Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 78 077 Temple Fair

A few years ago, there were still live circling artists in the city, and some stingy people would go whoring for free and happily listen to them for a long time.

Since the joint venture in the first two years, such opportunities have become much less frequent.

Most of the artists entered the folk art field. The so-called folk art field is a place where singing, cross talk and storytelling are performed.

You need to buy a ticket before entering. This ticket does not allow you to listen to the whole audience. It is charged based on time. If you exceed the time limit, you will have to pay extra!

Compared with folk art venues, temple fairs are a good place to go. There are many people and it is lively. As long as you can bear it, it doesn't cost any money.

Don't underestimate the magic of "free". It has been the only way to gain popularity since ancient times.

In addition, since last year, temple fairs in and around the city have been banned. As the only surviving temple fair, Changdian will always be crowded with people in the next few years.

There are many snacks at the Changdian Temple Fair.

There is a seller selling candied haws at the entrance of the temple fair, also called "hawthorn dipping". The kind with core and no filling is a simple original candied haws with a thin layer of sugar hanging on it.

Tang Zhitong didn't buy it, but kept the money to go inside and take a look. Two yuan was enough for the three brothers and sisters to taste many snacks and be full.

There are so many people at the temple fair that you can refer to the easter egg at the end of this chapter to compare with the Nantianmen during the Double Festival, with hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals.

Such a lively scene will not last long. In a few years, the Changdian Temple Fair will be stopped...

Tang Zhitong held the hands of his sisters and guarded them not to be squeezed, nor to be squeezed apart.

Many of the flavored snacks in Sijiucheng are heavy-flavored, and most of them can be found at temple fairs.

Among the heavy-flavored snacks, the one that frightens Tang Zhitong the most is “bean juice”. It is not soy milk, but a special fermented drink with a slight green color. It is not expensive and is quite popular with some out-and-out Sijiucheng people. like.

Compared with bean juice, the taste of other snacks is slightly inferior, but some people still can't stand it, such as braised stew, enema, fried liver, fried belly, etc.

There is no need to go into details about braised braised dishes, as they are available in many places.

Enema also uses the large intestine or small intestine of pigs. After cleaning, the mixed starch, meat fillings, and spices are stuffed into it. It is fried first, then sliced ​​and fried. After it is taken out of the pan, it is covered with salty garlic sauce and the outside is browned. Tender in texture and with a unique flavor.

Enema is said to have originated in the Ming Dynasty. When Tang Zhitong was a child, there were sellers selling enema on the streets carrying burdens. Now they are gone and everyone has entered the store.

Perhaps due to family inheritance, sisters Fengzhen and Fengzhi, like Tang Zhitong, can accept the taste of enema and eat it with gusto.

The delicious enema is inseparable from its cooking method. The frying step is very important. Lard is used. It will be replaced with other vegetable oils in the future, and the taste will change accordingly.

There are so many snacks that you can't just eat them all. One enema and three or four slices per person are enough to taste.

Then there is the fried liver. Although it is called fried liver, the main ingredient is pig intestines, and the liver is just an ingredient.

Needless to say, everyone must be familiar with this. When the boss goes to eat steamed buns, he drinks fried liver.

Paodu is a general term. If it is subdivided, it includes tripe mushroom, tripe dandan, tripe collar, tripe board, etc. Each position requires different heat and the flavor is also slightly different.

Except for these heavy flavors, other snacks and snacks are much more normal.

Like wontons, tofu puffs, twists, rice cakes, fried cakes, cut cakes, preserved fruits, etc.

Tang Zhitong bought some more twists and a small portion of everything else to give his two sisters a taste. The twists lasted long and became more fragrant the more they were chewed. It was also a snack that was hard to stop chewing.

Preserved fruits can also be stored, but Tang Zhitong knows the selection and making of this stuff. Good fruits will not be used to make preserved fruits, just like good fruits will not be used to make juice.

Preserved fruit is made from fruit slices that are dried and then soaked in sugar water.

The advantage of preserved fruit is that it can be stored for a long time, but the disadvantage is that any preserved fruit has a sweet saccharine taste when eaten.In addition, there are poria cakes, donkey rolling, love nests, small nests, and pea porridge.

The first two are very well-known, but the latter two are steamed buns but not steamed buns. Tang Zhitong and his sister ate them for a novelty.

Aiwowo is made of glutinous rice flour wrapped in sweet rice, and decorated with hawthorn cake, green plum and other snacks on the outside.

The main ingredient of Xiaowowo is fresh corn flour, and it is only as big as a Langjiayuan jujube. According to legend, it was eaten like this in the palace of the Qing Dynasty. It has only been a few decades, so the credibility is still relatively high.

The three brothers and sisters walked and ate together, entering along the right side and exiting along the right side.

After finishing the tour and approaching the entrance of the temple fair, Fengzhi was full. However, Fengzhi stopped when passing by the candy man and candy painting stall.

"Want it?" Tang Zhitong pulled hard and found that Fengzhi's eyes were glued to the stall and couldn't move away, so he stopped, bent down and asked.

"Well, the phoenix looks good." Fengzhi said, pointing to a phoenix that was ready and inserted into a wheat straw as a sign.

"Okay, let's buy it then. I'll buy you two a candy painting and share it when you go back. Don't fight." It was the first time today that my sister took the initiative to ask for something. She had to buy it.

Tang Zhitong brought Fengzhi to him and paid for the sugar paintings.

Both sugar figures and sugar paintings are made of boiled sugar and are both handicrafts. The difference between the two is that the sugar paintings are slightly cleaner and there is no need to blow air into them when making them.

After buying the sugar painting, it was in Fengzhen's hands. The older the child was, the better he could protect the sugar painting.

At the exit of the temple fair, Tang Zhitong bought two more pieces of hawthorn cake, intending to take them home to feed his two sisters.

Tang Zhitong picked up the bike at the bicycle storage place, with the two sisters in front and one behind.

The three siblings chatted and slowly returned home.

There is a stove in the house, and the heat rises, causing the snow on the roof to begin to melt, and the snow water drips down along the eaves.

Tang Zhitong knew that with this frequency of water drops, if the temperature was low enough tonight, it might be icy early tomorrow morning.

The ice skates at this time are edible. Many children break off one and stuff it into their mouths. Although it has no taste, it is cool!Popsicles cost two cents each, but you can save two cents with a big ice skate!
Thinking of ice skating, Tang Zhitong wondered if he could order some iced drinks, put them in the bathroom tonight, and close the space tomorrow, waiting for midsummer to come. Is this an inappropriate tool for cooling down the heat?

Time has entered sixty-nine, and it seems a bit late to discover this usage of space now...

"Mom, mom, look, my brother bought a phoenix for my sister and me!" As soon as she entered the house, Fengzhi couldn't help but show off to Zhang Guifang.

"Well, it's pretty good-looking." Zhang Guifang didn't mind spending money lavishly this time. She rarely went out to play a few times throughout the year, so just spend some money.

"Sister, let's share it." Fengzhi looked at the sugar painting in her sister's hand, as if it had been cut into eight pieces: "Mom likes chicken heads and necks, so I'll give this phoenix head and neck to my mother. Brother loves it Let’s eat chicken feet, and give the phoenix claws to my brother. We’ll each take half of the rest, okay?”

Tang Zhitong couldn't help but smile after hearing what his sister said.

When I was a child, I often asked: Mom, why are you chewing the chicken head?Mom, why do you eat fish head?Mom, why don't you eat meat?

Mom’s answer is often: I like to eat this, I don’t like to eat meat, you eat more...

When I was young, I believed what I heard and believed it. When I got a little older and became more sensible, I realized that my mother only loved me, nothing more...

……

　I have a cold, my throat has been rubbed back and forth by an iron rod, and my nose is filled with concrete...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)