Traveling through farming with the system, I cooked delicious food in ancient times

Lou Laner made some sugar paintings at Liuxiang Snacks, and put them in the bamboo tube at the cashier together with the dough sculptures for sale.

She called Lou Lan'er to her side and taught her how to paint sugar paintings.

"Ah Shao, I'm so clumsy that I can't learn how to do it, so you should paint it."

"Sister Lan'er, if I don't really ask you to become proficient, just learn to draw a fish, butterfly, or bird."

Lou Lan'er was puzzled, so Shu Xi told Lou Lan'er her plan.

It took Lou Lan'er half a day to master the art of sugar painting.

In the afternoon, Lou Laner disguised herself as a man and waited for the acrobatic troupe to arrive by the stage.

Until the evening, when the lantern shadow opera troupe came, there was no sign of the acrobatic troupe.

She asked the Dengying Opera Troupe about the whereabouts of the acrobatic troupe, and then she learned that they had gone to Kaitang County.

Lou Laner immediately put away the sugar painting tools and rushed to Kaitang County.

Kaitang County has two stages, the east and the west. Lou Laner found the acrobatic troupe on the east stage.

She set up the small table, sat on the stool, and began to boil sugar water and draw sugar paintings.

Sure enough, during the break, a group of children from the theater troupe gathered around to watch him draw sugar paintings.

Lou Laner put the white sugar and brown sugar into a pot and simmered it over low heat until it turned into golden syrup. After the syrup could be drawn, she beat it with a long spoon.

The butterflies on the slate were vividly presented under the spoon. Lou Laner used bamboo sticks to stick to the sugar paintings and used a flat shovel to separate the paintings from the slate.

"Do you want this butterfly?" Lou Lan'er asked.

The little dolls' faces turned red from the cold, and they kept nodding.

"I'll ask you a few questions. If you're satisfied with the answers, I'll give you this candy painting!"

"Okay!"

"Do you know A Dong?"

"Yes, do you know him? Is Brother Adong okay?" a little boy asked.

"I know him, A Dong is fine now!" After Lou Lan'er finished speaking, she pressed down the loose mustache at the corner of her mouth.

The little boy smiled and pointed at Lou Lan'er and whispered, "You must be the big sister who saved Brother Adong that day."

"Hush! Does the troupe master beat you every day?"

"We were beaten every day. The class leader asked us to steal money from the audience every day. If we couldn't steal 50 Wen, we would be beaten."

"Are you all performing acrobatics here lately?"

"The troupe leader said that he will perform here for three days and then leave here."

"I will draw a big rooster for you again. If the troupe leader asks, just say you don't know me, do you understand?"

The little boys nodded hurriedly.

Lou Laner drew a candy-painted rooster for each of the boys.

The troupe leader saw his children surrounding Lou Lan'er's stall and shouted them all back to the tent under the stage.

She stayed where she was, continuing to pretend to sell sugar paintings, preparing to take action and find evidence of his theft.

At this time, some women in the audience came to Lou Laner's sugar painting stall with their dolls to buy sugar paintings from her.

She painted fish and birds according to the dolls' requirements. Without paying attention, the figure of the troupe leader disappeared.

Lou Laner quickly put away the stall and ran to the stage to ask.

A martial artist in costume said: "The old man from the acrobatic troupe is going to perform in Fanlou tonight, and a great benevolent man is hosting a banquet there today."

Worried about a long night and many dreams, Lou Laner disguised herself as a guest again and sneaked into Fanlou.

Sure enough, a group of children were performing acrobatics in the hall. She looked around the restaurant and saw the stage leader and a man dressed as a gentleman entering the compartment.

She lurked outside the cubicle and eavesdropped on their conversation.

"Master, what do you think of this performance?"

"The performance was good, but why didn't I see A Dong this time?"

"A Dong is too thick-skinned and always makes trouble for me. I have already betrayed him."

"The kid holding the flower drum in today's performance is very compassionate. How about you sell it to me and become a servant?"

"Good man, that little tiger cost me a lot of money to buy."

"Five taels is enough!"

"That's enough, that's enough. I will send Xiaohu to the great benevolent man's house tomorrow."

Seeing that the two were about to leave the cubicle, Lou Laner turned over and went downstairs, leaving Fan Lou.

Back in Lihua Town, he went to the medical clinic to find Adong and asked, "Adong, in addition to asking you to steal money, your class leader also makes money by selling class members?"

"Sister Lan'er, every time the troupe leader takes us to perform in Kaitang County, there are always younger troupe members who are bought out by that kind person. The troupe leader says that the kind person like us doesn't want the older ones."

"I heard in Fanlou today that the good man wants to buy the little tiger from your theater troupe."

When Adong heard this, he was confused. He grabbed Lou Lan'er's hand and prayed: "Sister Lan'er, please help save Xiao Hu."

"Then the good man bought Xiaohu, didn't he also redeem his life? Why are you so nervous? Are you hiding something from me?"

Adong frowned and said: "The great good man is not a good man. The little tiger has beautiful features and beautiful eyes. He bought the little tiger to be sent to Beidu to be kept as a plaything for the princes and nobles. I was sold once, but I ran away when I found out later. He was taken back by the troupe again."

Lou Laner stood up to comfort A Dong and told him not to worry, she would definitely seek justice for him.

Back at Liuxiang Snacks, Lou Laner told Mao Xi and Mu Zhiyuan what he had seen in Kaitang County and A Dong's accusation.

Mu Zhiyuan asked Lou Lan'er to go to the stage tomorrow to set up a stall to sell sugar paintings, and asked the dolls in the theater troupe to cooperate with the class leader, and then they would find the contract to sell themselves.

Afterwards, he set off to Kaitang County to find Zhang Captou.

When Lou Lan'er thought that the cute little faces of those who asked her for sugar paintings today would be sold in the future, she wished she could join the vaudeville troupe now.

Mu Zhiyuan found Zhang Tou and told him about Mao Xi's rescue of A Dong and the clues Lou Lan'er found today.

"Zhang Captou, this person stole under the guise of a troupe and colluded with the so-called good man to sell babies. Please send someone to arrest him tomorrow."

"His Royal Highness, the crime of theft is unfounded and needs someone to take the stolen goods. Besides, the sales contracts of the dolls are in the hands of the troupe leader. If you arrest them rashly, you may die without admitting it!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. Lou Lan'er will be selling sugar paintings at the theater tomorrow. I will look for opportunities to find evidence in his account."

Inside Liuxiang Snacks, Mao Xi was making butter popcorn.

She plans to go to Kaitang County with Lou Lan'er tomorrow. She will pretend to sell popcorn. If she discovers that the troupe is also stealing, she will immediately notify Capt. Zhang.

Mao Xi did not expect that her momentary act of kindness would rescue an Adong, and there would be an entire troupe of dolls waiting to be rescued.

I thought it was just the troupe's harsh training for the actors, but I never thought that the troupe members would be traded as commodities.

The slaves in ancient times were so miserable that she couldn't help but sigh. Although they were born into peasant families and lived in poverty when they first traveled through time, they were better off being free. As long as they worked hard, they could live a good life.

Mao Xi arranged the supper in the kitchen and then went out to look for houses for rent.