"I love hearing this." Seeing the happy smile on his daughter's face, Father Zhang laughed and said to his daughter: "Go, you go and fry two lai, we will open a bottle of good wine at noon, and we will drink together.
Let’s chat.”
Peanuts and dried radish were served. These two cold dishes are standard accompaniments to drinking. The last time he drank here and made a fool of himself, Jin Huabin was really scared when he saw that the white wine was brought out. He hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Two old men
Let’s drink first, and I’ll go to the kitchen to see if I can help with anything.”
"What are you looking at? This is a woman's business. Let her go." After Master Zhang held him down, he turned around and took out a box of beer from the corner of the room and said, "Drink three glasses with us old bones, three glasses."
Beer as you wish."
This cup is called an eye socket cup. A cup is only about the size of an eye socket. The amount of three glasses of wine seems to be no problem. After Jin Huabin looked at it, he nodded in agreement. The wine was poured, and the hot dishes were still early. Master Wu looked at him, with a smile on his face.
His hands were all white and clean, so he couldn't be a stone carver. I was a little surprised why he was so clear-eyed about the dragon pattern on the stone window. Is it just luck, or is he really good? With curiosity, he winked at Master Zhang and said
: "It's still early, let's go to the workshop with us two old bones to see how the other stone windows are being carved."
The construction site was filled with clanking sounds, and the masons were busy repairing the stones with chisels. Master Wu pointed at the patterns on the two stone tablets and said, "Little brother, can you tell me what these two patterns mean?"<
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Jin Huabin looked at it, and saw several intertwined rattans carved on a stone slab, which were euphemistic, dynamic, graceful and vivid. There were several large flowers on them, and the petals should be peonies. On another rattan
There are a lot of fruits on the balls, which are obviously grapes. Art is always connected. My father is engaged in colored stone carving, and I have seen these basic patterns a lot. In addition, I work at a cultural station, and I have worked hard on the meaning of the patterns.
He smiled and replied: "These two pieces are both entangled branches, the full name is "entangled branches pattern", commonly known as "entangled branches flower", also known as "Wanshou Vine". Because of its continuous structure, it also has the meaning of "endless growth".
"It means auspiciousness. The one composed of peonies is called "Twining Peony", which means flowers blooming and wealth, promotion and wealth; the one made of grapes is called "Tangping Grape", which means many children, good fortune and continuous descendants.
Meaning."
While they were chatting, a voice sounded from the side: "Whose descendants have continued? The dishes are ready, and it's time to start dinner." It was Zhang Guifang who saw them chatting and walked softly behind them.
Master Wu joked: "Who else is there? Could it be two old guys?"
Zhang Guifang lowered her head, smiled shyly and said, "I'll bring you some food." After saying that, she ran away in a hurry.
Spicy screws, cucumbers, shredded Qianjiang pork, braised pig's trotters, stir-fried chicken, stewed bacon with French fries. The table was covered with homemade dishes to go with the wine. Master Wu picked up the glass and said: "Lao Zhang, I have to listen to something today.
Listening to your advice, brother, I have been carving stone windows all my life. I feel that the road is getting narrower and narrower. I have no choice. In the past, business came to my door. In recent years, no one has come to my door. Lao Zhang, your business is doing well.
Relying on the big tree of the Civil Affairs Bureau, why do you fall in love with me?"
Master Zhang sighed, drank a glass of wine, pointed at Zhang Guifang and said: "To be honest, brother, it is not good luck to make money from dead people. Her mother died in childbirth. The fortune teller said it was because of my profession. .If you have a life to make money, you have to live it up. Rich people will look down on me in my line of work. My daughter, please tell Uncle Wu what our plan is."
Jin Huabin was shocked. It was Zhang Guifang's idea to make a transformation. He should be impressed. He couldn't help but turn his head and look at her a few more times.
"During this period, I saw several news on the Internet. More and more temples and ancestral halls are being built in coastal provinces. In addition, various places are renovating old streets for tourism development. The slogan of the renovation is to restore the old streets. That is to say, there is a huge market for antique doors and windows. Let’s not talk about distant places, let’s talk about teahouses and hotels in the city. How many of them are decorated with old windows? They have collected all the old window lattice and old furniture in the countryside. , even the stone pig dregs used to feed pigs costs over a hundred yuan each, this is the information I found online." After saying that, Zhang Guifang handed a book of information to Master Wu.
Master Wu flipped through the package and returned it to her, saying, "I don't understand anything about the Internet. Please tell me what to do next to get business."
"Once we found out, we started to divide the work. Uncle Wu carved out samples of different stone windows for us. We took photos and made a picture album. My dad focused on contacting the tourism bureau." After looking at Jin Huabin, he asked: " You work at the cultural station and collect some allusions related to stone windows for us. Also, you can see the government documents and notify me in advance of any news. At the same time, we will visit the ancestral halls and temples in various places in Xianju to see Can you take a look at what the old window looks like?"
The two parties had just developed a good feeling, and it would be a real pleasure to accompany them on sightseeing tours. If we refused, our relationship would be over from the beginning, so Jin Huabin quickly nodded in agreement.
The four of them were drinking wine and discussing things. Unknowingly, it was already dark. The BB machine on Didi's waist vibrated. Jin Huabin looked down and saw that it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. He was coming from home. News. Unknowingly, it has been a whole day since I came out in the morning. It is raining outside and the bicycle is inconvenient. Zhang Guifang said: "I will drive you back."
"It won't work if you drink." Jin Huabin declined: "It's dangerous on the road."
"This alcohol problem won't solve the problem." Zhang Guifang said as she went to the garage to start the car and said, "It's raining heavily, and no one is checking for drunk driving on the road."
At the beginning of the 21st century, car owners had some relationship with the traffic police. As long as there were no traffic accidents, drunk driving was nothing. After Jin Huabin declined for a while, he sat in the car. Half an hour later, he arrived at the door of his house. , Zhang Guifang smelled of alcohol and asked curiously: "Last time you said that your bedroom is the same as mine, is it true?"
"Of course, I lied to you that I was a puppy. If you don't believe me, go up and have a look." Jin Huabin held her hand and walked to his room. When passing by his parents' room, he only heard his father asking in a daze. Sentence: "Back."
"Yes, I'm back." After saying this, the two of them went to his bedroom on the third floor and turned on the light. Sure enough, the wallpaper, bedding, wardrobe, sofa, etc. were all exactly the same. Even the style of the self-painted paintings hanging on the wall were all the same.
It's very close, the only difference is that there is a dressing table missing.
Zhang Guifang shouted: "It's so comfortable, just like returning to my own home."
"Shh, mom and dad are not asleep yet." Jin Huabin quickly covered her mouth with his hand. Zhang Guifang got excited, picked up his finger, and sucked it gently in her mouth. For a moment, both of them were a little confused.
Infatuated. In order to avoid embarrassment, Jin Huabin turned on the TV, and the theme song of "Evil of the Condor Heroes" was singing inside, smiling proudly that he would never be bored in this life (the two vines and trees are lingering) and the sky is vast and the wild fields are vast (you should know that love is like this)
running water)...
"How do you think Brother Jing and Ronger Tengshu are in love?" Zhang Guifang asked Jin Huabin with a blushing face.
***The author has something to say***
Each stone window pattern has its own culture. The lines of the tangled branches and vines are simple and smooth, and mostly express various auspicious meanings.