Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

Going door to door to investigate and visit is never an easy task.

Especially now, when the household registration system is imperfect and many things are decided by word of mouth.

Moreover, although the attitude of the people in the large branch is friendly.

This is when He Yuzhu's role comes into play.

After all, they are local residents. Even if these people are familiar with He Yuzhu, they may at least know his father, Chef He from Maoer Hutong.

Even if you don't have either of these.

However, don't forget that He Yuzhu is less than 14 years old and looks like a child at first glance.

When He Yuzhu entered the compound or knocked on the door, most people would let down their guard when they saw that it was a child.

If even after all this, the other party still feels strongly defensive, then what's the harm in registering him as a target for review?

This is also the main work that He Yuzhu has to do.

That is the main "identity" to distinguish the residents in this area.

Such as hired laborers, workers, students, or former police officers, former soldiers, or even former officials.

He Yuzhu needs to distinguish all these.

Yes, there was a wave of people who flew away last year after the temporary airport at Dongdan Stadium was officially opened for use.

There’s no way to explain this. Just run away. You’re going somewhere anyway.

Another wave escaped a few days ago after the city gates were opened.

If this wave of people were scattered, put on makeup and left the city during the chaos, then we can't tell them. They are no longer in Peking, and after returning to their hometowns, they will sooner or later be found out by people from other places.

But if you are running in groups, I'm sorry, there are people surrounding you outside.

As for some "smart" ones, they would just peel off their skins on the spot and go home, or find an unoccupied house to live in and pretend to be relatives of the owner.

This group of people is what Master Sun is asking He Yuzhu to focus on identifying.

As for whether this group of people were reformed and educated and then incorporated, went to the south, or stayed to work, those were all subsequent matters.

It has nothing to do with the current He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu is now so tired that his head is numb, and even the smile on his face is a forced mechanical smile.

When he spoke, he asked mechanically, and his voice was a little hoarse. His cotton jacket was even soaked.

Not to mention Master Sun, who has fought all his life and is now 50 years old.

Master Sun basically keeps silent now.

Occasionally, he would speak, but it was just a polite greeting to these residents.

This is because He Yuzhu has complete memory to support him.

If someone else came here and went through such a high-intensity mechanical visit.

You will definitely feel more relaxed in the end, or you will find that something is wrong with everyone.

Just as He Yuzhu thought.

After a day and a half of intensive visits, the visiting teams returned to their base one after another.

After this summary, the statistics for the first day are still normal.

However, during the second half of the day when we were finishing the work, some of the audit targets were scattered, while others were in large groups.

This also caused a lot of trouble for Master Sun and his team in the final summary review.

Fortunately, when assigning the task, Master Sun asked two local residents to form a team to visit the residents.

Now, the two local residents in the team have cross-examined each other and screened out a lot of people.

Another afternoon of "brainstorming".

By the time the final summary was handed over to Master Sun, it was already dark outside.

"Thank you all for your hard work these past two days. Thank you all."

Master Sun forced himself to stand up, saluted everyone, and then waved weakly.

"Also, when you go back later, you can tell your neighbors that we will officially enter the city at Yongdingmen and Xizhimen at 10 a.m. tomorrow. There will be a welcoming ceremony at Qianmen Street. Of course, there will also be one at Xizhimen."

After saying this, Master Sun swallowed hard and then spoke again.

"If you don't go into these two places because there are too many people, you can also watch them along the way. Those who enter the city from Qianmen will go along Qianmen Street and Dongjiaomin Lane. And those who enter the city from Xizhimen will go along Di'anmen and Xisi North Street. They will eventually meet on Chang'an Avenue."

Finally, Master Sun clapped his hands.

"Everyone, when you go back, please make sure your neighbors are careful and safe."

After hearing the answers from the crowd, Master Sun finally felt relieved.

"Also, we have prepared food. If you don't mind, let's eat together. This is our way of expressing our gratitude for your help over the past two days."

It was hard to tell whether it was a "reward meal" or a normal "helper's meal". In the silence of the crowd, with only the sound of eating, the event ended successfully with both the host and the guests happy.

However, Master Sun’s parting words did not make some people happy.

"By the way, everyone, tomorrow morning we need you to come early like we did in the past two days. By then, you may not have time to attend the welcome ceremony."

Now, the expressions of the thirty or so "helpers" excluding He Yuzhu were different.

Yes, they didn’t care and nodded repeatedly to show that they understood.

Some of them looked reluctant.

Master Sun looked at everyone with uncertain expressions and added another sentence.

"Everyone, of course, this is not mandatory. I have exhausted you all these past two days. If anyone wants to rest or attend the welcome ceremony, I will not delay you."

After hearing what Master Sun said, the faces of the people below, who were originally in a state of uncertainty, finally returned to normal.

Some of them, perhaps because they were really tired, or wanted to attend the welcome ceremony, and they apologized to Master Sun repeatedly with sincere words.

There were also some people who had some ulterior motives, and they were cheering and saying things like "Don't worry, I will definitely come tomorrow morning", and they were agreeing with them.

Master Sun saw it clearly, but didn't say anything.

"Okay, everyone, thank you again for your help over the past two days. It's getting late, so everyone should go back and rest."

After saying that, Master Sun saluted everyone and waved his hand, signaling everyone to disperse.

The thirty or so helpers said a few words to Master Sun and then left one after another.

"Master, I'll go back first. I'll come back tomorrow morning at the same time as these past two days."

Seeing that most people had left, He Yuzhu came over and said something to Master Sun.

"it is good."

Maybe because he was used to bickering with He Yuzhu, Master Sun didn't treat He Yuzhu as an outsider at all.

At this time, Master Sun was lying flat on the haystack, exhausted. He was unwilling to say anything, let alone wave.

He Yuzhu didn't care, nodded, and left.

Mainly because he is also tired.

If it wasn't for the purpose of deepening the impression on Master Sun, He Yuzhu would have gone home to rest long ago. Why bother waiting until everyone else left?

After a day and a half of high-intensity exercise, there was an afternoon and a night of rest.

When He Yuzhu woke up the next morning, he felt obviously tired again. His whole body felt like it was falling apart and he ached all over.

Fortunately, He Yuzhu of later generations had experienced this situation when he first started practicing martial arts as a child. He stood up, moved around, stretched his arms and legs, and felt better.

After practicing a set of postures in the yard, I can't say that I'm completely fine now, but I can say that I'm used to it.

Just because he practiced some stunts in the yard, when He Yuzhu arrived at the temporary residence, the other helpers had already arrived and started working.

He Yuzhu glanced at those who were still able to come and help today.

Sure enough, none of the people who had joined in the fun last night showed up.

Instead, some of those who sincerely apologized to Master Sun came.

Compared to the thirty or so people yesterday, there are only a dozen people left today, including He Yuzhu.

Master Sun turned around and saw He Yuzhu coming. He couldn't say he was surprised, but his tone seemed a little relieved.

"Zhu Zi? I thought you weren't coming."

"Hey, I'm really tired these past two days, so I got up late today."

He Yuzhu still spoke in that naive tone about his "achievements" over the past two days.

Master Sun listened to He Yuzhu's "showing off" tone and just treated him as a child, and didn't take it seriously.

Instead, he touched He Yuzhu's head as if he was coaxing a child.

"Okay, I know you're tired. You can just do some light work like picking up things."

"Okay, thank you, Master."

Since Master Sun, the current head of the garrison, has said so, how could He Yuzhu still do heavy work?

But the reality was that not only did He Yuzhu not do any heavy work, but even the dozen or so people who came to help didn't have any heavy work to do.

Even though today's mission is to dismantle and clean up this base before 6 a.m.

But don’t forget that there is a company of more than 130 people stationed in this base.

Besides, some of the so-called buildings are either tents or made of a few wooden boards spread with some hay. There is no heavy work involved.

Now, not only the helpers and He Yuzhu did not have to do heavy work.

Even the soldiers in the company, after completing the "demolition" work, were reduced to picking up and taking things.

After a while, before daybreak, there were only some carts full of things that showed that there had been a temporary station, but nothing else was left.

"You guys, follow me."

Master Sun divided the soldiers into several groups and arranged their destinations. Then he came with He Yuzhu and his group of helpers and a team of soldiers and walked along Di'anmen East Street to Tieshishi Hutong on the east side.

(This chapter has been significantly revised)