Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

Widow Bai looked at He Daqing who was determined to divorce. She also thought about how she had colluded with Yi Zhonghai to cheat him in order to keep him, and how she had locked He Yuzhu and his sister outside the door for a night.

If He Daqing reported me to the police station, I would probably go to jail. When my two sons were injured, I wonder how they would be tortured by him.

Helpless, the White Widow could only agree.

Seeing that Widow Bai agreed, He Daqing nodded with satisfaction and took her to the street office.

I went to the street office and found a place to process marriages. But there was no other way. Few people get divorced nowadays. So there was no place to process divorces.

When they heard that He Daqing and his friends were going through the divorce procedures, the clerks inside looked at them in surprise.

He Daqing was fine, but Widow Bai lowered her head feeling guilty.

The clerk also confirmed that both of them wanted to divorce voluntarily, and then processed the procedures for them.

After leaving the street office, He Daqing didn't want to get entangled with her, so he gave Bai Guafu a hundred yuan and sent her away.

I walked all the way to the restaurant where I worked. It was only around nine in the morning, not yet lunchtime, and there were basically no customers.

He Daqing went directly to the manager's office, knocked on the door and went in. He saw the current manager of Gongfang, Luan Yuming, reading a newspaper. He walked up to him, handed him a cigarette, and said, "Manager Luan, I have something to talk to you about."

Manager Luan looked at He Daqing and said, "Are you Lao He? Why have you changed?"

He Daqing said with a smile: "I had a stomach upset yesterday and had diarrhea all day. I looked unrecognizable."

"You look more energetic now than before. What do you want from me?"

"Manager Luan, you know my family is from the old city. I have a son and a daughter there. I received a letter yesterday saying that they were bullied there, and there are some problems at home. I have to go back to take care of them. So they can't work here anymore."

Manager Luan felt a little sorry when he heard that He Daqing was going to resign. He Daqing's cooking skills were still very good. Many customers came here just for He Daqing's cooking skills.

If He Daqing left, the business of his restaurant would decline significantly.

But if the person wants to go back, there is no reason for me to hold him back.

So, Manager Luan said, "To be honest, Master He, I really don't want you to leave. If you leave, our restaurant will lose a lot of regular customers. But since you have something going on at home, I have no choice but to let you go. When do you plan to leave?"

"I'll leave tonight and be home tomorrow morning."

Manager Luan listened and wrote a letter of introduction to He Daqing. He also wrote a note of approval. He said, "Here is the letter of introduction. Keep it. Take this note and go to the finance office to collect your salary for this month. Come and visit us when you come back."

He Daqing didn't expect it to be so smooth, and quickly said, "Okay, thank you for your care over the years. I will definitely come to see you when I have time in the future."

After chatting in the office for a while, He Daqing came to the finance office and collected his salary for more than half a month. Forty-six yuan.

After leaving the restaurant, He Daqing thought for a while and went to the supply and marketing cooperative again.

Looking at the outdated clothes in the supply and marketing cooperative, He Daqing had no choice but to choose a Zhongshan suit. He also bought a warm sweater inside and a pair of leather shoes.

Fortunately, the White Widow was thrifty and had saved a lot of cloth coupons and industrial coupons at home. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to buy these things just by having money.

This person looks different when he dresses up. He was originally 45 years old, but after the transformation of the crystal core and the current dress, he looks like a young man in his thirties, and is particularly energetic.

When I went out, it was already noon.

He Daqing found a restaurant and ordered some dumplings.

The food nowadays is much better than that after the apocalypse. At the beginning of the apocalypse, he didn't dare to go out to look for supplies, and he ate all the flowers and plants on the balcony of the small room.

Even when we got to the base, it was difficult to get a hot meal.

How can I sit at the table and eat these delicious dumplings so leisurely like I do now?

After eating, he felt that it was very delicious, so he bought two lunch boxes to pack two portions and eat them on the train at night.

I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so I go to the train station to buy a ticket. There is only one train after 10 pm. It takes six hours to arrive.

The trains nowadays are really slow, and they have to give way to other trains all the time. The high-speed trains that used to take less than an hour in the future now take six hours. They may even be late.

Thinking it would be okay to go back, He Daqing just walked around the street.

I saw a donkey meat BBQ for sale and bought one to try. It was delicious.

He bought some more and went back to give them to Shazhu and Yushui.

Thinking of Yu Shui, now she is a grown-up girl of fifteen or sixteen. I should buy something for her to take back, otherwise it would be a bit unreasonable to not bring anything back after not seeing her for nearly ten years.

Shazhu is 25 years old, and he has been fooled into not getting married. He has to deal with these things himself.

After a while, he came to the supply and marketing cooperative. When the salesmen saw He Daqing coming again, they greeted him warmly. Who made him look so energetic now?

I described He Yushui's approximate age and some vague information to the salesperson. I bought him a bra and a scarf.

Forget about Shazhu, he's just a rough guy. It's a waste to buy these for him.

In the evening, I had another meal of rice and braised pork near the station. As usual, I packed two portions.

If he could buy more, he would have packed a few more and put them in his space so he could take them out whenever he wanted to eat them.

We waited until after nine o'clock in the evening before ticket checking and waiting for the bus began.

It was almost eleven o'clock when we got on the bus, which was already late. I didn't know what time it would be when we arrived in Sijiucheng.

He Daqing sat in his seat with his eyes slightly narrowed, enduring the sour smell of someone taking off their shoes in the car.

In the late night, he couldn't bear it any longer, so he squeezed into the joint of the carriage to smoke a cigarette and get rid of the smell.

Suddenly a man ran out of the carriage and knocked him to the side.

He was about to curse when he saw the man glaring at him viciously and trying to take something out from behind.

At this time, several police officers also ran into the carriage.

He Daqing quickly used his mental power to take a look. Wow! This guy had a pistol on his waist. Was he planning to kill him and bury him with him since he couldn't escape?

I quickly used my weak mental power to attack him, and the man was completely stunned.

He Daqing seized the opportunity, grabbed his hand holding the gun, and kicked the man to the ground.

At this time, several police officers also came in. Seeing that the criminal had been subdued, they immediately came forward and greeted He Daqing enthusiastically.

"Hello, comrade. We are from the Sijiu City Public Security Bureau. We have been tracking this man for quite some time. He almost escaped again this time. Thank you for your cooperation."

After saying this, several people saluted He Daqing.

He Daqing also hurriedly handed the person over to them and said, "It's okay. It's our duty as ordinary people to cooperate with your work. You are the ones who have worked hard."

After taking the man away, the men asked He Daqing about his address and work unit before they separated.

After this episode, He Daqing stopped smoking and went back to the carriage to take a nap.

It was almost eight o'clock in the morning when the conductor shouted, "We have arrived at Sijiucheng. Everyone, get ready to get off the train."

Finally they arrived at the station, and He Daqing couldn't help it anymore.

He didn't bring any luggage, so he bought a bag temporarily.

I squeezed along the way much faster than others.

After leaving the station, I looked at the now somewhat dilapidated Sijiu City. Who would have thought that it was a highly developed city before the end of the world? There were flying cars everywhere in the sky. There were countless high-rise buildings with hundreds of floors.

But now, at a glance, there is not a single tall building.

I found a rickshaw and told it the location of Nanluoguxiang. It took me 30 cents to get there.

On the way, I looked at the surrounding environment and chatted with the driver.

He Daqing knew that it was the second year of the great famine, and there were disaster victims everywhere. Many of them flocked to the capital city of Sijiu.

But the city is so small now, how many people can it accommodate?

Each unit was packed with people, and there were lots of people rushing to do jobs like collecting scrap and sweeping the streets.

Even so, there were still many things that could not be arranged, so the government organized various resettlement sites and prepared some thin porridge every day to keep them hanging.

Many disaster victims could not help themselves and resorted to stealing and robbery in the urban area.

Things in Beijing have been a bit unsettled lately and people are afraid to go out at night.

Listening to the driver's words, He Daqing thought that he had to find a job after returning. He was still in his prime, so he couldn't just rely on his son Sha Zhu, right?

They soon arrived at Nanluoguxiang, and He Daqing got off at the entrance of the alley.

He packed the skirt he bought for He Yushui and some food into his bag.

He took out the Huazi cigarettes he had bought earlier and put them in his outer pocket. He had to leave half of them exposed so that people could see the two words "Huazi" clearly.

He carefully brushed off the non-existent dust on his body and smoothed his hair.

He Daqing walked towards the courtyard with high spirits.