Chapter 800: Eight Great Hutongs
It turned out that the person who inquired about the courtyard replied. This person, who has been from Yanjing for several generations, works as a real estate agent, and usually likes to listen to old stories and inquire about something, which is also a chatter. Wen Jia grew up in the alley strings, and it is not difficult to find such a person.
The phone call lasted for ten minutes, and Wen Jia hummed, as if she had really heard a story.
"This courtyard turned out to be lived by a junior child." Hanging up the phone, Wen Jia said to Tang Yi with a smile.
"Oh? Pretty quick to inquire! Tang Yi asked, "Little San'er?" ”
"During the Republic of China, there was a very famous Ruiyu silk cloth village in Yanjing, you know?" Wen Jia asked.
"Of course I do." Tang Yi nodded.
Boss Kong of Realtek Silk Village is a national industrialist and an antique collector. Tang Yi was in Huhai at the time, facing Min Tian and Ni Zhongwei, when talking about Jiajing's official imitation of Doucai, in order to refute Ni Zhongwei, he casually listed a pair of Jiajing's imitation of Doucai flower and stone cups collected by Boss Kong.
"This Fang Zhu was originally Boss Kong's junior son?" Tang Yi then asked.
"Come, drink a glass of water, and I'll tell you." Wen Jia poured a glass of water for Tang Yi with a smile, "This little junior is a little interesting." ”
Tang Yi already had a judgment in his heart, Boss Kong has money and eyesight, and his collection must be all high-quality products. Could it be that some of it was hidden in the mistress's house? Why didn't you take it away? Besides, Boss Kong didn't take it away, why didn't this junior take it away after selling the house?
Tang Yi was thinking about it, and Wen Jia had already spoken. Tang Yi simply didn't want to think about it, who knows about this kind of thing, or the result is important, so he lit a cigarette and put on a posture to listen to the story first.
"This little san'er, it turned out that he made a living in Bada Hutong, his name is Guqin, and his name is quite elegant."
"What?" Tang Yi was surprised, these eight alleys do exist, and they are indeed eight alleys with names. However, in the background of the story, during the Republic of China, it is actually a general reference, referring to nearly 100 large and small "entertainment venues" distributed near these eight alleys.
Therefore, Bada Hutong was synonymous with fireworks and willow lanes at that time.
These eight alleys became fireworks and willow alleys, and the prototype may be traced back to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. During the Qianlong period, the Hui troupe entered Beijing, and the troupe lived in this area.
In the Qing Dynasty, prostitution was actually prohibited, so there were a group of officials and scholars who began to get better. Excellent, that is, excellent, dramatic.
However, the Huiban disciples who came to Beijing were actually boys, and if they were beautiful, they sang Danjiao. Slowly, sitting in the hall and teaching the play, this process will not be said, in short, it began to flourish. And these eight alleys have also become famous because of the male actors.
This is also quite interesting, the ban on prostitution is banned, and it turns out that someone has a curved pleasure, causing such a result!
By the time of the Republic of China, the ban on prostitution was canceled, and the male actor was not a normal demand after all, and it slowly withered, and the girls began to go out of the mountains and occupied the eight alleys, and all kinds of smoke and willow places rose.
Back then, the grade of the places in the Bada Hutong was still relatively high, and there were many characters with both color and art, so they could be so famous.
"It's interesting, Boss Kong's reputation is still very big, an industrialist, a collector, and the result is okay!" Wen Jia said with a smile.
"It's not surprising, during the Republic of China, what did the rich like to do the most? Holding a show, visiting the kiln, has even become a fashion, just like playing golf now, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a sign of a successful person, of course Boss Kong is a successful person! Tang Yi explained.
"Oh?" Wen Jia's historical knowledge is naturally not as rich as Tang Yi's, "So that's the case!" ”
"Who went to Bada Hutong the most at that time? People from both houses! Tang Yi continued, "During the Beiyang government, the monthly allowance of the people in the Senate and the House of Representatives alone was two hundred oceans!" ”
Wen Jia laughed, "Maybe Boss Kong is going to make friends with people from the Republic of China Congress!" Well, I continued. ”
This woman named Guqin may have been a beautiful girl in the past, in short, she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she actually understands antiques. It is said that although this guqin is not very beautiful, it is quite popular with Boss Kong. In the end, he simply ransomed her, and stopped everyone from being happy, but changed to being happy alone.
With this kind of background of guqin, it is estimated that it is not very good to enter the door and be a concubine. So Boss Kong bought this house and raised the guqin in the outer room. This courtyard is not big, but Guqin alone, even if it is accompanied by a maid and a subordinate, it is enough to live.
Guqin lived in this courtyard for a short time, and it is said that Boss Kong spends at least a third of his time here overnight every month.
Later, when the war broke out in Yanjing, Boss Kong left with his family's money and went overseas from Hong Kong Island. A pair of Jiajing official imitation Doucai flower stone cups once collected by Boss Kong appeared in a private museum in Europe, presumably sold by later generations.
However, when Boss Kong left, he didn't take away the guqin he liked so much. It seems that liking is one thing, and never giving up is another. However, Boss Kong gave her the deed, and it is said that he also kept a sum of money.
In a chaotic situation, it is not easy for a woman to live. Soon after Boss Kong left, Guqin married a cart-puller. As a result, after less than two years of marriage, he actually got a serious illness, and he didn't get better, so he gave up. It is said that the beginning of this cart was fine, after all, I got money and a house, but then it was a little unbalanced, and beatings, scolding and violence became commonplace.
This guqin is depressed, physically and mentally exhausted, and has accumulated a serious illness.
Guqin was originally a dusty woman, who was a bit drunk and gold-obsessed, and later was hidden by the gold house. Moreover, she can be regarded as a talented girl, who was raised in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Maybe, I also want to find an honest man to live a down-to-earth life, but some days are not for everyone.
This cart landed a fortune, a set of yards. Guqin walked for less than two months before marrying again.
The house, which pulled the cart was later sold. And now, I don't know how many hands I have poured down.
"No wonder you listen to it with relish on the phone, co-authoring is a matter of Bada Hutong." After listening to this, Tang Yi pointed at Wen Jia.
"What a thing! Didn't I know the bottom of my heart, so I listened to it for a while. "Wen Jia is right, if it is really the place where Boss Kong's outhouse lived, there is a high possibility that there are good things hidden under this stove.
As for why Boss Kong hid things here and didn't take them away, it's hard to say. Perhaps, he cares a lot about this paragraph, and leaves these things for the guqin before leaving, which is not only to leave a fortune, but also to leave a thought.