Shen Jialu: "Is Shanghai a stingy?"

Author:Music club Time:2022.09.01

Is Shanghai a stingy?

Shen Jialu

Foreigners have a lot of negative evaluations of Shanghai people: stingy, selfish, outer, timid, fear of things, worship and foreign, savvy and unsightly ...

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The lifestyle of Shanghai people has always been imitated by other provinces, but Shanghai people have been laughed at by foreigners.

Since being imitated, why is it ridiculed again?

Thinking of a sentence: It has been imitated and never surpassed.

On the streets of Shanghai, or the Bund, Xintiandi, Sinan Mansion, Shangsheng New House, Lujiazui Binjiang, etc., even so -called palace -level public places such as the Grand Theater, Concert Hall, Art Museum, Museum, etc. People are together like the blend of salt and water. When some beautiful women are dressed, pearls and treasures, Qiaoqian Qianqian, beautiful eyes, and not worse than Shanghai women in temperament, but the Shanghai people can see from a movement and one look. Dandelion is a foreigner without root.

The Shanghai people don't say it, brushing them clearly, I have figured out how to talk to you and how to maintain a proper distance. This makes people grit their teeth.

Then the foreigners must find some problems from imitating objects, misery, laugh at it, and even have a rough taste after the tea, so that they will be psychologically balanced. I

A friend from a foreign country came to Shanghai to promote his new book. He was despised by Shanghai people on the Bund. That night, I set up a banquet with a few Shanghai writers to pick up the wind for him. After three patrols, the guy used chopsticks to dip the soy sauce on the tablecloth and wrote a pair of couplets: neither red sweeping the dust, nor the green forest drove the leopard.

That's right, there are many negative evaluations of foreigners: stingy, selfish, outdoor, timid, fear of things, admiration and foreign, savvy ...

Sentences can't deny that this is the label that the Shanghai people cannot remove, and it is also the weakness of the Shanghai people. I have no intention of justified or decorated here. The fact is basically the case. The people of Shanghai people are not great, and their personality is not lofty. Some Shanghai people show all the unbearableness.

When it comes to the stingy of Shanghai people, foreigners will laugh at the Shanghai people who have "invested" half a two grain tickets in that era. Half two grain tickets, 25 grams, what can I buy? Shanghai people eat fritters and lined up for a long time, buying only one, half of the two grain stamps are probably customized for a fritter. The northerners buy fritters. They are blew up on the door in advance. The lineup is very spectacular. After buying, they will be tied to a bundle. Maybe they think that eating fritters like this is happy! A churros from the Shanghai people went home, cut it into a dozen sections, dipped in soy sauce, passed rice, and the whole family came to eat. Is there anything more shabby than this?

However, in most cases, the Shanghai people eat them one by one, but they pay attention to the current fried, and the words "crispy crispy" have become the taste indicator of a fritter. Zhang Ailing's "aesthetic height" of the fried dough stick is still imitated by Shanghai Meimei: bite it open, and the hot and fragrant air is eaten.

In the era of tickets, Shanghai people also "invent" one or two oil tickets, one inch of textiles for textiles, and the minimum purchase amount of soy products tickets is three -pointer ... Shanghai people live a small day.

Everyone comes from the planned economy age. Is it interesting to laugh at the Shanghai people with this topic? Dim "snacks are not for you, and spiritual comfort is greater than material needs. Small, exquisite, reflect the art of eating.

Semi -two grain tickets are a model of refined management, which also reflects the careful and consideration. Semi -two oil tickets are used to buy sesame oil. Shanghai people mix eggplant, stir eggs, and toon sprout tofu. It is not possible to not pour a few drops of sesame oil. The three -pointer's soybean tickets are just buying a piece of tofu, which can cook a bowl of amaranth shredded pork tofu. The one -inch textile special coupon is specifically used to buy fake leaders. Foreigners come to Shanghai, and the procurement plan must have this fish.

If you go to the Chenghuang Temple Lake Heart Pavilion to drink tea, a pot of tea with four pieces of refreshments, a dozen pieces of spiced beans, and a small plate of dried tofu cutting smaller than the stamp. The mini tea eggs are made of quail eggs. Thirteen red silk thirteen thirteen red silk threads were hoisted. In 1984, the Queen Elizabeth II of Britain visited Shanghai. He accompanied the mayor of Jiang Zemin and accompanied the fragrant cricket, ate boat, and listened to Jiangnan Silk. This is not the mood of Jiangnan in China. Isn't this a happy life of Shanghai people?

Eating noodles, Shanghai people like to add only their heads, and make the head well, and the noodle restaurant has the foundation. Old Shanghai is usually spicy sauce, shredded pork, vegetarian chicken, large row, gluten, etc., and so on. Two fresh. The old Shanghai who can eat in special care in the "hard noodle soup, pour the head cross the bridge" -pong the head and put it on the table, another glass of rice wine, pour the head with noodles, drink the rice wine, and then cover it with a half pot. , Affordable without being decent.

Some retired employees are reluctant to eat their heads, only eat Yangchun noodles, and the waiters are equally equally. Chongxiang's head is or not incense? Kuan soup or tight soup? A bowl of straight soup noodles are so particular about it, which is really like a spring breeze.

In the past, some noodle restaurants in Shanghai also supply noodles, two two yang spring noodles, plus one or two ravioli, which could not only eat it, but also simulated the head noodles. Eating at the restaurant, there are some vegetables left on the bottom of the pot, and the waiter will recommend add half a piece of tofu or green vegetables to burn it back. A few years ago, I ate elephant nasal mussels and lobster. A seafood was expensive, but the Shanghai people were particularly affordable. TOLL. In terms of diet, there are many measures to take care of and take care of people in Shanghai. This is a place where Shanghai people who have lived in other places and worked for decades. People in Shanghai entertaining guests are very important to pay attention to it. They do not do wastefulness, eat characteristics, eat flavor, eat seasonal, eat cooking, elegant environment, service in place, harmonious atmosphere, and liquor. This is important.

Cold basin stir -frying beds, wine aged and crooked, shark fin and abalone bird's nest hairy crabs together, do black markets in old Shanghai, worship the old man, sit on the ground to divide the stolen, and set the piles to set up this pomp. People in Shanghai generally do not persuade alcohol, do not punch, and do not drunk the guests.

If this is the stingy of the Shanghai people, then the Shanghai people accept it with a smile. People in Shanghai also pack the leftovers home. Yes, at the gathering of classmates, colleagues, and neighbors, the Shanghai people also passed the AA system. If you rush to pay ahead every time, you may not be appreciated by others. However, in the same restaurant, the Shanghai man seemed to have friends to gather in the place where he saw him, and he would secretly buy him for him before leaving. It is said that this is the tradition of old Shanghai men.

Just as Ma Shanglong said in the book "Shanghai Delivery": "Shanghai people are accustomed to rules and etiquette, and they are not intended to do it. The old and old mood is the friendly atmosphere of the Shanghai people who are good at creating, but there is a wall at the end of the lawn. There is a door suddenly in the swaying swaying, which separates each other.

Shanghai warm men express friendship to friends, provided that they cannot cause the psychological burden on the other party.

(About the topic of Shanghai people, I will continue to discuss with you the next time, so stay tuned for advice)

Shen Jialu, the main pen, senior journalist. Member of the Chinese Writers Association, a director of Shanghai Writers Association. His works have won the 1990 "Bud" Literature Award, 1994 "Guangzhou Literature and Art" award, 1996 "Shanhua" award, and 1991 and 1996 "Shanghai Literature" Literature Award. Published "Fashion Old Furniture" and "Finding Old Furniture" in 2004, showing the immortal charm of classic old furniture, leading readers to shuttle between classical and fashion, opening the window of cultural appreciation of old Western furniture, becoming the era of like to like the West at that time. Must -read books for old furniture. He also likes to collect ceramics and furniture, but he is more willing to be regarded as a gourmet, and he is self -proclaimed with a Shanghai old lady.