From Chief to Ball

So there was no stopping, and there was another curtain in front of it. A long paper tube was hung on the curtain, but it was not straight, but curved up and down, like a Z, with the upper end facing the outside on the curtain.

Next to the curtain stood a sign that read: "You never know if there are eyes watching you from places you know."

These words sounded a little gloomy, which aroused Lan Qi's interest. She approached the thick paper tube, and followed the prompt next to her to put her eyes on the paper tube.

Inside the dark paper tube is a mirror, and in the mirror are those people outside the curtain who are waiting with their heads up, turning slightly, and they can see all kinds of small movements of those people, but those people who are being observed have no idea that there is someone secretly watching them.

There are children crying, adults waiting, and thieves touching someone's bag...

For a moment, Lan Qi felt as if she had drifted out of the world, leaving only her eyes here, observing these people when no one noticed.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling cold, my eyes left the periscope, subconsciously looked behind me and then raised my head to look at the sky, feeling a little confused.

"Perhaps...there is a pair of eyes looking at the world in the sky?"

Chapter 97 First Sight

After thinking wildly for a while, I couldn't help laughing, thinking that the line of words just now was at fault, but with such a scene, it is really easy to make people think too much.

Letting go of my mind, I continued to walk forward, and divisions began to appear, and people chose where they wanted to go to see those weird things.

Lan Qi saw the mirror that made her fat, and also saw the mirror that made her thin. She looked at herself in the left and right mirrors, laughing non-stop.

On her left, is the children's playground.

In a cement-filled groove with high sides and low middle, several children were lying on a wooden board with wheels underneath, screaming and sliding quickly to the other side.Occasionally, someone rolled to the ground, but only wiped the blood on their arms, not even a snot bubble, and hurriedly lay down on the wooden board for fear of being snatched away.

On the other side, there were a few children shaking a strange thing profusely in sweat.What's even weirder is that after shaking, the tentacles of that weird utensil will crackle, bringing out beautiful and stunning electric sparks.

Not only did the rainbow fall into the hands, but even the awe-inspiring thing like lightning became nothing more than a child's toy.Amidst the surprised and excited laughter of the children, the last trace of awe of lightning disappeared.

A little farther away, there is a large docking cone, placed on two wooden rails arranged in a figure-eight shape.This iron cone was beyond everyone's imagination. No one pushed it, but it rolled up from below until it reached the top of the eight-shaped wooden rail. Several people tried to push it down but had to use force.

There are also small carts that run on the track, and a child can pull up six or seven companions; tumblers that cannot be pushed down no matter how hard they are pushed; squeaky and fragrant meat roasted with large lenses and the sun; Lead casts of soldiers with guns firing...

Farther away there was a small curtain.

The children held a small mirror and reflected the sunlight on the table in front of the curtain, making the mottled light and shadows of the mirror chase each other and squeak and push each other. You have to get acquainted.

On the other side are a few girls, holding a triangular paper tube, staring at it non-stop, and yelling in their mouths, causing several children waiting on the side to pull her arm , I want to see the magic inside.

Lan Qi was a little envious of these children, her heart was itchy, and she also wanted to see what these girls saw in their eyes.

But looking at those short and immature children, he had no choice but to laugh at himself and continue walking forward helplessly.

Her right side was even more lively, but she didn't want to squeeze in because there were too many people, so she had to stand on tiptoe and look inside.

There are some knives, scissors and other daily-used things inside, but these daily-used things are obviously different, at least stronger or sharper than before, and they are trying to cut copper coins or cut wood. Proven durability.

It can be seen that many people are excited, but these things don't seem to be for sale, they are just for people to see, at least not for sale now.

Further inside is another thing, surrounded by more people.After thinking about it, Lan Qi decided to squeeze in and have a look.

There is a small iron stove. The capital is in the north, and there are often snowstorms in winter. It is essential to burn coal for heating and cooking.

Lan Qi had never made a fire before, but she had seen others make a fire, and this was the first time she had seen a fire like this.

The small stove is very small, the space inside is only the thickness of a palm, and it is round.Outside lay some odd-looking coals that looked like sliced, black lotus roots.

It is round, with some round holes in it.

Lan Qi saw that the person on display picked up a small wooden stick, and rubbed it on a strange piece of paper at will, a flame ignited on the small wooden stick, a puff of white smoke came out and a smelly smell that seemed to be put on the stick. The smell after firecrackers.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, the small wooden stick ignited a piece of paper, and the paper ignited several small pieces of wood.The demonstrator directly put the briquette that looked like a lotus root into it. According to common sense, such a flame could not ignite the coal at all, but this strange briquette burned in an impossible way.

"This is a gift from our trading company to everyone. It is very simple to make..."

While talking, someone was demonstrating with simple iron bars and molds, mixing the common coal powder and broken coal lumps in those coal yards with clay and other things to make a lotus root-shaped briquette.

"Winter is cold for heating, and coal is used for cooking on weekdays. But it is not easy to ignite coal. It is convenient to ignite after making it this way, and saves a lot of wood for fire. In addition, coal crushed slag is cheaper than coal. Adding some clay saves money. For those who can afford it, it’s just convenience; for those who can’t afford it, it saves a lot of money.”

"We don't charge any fees, and we will send some molds to the capital in a short time. Everyone can use them with dozens of households in a mile..."

This is a very convenient and practical thing, especially for some citizens who buy lump coal or lack firewood, this is indeed a good thing to improve.

The explainer was still spitting and explaining, Lan Qi was already smiling and took the lead in applauding.He raised his head, and those in need of the onlookers also applauded, and the explainers bowed and saluted again and again, with a special luster on their faces, as if they had been greatly satisfied physically and mentally.

"This should be the people of the Mo Party. It is really like what Hu Zhuqian said, changing the world little by little, so that more people can live better. Although it is small, it is also moving forward Yes. That's a good thing."

Thinking of this, I felt happy in my heart, and looked inside again. There were more people there, and the displays were all small objects that could be used in daily life but were more convenient.

Looking at these things that are completely different from those glassware, ordinary people are even poorer, and even ordinary people can use them.Lan Qi felt that Chen Jian was a very good person, at least the people in his eyes included these forgotten people.

"None of these things make money, and some of them are simply teaching people how to fish. He is relying on himself and those who have the same ambitions as him to move forward, step by step. It is different from those in the capital. Same, really different."

Recalling those people in his circle, he seemed to feel the difference vaguely, and felt a lot happier for no reason.

"It might be interesting to meet for the second time. I don't know if when he talked to us, he would wave his arms and claws like he did on the cement platform just now, like a... um, like a monkey in the mountains."

Inexplicably, I thought of the squeaking and energetic monkeys I saw in the mountains when I went on a long trip in early autumn. I don’t know how they got in touch with Chen Jian. The people who came by walked towards the outside.

On the way back, she also saw many strange and interesting things.

For example, in the long tube called the telescope, you can see a hired girl dressed in gorgeous clothes in the distance, holding a paper umbrella, looking pretty there.

Through the lens, one can see that it is right in front of one's eyes, within reach, even the girl's chest is deliberately worn very low, and it is blurred from a distance, but it can be seen clearly in the mirror.

A few people watching actually stretched out their hands and scratched a few times in front of the mirror, and their ears were twisted hard by the wife who followed beside them, but when the wife picked up the tube mirror to look at it, she also stretched out her hands and scratched a few times. Down……

Another example is a beautiful small iron box, which reveals a strange pungent smell when opened. There is a small steel wheel on it, a piece of flint is inserted beside it, and there is a strand of cotton thread beside it.

Turning the small steel wheel vigorously, rubbing against the flint, even directly ignited the pungent cotton thread soaked in some kind of oil, emitting a scorching flame.

Next to this small iron box was a glass bottle, which contained a bottle of dark, viscous liquid.

Lan Qi recognized this thing, and many pharmacies sold it. Once, several horses in her family had scabies, and the groom bought this weird black thing to smear on the horses.

Lan Qi remembered that this bottle of black stuff was called Shi Zhi, and she also asked the groom, in fact, not only cows and horses can use it if they get scabies, but many people will use this stuff to smear it if they get it.

It's just that she really didn't know that this thing was so magical, and she didn't know what method was used to turn it into the weird-smelling oil in that small iron box, and she didn't know that it could be ignited so easily with only flint and steel wheels.

Although she felt that she knew a lot of things, she still felt dazzled after walking around for so long. There were many things she wanted to buy, and there were also many things she wanted to know why.

After going through this circle and reaching the exit, Lan Qi did not get on the hot air balloon flying as she wished, to experience the perspective of overlooking the world that she wanted to try more than ten days ago.

He felt a little regretful, but instead of looking for Hu Lin who was still busy in the distance, he obeyed the rules obediently and left the reluctant hot air balloon.

There are many people outside, and more and more people are waiting anxiously, especially after listening to the first batch of people who came out from inside, they are even more eager.