Chapter 162: A chance encounter in a deep alley
The afternoon sun shines on the stone road on Liulichang Street. A manpower tricycle runs happily. Both sides are retro blue brick buildings. When you drill into the alley, you will see the quaint courtyard. In front of each door, there are old-fashioned brands such as "Baocui Hall" and "Chongwenfu" hanging on the front of each house.
"During the Qing Dynasty, this was the place where the examinees lived. The most common ones were paper and ink shops, the wolf-haired pens of 'Dai Yuexuan', the brushes of 'Li Fushou', the southern paper of 'Qingmi Pavilion', and the ink of 'Yidege', which were all century-old brands, and there were many antique shops. Have you heard of 'Jigu Pavilion'? This street is full of treasures!"
The uncle of the human tricycle was wearing a plain white coat and had a wet towel around his neck. While he was humming and waiting for the car, he spitted out his saliva in a thrilling manner.
"So you want to recommend me to buy these things. I know, these are all tricks to fool foreigners." Caesar said leisurely while sitting in the car.
"Oh, you are so smart. From your accent, may you settle in southern Jiangsu?"
"Maybe, my Chinese teacher may be from Southern Jiangsu." Caesar thought for a while.
The human-powered tricycle passed the large archway of carved and painted in the Huaxia Calligraphy and Painting Club, and parked under a Yangqian Hutong. The big tree on the tricycle got off, raised the towel around his neck and wiped it, "Go to Le Ye, you can get out of the car and leave!"
After Caesar got off the car, the uncle smiled and reminded: "Master, the goods in this kind of small shop are generally not real, and you can't swipe your card. The bank cards you have are useless at all, such as city bank and American Express."
"I speak English very well, Texas?"
The uncle smiled and the two of them walked all the way.
Caesar's outfit today looks like a Chinese son-in-law, with a blue Chinese shirt on the upper body, a white sleeves that are rolled up inch wide, black casual pants on the lower body, a pair of old Beijing "slips" under his feet, a brilliant blonde hair, and a pair of blue eyes that can discharge electricity.
As soon as he stood there, the bosses at the door began to greet foreigners and invited them to enter the store to "be slaughtered".
However, Caesar's purpose in this trip was not to come here to buy things. Lu Mingfei and his team thought differently. Caesar's team was also looking for clues to the Dragon King. Caesar did not want to give this great opportunity to Chu Zihang.
With a wave of his wrist sleeve, he shot out a fan that "is not a hero who can't be a good man until the Great Wall", and walked into the deep alley where the sun could not enter.
If we talk about the cultural characteristics of Beijing, then the deep alleys are definitely the characteristics to experience. The outside looks inconspicuous, and after walking in, it will be twisted like a maze.
After walking through the old bluestone slab, the uneven but polished and smooth, the alley became narrower and narrower, and after going around seventeen or eighteen bends, Caesar finally arrived at the end of the alley.
The sign of "Fenglongtang" is a bit worn. It is hung on the lintel of the shop. The royal blue cotton curtain hung at the door. Caesar smiled. What antique shop would be opened in such a remote place.
Although there is no need to worry about the deep alley when there is wine, antiques have no fragrance. Can people still touch them as the wine?
Caesar lifted the cotton curtain, and the copper bells on the door rang, but no one came to greet him. The counter was empty, and the doors and windows of the shop were all ancient. The sun shone in the windows made of paper, and the air was covered with countless dust. There were wooden boxes of large and small in the house. Some of them were old. There were also big red phoenix crowns and robes and wedding dresses for birds to pay homage to the phoenix on the walls.
Caesar slowly wandered around, and the air was filled with a strong smell of sandalwood. He stopped to admire the bright red wedding dress. The material of the wedding dress was high-quality lake silk, exquisite silk edges, gold foil with phoenix patterns, and pearls and glazed sheets.
It was spread out on the wall, and someone used pen and ink to outline the face of the bride. Caesar couldn't help but admire the boss's creativity, but it was really the finishing touch. That face was like a girl with charming eyes turned her head and smiled at you.
"The wedding dress of the Qing Dynasty bannermen was an orthodox bubble. At that time, the cheongsam had a wide hem, the skirt was on the ground, and the pants were worn inside, not the kind that was exposed now, with arms and shoulders exposed now." The person behind him paced out from the bead curtain of the inner door.
"Mr. Lin Fenglong?"
"Mr. Caesar Gattuso, I have long been honored for a long time!" The boss smiled. Caesar never turned around and hummed with a smile, "We have never seen each other and have never known each other. How can we say that a long time of honor for a long time? Isn't it a bit too much for the gentleman to be innocent and rash?"
Caesar turned around, but the next second, the gentlemanly attitude he had maintained before instantly dissipated. The man with a Kyoto accent was actually a European with blonde curly hair. His thin cheeks could still show his handsomeness when he was young.
The boss was wearing a bamboo shirt, with a pair of iron eggs in his hand, and a plastic bag in his other hand, which contained noodles for dinner, the one that was not cooked.
"The monster in the hunter." Caesar looked at Lin Fenglong incredibly, the intelligence dealer who sent the message that Caesar noticed on the hunter website before.
"Mr. Caesar has also been a hunter. He knows that this is the way to go, and the water can be deep."
"It's okay. Those who are scammers in this industry are some scammers, and some are real people with strength. It's normal for the fish and dragons to get along." Caesar gently waved the paper fan in his hand, and the words with a few ink-like ink were facing Lin Fenglong.
"Come some authentic tea and drink it?" Lin Fenglong walked to a purple clay pot, but Caesar shook his head in refusal, "No, I drank a bowl of bean juice in the morning and sprayed it for me."
Caesar never thought that the taste was the same as that of slurry. Now when I recall it, I feel like my stomach is overwhelming.
"Okay, it's only a few minutes anyway. Just explaining things simply will be almost done." Although Lin Fenglong is a foreigner, he has the pleasure of a Beijing man.
"That...why are you...the Chinese name, but with an Aryan face?"
"My parents stayed in China during World War II. Unfortunately, they were killed by bombing, so I raised a couple from Henan. I don't reject myself as German, and..." The boss sat down and patted his thighs, "German is too difficult to learn, I can't learn at all!"
"I think Chinese is a little harder."
Caesar did not think about it, because he still cannot grasp the essence of Chinese. How many different uses can be used by a word, and it can be rumored to make people feel overwhelmed.
"Haha, after all, this kind of thing is hard to say, and the preconceived concept is deeply rooted." Lin Fenglong put a heavy paper bag on the ground, "This is your news, $200,000."
"So many, what did you buy me the chronicles of the Dragon Clan?" Caesar smiled, "I have to look for so many clues one by one by one. That's really terrible."
"Information fidelity!" Lin Fenglong picked up a blue and white porcelain teacup, sucked the cold tea, and smacked his lips from time to time and sighed.
"I just spend money to play. Two hundred thousand dollars is just a meal for me." Caesar took the paper bag, Lin Fenglong put down the teacup, and carefully looked at the young man from Gaul, "What a rich young master!"
"To be honest, I fell in love with the clothes in your shop." Caesar pointed to the wedding dress on the wall. The big red birds pay homage to the phoenix were very grand. "My wife will like this."
"Your wife will be very happy to hear it." The Aryan from Europe showed the smart eyes of the merchant. He stood up and came under the wedding dress. "We have other cheongsams and Hanfu in our store. Do you want to see it?"
"No, I only like this." Caesar believed in his own eyes.
"Really? You haven't even gotten your eyes well, how can you make a conclusion at will?" Lin Fenglong smiled, pointing to the location inside, "There are many beautiful cheongsams and Hanfu here. Have you read Chinese fairy tale novels? That kind of fairy is floating."
"No, I'm here to buy a dowry. If she likes clothes that contain fairy elements, I'll buy the entire store and give it to her." Caesar smiled and shook his head. "Looking at clothes is the same as looking at girls. At first glance, preconceived thoughts will make you look at the following works with tinted glasses. No matter how perfect the clothes are, you can find flaws."
"Oh, the young master said it very well. Because Master Caesar is a destined person, this clothes will be sold to you at the original price, at a price of 50,000 yuan!"
"Twenty-five." Caesar said lightly.
"Young Master, who did you learn this bargaining technique?" Lin Fenglong narrowed his eyes and Caesar smiled. "The sports car on the road are all authentic Beijingers, and the experience they teach is quite useful."
"Okay, okay, since that's the case, I'll sell it to Master Caesar for 25,000."
"Sell me one too for 25,000." A familiar voice came from behind Caesar. He turned his head and saw Yuan Zhinu and Xia Mi standing at the door. Caesar was slightly surprised, "When did you come?"
Chapter completed!