Siheyuan: Fatty’s Counterattack

Now, there is an opportunity to take photos for free. Not to mention young people like Xiao Dang and others, even Chen Gangqiang and Zhou Haiqin frequently ask Fatty to take photos of them.

It made it a luxury for the fat man to take a few scenes alone.

Chen Yan even complained about him: "There's no one in the photo, it's so naked and ugly! Come on, take a photo of me in front of me!"

The fat man could only comfort himself by accepting his fate. The Summer Palace was here anyway and he couldn't escape. He would find another chance to come here by himself without them!

The corridor is really long. As soon as Xu Xiyue arrived here, she started to have fun and ran away happily.

The promenade with the "world's first corridor" is located to the south of the Buddhist Incense Pavilion. It is like a ribbon connecting the mountains and rivers, connecting the beautiful scenery everywhere.

There are colorful paintings on the eaves of every house. In such a long corridor, no painting has the same content!

At the beginning, Fatty was just telling Chen Mengqi, what is this scene like, what kind of stories does it have, what was the emperor doing here, what were the concubines doing here, and what legends does it have...

Chen Mengqi listened with fascination, completely immersed in the story her father told, and did not feel boring at all.

Gradually, more and more people surrounded the fat man. It makes him look more and more like a fat little black tour guide on Douyin later...

The fat man was talking alone, and everyone looked around curiously while listening, and occasionally let out a few sighs of emotion.

For example, Silly Zhu grinned to Xu Damao: "Good fellow, a pagoda as big as this is built just to burn incense and worship Buddha for Cixi!"

Xu Damao looked contemptuous: "You are really uneducated. This is called a pavilion-style building, with eight sides, three floors and four eaves. Do you understand?"

Neither of them could convince the other, so they simply came to ask the fat man.

The fat man sighed tiredly: "Both of you are right, and both are wrong. The Foxiang Pavilion was originally built to imitate the Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou, but halfway through the construction, it was found that it was very inconsistent with the surrounding styles, so it was It was changed to a pavilion-style building, so it looks like a tower and a pavilion. Standing on it, you can have a panoramic view of Kunming Lake."

well said! It's a pity that I can't go up.

At this time, the Buddhist Incense Pavilion had long been closed to the public due to its disrepair. The door was barricaded and locked with several large locks.

Fatty and the others could only take a few photos outside, which was better than nothing.

For the same reason, you can’t swim in Kunming Lake. There is no boat. There is a dilapidated boat floating alone on this lake with an area of ​​about 3000 acres. Even the west embankment does not have the grand scene of rows of peach and willow trees.

You can't get to the island in the center of the lake, and you can't get on the Qingyan Fang, which means He Qing Haiyan.

The fat man could only explain to everyone: "Qingyanfang is not like this. Although it looks like it is built of marble at first glance, in fact, its upper and lower floors are both wooden structures. Unfortunately, it was also during the Eight-Nation Allied Forces turmoil It was ruined, and later the Chinese style was changed to a Western style. Did you see the Western-style attic with stained glass windows? It became the only Western-style building in the garden."

The fat man said countless times along the way, "Think of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces back then." This reminded him involuntarily of Old Mrs. Qi...

The fat man pointed to the four faucets around the hull and said to Chen Mengqi: "When it rains, these four faucets will start spraying water, which is very spectacular."

When the little girl heard this, she actually looked at the sky and said, "Then wait until it rains next time..."

She wanted to say "Bring me here again", but when she saw Yu Li's threatening eyes, she immediately changed her mind and was very sincere.

The Seventeen-Arch Bridge was Fatty’s favorite place later.

It’s not just talk about the poor who play with cars and the rich who play with watches and SLRs ruining their lives. When the weather is fine, at 4 o'clock every afternoon, you can go to the Seventeen-Arch Bridge to see it.

In the best viewing position, the row of long guns and short cannons is even more spectacular than "the setting sun slanting through the seventeen holes"!

As the sun sets, the orange-red afterglow shines through the seventeen holes on the bridge, making this originally dark, weather-beaten stone bridge instantly light up!

Fatty saw it once and never forgot it again. What I regretted most at that time was why he didn’t bring a camera?

I did bring a camera today, but it didn’t work; it was black and white! It's still five or six years before it becomes colorful.

Wait a minute, it will be the 80s soon; it will soon be the 80s that is full of charm, has infinite possibilities, and fills people with memories!

He has one more 80s than others, how lucky he is...

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A flock of pigeons flew over the courtyard, and the whistling whistles of the pigeons not only did not make people feel noisy, but had a very special rhythm to them.

There was melodious music playing on the radio, and Yan Bugui sat in the center of the front yard, watching three children, a boy, two girls, running in and out.

One of the two little girls was wearing a pink dress, the other was wearing a blue plaid dress, and the atmosphere of the times came to their faces.

Yan Bugui looked at his watch and muttered: "It's 10 o'clock."

The sound of the hourly time was also heard from the radio: "Good morning, all listeners, today is March 1984, 3, and the current time is 23 o'clock in the morning. The next program that will be played for you is "Overseas Music World"..."

The spring of [-] arrived, with the reform and opening up, the spring breeze blew all over the country, and even the courtyard became alive.

Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, another six years have passed.

In the yard, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old walked out briskly.

She wore the trendy bangs and tied her hair back with a handkerchief. She was wearing the most fashionable turtleneck sweater, elastic pants, and a pair of small leather shoes on her feet, and she was humming a song.

When he saw Yan Fugui, he politely shouted: "Hello, Grandpa Yan."

As soon as Yan Bugui saw her, a smile appeared on his face: "Hey, it's Qiqi, why didn't you go to school today?"

It turns out that this girl is Chen Mengqi. Fast forward 6 years and she is already in her prime at the age of 16.

Chen Mengqi said sweetly: "The school has a sports meeting today. I don't have anything to do, so I just review at home."

But if she doesn’t review, in the blink of an eye, Chen Mengqi will be taking the high school entrance examination.

Chen Mengqi called the girl in the pink dress and said, "Xu Xiyue, your mother is looking for you all over the yard!"

Xu Xiyue, the daughter adopted by Xu Damao, is now 8 years old and in the second grade of elementary school.

When she heard this, she made a face at her friend, turned around and hurried into the yard.

Chen Mengqi went to the canteen at the door and bought a bottle of Pepsi in a glass bottle, and said to the proprietress, "I will deliver the bottle to you in the afternoon."

The landlady waved her hand: "It's better if you don't bring it to me, so I can ask your dad for money then!"

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What a beautiful idea, she dares to ask you for 1 cents for a broken bottle! You know, this bottle of soda only costs 5 cents.