As they walked and talked, Yang Jing also learned that the stall owner's surname was Xue, and his full name was Xue Renfa.
In the words of Mr. Xue, he is the older brother of Xue Rengui, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty...
Xue Rengui's "grandfather brother" was a native of Yanjing and had lived here for several generations.
"This large area was full of puddles and grass marshes before the 1960s. When it rained, those puddles and grass marshes were full of water. I learned to swim in those puddles when I was a child." Boss Xue is also a very talkative guy. After walking a few steps, he started chatting with Yang Jing.
"This large area was really used for making bricks in the past. It was called Panjia Kiln. This is because there were many brick kilns and tile yards to the east of the moat in the early years. Panjia Kiln was one of them. The kiln owner's surname was Pan, so the kiln was named after his surname. The kiln owner Pan was an outsider, and it was said that he came from Jining, Shandong Province. He started out making colored glaze, but the soil here was not good enough to make colored glaze, so he switched to making bricks.
But it was not so easy to make bricks. After all, before the kiln owner Pan came, there were already seven or eight kiln factories specializing in making bricks. In today's terms, the commercial competition was fierce. But the kiln owner Pan was smart. He not only strictly controlled the quality of the bricks, but also secretly added more bricks. The most important thing was that he hired several horse-drawn carriages. Anyone who bought bricks from him, as long as the distance was no more than ten miles, he would deliver them to their door for free. Do you think the kiln owner Pan was smart in business? He knew how to provide door-to-door delivery services at that time.
The bricks produced by this kiln owner Pan were of good quality and in large quantities. In addition, he delivered bricks to customers’ homes. In less than a year, he took over all other kiln factories and became the only one in the area. According to my grandfather, at that time, there were hundreds of people working for this kiln owner. The Panjiayao Village was formed by the gathering of brickmakers at that time.
My grandfather said that I don’t know which generation of ancestors worked for the owner of Pan Kiln, and later our family settled in this area. It was not until more than 20 years ago, when I was only about 10 years old, that our government filled up all the puddles and grass depressions formed by digging the soil, saying that they were preparing for development. In a few years, a large residential area was formed, including Huawei West Village where I live now and Huawei North Village to the north, which were all formed at that time. At that time, this place was called Panjia Kiln. However, the name was changed not long after it was called, because in our old Yanjing dialect, this "kiln" is a brothel in ancient times. It is really outrageous to say that a large group of people live in a brothel, so Panjia Kiln was changed to Panjiayuan. "
It's no secret that Xue Renfa has a pretty good eloquence. He explained the situation in this area clearly in just a few words.
By the time they reached the guard room at the gate, Yang Jing had become almost familiar with Xue Renfa.
"Old Qian, you old man just doze off, be careful or you get caught by your leader!" As soon as the door was opened, the staff member was dozing off with his arm on the table. When Xue Renfa shouted, Old Qian was so scared that he almost fell off his chair.
"Are you looking for a beating?" Old Qian cursed angrily. It was obvious that the two of them were very familiar with each other.
"This old guy used to live next door to me. We grew up together with our bare butts." Xue Renfa did not take it as an offense and explained to Yang Jing in a low voice.
Yang Jing smiled and said, "Master, I came here to pick up the Buddha statue that I just deposited with you."
As soon as Old Qian saw Yang Jing, his attitude immediately became much better. He smiled and said, "Why don't you wait a little longer? The ghost market isn't over yet."
"No, I just bought a lot of things from Master Xue, and I'm going to rent a room from Master Xue to store my things. I'm going to move all these things to Master Xue's house now."
"That's fine. Old Xue is an honest man without any tricks. You can rest assured leaving your things with him. Here, this is your Buddha statue. It's not damaged at all." When Old Qian heard this, he immediately endorsed Boss Xue.
Yang Jing smiled and nodded, took the bronze statue, said thank you, and walked out with Boss Xue holding the statue.
After leaving the house and walking west along the dim road, Mr. Xue said as he walked: "The government said that our area will be developed in the next few years, just like Fangzhuang in the south, planning to build buildings and residential areas. I just don't know when our house can be demolished. If our house can be demolished, we can move into a clean building. Sigh, I've lived in a shabby bungalow all my life, I've had enough."
After walking a short distance, the two men got off the road and found that Boss Xue's house was right next to the road.
To Yang Jing's surprise, Mr. Xue's house was not small. It was at least two courtyards combined, with an area of 500 to 600 square meters. In addition, many simple sheds were built in the originally large yard, and all kinds of things were piled in the sheds.
"Haha, sorry to make you laugh, my house is a mess."
"Master Xue, your house is not small." Yang Jing was really impressed this time. With such a big yard, it would be no problem to exchange it for four houses worth 120 yuan each when the place is demolished in the future.
"Hey, don't mention it. My yard wasn't this big before. Four years ago, something happened in my neighbor's house. The man was shot to death, leaving his wife and children with no one to take care of them. So the woman was going to sell the house and take the children back to her parents' home in Hebei Province. It happened that I had some money at that time, and it wasn't easy for an orphan and a widow. Our two families have been neighbors for many years, and I couldn't bear to see the mother and child helpless, so I gritted my teeth and spent 18,000 to buy this house, and it became what it is now after the house was connected."
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