Chapter 88 -88
There are no special ropes in this circus, nor special wooden poles, because they have never used ropes before. I said, "Any rope, just tied between two trees, I can walk."
The old man asked, "Are you sure?"
I said, "I have been walking on the rope for many years, so you can just put ten thousand hearts on it."
The old man said: "As long as you dare to leave, I will add another project now."
I said, "If I fall down, accompany you today's income."
The old man turned and left. After a while, he brought several people from the village, who carried the well rope to the wheat burial farm. In the past, people in the south ate river water, while people in the north ate well water. In the area of Jinzhong and northern Shanxi, the well was very deep. Generally speaking, "the well was thirty-six feet deep", and the well rope was thirty-six feet.
When the onlookers saw the ropes coming, they all surrounded them in a loud voice. They divided them into two stalls and put the ropes on two old tung trees beside the wheat threshing field. I walked under an old tung tree and climbed up in just a few seconds. The onlookers exclaimed.
People who have been professionally trained use their feet to climb trees, with their feet facing each other, and hold their hands together to make them tall. People who have not been professionally trained use their legs to climb trees, with their legs clamping against the tree trunk and moving forward slowly, of course, it is much slower.
I stood on the rope, watching the birds flying in the sky and the heads of people gathered underground, the extraordinary feeling of the past was back.
I walked on the rope and felt like I was floating under the sky, above the clouds, I was as free as the wind, I was a wisp of wind, flying in every place I yearned for. I am the king of ropes, and nothing can stop me from walking on the ropes, ropes are my world.
I walked on the rope, stretched my arms, and I was a bird spreading its wings and soaring into the air. I saw many people below growing their mouths and slamming their palms, but I couldn't hear their voices. I was immersed in my own world.
I walked down the rope and stood in the wheat threshing field, like a bird perched on the branch. Everyone surrounded me, they lifted me up and threw it into the air, and I saw Lock riding a horse, leading a horse, leaving briskly.
I have been away from the circus life for a long time and am back.
In the circus, I became the protagonist. Every time, when other shows ended, the real feast began, and this is my rope walk. My show won a lot of money for this circus.
Like Gao Shulin's circus, this circus is also a big cart, a horse, and all the belongings are held in the carriage. What's different from Gao Shulin's circus is that this circus does not have monkeys, but a snake. This seven-inch snake can drill in from its mouth and come out from its nostrils.
The snake-carving boy was a 17 or 18-year-old named Xiaoqi, who was about the same age as me. In the entire circus, only the two of us were the youngest. Only the two of us had the highlights. The rest were either performing silver spears or performing chest gravels, and they were all playing half a pound. There was also a magic program called "Observant Goldfish".
Many programs in the circus look thrilling, but in fact, after revealing the secret, they are neither thrilling nor exciting.
Let me start with snake charming.
The snakes used by snake charmers are generally small snakes, because small snakes can drill into the nostrils and throat. However, small snakes are generally poisonous, while large pythons are not poisonous. Small snakes hunt by injecting toxins into prey, causing the prey to faint and then devour; large python hunt by entangling the prey, causing the other party to suffocate and then devour.
When a snake charmer catches a small snake he likes, he must first eliminate the venom so that he can perform. Each venom has two sharp tube teeth with long sleeves, and the venom is injected into the prey through the tube teeth. The snake charmer has a tool similar to today's vise, but is longer and thinner than the vise. When the venomous snake is about to bite, the snake charmer uses this special tool to jamm the neck of the venomous snake, making its open mouth unable to close. Then, he uses a special tool similar to a spoon to remove the poisonous sac behind the venomous snake's tube teeth. In this way, even if it is bitten by the venomous snake in the future, he will not die.
The little snake whose poisonous sac is removed can be used to perform. The nostrils and mouth of the human body are connected. For example, when you are eating, you suddenly sneeze and the meal may spurt out of the nostrils. Put the little snake into the nostrils, and the snake will crawl out of the mouth.
This kind of performance looks thrilling and incredible. In fact, if you understand the truth, you can figure it out.
Of course, being a snake charmer takes great courage.
Let’s talk about other projects in this circus.
I have said that the chinous spear stabbing the throat before, and now I will talk about thoracic gravel and head-to-back bricks.
The gravel of chest cavity looks dangerous, but it is not dangerous at all. First of all, the stones used are long and huge stones, with flat sides on both sides of the upper and lower sides. During the performance, one person took off his clothes and slept on the ground, while the rest placed the big stone flat on his stomach, and the other person swung the sledgehammer and smashed it down violently, and the big stone cracked. Because the stones were long, when the sledgehammer was hit, the power had been completely dispersed by the big stone, so the person lying below was unaware that the big stone cracked, and the person was not injured. If the big stone was replaced with a small stone, would you dare to try again?
Because we were similar to Xiaoqi's age, we naturally got closer. Xiaoqi took out his little snake and let me touch it. I was so scared that I retreated. Xiaoqi said, "It's very well-behaved. I have followed me for several years and don't bite people."
I said, "Why don't snakes bite people?"
Xiaoqi said: "Snakes are like dogs. If you train them well, they will not bite them."
I said, "How many years have you grown so big?"
Xiaoqi said: "This kind of snake cannot grow. We call it a crawling worm here, and it can only grow one foot."
I said, "I'm still afraid of snakes, and I'm afraid of seeing it."
Xiaoqi said: "Every household has a snake, but you can't see it. Snakes like shaded places. Some are hidden in tree holes, some are hidden on roof beams, and some are hidden under beds. They can see you, but you can't see it."
I suddenly became scared and asked, "Then are snakes in the house I live in?"
Xiaoqi said: "Of course there is."
Ten days later, we walked to the junction of Jinzhong and northern Shanxi, and we became more and more familiar with each other. I dared to touch Xiaoqi's little snake. On this day, I secretly asked: "Where did I go to the circus in my past, I stole it? Is there any circus?"
Xiaoqi said: "How can we not eat without stealing something? How much money can we make by performing circuses?"
I asked, "How did you steal it?"
Xiaoqi said: "If you see anything, you won't let go of the clothes drying outside the room."
I think circuses all over the world steal.
On this day, after we finished the performance, a man in his thirties suddenly came to the circus. He loudly praised our wonderful program at the old man, saying that there was no such good circus program in northern Jin. The old man smiled and the rest of the circus were also excited.
The man said: "There is a Chang family compound in northern Jin Dynasty. The old man Chang in the courtyard is about to celebrate his 70th birthday. After seven days, if you can perform in the Chang family compound, the reward will be very generous."
When the old man heard this, he was shocked and said, "Zhong, Zhong."
The man left after saying that. I looked at his gradually disappearing back and thought to myself that he might have been sent by Tiger Claws.
After the man left, the old man shouted to us: "Pack up your luggage and leave the Chang's courtyard."
That night, we lived in a place called Hanxinyu, which is a fork in Jinzhong to northern Jin and Hebei. Legend has it that when Han Xin and King Zhao fought, they arranged troops here.
There is only one car and horse shop in Hanxinyu and two houses, all with earthen kangs. The fire inside the kang is burned and the kang surface is heated. The raw materials used for burning include dried grains, wheat ears and skins, and other fine and extremely resistant to burning. After filling the kang holes, they can burn them in low heat for a night.
The car and horse shops are all full of shops, with a row of earthen kangs. When sleeping at night, no matter the age or the age, they sleep in a row. Some car and horse shops have two houses, one man and one woman; some car and horse shops have only one house, one man and one woman.
That night, I was arranged under the window because I was just a newcomer. The coldest one was under the window. The kang was not burned, and the cold light came in and I was the first to scratch you. So, I woke up from the cold before dawn.
After waking up, I heard two people talking on the kang opposite, saying slanderous words from the world.
A thick throat said, "How many days will the Yokoko family have to go?"
A thin throat said, "At most three or four days."
Thick throat said, "I promised to have a painting today, why didn't I see you?"
Xiaolu said, "Be careful that there are people who eat different things, and listen."
Thick throat said: "It's all about writing water codes, chess, don't be too careful."
Xiaoshou said, "The piaozi didn't come either, I'm anxious."
Thick throat said: "Will the ladle be found in advance to find a shoulder pole?"
After hearing this, I was shocked. It turned out that these two people were thieves. Their targets were the same as ours, both of the Chang family courtyard. They went from the south to northern Shanxi, obviously not the Beijing-Tianjin Gang, but another gang in the Jianghu. Moreover, this gang seemed to have made a big move this time, and even the gang leader was dispatched.
The words of the two thieves were like this. I asked Xiaolu for a thin throat. I was a few days away from the Chang family compound. I asked again, and I agreed that my companions had gathered here, why didn’t I see them? I asked Xiaolu to be careful not to be heard by people in the martial arts world. I said with Xiaolu that the people sleeping in the room were farmers who didn’t understand the slander. Xiaolu that I said with Xiaolu that I was very anxious. I asked with Xiaolu that the sect leader had gone to the Chang family compound in advance.
Now, there are at least three gangs who are targeting the Chang family compound, our Beijing-Tianjin gang, and this gang that is indescribable.
There will be a bustle in the Chang family compound.
Chapter completed!