National Tide 1980.

Chapter 178 Mr. Song

Ning Weimin tried his best to comfort Kang Shude.

He started with the world pattern, the general trend of the country, and economic needs, and then talked about the inheritance of civilization, cultural beliefs, and finally the voice of the people, and the continuous cutting of national blood, but he said almost all the reasons that can be recommended.

Although many inferences cannot be proved at present, after all, this is what is destined to happen in history, and there is absolutely no loophole in the logical relationship.

Rao Kang Shude was skeptical and couldn't fundamentally believe it completely.

However, it has to be admitted that Ning Weimin's analysis is sound, and there is indeed a great possibility.

Therefore, after all, the old man settled most of his heart because of this, his mood was no longer so erratic, he no longer felt anxious, and he even appreciated his apprentice's affection.

In this way, the old man briefly described some of the past that he tried to avoid and kept silent.

Telling Ning Weimin about Mr. Song's legendary experience, it can be regarded as satisfying his curiosity.

Kang Shude said that Mr. Song's name was Song Xiuwen.

It sounds like Song Ziwen's brother, but in fact it has nothing to do with the four major families.

Mr. Song is about sixteen or seventeen years older than him. He is a native of the capital, and his family owns a kiln factory.

But unfortunately, his father was seriously ill when he was young, and his mother passed away successively due to excessive injuries.

Mr. Song is the only child in the family, so after his parents passed away, many distant relatives who were far away from each other came to play tricks and take advantage of it.

Some people even intend to seize and seize the Song family's property.

So Mr. Song couldn't afford to offend him, and he could hide it, so he quickly sold his family's property.

I used this money to go east to Fusang to study with a few progressive classmates, so as to get rid of the mess in the capital.

Although Mr. Song was forced to study abroad, he knew that everything depends on himself in the future. After arriving in Tokyo, he really studied hard.

Later, not only was he admitted to Tokyo Higher Technical School, but he was also a double-educated student of ceramics and physics.

As a result, because of his outstanding academic performance, during his study abroad, he was valued by a big merchant with antique shops in Tokyo and Kyoto, and married his only daughter to him.

The oriental daughter-in-law married by Mr. Song is called Keiko Hitohashi.

The surname "Yiqiao" is rare in the East, and belongs to the noble class of the East.

For example, Tokugawa Yoshiki, the last general of the Edo Shogunate, was called Hitohashi Yoshiki because he inherited the Hitohashi family.

Therefore, this surname is essentially an offshoot of the Tokugawa family, so it is naturally very dignified.

In fact, the reason why Mr. Song is valued by such a famous oriental family.

In addition to his outstanding talent, the key is because he agreed to the request of the Hitohashi family to marry.

But Mr. Song also has a condition, that is, he is the only one in the Song family, and he is also the only son.

His heirs must also inherit the incense for the Song family.

In this way, after graduating from university, Mr. Song returned to the capital with his Japanese wife.

Because he has two university diplomas, he also knows English, Russian, and Japanese.

Mr. Song, who had accomplished his studies, was undoubtedly one of the returnee elites back then, so he had no problem finding a well-paid job.

In fact, not long after he returned to China, he successfully entered the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of the Beiyang Government.

And because of his outstanding ability, he soon made meritorious service and won a fifth-level Golden Harvest Medal.

It's a pity that he really couldn't adapt to the stale bureaucratic environment of the Beiyang government.

After only one year of working, he had to resign in anger because he couldn't understand the shady scenes in the officialdom and offended the superior.

After that, Mr. Song turned to set up a ceramics factory, intending to use the major he had learned to carry forward his ancestral business, and at the same time save the country through industry.

However, the domestic business environment is really bad.

Not only are the various apportionments and exorbitant taxes imposed by the Beiyang government, but an upright businessman is also exploited and harassed by hooligans.

In the end, this road didn't work out either. In less than two years, the factory closed down, and Mr. Song's savings were completely wiped out.

In the end, Mr. Song had no choice but to turn to the Dongyang father-in-law for help, and opened an antique shop in the capital to make a living.

Speaking of which, Mr. Song has an advantage in this business.

Especially in the ceramic firing process, he is full of knowledge and should be regarded as a top expert in China.

In fact, he was good friends with many members of the Qing Dynasty Rehabilitation Committee. He also accepted the invitation of Lin Fengmian, the principal of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, and served as a visiting professor of ceramic art for a period of time.

The so-called aftermath committee of the Qing Dynasty refers to those people who cleaned up the property of the Forbidden City for the Beiyang government after Pu Yi abdicated, and later became the antiquities experts of the Forbidden City.

As for the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, it was later the Beiping Academy of Fine Arts, the predecessor of the National Academy of Fine Arts.

Therefore, relying on this outstanding ability of discerning pearls, Mr. Song got a lot of good things.

The business quickly boomed, and it became a well-known antique merchant in the capital at that time.

As for the fate between Mr. Song and Kang Shude, it was entirely because of a heavy snow in 1929.

According to the old man himself, that was when he was at his worst.

Not only was he "on the pole" robbed of his livelihood by begging at the entrance of the Fengyue place, his broken finger has not yet been healed, but he also spent the last big money on his body.

I was kicked out of the "chicken feather shop" by the owner just now, and I was walking on the street hungry and frozen, not knowing where to go.

Unexpectedly, when he walked to Nanchizi Street, he was hit again by a car that was skidding on a turn.

Fortunately, that car happened to be hired by Mr. Song from a car dealership.

At that time, the driver saw that Kang Shuode was a little beggar and only hit his head, so he didn't take it seriously, restarted the car and wanted to leave.

But Mr. Song is a good person, he couldn't bear to see such a half-grown child injured and frozen to death on the street, so he took Kang Shude home and treated him.

Later, I don't know whether it was Kang Shude's insight and wit that helped him, or her gratitude to Dade for his generosity, or his orphan status made Mr. Song feel a little sympathetic.

Anyway, when he recovered from his injuries, he was not sent away.

Mr. Song kept Kang Shude by his side as a regular attendant.

Not only is he in charge of food, housing and clothes, he is given one yuan a month, and he is taught to read and write.

Undoubtedly, a beggar like Kang Shude who almost became a "sleeping child" on the street is naturally very grateful and cherishes this opportunity.

He is very studious and diligent, and he also works wholeheartedly for Mr. Song.

Slowly, with the increase of experience and knowledge, his cleverness and wit are gradually revealed.

Whether it's Mr. Song selling goods to others, or going to the ghost market to find goods, or going to the gate of the mansion to look for goods.

With Kang Shude by his side, he could provide appropriate assistance.

Because Kang Shude is very good at chatting with people and drawing inferences from details.

It can not only make customers face, but also know how to bargain with hawkers, and know how to listen to news from others.

This ability is of course very suitable for the antique business.

Mr. Song also paid more and more attention to and relied on Kang Shude, and tried his best to teach him what he had learned in his life.

The relationship between the two is also growing day by day, like a master and apprentice and a relative.

(Note: Chicken Feather Shop, the simplest small inn before liberation, a hut, more than half of which is occupied by earth kang, can accommodate seven or eight people, only to shelter from wind and rain, so you can see its shabby. They go out to make a living during the day, some do small business, some pick up rags, some do small labor, some work as porters, some work as deacons, and some beg for food. Because there is no bedding, only chicken feathers are used for heating, so it is called chicken feather shop The alias is also called Huazidian. It is conceivable that the people who live in this small shop are no different from the beggars who beg for food. Jiang Zangyuan (Shishuan), a great poet in the Qing Dynasty, wrote many poems of Jingshi Yuefu, among which is "Chicken Feather House" , It is these small shops that I chanted. The poem said: "The wind in the ice and snow is like a tiger, and those who weep naked have no shelter. At dusk, thousands of words beg for three dollars, and you can buy a sleep in the chicken feather house. Delicate. Chicken feathers are used to pave the ground thickly, and chicken feathers are also used to weave quilts... The feathers on the abdomen and back cannot be soared, and the muscles fall off to the wind, and the muscles are high. When I go out to the street at dawn, I hate myself for not being as feathery as chickens." The writing is so painful. Another poet, Li Weng, chanted the "Chicken Feather House" and said: "Qi people have no place to shelter, and their hands and feet are cracked in the wind and snow. How can bird leather cover their wings? Chicken feathers can also produce spring.")

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