Golden Color Xiangjiang: A Young Man's Dream in a Siheyuan

This is the first time in Zhou Jin's two lifetimes that he has spent the winter in a northern city like Sijiu City. Winter has arrived in Sijiu City since November, and the temperature has slowly dropped below zero. It just so happens that now is the coldest time of the year in Sijiu City.

Even though Zhou Jin has experienced winter for several months, he still can't adapt to the cold outside. If it were in the past, Zhou Jin would definitely rush out happily when seeing the heavy snow.

Zhou Jin was indeed very excited when he first saw the snow. There was nothing he could do about it because this was the southerners' obsession with snow. However, it had snowed many times in Sijiu City since the beginning of winter, so he got used to it. Anyway, he would stay here in the future and could see snow every year.

Around nine o'clock, Zhou Jin and his friends finally decided to go to the temple fair today. However, grandpa and grandma are old, and it is really cold outside, so they decided not to go out and stayed at home to read books and play chess.

The most lively thing to do during the Spring Festival in Beijing is visiting temple fairs. There is a poem from the Qing Dynasty that describes the Longfu Temple Fair, which says: "The East and West temples have a complete range of goods, and can sell for millions of dollars a day. Many nobles come here at their leisure, and the fragrance of their clothes still carries the smell of imperial stove smoke."

So everyone put on their cotton-padded jackets, gloves and hats, took precautions, and went out. Zhou Jin's home was not far from the Longfu Temple Fair, so the family of three walked over there.

Hey! It's really lively. As soon as you enter the mountain gate, you will see vendors selling mountain products such as winnowing baskets, bamboo baskets, and cooking utensils. Most of the vendors in the front hall sell antiques and jewelry.

The Second Hospital sells daily necessities, cloth, clothing, shoes, hats, jewelry, and children's toys. There is a bird market on both sides of the road, selling all kinds of birds, goldfish, insects... There are many kinds of things, everything you can think of.

The pagoda courtyard is home to snack stalls and a small theater stage, with stalls selling fortune-telling, physiognomy, and wild herbs in between.

Don't underestimate these small vendors, even the mobile vendors with carts and poles. There are many exquisite snacks with authentic traditional flavors, such as hanging oven biscuits, fried sausage, fried tripe, jelly, fried meatballs, lamb sausage, donkey rolls, wontons, tea soup, almond tea...

He Yushui and Zhou Xin were like mice in a rice jar. One windmill came, and three small paper fish came. Why? The colors were different! Dough figurines, sugar figurines, and candied haws... Soon, his hands were full.

When we got to the food stalls, we went even crazier, wanting to try everything. "Brother! I want this! Brother! That looks good..."

Women, women! Zhou Jin really regretted coming to the temple fair.

But there is no way around it. Zhou Jin has been solo in both of his lives, especially in the 21st century, he is still an orphan. Not to mention accompanying his girlfriend shopping, he doesn't even have the chance to accompany his mother and sister shopping. Where can he go to experience the madness of women shopping in person?

Zhou Jin swore that he would never bring a woman to a temple fair again. It was too fucking tiring...

The three of them went shopping and eating at the temple fair. Zhou Jin also tasted a lot of authentic Beijing snacks. It is true that each place has its own characteristics. Some are indeed delicious, but some are really hard to appreciate.

At this time, Zhou Jin saw stalls selling antiques and jewelry in front of him, and his interest was instantly piqued. After all, he had master-level identification skills, but he had never had the opportunity to use them before. This time he could give it a try.

So Zhou Jin told Zhou Xin and Yu Shui to eat nearby and not go too far away. If they really got separated, they should wait at the entrance of the temple fair.

After getting a satisfactory answer, Zhou Jin walked towards a stall selling porcelain. The stall owner was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was covered tightly all over his body. From time to time, he stood up, rubbed his hands, and jumped.

His stall was not big, probably only about three or four square meters, with two straw mats underneath, on which were placed a dozen or so porcelain pieces of different sizes, shapes and colors.

Zhou Jin walked over, squatted down, and scanned the porcelains one by one. The boss said right away that they were from the Western Zhou Dynasty. This made Zhou Jin laugh out loud. He really was treating Zhou Jin like a fool. Are there porcelains from the Western Zhou Dynasty?

Zhou Jin didn't want to stay here any longer, as he felt that staying here for too long would affect his IQ.

After visiting several stalls in a row, Zhou Jin discovered that the things on these stalls seemed to come from the same place. They all looked similar, just like the cultural relics streets in later generations, all of which were obviously fake. No wonder other places were crowded with people, but this place was deserted.

Even if there are a few real things, they are all worthless little gadgets. No matter how you look at it, they are just ordinary stuff. Even if they are passed down to the 21st century, they will have no value.

Seeing that there were only a few stalls left, Zhou Jin thought that since he was already here, he might as well take a look at them all, so he started visiting one by one. At the last stall, Zhou Jin finally saw a good thing.

This is a Yuan Dynasty blue and white peony-patterned jar, about 27.5 cm high, 20.4 cm in diameter and 19 cm in foot diameter. The elegant green glaze and smooth line design are like a flowing ink painting, full of oriental charm. It is definitely the pinnacle of Chinese ceramic art.

It immediately attracted Zhou Jin's attention. Perhaps it was because it was the first time Zhou Jin saw a real antique, and it was such a beautiful Yuan blue and white porcelain. Since the first time he saw it, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

Of course, with Zhou Jin's performance, it was impossible for him to show off his bargain, so Zhou Jin simply asked the boss for the price. After all, antiques nowadays were not that expensive.

"Boss, how much is this jar?"

The boss had noticed Zhou Jin's expression a long time ago. His face was filled with joy and he wasn't sure if it was a sign of genuine love or just a novice performance, so he just held out five fingers.

"Five hundred dollars, no bargaining."

After hearing the price, Zhou Jin didn't know whether it was worth it in this era. After all, he had never come into contact with these things since he traveled through time, so he didn't know the price of these things.

However, if this jar is well preserved, it will definitely be worth more than this price by the 21st century.

"No problem, boss. I..."

"Boss, I'll give you 550 for this piece of blue and white porcelain."

Before Zhou Jin could finish his words, a girl came out from behind him and directly quoted a price of five hundred and fifty.

This made Zhou Jin a little angry. This was a rare treasure that he had found with great difficulty and was about to sell it, but someone intervened.

So Zhou Jin turned around and looked at the girl. To be honest, she was quite good-looking. She was about 1.65 meters tall, with skin as white as snow, bright eyes and white teeth. Although she was wearing a thick cotton coat, her beautiful figure could be seen.

However, Zhou Jin was not blinded by the beauty and questioned the girl.

"Lady, when we buy things, shouldn't we follow the principle of first come first served? I'm almost done with the deal, and you come in and butt in. Isn't that a bit uncivilized?"

The girl had a nonchalant expression on her face: "You haven't made the deal yet, whoever bids the highest will get it, you don't need to tell me all this nonsense, just bid if you want it."

Zhou Jin didn't expect her to say that, so he could only look at the boss: "Boss, what should we do now?"

This time the boss is having trouble figuring it out. Logically, it should be first come first served, and if the first one doesn't work out, he can talk to the later one. But this girl did offer a higher price, and the rule is still about money, which is very confusing.

Zhou Jin also saw the boss's dilemma and knew that if he didn't raise the price, he would most likely not be able to get the Yuan blue and white porcelain, so he said, "Boss, I won't make it difficult for you. I'll also bid 550. Is that okay now?"

The boss was overjoyed when he heard this, and he immediately prepared to agree.

But this girl directly offered: "I'll give you 600."

The boss hesitated again. After all, it was fifty more yuan. If given to an ordinary family, it would be almost one person's living expenses for a year.

Zhou Jin's desire to win was aroused, and he made an offer: "Seven hundred."

"Seven hundred and fifty." The girl continued to quote without showing any weakness.

This made the boss very happy. He didn't expect that the two customers would start quarreling with each other even though he didn't ask anyone to raise the price.

Zhou Jin gave up completely. It wasn't that Zhou Jin didn't have money, but seeing this unsophisticated boss, he didn't want him to make more money, so he said, "Okay, it's yours. I don't want it anymore."

After saying that, Zhou Jin left very decisively. Anyway, he had almost finished shopping today, so he prepared to go find Yu Shui and Zhou Xin and go home.

After seeing Zhou Jin leave, the girl calmed down. She originally wanted to buy a birthday present for her father, and had gone to the supply and marketing cooperative and the trust store before, but after a round of shopping, she didn't find a suitable one.

There happened to be a temple fair during the Chinese New Year, so I thought of going for a walk and seeing if I could find something suitable. As soon as I arrived at the antique stall, I fell in love with this Yuan Dynasty blue and white peony-patterned jar.

Then the things that happened just now happened. The girl was so angry that Zhou Jin snatched away the things she had finally liked, so she lost her temper and ignored everything else. She just kept raising the price and had to get the jar.

This is not only for my own face, but also to give my father a satisfactory birthday gift.

However, after the girl calmed down, she felt that she had gone a bit too far. After all, shopping has to follow the first-come-first-served rule, and her behavior was indeed a bit against the rules.

But now the person has been mad at me and left. Even if I want to apologize, I can only wait until I meet him again in the future.

The girl counted out 75 Big Black Tens from her wallet and handed them to the boss. She asked the bodyguard to take the jar and went to her car. She bought what she wanted and had an argument with others, which made the girl lose her mood. There was no need for her to go to this temple fair anymore.

When Zhou Jin found Yu Shui and Zhou Xin, they were eating candied haws. Seeing that it was almost time, the three of them went home together. Zhou Jin was indeed in a bad mood because of the Yuan blue and white porcelain incident, but when he saw these two foodies, his unhappiness instantly disappeared.

Twenty minutes later, the three returned home. They were steaming hot after being outside all day. They quickly put down everything in their hands and climbed onto the kang without stopping.

As soon as the two little girls got on the kang, they began chattering about what they had seen and heard today. Grandpa Jin and Grandma Yang looked at the two excited little girls, their hearts felt warm and their faces were full of love.

Zhou Jin was also watching the two little girls quietly. After about half an hour, Zhou Jin had almost recovered. He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost five o'clock, so he got up and went to the kitchen to cook dinner.

The five of them had another delicious meal. After all, with Zhou Jin's cooking skills, even vegetarian dishes could be cooked deliciously, not to mention the delicious fish and meat. After eating, He Yushui went back to the Central Courtyard. After all, he had to go home for the New Year.