Film Variety: Encountering Xu Hongdou at the beginning

"Hello, Xia Xia? Have you arrived at the airport? Shall I pick you up?"

"Brother Adong, no need. I took a taxi myself. I'm already home now. I brought you some gifts. Although they're not good things, don't dislike them. I'll take them to your old house for you."

Xie Xiaoxia's somewhat uncomfortable voice came.

"Xia Xia, we are brothers, brothers for life, do you understand?"

"I didn't ask you to go to Shanghai to make you understand these things."

Feng Lidong felt something wrong with his words and said seriously.

"Oh, I see."

Xia Xia's somewhat excited voice came from the phone.

He didn't understand until he visited Shanghai this time.

How big is the gap between me and people like Brother A Dong and Brother Ah Yao.

So there is inevitably some timidity.

But now I heard Feng Lidong's tone unchanged.

He let go of his worries again.

After hanging up the phone, Feng Lidong took Xu Hongdou and walked towards his house.

Xie Xiaoxia said she would come back in the next two days.

But now I guess he took advantage of the cheap air tickets in the evening to come back.

How can I get home so early?

105 Xia Xia’s enlightenment

Arrive at Aunt Aquarius's house.

She was in the kitchen hurriedly making breakfast.

It seemed that Xia Xia also came back suddenly, without giving his mother any time to prepare.

Sister Xia Xia and Xiaochun were sorting the things he brought back in the yard.

Feng Lidong took Xu Hongdou's hand and walked straight in.

"Uncle Adong is here. Grandma, they are holding hands. Have they eaten pig-killing rice?"

The little gourd pointed at the two people who entered the door and cheered.

Xia Xia raised her head and saw some joy, her eyes showing gratitude and joy.

Xie Xiaochun pursed his lips, tilted his head, and sighed, looking a little helpless.

Her younger brother is quite ancestral.

I don’t know if what grandma said is good or bad.

But let it be.

After getting along with each of these girls, they were all very nice, gentle and kind.

As for what will happen next, who knows.

Although she divorced because her husband did not take any responsibility.

But I don’t hate men either.

And Feng Lidong was her younger brother, so she could only find a way to warn him quietly.

Don't let down so many good girls.

"Little gourd, did your uncle bring you something delicious and fun?"

Feng Lidong let go of the hand he was holding and squatted down.

He hugged the little guy who rushed towards him in his arms.

"A lot."

937 Little Gourd drew a big circle with his hands, and his bright childish voice was high-pitched and melodious.

Children's metaphors are always interesting and vivid.

"Sister Xiaochun, Xia Xia."

Feng Lidong held the small gourd and walked to the yard.

Xu Hongdou's face was red and she followed closely behind him, just like a little wife.

"Hmph, you."

Xie Xiaochun nodded Feng Lidong's forehead in disgust and hummed.

Then he pulled Xu Hongdou and sat down.

"Brother A Dong, this is for you."

Xia Xia picked up a large bag of things from the table and handed it over.

"Good guy, there are so many, you have emptied the warehouse."

Feng Lidong looked at the package and said with a smile.

"How can I do that? These are Shanghai specialties recommended by Brother Hui and the others. I don't know what they are good for, so I just prepared some."

Xia Xia scratched the back of her head and said sincerely.

Feng Lidong looked at him funny, but didn't know what to say.

As expected, sincerity is the last resort.

"Butterfly cakes, Gaoqiao waffles, pear candy, Zhuangyuan cake, spiced beans, Qibao cake... Most of them are bought by the Chenghuang Temple. They are very attentive."

Feng Lidong had no scruples and opened it directly to take a look.

If he tweaked it politely, it would make Xia Xia uncomfortable.

There are more than a dozen kinds of pastries unique to Shanghai scattered here and there.

Some of them are still not found by many tourists at all.

A shop that only local gluttons can find.

While watching, he opened a pear candy and gave it to the little gourd in his arms.

He opened another one and stuffed it into Sister Hongdou's mouth.

"Well, Brother Hui and the others took me to the Old Town God's Temple. It was so lively."

Xia Xia was obviously even happier when she saw Feng Lidong's behavior.

This is how they got along before.

"If you haven't been to the Old City God's Temple, you haven't been to Shanghai. It's on the same level as the famous saying that if you don't visit the Great Wall, you're not a hero."

Feng Lidong found a champion cake and ate it.

The Old Town God's Temple in Shanghai is a very peculiar existence.

It ranks first in popularity in Shanghai and cannot be compared to the Oriental Pearl Tower and Pujiang Riverside.

There is not only one Chenghuang Temple in the country, there are even several in Shanghai.

But when it comes to the Chenghuang Temple that can take snacks to a new level, it is the only one in the country.

Even many heads of state have tasted Lvbolang’s dim sum at the Huxin Pavilion of the Old Town God’s Temple.

As the saying goes, Hangzhou has the West Lake, Beijing has the Forbidden City, Xia Shi has Gulangyu Island, Guangdong has Xiguan, and Shanghai has the Old City God Temple.

They are all unique and cannot be copied.

Many people who travel to Shanghai only know to go to those online hotspots.

Even until I left Shanghai, I had never been to the Old City God Temple.

I have to say that I lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds.

"Have you been to those wood carving workshops in Shanghai? The white wood, mahogany, and boxwood carvings in Shanghai are all world-famous, but now there are only a few people left who can still persist."

Feng Lidong sighed.

"I have been to many wood carving factories, and I also went to the bamboo carving factory in Jiading and the jade carving factory in Shanghai. However, many of them are machine-carved, and there are only a few hand-carved carvings by masters."

"And I told you not to be angry. It's not that I have a high vision, but I always feel that their skills are not as good as my master's."

Xia Xia was a little excited at first, and then said a little uneasily.

"Normally, as my friends, those masters are not enough to meet. At that level, money can't move them."

"Because profit margins have squeezed out the living space of folk handicrafts, shoddy handmade wood carvings abound."

"Each high-quality wood carving handicraft is the painstaking work of craftsmen who have integrated their skills, so it has its cultural value and collection value."

"This is the value of your master, and it is also the purpose he hopes you can persist in."

"So you are already blessed. If your master's craftsmanship has been known to the outside world, it is another question whether you can become a master."

Feng Lidong nodded, not angry about this at all.

It's just a fact.

But that's why.

Therefore, it complies with the principle of "rare things are more valuable" in the market economy, thus determining the value of handmade wood carvings.

"Well, I understand. When I come back, I will make wood carvings seriously and will never be impetuous again."

Xia Xia obviously also realized how shallow her previous knowledge was.

These days were also the first time that he truly understood his master from the inside.

I really understand his good intentions.

"That's good. You and your master have very similar personalities. You can inherit his legacy in the future."

"Now your master is no longer stubborn and is willing to embrace the times, so you will be very busy in the coming days."