Chapter 214: Sugar Man

Bai Fu smiled with satisfaction.

Lin Chuchu happily turned around, looked at himself in the fitting mirror, and felt very satisfied.

People rely on clothing, and Buddha relies on gold. For beautiful clothes, it is the icing on the cake, and for ordinary people's clothes, it is a hint of taste, occupation, class, and so on.

A set of clean and neat clothes that is reasonably dressed can sometimes make ordinary men stylish, and sometimes ordinary women can become attractive. Combined with the disguise magic technique, the artificial male and beautiful women appeared.

These are the times of fierce competition. The ability to fight the ability, the background of the background, the right to fight the right, the wealth to fight the wealth, the wisdom to fight the wisdom, the face to fight the face...... If you want to succeed and get ahead, you have to have strengths and dare to fight. Only by fighting can you win, and only by staying high can you do it!

This is the age of information explosions. Countless information that can be obtained quickly is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, popular and elegant, useful and useless.

Because time never goes back, even if people know everything later, it is already too late.

Time has made everything imprisoned and cannot be changed. All hindsight is an afterthought and does not change the fait accompli. Unless you can foresee and plan ahead, you can reap unprecedented success. Otherwise, those who do the right thing with the right person can drink soup and eat some meat, but if they do the wrong thing with the wrong person, they are likely to waste their time and achieve nothing, and even fall into the abyss as before.

Bai Fu and Lin Chuchu said to try five sets of clothes, but they actually tried more than a dozen, and then they each reluctantly chose two sets of clothes.

Gu Youlan said: "Sister Xiaofu, you really have a vision! The four sets of clothes you chose are all classic styles and sell very well. Do you still want to tailor it?"

Bai Fu said: "Yes, Brother Xiaoli, you wait for us outside for a while." ”

Wang Tong said, "Okay!" turned around and walked out, and said in his heart: I am finally free, and it is really a chore to go shopping with these two girls.

Half an hour later, Bai Fu, Lin Chuchu, and Gu Youlan walked out talking and laughing.

Bai Fu and Lin Chuchu each carried two beautiful bags. They went to the counter to settle the bill.

Gu Youlan said: "Xiao Tian, this is my friend and my sister, give them the biggest discount of 20%!"

A cashier dressed as a white-collar beauty said: "Okay, little lady, four sets of ready-to-wear clothes are 12,000 yuan, three sets of customized clothes are 15,000 yuan, a total of 27,000 yuan, and a total of 21,600 yuan for a two-percent discount." ”

Bai Fu was dumbfounded when she heard this, and she couldn't speak.

Lin Chuchu also only liked it, didn't pay attention to the price, and was also frightened when he heard that it would cost more than 20,000 yuan.

They were thin-skinned, and both of them blushed with shame. Bai Fu said: "Can we pay the deposit first, and pay together after the clothes are ready in a few days?"

The cashier said: "Yes, our store requires a 50% deposit in advance, because the fabrics are all made of good fabrics, so the price is a little expensive, please understand!"

Bai Fu said: "I only have more than 1,000 yuan on me. ”

Lin Chuchu said: "I only have more than 1,000 yuan, I'll go to find Uncle Shi." ”

Gu Youlan said: "Can you be accommodating, this is my new good friend, let them give a deposit of 2,000, and give it together when they come to customize clothes in a few days." ”

The cashier said, "Sorry, little lady! This is the rule set by the eldest lady, please don't embarrass us." ”

Gu Youlan stomped her feet and said, "Xiao Tian, you are a dead brain, can't you be accommodating?"

The mobile phone operator said: "Then I'll call and ask the little sister!"

Bai Fu said: "Sister Youlan, forget it." Don't embarrass your sister, let's just borrow some money from Brother Xiaoli. ”

Lin Chuchu beckoned: "Uncle Shi, you come in." ”

Wang Tong walked in.

Lin Chuchu said embarrassedly: "Uncle Shi, we don't have enough on us, can you lend us 20,000 yuan?"

Wang Tong smiled: "Okay." How much do you need?"

Bai Fu said: "A total of 21,600 yuan." ”

Wang Tong asked, "Do you use WeChat or Alipay to transfer money?"

The cashier said, "Yes." Please scan this QR code. ”

Wang Li scanned a WeChat QR code and added her friends. Then he transferred 21,600 yuan to her.

Wang Li said to Lin Chuchu and Bai Fu: "The clothes have been bought. Let's go. ”

Wang Li walked in front, Lin Chuchu followed behind with a twist, and Bai Fu walked behind her.

Lin Chuchu asked a little uneasily: "Uncle Shi, we will find a way to make money to pay you back." ”

Bai Fu nodded and said, "Yes!"

Wang Li said: "You don't have to pay me back. Clothes, if you like them, just as I give you a gift. ”

Master taught us that people must support themselves in order to survive for a long time. We will definitely give it back to you. ”

Wang Li smiled: "Okay, but don't worry, when you can really make money, give it back to me!"

Bai Fu smiled: "Okay." Thank you brother. ”

Lin Chuchu said, "Thank you, uncle!" and then jumped up and ran to the front to lead the way.

The three of them walked the streets and alleys to appreciate the local life.

Lin Chuchu walked to a roadside candy man stall, where a skilful white-haired old man was making phoenixes. Lin Chuchu watched it with relish. There are also gourds, rabbits, butterflies, dragons, dogs, tigers, pigs, birds, bicycles and other sugars.

Lin Chuchu shouted: "Uncle Shi, Sister Baifu, come and see! These 'sugar people' are so interesting, there are all kinds of small animals!"

Wang Li and Bai Fu walked over, Bai Fu's eyes lit up, and said: "It's really amazing? There are also character shapes, this is Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk, Tang Seng." Why don't we buy some?"

The white-haired old man raised his head and said, "Little girl, do you want to buy it or eat it?"

Lin Chuchu said: "Is there any difference?"

The white-haired old man said: "What I see is all kinds of three-dimensional figures, birds and beasts, fish and insects, and I eat flat animals, flowers, insects and fish, and I have samples here." If you are not satisfied, there is also an album, you can choose the picture you like, and I will make it for you on the spot. ”

Lin Chuchu asked, "How much is it?"

The old man said: "The three-dimensional one is twenty yuan a piece, and the small one is 10 yuan a piece." The large one is 10 yuan, and the small one is 5 yuan. ”

Lin Chuchu said: "Uncle Shi, Sister Baifu, I invite you to eat candy people." Bring us three dragons and three geese. ”

The old man said, "Okay! It's a total of 45 yuan, please wait." ”

After Lin Chuchu finished speaking, he handed the old man 50 yuan, and the old man found her 5 yuan.

Then the old man scooped out the sugar water, sketched the dragon shape on the white marble tabletop, and soon a somewhat god-like sugar dragon was ready. He glued a small bamboo stick to the sugar dragon, waited for the golden translucent sugar water to become condensed, shoveled it down with a clean small shovel, and handed it to Lin Chuchu.

Lin Chuchu took the dragon-shaped candy man, handed it to Wang Li, and said, "Uncle Shi, thank you for helping us pay for the clothing, I invite you to eat the candy man." After speaking, his throat moved, and he quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Wang Li saw her greedy mouth, and pushed: "You eat first! I'm not hungry, we'll wait later!"

Lin Chuchu pushed again and said, "Sister Baifu, you are a sister, you can eat first!"

Bai Fu smiled: "Good sister, you should eat first! As soon as the words fell, the second dragon was ready.

The old man took it and inserted it next to it, and Lin Chuchu took it down. handed it to Wang Tong, Wang Tong waved her hand, and she handed it to Bai Fu.

Bai Fu said: "Thank you, sister!

Wang Tong took the third dragon and ate it vigorously, as sweet as the crust of a rock sugar gourd. If you add it, it will be sweeter and eat it longer, and if you chew it, it will be crispy. Soon the three sugar hungry were also ready.

The old man looked up at Lin Chuchu and said, "These three-dimensional characters and animals are also very interesting." Three children, you can buy one and give it to your younger siblings. ”

Lin Chuchu said: "We are the youngest in our family, and those sugar people can only watch but not eat, which is not cost-effective." ”

The old man smiled: "The little girl will be careful in her calculations." In the future, she will be a good girl who will live. But you can't say that, you look at these three-dimensional candy people, aren't they vivid. They are just like calligraphy and painting, they can give people the enjoyment of beauty and Tao Yiren's sentiments. It also takes skill to make these sugar figurines. It's also an art. ”

Wang Li said: "Yes! This is a complex folk art, and ordinary candy blowers can't blow as well as you, uncle, vivid and expressive, and the comparison is appropriate." Uncle has decades of experience, right?"

The old man had a proud look on his face, and the wrinkles on his face moved with the smile, making him look more kind.

He looked nostalgic and said, "This is my family craft, I have been following my father since I was a teenager and have been blowing candy for more than forty years now. ”

Wang Li smiled and said: "Uncle is awesome! You do a line of love, and you will do it for a lifetime! Your sugar man blows so well, you must have made a lot of money, right?"

The old man smiled and said, "It's just to support the family." Now there are more and more candy blowers, and our competitive pressure is also very high. ”

Wang Tong said with a smile: "The more people who enter this industry, the more profitable this industry is." People are profit-seeking, and if there is no money to be made, it will definitely not last long. After all, people can't stop eating and drinking, and if they keep losing money, sooner or later they will have to change careers. ”

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "A few years ago, it was okay. In the past two years, the economy has been sluggish, and many people have resigned and gone to sea, and our industry is also oversaturated. Everyone competes with each other, and those who do well earn money, and those who do not do well lose money. ”

Wang Li said: "You have a small profit, you shouldn't lose money." ”

Old man: "Our family handicraft will basically not be lost." Those who spend money to learn the candy blowing technique, and then buy the equipment, will lose. They lose money on tuition and equipment, as well as training. In the past, there were few people in this industry, and we were worried that this craft would be cut off. Now that there are more people in this business, we are worried that it will lower the artistic level of the craft. After all, those who are trained, like industrial products, win by quantity at a low price. After all, there have been too many cases of bad money driving out good money. Every craft needs to be accumulated over time and brewed with inspiration, so as to continue to surpass the past and evolve perfectly. ”

Wang Li said: "The old man not only blows the sugar man well, but also makes sense of what he says. If you are afraid that your skills will be lost, you can pass them on to your son or grandson. ”

The old man said helplessly: "They don't want to learn this skill, saying that the wind and sun are very tiring, the rain and snow are very bitter, and they have no face and don't want to learn." This is that those who want to learn have no talent, and those who don't want to learn have no way. ”

Wang Daodao: "Don't worry, old man, as long as you work hard, you will find your heir." Bring us a rabbit, a piglet, a mouse, a puppy. ”

The old man smiled and said, "Thank you for your patronage, a total of 60 yuan." ”

Wang Tong handed the old man 60 yuan.

He picked up the money and began to blow up the candy man. He blew and pinched, and before long, four lifelike little animals were blown.

Wang Tong asked Bai Fu and Lin Chuchu to choose first, Lin Chuchu chose a puppy, Bai Fu chose a rabbit, and the rest of the pigs and mice were Wang Tong's.

Wang Tong and the three of them continued to move forward.