Chapter 328 Shadow Puppet
Chapter 328 Shadow Puppet
New Year approached.
The Tan family had already started preparing for the New Year, slaughtering chickens and ducks, praying to gods and Buddhas, and they would also invite a troupe of actors to perform opera to liven up the atmosphere.
Give everyone a new set of clothes from top to bottom.
There are also the descendants of the electric chickens, a few of which must be caught, killed and stewed into soup.
Not to mention anything else, the living standard in Tanjia Town alone is definitely far higher than other places. The people not only have no worries about food and clothing, but as long as they have hands and feet and want to find a job, they will never starve to death.
No matter how much Tan Wenjie can give, he can create job opportunities because he really has houses to build and he also needs people to work, but he cannot support others.
Tan Wenjie was walking on the street in a new suit, Ren Tingting and Nianying followed him. Bai Rourou said that she wanted to go back to Zhuge's house for something related to Zhuge Xiaohua's marriage. The two parties almost had a blind date, and the blind date became "uncle". It would be better not to go at this time to avoid embarrassment.
Ao Ningshuang must go back to Zhangjiakou with Ao Tianlong, and Tan Wenjie must also go there, because the things in Tanjia Town are not finished yet, so let them leave first.
I have to visit relatives before the New Year.
In a couple of days, Tan Wenjie will go to the provincial capital to send Nianying back and take Ren Tingting back to her parents' home.
In short, very busy.
"Marshal Long wants you to come alone?" Tan Wenjie turned to look at Nianying.
I could hear voices greeting me constantly.
Nian Ying, who was hugging Ren Tingting, arched her nose and said, "Yes, my brother-in-law loves me very much."
She looked at Tan Wenjie unhappily. One thing was that he married wives too quickly, three in less than a year. Another thing was that her brother-in-law Long Dashuai's attitude towards Tan Wenjie changed.
In the past, Marshal Long's attitude towards Tan Wenjie was very casual, but now he is subtly respectful, so he urged Nian Ying to find Tan Wenjie.
But Nianying is still the same Nianying, with a childlike nature and more interested in fun things.
He was unhappy just now, but the next moment his attention was attracted by the small gadgets on the roadside.
"what is this?"
"Shadow puppets, haven't you seen them before?"
"never seen it."
"They're setting up a stage over there? What are they doing?"
"Lion dance." Tan Wenjie couldn't help but complain, "Are you pretending to be a foreigner?"
Nianying stuck out her tongue. She just wanted to say a few more words to Tan Wenjie.
……
"Good!" Tan Wenjie applauded excitedly.
The two people dancing the lion dance were as agile as a real lion, with yawning, blinking, scratching with their hind paws, etc. The movements were very lifelike.
I rarely saw them in my previous life. At most, I saw them on mobile phones or computers. I had never seen them offline. One reason was that their numbers were getting smaller and smaller, and the other was that the living conditions of cattle and horses did not allow it. They liked to stay at home when they had time to rest and it was impossible for them to go out.
Nian Ying leaned close to Ren Tingting's ear and complained quietly, "Just now you complained that I was ignorant."
The most excited person at the scene turned out to be the “well-informed” Mr. Tan. The others cheered out of support, but Tan Wenjie seemed as if he had never seen anything like it before.
"What are you whispering about?" Tan Wenjie noticed the two of them and turned to ask.
"what do you think?"
"They dance so well that I want to raise a lion dance team."
Lion dancing, dragon boat racing, shadow puppetry, they're all fine; it doesn't matter because he has money.
During the shadow play in the evening, Tan Wenjie, who occupied a good seat, was quite excited, which caused Nianying to complain in a low voice. However, after being suppressed by Tan Wenjie by pinching her face, she immediately watched the shadow play obediently.
The performance was about the flooding of Jinshan Mountain. Unfortunately, there were only two people, the master and his apprentice. The singing had to be done entirely by the master with his voice. Without musical accompaniment, it seemed a little less interesting.
“This is the earliest paper man.”
He put down two dollars and left amidst the young apprentice's profuse thanks.
Because Tanjia Town has developed well, wandering craftsmen like to come here, and the bosses of each business have made a lot of money. Even if there is no tip from ordinary passers-by, they can still make a lot of money here.
Breaking rocks with one's chest is a real skill, but Tan Wenjie thinks he should be able to perform it. Swallowing a sword, he can do it too.
Like fire-breathing, magic tricks, etc., although he could see the flaws in some of them at a glance, he still applauded and gave money to them.
"You guys!" Tan Wenjie saw a familiar figure.
Except for Axing and Xiaoyue, everyone else was there.
"Deputy Sect Leader!" Several people hurriedly stopped and greeted him.
"Where's Zhang Susu? Didn't she come out with you guys?"
"She went back to Zhang's house to visit the grave."
Zhang Susu lived hundreds of years ago. The question is, when she visited her great-grandson's grave, would she also visit her grave?
"Don't cause trouble." Tan Wenjie warned them and left with Ren Tingting and Nian Ying.
Every time he saw this group of talented people, he felt that something was going to happen. He was almost having a stress-related psychological disorder. Fortunately, as his strength improved, he was able to withstand it.
Aqiang and others looked at each other.
"Let's go, no one can control us now, Phoenix Building!"
Xiao Hai: "Let me make it clear first, I'm not really interested, I was dragged there by you guys."
Liao Zhen: "I don't want to go. I want to go back and practice."
"You two stop being so prudish. Let's go. Have you forgotten what Master said about giving money to the poor? Look at those girls in Phoenix Tower who are still naked in winter. Don't you feel sad?"
"Then you can buy clothes." Liao Zhen retorted.
"They have to work to buy clothes, so why don't we help them get off work earlier and rest earlier."
Liao Zhen grunted and held back for a long time before he said, "You are such a nice person."
"Let's go, brothers, let's be good people."
……
late at night.
The shadow play was closing, and the shadow play master, who took a few puffs from his hookah, glanced at his little apprentice.
"Ah Hui, slow down, don't ruin our meal."
The young apprentice Ah Hui is putting the shadow puppets into a box.
"Master, that old man gave us two dollars!" Ah Hui's eyes were small and his eyelids were single, but when he opened them wide he looked very bright. "Can we have a good meal? Two dollars a day, that's... a lot a month!"
The shadow puppet master glared and said, "How can you have money every day? You should save the money when you have it. Save it for you to marry a wife in the future."
Ah Hui scratched his head: "Get a wife?"
I want a wife, but I want a good meal more. I can’t care about the distance, so I’ll just take care of my own stomach first.
"I'm only 16, Master."
"16 is not young anymore. The sooner you have a baby, the sooner you can raise it. I can also help take care of the child."
Ah Hui lowered his head, feeling expectant, nervous and confused. He had no idea which was better, a wife or a meal of chicken and fish.
"I think Tanjia Town is a good place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. We can make a living here by performing shadow puppetry. We'll buy a piece of land and build a house and settle down here." The shadow puppet master is still dreaming about the future.
Just as he was in a daze, Ah Hui suddenly discovered that the shadow puppet in his box was shaking and flying.
The shadow puppet was the official holding the fire and water stick. He swung the stick and pointed it at the tip of Ah Hui's nose: "Hey, tell the truth!"
"Ah!" Ah Hui fell to the ground, "Master, there's a ghost!"
The shadow puppet master who was smoking his pipe turned around in confusion and saw the shadow puppets in the box flying out one by one and rushing towards himself and his little apprentice Ah Hui.
"Ouch!" His legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
(End of this chapter)