梦想里的平凡人生

魏伟

济南市的曲水亭街，是“老济南味儿”最浓郁的地方，一边是青砖石墙的老屋，一边是绿意飘摇的清泉，临泉人家在这里淘米濯衣，完整地保留着《老残游记》中“家家泉水，户户垂杨”的泉城风貌。

夏日黄昏，坐在曲水河畔，耳畔是泉水叮咚，发间是轻风温柔，如若再来一杯用泉水凉过的酸梅汤，想来也不会辜负了这夏日人间。此时，街边一家名为“曲水曦和”的饮品店便会映入人们眼帘。

店铺老板曹雅男是一位“老济南”。8年前，他毅然辞去做了13年的平面设计工作，在这里开设了这家店。用他的话说：想换一种生活方式。儿时曲水亭街的单纯生活令他印象深刻，街坊邻里坐在河边，一边吃饭一边聊家常，孩子没事就在河里摸鱼捞虾，充满烟火气。于是他将祖辈传下来的这间曲水亭街上的小屋作为自己新事业的开端。

“曲水”源于曲水亭街，而“曦和”則是曹雅男女儿的名字。从名字不难看出他对这间店铺的情感之深。在这间小屋里，他希望还能做出点“单纯”的东西。为了这种“单纯”，店里的所有水果，包括乌梅、橙子、柠檬等都是他去八里桥水果市场亲自挑选的，水果的甜度和“颜值”都由他亲自把关。而这里当家的饮品酸梅汤，制作时更是需要天不亮就起来，将祖传配方中的必备食材放进锅中熬制起码3个小时，熬好之后再放入曲水河里拔凉，让泉水慢慢给它降温，才能达到他心中酸梅汤的理想状态。

秉承这种初心，开店8年间，最让曹雅男开心的是结识了很多有趣的朋友。好多顾客从恋爱到结婚生子都不间断地光顾小店，慢慢地也就变成了朋友。令他印象深刻的是一对海南的情侣，2014年正在恋爱的他们来济南旅游，在店里点了饮品并拍了照片。5年后，已经结婚的他们再次来到济南，特地在同样的位置拍了照片，并相约5年后再来。这样的事情，8年间还有很多，这让曹雅男觉得在济南老街有这样一家属于自己的店是十分幸运的事情。

谈到对以后的想法，曹雅男坦言，希望将来能继续用心经营好饮品的品质和口味，继续在这老城老街上看尽人间的繁华和美好，坦坦荡荡享受当下的每一天。

Ordinary Life in Dream

By the Qushui River， Jinan City， a beverage store named “Spring & Sunshine” （QushuiXihe） appears eyecatching. There are two slogans “Never Adjusted” and “Completed Today” on the billboard of syrup of plum outside the store. Cao Yanan， owner of the store， who presented the two slogans， is a native of Jinan. Eight years ago， he quitted his job as a graphic designer for 13 years. He said that he wanted to change his lifestyle.

“Qushui” refers to Qushuiting Street; “Xihe” is his daughters name. From the name， it is easy to see that he attaches great importance to the store. In this small store， he wishes to make something “Pure”. For this end， he usually picks all fruits required for the store including dark plums， oranges and lemons at Baliqiao Fruit Market early in the morning， and personally checks the sweetness and “appearance” of fruits. In the eight years since the opening of the store， the happiest thing for Cao Yanan is meeting a lot of interesting friends. Many customers started to drink in the store from the beginning of a relationship， and continued to come to the store with their children after getting married and having children.

Opening ones own store brings relative freedom， but not absolute freedom. The store is basically open for 12 hours a day. Thus， he feels guilty towards his two children. Other children are often accompanied by their parents during weekends and holidays， which are the busiest time for the store. Cao Yanan has to entrust his children to the care of his parents. During weekdays when the store is not so busy， his children need to go to school， thus he has to speed as much time as he can with his children during winter and summer vacations.

Speaking of his future plan， Cao Yanan said frankly， “I wish I could continue to focus on the quality and flavors of beverages， see the prosperity and beauty of the world on this old street of the old town， and enjoy every day with no misgivings in the future.”