On the banks of the Huangpu River, two huge ships docked side by side with their heads held high, and the main and auxiliary masts of these two ships hung the "full flag" in accordance with the highest maritime etiquette, which was to pay tribute to the motherland and the people.

On the dock, the crowd of black pressure was looking at the two big ships, and the withered figure of Ba Lao was impressive, and beside him was Li Xiaolin, who was taking care of him.

A grand ceremony is taking place here.

The National Antarctic Expeditionary Committee, the State Oceanic Administration, and the People's Liberation Army Navy were the organizers of the ceremony, which was attended by people from all walks of life in Shanghai, as well as many enthusiastic people.

At 10:05 a.m., with a high-pitched whistle, the "Xiangyanghong No. 10" and "J121" that were originally docked on the shore slowly left the dock and headed towards the mouth of the Huangpu River.

The crowd on the shore erupted in great cheers, and the sound of drums and firecrackers was endless.

On November 20, 1984, China's first expedition to Antarctica set sail.

According to the plan, the two ships will sail non-stop to the other side of the Pacific Ocean at a speed of 18 knots, and arrive at the port of Ushuaiv on the southern tip of Argentina on Tierra del Fuego in mid-December, and after a short stopover, they will go straight to the Antarctic Peninsula and arrive at their destination, the Antarctic continent, in January 1985.

Since the discovery of the American continent by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, explorers, biologists, oceanographers and geologists from some countries in the world, especially in Europe, have crossed the oceans and risked their lives to cruise the world's oceans and swear their sovereignty everywhere.

Antarctica is the world's largest piece of terra nullius.

Today's world is an era of maritime hegemony and an era of disputes over sea power. At this time, the exploration and exploration of Antarctica was only a few developed countries in Europe and the United States, and China began to falter in 1984 and joined the grand feast of scientific research in Antarctica.

In later generations, nearly 30 countries in the world rushed to establish various scientific research bases in Antarctica. According to a report in the 20000 years, more than 50 perennial scientific research bases have been established in Antarctica, and there are more than 100 summer research stations. The fertile Antarctica is of great scientific importance to all countries, not to mention the enormous resources it contains.

The departure on November 20, 1984 represents another early addition to China's early entry into the feast of Antarctica's development, in addition to several developed countries in Europe and the United States.

The sea breeze on the pier was cold and damp, and after the research ship had sailed some distance, the crowd on the shore began to slowly dissolve.

Ba Lao got into the car with the help of Li Xiaolin and returned to his residence.

The old man who was excited in his heart couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, so he asked his daughter Li Xiaolin to find the "Reading" magazine that published Gewen's "The Rise of Great Powers" and read the first episode of "Ocean Age" to him.

And he himself sat at the desk with his eyes closed, listening quietly, and some thin fingers were tapping unconsciously on the desk, bringing out a passionate rhythm.

After Li Xiaolin finished reading this "Ocean Age", Ba Lao's eyes suddenly opened, he reached out and picked up the pen on the table, and wrote on a stack of blank manuscript paper on the table.

Li Xiaolin gently put down the magazine in his hand, and then quietly walked behind Ba Lao to look, and Ba Lao wrote exactly what he saw on the bank of the Huangpu River just now.

This is a review article, which uses the scenery to lyrically record Ba Lao's thoughts on the significance of this expedition to Antarctica.

Li Xiaolin looked at his father helplessly. Since taking over Govine's class and taking care of his father, he has known the old man's stubbornness.

Perhaps because he knew that he had little time left, the old man kept a certain amount of creative time every day.

Sometimes it is a torture of one's own soul, which is the origin of "Caprice"; Sometimes it is some trivial matters of life, mood feelings, and most of what is written is some prose miscellaneous notes, or correspondence with some friends; In other cases, such as this review, these articles tend to be published in various newspapers and serve as ideological leaders.

In fact, it seems that there are not too many works created by Ba Lao in his later years, except for "Caprice" and "Confession Collection", which are scattered articles, in fact, those are just published works. For most of the works that the old man thinks are flawed, the old man either throws them away or presses the bottom of the box. This is also the reason why long after the death of Ba Lao in later generations, people found so many written materials that they had never seen before in the Ba Jin Memorial Hall.

Ba Lao had a full chest in his chest, and his pen was like a god, without the slightest pause, and the blank manuscript paper was full of words page by page.

After a long time, when the old man stopped the pen in his hand, this article about the departure of the Antarctic research ship had been written.

Ba Jin put down the pen, reviewed it again, then nodded, picked up the manuscript paper in his hand and handed it to Li Xiaolin: "Xiaolin, you can send this article to Govin together with the letter I wrote yesterday." ”

After speaking, Ba Lao said to himself: "This kid, now in Beijing, is like a monkey who has just escaped from Wuzhi Mountain, and no one can be restrained anymore!" Listen to my old sister, the news of him in Beijing has been flying all over the sky recently. It's not a good thing to be too public! Lost all the calming kung fu I taught him, what a little red guy......"

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When Ba Lao was talking about Gowen, Gowen was in Ya'er Hutong on the northern edge of Houhai in Shichahai, Beijing.

In addition to Uncle Long Shao, there was also a middle-aged couple who walked with him.

This time, it was Long Shao who led Govin to see the house.

Ever since Ge Wen and Long Shao said that they wanted to buy a courtyard house in Beijing, Long Shao has been asking people to inquire.

Although he was more strange about Gowen's quirks - when everyone was yearning to move into a modern building, Gowen bucked the trend and wanted to live in a large compound, but Long Shao still dutifully helped Gowen inquire about people there who wanted to sell their houses, and he also led Gowen to see a few houses. It's just that Gowen's requirements are too picky, and Gowen doesn't match any of these houses.

Long Shao still remembers the first time he took Govin to see the house, and Govern's disgusted look-

In Long Shao's eyes, it was a very standard courtyard house, square, and the house in the courtyard had just been repaired. Perhaps the only drawback is that the four houses in the east, west, north and south of the courtyard house live in three families. The owner who wanted to sell the house was an ordinary worker at the Beijing Machinery Factory, and the houses on the east and south sides of the courtyard belonged to him.

But when Govin had walked around the courtyard, he hurriedly pulled him away.

Long Shao asked him why he didn't watch it.

Govin frowned and said that what he wanted was a courtyard house, not a miscellaneous courtyard, and that the whole house must be sold.

Only then did Long Shao truly understand that the courtyard in Gewen's mouth was not the same thing as the miscellaneous courtyard he understood.

The courtyard house in Gowen's mouth is to be based on its original design, and only one family lives in a courtyard house. The head of the household lives in the north room, the son lives in the west wing, the daughter lives in the ear room on the west side of the north room, the east wing room is used as a kitchen and dining room, and the south room is used as a living room or study or servant's room or other children. The yard is planted with cloves and pomegranates, as well as vegetables and flowers. There are jujube trees in the courtyard, and locust trees outside the courtyard. Of course, this kind of courtyard house is delicious.

And the courtyard house that Long Shao understood was a miscellaneous courtyard. There are three or four owners living in a courtyard house, starting from the gate hole of the courtyard to the courtyard, piled up with old furniture, honeycomb coal, bicycles, and broken cardboard boxes. A few families can hear the slightest noise clearly by other families. Whoever has a guest, what kind of food is eaten every day, and no one can hide anything from the neighbors. Everyone went to the public toilet in the alley, squatted on the pit, everyone pouted their bare buttocks, handed a piece of paper, handed a cigarette, and lit a fire, that is, the body was tilted.

This is fundamentally the difference between the north and the west.

Knowing Gowen's thoughts, in addition to severely criticizing Gowen's degenerate petty bourgeois thoughts, Long Shao only had to complain about Gowen's waste of money: the manuscript fee transferred from hard work actually bought a few houses, and this is how many children he plans to have!

Then Long Shao began to collect information on various courtyard houses, and then he had today's trip to Houhai.

In fact, even in the 80s, it was very difficult to buy a complete set of courtyard houses.

First of all, one reason is that after the liberation, the population of the capital has risen rapidly, and there are so many houses in the capital, and the situation of more people and fewer houses is becoming more and more strict. As a result, in addition to high-ranking cadres and celebrities, there are fewer and fewer ordinary people living in their own courtyards, and the four houses in a courtyard usually have to live in four households. With the growth of the family's population, the courtyard has long been rebuilt in a mess, because the courtyard gate is public, so it is open all the year round, and there are many shacks in the yard. You have some space, I have some space, and there is no empty space except for the path leading to the houses. Such a courtyard house has long since become a miscellaneous courtyard.

Then there are very few new houses in Beijing that build traditional courtyard houses with gray brick walls, high ridges, large eaves, and small tiles one ridge after another, but simple bungalows with red brick walls, almost no eaves, and large cement tiles. Why? Save labor and materials. If the vacant land is larger, it can simply build a building and live in more people. In a metropolis like Beijing, living in a bungalow is too wasteful of land.

And then there are the existing better courtyard houses, in addition to the former residences or current residences of those high-ranking celebrities, the remaining courtyard houses are mostly the residence of a certain government institution or some scenic spots, this is possible to sell?

Therefore, Long Shao searched for a long time to find his current place.

This is a set of courtyard houses located in the Ya'er Hutong on the north edge of the Houhai Sea in Shichahai.

The owners are the middle-aged couple who are with Govin Longshao.

The couple, the man is a teacher at a university and wants to go to the United States for further study; The woman is also an intellectual, and she went to the United States with her husband without pay. The two had already made up their minds to live in the United States, and in order to live a better life in the United States, the ancestral house was abandoned.

At this time, China had already begun the great process of reform and opening up, and with the lifting of the ban on ideas, all kinds of ideas and cultures from outside poured in. Seeing that the country does not prohibit people from going out, the two hurriedly packed their bags and prepared to go abroad.

Govyn didn't agree with them, but the so-called Tao was not the same, and he didn't bother to deal with them.

He came to see the house this time.

Not to mention, he is really satisfied with this house.

First of all, this courtyard house is located about a few hundred meters east of Song Qingling's former residence, although the Beijing municipal government has not yet issued a document, but Gewen knows that this house is located in the Shichahai Cultural Reserve, and there is no possibility of demolition in the future.

Secondly, the courtyard house has been kept intact, and after years of wind and rain erosion, the house is still antique and sturdy. And the yard is located on the north shore of the Houhai Sea, sitting north and facing south, you can see Shichahai when you go out, if you put it in the future generations, it is definitely priceless. Even if Govin doesn't live by himself, as long as he puts it for more than ten years, he can change hands for hundreds of millions.

Whether in the past or now, for Beijing, a "city without water", Shichahai is a very precious piece of water. This body of water is composed of Qianhai, Houhai and West Sea, and is connected with Beihai and Zhongnanhai, and is surrounded not only by the Bell and Drum Tower, the former residence of Song Qingling, but also by the mansion of Prince Gong, and by the Hutong, which is the representative of Beijing's citizen culture.

Therefore, if you can have a set of courtyard houses in this water, close the door and cultivate yourself, and go out to see the "sea", it is indeed a pleasant thing.

The best part is that this courtyard house has actually been modified a bit!

What is the most uncomfortable thing about living in a courtyard house in Beijing?

The first is the toilet, there was a toilet in the courtyard earlier, but there was no sewer, and it was necessary to dig out the dung regularly, otherwise it would be full. In later generations, ancient TV dramas, especially the braided dramas of the Qing Dynasty, often appeared in a business of digging dung and transporting dung, which is what is done.

The second inconvenience of the courtyard is the heating in winter. In this era, there was basically no unified heating, and in winter, every household burned briquettes or honeycomb coal for heating. To burn the stove, you need to install a chimney duct to prevent gas, but every winter there is always a gas smoked to death.

The third inconvenience is the water and sewerage. There is usually only one water pipe and one pool in a yard. In winter, when the water pipe is frozen, no one can use the water, so they have to contribute some hot water to pour the frozen water pipe. The blockage of the sewer in the pool is also a problem for the whole yard. Anyway, every day when the family has some water, brushes their teeth and washes their faces, they have to run to the yard, which is really inconvenient.

And the courtyard house that Govin saw had undergone some modifications. The toilets and kitchens are connected to the sewer to the municipal pipe network, and although there is a well in the yard, the owner has also introduced water pipes from the municipal pipe network.

The only thing that is almost bad is that there is no heating, and you need to burn honeycomb coal to heat yourself in winter. This, the general environment is like this, and it is impossible to force more.

After watching it for a long time, Govin made a decision to buy this house.

After learning that the ownership of this courtyard house really belonged to the couple, Govin and the couple applied to the relevant real estate management department for the sale and purchase of house property rights, registration and filing......

The whole process took Govin three days. Fortunately, he had basically finished socializing with various invited activities and had enough time. (To be continued.) )