If we don't rely on old objects, it may be difficult for us to recall some precious episodes of our lives, even if we once believed with great certainty that we would never lose them.
In a market in Yangpu, a hundred years of time have been turned into old objects, circulating among the bustling stalls. Fragments that have been forgotten in the depths of the mind will be connected to an old object, and suddenly appear clearly in front of you.
Maybe it's a yellowed 1962 marriage certificate, or maybe it's a commemorative wall calendar that "celebrates mankind's entry into the 21st century"; And when the tape and the Walkman were about to arouse a wave of sentimentality, they turned around and saw the childhood memories evoked by the flying chess and the jumping frog......
Old objects make the bazaar no longer just an "antique market", but an endless "memoir of life", piling up a tunnel of time and connecting countless people with the past that has never been erased.
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The market paradise of the "uncles".
Located at 701 Longchang Road, the Yangpu Bird and Flower Antique Market is located next to Yangpu Park, and the antique market is only open every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.
For the most part, it is not for the young, but for the elderly.
As far as the eye can see, the stall owners and customers are "uncles", who set up stalls, shop stalls, and enjoy the fun of market life in the pile of old things. These grandfathers are either collectors or ordinary people - some come for hobbies, some for socializing, and some just enjoy the fun of bargaining.
It is understood that some of the items on the stalls were recovered from a basket of scrap yards, some were personally picked up by the stall owners from the second-hand market, and some were brought from their own homes. The price of each item is not only about scarcity, but also about the mark of the times.
Some old objects are worth collecting, if they are marked by the age. Therefore, on the basis that most of the old things can be won at a price of less than 100 yuan, there are also many "scarce things" of hundreds of yuan.
On the stalls, all kinds of old objects are dazzling, from a piece of warm old jade to an old-fashioned CCD camera, from tapes, VCDs to faded leather shoes, like a mini version of the offline "Xianyu Market". The only difference is that when it comes to "new", the object here is covered with dust, and the newness of its appearance is not the main reason for judging its value.
The stall owners here can quickly determine whether a customer is a connoisseur or a tourist. The rule of the old market is that 1 cent represents 10 yuan, and 1 yuan is 100 yuan - people who don't understand this jargon are basically considered "novices".
The interaction between different stall owners is also full of Jianghu atmosphere.
At a certain stall, the boss used a DVD player to play Yang Feifei's classic Shanghai Opera repertoire, and sat side by side with customers. When the two Shanghai old men were about to revel in it, the owner of the stall next door asked them, "You can speak softly, softly." It turned out that he was haggling with a customer, and it seemed that he had reached a white-hot stage, although he was only competing for a price difference of three or five yuan.
The owner of the DVD player didn't care, he turned down the volume with a smile, and the uncle who was immersed in Shanghai opera was still sitting like a clock, but the bargaining war on the other side became more and more intense. "A little lighter sound" and "a little less price" are two voices intertwined, which is the unique rhythm of life here.
Pieces of youth picked up again
For young people, the old objects in the bazaar are a link to the past, pulling memories that are long gone.
"Post-85" Yiling stood in front of a Sony Walkman (Walkman) for a long time and was reluctant to leave. "It's the same one I used when I was in school." In her memory, this Walkman is not only a tool for practicing English listening, but also food for thought.
"When I was living in high school, I used to hide the headphone cord in my long black hair at the time, and I studied at night while listening to songs, sometimes being discovered by the teacher, sometimes not being discovered." During that time, the Walkman carried her inner universe.
She also thought of one thing, before the college entrance examination this year, her high school was on a hot search, "After the last evening self-study of the junior high school students, the juniors and sisters spontaneously got together to sing and encourage them. Now that I think about it, in our time, feelings were not so outgoing, and there were no smartphones to record life, and many times we could only use a small Walkman as emotional sustenance. ”
However, Yiling didn't get the Walkman in her pocket, "I can't find the original one again." Now, 20 years later, she said that she has grown her first gray hair on her head, "The current requirements are not high, and the speed of the receding hairline and the speed of the hair turning gray are a little slower." ”
"Post-80s" Wei Wei laughed out loud in front of a "jumping frog", "It should be a baby in our hands when we were children, right?" She remembered that when she was a child, she squatted under her grandmother's dining table, playing with "jumping frogs", listening to the sound of her grandfather repairing the clock, and the smell of her grandmother's egg dumplings in the kitchen. Now, my grandfather and grandmother are gone.
The boss offered 15 yuan for one piece, and VV bargained for 10 yuan for 2 pieces. At another stall, she fell in love with a retro gaming console. The boss said, "It's just brand new, people use it to collect, 100!" ”
"80 sells or not?" Vivi asked. "Sell!" The shopkeeper agreed, looking pleased.
When I got home, I found that this was not an old game console, but a nostalgic version of the game console power bank. "Fortunately, it can be turned on, can play games, and can also be used as a power bank. The games inside can't stop playing. Vivi said.
The warmth of the life of the unknown
Other young people don't come to reminisce about their time. They just love the feeling of a bazaar and want to find a home for some old stuff with a name.
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The "post-95" girl Kuk K and her "post-95" boyfriend are very fond of bizarre gadgets and are always happy to enjoy similar markets. During the National Day, they rummaged through the stalls like children in the Yangpu Bird and Flower Antique Market, and finally spent more than 300 yuan to find more than 30 items - college student diaries from the 90s, divorce certificates from the 60s, as well as brand new dolls, second-hand bags and old-fashioned mobile phones.
"The first time we found a Nokia, the second time we found a Motorola - a Nokia on the left and a Motorola on the right hand, as if we had traveled back in time to the big money life of the 80s in a second." Cool K said.
My boyfriend also received a second-hand head massager, which only cost 10 yuan, and was ridiculed by the cool K on the side as if it was like an "IQ detector" when trying the button and carefully studying how to use it.
After turning on the massager smoothly, Kuk wrote a review: "Although there is only the overhead vibration mode left, the intensity is too good." And the massager is very foreign, with full English commentary, and music including the sound of crickets. "Today's young people have found new ways to de-stress.
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They found a 1962 marriage certificate in a stall, with the four big characters of mutual respect and love particularly eye-catching, and decorated with peonies, roses, pomegranates and longevity peaches, full of joy.
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In another stall, Kuk found a divorce certificate from 1993, which clearly stated that the child was raised by the woman, "After all, Miss Dong is 69 years old this year, good luck." ”
Cool K also dug out a 1996 diary from the pile of old books and found another stranger's life trajectory, "This is a diary from 1996, full of 18-year-old youth. The owner of the diary has just finished the college entrance examination and is full of uncertain worries and expectations for the future. By age, the owner of the diary is 46 years old this year. ”
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Cool K thought to himself, could this diary, which is full of emotions and has been precipitated over the years, be strayed into the pile of old books?
"Whether it's a document or a diary, they have been lying in the stall for a long time, and no one cares or cares. Because it's not worth much, even the boss gave me 10 yuan a bag, but I think maybe this is a person's life, or an important experience for them. "Cool K said that she will take good care of the original owner, hoping to be brushed and claimed.
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The Home of the diary reads: "There will always be something worth remembering in my life, and I hope that by 2050 I will open this diary and relive some history and old dreams." At the age of 18, I was a very divided girl, and I let these diaries tell me how I would evolve and develop in the future. ”
"11 August 1996...... I decided to be a gentle lady in the early days of college. ”
Did the 18-year-old "you" later live the life you wanted?