Pamper Eighties

When the Feng family came to Guangzhou, of course they went to those famous scenic spots, whether it was Baiyun Mountain, Yuexiu Park or Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, they all went there.

The old couple also took Mengmeng to see the zoo and Sun Yat-sen University, and took a boat ride on the Pearl River, enjoying the scenery on both sides of the strait with the wind blowing all the way, not to mention how happy they were.

To say that Mrs. Feng and Mengmeng like to do most, it is of course shopping. It doesn't matter how old or small a woman is, she loves to buy things.

She was still thinking about bringing delicious food to her family, and she wanted to buy anything delicious when she saw it, but Old Man Feng stopped her in time: "My dear, these things can't be put away, and we have to go through Guangzhou by train later. , I'll take you out to buy it when the time comes."

The Feng family went to Shangxiajiu, Beijing Road, and Shisanhang. There were so many different kinds of goods that Mrs. Feng couldn’t even see them, so she could only pick some food to eat first, and remember the rest. In my heart, I will buy it later.

On this day, the old couple brought Mengmeng to Wenchang North Road. There is a Wenchang Temple here, and Mrs. Feng specifically inquired about it. The gods in the temple specially bless the little doll to study, and her family Mengmeng is about to go to school. She just wanted to go and worship this fairy.

The Feng family bought a lot of offerings, called a taxi and set off. When they arrived at Wenchang Temple, they saw that this place was originally a small park, and the smell of burning incense could be smelled from far away.

In Mrs. Feng's opinion, the more people there are, the better. The more people there are, the more incense is flourishing, and there are gods and spirits here.

She followed behind the crowd and prepared to go in to burn incense. She listened to the chattering voices around her, but she couldn't understand, so she looked at her old man and asked him to translate.

The old man Feng could only understand a sentence and a half, and tried to explain: "It is estimated that the college entrance examination is coming soon. These people are here to ask for good grades for their children."

After saying this, Mrs. Feng understood that parents and elders all over the world have similar thoughts in their hearts, and who doesn't expect their babies to be promising.

She said with some regret: "I think that when the college entrance examination was just resumed, Mengmeng's mother also took the test, and she was admitted to a good school in Beijing, but it was a pity that she didn't go to study because she was thinking about the baby at home, otherwise our family would be able to do it too. A college student."

Mengmeng tilted her little head and asked very curiously, "Why don't I know, milk?"

"Hahaha, what do you know?" Madam Feng touched the braid on her head and said lovingly, "You weren't born yet, of course you don't know. When the college entrance examination notice comes out, there are not many Your mother will have you in Yue, and in the future we will be cute, and we will definitely be able to read."

"Well!" Mengmeng said very seriously: "I want to study hard and make progress every day."

"Very good, it's up to you whether our old Feng family can send college students. I can't count on your brothers." When Mrs. Feng talked about her grandson, her disgust was very obvious.

Mengmeng shook her head and said, "Brothers are also going to college."

"Okay, let's beg your brothers later, and let the gods bless them all to get into college."

The three grandfathers and grandsons had worshiped the gods in the temple, and then they came out satisfied. Old Man Feng suggested, "I saw a sugarcane juice seller go ahead just now. It's so hot, let's go buy a few cups too. ."

Madam Feng waved her hand very simply and said, "Let's go, let's go over there and take a look."

Madam Feng opened the sunshade, and Mengmeng also held a small flower umbrella and walked to the street while shaking her fan.

Not long after they went out, they realized something was wrong.

"Hey, old man, look at what this shop sells, why are all bottles and cans? What's the sign on it? Boguzhai? Hey, the shop next to me is also selling this."

Mrs. Feng discovered very rarely that all the things sold on this street were things she had never seen before, all kinds of bottles and jars, strange stones, and a lot of dark old furniture. There are stationery sellers. When you look closer, you can see that they are not selling stationery, but that pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I heard from the boss that they are all antiques.

"Dare you, this is an antique street. This street is old, and there are so many shops. How many antiques does it have?"

The boss came from the mainland, and he speaks Mandarin very well. Anyway, there is no business in his store, so he started chatting with Mrs. Feng.

"Old lady, do you know the Wenchang Temple on the street? That temple has been around for hundreds of years. It used to be the place where the imperial examination was held by the imperial court, which is similar to the current college entrance examination. You think, there are so many candidates who come here to eat and live. , Buying books, writing, etc. These people are all literate people. After a long time, many shops have been opened here. If you go to the street and see, many of them are century-old shops, and there are many good goods."

Madam Feng suddenly realized, and said with a long "Oh": "So that's the case. We came from that Wenchang Temple. This place has too much history. If you don't tell me, I still don't know."

The boss looked at their clothes and manners, and also wanted to do their business, so he greeted warmly: "The weather is so hot, it's not easy for you to come all the way, come and drink a cup of kung fu tea, I'll give it to you. You talk about the ancients well."

"That's good, boss, will it disturb your family's business?"

The boss said boldly: "It's okay, if you are in our line, you have to keep your loneliness, and you can come in."

Madam Feng put away her umbrella and walked into the store happily and sat down. Her old man and Mengmeng also sat down, and they saw the boss swinging his little teacups like a juggler, with an indescribable elegance. , Kung Fu tea was ready in a blink of an eye.

The boss took a small cup for each of them, and greeted them warmly: "Please, please, don't be polite, I have been in Guangzhou for more than 20 years, and I am used to drinking this kung fu tea, don't look at it hot, in fact Especially defeat the fire, drink a few Gu in this big summer, people feel comfortable."

It was the first time for the Feng family to drink kung fu tea. Following the boss's example, they lifted the orchid finger to pinch the small teacup and drank it in one sip. The tea looked clear and fresh, and it tasted fragrant and fragrant. , has been moisturizing to the throat, there is a fragrance in the mouth.

After tasting it, Mrs. Feng said, "Well, it's really good. This kung fu tea seems to be very good. It's much better than what we usually drink from a big tea pot. Boss, where do you sell your teapot and teacup? Let's drink it. I also bought a set, and went back and tried it for everyone."

The boss said very skillfully: "There are a lot of them. If you go shopping on this street, many houses sell them. The newly burned ones are not worth much. You can buy good ones for one or two yuan, the best ones. Of course it’s an antique, it’s available in every dynasty and every kiln, and if you want Yixing Zisha pots, it’s good to use that to make tea, it won’t go bad if you brew it overnight.”

The old lady Feng said with admiration: "Boss, you know a lot. You are a foreigner in Guangzhou, and you can afford to open such a large store. You are very capable."

The owner waved his hand hurriedly, smiling both modestly and proudly, "It's not that I have the ability, it's my father-in-law who has the ability, this shop is handed down by my father-in-law, when I had no food in my hometown, I almost starved to death, After trying my best to come to Guangzhou, my father-in-law kindly took me in. He saw that I was diligent and willing to teach me. Later, I married my father-in-law's daughter, and it was considered that I took root in Guangzhou."

Old Man Feng said with some surprise: "This is also very impressive. Boss, you really have someone to help you when you go out."

The boss said very seriously: "No, the person I am most grateful for in my life is my father-in-law. He is a good man. He has opened a store on Wenchang North Road for a lifetime. He sells whatever he sells, and he never lies. Neighbors around here say that he is good, I guard this store, and thanks to the help of those old customers, this is all the credit of my old husband."

The boss poured them another round of tea, and continued to sneer at Dashan and said, "Mr. and Mrs., you went to the Wenchang Temple just now, right? The Emperor Wenchang in the temple is very effective. His old man is the star of Wenqu in the sky. In charge of education, whoever has a baby who is going to school, it’s right to worship him, the old man points a finger, and whoever is the champion.”

"Really?" Mrs. Feng said happily, "That's great. I asked for a signature for my little baby, and asked the old master in the temple to see it and said it was a good luck."

"You can't go wrong. It seems that your little doll has a lot to do with reading."

The boss spoke very firmly, pointed at Mengmeng and said, "Your granddaughter is going to study soon, right? I think you are also someone who loves her granddaughter, otherwise you wouldn't come over to worship God, old lady, our children in Guangzhou. In addition to studying, I also need to learn talents since I was a child, such as painting, writing, like a girl doll, it is best to learn calligraphy, and then learn Chinese painting, and others will know that you are talented."

The old lady Feng said in surprise: "Tsk tsk tsk, the children in Guangzhou are too diligent, and they have learned talents at such a young age."

The boss said more affirmatively: "Learning talent should start from dolls. If you don't learn it when you are young, you will regret it when you grow up. Other people's dolls can be talented. If some people can't, they can't compare to others. Compared to the past, I have no face. Like my shop, many parents have come to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone for their little dolls recently, just to let them learn this talent.”

Speaking of this, the old couple of the Feng family understood that the boss wanted them to buy the things in his store, but they were really interested, so they asked the boss, "Then tell me, like my family. For a granddaughter like this, what do you need to buy to learn talent?"

The boss said happily: "Then there are many things to pay attention to here, some good and some average, of course people with good conditions will buy good ones, I don't say this because I want to do business, it's really because It’s learning Chinese painting and calligraphy, it’s all about ancient rhythm.”

The boss also gave them an example: "You can go to the Xinhua Bookstore and buy some rice paper and brushes, and it can be practiced, but it has no temperament and no soul. Why do you say that? The pen, ink, paper and inkstones sold are all the antiques of the study handed down from ancient times. When you come into contact with these antiques all day long, what you perceive is different from others. There are differences here, so the parents who are really particular about it are It's time to buy some antiques for my little doll."

"The most vulgar thing is that you keep these antiques at home, and they will appreciate in value over time. Antiques are more valuable the more you put them away. When the doll grows up and gets married, these antiques can be used as dowry for her and as family heirlooms. In ancient times, big families married their daughters, that's how it was."

The more the Feng family listened, the more they felt that it made sense. Like their Mengmeng family, with the property given by their grandparents and family, they no longer had to worry about having no money to spend. Once they had money, they had to be literate, otherwise they would become nouveau riche. , Mrs. Feng and Mr. Feng don't ask for anything else, they just want Mengmeng to learn a few more talents. If they say it, they are talented women and literati, and they also have a light on their faces.

The old couple looked at each other, and the old man Feng said with a tacit understanding: "Boss, what you said made my heart move. Then you recommend it, mainly for my granddaughter."

The boss laughed cheerfully, stood up and said, "No problem, my family doesn't want to make more money in business, so I just try to recommend the most suitable one to customers. Your granddaughter is such a watery girl. It's rare, I see. I also like it very much, I have a collection of four treasures of the study here, which is a good thing passed down by my father-in-law's father, I will bring it to you to take a look."

The boss went to the back of the store, took out a small box, and took out a small square box from the box, carefully placed it on the table, then unlocked the lock and took out the contents one by one. come out.

"This is a treasure of the Ming Dynasty. It was not originally a set. It was my father-in-law's father who worked hard to make a set. Look at this set of pens, the authentic Zhuge pens in Xuancheng, Anhui, with carvings on them. The pattern is plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, which is very elegant."

"Look at the material of this rod. Hetian white jade is inlaid in the middle. The Hetian white jade in the Ming Dynasty is very rare. It must be used by the royal family. The story inside is long. In short, it is very precious, and it is very well preserved. This jade is warm and moist."

"The upper and lower ends of this rod are made of red sandalwood. The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Vietnam and India was not good, so this red sandalwood is also very rare. You see, this piece of weasel is the best among Xuan pens. The material, if you touch it, is it particularly flexible? That’s right, it was from the Ming Dynasty and can still be used today.”

Madam Feng widened her eyes in surprise and said, "I'll be darling. It turns out that this is so important, and it can be divided into one, two, and three."

"Of course," the boss said very proudly: "Who are the ancient literati? They have to be the most literate people, and the royal family is even more incredible, and the most exquisite people in the world are there. ."

"Look at my paper, the gold-sprinkled peach blossom paper, it was very famous in the Jin Dynasty, do you know Wang Xizhi? He likes to use this kind of paper the most. One of these papers is less, the second is expensive, and the third is particularly good. Writing, writing can not be broken for thousands of years. This knife paper was handed down from the Ming Dynasty. You can see that there is a seal next to it. It was presented to Ningguo Mansion in the eighth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty. You heard it right. Making rice paper for the emperor is one of their family's tasks."

The Feng family was stunned by hearing this. The yellowed paper was so particular about it. I really didn't know what it was, and was startled when I heard it.

Mengmeng was also dumbfounded, as if listening to a scripture from heaven. She couldn't figure out what was red sandalwood, what was Wang Xizhi, and what was Dream of Red Mansions.

Just looking at the way the boss spoke, and the expressions on her grandparents' faces, she knew that this thing was very valuable, and it was bought for her, Mengmeng laughed happily, and pointed at the black lacquer The stone said, "Uncle, what is this?"