Yu Hai was a little unbearable after a day of playing in some of the more famous scenic spots in Xizhou.

Without him, there are really too many people!

And there are more and more trends.

In a nutshell, everyone is in the sea, everyone is in the sea.

It's a sight or a people!

Fortunately, his travels have always been freewheeling, and since the attractions are not fun, he began to visit places with fewer people.

At this time, the place where he was located was Xizhouguan City, an old city.

It mainly takes various historical sites as a tourist selling point.

In addition to the many enclosed monuments, the streets of the city are lined with quaint buildings.

The whole is an antique feeling.

Yu Hai walked in the opposite direction to the flow of people, and soon came to a very secluded old street.

There are very few people here, and it is quiet, except for the occasional tourist who strays into the area, and most of the people walking on the street are elderly.

Yu Hai's appearance seems to be incompatible with here.

He didn't care about being looked at in surprise, he just wandered around slowly.

After being a public figure for a long time, he has learned to ignore everyone's gaze.

Besides, he was wearing a mask, which made him feel a lot more comfortable in public.

If he encounters something slightly interesting along the way, he will also stop to look at it for a while before leaving.

As he walked, he came to a promenade bridge.

When I stepped up, I saw many elderly people sitting on the chairs on both sides of the bridge.

They sat with their bodies facing to one side, their eyes all in one place, very focused.

Yu Hai looked in the direction of their attention, and saw a young man standing there, holding a few bamboo skewers in both hands and operating two shadow puppets.

Very flexible look.

This is the first time Yu Hai has watched people fiddling with shadow puppets at the scene.

Although this is not an official performance, there are no soundtrack lines, and there is not even a curtain, it still feels strange and amazing.

It makes Yu Hai feel much more interesting than many attractions.

He also sat down and looked at it.

It's a pity that after a while, some people called for the old people to eat, so the onlookers gradually dispersed.

The little brother who was left to play the shadow puppet slowly swinged the things in his hand.

He watched Yu Hai keep staring at his movements, so he took the initiative to talk: "Are you a tourist?" ”

Yu Hai nodded and asked, "Did you make this shadow puppet yourself?" ”

"yes, I learned it from my grandfather." The young man is less than 30 years old, dressed as an office worker, and does not look at all like he is engaged in intangible cultural heritage performance work.

"Is there a shadow puppet theater around here?" Yu Hai thought that if there was, he would buy a ticket to watch it.

The young man shook his head: "No, there is one in the west of the city, but the distance is quite far, if you want to see, take the bus for an hour." ”

"I thought you were doing this job." Yu Hai asked, "It looks professional." ”

"I can't eat on this." The young man seemed to shake his head helplessly: "I work in a nearby company, and I come here during my lunch break, and my aunts like to watch it, and I also like to perform for them." ”

Yu Hai couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this: "Do you come here every day at noon?" ”

It's the weekend, so this young man shouldn't have gone to work.

That's why I came here on purpose.

Sure enough, he replied, "Basically, they will come." If you don't practice for a day, you'll be rusty. Family heirloom craftsmanship cannot be lost. ”

"You're amazing!" Yu Hai was amazed.

The young man smiled: "It's just because I like this, so I can't afford to lose it!" If you don't like it, you don't know where to throw it away. ”

Yu Hai is clear.

The young man saw that he was very interested, and said, "If you like to watch it, then I'll give you another one!" ”

As he spoke, he manipulated the shadow puppet in his hand again, but the storyline was a little different from the previous one.

He chatted casually, "Very few young people look at this now. ”

"Well, there's not much to see."

"Because no one learns!" He sighed: "This thing has been eliminated by the times!" ”

Yu Hai was silent.

For many people, including him, watching shadow puppetry, just watching a novelty, if you really want to listen to the story, compared to this, the movie that is really acted in has a more sense of substitution.

Thinking about it this way, the loneliness of this thing seems to be really created by the times.

Yu Hai sighed, gradually stopped following the movements in the young man's hand, and said, "Thank you for performing this for me, I'll treat you to lunch, right?" ”

"Ahh Don't ......" The young man was about to refuse, but Yu Hai didn't wait for him to finish speaking: "You know that we tourists are very afraid of being slaughtered, as a local, you should know which store is reliable and delicious, so please be my guide!" ”

The youth could not find a reason to refuse.

Yu Hai and the two packed up their things and walked towards a restaurant introduced by the young man.

Because of Yu Hai's request, he didn't take him to the fly restaurant on the side of the road.

However, in fact, many roadside shops tend to taste right.

When he came to a restaurant that looked very good and was said to taste very good, Yu Hai asked the waiter for a private room.

Because it is not a tourist attraction, the flow of people is not large, and most of the people who come here to eat are nearby office workers, so they don't have to wait in line before they are led to a private room by the waiter to start ordering.

After ordering, the shadow puppet youth, according to him, his name is Jian Jixiu. Started to find a topic to chat: "Little brother, where are you from?" ”

"Linhu, it took more than ten hours by train to get here."

"That's a long way off, you...... it! ”

Jian Jixiu went over the tea on the table with the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and when he looked up again, he saw Yu Hai take off his mask, and a foul word burst out.

"Whales, whale falls? it! ”

Yu Hai was a little helpless, this young man was just like Sven, why was he rude all of a sudden.

However, he still made a small gesture: "We can't be discovered, otherwise we won't be able to leave!" ”

Jian Jixiu hurriedly closed his mouth and made a zipper and mouth opening motion, indicating that he would never leak it.

However, this action could not soothe his surging heart at all.

On the contrary, the more depressed it is, the more difficult it is to restrain itself.

After his face turned red, he stood up directly from the chair, waved his hands, lowered his voice, and said in an excited tone: "Your Highness, I'm your fan, I'm a little droplet, I like your Chinese style songs the most, I, I'm a little excited, I'm sorry, I'll control it, control it......"

As he spoke, he took a few deep breaths, trying very hard to be quiet.

Yu Hai watched his movements very calmly, raising his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't expect to be his fan.

It's a bit of a mistake.

It turned out that when I was chatting, I felt like a very stable elite man, and the style of painting suddenly changed.

I adjusted my breathing, and I felt my pounding heart speed gradually slow down.

Jian Jixiu sat back in his position at this time, and looked at Yu Haidao cautiously: "I didn't expect Your Highness to really come to us." We were still discussing it in the group yesterday, and we thought you might have left. I didn't expect ...... Your Highness, please let me do my landlord's friendship, if the friends in the group know that you are here, and I also let you pay for it, I may be expelled from the fan ......"

Yu Hai didn't find out before that this guy was such a chattering person.

He gave a piece of advice: "If you don't tell them, you'll have it." ”

"That's not good, I'm going to have to show off this kind of thing! I was lucky to be able to meet you by chance, my God. Your Highness, you say, if I go to buy a lottery ticket later, will I win the lottery? I feel like today is my lucky day......"

"Generally speaking, a person will not be lucky in a row, so there is a high probability that your luck today has been used up."

"That's fine, if I can meet you, the probability of winning is lower than buying a lottery ticket. There are so many people and so many small droplets in the whole Guanshi, but I just touched it, and today every year in the future will be my lucky day......"

Yu Hai was a little helpless and changed the topic: "Are you busy in the afternoon?" ”

"Nope." Jian Jixiu said categorically: "I have nothing to do on the weekend, and I can take a leave of absence next week." Your Highness, let me tell you, the real fun in our Guanshi is not in those scenic spots, there are too many people in the attractions in the past two days, don't go over and crowd them, I'll take you to some other places......"

"You don't need to take a leave of absence." Yu Hai saw that he took out his mobile phone and seemed to be about to send a message to the company's leaders to ask for leave, and hurriedly stopped: "I'm going to stay here for two days." ”

"Alright then!" Jian Jixiu put down the phone with some regret: "In this case, I'll plan how we will go on a good route......

Yu Hai's scalp is a little numb, this guy won't give him a special forces-style itinerary!

He's here to travel, not to train.

He hurriedly said: "There is no need to plan the itinerary, we can do whatever we want, and we can count wherever we go." ”

"It's okay" Jian Jixiu said with great interest: "I see that Your Highness likes traditional culture very much, let me take you to see some intangible cultural heritage, I know some old craftsmen, how about introducing them to you?" ”

"Yes!" Yu Hai's eyes lit up, and he felt that this idea was good.

Because of shadow puppetry, Jian Jixiu came into contact with many old craftsmen, some of whom his grandfather brought him into contact, and some of whom came into contact with later.

But these people are almost in the same situation as him, and they may be able to barely make ends meet with their own skills, but there are no more.

Some people are old, but they have never been able to retire with peace of mind, because they have not been able to find a qualified inheritor.

There are few people who are willing to learn, and many people who give up halfway.

This is the status quo of many traditional old crafts.

Encountering a whale fall today, and finding that he seemed to be a little interested in these things, Jian Jixiu inevitably had a trace of extravagant hope.

(End of chapter)