the person who shared the table to eat together should be a craftsman. He has a delicate appearance, a pair of gray eyes, and white hair unique to craftsmen, giving people a sense of arrogance. He doesn't seem to be very old, so he must be about the same age as himself. And the other party was also looking at himself, and Zijin seemed to see a small surprise in his eyes.

Then the squirrel peeked out of the collar of the boy's shirt, climbed onto his shoulder, and rubbed his little head against the other's face.

"Did you make this?" Zijin asked.

"Yes, I made it out of jade clay."

"And how much does it cost?" Suddenly realized that he was a little abrupt, and when he came up, he asked for the price, and Zijin opened his mouth to explain, "I'm sorry, I said it too directly, I think it's really cute, I like it very much, I just want to ask the price, it's a little offended, I hope you don't mind." Zijin lowered his head embarrassedly.

"It's okay, it's okay." The boy smiled softly.

"So, what's the price of this little cutie?"

"I'm sorry, I don't sell it." After speaking, the boy patted the squirrel's little head with his hand, and said, "I named it Xiao Ling, and I am not going to sell it for any amount of money." ”

Zijin was a little disappointed, just at this time, the meal he ordered also came up, so he would fill his stomach first.

While he was eating, the boy asked, "I don't know, girl, did you come to this puppet city to buy dolls or to play here?" ”

"I'm here to see if I can buy a suitable puppet, I've been looking for two years, and I haven't met a good one, so I heard about the puppet city on the way, so I came to see it and try my luck."

"That girl, you watched it for a long time this morning, but you saw what you liked?"

Zijin put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "No, but there are a lot of dolls sold here, and I haven't finished reading them yet, so I'm going to shop again in the afternoon." After saying that, he picked up the chopsticks again and sped up his meal. Eating and eating, Zijin suddenly thought that the person sitting opposite should be a craftsman, looking at the craftsmanship of the squirrel, presumably this person's craftsmanship must be outstanding, so will he also make a puppet. So he asked, "Are you a craftsman?" ”

"Yes, my name is Zhi, and I have lived in the puppet city since I was born."

"Do you have a good puppet to sell?"

"I have a doll, it's not good yet, but it will be finished after 3 p.m., if you are interested, you can go back to the studio with me and try it."

"Really?" Hearing the boy say this, Zijin was a little surprised, and replied, "Then let's go to your studio together after dinner!" ”

"Good!"