When flowers bloom, Liuxi Ban Street recalls childhood

Haimen Changle Town, the hometown of the number one scholar, has a newly built replica of an old street at the west end of the old town called Liuxiban Street.

Exit Zhang Jian Memorial Hall and turn right to the west. After passing an archway, there is a highway. In the past, this was considered as leaving Changle Town. Now leave the archway, cross the road to the west, cross a small bridge, and come to Liuxi Ban Street, a replica of the old street - another tourist attraction in the hometown of the number one scholar.

The ancient street is built along the river. In addition to the shops and attractions facing the river, behind the antique river-facing buildings is a stone street, which also follows the direction of the river and runs parallel to the creek. The river there is long and the ancient streets stretch here.

Walking on the stone-paved streets, I was transported back to my childhood.

In front of a tea shop, there is a candy seller. Sugar, now everyone calls it maltose. The word "斫" was discovered by me through research. In fact, the pronunciation of the word "斫" in our dialect is similar to "zuo", which is pronounced in the inflected tone. After my analysis, I think it should be "cut". This comes from a common move when selling candy.

In the past, sugar cane sales were carried out by salesmen who carried burdens from village to village. A tin plate, a round piece of maltose, covered with a piece of dust-proof gauze.

As he walked, he shook his rattle and kept shouting, "Selling candies..." No trumpet was needed, but the sound of selling could pass through walls and doors, and spread extremely far. A bunch of us kids immediately ran out of the house, holding old toothpaste pods or curls of hair. I rarely use money to buy them, but mostly trade them in for secondhand items. The salesman weighed the items in the child's hands, took them away and put them into the salesman's load. The salesman uncovered the gauze covering the candies, holding a pocket hammer in one hand and a trapezoidal copper plate in the other. Put the cutting edge of the copper plate against the maltose, tap it a few times, and cut off a small piece from the whole piece of sugar. This cutting action is probably where the name "sugar cutting" comes from. This is like the "cut cake" we buy today. The name also comes from the way it is cut when sold. Selling sugar candies today is different from the past. The changes are: first, they are no longer sold on the shoulders; second, the texture of sugar candies does not seem to be as soft as in the past. When my parents refused to buy it, they told us that sugar candies are made from saliva, and I believed it for many years.

When we walked into a traditional handicraft cultural and creative brand store, several familiar items caught our attention. Small baskets and food boxes were common in childhood and very cheap. These bamboo strips turned into civilian utensils are now handmade crafts. In the past, people who did this business were called bamboo craftsmen, who used bamboo to weave various baskets, baskets, sieves, flats, small chairs, and small tables. Every home has a few pieces, they are practical, cheap and environmentally friendly. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer places where bamboo utensils are used, and the meticulous bamboo craftsmanship has begun to decline. Bamboo products that are available in every household have gradually moved from common utensils to palaces, and have become handicrafts appreciated by a niche audience. Many of the original functions of bambooware have been replaced by plastic wood. The convenience is not reduced, but the environmental protection factor is reduced.

Passing by a shop, the signboard of the shop attracted some cheers. This is a shop selling ice cream and ice cream. It is still early spring, and the weather in the morning and evening is not much different from winter. But there are many tourists in the store, not only for the ice cream, but also to reminisce about the soda they drank as a child. There are all kinds of water now, but few sell soda. When we were young, we only had soda drinks. We drank them once in a while, and the memories stayed with us for a lifetime. Small glass bottles generally only have a capacity of 250 ml. Similar to today's beer bottle caps. No need for a special bottle opener, just rub the soda bottle cap on the edge of the stool, the cap flew up and bubbles came out. When you drink it, it still bubbles in your mouth. After drinking a bottle, you take a deep breath and feel comfortable and cool.

No matter how nice the street is, it is impossible without beautiful women dressed up. A tall girl happened to pass me by. I quickly took a photo and left a beautiful back view.