In the long street, there are crowds of people and gongs and drums.

Sugar gourd sellers, fire-breathers, stilt walkers, and acrobatics fill the streets.

At this moment, a string of laughter like silver bells rang out.

I saw a little girl of eight or nine years old break free from the restraints and plunge into the flow of people.

"Be careful, slow down."

A slightly older boy behind him made a helpless expression and followed.

"Brother, come on, look at that."

Suddenly, the little girl seemed to have found some surprising treasure, and hurriedly urged the boy behind her.

"Eh, come on."

The boy walked a few quick steps to the little girl, and together they slipped into the crowd of onlookers and looked inside.

It turned out to be a puppet show.

I don't know how the stall owner did it.

On a one-meter-square wooden table, there is a miniature version of a luxury mansion with all kinds of buildings, rockeries, and trees.

Best of all, a singing and dancing performance is taking place in the hall of this house.

Dozens of dancers are dancing, graceful and graceful, and the melodious sound of the piano is heard.

"What a realistic villain."

The little girl let out an exclamation and secretly reached over to grab one and take a look.

Just as he was about to catch it, a hand suddenly stretched out next to him and stopped the little girl's hand.

"Little sister, this thing can't be touched casually."

A short-haired Taoist priest came out of the crowd and threw a few copper plates to the stall owner. Then he told the little girl a few words.

This short-haired Taoist priest is naturally Li Jiu'an, since the first two days in addition to the pig demon, after making a sum of money, the old Taoist stayed in the inn for the past two days, saying that he wanted to prepare a surprise for Zhao Yuan.

And Li Jiu'an is naturally the one who has obtained these magical powers through research.

In addition to slaying demons, guidance is a method of cultivation, which can benefit people and prolong their lives, and regulate qi, so that the blood and blood can be passed, and all kinds of diseases can be removed, and qi can be refined.

Swordsmanship is to penetrate the mystery of the unity of sword and Qi, it is the method of the original god sword, and it is also the general method of the world's swordsmanship.

As for the other two, their current cultivation is too low and they haven't been able to use them yet.

He was bored in the inn that day, and after completing his daily practice, he came out for a walk, and when he encountered this puppet show, he instinctively felt that something was wrong with these villains, and if the little girl touched it, something bad might happen, so he took action to stop it.

After the little girl was stopped, her little face turned red, and she was embarrassed to stay here any longer, and she slipped and got out of the crowd again.

Li Jiuan smiled when he saw this, glanced at the honest stall owner, and also walked out.

"Delicious sugar gourd."

"Selling dumplings, delicious thin-skinned dumplings."

"Sell watermelons, grow big watermelons that are now blooming and bearing fruit."

What are the results?

What is it?

Li Jiuan was curious, holding a string of sugar gourds in one hand and a bowl of wontons in the other.

Next to a big shame tree, an old man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks circled a piece of land, just erected a wooden frame, and was beating a gong to attract the crowd.

When the old man saw that the crowd was almost over, he began to shout.

"It's a hot day in June, so it's good for everyone to get some watermelon to eat today."

As he spoke, the old man smoked a dry cigarette, made a long pit in the ground with his foot, and then stooped down and sprinkled seed in it and covered it with earth.

After finishing the preparations, the old man took out another bucket and sprinkled water evenly into the pit.

Wait a moment.

"Look, it's sprouting, it's sprouting."

The old man pointed to the newly grown shoots and shouted happily.

"Go on, go on."

The shoots grow taller and faster.

Soon it was wrapped around a wooden frame.

"Grow up, grow up."

"Let's bloom."

The onlookers were amazed, and in a few minutes, they went from seed to flower.

"It's a result."

The old man faced the crowd with his hands outstretched, and behind him was a wooden frame full of watermelons.

"Wow, that's amazing."

"Brother, I want to eat melons."

After a while, the melon planted by the old man was sold out, and Li Jiuan also bought one, and after getting it, he turned it upside down, and observed the surface of the watermelon, the mud marks were old, not like a new one.

What kind of trick is this?

Interesting.

Li Jiuan walked towards the inn with a watermelon, and brought it back for Lao Dao to taste.

The long street behind him is still full of life, and the cries are endless.

......

After several days of warm-up, Zhao Yuanwai's birthday finally arrived.

At this time, the lanterns outside the Zhao Mansion were hung high, and the crowds were surging.

"The senior staff will give a pair of jasper, please go inside."

"County Lieutenant Zhou gave a calligraphy and painting, please go inside."

The housekeeper at the door was welcoming and receiving gifts, and he was very busy.

From time to time, people were stopped.

"Do you have an invitation?"

The butler stopped a shabby-dressed man.

"No, the villain heard that Zhao Yuanwai had a high birthday, so he specially came to celebrate his birthday and prepared a program dedicated to Zhao Yuanwai."

This man bent his waist and smiled and flattered.

"Then you enter the door and go to the left, and go to the side hall and wait."

"Okay."

At this time, there were still many people waiting in this side hall.

There are Taoist priests, monks, and a few scholars in green shirts, and of course, street artists.

The old man selling watermelons I saw on Li Jiu'an Street before, and the stall owner performing a puppet show were also inside.

"Master, what have you prepared here? It's still mysterious, can you take this jackpot? ”

Li Jiuan stared at the cloth bag on Lao Dao's waist and said curiously.

Lao Dao stayed in his room for the past few days to prepare, but he didn't tell him what he had prepared.

"Don't ask, don't ask, when the old way is a blockbuster, you will naturally know."

Zhang Laodao Shi Ran stood in the corner, making a look of fairy wind bones.

Li Jiu'an was bored and stopped asking, and instead looked at the people in the hall.

"Point Cangshan? It seems to be a little impression, it's a long way away from this, what are you doing there, Xiaodao chief, we are not boasting, we are Danyang County, this Qi County, although the place is a little off, but it is quite stable, out of this boundary, that bandits, there are many monsters. ”

"It's not either, I came from Danyang City, and I heard that there was a group of bandits in the north who were defeated by the official army and wandered in."

"Eh, I've heard too, what does this group of people seem to be called Maitreya? It is the future Buddha who worships. ”

Most of these people came from the surrounding cities and counties, and they were well-informed, so Li Jiuan also inquired about it, but he didn't expect it to start, so he couldn't stop.

It wasn't until there was a "squeak" that the wooden door opened again, attracting everyone's attention.

This time, it was no longer the artist who came in, but the housekeeper at the door before.

Seeing this, everyone cheered up, knowing that the critical moment had arrived.

There are so many places in the main hall, where can there be so many people, and it is not up to the housekeeper to decide who can enter and who can't.

The housekeeper opened the door and looked around at everyone in the hall with a frown, this is all a bunch of crooked melons and cracked dates, and it was not until his eyes swept Li Jiuan that he relaxed his brows.

"You, you, and you, go in first."

casually pointed to a few people, and Li Jiuan was impressively listed.

Someone tried to fish in troubled waters, and followed these people out together, but was slapped back.

"You don't look at what you look like, and you're too embarrassed to go in."

The man's body was also strong, and he was slapped and his body only shook slightly, but he was not annoyed, and grabbed the butler's hand and quietly stuffed a piece of silver.

"Steward Zhao, take a look, can the villain go in?"

Steward Zhao weighed the weight of the silver quietly with his hands behind his back, was very satisfied, and pretended to look at the man a few times.

"Well, it's okay, let's go inside."

"Thank you, Steward Zhao."

The man smiled, thanked him in a low voice, turned over and walked out quickly.

Behind the crowd, the old man selling watermelons showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, strolled forward, and just waved his hand in front of the butler.

"Well, you can go in too."