The life of Lao Liu since 1944

After taking a few steps, I saw two people slowly walking out from the door of the next yard. They were arm in arm, talking and laughing very closely.

This scene surprised Hou Jie. He looked closely and was shocked by the figure of one of them. He stared in disbelief, turned around quickly, and ran away.

The two people had a hint of playfulness and indifference in their eyes. They glanced at the child who ran over, as if it was just an insignificant episode that did not attract much of their attention. Their attention seemed to be completely attracted by other things. They continued to immerse themselves in each other's conversation, talking and laughing, and their voices were full of ease and joy.

"Oh my god, I found something interesting today." Hou Jie's mouth corners unconsciously raised, his eyes flashed with excitement, and his words revealed the joy that he could not suppress.

When I look closely at these two young versions of Yi Zhonghai and He Daqing, I seem to have found the answer. It turns out that it is not accidental that they are so close in the TV series.

The reason why He Daqing still gave the living expenses for the two children to Yi Zhonghai for safekeeping after leaving was not only a reflection of his trust and reliance on him, but also a reflection of the deep friendship between the two. This discovery surprised and excited Hou Jie, and also found a reasonable explanation for the plot in the TV series.

It is necessary to go to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in the TV series. The characters there are all classic and weird. Even if you just want to have fun, it is really boring.

Hou Jie is used to getting information, entertainment and recreation through television, movies and mobile phones. However, when these media suddenly disappear from his life, Hou Jie seems to feel an inexplicable emptiness and boredom.

After all, not having TV to watch for a long time, not having the atmosphere of a cinema, and not having a mobile phone to kill time is a brand new feeling for him. Just imagine being able to communicate face to face with those wonderful people, feel their joys and sorrows, and experience their lives. It should be very interesting.

On Theater Street, Hou Jiezi came to the famous Qingle Tower, which had a large bluestone foundation and a clean and tidy entrance. From a distance, he could hear the tinkling sounds and humming from inside, and cheers from time to time.

There is a large counter at the entrance, filled with candies, melon seeds, fruits and other foods, and cold drinks in summer.

Hou Jie quietly watched, watching the waiters serving customers. When they saw adults bringing children in, they would force candy into the children's hands and then ask the adults for money.

Hou Jie followed suit, took some money and bought some food.

Walk forward amid the compliments from your fellow men.

Looking up, I saw a guy selling things with a wooden box hanging around his neck.

If the customer doesn't buy, if he meets a good-tempered guy, he will just smile and walk away and continue selling. If he meets a bad-tempered guy, he will scold him.

It’s really very Republican.

Therefore, when audiences buy tickets to watch a show, they often have to spend some money in vain, and even get angry.

If you want to be like a big shot and receive smiling service, private enterprises must compete with state-owned enterprises to achieve this.

Everything has its pros and cons. The biggest feature of these big theaters is that they don't sell tickets, but pay for tea instead. After you enter, a waiter will collect the tea money, make tea, and give you a small tea list with today's play and actors on it. You can sit there and drink tea while watching the play.

As long as you have money, you can give the waiter a little money and he will take you to a good seat. You can also go to the private room on the second floor, which is more spacious and better decorated, so you don't have to squeeze with the ordinary people below.

Hou Jie came to the second floor, where the view was better. He could see almost everyone's movements clearly, not to mention the stage.

No one cares about him lying on the guardrail. No one would bother with a child. Just don't block people's view.

The scenes that only appear on TV appear before your eyes, giving you a different feeling.

There are people who pass out towels, that is, white towels. There are full-time waiters for this, and not every waiter can do it.

After they wring out the hot towel, of course, it is not disinfected very well, it just looks white, sprinkled with floral water, steaming hot, and held on a tray. For example, if you ask for a towel board from three or four tables away, the towel board will fly over the heads of seven or eight people, and directly thrown into the hands of the waiter here, and then handed to the customer, because the customer cannot catch the flying towel board. Therefore, the towel board should be thrown cleanly and neatly, and the posture should be neat and handsome. It is common in the theater to cheer for the actors. With these two skills, the waiter can also get a "good" response. There are many techniques for this, some are called "Su Qin carrying a sword on his back" - the towel board is thrown from the back; and another is called "Zhang Fei cheating the horse", lifting the leg and throwing the towel board from under the leg. When it is busy, there are seven or eight towel boards flying around in the theater with hundreds of people.

After watching for a while, I felt that the atmosphere here was lively, but the environment was indeed messy. After all, there were a large group of people, some smoking, some drinking tea and eating melon seeds, and some chatting. From time to time, people selling snacks passed by, and adults cried and children cried.

After listening to the opera for a while, I found nothing that interested me except the babbling sounds.

Where are the girls dancing? He wants to see that. A man is a young man until he dies. We don’t mess around. We just enjoy the beautiful things and the moving dance.

He walked out of the theater and was greeted by fresh air and bustling crowds.

Arriving at the Jade and Antiques Street, Hou Jie instantly felt an atmosphere completely different from the noisy market. It seemed like a peaceful world, with every corner exuding the calmness and mystery of the years.

There are antique shops with different characteristics on both sides of the street, with all kinds of antique jades displayed in the windows. However, for ordinary people who don't know much about the business, such an environment is often full of challenges and traps.

Many tourists who are visiting this place for the first time or curious passers-by often get lost among the numerous antiques and jades due to their lack of professional identification skills and sufficient market knowledge. They are either deceived by merchants who sell inferior goods as good ones or fake goods as real ones, or they pay too high prices due to impulse buying, which leaves them with regrets and lessons.

Hou Jie has a deep understanding of this. He is just an ordinary citizen without a deep academic background or rich collecting experience. He usually just does some small business within his ability. He is a layman when it comes to the appreciation and investment of jade and antiques.

Despite this, Hou Jie was still attracted by the unique charm of this antique street, because he knew that there were countless precious historical and cultural heritages and artistic treasures here. With curiosity about the unknown and a thirst for knowledge, he decided to come and explore. He knew that he was not here to buy collections, but to broaden his horizons, gain knowledge, and seek new things through on-site visits and understanding.

When he saw those antique jades that had gone through vicissitudes but were still dazzling, he could not help but sigh at the ingenuity of nature and the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients. He knew that behind these beautiful works of art there was a profound historical accumulation and cultural connotation, but his current knowledge reserve was not enough to fully understand and appreciate them.

Hou Jie knew there were many treasures here, but he didn't know much about them, so he just took a look. As for the rest, he would talk about it later!