That's Ah Liu...
Zhang Shou saw that there was a wooden barrel in front of Ah Liu, with a round iron box fixed in the middle of the barrel, which seemed to be filled with burnt yellow and sticky liquid. Under the barrel, he could see Ah Liu's feet on the pedal. When he suddenly heard the boy hum softly, he saw the pedal move quickly, and the iron box in the middle suddenly turned at high speed.
In a moment, countless thread-like objects shot out from the iron box. As Liu used a bamboo stick to stir the wooden barrel, he suddenly saw a white cloud gradually taking shape. At that moment, he was dumbfounded and almost thought he was back in a modern market.
Even though it’s not as fluffy as before, and even though its appearance is a little worse, but isn’t it… isn’t it a marshmallow
He remembered that he just mentioned to Guan Qiu casually after the new spinning machine was made that this method of using hand-cranking or foot-pedaling to drive the wheel actually has many applications, and explained the idea of heating and melting rock sugar, and then using the centrifugal force of the speed to draw a cotton candy machine. But in his opinion, without a motor drive, the efficiency of hand-cranking or foot-pedaling is not good enough.
So, he forgot about it in a blink of an eye after saying it, and didn't take it seriously. But now...
Zhang Shou looked down at Ah Liu's foot on the pedal under the machine. He saw that foot was pedaling very fast, so fast that he could see a shadow. He knew without thinking that the boy was pedaling very fast. He doubted whether the life of this machine would end today, but what made him laugh even more was that Ah Liu actually used the martial arts he had practiced for many years for such a thing!
Just when he didn't know what to say, he suddenly felt someone pulling his sleeve. He turned his head and saw Zhu Ying's eyes shining as she said, "Ah Shou, what is this? Did you ask Ah Liu to give me a surprise here?"
No, I don't think it's a surprise, it's a shock... At least I was shocked! Zhang Shou wanted to answer like this, especially when he found that the people watching the excitement from all directions were all focusing their eyes on him and Zhu Ying. But before he could answer, a big cotton candy was delivered to Zhu Ying.
"That's right. The young master told me to wait here." Ah Liu lied seriously. Seeing Zhu Ying stretched out her hand to take it in surprise and joy, he said lightly, "This is cotton candy. It's sweet and you can eat it."
Zhu Tingfang, who had just squeezed into the crowd, saw Zhu Ying take the suspicious white cotton candy from Ah Liu's hand without hesitation and then bite it. He was immediately shocked and angry. However, before he could open his mouth to ask, Zhu Ying narrowed her eyes and then shouted happily: "Ah Shou, this cotton candy is so sweet!"
"How can it be called candy if it's not sweet?" Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile bitterly, especially when he saw many young girls and wives around him looking at Zhu Ying with envy. He couldn't help but look at Ah Liu helplessly and asked, "Ah Liu, you didn't just make your first cotton candy, did you?"
"I saw Guan Qiu make it twice, but today is my first time making it. I failed many times here and wasted a lot of sugar." Ah Liu did not hide his failures, and then added, "But I made three sticks before, and Eunuch Lu who came last time squeezed in and took them away, saying that the emperor was watching the lanterns at Dong'an Gate and wanted to have fun with the people, so he wanted to try some."