It is normal to say that the older generation of staff at the ferry station know my grandfather, and my father and them are also friends, saying that in the 80s, when there were motor vehicles crossing the river, my father had to drive a boat across the river every month.

I can't imagine this situation, I always feel that the steel plate and iron lock have a bit of science fiction flavor.

"It's Yuan Xi's granddaughter, she looks exactly the same as when she was a child, and she hasn't changed at all."

Lao Zhou, who came over, took off his old glasses and stared at my face for a long time, and said with a smile while watching, "It's still a little different, it's much whiter than when I was a child, you see, it's really white skin like malnutrition." ”

I:......

Lao Zhou asked again, "What about your grandfather?" Where's your dad? It's all right, Pudong is really good now, Ah Xi doesn't want to come to us, right, and the Confucian Temple bookstall won't be set up, right? ”

"Lao Zhou, hurry up and help the little girl tie up the bundle of books, it's going to be turned off."

Under the reminder of the aunt on the side, Lao Zhou scratched his hair, stuffed his glasses into his jacket pocket, divided five by two, and simply tied the book.

I exclaimed, "It's so well tied, I won't fall apart for another day." ”

"What is this, I learned this from your grandfather, I used to go to the Confucian Temple to set up a bookstall book stall on Sunday morning, when the sky was bright, someone pushed a cart from Pudong, or pushed a bicycle from Pudong, and there was a sack hanging on the back of the car, or just like you, he tied it directly to the car with a rope, and did not put a bag on it, and rushed to the Confucian Temple to set up a booksstand."

I nodded quickly, since I was a child, I also watched my grandfather tie books like this, one on the left, one on the right, crossing, and then ...... That scene is similar to Qiao Feng and Guo Jing's few tricks to descend the dragon and eighteen palms, it looks simple, but it's a pity that you know it by yourself - I didn't learn it at all.

There is a deep hidden skill in this, like a martial arts cheats, you can't see the essence just by looking at the outside; The real kung fu inside can't be learned overnight.

"Grandpa, they are more powerful, and the bookstall owners are all powerful." I praise it from the bottom of my heart.

Lao Zhou chuckled when he heard this, revealing his two big front teeth. These front teeth awakened some memories in me, as if indeed this old Uncle Zhou should be very familiar to me.

"Hey, in the 90s, Ah Xi and they were an important part of Shanghai's reading culture, and the whole people were reading fever." Lao Zhou held his knees and sat down in the first position of a row of green chairs.

Turning his face sideways, he pointed to the Huangpu River and said: "Nong, it's been busy now, but the air is getting better and better, the egrets and gray herons on the Huangpu River are all flying, all kinds of birds, one day, we still see a bird on the boat, do you know?" ”

"What?" I asked curiously.

"Haha, Kingfisher."

"Kingfisher?" I was pleasantly surprised.

Kingfishers aren't very common, but if you do, you're lucky. Legend has it that the kingfisher's feathers were so beautiful that during the Qing Dynasty, the blue and green kingfisher feathers would be made into a titan, and only women from aristocratic families could wear such headdresses.

"The main thing is that the riverside has been repaired, you will ride along the riverside for a while, don't be too comfortable, it's really - how to say it, you readers say it well, I can't describe it."

"Leisurely? A bowl of cherries? Sunny? ”

"Leisurely, pleasing to the eye, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the country and the people are safe, the family is happy, and the city creates a better life!"