After several more days, Ye Chen and Tang Sanzang's group arrived in Zhu Zi Kingdom. Along the way, they had seen flowers striving to grow in the forest, little rabbits playing, and a tiger couple arguing fiercely over a trivial matter.
Sun Wukong had jokingly asked Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, who do you think won the argument—the male tiger or the female tiger?"
Ye Chen winked at Sun Wukong and said, "Hahahaha, obviously the tigress."
"Hahahahahaha!" Everyone burst out laughing.
After arriving in Zhu Zi Kingdom, Tang Sanzang and the others found an inn and settled in. Seeing that it was still early, Tang Sanzang planned to go exchange their travel documents on his own.
Then he told Sun Wukong and the others to prepare dinner. But there was no way Sun Wukong would cook. Zhu Bajie was even less likely to, and Ye Chen had also disappeared somewhere.
Sand Monk had no choice but to obediently cook at the inn. Sun Wukong and Bajie were bored, so they went to wander around the market and see what interesting things they could find.
But they had no idea where the liveliest place in Zhu Zi Kingdom was. After going downstairs, Sun Wukong asked the shopkeeper, "Could you tell us where the liveliest place in Zhu Zi Kingdom is?"
The shopkeeper replied, "The liveliest place in Zhu Zi Kingdom is Dongsi Street. You can find all sorts of things there—whatever you want."
Sun Wukong cupped his hands and said, "All right, I understand. Thanks for the trouble."
Then Sun Wukong took Bajie with him and left.
After asking around, they finally reached Dongsi Street. They saw people making sugar figurines, performing acrobatics, breathing fire, and putting on all kinds of other lively acts.
They came to the famous Drum Tower in