Original Cai Bishen
There are no big shops in the Yangjiahe area of Hanzheng Street. But the small categories are very complete. It can be said that everything you need is available, and it is quite convenient for food, clothing, and housing. Those who do business with a good reputation are called businessmen. Those who do business without a facade are called merchants, and merchants are also a beautiful scenery in Yangjiahe. Still quite a story.
Hanzheng Street is not wide to begin with. Later, in order to widen the streets, the construction department issued regulations. All houses built on the street in the future will leave a space of about three to five meters. In this way, there are some open areas on Hanzheng Street in the Yangjiahe area, which provide convenience for mobile small businessmen and hawkers. When it is convenient for them, it is also convenient for us.
There is an uncle named Shen in the alley next to us. He sells cooking oil on the street. People are honest and hard-working. His "gouzi" (bamboo spoon) is real. One tael, two taels, half a catty, one catty. Speaking of "gouzi", it is a measuring tool made of bamboo tubes, specially used to measure the weight of liquids. For example, wine, soy sauce, and "making soy sauce" are things that a seven- or eight-year-old kid can do. At that time, the adults were talking about family affairs and asked how old your little one was. If the answer is "You can buy soy sauce now," it's a seven or eight-year-old kid. Adults often ask him to go to the grocery store and buy soy sauce or vinegar for a dime. Go to the hotel to buy two taels of wine. The better one is Fenjiu , but almost Nanjiu. Adults must explain clearly.
Hanzheng Street is a pedestrian street. There are very few cars entering, so it is very safe for you to go out. It is very common for children aged seven or eight to buy small things. However, if the quantity is large, children should not go there. Some merchants will play tricks. Uncle Shen is not like this. He allows you to see clearly, pick up the oil, fill it up, and put it into your oil bottle through the funnel. We all believe in him, regardless of age. His peers called him "the oil man." He has three sons, and they live in a small place. The children sleep in a dark building, and they can only light a fire, cook, and eat down there. When there is no wind or when it rains, they all live outdoors. The whole family depends on him. They go out with a small load in the morning and return home after dark.
There is a man named Zhu in the alley opposite us. He is also a hard-working man. He mainly makes a living by selling fruits. There used to be a fruit shop opposite the collectibles market on Chongren Road. The fruit trading market was there, and people in the fruit business purchased goods here. Our neighbor works in retail. There is no idle time all year round. In summer, watermelons are cut into pieces and sold in pieces, and fruits are sold in piles. In the seventies, I can't remember which year, a fire destroyed the fruit row and it was never restored. Qiaokou has an egg factory. Eggs are cheap, so he goes to buy them and sells salted tea eggs. He also sells cold drinks, such as shaved ice snowflake cake, which is a large piece of edible ice, shaved into the shape of snowflakes, and added with fruit-flavored sweetener. "Shaved ice snowflake cake, after drinking it, you still want to drink it." His hawking voice was loud and could be heard from afar.
There are also many people selling popsicles there. Because our Patriotic Neighborhood Committee has a street-run factory, which is a popsicle factory. The business is very prosperous, and there are long queues for wholesale popsicles every day. During the summer vacation of students, manpower is needed for popsicle packaging, so I can work part-time to earn some tuition money. This job works on night shifts, and my eldest daughter has been working for a few days, which makes me so happy.
Because there are many people in Yangjiahe, this is a place where itinerant vendors like to patronize. Those who have been here or passed by, really don’t miss it. Let me take a look at them one by one to see how many you encountered in your childhood.
The burden of fried lotus root balls has come. The lotus root balls are not big and cost a penny each. If you like spicy food, put some chili sauce on a small plate and eat while standing next to it. I can smell the fragrance of lotus root from afar. I eat as much as I can and pay the bill after eating. There are many customers. In fact, he also has deep-fried stinky dried seeds, but they are not as delicious as lotus root. If no one eats it, move it to another place as soon as the load is picked up.
The burden of making rice cakes is here. One point, two points, or five points are all fine.Apply some oil on the iron plate, use a chopstick, tie a cotton cloth and apply some oil on it. The little ones like to use a small shovel to knead it very, very thinly. Probably because they have the experience of life, they enjoy it endlessly.
The burden of steamed cake has come. His rice cakes are fermented so they are very fragrant. He first poured half of the rice flour into the cup-shaped mold, sprinkled a layer of brown sugar, then filled it with rice flour and steamed it. What came out of the mold was a fragrant white pastry. As soon as Xiaoya heard the " bangzi" sound, he knew that the steamed cake was coming, and he was clamoring to eat it.
The stove for making rice cakes is larger and needs to be pushed by a cart, but I still have to come and check in every day. He also has his tricks. For a pair of daddies, you can ask him to make them thinner, bigger, and have more shells. Grandma brought a baby with her, and she wanted her daddy to be thicker and softer, so he did it. Sometimes a grandma only wants half of it, and he sells it too. Sprinkle some brown sugar in the middle of the rice cake, and later use white sugar instead. They call white sugar foreign sugar.
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Everyone in Wuhan knows this business. From an artistic point of view, there’s nothing to say; from a health point of view, it’s not very good. Sugar is a very sticky food, and the kids get dirty when they play with it and eat it. He always stays for a while when he comes, and he is still very attractive.
I have never switched to plate dragon , flower basket, airplane, or Guandao, because the four corners of the turntable are only a few degrees narrow, so the chance of switching to it is very small, but I have still seen sugar. People do these things in . It seems that one hundred and twenty pieces can be exchanged for a Plate Dragon, one hundred pieces can be exchanged for an airplane, and eighty pieces can be exchanged for a Guandao. You can also buy it with money, which can also show his craftsmanship and highlight his signature.
You won’t be able to see the making of plate dragons or flower baskets in a day or two. Think about how long it takes to touch them. Only the little guys are willing to spend their time. I have seen all these things he made, so they are unforgettable. Sugarman uses brown sugar and boils it into sugar syrup based on experience. When he made the dragon, he first made the body of the dragon, about two or three fingers wide, into an S shape and a plate shape, so it was called the dragon. The faucet is divided into several patterns and then connected together. There is a dragon ball in the mouth, connected with a small spring. The tail is also connected with a small spring and can swing, making all the onlookers applaud.
The flower basket in the hands of the flower fairy. There is also a trick, first make the bottom and surface of the flower basket, leave a just right gap in the middle, connect a circle of sugar, slowly open it while it is hot, the flower basket is ready, and hang the accessories. The guests who received the flower baskets had a smile on their faces.
In his pattern, there are also crabs and shrimps, which are a bit more complicated. The crab's shell has a flat surface and a raised surface made of two sugar pieces. Peaches are the simplest. If an adult takes a child to spin a peach, he will make a peach for him.
In fact, there are also unpopular sugar makers, which are blown by the mouth and squeezed by the hands, which is a bit disgusting. It should be eliminated.
If it is summer, tofu brain is sold at night, and soy milk is on the street. It is cold, not iced, and very sweet. Have you seen someone selling pig blood soup ? There are also. The original fuzhi wine is not premature sake. People who don't have the ability to drink can make you drunk. This is the scenery in the summer evening.
Most of the stalls selling baskets walking through the streets are teenagers. There are many things for sale, including those selling tempered fried dough sticks, some selling sesame cakes, some selling rice cakes, and some selling sugar twists, salt twists, and the twists seller has the loudest cries. Wuhan’s sugar twists. The one wrapped in sesame is no worse than Tianjin Mahua .
Popcorn Photo by Tian Lianshen
Popcorn is here, and his business is the best. For an extra penny, give a little saccharine. Sometimes there is a long queue and the stall is closed until evening.
These people who run small businesses are not greedy, kind and gentle (meaning flexible in Chinese). There is also someone who sells tap water, because some families don’t have big buckets, so he can sell small buckets several times.
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