Siheyuan: I am a big capitalist after the founding of the People's Republic of China

Sunday.

Nanluoguxiang, Courtyard No. 40.

Today, a person came and caused a big stir in the courtyard.

The old man who was watering the flowers in the yard looked at a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit.

He was pushing a bicycle and carrying a gift, looking for something in the yard.

So he went forward and questioned him.

"Hello, comrade, who are you looking for?"

The middle-aged man pushed his bicycle and replied

"Hello comrade, does Comrade Li Xianmin live in this courtyard?"

The third uncle hadn't reacted to the name Li Xianmin yet. Just as he was about to say he didn't know, he was bumped into by the second uncle who had just returned from outside.

When the second uncle saw someone coming, he quickly trotted over.

The look on his face was like seeing his long-lost father.

"Deputy Director Li, how come you have time to come to our hospital today?"

"Who are you looking for? I'm the second uncle who manages our hospital."

"Just tell me a name, as long as it's someone from our hospital. I'll find it for you right away."

Deputy Director Li, formerly known as Li Huaide, is the newly appointed deputy director of the steel mill.

The third uncle, seeing the lackey's appearance in Liu Haizhong,

He turned his head and grinned disdainfully, then continued watering the flowers.

Li Huaide looked at the second uncle who was trying to please him. He had no impression of him at all.

So I asked tentatively.

"Who are you? Have we met before?"

The second uncle answered immediately.

"Deputy Director Li, I'm Liu Haizhong, a forger in the second workshop of our steel rolling mill."

"The last time you came to the workshop for inspection, I introduced you to the workers there."

Li Huaide pretended to remember this and continued.

"I remember now. Look at my memory."

"You live here too. Do you know which courtyard Comrade Li Xianmin lives in?"

The second uncle looked at him and thought of himself. He said with some joy.

"Yes, I'll take you there right away."

Then he led Li Huaide to the back door of Li's house.

Second uncle: "Director Li, please tell me something. What is your relationship with Mr. Li?"

Li Huaide said cunningly.

"He is an elder to me. As you know, I was transferred to the steel mill not long ago. So today I have time to visit the old man."

When Liu Haizhong heard that Li Huaide was the old man's relative, he had different thoughts in his mind.

The two chatted as they walked.

Turning back and walking to the back door of the Li family, Liu Haizhong stepped forward very naturally and helped knock on the door.

After a while, Aunt Qian heard the knock on the door and came to open it.

Seeing two people at the back door, she recognized the one in Liu Haizhong’s group.

As for the other person, I have no impression at all.

Aunt Qian looked at the two of them and said, "Second Uncle, what are you doing?"

Before Li Huaide could speak, Liu Haizhong replied eagerly.

"Sister, this is Director Li from our steel mill. He is a relative of the old man."

"I came to visit the old man today."

Aunt Qian, I heard that Li Huaide and the master at home are relatives.

He opened the half-open back door and stepped aside to invite the two of them in.

Afterwards, Aunt Qian closed the door and led the way.

The second uncle following behind Li Huaide.

Looking at the decoration in the Li family compound.

His eyes were full of longing.

The old man who was carving a wood sculpture in the backyard heard Aunt Qian's report.

He put down the carpentry work at hand and got up to meet the guests.

In the small living room of the east wing, Li Huaide saw the old man and stood up and called for help.

After some greetings, the three of them sat in the small living room and chatted.

The second uncle, who was sitting next to him, heard Li Huaide calling the old man "Grandpa Weimin".

The waves in my heart never stop.

The calculations in my mind began to turn into endless fantasies.

The second uncle here is flattering the guests.

There was also trouble next door.

forecourt.

The third uncle, who was trimming flowers and plants with scissors, saw Yi Zhonghai about to leave.

I said hello and exchanged a few words.

These two sentences made the old man feel uneasy.

"Lao Yi, the director of your factory just came to the yard to look for someone."

"Why don't you go and see it."

When the old man heard that their factory director was looking for someone, he had some ideas in his mind.

"Our factory director? Looking for someone?"

"Uncle, you are not joking."

Yan Fugui said after moving the trimmed potted plants back to their original places.

"Believe it or not, Lao Liu just ran into them and then led them to the Li family."

The old man wanted to ask a few more questions, but when he saw Yan Fugui finish his work and go back to his room, he didn't ask any more questions.

The sun is shining brightly,

Noon, one quarter.

Sha Zhu was called by the old man to help prepare the lunch reception.

Why not ask Aunt Qian to cook? That's because Sha Zhu is good at cooking, and he is idle at home because of work at the company.

The old man asked Sha Zhu to come and prepare the dinner.

At the dining table in Li’s restaurant.

Li Huaide was eating the delicious food, put down his chopsticks and said to the old man.

"Grandpa Min, your chef's cooking skills are pretty good. Not worse than those chefs in the guesthouse."

The Li family has guests for a banquet.

The Shazhu would not be allowed to sit at the table, except for a few female members of the Li family.

Others left their dishes in advance and sat in the small living room to eat.

This afternoon, Li Zihang and his friends were not at home.

At this time, only the old man, Ju Ye, Liu Haizhong, and Li Huaide were at the dinner table.

Before the old man could speak, Liu Haizhong answered first.

The old man looked at Liu Haizhong with an overly attentive look.

Just glanced at him.

"Director, you don't know that today's meal was prepared by a chef in our hospital."

"His family is a family of chefs, and it has been passed down for three generations. His cooking skills are impeccable."

"If it weren't for him, something happened at work these days. We wouldn't have this oral today."

Li Huaide is a person who is very particular about food and drink.

On the one hand, he was born into a noble family, and on the other hand, he was in the officialdom.

Naturally develop into an old gourmet.

When it comes to eating, I care a lot.

He had had enough of the food in the factory during this period, and was thinking about where to find a good cook.

Unexpectedly, when I felt sleepy, someone sent me a pillow.

Due to the wrong occasion, we didn't have any further conversation.

Houhai.

Li Zihang finally completed his plan to learn piano today.

During this period, whenever he had free time, he would go to the area where Qiu Tong lived.

I want to have a chance encounter from time to time.

It seemed like an unintentional encounter, but it was through this chance encounter that he started talking to her.

After another half a year, the two had become good friends.

So last time,

Li Zihang expressed his desire to become an apprentice and asked her to introduce him to his mother.

We also asked Uncle Seven to be the parent and have a talk with him.

His mother learned that Li Zihang had a distinguished family background.

In addition, he has a handsome appearance, elegant conversation, decent manners, and graceful behavior.

He gladly accepted Li Zihang as his little disciple.

After the ceremony of becoming her apprentice, he became her junior fellow apprentice.

"Little Junior Brother, take care. Remember what you promised me."

By the Houhai Lake, Li Zihang waved goodbye to her.

The spring breeze blows with joy, and the young man begins to fall in love for the first time.

Li Zihang was reminiscing endlessly as he thought about the time he had spent with his junior sister.

In the tavern next to the former Dongsi Archway.

Wen San saw Li Zihang passing by on a bicycle.

He quickly stretched out half of his body and stuck it out of the window, shouting loudly.

"Young Master, is it Young Master?"

Li Zihang heard the familiar voice and looked back while riding his bike.

After seeing Wen San, I braked and turned around to chat with him.

Li Zihang walked in and looked around the tavern.

This kind of tavern opened specifically for drunkards has been popular in Beijing for more than two hundred years.

In the old days, the lower-class people in the old city who liked to drink would come specifically to this kind of shop.

Inside the store, there are seven or eight water tanks, with round wooden boards placed on the tank mouths. This is how the wine table appears, plus a counter and a few long benches.

It's only about 20 to 30 square meters inside and outside.

There were small dishes on the glass counter.

There were not many side dishes, and the plates used to serve the dishes were the same as the bone plates used in restaurants in later generations.

Peanuts, pork head, mixed shredded vegetables, jellyfish head, cold fried gluten, pork skin jelly, fried small fish, and pork offal.

Vegetarian dishes include horseradish, dried tofu, Chinese toon sprouts, and side dishes unique to this era: cold-mixed locust flowers, newly opened willow buds, and hawthorn mixed with shredded cabbage.

There are also some freshly mixed cold dishes, such as cucumbers.

The wine jar is filled with loose liquor. The rich can order a bottle of Lianhua Bai, Fenjiu, or Erguotou. The poor can order two taels of loose liquor.

Three or five cents would allow them to while away an entire afternoon.

A plate of side dishes and a plate of peanuts can make those poor drunkards sit for more than an hour after get off work.

Those who have no money but want to drink can bring a nail or a clean pebble.

Use nails and pebbles, dip them in rice vinegar and soy sauce. Sip it and you'll have a sip of wine.

This is the way people who are addicted to alcohol drink but have no money.

The same sitting lasted for an hour.

Today, Wen San is drinking in this poor way.

Seeing Li Zihang coming, he quickly moved the stool away for him.

Li Zihang looked at Wen San, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and couldn't understand how he could have fallen into such a state.

After sitting down and staring at him for a while, Li Zihang spoke.

"Uncle Wen, I haven't seen you for half a year. How are you now~"

Wen San felt embarrassed when he was staring at him.

In the past, the old man arranged a good job for him, and Li Zihang also cared about him from time to time.

Since the complete cooperation, he has become accustomed to his previous lazy life without discipline.

Later, Zhuxialou was converted into a guesthouse. He still behaved the same way, and after repeated warnings, he was transferred to another post.

Now I am back to my old job, working as a porter in the intermodal transport team, riding a three-wheeled cart to transport and deliver goods for others.

There is no place to take care of three meals a day, and he likes to drink.

It has come to this by the end of the month.

This may be the earliest moonlight clan.

Wen San scratched his head embarrassedly.

I didn't want to tell Li Zihang about my embarrassment.

He is just trying to brag about it.

"This is a new popular way of drinking. I saw that group of people drinking it with great relish, so I tried it today."

"You know what, it's really different. Before, when I drank alcohol and ate vegetables, my mouth was full of the taste of vegetables, and the taste of alcohol was much less."

"Today, I'm sleeping on the pebbles. The taste of alcohol in my mouth is stronger."

After saying this, he deliberately picked up a pebble and smacked his lips with an expression of enjoyment.

Li Zihang didn't expose him either. Everyone has to save face sometimes.

"So, what did you call me for?"

Wen San said after putting down the wine cup.

"Nothing. What can I do? I haven't seen you for a long time. I just want to say hello."

Li Zihang didn't want to say anything more.

I walked to the bar and asked the counter staff. Two meat dishes were served.

Wen San saw Li Zihang stand up and leave with a blank expression. He thought he looked down on him and felt very disappointed.

Until I saw Li Zihang and paid for the ticket at the bar.

I came back with two plates of meat dishes, and suddenly, for some reason, my eyes were wet with tears.

Seeing that he was about to come back, she quickly wiped the corners of her eyes.

He stayed with Wen San for a while, and before leaving, he took out ten yuan from his pocket and gave him the remaining meat coupons and grain coupons.

When Li Zihang saw Wen San's behavior, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Uncle Wen, save some money~"

"You know my address. If you need any help, just come and let me know."

"I'm leaving."

Wen San looked at Li Zihang's departing back.

Tears welled up in my eyes, and I wiped them with my sleeves in fear of being seen.

After drinking a glass of wine, he murmured.

"Young Master, I hope you live a long life~"