Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian's happy life

OK! Let’s take the food and go. We can have a good meal when we get home, said Old Man Zhang!

OK! Master! Let's go home. Liu Guangtian climbed up the pole! Master is calling! Old Zhang smiled and said nothing!

Speaking of where this old man Zhang came from, we have to have a good talk!

This old guy was originally a soldier. He retired before the country was liberated. I guess he was seriously injured or something!

The old man was born and raised in Beijing! This yard No. 60 is his house, and he has lived there alone till now!

Wow! A person living in a two-story courtyard!

The old man’s family are all soldiers. His wife died during childbirth, and later his son also died gloriously while serving in the army!

After he was injured, he did not return to the army, but was directly sent back to his hometown, Sijiucheng.

Considering his old age and that he won't be working for many more years, we just arranged for him to retire and receive a salary!

The old man was willing too! He knew his own physical condition very well! He was injured and bleeding heavily, and his body was badly damaged after so many years of fighting!

So he gave up! The higher-ups could have arranged housing for him, but he already had a house to live in so he didn't go!

Are you kidding! Living in a large courtyard is not as comfortable as living in my own courtyard! It’s my ancestral property!

Before, when Old Man Zhang was not at home, people nearby had come up with many plans to live in this yard!

They were all rejected by the street office! What a joke, the home of a martyr, and there is a living war hero!

Who has such courage? They all think their life is too long!

Liu Guangtian had been into this courtyard and had a quick look around, and it was truly wonderful!

They are all original! No modifications or construction! They are very well preserved!

It was completely different from the compound he lived in! It was all built in a haphazard way!

We chatted all the way back to Nanluoguxiang and asked Guangfu to take a chicken and a rabbit home.

I followed Old Man Zhang to the end of the alley, where I saw a courtyard house with two entrances!

The entrance is spacious! Looking from the front door, it is antique and has a lot of charm!

Then I walked into the yard, put the rabbit and chicken away, and then went into the hall!

Old man Zhang didn't say anything. He just sat in the main room and didn't say anything. He just sat there!

Liu Guangtian didn't understand! This old man was showing off! Without saying a word, he picked up the tea set and started to boil water to make tea!

While boiling water, I picked up a chicken and started chopping it!

Bleeding? What kind of blood? Is it the same if you just chop it up?

He found the ingredients from the kitchen, prepared the chicken while making tea for Old Man Zhang, and neither of them spoke a word!

One is cooking silently, the other is drinking tea silently!

Liu Guangtian made pheasant stewed with mushrooms, spicy and sour potato shreds, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes!

He even took out a bottle of Maozi from the old man's study, which left the old man dumbfounded!

When Liu Guangtian was looking for materials, he was just wandering around the rooms, and the old man didn't say a word!

The old man didn't say anything, and Liu Guangtian didn't say anything either, so just treat it as your own home!

Wandering around! Liu Guangtian was drooling at the sight, thinking that it was indeed an ancestral inheritance! There were so many good things!

I also found the thatched cottage when I was wandering around.

Isn't it time to learn from a master? How can we do without wine? It's too late to buy some!

Just go with the flow!

Wait until the dishes are served! Pour the wine! Without saying a word, Liu Guangtian knelt down and kowtowed three times!

He shouted:

The master is here, please bow to me as a disciple!

Please accept me as your disciple, and teach me martial arts and the ways of dealing with people!

Three more knocks!

Old man Zhang looked at the kneeling Liu Guangtian! He knew all about his deeds in the past two days and what happened last night.

I have a good impression of Liu Guangtian. In addition to the test when I just got home, I was deeply touched by this kid's behavior of stealing his straw!

This guy is smart and unconventional! He is a smooth talker!

Although this old saying is not popular now, my family was a scholarly family before I joined the army. After falling into poverty, I gave up writing and joined the army!

Now I am alone at home, my wife and children are all dead.

Although the yard is nice, it is empty and lonely! Before what happened today, Liu Guangtian would have lived like this if he hadn't mentioned the matter of becoming a disciple.

Liu Guangtian already called me Master! He was determined to take care of me. It just so happened that I had a lot of skills to pass on to him!

Just accept it! We all know each other well! He is not a bad person!

He glanced at Liu Guangtian and said: My original name is Zhang Xueyi. My Zhang family ancestors have passed down poetry and literature, and have always based their family on teaching and educating people.

Later, when the country was in chaos and I could no longer study in peace, I gave up writing and joined the army!

There are countless battles, big and small, in the army, and countless injuries!

His position in the army was regiment commander. After being seriously injured and retired, he was assigned to Sijiu City and became a high-ranking cadre!

I will live in this courtyard after I retire! The organization has arranged a cadre compound.

I don’t want to, and I don’t want anyone else to serve me. I want to spend the rest of my life in this old house!

All I can teach you are a few sets of boxing techniques and the poetry and books I have read in my life!

Are you sure you want to take me as your master?

After listening to what Old Man Zhang said, Liu Guangtian became even more determined in his decision to become his disciple!

He said in a sonorous voice: "Master, please help me!" Then he looked at Old Man Zhang with a firm gaze!

Hahahaha! Old man Zhang laughed! He laughed very happily!

Nodded! I promise you!

Thank you, Master! Liu Guangtian kowtowed three more times before he stood up!

Pick up the wine glass

He said with a smile:

Master! I heard! This yard number 60 is yours alone!

Will you give it to me after you pass away?

Old man Zhang just took a mouthful of Maozi and was enjoying the flavor of it!

I almost got mad when I heard this!

With eyes wide open, he pointed at Liu Guangtian and shouted vaguely:

You! You! You! Traitor!

What kind of disciple did he accept? He was only accepted for less than a quarter of an hour and he was already looking forward to my death so that he could inherit my property?

I'm going to kill you right now!

Hahaha! Liu Guangtian looked at his master and said with a smile:

Master, don't be angry. I was just joking with you. Don't be so angry!

The gentlemen in our city are not allowed to be so petty.

Besides! What I said is not wrong! There is no one behind you!

From now on, I will be the one to take care of everything! I have reserved your house and property in advance!

I am really happy today! I toast you again! I wish you good health!

After drinking it in big gulps, he burst into laughter!

Old man Zhang was also very depressed! This bastard was openly trying to get his things!

However, he saw that there was no greed in Liu Guangtian's eyes, but mostly joking. He also knew that he was teasing him!

He laughed and scolded: "Humph! Brat! You are so rude, you should drink three cups as punishment!"

Just like that, you drink three cups and I drink one cup! Then I went to the study and got another bottle and started drinking!

Soon, old man Zhang got drunk and stopped calling himself "master" instead of "master".

Disciple! Back then, I carried millet and a rifle and fought in and out of the Japanese army's battlefield seven times.

I will kill anyone who stands in my way. Who in the army doesn’t know my name, Zhang Shusheng?

Then he talked about his family again! He drank two more cups of Maozi and fell asleep!