Zhang Tianyuan is still very clear about the history of Dongjiaomin Lane, but he doesn't know much about its current situation, he has been in the imperial capital for so long, the only tourist attractions he has been to are Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, and other places are not because he doesn't want to go, but he doesn't have time to wander around at all. As for this Dongjiaomin Lane, it is also the first time to come, so after seeing the situation here, I can't help but be a little surprised.

The environment here is quite good, but some buildings are obviously crumbling, especially private houses, all kinds of facilities are not complete at all, walking on the street, you can even smell a very unpleasant pungent smell, as if feces and urine are gathered together.

Fortunately, the weather in the imperial capital has been relatively dry recently, so there is no water on the ground, I heard Mr. Gao say, this area belongs to the residential area of Dongjiaomin Lane, in the early years, it was lived by some lowly people, although the house is also Western-style, but it is obviously not as good as other places, plus this has been decades, in disrepair, some houses even collapsed automatically, it is said that people have died because of this.

Zhang Tianyuan's heart was gloomy for a while, no matter what era or country, there will always be some dark places, and the same is true for the slums of developed countries abroad.

"Mr. Zhang, don't be sorry, after these places are demolished, not only is it not a loss, but a good thing, those who can't afford to buy a house can live in a clean and bright house, or even a commercial house, for these people, the high-rise buildings in the city are their home. People, first solve the material life, and then think about the spiritual life, Mr. Zhang, you are engaged in collecting, also because you have spare money, right? If you don't even have a place to live, your children will lack money to go to school. I'm sure you're not going to have the heart to play with antiques, at most you're making money from this industry, right?"

That makes sense. Zhang Tianyuan has a deep understanding of this. In the years after graduating from college, he was running around for a living, and his mind was not on antiques at all, because he couldn't afford to play.

Mr. Gao continued: "In recent years, there have been a lot of people in Beipiao, and some houses have been rented out here, and those people have everything, such as handing out leaflets, massages, and hotel jobs. First, it is to clean up the environment here, and secondly, it is actually for the sake of the owners of these houses, which are not repaired all year round, and it is difficult for the people who rent them to feel at ease. ”

"But I haven't heard of such a place in Dongjiaomin Lane, I saw Dongjiaomin Lane on the Internet, which is no different from the big street. Zhang Tianyuan was still a little puzzled.

"Don't say it's you, even if you live in the imperial capital, you may not know that there is such a place, and the area here is not large. There are just a few rooms, which are nail households left over from the past demolition, and they refused to be demolished at that time, and now the house is really uninhabitable. finally agreed to demolish, but they spent so many years empty, and they got a lot of money. It's a pity that people sold their houses in the early years, and now the house is down. Earn more than they do, and live comfortably. ”

When Zhang Tianyuan walked into this very hidden alley. I saw some men and women hurrying by inside, some carrying computers, some holding drawing boards, and some women dressed in fancy clothes, and I didn't know where to go in this winter. He suddenly felt that he was really lucky, even when he was playing games in the Internet café to make money, he had never been so miserable, at least what he wanted to eat at that time, and he still had money to buy, as long as it wasn't too expensive, the key was that the environment of the Internet café was also good, where it was like here, it was like a refugee slum.

"See, just this place, there is a card to ask for money, and you can't go in if you don't have money. This house is considered a dangerous house, because of the heavy rain collapsed several houses, there are several life lawsuits, others do not dare to rent a room here anymore, only a family is helping to see the yard, this is this, their own yard, plan to sell, to buy a new house, it is estimated that this broken place is enough to live a headache. ”

Zhang Tianyuan followed Mr. Gao's gaze and found that the door of a courtyard was open, and a table was placed in front of the door, but everyone who went in had to pay money, this money was not much, only ten yuan, but it was quite a good person, others came here to buy antiques, and they didn't come to visit, even if it was ten yuan, it was uncomfortable, but the person seemed to recognize Mr. Gao, and he didn't collect money, so he let Zhang Tianyuan and Mr. Gao in.

"Lao Chen, Lao Chen, I invited the God of Wealth for you, hurry up and open the door, I'm cold. ”

After entering the courtyard, Mr. Gao directly led Zhang Tianyuan to a house, the other rooms felt cold, only the thick cotton curtain hung on the outside of this house, and there should be people living inside. Mr. Gao seemed to be familiar with the owner of the house, so when he arrived in the courtyard, he began to shout.

Zhang Tianyuan looked around, three houses in the courtyard had collapsed, and they fell to the ground, and no one cleaned them up, the rotten bricks and tiles were all piled up there, and even a few rats could be seen poking their heads out of the cracks in the bricks to peep.

And the room in front of it is slightly better, but there are still a lot of cracks on the house, and some places are still supported by thick wooden sticks, as if the wind blows, the house will collapse, and it is also thanks to the fact that the imperial capital has not had an earthquake for all these years, otherwise, this house must have collapsed, it really has to be demolished and rebuilt, the quality of this house itself is not good, it has been decades, where can people still live, Zhang Tianyuan hesitated whether to go in, I was really afraid that the house would collapse as soon as he entered, although he said that he would not be collapsed to death, but this explanation is a bit troublesome。

"Dongjiaomin Lane Embassy Complex is located in Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng District, Didu City, formed from 1901 to 1912, is a collection of embassies, churches, banks, official residences, clubs as one of the European-style blocks. The existing buildings include the French Embassy, the Austro-Hungarian Embassy, the Belgian Embassy, the Japanese Legation and Embassies, the Italian Embassy, the British Embassy, the Zhengjin Bank, Citibank, Crédit Agricole CIB, the Russian Bank and the International Club and the French Barracks. The existing buildings are all retained in their original state to maintain the eclectic style popular in Europe and the United States in the early 20th century, with clear water bricks to build the line feet and pilasters, and the brick arches and verandahs are added. Timber frame corner purlins, iron slope roof.

This is the only remaining Western-style building complex from the early 20th century in the imperial capital. It is also the physical relics of imperialist aggression against China and the education base of patriotism. Most people know this, but they never see behind it. In fact, there are some dark sides, wet sides that we can't see. Because the people inside hadn't come to open the door yet, Mr. Gao took the opportunity to tell Zhang Tianyuan about some things in Dongjiaomin Lane.

After 1949, it was still used as an embassy area, and the embassies of the Democratic Republic of Germany, Hungary, Myanmar and other countries that established diplomatic relations with our country continued to use the old buildings here until 1959, when they moved to the first embassy area of Sanlitun outside Chaoyangmen. During that special period, due to its historical particularity, it was once again shocked, the name of the street was changed to Anti-Imperialist Road, and many Western-style buildings were destroyed. Since the 1980s, with the development of the imperial capital, the buildings of Dongjiaomin Lane have also been impacted, the former sites of HSBC, Jardine Matheson, and Russia Pavilion have been demolished due to the widening of the road, the Deutsch-Hua Bank has been demolished in 1992, the former site of the Japanese Embassy has been occupied by the Beijing Municipal Government, and many high-rise buildings and modern buildings have been built on the street, and the entire street style has been greatly damaged. And many of the original buildings here have been gradually demolished since that time, and there are only three or five left, like donkey dung eggs in a gem. It's really not pretty. ”

The door opened, and a small head poked out of it, with that strange doll's head, a child of five or six years old. After looking at Teacher Gao and Zhang Tianyuan, I couldn't help but shudder and said, "It's so cold." Then he turned around and shouted inside: "Dad, the bespectacled uncle just now is here again." I also got an uncle. ”

Zhang Tianyuan smiled at the child, but he didn't expect to scare the child so much that he closed the door.

"Teacher Gao. I've just seen it, and there seems to be someone next door who is picking up antique furniture, so let's go over there and have a look, the owners here don't seem to welcome us very much. Zhang Tianyuan smiled bitterly.

"You don't understand, there are really good things here, but many people don't know that the owner of this house is a sick man, who had a car accident in the early years and has been lying in bed all the time. But he really has a lot of good things, but he refuses to sell them, he is very stubborn, saying that they are left by his ancestors, and they must be collected and cannot be sold casually. But I can see that he actually wants to sell it in his heart, and after selling it, he can not only see a doctor for himself, but also marry a daughter-in-law, as long as we talk about it well. ”

"Doesn't there be a daughter-in-law in this family? Who is that child?"

"This family was adopted when they were young, don't look at people who are poor, but the heart is really good, think about it, if you can always keep the things of the ancestors and not sell them, the character will definitely not be too bad. Teacher Gao explained: "And he was originally married, and his daughter-in-law ran away after seeing him in a car accident, a person is pitiful, it is not easy to pull the baby to the age of five or six, when the baby was adopted, it was less than a year old." ”

Zhang Tianyuan has always felt that he is not a good person, but for this kind of thing, he is often a little moved, such a human nature, even he himself can't help but be in awe, although he said that he has little expectation for coming here this time, but he really wants to see what kind of person this disabled person is.

"Ugly, hurry up and open the door, sell things or not, don't be rude when other teachers come to our house to sit. "There was a voice in the room that was lacking in qi, which should be due to a perennial illness, so it always seemed weak to speak.

Teacher Gao sighed and said: "Few people will live here now, unless they can't go, who wants to nest in this ghost place, he really has no choice, so he kept it, otherwise this kind of dangerous house, don't dare to go out and wait for death?"

The senior teacher of the auction house seemed to be very familiar with this place, and Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

"Hey, I won't hide it from you, our family was originally in this area, and then it was sold, just over there, less than twenty meters away from here, so I know the owner here, when this young man got married, I also came to eat the wedding wine, but unfortunately the good times didn't last long." Teacher Gao sighed, and was about to say a few more words, but saw that the door was opened, and it was still the same child.

"Teacher Gao, uncle, my dad let you in, it's cold outside!" the little guy spoke in a loud voice, but his words were very clear.

As he spoke, the child pulled the door open and pushed the thick curtain aside to let the two men in. (To be continued......)