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

After Li Zihang left, the people in the troupe asked the troupe owner who he was and invited him to dinner and ice cream.

In this era when refrigerators were still rare, summer popsicles were not cheap. An ordinary popsicle would cost 1 yuan. A better one would cost 2 yuan. In this era, a live rooster could be bought at the vegetable market for more than yuan.

The boss said to everyone: "You have met a kind-hearted man today. He is the young master of Tianshun Commercial Bank."

A young man who didn't know Tianshun Commercial Bank asked, "Tianshun Commercial Bank? I've never heard of it!"

When the boss heard this, he cursed angrily, "You know nothing. Tianshun Commercial Bank has a history of hundreds of years from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. It has always been one of the top three commercial banks in the city. How rich and powerful do you think they are?"

"It's just that we are keeping a low profile now, so it's no wonder you don't know. Let me tell you this. After you, Xiao Liuzi, dreamed of becoming a star, you ate at all the eight big restaurants in Sijiu City. One of these restaurants belongs to them. And Zhang Dezi, your favorite wine is also sold by their winery. And in our Sijiu City, 40% of the grain is sold by them. Even the tea I drink is bought from their shop. Now you know about Tianshun Commercial Bank, right?"

"I guess that young master will come again in the future. Be polite to me when you see me next time."

"If it weren't for that young master, would you guys be able to eat popsicles? And you even ate them in a restaurant. You all should practice hard. Once you become a star, you will have people to support you. You can eat whatever you want."...

On the other side, Li Zihang saw that it was still early, so he planned to go to his grandfather's house and wait for Xiao Yushui to finish school.

After sending Wen San back, Li Zihang was just like usual. He was learning foreign languages ​​with his grandfather. He was doing the homework assigned by the old man. He and his grandfather were talking in foreign languages ​​and practicing speaking. Xiao Yushui, who was finishing school, came over.

Xiao Yushui was puzzled when she saw Li Zihang. She asked him why he didn't go home if he wasn't sick. He answered casually. Then he continued to learn foreign languages ​​with his grandfather.

Grandpa Gan, sitting in a rocking chair, listened to Li Zihang reading an article in Russian. Then he said

"Xiao Hangzi, you can communicate in English and Russian normally, but your German is not so good. Also, your English writing and recognizing words are passable, but your Russian is far from perfect. Your German is even worse. You need to work harder."

At this time, Xiao Yushui also curiously asked Grandpa Gan what her level was.

Grandpa Gan: "Xiao Yushui, just learn Russian well, don't aim too high."

Little Yushui was still a little unhappy and pouted. An hour later, Li Zihang took Little Yushui back home. Now that they were older and had someone to protect them secretly, the old man no longer asked anyone to pick them up from school.

The school is also close, and the old man and his family live on the same street, so the family members are very relieved to let them go home by themselves.

After returning home, Li Zihang and Yushui were doing their homework in his study. Of course, Yushui was doing the homework assigned by the teacher. Li Zihang was doing the homework for the senior grade textbook and test paper. After Yushui finished, she started feeding the birds.

Xiao Yushui in the bird house is probably her happiest moment of the day. The birds fly around her. After feeding them, she takes some of them out to play. As long as they hear Xiao Yushui blowing the whistle, they will fly back immediately.

Another hour later, at 6: in the evening, Aunt Qi called them to eat.

It was a rare occasion for Grandpa and Uncle Seven to have dinner at home today. Normally, the number of times I could have dinner with them at home would not exceed 8 days a month.

At the dinner table, Li Zihang looked at the chicken stewed with wild bamboo shoots and said, "Aunt Qi, haven't you finished eating the chicken in the backyard yet?"

Aunt Qi smiled and said as she put her chopsticks on the table, "Those five chicks you bought were worth it. You know what, these chicks can really lay eggs and brood on eggs. They're as fertile as rabbits."

"The more you eat, the more you'll have. Besides, you won't be happy eating it every day."

Li Zihang: "There are dozens of henhouses in my birdhouse. I will separate their nests tomorrow. Once they enter the birdhouse, they run all over the floor. I'm afraid I might step on one and kill it if I'm not careful."

Aunt Qi: "You said this chick is weird, only those chicks that are over a year old will sit on a brooding nest when they lay eggs. I've never seen any hens that laid eggs that year sit on a brooding nest."

After finishing the meal, the old man called Li Zihang and said, "Grandson, how is your knowledge of porcelain?"

Li Zihang: "It's OK. I've learned almost everything from those books. I've also basically mastered all the bottles and jars at home."

After taking a sip of hot tea, the old man said, "On the first floor of the backyard, next to the room where you develop photos, I have prepared a few sacks of broken porcelain pieces for you. From now on, you can start sorting out the broken porcelain pieces and classifying them according to the dynasties. When you have sorted them all out, tell me again."

In the middle room on the first floor of the backyard, Li Zihang turned on the light and looked at the ten large sacks neatly arranged. There were also six large bamboo baskets by the wall. There were notes on them. Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing. One of them didn't have a note.

Li Zihang knew what it meant immediately. He then picked up the gloves on the table next to him and started sorting the broken porcelain pieces.

Most children can't stand the hardship of his study. Li Zihang studies very hard every day, because he has a mature soul.

早上6点起床练拳，7点吃早饭。八点到下午4点在学校上课，4点半到5点半学外语。傍晚6点半吃晚饭，晚上7点到8点半学习古董知识。夜里9点钟熄灯睡觉。

This goes on day after day, year after year. It's been almost 3 years.

While Li Zihang was sorting broken porcelain pieces, he heard someone shouting in the yard next door. He didn't hear what they were shouting, but he ignored them and continued working.

The next morning, after practicing boxing, the family started to eat breakfast.

Uncle Qi asked Aunt Qi, "Did Jia Dongxu's wife in the yard next door give birth to a boy or a girl last night?"

Aunt Seven: "A boy. I ran into Jia Zhang when I was buying breakfast. She told everyone she met that her daughter-in-law would give him a big fat grandson."

Little Rain said happily, "Wait, I'll go see the baby."

Aunt Qi: "Why go see him? He hasn't come back from the hospital yet. Eat your meal. I'll see him after school this afternoon."

Grandma: "I think he will come to our house by noon at the latest."

Li Zihang: "Why did he come to our house to have a baby?"

Aunt Qi smiled and said, "What else can I do? Just tell them the good news. Then I can take some things home with me."

Grandma: "This Jia Zhang has become more and more noisy since Jia Fugui left."

Aunt Seven: "It's because Jia Zhang is so cunning, always trying to take advantage of others. She doesn't even think about whose family is easy to take advantage of."

"Only our family doesn't bother with her. She quarrels with this person or that person every other day. They are all trivial matters."

Grandma: "I heard that she is eyeing Xiao Yushui's annex."

At this time, the people who were eating also looked up at grandma.

Aunt Seven: "She talks to Uncle Da and the people in the yard whether she has something to say or not. It's inconvenient for her family of three to live together. Now her daughter-in-law is pregnant. When there is another person in the family, it will be even more inconvenient."

"Well, the uncle told Shazhu to rent Xiao Yushui's room to his family and let Xiao Yushui move in with us."

Grandma: "What did you say, silly Zhu?"

Aunt Qi: "Of course Sha Zhu disagrees. I also told Sha Zhu that if he dares to rent out Yu Shui's house, I will break his legs."

Uncle Seven: "Since her family wants to rent a house, why don't they move out and rent a small yard? There are plenty of empty houses in the city now."

Aunt Qi said to Uncle Qi, "What do you know about the old woman's mind? Do you know how much she asked Sha Zhu to rent the ear room? Just 5! She even said that. She even said flatteringly that we are neighbors living in the same courtyard. Renting the house to her will also help Sha Zhu to earn more money."

"Don't you think about it? Renting a small courtyard outside would cost at least 1 yuan. Is she willing to pay that much? Even if the government rents Xiao Yushui's annex to someone else, it would cost 5 yuan."

Grandma: "If Jia Zhang comes, you should do the same as usual, except congratulate her. Don't give her anything else. I originally wanted to give her a basket of eggs and 2 bags of brown sugar."

Aunt Seven: "You are the only one who is kind-hearted and helps the residents in the next yard from time to time. If it were me, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to her."

The old man was eating breakfast and reading the newspaper, ignoring the topic of the Jia family.

Li Zihang and the others went to school after dinner...