Reborn Great Nation Craftsman

Chapter 24: Setting Up a Stall on Silk Street
Not long ago, I was still starving in the street.

Now dare to go to Xiushui Street to set up a stall!
Where is Silk Street?
There should be an earlier street in Beijing where small vendors gather.

A few years earlier, it was a gathering place for a group of speculative criminals.

Zhang Junping dared to set up a stall on Xiushui Street, which somehow made the old lady a little curious.

"Grandma Liu, this is not the 70s, now that the country has reformed and opened up, it is not illegal to set up a stall.

As for shame, what is there to be ashamed of eating by your own craftsmanship?
The chief designer has said that no matter whether it is a white cat or a black cat, if it catches a mouse, it is a good cat! "

Silk Street is close to the embassy apartment, where a large number of foreign friends live.

The Silk Street Market was officially established in 1978. At the beginning, it was just a few shops scattered among the embassies and diplomatic apartments. Because there were not many residents nearby, it was not optimistic.

State-run stores and self-employed people are not optimistic, but Xiushui Street has become a gathering place for some poor people.

A lot of bad guys like to set up stalls here. In addition to the liveliness here, there are many foreigners here. If you are lucky, you can make a single business with foreigners and you can earn several days of income.

Others simply collect things here.

For example, foreign exchange rolls, such as some rare things brought by foreigners from abroad.

In the 80s, there were quite a few foreigners in Beijing who were outlaws, and many foreigners relied on this for their livelihood.

At 03:30, Zhang Junping packed up his studio and rode a bicycle to Xiushui Street with the wood carvings he had previously processed.

One street further north is the famous Sanlitun, where there are more foreigners.

However, the management over there is strict, and stalls are not allowed.

Not to mention the stalls, not even taking pictures.

There is a joke in the cross talk, saying that a farmer went to the city and saw tall buildings.

Count how many layers out of curiosity.

As a result, someone came over and asked, what are you doing?

I'm counting the floors!

Beijing does not allow several floors, fines...

Something similar happened in Sanlitun, Beijing.

An out-of-town tourist visited Sanlitun and saw the pink house, feeling novel and beautiful, so he took a photo with a camera.

Then the police came over and asked, "What are you doing?"

Tourist: I take pictures!The house is all pink, so pretty!
Public Security: It's very nice, but you have to go to the police station with me!

In this era, Sanlitun has no bars, let alone Uniqlo. There is a restaurant and a supply and marketing cooperative. It is very desolate and deserted.

Therefore, stalls are still Silk Street.

"Yo! Dude, the eyes are born! The first day?"

As soon as Zhang Junping stopped his bicycle, someone greeted him.

"Yes! It's the first day!" Zhang Junping nodded.

Greeting him was a fat young man of medium height, wearing a pair of grass-green trousers and a short-sleeved vest with blue and white stripes on his upper body.

There will be no customers here, and this one is too idle and boring, trying to pass the time.

"Why are you here so late?"

"I have other jobs during the day, so I can only set up a stall in the evening and earn two pocket money!" Anyway, he just opened the stall and had no business, so Zhang Junping was happy to grind his teeth with him.

"This is what you're selling?" The chubby young man picked up the little wooden rabbit that Zhang Junping had just displayed and asked.

"Wood carving! A gadget you made yourself!"

"I know, what you do is quite similar! At first glance, it looks like the real thing!
However, it is estimated that no one wants this thing!

It's useless if you don't eat or wear it properly! "The fat young man pouted while admiring Zhang Junping's woodcarving.

"Brother's woodcarving is really good, if it's put in the past, it will definitely sell for a high price!

But now..." A young man with big eyes shook his head and commented, and finally smacked his lips regretfully.

This young man with big eyes is thin and has no flesh, and his height is only about 1.6 meters.

If this young man walked on the street before liberation, he would definitely be regarded as a big smoker and avoid him.

"Little Six has some truth in what he said.

This old saying goes that gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times.

Little brother, although this woodcarving is not an antique, it also belongs to the category of literary play.

Wenwan is worthless in this day and age!

Who is at the front door, just that Mr. Baylor, a few days ago, he sold a piece of pastel that is said to be from the Kangxi Dynasty. Guess how much it sold for? "A gentle middle-aged man with glasses interjected.

As soon as Zhang Junping's booth was set up, it attracted a lot of people.

They are all idle and have nothing to do, and gather a piece to grind their teeth.

Zhang Junping is new here, and it is a new topic, so many people gathered to join in the fun.

"How many?"

"Now there is still Lord Baylor?"

The first sentence was asked by the fat young man, and the second sentence was asked by Zhang Junping.

"It's just a title! The Manchus, according to himself, used to be a relative of the imperial family. If the Qing Dynasty did not perish, he would have to be a Baylor! So, everyone joked and called him Lord Baylor!
The name is too long, but no one knows what the real name is! "The middle-aged man in the glasses answered Zhang Junping's words first, and then said again: "Master Belle, you started cursing your mother when you came out of the cultural relics store!"
I found out later that the cultural relic store gave him ten yuan! "

"Hey, ten yuan? Is it too little?"

"What do you know? That's Kangxi pastel! Before liberation, it was worth at least one big yellow croaker!"

"Hey, is it worth a big yellow croaker?"

"What is pastel? So valuable?"

"You don't even know about pastel?

Do you know Jingdezhen?

Pastel is one of the four traditional famous porcelains of Jingdezhen kiln.

It is said that this pastel is still learned from foreigners!

You say arrogant or not?Is it worth it? "

"There were foreigners during the Kangxi Dynasty?"

"Why not? There were foreigners in the Tang Dynasty!"

Where is a group of people discussing what pastel is and why it is worth a large yellow croaker.

How much is a large yellow croaker.

How much is a large yellow croaker worth now?

Whoever has several small yellow croakers in his hand, he has seen it with his own eyes.

Who has how much Yuan Datou in his hands...

Today's chat, all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

On the contrary, Zhang Junping who caused the topic was ignored.

Originally, Zhang Junping was just an introduction to their chat.

Now that the building is up, and it is crooked, who cares about the introduction of this topic.

Zhang Junping listened at the side and felt very interesting.

The capital deserves to be the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties, with hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

The stalls set up here are all knowledgeable about astronomy and geography.

Don't say it, what they said, although there are some exaggerated ingredients, can be carefully tasted, it is really the case.

"Hello, excuse me!

How much is this for you?"

Just as Zhang Junping was listening with gusto, two blond foreigners stopped in front of Zhang Junping's booth.

"Hello..." Zhang Junping greeted each other in broken English.

Even though his poor English is still inherited from his predecessor, he is a junior high school graduate, and his English has long been returned to his teacher.

　Ask for collection, ask for recommendation ticket, ask for reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)