59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

"Big Pot, this lotus is beautiful. Can I put it in my car?"

The little girl fell in love with this exquisite golden thing. She had no idea how precious it was. She only knew that the lotus was beautiful and suitable to be placed on her bedside.

It's normal for little girls to like flowers and plants.

Chen Feng felt that she could be trained in advance. Not to mention becoming a little lady like Huo Ling, at least she couldn't become a tomboy like Zhang Haixing.

"Don't be silly, this is good stuff, at least it's a big yellow croaker!"

The old man disagrees.

Are you kidding? The material alone contains several taels of gold, not to mention the value of the craftsmanship of the palace craftsmen, and the fact that it is very likely an artifact used by Manchu nobles to worship Buddha.

If you sell it to Buddhist entrepreneurs, you may even be able to sell a few large yellow croakers.

"Grandpa, can this flower be exchanged for a big fish?" Chen Li blinked and asked the old man curiously.

"···"

The old man choked and couldn't answer for a long time.

The reason is simple. As I said before, no matter whether it is an antique or not, the state-owned stores in Liulichang charge a few cents per pound, and you can buy a truckload of them for a few dollars.

Of course, this is actually considered good. It is better than future experts asking you to hand it in for free, right?

On the contrary, the price of big sea fish in the old city is not cheap!

In other words, according to the current official price, this golden lotus candlestick may not be able to buy a large sea fish weighing several hundred kilograms!

"Okay, Lily, this can be exchanged for a lot of fish. I can give it to you, but you are not allowed to lose it." Chen Feng reminded: "It can be exchanged for a lot of delicious fish in the future!"

There is no point in saying anything else. When the little girl gets tired of playing with it, she might just stuff it somewhere and forget about it.

But when it comes to food, she becomes excited.

"Don't worry, Daguo. I will protect my lotus. If we are hungry in the future, we can exchange it for fish."

Chen Li held the lotus platform happily.

So many fish!

The old man didn't quite agree with this solution, but after thinking about it, he decided that as long as it wasn't lost it would be fine.

This thing is not very rare. Many Manchu nobles had a set of them in their homes, such as the Jade Guanyin and the Golden Buddha. Even though they were busy grabbing land and slaughtering people, they were very pious to Buddha and were afraid that they would go to hell in the future.

After the Republic of China, those who came to power collected a lot of them.

During the eight-year war of resistance against Japan, the Japanese invaders stole a batch of them.

A large number were also received during the official liquidation, and there are still quite a few remaining among the people.

"Little girl, stop showing off your lotus and hide it in your room. If you lose it, I'll show you how I'll deal with you." Zhou Qing threatened with force.

"I won't lose it!"

The little girl pouted and whispered back, then took the precious lotus and hid it in her room.

But she thought that this thing could be exchanged for many, many fish. She put it on the bed at first, but it felt unsafe. She put it in the box, but it still felt unsafe. Finally, she looked at the bed in the big pot.

Very good, it's hidden in the bed of the cauldron.

The little girl was disappointed that Uncle Li didn't arrive before breakfast.

This breakfast was a bit lively, with two tables full, a few adults at one table and a group of children at another. The children had more dishes.

The old man specially took out a jar of wine.

"Grandpa, this won't do. We still have to go to work later." Ouyang Jie said quickly.

He actually came to thank Chen Feng for the meat he had sent over the past six months, and also to send his three children to play and have two good meals.

After all, I've given my family so many delicious foods. Today is his birthday, how could Chen kid treat himself badly?

But the old lady wouldn't let him go.

"Haha, old man, let me pour the wine. I can drink more as long as it doesn't delay my lunch break." Sha Zhu came up shamelessly. He had drunk this wine before, and it made him feel comfortable all over.

"Go away, go drink the soda." Although the old man was disgusted, he still let Sha Zhu take the jar of wine.

"How's the soda?"

The old man stood up and looked around.

"That's good!"

The group of children were shouting particularly loudly, and the little guy Ouyang Wei couldn't help but take a sip of the drink.

"Okay, let's do it together. Happy birthday, Xiaofeng!"

“Happy birthday, Cauldron!”

"Happy birthday, big brother."

A group of people gave a messy blessing, then raised their cups high together and drank it all.

Ouyang Qing was the first to finish drinking, then he grabbed the soda bottle, filled it up for himself, and then poured for his two younger brothers.

For this meal, Chen Feng took out seven or eight bottles of spiked soda from his stock.

"Let's eat!" The old man took a sip of wine and officially announced that the meal was about to begin.

The dishes on the table were not very special. Each table had a roast duck, a soft-shelled turtle, a large Spanish mackerel, and a hot pot with sauerkraut, tofu fish, celery, dried tofu, etc.

The roast duck was sent by Huo Zhilan, the soft-shelled turtle was brought out by Chen Feng, the Spanish mackerel was brought by Ouyang Jie, the sauerkraut was carefully pickled by Sha Zhu, and the dried tofu was also made by Sha Zhu earlier.

The Chen family didn’t actually take out much, mainly venison, oil, beans for making dried tofu, etc.

"Sister, I want to eat turtles, I want to eat turtles!"

Chen Li finally waited until the meal started. She served herself some food while asking Zhang Haixing to help her.

The main thing is that Chen Hao also started to want to snatch it!

Don't laugh at him for being impolite, but this is how some wealthy families eat at banquets nowadays. If you don't grab it quickly, it will be gone in a few seconds.

"Okay, stop messing around, take a piece each!" Chen Feng took a pair of serving chopsticks and divided the turtle among the others.

Zhang Haixing smiled and gave her piece to the little girl.

"Thank you, big sister!" Chen Li looked at her two pieces and couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Ouyang Feng and Ouyang Wei immediately looked at their eldest sister.

Ouyang Qing grinned, revealing his little fangs, which scared the two little brothers so much that they quickly lowered their heads and started eating the turtle meat.

"The fish meat is also delicious, you should eat more." Chen Feng said, pointing at the Spanish mackerel.

"It's a big pot, I can't reach it!" Chen Li said aggrievedly while holding the chopsticks.

My arms are too short, the round table is too big, and it’s not the kind that can rotate.

"Okay, I'll pick some for you." Chen Feng picked up a few big pieces for her.

At another table, Sister Ouyang tasted the soft-shelled turtle and praised it highly.

“This stuff is delicious!”

Chen Jianjun also nodded and said, "Yes, it is true, but it is too rare in the city, and even outside. I heard that there are quite a few in the south."

Sha Zhu couldn't help but show off: "That's right, no matter who did it."

"In the south, as long as there is food at home, no one is willing to make this. It has a strong earthy smell and it requires skills to eat it."

"In our Forty-Nine City, each family has their own unique skills on how to remove fishy smells and how to cook and stew. I have thirteen methods!"

"Thirteen kinds!"

Chen Feng glanced at the arrogant Sha Zhu at another table and did not laugh at him.

This guy is really good at cooking!

Soft-shelled turtles are not very expensive now, mainly because the market demand is not large. Only some wealthy families in big cities buy them for nourishment. After the 80s, there were more rich people and the market expanded rapidly.

Wild soft-shelled turtles soon became extinct, and the soft-shelled turtle farming industry quickly developed.