Chapter 114 (1/2)

Now that he has made arrangements, Jiang Shu doesn't have to pay more attention.

When he turned back, he saw that Hai'an had already selected the awning boat and was selecting masks at a mask stand. According to the brochures, during the river god Festival, many people with status would hire boats to fight against the wild platform. Most of these people hold their own identities and are afraid of losing face, they will put on a mask to cover their face. This habit led many ordinary people to wear masks later.

Up to now, in the opera art exhibition, the stall vendors also make use of this point to publicize, and enter many masks to shout and sell. The business is also very good.

As Jiang Shu approached, he saw a wide variety of masks on the stall, including cute cartoon images loved by children, and some strange looking opera images.

Even the stall owner is wearing a ”thunder Lord” mask. Seeing Jiang's coming, he immediately called him warmly: ”handsome boy, do you want to buy a mask? It's our tradition in Nancheng that we have to wear masks when we watch Night plays. ”

He lowered his voice and said mysteriously: ”our elders have a saying that if this night's play is too busy, it's easy to attract other things to come and see it. They are afraid of being found, so they wear masks to sneak into the crowd. After watching the play, we need to catch a few people to go back for supper. Later, people were afraid of being targeted by those things. When they were watching a night play, they put on masks to cover their faces. In this way, those things can't tell which people are and which are the same, so they won't do it at will... ”

The stall owner's voice is full, and the story is told in cadence, but the essence is to make up stories for selling masks.

Looking at the hairy face under his mask, Jiang Jiu reminded him, ”the mask is crooked. I see the hair.”

Stall owner:

He awkwardly straightened the mask and persevered in promoting it: ”they all wear masks. Do you really want two? There's a discount for both. ”

Jiang has no interest at all. Instead of spending money on masks, he should buy some local specialties.

However, Hai'an was obviously fascinated by the story of the stall owner. After a long time in the stall, he chose the masks of a ”chicken mouth Taoist” and a ”Feibo Taoist” and settled the bill happily.

These two masks are the characters in the local opera. They are exaggerated and weird, and they seem to be human. It belongs to the kind that can scare people when taken out at night. Haian himself wore the mask of ”chicken mouth Taoist” and gave the mask of ”Feibo Taoist” to Jiang Jiu.