The Republic of China Demon Cloud Records

Two children in striped shirts hung a small wooden box around their necks. Cigarettes were placed on the first floor of the box, and candies were placed on the lower shelf. There was a small advertisement for shadow puppetry on the glass window, and they held two tickets in their hands: " Ladies and gentlemen, we don’t have many tickets in hand, if you want to see it, buy it as soon as possible!”

The children greeted each other, stopped and walked, and from time to time approached some glamorously dressed people. One of the little curly hairs discovered the existence of Tangxi Su Yu'er, and quickly moved over: "Pretty lady, here There are the latest performance tickets, why don't you take a look."

Looking at Tangxi's dress, he thought it was the young master of that family who was out shopping with his beloved girl. Seeing that Su Yuer hadn't spoken, he hurriedly said to Tangxi, "Master, would you like a ticket for a shadow puppet show?" , take the girl to have a look at Bel, who is worthy of face."

Tangxi was overjoyed, and pushed up her little top hat a little, deliberately pretending to be unhappy and asked him with a half-smile: "What do you call me?"

The boy saw Tangxi's exquisite facial features, and he had also seen those men with a bit of delicate appearance, so he was stunned and didn't respond, but the other little cutie had been talking here for a long time, so he came over to take a look.

Noticing that there was no Adam's apple on Tangxi's neck, he quickly gave the little curly hair a pat on the back of the head: "Hey, miss, don't be as knowledgeable as him, this kid is a bit stupid, that lady is beautiful, and you are also sassy, ​​how about it, do you want to come?" A ticket."

He caught sight of Feng Juezi, and saw that the milk doll had a mature face, and he guessed that he was the young master raised by that family: "If you have seen it, you can also show the young master, today's performance is Three Dozens of Bone Demons Well, the boys love it."

Little Curly quickly nodded in agreement, everything he said was finished by his companion, he looked even more silly and cute, Tangxi was helpless, nodded, took out his wallet from the bag, took out 15 yuan and handed it to Salesman.

"Look, we've just come to the Shanghai stock market. We've read about this shadow puppetry in the newspapers, so why don't we just buy it from you this time?"

Xiaocuntou took the money with a smile, and put the three tickets in Tangxi's hands: "Miss, don't worry, this shadow puppet show is really good, and we don't have any tickets left every time."

After he finished speaking, he kicked the little curly hair again. After receiving the message, the little curly hair quickly revealed the candy in his box: "Miss, young master, do you want some candy when you watch the shadow puppet show?"

"I have orange candies, soda candies, strawberry candies, chocolate, and popcorn."

Tangxi looked at the candies that were divided into small packets. The kraft paper was folded into small boxes, and the flavors were written on them with a brush. There were bulging popcorn tied on the side, and one of the bags was torn open to reveal samples.

The little curly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, obviously a little greedy: "Try it, this is really delicious, with cream in it."

Tangxi and Su Yuer didn't really want to eat anything, but after seeing Feng Juezi swallowing his saliva, they said, "Then let's have some of the same."

The two sales boys didn't expect to make a small fortune so easily. They looked at the three of them as if they were looking at the God of Wealth, and said thoughtfully: "If you guys come over earlier, maybe you can find a good one." location."

Tangxi thanked the little curly hair, and walked to the shadow puppet troupe with the two of them while strolling. This troupe seemed to be really popular in the Shanghai market, and they rented a theater next to the cinema for performances.

Tickets for the movie theater are not selling well these days, people are rushing to the troupe, Feng Juezi pinched a small piece of soda candy and put it in his mouth, a faint sweet taste spread from the tip of his tongue, and he squinted happily Eyes closed: "This candy is really delicious."

There are vendors selling puppies on the road, pure black or white fur balls are crowded together, attracting a lot of girls to watch, Feng Juezi glanced at it, and whispered to Tangxi: "I raised a Chenghuang, But this time I didn’t bring it, it’s called cute.”

After finishing speaking, there was a sigh in his small mouth. It seemed that he missed his Taoist temple a little bit. When the shadow puppet show was about to start, the ticket check began. The ticket checkers were two girls with braids and spring clothes. Look at Tangxi Looking at the two girls, I heard them say in a warm voice: "It will start immediately after entering the venue. This is the ticket for the second row. You can choose a good seat."

There is a huge white curtain in the theater. In Tangxi’s memory, he also saw shadow puppetry when he was very young. Usually, an old man is carrying a big wooden box with candy in the drawer. The wooden box is a small stage when it is set up. .

A group of children sat around in front of the old man, bought a piece or two of candy and then looked at it seriously. Tangxi only saw it twice, and she dealt with monsters most of the time.

Sitting on the chair, Feng Juezi was curious for a while, then tore open the popcorn and put it in his mouth, a faint smell of caramel cream spread in his mouth.

He excitedly handed the popcorn to the two of them, and Tangxi thought it was good after taking a bite. Seeing the two children fascinated, Su Yuer said angrily: "I can make this kind of thing too, wait for me Go back and make it for you to eat."

The relationship between the three people is much more harmonious than before. Feng Juezi seems to have forgotten the fact that Su Yuer is a monster in words, and excitedly asked Su Yuer how to make this delicious food. Can she give herself a copy of the recipe, so that she can eat it when she returns to the Taoist temple.

Su Yuer agreed to the method of popcorn and red bean cake, and then said with a smile: "If you like to eat, you can come to me more often. From now on, you are the master of the temple. I, the little demon, don't give a good hug to my thigh." , meet more to cultivate relationships.”

When she said this, Su Yuer kept a sweet smile on her face, her tone was neither humble nor overbearing, Feng Juezi blushed: "You are a good demon, as long as you are a good one, I will naturally Help you."

Su Yuer tilted her head and felt more sincere: "That's right, you see some people in your Taoist temple are bad, and there are good monsters like us. The difference between people and demons is not that big. As a Taoist In the future, the Lord must take the lead in maintaining the peace between our two races."

Feng Juezi grabbed a handful of popcorn and put it in his mouth, chewing with his cheeks puffy, the sweet taste spread on the tip of his tongue. Although he didn't answer Su Yuer's words, he could feel that he really listened. .

The lights in the theater dimmed, and a ray of light suddenly fell on the stage. A hostess with rouge on her face came onto the stage and said, "I invite everyone to watch a shadow puppet show, the three big bone spirits."

Tangxi and a group of audience applauded together, Feng Juezi sat up a little bit, staring at the front intently, the light was switched on again, and two lights and shadows suddenly appeared behind the white curtain.

The long body and arms of the bones, and the lifelike silhouette of Sun Monkey, this shadow puppet is very large, almost in a one-to-one ratio of a real person.

With the hollow light and shadow transformation, the audience can see the emotional changes of Monkey King beating the goblin. The actors behind are skilled, and every movement is very light and smooth.

"Monster! Where can I escape!" The shadow puppet huddled into a ball, flew over with two somersaulting golden cudgels in an arc, held it in his hand, and then slammed it hard.

The shadow puppet of the White Bone Demon was directly folded in half, and the audience looked at it as if it had been discounted by a golden cudgel.

Then I saw the Bone Demon flying far away, but did not escape Sun Houzi's chasing and beating, and was pressed down hard by the golden cudgel. Two more sticks went down, and the shadow puppet was torn apart, showing that the Bone Demon had been beaten to pieces.

The performance was over, and the audience responded very well. In their eyes, the hollowed-out silhouette was like watching a real monkey-monster duel through the clouds and mist. Arrived at the stage.

Tangxi looked at the shadow puppets on their hands, they were carved and hollowed out together, so delicate that people couldn't help but want to reach out and touch them.

It's a pity to look at Tangxi like this. The two shadow puppets I picked up on the train are actually quite beautiful, maybe they really left behind.

It's a pity that I don't know when it's gone, otherwise you can ask to get acquainted. It's surprising that the actors who play shadow puppetry are quite young, only one old lady with white hair, and the other actors look similar. Only fifteen or sixteen years old.

The host said: "Is there anyone in the audience who wants to take a photo with the actors on stage?" A photographer was busy setting up a camera in front of him. He was a specially invited newspaper reporter. He would take pictures after each performance and use it as the next goal local propaganda.

"We will stay in this city for three more days, and I hope everyone will come to join us." Tangxi poked Feng Juezi, the two of them looked at each other, and followed a group of bolder audience onto the stage.

As soon as Feng Juezi stood in the first row, he felt that something was wrong. The back of his neck was a little chilly, as if he was being watched by something. He frowned and looked back. The actor was looking at the camera with a smile on his face.

Feng Juezi was facing the Bone Demon in the performance just now, and the shadow puppet seemed to be smiling at him, but when he looked closely, he felt that nothing happened.

Feng Juezi leaned towards Tangxi and pulled Tangxi's sleeves, but Tangxi also found something wrong, these actors were too unpopular, she went up to talk, and when she met her eyes, she found that the eyes of a young actor were is godless.

Although there were still reflections in the eyeballs, and they would blink from time to time, Tangxi always felt that something was wrong, as if she had lost a bit of energy.

She secretly touched Feng Juezi's hand, and mouthed to him: "Don't panic, let's take another look, don't make a sound."

Feng Juezi nodded calmly, and stood with Tangxi, holding an actor's hand in his hand, but he quietly put his finger on his pulse.