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When the menu is totaled out, the things to take away are also planned.

Even for various canned food and drinks that need to be exported from the capital to Tokyo, Ning Weimin made a list with the Polar Bear, Jimo Distillery, and District Sugar Tobacco and Liquor Company, and got a relatively favorable price.

The next step is to find a qualified export agency company, and then go through the relevant procedures.

But it took several days to come up with such a result, and he almost trembled. At this time, Ning Weimin felt a little uneasy.

Not for anything else, just because they made a good menu, fully considering the taste and eating habits of the Japanese, and removed most of the mutton dishes and river fish dishes.

There are also dishes that are too greasy, dishes that use organs as the main ingredient, and dishes that use poultry heads and feet as the main ingredient, and they are basically given up.

And because of the long distance, inconvenient export, legal restrictions, and many other reasons.

Then remove the bird's nest, hump, bear's paw, venison, suckling pig, pigeon, capital white duck, Ge Xianmi, bracken... these high-end ingredients that can reflect the characteristics of court cuisine.

Then the remaining available dishes will of course appear ordinary.

If only there were no such gimmick dishes as Sanbushi, Peach Blossom Pan, Jade Soup, Jasmine Soup, Boiled Cabbage, and Thunder on the Ground.

Just look at the fish fillets, fried shrimp, hibiscus chicken slices, kung pao chicken, sweet and sour pork ribs, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and dry croquettes. Such dishes are really similar to the Sichuan-Lu flavor in the next 30 years. home cooking restaurant.

To be honest, at this point, Ning Weimin is not worried about whether he can easily earn a lot of yen.

Money is sure to be earned.

He was a little worried about whether he would disappoint the Japanese guests if he really followed this menu.

In case the Japanese feel that they have been cheated after eating such court dishes, it is tantamount to smashing the signboard of the imperial cuisine overseas.

It's not Ning Weimin's own people who lost, I'm afraid it will affect the reputation of Huaxia cuisine.

He can't do something like this to make the Japanese laugh at him and get his spine poked by the people of the whole country.

Therefore, under the pressure of self-doubt, for the sake of prudence and to be sure, he had to go to "Zhang Dashao" again.

I beg this master to take a look at it and hold his eyes.

Only after the old man has seen it and thinks that the face is passable can he regain his confidence and do things in a down-to-earth manner.

For this, Ning Weimin carefully prepared a gift.

But I didn't expect to call and find the staff canteen of the polar bear. I made an appointment to meet the old man, but I couldn't find anyone.

They actually told him that "Zhang Dashao" quit his job.

Ning Weimin had no choice but to call Huimin Tobacco Hotel again, and entrusted Sister Tan, who was in charge of the store, to take a message for him when she saw "Zhang Dashao" and make an appointment with the old man.

As a result, at the Huiminyan Hotel, Sister Tan passed on the letter, but she replied in a way that Ning Weimin could never have imagined.

After two or three days, it was actually Kang Shude who sent back the message from "Zhang Dashao" to Ning Weimin, saying that it would be easy for him to meet up, just see him tomorrow morning.

After Ning Weimin inquired again, the two old men were the only ones who dared to love, because they were too idle and couldn't stand the boring life.

Since the second half of last year, the two of them have opened a small wine shop in Yangmeizhu Xie Street not far from Meishi Street, and started a small business together.

What does it mean to be far away in the sky and close in front of your eyes?

That's it.

Shocked by the news, Ning Weimin, who was kept in the dark, went bald and complained to the old man.

"Oh, old man, why didn't you tell me about this earlier..."

But really, he really shouldn't have said that.

Because Kang Shude was more resentful than him, he stopped him after only a few words.

"Say it earlier? I told you earlier that you would listen. Ask yourself, how many days have you been at home since you came back? You are so busy, you are thinking about big business every day. You will care about who will start the small business?" Is it about the liquor store?"

Well, the old man is still picky.

Of course, ask yourself, Ning Weimin is indeed a bit wrong.

Not to mention anything else, I haven't found "Zhang Dashao" in the past few days, and he hasn't been idle.

For example, San Yuling, the descendant of "Grape Chang", Jiang Sanchang and Zou Qingshan who made material utensils, Liu Yongqing who made antique porcelain, Ma Kaiyuan who made silk figurines, Zhang Chongming, the successor of "Filament King", Wu Yukuan who made palace lanterns, and carpenter craftsmen. Li Baoshan.

These old artists who could earn him money, he brought gifts and sealed thick red envelopes, and visited them one by one.

But with all his plans and calculations, the days he spent with his master were numbered.

Even if the two of them stayed together, apart from eating, they only talked about the donated cultural relics and how to buy things from Hongguang Pavilion and Dunhua Pavilion in the future.

In terms of filial piety, he is not as good as he was in the first year, at least he accompanied Kang Shude to Jinmen for a while.

"I care, I care, of course I care. Your business is very important to me. No matter what you say, I am willing to listen."

Ning Weimin was also quite decisive, so he quickly confessed and made a diplomatic apology to please him.

But it's no use thinking about it.

It's okay for him to pour this pot of ecstasy soup into others, but it's no use trying to fool Kang Shude.

Master, that is Master, there are ambushes everywhere!

I only heard that the old man was not in a hurry or annoyed, and he was not in a hurry, and he threw out another sentence in a serious manner.

Hey, on the spot, he retaliated against others with his own way, and almost stunned Ning Weimin.

"Hey, why didn't you tell me earlier if you were willing to listen?"

Listen, you can't live without doing your own crimes, who made you owe me just now?

Let's get this big nest neck of roast chicken!
However, the quarrel between the master and the apprentice was just a quarrel, which only offended the spirit, but did not hurt the relationship.

In the dialect of the capital, it is purely for fun. This is the old and young people grinding their teeth in idleness, having fun fighting with each other.

And at around nine o'clock the next morning, Ning Weimin walked with Kang Shude to see the small wine shop opened by the old man.

What he saw and heard on this trip was completely beyond imagination, and it was really eye-opening.

Apart from other things, first of all, the location and appearance of this small wine shop are very special and extraordinary.

You must know that the Qianmen Dashilan area is not an ordinary place, and several hutongs carry a rich history.

Yangmeizhu Xiejie is one of them.

This street is 490 meters long, starting from Meishi Street in the east and ending in Yanshou Street in the west.

In the Ming Dynasty, this street was named "Xiejie" because of its orientation.

In the Qing Dynasty, Liang Shizheng, the Minister of the Household Department of the Qianlong Dynasty and a scholar of Dongge University, once lived here.

During the period of the Republic of China, Yangmeizhu Xiejie became a place where many bookstores, guild halls and shops gathered.

Not only the World Bookstore, Zhongzheng Bookstore, Kaiming Bookstore, Guangyi Bookstore, Universal Bookstore, Popular Bookstore, and Zhonghua Printing Bookstore, but also seven well-known bookstores have opened here.

The street is also the seat of the Money Industry Association, the former residence of Dai Yuexuan, a master of Hubi, the former residence of Yang Xiaolou, a martial arts student of Peking Opera, and the former residence of Xin Fengxia, a Pingju actor, and so on.

The writer Lu Xun and the writer Shen Congwen all left their footprints in this humble street.

At that time, Shen Congwen, who chose to be a North drifter, came to the capital and lived in the Youxi Guild Hall on this street.

He was impoverished, had no stove in winter, and covered himself with everything he could cover when he slept, and wrote prose novels such as "Border Town", "The Long River", and "Xiangxi Sanji".

It is not too much to say, this Yangmeizhu Xiejie has been a literary and artistic place for more than 100 years.

It is a genuine cultural and scholarly street.

Although Ning Weimin didn't fully understand these histories and allusions.

But such a street, whether it is the atmosphere or the buildings, is very distinctive.

For example, when Ning Weimin walked in with Kang Shuode, it was almost ten o'clock, the sun just hit the road, and it was bright everywhere.

And because it is working hours, it feels very quiet when you walk in.

In the atmosphere where only one or two pedestrians pass by occasionally, or a bicycle passes by;

With the withered ivy on the mottled gray brick wall, the door with the red paint falling off, and several small buildings with brick and wood structures, either Chinese or Western, or a combination of Chinese and Western, it adds an indescribable charm to this street. unique flavor.

How to describe it aptly?

In Ning Weimin's feeling, it seems that there is not only the culture of Liulichang, but also a real sense of vicissitudes of historical accumulation.

After all, the houses here are all old houses, which are more friendly and down-to-earth than the renovated Liulichang.

It seems that the antiques here are alive, and people can read the stories here.

As for the wine shop jointly opened by Kang Shude and "Zhang Dashao", it is in the middle of Yangmeizhu Xie Street, and the shop is very easy to find.

Except because it is a row of old-fashioned shops that have to pick and hang boards every day.

As a facade house, the decorations of the carved beams and painted buildings in the past still exist, which are very conspicuous.

It is also because next to the shop is a two-story building with more characteristics.

This building is special in that it is towering and abrupt, and the standard is a combination of Chinese and Western.

The second-floor Xiaoyangmenlou has black bricks to the top, and the bricks are ground to the seam, which is much higher than the shops next to it.

But the width of the overall building is not satisfactory, the first floor is almost just a portal.

The arched coupon gate is less than two meters wide and more than three meters high, with the words "Qingyun Pavilion" written on it.

Such a width, compared to its height, will appear extraordinarily narrow.

To put it bluntly, if you hang a clock, it becomes a clock tower.

So no matter how you look at it, it makes people wonder, I don't know what kind of place it is.

"Old man, your shop is right next to Qingyun Pavilion. But what kind of place is this? Is it for living or for selling goods? Why does this small building only look like a doorway?"

Ning Weimin couldn't bear his curiosity, so he asked, but he didn't expect that it was Kang Shude who asked back with disgust.

"What? You don't know where Qingyun Pavilion is?"

"I don't know." Ning Weimin continued to be confused, "I really don't know."

"Think about it, you've lived here since you were a child, I can't do it, have you never heard of it?"

"I've never heard of it. Is...is this place famous? No...it can't be a haunted house, right?"

Ning Weimin's thoughts gradually went astray, and he was naturally scolded by the old man.

"Fart! Get the hell out of here and cool off! I'm doing business next to a haunted house? Can you think of me, kid?"

And the real answer that the master revealed afterwards made him dumbfounded.

"Where is Qingyun Pavilion? It was the first of the four major shopping malls in Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It was once tied with Quanyechang, Dong'an Market, and the first floor of Shoushan. It was also the first to introduce the fashionable sport of billiards in Beijing for dignitaries and dignitaries. A place for recreation. It integrates shopping, entertainment, catering, tea tasting, and services, so it attracts many literati, refined scholars, officials and nobles to gather here. Cai E and Xiao Fengxian often meet in the Puzhen Garden of Qingyun Pavilion Drink. It is said that the famous dish of Puzhen Garden, spicy phoenix festival, is very popular with Xiaofengxian. Have you always watched the movie called "Friends" in the first two years? It is based on the legend of Cai E and Xiaofengxian. The film that was shot was filmed here..."

"Know... bosom friend..."

Why didn't Ning Weimin know?

After all, he is a traveler from the information society.

The story of Cai E and Xiao Fengxian doesn't need to watch the movie, he knows what's going on.

Not to mention that "Friends" was released in 1982. He was not so busy at that time, and he didn't remember being invited by Master Mi to go to the Daguanlou Cinema for a few shows.

So he remembers Xiao Fengxian played by Zhang Yu and Cai E played by Wang Xingang very clearly.

I also like the song "High Mountain and Flowing Water" in that movie very much.

It's just that he's not sure - is it really a movie made here?

not like...

"Old man, can't you? How could it be possible to take pictures here. How wide is this small building? This person has to go upstairs to get in. How big is the upstairs? You don't remember wrongly, do you?"

Kang Shude was immediately amused when he didn't know the questioning words came out.

"Let me tell you how you are. You can't judge people by their appearance, and it's the same thing with things. Do you think you are ignorant or confused? Don't look small on the outside. Let me tell you, it's actually big on the inside. This Qingyun Pavilion is in the shape of a sedan chair, the main hall is not facing the street, and two long and narrow passages resembling sedan chair poles protrude from the north and the south. The appearance here is basically the result of the renovation in 1905. The whole building inside is surrounded by three floors. There used to be two well-known time-honored Puzhen Garden Restaurant and Yuhuchun Tea House in Qingyun Pavilion, which are located on the second and third floors respectively. The location of the building. In terms of area, there must be [-] square meters, otherwise how can we talk about the top of the four major shopping malls?"

Now Ning Weimin finally figured it out.

"You mean to say that this Qingyun Pavilion bun has meat. It has two doors, and the whole is like a "Zhong" character, and there is only one door exposed in the north and south, and the inner flesh and belly are hidden. In the middle of two streets?"

Kang Shude nodded in approval.

"That's right, that's what it means, our side is the back door. You have to go to its front door, which is more grand and lively than the back door. And it is written on the gold-bottomed plaque on the arched coupon door The three big characters of "Qingyun Pavilion" were written by the famous calligrapher He Weipu in the first year of Xuantong, a veteran of the three dynasties in the late Qing Dynasty, grandson of calligrapher He Shaoji. There are also pillar couplets with black background and gold characters on both sides of the arched coupon door. The first couplet It’s—a generation of literary giants and romantics in the blessed place of deep alleys hangs here. The second couplet says——a quiet place in the bustling city, where our elegant and younger generations of heroes go back and forth.”

"Then old man, what is this house in Qingyun Pavilion used for now? You haven't told me yet? Is it a private house or a public house? Can we go in and have a look? Hey, is this also under the management of our street. You Say I can talk to Director Li about this matter?"

The more Ning Weimin listened to it, the more excited he became, as if there was a ball of hot charcoal in his heart.

For nothing else, he thought of the commercial value of Qingyun Pavilion again.

The story of Cai E and Xiao Fengxian, isn't this a natural big IP?
What's more, it's such a big place inside, so it's impossible to clean it up and do something.

It's a pity that Kang Shude also understood his thoughts, but what he told him was regrettable news.

"You boy, don't worry about it. Let me tell you, the back door is sealed, and this place is now occupied by a government-run guest house. You want a room here? There is no way. What kind of place is this? Daqianmen, who is doing business I don’t want to come here. I’m not going to hide it from you. It’s already hard for me to ask Director Li to help me with five rooms. Now more and more people want to do business. It is getting harder and harder to find. Director Li is purely thinking about the residents here. He thinks that non-staple food stores don’t like to deal with alcoholics anymore, and he dislikes this business. Everyone can have a place where they can drink and chat, so they helped me run around for a while. You, you are not staying in the capital anymore, so don't make trouble for Director Li."

After saying this, Ning Weimin understood that it was not feasible for the time being, so he could only get rid of his thoughts and return his attention to Kang Shude's shop.

Just looking at it so carefully, he discovered another strange thing. This old man's shop...why doesn't it have a signboard?