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"In the Mood for Love with Fingers"

Date: July 15, 2005 Author: Shen Mei

The shop is very small, seven or eight square meters. It looks like it is located next to the intersecting aisles. The doors on both sides of the aisle roll up, making the shop extra open among the crowded shops. The beams and columns on the top and the two walls adjacent to the adjacent shop are covered with densely woven gray and green reed straw mats, with various unique ornaments hung on them. The glass counter at the door separated the small shop from one world to another. A girl with dark skin and long curly hair was bending over to put things in the cabinet. The waist-cinching slanted button-up top and a black-bottomed red-flower skirt gave her slender figure a refined charm.

The glass cabinets are neatly filled with earrings, rings, bracelets and other small accessories. Roses, cacti, skulls, abstract animals, connected stars...the unique styles are dazzling. The girl said: "These are made of Thai silver, which is the most popular this year. The silver content is 92.5%. It is more shapely than pure silver products, so there are so many new styles!"

"Oh! Thai silver? Is it from Thailand?" I couldn't help but be curious.

"Yes, it is rare in Nanjing market! Look at this..." The girl raised her head.

I looked up, oh, there were two little men in armor hanging in the air, about a foot long. Like generals about to go on an expedition in ancient times, they wore purple-red battle robes, armor with shining scales, helmets with upturned rims on their heads, and high-top riding boots, giving them a majestic look. I pulled his feet, and wow, he actually bent his legs and punched me, giving me a showdown! Seeing my surprised look, the girl laughed loudly: "These are puppets brought back from Thailand, and the one with the golden armor is 'clairaudience'" ', the ones with silver armor are 'Shunfeng Ears'! Hanging them in your home not only gives you an exotic and chic look, but also serves as a guardian angel guarding your home, bringing peace and auspiciousness!

"Puppets? Puppetry is so trendy and gorgeous!"

I was even more surprised.

"Yes! Puppetry in China is divided into classical puppetry and golden puppetry. The plot of golden puppetry is The puppets are mainly swordsmen, and the puppets are larger. Just like these two, the colors are bright and eye-catching! When it comes to puppetry, there are many folklores! There is a saying in southern Fujian: puppetry began in the Ming Dynasty. As soon as he became a scholar, he was not recognized for his talent, so he lived on the streets telling stories, but he did not want to show his face, so he "showed his ancient past behind the curtain". Later, he learned acting skills from a puppet master, and then formed storytelling with performance, which later became puppet show! "The girl talked eloquently.

"Oh, that's it! Are all the items in your store from Thailand?" I asked.

"No, look, this It's a Tibetan ornament from Tibet!" The girl handed over an arm ring.

This is a dragon-shaped silver ring, with a body as wide as a thumb and a slender body that gradually narrows and becomes smaller at the tail, gracefully Are the two dark red beads on the dragon's head the dragon's eyes? Against the backdrop of the moonlight-like scales, they look like living stars on the arms. A kind of rough beauty, the icy cold feeling is like a subtle electric current passing by, as if it has taken me into the sky, to the blue sky, snowy land and vast wilderness of Tibet...

On one wall, three round sieves made of Hsinchu are nailed diagonally, and many yak bone hanging chains are hung around them, wearing moon yellow, light brown, dark Chu, dark green and other colors. Various pictographic patterns, figures, ghosts, birds and animals, all in different shapes, very simple and simple. The two fish connected together are swimming in opposite directions, but no matter how far they swim, they will find the other half. Still beside me. The swaying fire wheel is like the burning heart of a lover in love, and the blooming snow lotus is unfolding its layers of white petals, making people feel the vitality and beauty of life. "Eight Auspicious Treasures" is a "talisman" belonging to the Naxi people, which can bring peace and good luck to people. Each one has a special meaning. For example, Pisces represents abundance every year; an open umbrella is a kind of escape. Disasters are a protective umbrella for peace. If you hang it around your neck and keep it with you throughout your life, you will be safe forever. A wise man wearing a thin skirt and bare feet is the embodiment of wisdom and contains extraordinary wisdom. If you wear it, you will become smarter. It is sensitive; and the concentric knot represents heart-to-heart connection, and lovers can be forever connected by wearing it...

"Next to me is a cloisonné from Beijing!" The girl continued to introduce.

On half the wall, the exquisite beads are bright and rich in color, showing a sense of grandeur, which contrasts with the simplicity of the diagonally opposite "eight auspicious treasures": gourd beads, drum-shaped beads, flat beads, column beads, and sweet potato beads. Wait, gold, vermilion, purple, blue... beads of various colors and sizes are strung into elegant and magnificent strings, seemingly casual but uniquely original. I picked up a string of 11 fruit pendant bracelets, sapphire blue. The main color is pink peony flowers embedded in the raised part of the beads, gold wire inlaid with lace, and dots of green seaweed on both ends. It is both classic and contemporary. It is really hard to put it down.

“Imagine if you wear a blue silk cheongsam - not the blue of the sky, nor the pink blue of forget-me-not, but the kind of pure blue: like pure blue ink. The kind where you pull up your long hair loosely, insert a hairpin with blue egg-shaped beads diagonally, and then put on this string of bracelets. Of course, the cheongsam is sleeveless..." The girl smiled charmingly. , makes me feel like I am a beauty from the Southern Tang Dynasty! With only 38 yuan, I became a gorgeous lady. Who wouldn’t buy back a few strings with joy?

“Sister He, I’ll do it. Get the painting!" A fashionable girl shouted from a distance and walked in quickly.

Only then did I realize that the shop owner’s surname was He, and he was already thirty years old. However, from her big "little swallow" eyes, I couldn't see the vicissitudes of a thirty-year-old woman, but I only felt a child-like innocence.

Sister He took down a painting on the wall. Different from ordinary paintings, this painting is composed of five small paintings, and the picture frames are reduced in proportion. The largest one is smaller than the ordinary painting, and the smallest one is only as big as a cigarette box. The frame is filled with ceramic female bodies. It turns out that this is a Naxi painted pottery painting. Because the Naxi people are a matriarchal society, the ceramic sculptures express a kind of worship and love for the mother body. They have different postures, and the five paintings can be arranged arbitrarily on the wall according to different shapes. They are much more vivid than ordinary paintings and can better reflect the owner's creativity. Each piece can be displayed alone, or removed and the stand behind it can be removed and placed on a closet, bookshelf, or desk, making it a beautiful piece of art.

“There are also these mobile phone chains made of painted pottery, which were also brought back from Yunnan. They are exclusively sold in Nanjing!” Sister He said to me as she saw off the visitors and held a row of gadgets hanging on the bamboo poles. .

Sure enough, these mobile phone chains are something I have never seen before. The clay fired texture is unique and the twelve zodiac signs are lifelike. A golden little monkey, wearing a green lotus leaf hat and a floral skirt, with two long legs hanging, swaying restlessly, looking naughty. The red-faced scarecrow may have been blinded by the sun in the field, or he may have chased away a lot of sparrows in his dream, and was praised by the farmer. He narrowed his eyes and smiled happily. There are also various cute keychains: mud-colored little spoons, bright red bell peppers, green cucumbers...

Each one is an unexpected surprise.

"Where did you find so many weird gadgets?" I asked Sister He.

“Haha, most of them are brought by friends from various places! I used to work in sales in a trading company and met many friends. After opening this store, every time they go on a business trip or come from other places, When I play, they will ask me if I need to bring anything, and when they see something unique, they will take the initiative to buy it for me... The store has only been open for half a year, but it is still unique, all thanks to the support of my friends!" Sister He smiled.

Such a cheerful and humble person made me feel a little closer to her. When asked why she gave up her stable job to open this small shop, she laughed again. The long eyelashes covered the eyes, opened them again for just a moment, and then looked at me, with big eyes full of sincerity and confidence:

"There was a period last year when I felt very tired. One day in the I saw this paragraph in this magazine: "If you have no growth potential in a job for ten years, it's best to give up!" I was shocked at that time. I have been working for more than ten years since I graduated from a technical school at the age of 18. I worked as a salesperson and accountant, and later I worked as an electrical appliance salesman in a trading company. I interacted with all kinds of people in the workplace every day. From the outside, it seemed that my life was wonderful, but the better my material life was, the emptier I felt inside. You must have your own pursuits in life, and work cannot be just a means of making a living.”

“One day, a few friends invited me to travel to Lijiang, Yunnan, where the long-lost vitality was revealed. I was inspired. I was inspired by the honesty of Naxi and the simplicity of the small town. I purchased a lot of special handicrafts along the way and opened this small shop when I came back!"

"I really admire you for being so talented. Courage!" I said sincerely.

"Don't say that! In fact, I only do it because I like it! In just a few decades of life, isn't the most important thing to be happy and valuable? Everyone has a definition of value. Everyone has their own opinions. For me, this small shop is my spiritual home, full of my dreams. These unique handmade products are like friends who come from afar to attend the event. The more people gather here, bringing their own stories and the customs of their hometown, the more beautiful they become. Sometimes, when you look at them quietly, you can hear the whispers of these elves! In the way you like. Surviving, living, and being happy is also a kind of fashion, right?"

After Sister He finished speaking, she picked up a wooden box from the glass shelf at the corner of the aisle: "Look, this is Thai jewelry. Box, my favorite! ”

This is a dark red rectangular box with an antique look. When you open it, a refreshing fragrance comes out of it. A colorful flower-shelled cloisonné beetle lies quietly on the red velvet, like the one caught by an old grandmother in her childhood. It is recalling the past in the Mood for Love as time goes by, and it seems to be showing off the owner's daughter's home to the guests. The orchid quality and wisdom heart. Round, square, rectangular, five or six boxes are arranged randomly, exquisite and elegant. Sister He said that they are made of a kind of bamboo, then painted with 17 points of special paint, and finally painted with patterns with very thin strokes.

No wonder it is so bright and discernible!

On the glass shelves, there are several clay pots with Naxi Dongba script written on them. They are all angular characters, which are simple and a little mysterious.

There are several conches as big as fists on the bottom floor. I brought it back from Xiamen a few days ago, and I can still vaguely smell the smell of sea water. The irregular hexagonal starfish showed its teeth and claws, while the tiger-striped shell lay obediently. I picked up a pure white conch, which was heavy, and put it to my ear. I could only hear the sound of the waves coming from far away, "Wow!" , Wow, Wow..." Are you talking about hundreds of millions of years of vicissitudes, or are you telling the story of "The Old Man and the Sea"?

"After looking at it for so long, I still don't know the name of the store!"

"Oh? Stand at the door and take a look!" Sister He sorted out the boxes in her hands.

I turned around and went out, only to see a rough white nettle rope hanging from the roof outside the glass shelf in the corner. Three blue and black logs were tied to the rope like a note. On it was written: Finger. .

"The name is quite special?" I asked.

"Yes! Because they are all handmade products! Also, they are scattered in every corner of the world, and they are all inconspicuous.

However, when you come here, everything is inseparable, just like you and your little finger! I sell them to customers with the feeling of marrying my daughter, hoping that they will always be as beautiful as flowers! ”

A hint of naughtiness and innocence flashed through the big girl’s big eyes, oh, a beautiful woman like a flower, in the world of mortals, aren’t you also such a dancing little finger!