Chapter 88: Temple Fair Snacks
In the blink of an eye, on Saturday, the Wulongshan Temple Fair finally began. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The annual traditional temple fair is undoubtedly a festive day for the mountain people who live a relatively closed life, and the remaining agricultural and sideline products at home can be taken to the temple fair to sell more money back, and those who have been doing small business in the four miles and eight townships for a long time also go to the temple fair to set up stalls, even if they are usually the most unsmiling, the old farmers who love to work in the field the most, at this time they will also take a day or two to go to the temple fair to visit.
Not to mention the children, who have already begun to count down with their little fingers, looking forward to the opening day of the temple fair, and the dazzling snacks and toys at the temple fair are all things they dream of.
For young people, the most attractive thing for them is, of course, the Five Dragons and Five Phoenix Competitions, as well as the programs performed by the folk song and dance teams.
I saw that on the field roads under Wulong Mountain, the people who went to the temple fair took a variety of means of transportation to rush to the temple fair with a history of thousands of years at the foot of the mountain in the bright autumn sun.
Ten o'clock in the morning is the official start of the Five Dragons Competition, and the loudspeaker in Donglongquan Village has been broadcast the night before, allowing the participants to arrive at the arena in the center of the temple fair before half past nine.
Less than eight o'clock in the morning, Han Tuo rode a mountain bike to Zhao Yunfei's house, and after more than ten minutes, Zhao Yunfei rode out of the house with Xiao Ji and Han Tuo, and arrived at the door of Li Lanfang's house, Zhao Yunfei asked Xiao Ji to call Li Lanfang, Xiao Ji shouted: "Sister Xiao Fang!"
Li Lanfang's delicate voice came from the house: "It's coming!" When the door opened, Li Lanfang floated out like a flower butterfly, stopped in front of Zhao Yunfei and the others' cars, stretched out her arms and asked, "How is my skirt?"
Zhao Yunfei and the others looked at Li Lanfang's fiery red dress, and their eyes couldn't help but light up, Li Lanfang was wearing a pair of brown high heels, snow-white socks, and a red long skirt, looking particularly slim.
Han Tuo smiled: "Take a turn, take a look." ”
Li Lanfang turned around as she said.
Han Tuo said: "Why do I look so familiar with this dress...... Ah, I remember, Dong Lin and Sister Dong Tao both wore skirts like this......"
Li Lanfang glared at Han Tuo fiercely when she heard this, and scolded: "Dogs can't spit out ivory, only they are allowed to wear red dresses, and others can't wear them?" After speaking, his eyes wandered and he looked at Zhao Yunfei.
Zhao Yunfei smiled and nodded, which was affirmative.
Li Lanfang jumped in front of Xiao Ji, who was sitting on the back frame of Zhao Yunfei, pinched Xiao Ji's nose, shook it lightly and said, "Xiao-Ji-, is my sister good-looking?"
"It's good-" Xiao Ji replied heartily.
Li Lanfang is satisfied.
Zhao Yunfei turned around and said, "Xiao Ji will take Han Tuo's car." ”
Han Tuo's mountain bike does not have a rear frame, Xiao Ji can sit on the front beam, Li Lanfang carried Xiao Ji to Han Tuo's car, and then happily sat on Zhao Yunfei's rear frame, put his slender hand on Zhao Yunfei's waist, and said, "Let's go!"
The topography of Wulong Mountain is peculiar, and the five mountain ranges converge at the center to form a relatively regular five-pointed star shape, which is also the origin of the name Wulong Mountain.
These five mountain ranges divide Wulong Mountain into five areas, each area is located in a village, East Longquan Village, West Longquan Village, North Longquan Village, Zhenlongsi Village and Tajing Village, the five mountain ranges are also named after each village, respectively called Dongling, Xiling, Beiling, Taling and Zhenlongling, Wulongshan Temple Fair is located under Zhenlongling.
From East Longquan Village to Zhenlongling, you need to cross the West Ridge, pass through the West Longquan Village, and then turn over the Zhenlong Ridge, fortunately, when these two mountains extend down to the village, the mountains of the remaining veins are not too high, and they can't even be called mountains, the villagers are called "slopes", Zhao Yunfei They climbed over the two big slopes to reach the temple fair, the whole process took less than an hour, this road is familiar to them since childhood, the time used on the journey can still be controlled, and the scenery along the way does not need to be detailed.
From a distance, you can see that the gathering place of the temple fair is already crowded, and there are people who are constantly gathering here.
In recent years, the living standards of farmers have been greatly improved, and they all have some desire to consume, however, the Wulongshan area is located in a remote area, and it is inconvenient for people to go to the city, besides, in the consciousness of the old farmers, they all think that the things in the city are too expensive, and the people in the city are too shrewd, and they always harm these honest old farmers, so everyone is not willing to go into the city to buy things, and the temple fair is the best place for them to release their desire to consume.
In recent years, the government has also paid more and more attention to traditional folk activities, and has gradually increased its support in funding and publicity, and the Five Dragons Competition has a great reputation in the entire Fengming County, although now due to the embarrassment of young people going out to work has caused the contestants to be overwhelmed, but in the eyes of many Wulongshan people, the Five Dragons are still a very important event.
There is a saying in the Wulongshan area: go to the temple, eat a to! The various snacks at the temple fair are undoubtedly the most attractive to the children, as soon as they hear that the temple fair begins, the children will pick up the adults to go to the temple, if the adults do not go, they will not hesitate to cry and roll on the ground, until the goal is achieved, they will break the tears into laughter.
Zhao Yunfei now has some money in his hand, and this time he went to the temple, he secretly decided in his heart that as long as Xiao Ji wanted to eat, he would buy her whatever he wanted, and he would never hesitate or be ambiguous!
He still clearly remembers taking Xiao Ji to the temple at this time last year, Xiao Ji wants "candy sticks", this kind of candy sticks are not strictly speaking, they are not sugar, they should be regarded as popcorn and the like, the raw materials are mainly corn, the length is about one meter, the diameter is about three centimeters, the shape is like a crutch, the whole root has holes, the color is white, yellow, pink and red, it tastes sweet and crisp, and there is a unique fragrance of corn, only five cents a piece, children like it, as long as it is to the temple, these children are almost one hand.
Zhao Yunfei didn't buy it because he was really short of money at the time, Xiao Ji was very sensible, and he never cried because his wishes were not satisfied, but the look of watching other children eat candy sticks deeply hurt Zhao Yunfei's heart, others were "go to the temple, eat it", but he and Xiao Ji were "go to the temple, see it".
Now it is different from the past, Zhao Yunfei is now a bricklayer, and he is a skilled person, as long as there is work to do, the money will continue to flow in, so he now has confidence in his heart, and he is determined to buy everything in the temple as long as it is what Xiao Ji wants.
Xiao Ji is a year older than last year's temple fair, and he is more sensible, and he has only looked at it with his eyes all the time, and has never asked for anything.
There was a candy crutch seller not far in front, and Zhao Yunfei hurriedly beckoned Han Tuo to ride over.
When he arrived at the candy seller, Zhao Yunfei asked Xiao Ji to pick, and Xiao Ji put a finger to his mouth and shook his head gently.
Zhao Yunfei felt uncomfortable, leaned down and held Xiao Ji's little face and whispered, "Pick one, brother has a lot of money now!"
Xiao Ji lowered his head, still refusing to pick, Li Lanfang also followed Zhao Yunfei to persuade Xiao Ji: "Xiao Ji, your brother is rich now and can afford it, let's buy two, eat one, throw one ......"
In Xiao Ji's young heart, she still remembers the scene when she went to the temple last year and had no money to buy candy sticks, and that scene had already formed a shadow, although she knew that her brother was rich now, but she just refused to take the initiative to ask for it.
Han Tuo really couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Why doesn't Xiao Ji pick......?"
"Give me that big, pink one!" Han Tuo said loudly to the candy crutch seller.
The vendor selling candy candy took out the candy candy designated by Han Tuo and handed it to Han Tuo, who stuffed the candy candy into Xiao Ji's hand.
A shallow smile that was a little embarrassed finally appeared on Xiao Jihong's fluttering little face, and he held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time before he carefully took a small bite on the end of the candy stick.
"One person eats them all!" Zhao Yunfei said.
Han Tuo shook his head and said, "I don't eat that kid's stuff, I want to eat it...... Lamb skewers. ”
At a booth next to it, a fashionably dressed young man with dyed yellow hair and earrings on his left ear was shouting: "Mutton skewers, mutton skewers, XJ's mutton skewers, big skewers of mutton for a dollar......"
The barbecue was densely packed with meat skewers skewered with bamboo sticks, and a large white smoke came out, and the young man fanned hard with a fan, and the white smoke drifted out, and the rich aroma of barbecue also spread.
Li Lanfang couldn't help but swallow and spit at the mouth, then punched Han Tuo and said, "You are quite good at picking, what about that one dollar and a string." ”
"So expensive?" Han Tuo scratched the back of his head and suddenly regretted it, and said, "I haven't eaten it, then, don't buy it......"
"Why don't you buy it? I haven't eaten it either. Zhao Yunfei was not ambiguous, and immediately took out twenty yuan to buy twenty strings, that bold and energetic, he really looked like a big brother, no wonder Li Lanfang and Han Tuo obeyed him.
Watching Li Lanfang and Han Tuo eating mutton skewers with relish, Zhao Yunfei once again felt that spending money was really a very happy thing, but his happiness was mixed with too many painful and warm memories.
He will never forget that there was no food at home that winter, and he and Xiao Ji were hungry from morning to night, hungry for a whole day, it was Han Tuo who brought two pancakes from home, Han Tuo was afraid that the pancakes would be cold on the road, so he carried the pancakes in his arms, and even his belly was burned.
There is also Li Lanfang, who often secretly takes food from home and sends it over, of course, it is not that the adults in the family are not allowed to take it, Li Lanfang and Han Tuo were still young at that time, and the children have their own careful eyes, so they dare not let the adults know, however, how can the adults not know...... In the most difficult year, Zhao Yunfei's brother and sister survived by relying on the help of Li Lanfang's family and Han Tuo's family.