"Hey, are we really going to the grocery store?"

After saying goodbye to Tang Ge, he was pulled out by Tangerine, and Su Yile couldn't help but ask him, if it is really a grocery store, this is very "tasteful"!

As if he didn't understand anything, Tachibana asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" ”

The feeling of being indescribable, Su Yile emphasized, "Buying souvenirs at the grocery store is ...... Can't tell, right? ”

Laughing, Tangerine Tong, who understood what she was struggling with, explained: "Don't worry, Uncle Tang is joking, do you think there may be a grocery store on this street?" ”

"Probably not...... However, I still feel quite strange, can you really have income from opening this kind of store? ”

Although the focus has changed, Tangerine still answers Su Yile's doubts.

"You're right, there is really no turnover in this kind of store, and although there are people on other streets, there are really not many customers who will make purchases here! However, did you know that the existence of this street is largely the most precious thing in Hwaseong? ”

As if grasping the "core idea" that Tangerine wanted to express in this paragraph, Su Yile chased after him, "You keep talking!" ”

Finding that his words aroused Su Yile's interest, the smile on Tangerine Tangerine's face enlarged.

"Our country is composed of very many ethnic groups, originally each ethnic group has maintained its own characteristics, and there are obvious differences between each other, but with the flow of population and ethnic blending, the ethnic groups that occupy an absolute position in the number of people are almost in the posture and speed of 'elimination' to integrate other ethnic groups, with the extension of time, social changes and customs, the original characteristics of the ethnic groups with small populations are becoming more and more declining, and they are gradually forgotten and disappear in the long river of history."

"It is not a bad thing that the ethnic group, which is the main body of integration, is compatible with the characteristics of other ethnic groups while gradually forming more modern characteristics, but it is a pity that the characteristics of other ethnic groups are gradually dying out because of changes in population and customs."

"The meaning of the existence of Hwaseong Street is to preserve some of the characteristics that are about to die out or have already died, and convey their former glory to everyone who has come here through different forms, so that people will never forget their existence."

Saying serious things that seemed out of place, Tangerine smiled at Su Yile, who was a little stunned, raised his hand and patted her head, probably meaning, understand?

"Oh, so the shopkeepers here are all so-called 'inheritors of intangible cultural heritage'?"

Smiling bitterly, feeling that Su Yile thought that the span was a bit large, Tangerine said: "Some shopkeepers are indeed, but most of them have not yet reached that height, but their mood to insist on opening a shop here is no worse than those real inheritors!" ”

Nodding, Su Yile said, "Well, no matter what, they are all respectable...... But what do they rely on to make their income? ”

"Because a considerable number of shopkeepers set up shop here on their own initiative, they do not enjoy the state's subsidy for the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, so they can only do their own work during the day and come here at night. If we didn't come at night, we might only see a few shops open. ”

"Okay, now that the history is over, let's go see if there's anything interesting!"

After listening to the small class on the history of Tangerine, Su Yile was really a little anxious, but her sentence "Is there anything fun" still exposed the essence.

"Let's go."

Soon, the two of them went to the grocery store that Tang Ge said, which sold quite a lot of things, including some embroidery works, colored sculptures, oil paper umbrellas, etc., and the shopkeeper was an elderly woman.

Noticing that Tangerine and Su Yile came in, the woman who just glanced at it didn't say anything, lowered her head and continued the work at hand.

didn't care about the woman's reaction, Su Yile and Tangerine turned around the store, looking for so-called fun things.

After looking for a while, Su Yile returned to the edge of the orange orange with a disappointed face, she didn't find something she liked, but the orange orange found something interesting.

Finding that Tangerine Mandarin's attention was not on him, Su Yile was curious, looked in the direction of Tangerine Mandarin's attention, and asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

"This!"

His eyes were fixed in one place, and the orange orange pointed to Su Yile to see that it was a thin rope that had no features at first glance.

"Isn't this just a rope?"

Hearing Su Yile's words of such a hasty conclusion, Tangerine raised his hand and knocked on her forehead, "You can take a good look and then talk!" ”

Suffering from pain, Su Yile stuck out his tongue at the orange orange with a coquettish expression, and then put more attention on this rope.

As the orange orange said, this rope is not an ordinary rope, it is formed by many small ropes of different colors (to be precise, it should be thin threads) woven together, although it is a small object, but it may take more effort to make it than those big things.

Because the production of rope is now completely mechanized, the cost of handmade ropes like this is too high, causing them to lose their practical value and become mere ornaments.

"Do you want to buy this?"

Su Yile asked Tangerine for his opinion, which made Tangerine inexplicable, was it to buy a gift for Su Yile, shouldn't it be her decision?

"What do you think?"

Thinking about it, Su Yile said: "I think it's okay, this rope should be able to be used as a headband......

"That's not a headband, it's tied to your hands!"

The person who interjected was the shopkeeper who had been doing his own thing, and at this time, she raised her head and looked at Su Yile and Tangerine over here, and said this.

"Hello!"

Nodding politely to the female shopkeeper, Tachibana said, "Can you take this out and show us it?" ”

In the face of Tangerine's request, the woman did not act immediately, but asked them, "Do you want to buy this?" ”

Tachibana: "Yes." ”

The woman asked, "What are you buying for?" ”

Su Yile: "Be a souvenir!" ”

Woman: "Remembering your love?" ”

Tachibana: "Hmm. ”

As if convinced, the woman stood up and said, "It's also appropriate to use this as a souvenir, because the name of this thing is 'Yuan'!" ”

"Fate?"

I don't understand, Orange and Su Yile don't understand.

Nodding, the woman continued: "That's right, it's fate!" In the eyes of our weavers, this rope is interwoven by countless thin threads, and those thin threads represent the thread of time, the thread of life, the thread of fate, as a weaver we complete is not a tedious work, but the life, time, fate all woven together! ”

"Because of the flow of time, life can be extended, because of the extension of life, the threads of fate can be intertwined, countless threads are intertwined and twisted with each other, combined into a huge group, which is also the essence of our relationship between people, isn't it?"