Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

The next day, after breakfast, everyone went to school or work.

He Daqing also pushed the cart out the door.

Today he planned to walk around and see what the city looked like now.

Along the way, we went to Houhai Park, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and other attractions that became very famous in later generations.

At noon, I found a restaurant on the roadside to eat.

Passing by Zhengyang Gate, He Daqing saw a silk shop. Thinking that he didn't have many clothes worth buying, he stopped the car and went in.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a beautiful woman in her thirties, dressed fashionably and wearing a cheongsam, introducing fabrics to customers.

He Daqing just looked at her quietly. Compared with the way women dress nowadays, this woman can be said to be at the forefront of society. She is indeed a silk seller.

Perhaps feeling He Daqing's gaze, the woman looked at him.

She looked at it carefully several times, and then said, "Are you not Cai Quanwu?"

He Daqing was a little confused. Who was Cai Quanwu?

If he had watched the film "Little Women of Zhengyang Gate", he would probably understand who was in front of him. But his time was too long ago, and much of that ancient film history has been lost.

He Daqing shook his head and said, "Hello, comrade. My name is He Daqing. I want to order some clothes."

Looking at this man who is 80% similar to Cai Quanwu, tall and handsome, with an upright figure and a resolute face, all of them show the charm of a mature man.

Chen Xueru stared at He Daqing blankly for a long time.

He Daqing couldn't stand it, so he said again: "Hello comrade, can I order a few clothes?"

The sound that rang again brought Chen Xueru back to reality, and her face turned red.

But who is Chen Xueru? She smiled and said, "I'm sorry, you look too much like a friend of mine. He looks older and fatter than you. Everything else is very similar."

He Daqing also smiled at her and said, "There are many people who look alike in the world. This is not surprising."

Looking at the handsome and somewhat humorous He Daqing, Chen Xueru felt that he was much better than that pretty boy Fan Youjin.

She said, "Hello, my name is Chen Xueru, and I'm the owner of this silk shop. But it's now under the management of the Street Office. What kind of clothes do you want to order?"

"Can I see what styles you have? Or can you recommend some to me?"

Chen Xueru had no customers at the moment. She came over, took a closer look at He Daqing and said, "I think you can make a Zhongshan suit. I have good fabrics."

He Daqing thought about it and felt that it was okay.

So Chen Xueru took the tape measure and measured He Daqing, smelling the mature man's charm of He Daqing up close. Chen Xueru's face became redder and redder.

After taking the measurements, He Daqing paid a deposit and agreed to pick it up in three days. He planned to go back.

But Chen Xueru stopped him and said, "Comrade He, wait a moment. I'll take you to a place so my friend can see if you two look alike."

After saying that, she packed up her things and left the store with He Daqing.

Seeing Chen Xueru close the door, He Daqing was also curious about who she was talking about, so he pushed the cart and followed her.

Chen Xueru said as she walked away, "She is my best sister and runs a pub. I said that the man who looks a lot like you is the husband she just found. If you go there, she will definitely think that you two are brothers who have been separated for many years."

Seeing Chen Xueru's smug look, He Daqing said, "If I go, you must buy me a few drinks, right?"

"No problem, I'll treat you to as much as you can drink today." Chen Xueru agreed generously.

The two houses are very close to each other and are just around the corner.

Chen Xueru pushed open the door curtain and entered the pub, and she couldn't wait to shout, "Huizhen, look who I brought with me?"

He Daqing followed him into the pub. There were only seven or eight tables inside, and it was just after lunch, so there were only two or three people sitting inside.

After Chen Xueru finished shouting, the curtain behind the counter was lifted. A woman in her early thirties also came out.

She held the towel and said, "Why are you here yelling at me when you're not in the store watching the shop?"

Chen Xueru leaned over the counter and said, "Who would come to buy clothes in this year? I haven't been open for a long time."

"But today I'm going to introduce someone to you, take a look!"

After saying that, he pulled He Daqing who was behind him over.

Xu Huizhen also saw He Daqing, but she had just told Chen Xueru about it and didn't pay much attention to it.

Now looking carefully, isn't this the younger version of her husband?

Confusedly asked: "Hello, you and my old Cai are...?"

He Daqing smiled and said, "Hello, my name is He Daqing. I guess I have nothing to do with the one in your family. I am the only son of my father. He will never have other sons."

After being abandoned by her first husband, Xu Huizhen ran this tavern alone with her daughter. She married her current man Cai Quanwu not long ago. She has never heard her husband talk about having brothers or anything like that.

So he smiled and said, "Then you two do look a bit alike. But knowing each other is fate. There's nothing else to come to my place, but plenty of wine. I'll buy you a few drinks. You and Xueru sit down, and I'll pour you some wine."

Chen Xueru said hurriedly, "We don't want you to treat us. I promised Comrade He that I would treat him to a drink. Just bring the good wine."

After saying that, he pulled He Daqing to sit at a table.

He Daqing made a helpless gesture towards Xu Huizhen and sat down with Chen Xueru.

Xu Huizhen also laughed when she saw He Daqing's action. It seemed that something was wrong with her sister.

With a wine pot and some wine glasses, and a few dishes, Xu Huizhen also sat down.

She said, "My name is Xu Huizhen. My husband Cai Quanwu is out getting some wine. He won't be back for a while. You can get to know him when he comes back."

"That's even better. I also want to see what someone who looks like me looks like?" He Daqing replied.

Chen Xueru said jokingly, "He is not as handsome as you, nor as elegant as you. If you had come earlier, Old Cai would have been out of luck. Don't you think so, Huizhen?"

Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes at Chen Xueru and said, "I'm attracted to Lao Cai as a person, not his looks. Do you think I'm just like you and only look at whether a man is handsome or not?"

"Why do I only look at whether a man is handsome or not? I also look at whether he has good character?"

"Yes, you look at people's character. But the character you look at is not that good."

Xu Hui's words really touched Chen Xueru's sore spot, and she drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

He Daqing watched the two women bickering, and he kept listening with a smile on his face. It seems that these two women have stories!

Xu Huizhen also saw her sister's sadness, so she said to He Daqing: "Comrade He, where do you work? It shouldn't be in our area, right?"

"You can call me Da Qing, but calling me Comrade He all the time seems a bit strange."

"My home is in Nanluoguxiang. I have been working outside the city for the past few years. I just came back these two days. I haven't gone to work yet."

Chen Xueru also looked at He Daqing and said, "Oh, so what are you going to do? It's hard to find a job now."

"My family has been chefs for generations, and I am also a chef outside. This time I come back, I should continue to do my old job."

When Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru heard He Daqing say that he was a chef, they looked at him curiously.

He Daqing asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"You don't look like a chef at all. I could believe you if you said you were a cadre," said Chen Xueru.

Xu Huizhen also nodded to show her agreement with Chen Xueru.

He Daqing smiled and said, "What else can a chef do that's special? I've been doing this all my life and I don't notice anything different."

Xu Huizhen smiled and said, "Actually, the chef is pretty good. Your wife can eat good food without having to go out to a restaurant. I envy her, but it's a pity that my husband Cai is not a chef."

He Daqing shook his head and said, "My family consists of me and my two children. My wife has been dead for more than ten years."

Xu Huizhen said hurriedly and embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I don't know this."

"It's okay. So many years have passed. I've long since gotten used to it." He Daqing replied.

Chen Xueru stared at He Daqing and asked, "Then you haven't found someone in all these years? It's not easy to raise a child alone."

After hearing this, He Daqing also briefly recounted how he was forced out of the city by Yi Zhonghai and the White Widow. This matter was not a secret, and there was nothing that could not be said.

After hearing this, Chen Xueru said angrily: "How could there be such a bad person? If it were me, I would have reported him to the police and taken him to shooting range."

Xu Huizhen was also very angry and said: "You are fine, but you made the two children suffer. I don't know how you got through all these years?"

He stayed with the two girls until the afternoon when school was almost over. Xu Huizhen's man, Cai Quanwu, hadn't come back yet. He Daqing said goodbye and prepared to go collect rainwater.

Before leaving, he took out ten yuan and put it on the table while the two of them were not paying attention. He had money, so there was no need for a woman to treat him.

It was not until He Daqing left that Xu Huizhen noticed the money on the table. She said, "Look, they didn't let you treat them. You paid for it yourself."

Chen Xueru snatched it away and said, "You can't spend so much, right? I'll give this money back to Brother He next time."

"Hey! You're calling me brother so soon? You're not really into him, are you? Then what about your Fan Youjin? Isn't he pursuing you?"

"Go away! I'm annoyed when I see Fan Youjin now. He's so lazy all the time and likes to put on airs. Why does he seem less and less reliable the more I see him?"

"I told you long ago that he is unreliable. He wanted to pursue me before, but I kicked him out. You are the only one who was foolish enough to be deceived by him."

"Who are you calling stupid? Xu Huizhen, I treat you as a sister, but you call me stupid? Let's see if I will still care about you in the future?"

Xu Huizhen smiled and comforted him, "Okay, you're not stupid. But I think He Daqing is a good person. He looks steady and reliable."

"Then do you think I can get my money back if I ask him for help?" Chen Xueru asked tentatively.

It turns out that Chen Xueru's first husband was Liao Yucheng, a manager of the public office. After they got married, Liao Yucheng cheated her of all her family assets. After the divorce, she couldn't even find him. She couldn't get her money back. Because the amount was too large and there were some ancestral things, she couldn't call the police. So she asked Fan Youjin, who was pursuing her, to help her get the money back. But Fan Youjin hasn't gotten her the money back yet.

Now that He Daqing seems to be quite reliable, I want to give him a try.

Xu Huizhen heard this and said, "Why would they ask you for money?"

Chen Xueru thought for a moment and said, "I can give him money, or I can give him a chance to pursue me. What do you think? I am naturally beautiful, with a natural beauty. If you give him a chance, he will definitely seize it."

Looking at Chen Xueru who was secretly pleased with herself, Xu Huizhen said, "You are also divorced. Why do you think He Daqing will pursue you? Go back to sleep. You can dream about anything."

Then she stood up to clean the table. Chen Xueru said angrily, "Just wait, I will take him down and show you that my charm is still as strong as ever."