Teacher Sun's expression softened a little. She patted the bicycle seat and said, "Get on!" An An raised her eyebrows, with curiosity flashing in her eyes, "Where are you taking me?"
"You'll know when you get there." Teacher Sun laughed.
Seeing Teacher Sun's mysterious attitude, An An's face was knotted for a moment. She was about to refuse, but swallowed it back. She jumped behind the bicycle with her butt lifted. After sitting steadily, she grabbed the corner of Teacher Sun's clothes and hesitated, "Then hurry up, I have to go back to help my dad!" There are still a lot of things to do at home!
When Teacher Sun heard this, she pedaled the bicycle a little faster, "Don't worry, I'll take you home." She took An An to an old-fashioned pawnshop at the entrance of a hutong alley.
The door of the shop was very old. An An was asked to come and see how many holes were eaten by insects. An An planned to stay at the door, but was called in by Teacher Sun.
After entering, he found that it was a completely different world from the outside of the courtyard wall. The courtyard was very large and seemed particularly empty. He entered two doors in a row before reaching the innermost part. An old man came out, hunched over and leaning on a cane. When he saw Teacher Sun, he replied indifferently, "You are here?"
Teacher Sun nodded and said respectfully, "Mr. Yan, I came to get something." This way of addressing was quite strange. If it were ten years ago, the three words "Mr. Yan" would have knocked people down.
An An looked back and forth at the two people with a pair of clear eyes, and the curiosity in her eyes was not concealed at all. There is a secret here!
Master Yan knocked on his cane and praised, "You brought a little girl with a clear eye, come in with me!"
An An followed Teacher Sun into the inner room. In fact, it looked like a pawnshop from the outside, but inside, it was no different from the house where she usually lived. If you have to find a difference, in An An's opinion, it's just that there are more cabinets?
There are indeed a lot of cabinets. The whole room is filled with those cabinets. Mr. Yan fumbled out a bunch of keys from his waist and found the three words "Sun Hongmei" according to the list on the grid. He moved a stool, stepped on it directly, stood on tiptoe, and took out the cabinet.
An An came to see! This old man's actions are really dangerous! He is already an old man, and he still climbed up to such a high place, lifted the cabinet and took it down. It was really frightening to see. She glanced at Teacher Sun and saw that Teacher Sun shook his head at her. An An swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Teacher Sun was more familiar with the old man than she was. Since the old man went up alone, it indirectly proved that there was no problem.
After Mr. Yan took out the small bed, it was covered with a layer of cloth, which was obviously carefully taken care of. After pulling off the cloth, the things inside were revealed. There were not many things, just a pocket watch and a necklace.
The pocket watch is a bit old, it is that kind of bronze color, but it has been wiped clean without a trace of dust. After taking the pocket watch, Teacher Sun rubbed it carefully and handed it to An An, "An An, this is for you." Although Teacher Sun did not explain the origin of this pocket watch, An An knew that something with this unique storage method must be very precious.
An An quickly shook his head and refused, "I can't take it." It's too expensive. Teacher Sun's expression softened a bit, and she advised, "Take it! If you ask me to call you Mom, then take it and show it to me tomorrow."
An An sighed, and she said seriously, "Teacher Sun, whether it is a watch or a pocket watch, it should be paid by the man's family." Instead of the bride, what kind of thing is this!
Teacher Sun stuffed the pocket watch into An An's arms without saying anything, "Take it, otherwise Mom will be angry." She said mom, not teacher, which already showed her identity.
An An had no choice but to take it, but she made up her mind to go back and talk to her old father about it and buy a nice watch for Teacher Sun.
Teacher Sun touched the necklace reluctantly, but asked Master Yan to put it back, saying, "Master, when I have no food to eat one day, I will take this necklace away. In the future, no matter whether it is me or An An, you can give this necklace to either of us." For some reason, An An always felt that Teacher Sun was giving instructions for his funeral.
Teacher Sun had experienced a special decade. Originally, he had a lot of valuable things, but nine-tenths of them were lost. Only this necklace and a pocket watch were left, which were preserved with great effort.
Even though she and her grandmother had a hard life, they never thought of pawning it. Rather than saying this is a pawnshop, it is better to say that it is a place to keep things for everyone, and all the things are brought out from various places with great difficulty.
Grandpa Yan looked at Teacher Sun, then looked at An An, and carefully put away the small bench again, saying lightly, "Come earlier! If you come later, I might die as soon as I die, and this thing will be buried with me."
An An couldn't bear to hear such words, and was also afraid of separation from life and death. She didn't know what happened to the old man in front of her, but she found out when she walked in that one of Grandpa Yan's eyes was actually out of focus, which means he was half blind.
It is such an old man who has been holding on to such a place. It is unknown how many years he has stayed there and how much he has paid to preserve these things.
Teacher Sun's expression tensed up a little. She promised, "If you are gone one day, I will burn paper for you." Grandpa Yan had a child in his early years, but the child left early, leaving him alone. In addition, Yan's ancestors were in the pawnshop business. In the early years, the pawnshop was smashed beyond recognition, and the things they had in the pawnshop at that time were also lost. Later, the policy was slightly better.
Mr. Yan slowly found the things he had lost before. They were in business and valued integrity. The employer handed the things to them. As long as they were not dead, they had the responsibility to keep these things. But it had been so many years since they had been guarding them. Don’t be fooled by the many small shelves on the cabinet. In fact, many of them were empty, with just a name on them.
And this empty courtyard was very prosperous in the past, but now it has fallen into decline.
After listening to Teacher Sun’s story, An An went out and was silent for a long time. She felt that she was unfortunate and lucky. Unfortunately, she came to this era from her own good world, but fortunately, she did not travel to the most turbulent decade.
Sun Hongmei saw that An An was a little depressed, so she comforted him, "It's nothing, everyone has his own destiny, whether it's good or bad, it's what he has to bear."
An An nodded and whispered, "Teacher Sun, will you come home with me?", referring to Gu's home, not grandma's home.
Teacher Sun patted the car and told An An with practical actions, "Get in! But I have to go back to prepare my wedding clothes." They have a custom that on the first day of the wedding, you can't meet the groom, otherwise...
even Teacher Sun is no exception.
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