Volume 1: Encountering Life Chapter 599 The Old Man Who Sells Sugar, the Hidden Dragon!
Generally speaking, Ye Wushuang's speed of undressing far exceeds the speed of getting dressed, especially when he is sleeping with a woman, he is often slippery in the blink of an eye.
Ye Wushuang has always been quite proud of this, but until today...... He realized that the speed of dressing needs to be more particular!
From the bedroom to the door, Ye Wushuang almost ran and jumped, rushing out all the way!
There has never been a moment when Ye Wushuang has dressed as fast as he is now, and he has even surpassed his limit, even when Ye Wushuang was still in the army, he didn't get dressed so quickly when he heard the wake-up call!
By the time I rushed out the door, I was fully armed!
Only now did Ye Wushuang finally understand such a truth - men are like cows, women are like fields, only tired cows, and there is no bad field at all!
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At this point, it was already twelve o'clock in the night.
When Ye Wushuang went out, he heard the deafening sound of fireworks all around, and one by one the fireworks bombs rushed into the night sky, and then bloomed into the extremely delicate flowers of gunpowder......
"It turns out that it is time to welcome God. ”
Ye Wushuang smiled quietly, his eyes flashing with an incomprehensible brilliance, as if he was reminiscing, and he seemed to be sad.
"Welcoming the gods" is a custom in many places in the north, especially in the northwest of Shanxi, and the atmosphere is quite strong.
The so-called "welcoming God" is a folk saying, in fact, in a sense, it should also be superstition! According to folk legend, at twelve o'clock at midnight on Chinese New Year's Eve, and at three o'clock in the morning, there is a divine mansion wandering in the world, and at these two times, the most lively family in the family can invite the divine mansion into the door and have good luck in the new year.
Therefore, there are two kinds of model activities in the folk - lighting fire cages and setting off fireworks!
The fire cage is a kind of bonfire-like thing, but it is built with charcoal, up to more than five meters high, stuffed with firewood, sprinkled with gasoline, and lit at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night or 3 o'clock in the morning, which can purify all kinds of bad things in the past year, and also means that the new year will be prosperous.
And the fireworks are naturally set off to make a big move, please God!
Therefore, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, people in many places are vying to set off fireworks, for fear of falling behind in this regard......
Shanxi's local tyrants...... Probably the whole of China is very famous, and the "coal bosses" in Shanxi are no longer even local tyrants in a certain respect, but are gods! In a place like Jinghua City, where every inch of land is valuable, buying a house and buying a villa is not buying one by one at all, but buying one by one, and many prime locations in Jinghua City are almost "occupied" by this group of local tyrants! Angelina bought a house, it happens to be the most concentrated place of Shanxi coal bosses in Jinghua City, this group of local tyrants, in a way, should be the most charming group of people in the whole society, no way, people have money, naturally they are more exquisite, for fear of accidentally going away with some bad luck, so the "welcome God" in the tradition of this hometown is also very important, naturally make it extremely grand, the fireworks bomb is almost a piece of lift-off, the whole sky is bright.
Looking at all this, a hint of nostalgia flashed in Ye Wushuang's eyes, once upon a time, this Chinese New Year's Eve night greeting the gods was his favorite festival......
Ye Zhenlin is a traditional person and attaches great importance to traditional things, so when Ye Wushuang was a child, only these Chinese New Year's Eve nights did not have to undergo hellish cruel training......
Everything...... After all, it's like a thing of the past!
Ye Wushuang shook his head a little stunned, and he didn't know whether he missed or hated those days......
At this moment, several figures flashed out from the grove next to them, all of them were men in black suits and overcoats, with small heads and burly figures, and at first glance they were extremely good at fighting.
Ye Wushuang had actually noticed the existence of these people a long time ago, and with a faint smile on his face, he asked softly, "The Nine Pattern Dragon asked you to come?!"
These people bowed ninety degrees to Ye Wushuang, and shouted at the same time: "Kui!"
Ye Wushuang nodded, he didn't say much, he knew that these people should be the henchmen of the Nine Pattern Dragon, otherwise the Nine Pattern Dragon would not tell them their identity, so he didn't talk nonsense at the moment, and asked directly: "How are the things you have prepared!"
"It's all ready. ”
One of the men stood up and slapped his hands twice, and suddenly a few men with boxes in their hands came out of the dry forest, and without saying a word, they loaded the box into Ye Wushuang's trunk.
"The others are ready. ”
The man smiled and said, "According to your requirements, they are all specially made, and they have been placed in the designated place, as long as you pull this, the brothers will start there!"
As he spoke, the man handed Ye Wushuang something similar to Ma Leizi, but a piece of hemp rope was pulled out from the back of his buttocks, which was a pull thread.
"Hard work brothers, please drink another day!"
Ye Wushuang said with a smile: "On Chinese New Year's Eve, you are still allowed to run like this, you should be embarrassed to do these things, right?!"
"I wasn't embarrassed. ”
The man said in a relaxed tone: "Mixed with our business, if you support people to do something to the world and be scolded, then you can really be killed by a headhead." ”
Ye Wushuang smiled silently and said, "Yes, Lao Tzu's people should have this kind of domineering and arrogantness, very good, I remember you!"
After saying that, he stopped talking nonsense, got in the car and left.
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Along the way, the road is also very lively.
When he was about to arrive at his destination, Ye Wushuang saw a night market with a Chinese flavor, there were street performers performing juggling, some breathing fire, and some performing chest crushing boulders.
Suddenly, Ye Wushuang actually saw an old man selling candy!
It is the most traditional sugar man craft, that is, the things handed down by the ancestors, a mold, a pot of malt syrup, as soon as the syrup is poured into the mold, a sugar man is carved, and it is a kind of food, and it can be regarded as a work of art, very beautiful, crystal clear, what Alps or something, in front of this is really weak, but I don't know why, this craft has disappeared.
Ye Wushuang remembered that this was his favorite when he was three or four years old, but he hadn't seen it for twenty years now!
The candy seller is an old man in his sixties, wrapped in a thick cotton coat and wearing a small leather hat, because the collar of the coat is pulled very high, so some can't see clearly, under the fireworks in the sky, only a pair of clear eyes can be vaguely seen!
Completely unable to help it, Ye Wushuang got out of the car, came to this small stall, pointed to the little sugar man with a man and a woman, and asked with a smile: "Uncle, how much are these two!"
"Five cents a dollar, a dollar!"
The old man said with a smile.
It was only at this time that Ye Wushuang finally saw the appearance of the old man clearly, his cheekbones were more prominent, his eyes were clear, he had a wisp of white hair, his face was clear, there was a taste of fairy wind bones, and his bearing was extraordinary.
Ye Wushuang was stunned at that time......
What can you do with a dollar in today's society?
Looking at Ye Wushuang's surprised expression, the old man seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said softly: "It's just that I don't want this craft to be lost, and I don't want to make money." ”
Ye Wushuang was instantly relieved, the old man had an extraordinary bearing, he was clearly not an ordinary person, where did he come out to make money? As he said, he was simply inheriting a lost craft! Dao: "There are too many Chinese crafts that have been lost, our palaces, merchants, horns, and signs, our Tang clothes and Hanfu, and our gentleman's etiquette have all been lost, what can this craft prove? If it is lost, how can you alone reverse the frenzy of 1.3 billion people forgetting traditions?"
"That's not true!...... If you know you can't do it, don't you do it?"
The old man's face was solemn, and he said: "The old man is just doing the duty of a Chinese person, although it is insignificant, but if he does it, he will be worthy of it!"
Ye Wushuang was thoughtful, silent for a long time, and suddenly took out a dollar from his pocket, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll buy you two sugar people!"
The old man smiled and took the money and handed the pair of male and female sugar men to Ye Wushuang......
Facing the old man's clear eyes, Ye Wushuang felt that this old man must be extraordinary, so he was silent for a while, and suddenly said softly: "Longyin Jianghu." ”
The old man just smiled and didn't speak.
And after Ye Wushuang took over the sugar man, he walked away.
The two didn't explore too much, and meeting in this crowd, and leaving after a glance in this red dust, can be regarded as a tacit understanding.
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(Brothers, guess who this old man selling candy is?, you can post it in the book review area, and if you guess correctly, you will be given a Valentine's Day gift~ I don't want you!!)