Siheyuan: I stand for Xu Damao because he is my brother

This person really can't stand being criticized.

Xu Damao then mentioned Liu Yueru a few times, and she went straight to the courtyard to block him.

What happened? It turned out that Liu Yueru had gone to the factory to look for Xu Dacan three times before, but he was not happy!

He either accompanied the leader to a meeting or to the countryside, as if the leader couldn't survive without him...

As a last resort, Liu Yueru could only ask Xu Jiang for Xu Dacan's address and go directly to his home.

A young and beautiful girl walked into the courtyard of No. 40 Nanluoguxiang with great fanfare, which was undoubtedly like throwing a grenade into the calm water!

With a loud bang, countless beasts were blown out.

Like Qin Huairu, Yan Bugui, who can appear at any time as long as the plot requires, plays the role of the detective team.

"Stop! Do you have a good citizen certificate?"

Ahem, sorry, I got off track...

Yan Bugui looked alert: "Who are you looking for?"

Liu Yueru rolled her eyes and asked, "Does Xu Dacan live in this courtyard?"

Yan Bugui looked her up and down in surprise, but Liu Yueru stabbed him in the face: "Hey! Why are you looking at me?"

She used a lot of emphasis at the beginning and end of her words, which was very recognizable. Yan Bugui was so scared that he quickly denied it: "No, no, I am the third uncle in this courtyard."

"Oh, you're the uncle in charge? Then tell me, does Xu Dacan live here?" Liu Yueru's voice was as crisp as a machine gun, not giving Yan Bugui any time to breathe.

Yan Bugui could only frown and say, "Yes, I live here, in the backyard."

When Liu Yueru heard that they were in the backyard, she walked in immediately. However, Yan Bugui followed her unwillingly: "Hey, what do you want with him?"

Liu Yueru didn't even turn her head: "Is it your business?"

Yan Bugui was so angry that he almost made an appointment with that...

Liu Yueru wore a sky blue standard cotton jacket, light grey trousers and a long red scarf with a white stripe in the middle, which was the fashionable outfit for girls from wealthy families in that era.

She had vanishing cream on her face and a thin layer of clam cream on her lips. Her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and her skin had a luster that made Qin Huairu jealous.

There was no lip balm in that era. The climate was dry in winter and lips were prone to cracking, so girls would apply clam oil on their lips. It only cost 2 cents and could last the whole winter.

The girl was wearing a pair of leather shoes, which made a clattering sound, and she walked briskly towards the backyard.

Liu Yueru walked around the row of houses in the middle, her eyes lit up, and she called out coquettishly, "Xu Dacan!"

Xu Dacan, who was talking to Yu Li, was almost startled.

He turned around suddenly and met Liu Yueru's cunning gaze.

Yu Li was also stunned for a moment. The moment the girl came in, the whole yard seemed to be brightened.

She saw the colors of her sister Yu Haitang in this girl.

This girl is here to find Xu Dacan...

When Xu Dacan saw Liu Yueru, he also felt a sense of unreality for a moment.

He subconsciously asked, "How did you find this place?"

Liu Yueru pouted: "What are you talking about! I went to your factory to look for you three times, but you stood me up every time!"

I have to say here that "standing someone up" is not a foreign word, but our local slang.

It is about a scam in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, where beautiful women took the initiative to work as maids in wealthy families, but were then taken advantage of to take away their property. In slang, this is called "standing up".

There were many jargons in the past, the most well-known of which was "天王盖地虎"...

Xu Dacan pulled Liu Yueru aside and asked her nervously, "What's wrong? Did something happen to you? Did Yang Weimin come to see you again?"

Liu Yueru pursed her lips and smiled: "You are obviously younger than me, but why do you feel like an old man?"

Xu Dacan's thoughts were incoherent: "Me? Old man, where do you get this from?"

Liu Yueru glanced at him, then quickly looked away and whispered, "He's like a bumpkin."

Hiss~ Is this girl here to pick a fight? She calls him old and unsophisticated. How can we still have fun?

Xu Dacan didn't say anything either, just looked at her angrily.

Liu Yueru was also a little scared and said hurriedly: "Oh, it's the ice rink! Shichahai is open for skating. I tried to invite you to go skating several times, but I couldn't find you!"

Xu Dacan scratched his head. After all this fuss, it was because of this matter. No wonder...

There are not many entertainment activities in winter these days. It is freezing cold outside, and there is no place better than an ice rink for young people to vent their excess energy.

Since the country advocated national fitness in the 50s, ice skating has quickly become the favorite winter sport for young people.

At that time of year, public ice rinks such as Beihai Park, Zhongshan Park, Working People's Cultural Palace, Shichahai, and Taoranting will all be open to the public.

The Shichahai Ice Rink has become the first choice for ice rink lovers because of its convenient transportation and nighttime entertainment.

The Shichahai Ice Rink is open three times a day. The morning sessions are all for children, with coaches teaching basic moves for free. The older children prefer to ride on ice sleds and slide around on the ice, shouting and screaming, which is very exciting.

The afternoon session is for single girls like Liu Yueru and some skating enthusiasts who want to practice their skills.

Of course, just as where there are flowers there are bees, where there are many young and beautiful girls there are always hooligans.

There is never a shortage of girls on the ice rink. The more polite of these naughty guys will go up and say hello in a polite manner, while the fools and country bumpkins like Yang Weimin will just circle around the girls on the ice rink, which is completely useless except for scaring the girls and making them scream.

Instead, they often become the background board for some women masters to "rescue the beauty".

Sometimes, this group of people would even direct and act out their own plays, with one side playing the role of justice and the other playing the role of evil, performing a drama in front of the girls.

At night, the ice rink becomes the home ground for all kinds of gangsters.

Normally these gangsters are scattered around, and there are no mobile phones at this time. If you want to find someone, just go to the Shichahai Ice Rink directly, because all the gangsters from Jingye's family will show up there.

Xu Dacan later learned that the Shichahai Ice Rink could sell 1500 tickets every night, and two-thirds of them were bought by the gangsters.

If more than a thousand people can't skate on the ice rink, it's not called skating, but standing on the ice.

For the gangsters, going to the ice rink is a party. The well-known gangsters circle an area, stand there, smoke cigarettes and chat.

I found some photos from that time.

The rest simply greeted each other when they met, and then went back to their own small circles; these people were all arrogant and no one was willing to submit to anyone else, so it was difficult for them to get along well.