Siheyuan: Spring and Autumn

Qin Zheng stopped his bicycle, carried the fish into the kitchen, took out a basin, filled it with water, took the fish out and put it into the water. The dying fish actually started to swim slowly again.

"You are full of energy. Enjoy your last happy moments."

When I walked out of the kitchen, I saw my mother, followed by two pretty little girls. My mother, Han Qing, was a beautiful woman in her thirties at this time.

"Mom, I caught two fish, one of which is a mandarin fish. Let's steam it tonight." Qin Zheng said with a smile.

When Han Qing heard his words, her face immediately turned ugly. She picked up a stick from the firewood pile next to her and asked, "Did you go into the water again?"

Qin Zheng smiled helplessly, knowing that this was going to happen. His family was just too worried about him.

He took over the original body and also received some of his consciousness.

The original body was really full of energy. If he did nothing, he would feel like he would drive himself crazy. Therefore, Qin Zheng's personality changed a lot after traveling through time. He used to only know how to study, but now he has become like the original body, very active and restless.

After all, before he traveled through time, he was only 26 years old, with no family, no house, no car, and no girlfriend. He was a "four-nothing person".

Moreover, these days, the diet lacks meat, which makes Qin Zheng very uncomfortable.

In order to satisfy his appetite, he often went up mountains and down rivers to try to get meat, and for this he was often beaten.

Before he could answer, a little girl behind Han Qing ran forward a few steps, hugged Qin Zheng's waist and said, "Mom, I'll hold my brother, he can't run away, beat him quickly, beat him harder."

Han Qing raised the stick and was about to hit her twice, but the little girl twisted her waist and stood between her mother and brother, shouting, "Mom, hurry up, or my brother will run away."

Han Qing snorted, threw the stick onto the firewood pile, said nothing more, and turned into the kitchen.

The little girl is Qin Zheng’s sister Qin Han, who was born in 1944 and is only 6 years old now.

"Brother, I saved you again, how do you thank me?"

Qin Han asked with a smile on his face.

Qin Zheng scratched her nose and said lovingly, "Yes, you saved me again. I'll treat you to some popsicles."

"Okay, okay."

Qin Han danced and clapped his hands, then turned to another little girl and said, "Yushui, let's go, my brother will treat us to popsicles."

The other little girl is naturally He Yushui, the younger sister of Sha Zhu, the male protagonist of "Love in the Courtyard". She is the same age as Qin Han, just one day younger than her. The two often play together when they have nothing to do and have a very good relationship.

"No, you guys go eat." He Yushui refused in a hushed tone.

On such a hot day, she naturally wanted to eat a popsicle, which was cool and sweet, and must be delicious. However, a popsicle cost 300 yuan, which was a lot of money, so she didn't dare to ask for it.

"It's okay, come on, Yushui, I'll treat you two."

Qin Zheng did not give her another chance to refuse and turned to walk towards the gate. Qin Han walked over, took He Yushui's hand and caught up with Qin Zheng, then took his hand and skipped out of the gate.

At night, the aroma of the Qin family's steamed fish filled the courtyard. In that era of food and clothing shortages, meat was even more difficult to come by, so everyone had a very sensitive nose.

The steamed mandarin fish was tender and delicious, with few bones and plenty of meat, which naturally did not disappoint the Qin family.

Qin Leshan picked up a cup of wine and poured it into his mouth. He picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth to chew. He looked very enjoyable. After swallowing the fish, he glanced at Qin Zheng and said, "You are really undisciplined. Hey, you have graduated from high school. Your mother and I will not be strict with you in the future. However, in the future, try to avoid dangerous things."

Qin Zheng was overjoyed after hearing this and said happily: "I know, don't worry."

What his father Qin Leshan said meant that Qin Zheng would have more freedom and would not be beaten for every turn.

Brother Qin Ming smiled and said, "The bridle has been released. You can have fun now."

Qin Zheng said: "I wouldn't dare to do that. I'm very honest."

"Humph."

Brother Qin Ming also graduated from high school this year. He is already 1.8 meters tall and is two years older than Qin Zheng.

According to normal time, Qin Ming would need another two years to graduate from high school. However, because of Qin Zheng, he was forced to make progress and graduated two years earlier.

The two brothers have very different personalities.

Qin Ming is an introvert, doesn't like to talk, isn't good at socializing, and is very honest. His hobby is calligraphy, so he writes very well.

Qin Zheng is at the other extreme. He is lively, extroverted, sociable, courageous and does not like being disciplined.

Hobbies, digging mountains and rivers? That should be one of them.

Another thing is that I like practicing martial arts.

As a librarian of later generations, he had access to so many books, but the ones he was most interested in were martial arts classics. He had read all of them, including the ancient books "The True Classics of Internal Power" annotated by Wang Nanxi in the Qing Dynasty, "Internal Fist" by Huang Baichuan in the Qing Dynasty, "Tai Chi Boxing Classics" and "Sun Lutang Martial Arts Records" by Wang Zongyue in the Qing Dynasty. He collected more than 30 martial arts books.

Since traveling across time, Qin Zheng has been practicing the "Five Animal Exercises" and "Eight Section Brocade" in private. Perhaps it was a benefit of traveling across time, plus this body was indeed gifted with extraordinary talents, which actually gave him a slight sense of Qi. He usually liked to wield swords and knives, but because he was too jumpy, outsiders thought he was too naughty.

Qin Leshan snorted, changed the chopsticks he was holding into his hand, and hit Qin Zheng on the head. When the chopsticks were about to hit him, he pulled his hand back and said coldly: "You, are you still honest? You must have forgotten how our family came to this courtyard?"

Qin Han asked curiously: "Dad, how did we get here?"

Qin Leshan said: "Your second brother caused this. I used to be an electrician in the power plant. Four years ago, your mother and your eldest brother returned to their hometown in Niulanshan, and I took your second brother to work in the power plant. When I wasn't paying attention, your second brother ran away. After a while, a co-worker came to me and said, Master Qin, your son has climbed up the chimney. Hurry up and call him down. This is too scary!"

"It turns out my second brother is so naughty!"

"No, I ran to the bottom of the chimney, panting, and my legs went limp with fear. I saw your second brother on top of the chimney, holding a big top, upside down, swaying back and forth."

"what?"

Qin Han was so frightened that he could hardly hold his chopsticks.

"Brother, you are too naughty. Look how scared our dad is."

Qin Zheng had an impression in his mind that he traveled through time because of this incident, so he said: "It was because of this incident that I knew that my father could be gentle sometimes. You don't know, my father said in a soft voice, Xiao Zheng, have you had enough fun? If you have, come down quickly. Your mother brought back some pork from her hometown. Let's go home and eat meat. If we go back too late, your brother will eat all the meat. I thought, that's impossible, how can I be left out of the meat, so I quickly climbed down."

Qin Leshan laughed and continued, "How can I not be gentle? Good fellow, it's more than 50 meters high. Others would probably feel weak on their legs if they stood on it, but you are doing acrobatics on it."

He took a sip of wine and said, "What if I lost my temper and scared you? If you fell, you would probably be dead immediately."

Han Qing said, "Yes, I felt weak in the knees after hearing what happened. How could you be so courageous? It's really a headache."

Qin Han asked, "Brother, did our mother really bring back meat from home?"

Children’s focus is different, they only think about delicious food.

As soon as she finished speaking, laughter broke out in the room, and Qin Ming's laughter was particularly loud.

Qin Zheng said: "Well, I really got to eat meat that day."

Qin Han asked again: "Did I eat it?"

Qin Ming said: "You didn't eat it, and I didn't eat it either. Only your second brother ate it."

"That's so unfair. He gets meat for being naughty."

Qin Ming smiled and said, "Do you know what kind of meat it is?"

"I don't know, what kind of meat is it?"

“Stir-fried pork with belt.”

“How do you fry a belt?”

"If a belt hits you, it's like fried meat."

"Ah? It's just that the second brother got beaten, right?"

Qin Zheng said, "That's right. I came down the chimney happily and followed my father home. As soon as I entered the house, my father closed the door, pulled out his belt and started beating me. I had no place to escape and had to eat a good meal of fried meat with belts."

Qin Han wrinkled his nose and said, "It's your fault. Who told you to be so naughty?"

Han Qing said, "He deserved to be beaten, but he was too harsh. I was scared to death that day. Your father was also very angry and missed the target with his belt. He hit Xiaozheng on the head and he fainted at that moment. You are really a fool. You shouldn't hit someone on the head no matter how angry you are."

Han Qing complained, still looking annoyed.

Qin Leshan sighed and said, "You also said it was an accident. I didn't mean to hit him on the head. I nervously carried him to the hospital and waited until dawn for him to wake up before I went to work. As a result, when I arrived at the factory, I was scolded by the leader. I thought the matter was over, but I didn't expect that the leader was worried about another accident in the future, so he held a closed-door meeting and directly notified me after the meeting that I was not allowed to work in the power plant anymore. I was transferred to the Dongzhimen Power Supply Station, and then we moved here."

Qin Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head. This was really a case of one's own fault. This courtyard was full of beasts. Others wouldn't even have time to hide, but he had essentially sent himself into this situation. He was shooting himself in the foot. How could he seek justice?

Perhaps my own time travel was like the flapping of butterfly wings, which brought a family that had no connection with the Siheyuan here.

The Qin family was talking about the past, and some people were chatting in the courtyard, and the topic was Qin Zheng.

The west wing of the middle courtyard.

Everyone in the Yan family twitched their noses from time to time, smelling the continuous fish aroma, and eating the cornmeal steamed bread in their hands with big mouthfuls. It felt like they were eating delicacies from land and sea, and they enjoyed it very much.