Chapter 25 fourth quarter

Yan Guxing came to Lecheng on a sunny early autumn morning.He wears a broken hat, has a mustache on his face, is handsome and cheerful, and behind him is dragging an old and heavy wooden box with two wheels, making tinkling sounds from time to time, which contains a set of clown costumes, magician Props, music boxes, materials for making music boxes, and a few changes of clothes are all his belongings. He came by land, and he met many people who came back from Lecheng along the way. They all said that Lecheng is a beautiful ancient city, where the sun never sets, the birds in the sky are all golden, and the residents live a prosperous life. , the things sold in the shops are magnificent, especially the shops along the Lecheng River, where you can buy all kinds of rare things, such as dogs that can speak human and shoes that can dance. Sell ​​a kind of black spider candy, people can climb to the ceiling after eating it.Many burglars went to visit.These people rendered Lecheng like a dream country, but in the end they even believed in it.

Yan Guxing came here admiringly with his big wooden box.He looked up at the sky, and the birds flying in the sky were indeed golden.It was still early, the shops on the street were still sleeping, and the flow of people was sparse. Only a few stalls selling breakfast were placed in the market in the slums, where poor foreigners sat down to fill their stomachs. Yan Guxing ate a bowl of hot noodles there, and then asked the owner of the noodle stall if there was any cheap hotel nearby.The short, fat and ignorant owner of the noodle stall, at a glance, knew that he was an enthusiastic person but his words were not expressive. He muttered a lot to Yan Guxing: "Go straight there, turn left, go straight, turn right, turn again Go left, go downhill, go straight to the end, turn right at the fork, oh, no, it should turn left, make a circle, face east, behind you, there is a store called 'Maple Leaf'."

Yan Guxing was dizzy and decided to follow his own footsteps, since he had plenty of time anyway.It turned out that in Lecheng, there are more than a dozen hotels called "Maple Leaf", but not all of them can see Maple Leaf.Finally, on a narrow downhill road, he found a cramped hotel called the Maple Leaf, which catered to poor travellers.He rented the cheapest room.There is a west-facing window in the high ceiling room, so dusty, you can't see the maple leaves, only a small piece of Lecheng sky.He put the big wooden box on the ground and opened it, and hung the clown suit beside the bed.He decided to rest for a while, and waited until later, when there were more people on the street, before going out to sell his music boxes.

He took off his shoes and lay down, unknowingly fell asleep on the bed, and woke up in the afternoon.He rubbed his eyes, washed his face, changed into the blue clown suit, and took out a small wooden box from the big wooden box, which contained several bottles of oil paint, a clown's red nose and a blurry mirror.Facing the mirror, he painted a thick layer of white paint on his face, painted blue paint around the eyes, then dipped a small brush into dark green paint, and drew a vertical line from the center of the eyebrows to the belly of the eyes , and then draw a fat and funny red lips, the corners of the mouth extend to the center of the cheeks on both sides, which looks like a big smile.At last he put on the soft long cap, hid all his hair, and pinned a red nose to the tip of it.

After the clown magician died, he inherited the big wooden box. One day, he accidentally found a small wooden box in the big wooden box.He opened it curiously to have a look, and was shocked that the small wooden box could sing.In the next few days, he took the small wooden box apart and reinserted it, but the singing was gone.He took it apart again, re-inserted it, and wiped a small tooth comb inside. This time, he heard the music again, but it was a little out of tune, so he took it apart again to inlay it, and finally learned how to do it. The music box method.He believed it was a gift from the clown magician.

After that, he traveled all over the world, selling the music boxes he made, but he never saw a blue butterfly.In the end, he came to Lecheng and stayed in a "Maple Leaf Hotel" without maple leaves. Although you can buy everything in Lecheng, he is very confident in his craftsmanship.The vocal boxes he made, like the kites he made, are all self-taught and beautiful.Over the past few years, he has sold so many music boxes that even he has forgotten.However, there is a music powder box that he keeps and is reluctant to sell. That day, he accidentally saw a piece of yellow steel with a rose color at a second-hand stall, showing colorful colors under the refraction of the sun, and a blue butterfly with its wings spread out was painted on it, shining brightly.The piece of steel was flawless and had been cut from an old jewelry box. He measured the size with his hand and found that he could just cut out a compact.

He paid the money and carefully wrapped the piece of copper in a soft cloth.After returning, he put a workbench on his lap and buried himself in the piece of copper and a pile of tools. After countless days and nights, almost without sleep, one day, he finally completed a A round compact with blue butterflies on the surface.As long as you open the powder box, it is like opening a beautiful magic box, and you will hear music lingering in your ears: "Ding Dongdong Ding Dongdong Ding Ding Dong Ding Ding Dong..." This is the song that Lan Yueer called the sheep back on the mountain that day. After many years, he never forgot that beautiful melody.Her singing has already become the most poetic rhyme in his childhood memories.

She was two years younger than him, so she must be twenty years old. She must be a slim girl, maybe married, living a happy life in a strange house far away that he didn't know about, and maybe owning many beautiful music compacts.However, he will still keep this powder box for her. At this time, he put down the dim mirror, stood up, hung the small stall on his stomach, filled it with music boxes, and left the cramped room.