Chapter 33
""Zhuzi, don't run around at night. Take good care of your sister at home. I'm going out for a walk. If you want to play cards with Damao and the others, go to your room and don't disturb your sister from doing her homework."
After dinner, He Daqing gave instructions and put on his coat and was about to go out. There are too few entertainment activities these days. There are no mobile phones or televisions. The few entertainment activities for adults are playing cards, chess, and chatting together.
Children are either left at home to do their homework, or they go to visit their neighbors with their parents. Occasionally they get a piece of hard candy or a handful of fried melon seeds, which makes them happy for the whole night.
This is the daily life of most people in the courtyard.
Like in some period novels, the protagonist stews meat after get off work, making the neighbors in the courtyard drool, and then they all kinds of quarrels with people. This situation basically does not happen.
Because Chinese people pay more attention to face and neighborhood relations, if you stew meat occasionally, no one will say anything, and everyone can understand.
Of course, if you are born... Tian Dun, although people will not say much on the surface, they will definitely whisper behind your back, gossiping about how much wealth your family has, where the money to buy meat comes from, and how the meat was bought.
Once they feel something is wrong, they will report you in secret, and no one will quarrel with you because of it.
And those who live their own lives behind closed doors and don't communicate with anyone will not stay in this compound for long.
It's not just because your behavior is very much like an enemy spy, but more importantly, people are social animals.
These days, there are no mobile phones, no televisions, and even no radios in the entire compound.
After work, you don't go anywhere and don't communicate with anyone.
It's okay for a short time, but if it lasts for a long time, it will drive people crazy.
Just like in the TV series, why did Jia Zhang say that He Yuzhu was strolling outside all day when he was young, like a street urchin, not Is he his lover?
It's because he is too lonely. He can't play with anyone in this courtyard. He doesn't go out for a walk. After work at five o'clock every afternoon, does he go nowhere and just stay at home to watch his sister do homework?
If it were you, could you bear it?
He Daqing said something to the two children, then pushed the bicycle to the front yard.
There were greetings and envious inquiries along the way.
There was nothing he could do.
These days, if you push a brand new bicycle on the street, you are the most handsome guy on the street, especially in this courtyard. It is the first bicycle in the courtyard. Everyone is craving it. When you meet the owner, can you not ask a few more questions?
Of course, no one has any ill intentions, they are just curious and envious.
Rich families are thinking about whether they can add one to their homes.
Poor people are fantasizing about what they have at home. When can I buy one?
Occasionally, I will encounter jealous people who I don't get along with on weekdays, and they will definitely grumble sourly. He Daqing is too lazy to pay attention to it and pretends not to hear it.
Because it is completely unnecessary for you to argue with such people about these trivial matters. It is completely asking for trouble.
If I really find an opportunity in the future, I'd better beat her to death with a stick.
Arrived at the front yard gate.
He Daqing did not meet the third uncle Yan Fugui, because not long ago, the old Yan family just had a daughter, and Yan Fugui was cherishing her. After work, he hugged his daughter all day and had fun, so he didn't care about guarding the door.
In fact, this job of guarding the door is really not a good job.
The reason is very simple. The gate of the quadrangle courtyard at this time is not the iron railing gate of the school community in later generations, but a large mahogany door with a width of two meters and a height of nearly three meters. It is very laborious to open and close.
The two mahogany doors must be bolted and locked on time every night to ensure the safety of the residents in the quadrangle courtyard.
Think about it.
There are nearly 20 households and more than 100 people living in this courtyard. Every day
, there will definitely be people who come back late or have to go out at night. If they do this every day and don’t set a rule, Yan Fugui will not have time to sleep every night. It would be strange if he could bear it.
So if someone comes back late at night or has to go out, and calls Yan Fugui out of bed, he must show his appreciation and give him 200 yuan (the second set of people’s two cents).
Otherwise, who would be willing to do this job of guarding the door?
This matter has also been approved by the street office, and it is not considered private charging.
After all, the people in the street office can understand that serving the people is fine, but you can’t ask people who serve the people to bring their own dry food, right?
That doesn’t make sense!
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He Daqing left the courtyard and rode his bike to the tavern at Zhengyangmen before it was completely dark.
That's right.
It was the tavern in"The Little Woman at Zhengyangmen".
When he came back from Zhengyangmen today, he had specially found the location of the tavern and inquired about the situation. He was sure that this world had integrated the TV series"The Little Woman at Zhengyangmen".
He went to the tavern tonight just to get to know the situation.
Unlike the people in the courtyard who visit each other after work to chat, play cards, and talk about all kinds of family matters.
The merchants at Zhengyangmen, after closing their shops, like to go to the tavern to drink two taels of wine and get together to talk about the day's business, the policies above, the domestic and international situation, etc.
To put it bluntly.
People go to the tavern not to drink, but to have a place for everyone to get together and chat about everything.
Who knows, while chatting, there might be a way to make money.
He Daqing wanted to go to the tavern, not only because he was really bored, but also because he had this idea.
Because he really doesn't know much about the current situation, most of his knowledge comes from He Daqing's memory and some information about the era that he saw and heard in his previous life.
However, although his predecessor was a little clever, he had not been a small vendor for a long time, so he naturally didn't know much about some policy information about vendors and small business owners.
And on the Internet in later generations, there are even fewer topics about this era, and many things are often summarized in one or two sentences, and you can't understand the real situation at all.
So if you want to understand the specific situation, you must actively integrate into this era. You can't wait to be crushed by the torrent of the times and don't know what went wrong. As
He Daqing thought about this, the two pedals under his feet turned rapidly, and soon he arrived at the destination of this trip.
"Daqianmen Tavern!"
He Daqing looked at the sign of the tavern. Before he entered the house, he heard a heated discussion inside. It was obvious that the business was very good.
At this time, the owner of the Daqianmen Tavern was not Xu Huizhen, but Old Man He and his son.
Xu Huizhen, the heir of a wine-making family, had not married into the He family.
To be honest, He Daqing still liked the two heroines in"The Little Women of Zhengyangmen" very much. He felt that they were much better than the women in the courtyard.
However, he also knew that with his current conditions, he was definitely not worthy of these two women.
Because these two Women are not ordinary people.
Needless to say, Chen Xueru, whose Xueru Silk Shop is the largest silk shop in Zhengyangmen, was able to sell her silk business to Big Brother in the 1950s. Do you think she is a simple person?
As for Xu Huizhen?
Many people think that Xu Huizhen's family conditions are not good after she married He Yongqiang.
In fact, if you really think so, you are totally wrong.
Listen to Xu Huizhen's introduction. The descendant of a wine-making family in the old city, in this era of unified marketing of materials, can directly get wine from the Niulanshan Erguotou Distillery.
And Fan Jinyou's comment on her,"Xu"Huizhen is the representative of the merchants of the old times"!
From this you can know what Xu Huizhen's family conditions are like. Even if they are not as good as Chen Xueru, they are not much worse.
The most important thing is that if you really think that Old Man He is just the owner of a tavern, you are totally wrong. Do n't you see how much wealth Old Man He left for Xu Huizhen?
If it weren't for the wealth left by Old Man He to Xu Huizhen, could she have bought the ancestral home of Pian Ye and spent a lot of money to collect antiques?
Considering that Old Man He has no children and has not found a partner, he only has a son, He Yongqiang, who was adopted by his eldest brother.
He Da Qing had reason to suspect that Old Man He was a eunuch who ran away from the palace when the previous dynasty fell, and he was a big eunuch who made a lot of money and stole a lot of good things.
Especially the stone that pressed the pickle jar, it might be the collection of the old Buddha.
In this way, Xu Huizhen's marriage to the old He family can definitely not be said to be marrying down, but Old Man He is really capable.
Therefore, Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru are good women, but they are also difficult to deal with.
Now that He Daqing is getting married for the second time and his children are about to get married, it will be difficult for either of these two women to marry.
"However, compared to Xu Huizhen, the chance of marrying Chen Xueru should be greater."
He Daqing stood at the door of the tavern, and his mind couldn't help but think of the two heroines in the TV series, constantly thinking about whether he could intercept them.
Finally, he came to a conclusion.
If the two women are not engaged yet, marrying Chen Xueru may have a 30% chance, but for Xu Huizhen, it is estimated that there is not even a 10% chance.
The reason is very simple.
Because Xu Huizhen has family and parents, and from the current situation, the Xu family's family conditions and connections are still very good. Given He Daqing's current situation, it would be strange if he could pass the father-in-law's test if he wanted to marry someone else's daughter.
On the contrary, Chen Xueru is now the pillar of the family. She makes all the decisions on her own. As long as he can deal with her, , the rest will be much easier.
The most important thing is that compared with Xu Huizhen, Chen Xueru is more realistic, and she is not as good as Xu Huizhen in judging people. She is easier to fool and more suitable for him.
He Daqing has never thought about love.
Because whether in his previous life or this life, he is already past the age of love. Now he feels lonely. If he wants to marry a wife, he must choose a young and beautiful one. There is no love to speak of.
Of course, if this young and beautiful girl has some money and can make him a gigolo, it would be even better.
There is no way.
Who made him have a bad stomach, a weak system, and can't go out.
So the more He Daqing thought about it, the more he felt that Chen Xueru was quite suitable for him. As long as he could marry her home, he would not have to worry about the rest of his life................................
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