He Xiao (1) As long as a place has a long history, it will produce some bizarre stories.

The ancient city is such a place. When you spend more time than going to Europe, when you come here by a detour from a big city, your tired body and mind will suddenly tremble, because you are far away from the ancient Olympics of modern civilization: the pattern of Tang and Song Dynasties, the quadrangles of Ming and Qing Dynasties, this fossilized town, it seems that behind every old wooden door engraved with Qin Qiong Weichi Gong, there is a big family that has been inherited for 5,000 years ... and everyone who comes face to face, the more ordinary he wears, the less you dare to be small.

It seems that only traditional snacks follow the old rule of "no food for lunch". However, in the ancient city, there is another person who strictly abides by another old rule of doing business, that is, Chen cobbler of Dongtanjing.

④ Dongtan Well is an old street with a thousand-year-old well called Dongtan Well. The old well is now a cultural relic, and a platform has been built around it for special protection. Chen's shoemaker's home is Chen's courtyard, which is in the east of the old well. There are two patios, a back garden and a small embroidered building. The back patio is the shoemaker's library. The main entrance of the Chen family compound is in the alley across the street, except for family members, which has been closed. Across the street, the shoemaker's stall is on the street of the vinegar bar west of the old well. The shoemaker has set up a stall there since he was nineteen. Nobody said he couldn't set up a stall there. He is the most authentic reading answer of indigenous modern literature in this street. Why does the shoemaker of Dongtanjing laugh? As long as a place has a long history, the shoemaker of Dongtanjing has a long history.

The shoemaker's skill is good, and the shoes made up are comfortable and strong. Everyone who knows him says: It's a pity that a high school student is smart enough to embroider, and everything he does can become a climate, so he becomes a cobbler. The shoemaker doesn't think so. He stayed leisurely at the booth. No matter whether the business is good or bad, he will close at twelve noon on time. He buys as many books as he earns in the morning. People who collect and sell old books and collect old books in the ancient city all know him and know what kind of books he cares about. As soon as they saw him coming, they immediately held a stack for him to choose from. It doesn't matter if the money is not enough. Just bring it the next day. People in the ancient city love old books, either reading them themselves or reselling them as antiques.

In the evening, the shoemaker usually stays in his library. As long as a place has a long history, the shoemaker's wife never asks him what he is doing there. When you want to have a rest, just shout outside: old man, waiting for you. The shoemaker coughed before he came out.

All landowners cobbler's life has always been like this, very calm. The life of others in the ancient city was also quiet-until the shoemaker's daughter came back last month.

When my daughter got on the plane, she called and said she would come back. At dusk, my daughter came back, followed by an old man. As soon as my daughter entered the room, she said, this is my tutor, the historian Professor Mou Handa. Dad, the old professor wants to see our family tree.

Pet-name ruby cobbler a listen to bearer is an expert in history, the in the mind. The next day, the shoemaker and his daughter stayed with the professor in the library for six hours. During these six hours, the professor has been studying ...

When they finally walked out of the library, the professor said, you have everything I want.

The cobbler replied, I have been waiting for this day all my life.

A few months later, an academic paper shocked the whole history circle: Re-examination of Chen San's Hometown in Southern Song Dynasty. At the same time, officials, literati and industrialists in the ancient city were shocked: such a famous historical figure turned out to be an ancient city person! As a result, the ancient city quickly set off a heat wave that should be spread, discovered and excavated. Unlimited business opportunities suddenly appeared in front of us, and the quiet people in the ancient city suddenly became crazy! Groups of tourists were taken to visit the Chenjia Courtyard by tour guides, and groups of lobbyists flocked to persuade the cobbler to jointly develop the Chenjia Courtyard ... The cobbler thought: I am afraid that the door of the Chenjia Courtyard in Dongtanjing will never be closed again.

After receiving the newspapers and magazines sent back by his daughter, the cobbler carefully read the old professor's papers and related comments over and over again. Then he rested for more than ten days, sorted out the books at home, re-catalogued them, checked them one by one, and handed them all to Professor Mou Handa.

Since then, shoemaker Chen, like other shoemakers in the ancient city, has to mend shoes in the afternoon.