Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

"Where were we talking about just now? I forgot about it because you interrupted me like that."

It's just a change of subject, it doesn't matter what you say.

"Speaking of which, you call me Master. Fine, then you can call me Master if you want. Keep calling me Master from now on."

Although Master Sun is still smoking a pipe now.

However, He Yuzhu could see that the current Master Sun was different from the Master Sun who had just talked about his experience.

Seeing that it was effective, He Yuzhu continued to "perform".

"Master, can you please stop interrupting me? I just remembered it with great difficulty, but now that you've interrupted me, I've forgotten it again."

Looking at He Yuzhu's exaggerated expression of aggrieved little person.

Master Sun started to smile.

"Okay, okay, Master won't talk to me. Master won't talk to me."

"Well, that's right."

He Yuzhu nodded pretentiously, looking like a "teachable child".

"Well, I just wanted to ask you, you and the other two said you didn't have a beard, so how come your cotton jacket and trousers look so good?"

"You do not know?"

This time, Master Sun was really surprised.

"Should I know?"

He Yuzhu was also puzzled.

Although He Yuzhu and other wandering people, or Kai Genian, have their own set of common incisions when they meet Hu Zi.

For example, with the spread of TV dramas and short videos in later generations, the saying "a flower on the road of the rivers and lakes, Henglan, Rong and Ge are one family" has become popular. (Note 1)

However, this does not mean that any wandering bandit in Northeast China would wear a cotton jacket and cotton pants.

Just like He Yuzhu.

His family has been living in the Northeast for four generations, and the tradition has been passed down from generation to generation without interruption. Isn’t it just the little things that He Yuzhu learned from the short video?

That’s it, why does Master Sun think He Yuzhu should know this?

But He Yuzhu misunderstood Master Sun's meaning.

"Didn't you just say it, Baima Zhang? You know Baima Zhang, don't you know how the old commander got his start? Besides, before my uncle became the leader of the Central Camp, he also went up the mountain to be a gangster for a while. Isn't it normal for him to talk about cotton trousers waist? Besides, when I first went to Fengtian, I was about the same age as now, and you could talk about Chundian all the time, but I didn't talk about cotton trousers waist all the time back then."

? ? ? ?

After hearing what Master Sun said, He Yuzhu was full of questions again.

When did he mention Chundian in front of Master Sun?

He Yuzhu remembered that he had only said this once in front of Xu Damao.

Ah, yes.

He Yuzhu slapped his head and remembered.

Last time, when cleaning the fruit kiln, He Yuzhu kept talking about Chun Dian all the time.

At that time, in order to find out as quickly as possible whether there were any hidden people among the people who were cleared out, He Yuzhu mixed in with the crowd of people who were arrested and spent the whole day trying to get information from them.

Now, I have been caught with a small handle in front of Master Sun.

He Yuzhu was just about to express his grievance.

Unexpectedly, Master Sun looked solemn.

"Zhu Zi, remember, those who can say 'cotton trouser waist' are not necessarily Hu Zi. In fact, there was a period of time when the Japanese even collected 'cotton trouser waist' and used it as their code to pass on information. So, next time you meet someone who says 'cotton trouser waist', don't rush forward foolishly like you did this time." (Note 2)

He Yuzhu nodded but muttered softly.

"Then I have to be able to speak and listen."

But Master Sun heard it clearly.

Master Sun glared at He Yuzhu.

"Don't worry. When a master teaches his apprentice, he has to teach them the incision before he can let them become his apprentices. It's still early for you, so just learn slowly."

As he spoke, Master Sun knocked on his pipe, stood up, patted his butt, and put the pipe into his belt behind his waist.

"Okay, it's almost noon. I went to a meeting this morning and got up early. Now I'm hungry. Let's go to your house and cook some of the new Sichuan dishes you learned for Master to try."

Master Sun touched He Yuzhu's head and led He Yuzhu into the alley.

Now, He Yuzhu didn't know for a moment whether it was better for Master Sun to call himself his master, or for him to just be misunderstood by everyone as before.

Three days later, Mr. Li and Mr. Qian completed their investigation and were released.

Now, not only He Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

Even Master Sun, who had been forcing himself to smile for three days, could now laugh out loud.

But now it's better.

He Yuzhu cooked for the three of them for three consecutive days.

Three days.

Three whole days.

He Yuzhu is already busy enough with visiting and studying every day.

Now, after work I still have to cook for the three old men.

How can we reason with this?

However, three days later.

Master Sun sent Mr. Li and Mr. Qian on a train to the Northeast.

Before leaving, Mr. Qian gave He Yuzhu a pocket watch.

It was said that it was captured from some Russian nobleman on the battlefield in the early years, so He Yuzhu could take it with him without worry.

With Master Sun nodding in agreement, He Yuzhu accepted it.

Get in the car quickly.

It’s a bit funny... Uh... The naughty Mr. Li bowed to Master Sun and He Yuzhu.

"The earthen Buddha worships the clay Buddha, let's go with the flow. See you online!"

Although Mr. Qian glared at Mr. Li with dissatisfaction, his eyes also turned red and he clasped his fists.

"Little shed head, take care."

After saying that, he got into the car without looking back.

Seeing this quarrel, Mr. Li, who was originally cheerful, couldn't hold it anymore.

She cried out "Wow".

Then he turned around and ran onto the train.

Master Sun couldn't bear it any longer, turned around silently and wiped his tears.

Perhaps, in the hearts of the three brothers, they will never meet online again in this life.

After this farewell, all that’s left is “goodbye”.

The train went farther and farther away, and finally, even the smoke could not be seen anymore.

But Master Sun was still on the platform, staring blankly into the distance.

"Ah~~"

He Yuzhu sighed and patted Master Sun on the waist.

"Master, it's almost time, let's go back."

"Hmm? Oh, go back."

Master Sun agreed blankly.

For several days in a row, He Yuzhu could see Master Sun sitting in a daze when no one was around.

He Yuzhu wanted to say something.

However, He Yuzhu suddenly found that he could not express anything at all.

Maybe this is the difference between separation in life and separation in death.

oh~~~

Fortunately, Master Sun had been through so much after all, so this "small problem" was suppressed in a few days and he started to get back to his busy work.

If He Yuzhu wasn't busy with work right now, he would have gone over to say a few sarcastic words.

However, there is no way.

Now He Yuzhu and his colleagues hang out in Emei Restaurant all day long.

Yes, you read that right.

He Yuzhu returned to Emei Restaurant again.

But this time I didn’t come back to learn cooking.

But they came to find people and monitor them.

Two days ago, just after the middle of September.

The public security department sent several wanted warrants directly to the Public Security Committee through their higher authorities.

There was a foreigner on the wanted poster, and He Yuzhu recognized him at the first sight.

Just a while ago, when he was "learning cooking" at Emei Restaurant, he always met a foreigner named Li Dong.

This is just great.

Originally, He Yuzhu and his team were supposed to cooperate with the temporarily established Foreigners Management Section of the Public Security Department.

Or, you can assist the Security Committee member in charge of aviation to review international correspondence.

But He Yuzhu said that he had seen this Li Dong.

All of a sudden, He Yuzhu was borrowed away.

Coincidentally, He Yuzhu also learned cooking at Emei Restaurant.

Moreover, the background of Emei Restaurant at that time was, well, quite famous.

So, He Yuzhu became what he is now.

I stayed in Emei Restaurant with my colleagues all day.

Waiting for this Li something to come to the restaurant.

This squat lasted for three days.

He Yuzhu felt that he must have some discussion with this "three".

Otherwise, how come Li Somedong appeared when He Yuzhu's colleagues were suspecting that He Yuzhu was trying to gain credit or made a mistake because he was young?

Now, He Yuzhu, who had begun to doubt himself, felt relieved.

I hope he remembered it correctly.

Mainly, in the past three days.

Through some words from his colleagues, He Yuzhu could also know that this incident was of no trivial matter.

If anything goes wrong with him.

Although it may not affect the overall situation.

However, no Chinese person who considers himself a descendant of the dragon or the descendants of Yan and Huang will forgive himself for this.

(Note 1: A flower on the road of rivers and lakes, Henglan, Rong and Ge are one family. There are many versions of the next sentence, such as "All things return to the blue water, the water floods the five elements and returns to the eight trigrams", "A wall on the road of rivers and lakes only blocks the wind but not the road". I don't understand these two versions, so I won't talk about them. The ones below are what I collected.

A flower on the road of rivers and lakes (A flower on the road of green forest), Henglan, Rong and Ge are one family. Although they are not brothers, they have not separated until now.

The sun rises in the east and Qin Qiong rides across Shandong, riding a yellow horse, to visit brothers from all corners of the world.

Su Qin visited Zhang Yi in the Six Kingdoms, King Wen visited Taigong by the Wei River, Zhang Liang carried a sword and visited Han Xin, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu visited Wulong.

Jingde visits the white-robed general. All heroes in the world visit heroes, but brothers have nowhere to go. Fortunately, Dede meets this kind brother today.

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(Note 2: This is not a fabrication in "The Gunners". In reality, in some anti-Japanese memorial halls in the Northeast, or in the county annals of certain areas, you can still find the coded books collected by the Japanese at that time.)

(Note: The plots about Hu Zi in the last three chapters are taken from "Bandits in Northeast China" published by Mr. Cao Baoming in 1988, which is the "History of Horse Bandits in Northeast China" reprinted in 94 by Wandao.)