"Delicious, delicious, this porridge is umami sweet, crisp and soft!"

It is said that the boat porridge is a famous Han snack in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, and according to legend, the authentic boat porridge should be made on the boat floating on the river, and even must be eaten in the boat, hence the name. It is made of fresh shrimp, fish fillet, chopped green onion, shredded egg, sea scorpion, peanut kernel, floating skin, and fritter crumbs.

"Yes, this rice noodle is soft and smooth, the ingredients are complete, and the soup is fragrant and tender!"

This is Chaozhou fish ball powder, which is made of smooth and fine Guilin rice noodles with earth fish and pork bone soup as the soup base, plus fish balls, beef balls, fried meat rolls, fish pieces, thin crispy, cloud cakes, fried fish skin, and fresh green onions as ingredients.

"Boss, I think your store should be an old store, right?"

After Nie Xinyuan had eaten and drunk to his heart's content, he came to the boss next to the front cabinet and chatted with him softly, his purpose of exploring the thirteen lines of antiques had not yet been achieved.

"Not really! My shop has been handed down from my grandfather for more than half a century! 100% old shop!

Our ancestors started with boat porridge, and there was no such shop at the beginning, but it was really sold on a boat on Lychee Bay, just like the name of this boat porridge.

At that time, there were lychees everywhere on both sides of the Lychee Bay River, and every summer dusk was the best time for literati and tourists to play. ”

The boss looked up proudly, with a proud face.

"Wow, your ancestor is so powerful!"

"But no, our Chen Ji's boat porridge is famous far and wide, and many people who come to Guangzhou to play will come here, I think you are also outsiders, right? How did you know about my shop? ”

"Hehe, we are all from Sichuan. We were tired and hungry when we walked around the Thirteen Lines, and when we passed by the neighborhood, we saw that it was very popular, so we followed in! ”

"You're in luck!"

"No, your food is not bad!"

"Thank you for your appreciation! You're a cute boy! ”

"Boss, there are thirteen lines in this vicinity, during the Qing Dynasty, this place was extremely prosperous, but I don't know where to sell the old foreign antiques and the like?"

"What? Do you want to buy those antiques? That's not cheap! ”

"We can't afford it! We just want to visit and reminisce about the prosperity of the past thirteen lines! ”

"Yes, I heard my grandfather say that the Thirteen Lines have experienced many fires. The first fire was in 1822, when a fire broke out in a nearby cake shop that affected the thirteen rows, and the fire burned for two days in a row, causing heavy damage.

The second fire was after the Opium War, when more than 100 British soldiers grabbed fruit to eat in a fruit shop opened by Chinese in front of the foreign industry, and also scratched the owner with a knife, arousing the indignation of the people in Guangzhou. In the middle of the night, the people of Guangzhou set fire to the British Merchant House, and the fire was not extinguished until the next day.

The third fire was during the Second Opium War, the British troops stationed in the Thirteen Elements area, in order to prevent the Chinese military and civilians from attacking foreign merchants, demolished a large number of houses around the Thirteen Elements area, and the people of Guangzhou lit a fire from the ruins of the demolished shops, and the fire spread to the Thirteen Elements Foreign Merchant Pavilions area, and two days later, except for one house that survived, all of them were reduced to ashes.

Another fire was in 1915, when Guangzhou was suffering from floods, and a fire broke out in the area of Shisanxing, which caused damage to Tongxing Street, which specializes in selling oil and matches. The fuel tank exploded, the oil floated to the surface, and the fire flowed with the oil. The fire spread to Dajitou in Henan Province through the boats connected from end to end on the Pearl River, and the two banks of the Pearl River suddenly became a sea of fire. The fire lasted for two days and two nights, and the streets and streets were all on fire, burning more than 2,000 businesses and households, causing heavy loss of life and property.

Alas! Speaking of these fires, it's really heartbreaking! The Thirteen Elements, like our country, are really twists and turns in fate! ”

"Boss, now that the reform and opening up has begun, our life is getting better again, and the Thirteen Lines are going to be prosperous and lively again! Your Chen Kee will also have a prosperous business! ”

Nie Xinyuan saw that the boss talked about the past of the Thirteen Lines, and he was full of feelings, so he comforted him.

"You're a good boy, you're a good boy! From this alley, go straight to the right for a hundred meters, then turn left and go straight, and you will find that there are a lot of old things from the previous thirteen lines! ”

Nie Xinyuan led the way, and after the group rested, they walked towards the place introduced by Boss Chen Ji.

"To forget the past is to betray it", this is Lenin's famous quote. In the past, it is history, and when you go out to travel, you should not only visit the natural scenery, but also visit the history of humanities, and you can't fail to mention the thirteen lines and the history of the thirteen lines when you mention the humanities and history of Guangzhou.

"We actually passed by this street just now, but seeing that it was sparsely populated, we didn't walk in, and I didn't expect that there are so many antique shops here!"

When he arrived at the place, Nie Xinyuan suddenly realized that they had actually been here, but they didn't stop to watch carefully.

"Not really! After a long day, we turned back! What a waste of expressions. ”

"Let's go in and have a look."

"Wow, come and see, there's a big sailboat here~ shiny, like silver!" As soon as Bai Shibing entered the store, he was attracted by a silver sailboat.

After listening to the introduction of the store, everyone knows that this sailboat is a sterling silver handicraft imported from abroad in the Qing Dynasty, which may be called a handicraft at that time, but it is also an antique now.

Ai Xiaoyu looked at the shelves full of crafts and antiques, mixed together, people without vision, it is easy to confuse the two when they walk in.

Ai Xiaoyu found that most of the antiques here are Qing Dynasty export porcelain, carvings, craft fans, ivory carvings, silk fabrics, lacquerware, and Guangcai.

Qing Dynasty sterling silver dragon pattern cigarette case, late Qing Dynasty lace sterling silver business card case, Birmingham, England sterling silver ashtray and so on all bear deep traces of the collision of Chinese and Western cultures.

Ai Xiaoyu looked around, and didn't find any special antiques worthy of collection, so she said to everyone: "Let's continue to look at the next store, shall we?" ”

"Okay, okay, I haven't seen it for a long time and I don't see which one is good!"

Tian Peilan is very similar to many girls in later generations, who only pay attention to and like fashionable and popular things, and are not interested in the things of their ancestors.

Dong Jingjing shook her head regretfully and said, "Alas, I'm still not interested in these!" These things may be worth a lot of money in a few decades! ”

"I don't think you have to wait for a few decades, at most a dozen years, and the prosperity of antiques will come!"

Nie Xinyuan's expression of affirmation made the prophet's Ai Xiaoyu sigh again, demons, demons! What Nie Xinyuan said was too accurate, she found that even if she lived again, she was not as smart as Nie Xinyuan, and at a young age, she was too good at calculating and prophesying.

"Well, I think Brother Xinyuan is right, just like what my mother said, 'gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times', the country is about to usher in the prosperous era of reform and opening up, and antiques will definitely become more and more valuable!"

Ai's mother listened to her daughter's words, and also agreed, in peacetime, although the price of gold will rise, but the increase will definitely not be too large, only rare and valuable antiques will become more and more sought-after.

"Mom, there are a lot of cloisonné bracelets here! It's so beautiful! Shall we buy one for each of us and bring it back to ourselves, or keep it for others? ”

Ai Xiaoyu used his spiritual power to find more than 20 old goods in these hundreds of cloisonné, with the cangsang and charm of time, and if you look closely, you will know that these old goods are purely handmade, and the copper tire is copper, which is fired by authentic enamel powder, and the gold plating on it is all real gold. If you buy such cloisonné, you will miss it!

"20 yuan apiece? These are not expensive, but they are not cheap either! Boss: Are these cloisonné bracelets all the same price? If we buy more, do we have less? ”

As soon as Ai's mother saw her daughter's appearance, she knew that she must be going to pick up the leak again, and Nie Xinyuan also felt it. Only the six of them were still confused. Ai Ma asked the boss about the price, and at the same time, she was also carefully checking which of these bracelets were good and which were bad, but she couldn't recognize them.

had to let Ai Xiaoyu choose among a large number of cloisonné bracelets, and Ai Xiaoyu honestly and unceremoniously picked out all the old goods in it.

"Smile, why are the bracelets you chose old?"

Tian Peilan saw that Ai Xiaoyu put those new and bright bracelets and didn't pick them, but picked some old bracelets, she was very puzzled, fortunately she would be smart, and the voice of the question was very small, and the owner of the store didn't hear it.

Ai Xiaoyu said to Tian Peilan angrily: "I'll tell you later, your task now is to keep your mouth shut!" ”

He turned to Ai's mother again and said, "Mom, I picked 22 out, you ask the boss, how much can you reduce so much?" ”

After some bargaining, Ai Ma finally bought all 22 cloisonné bracelets for only 300 yuan.

After leaving the store, Tian Peilan couldn't wait to ask, "Xiaoxiao, you haven't answered my question yet?" ”

Ai smiled and said: "The bracelets I chose are all old goods, all of them are from the Qing Dynasty, or cloisonne bracelets from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

In particular, there are more than a dozen bracelets in it that are cloisonné, and the price is not low. We have made a lot of money this time, these bracelets are not a few hundred yuan for people who know the goods, you can't buy one! ”

"Really? Are you sure? ”

"If the boss of that house knows the truth, he won't be angry!"

"Xiaoxiao, you're so amazing!"

"Yes, yes, sister, this is another leak of you, right?"

Everyone said babblingly, all of them were excited and happy for Ai Xiaoyu.

"You don't have to look greedy, Ai Ma decided, see you today, a few of you, one person to pick one, smile and smile, don't you help them, let them pick their own, the good or bad are also borne by themselves!" Ai's mother said to everyone very generously.