returned to the compound, Zhang Guoqing lived a leisurely life.

For a few days, he took his son with him, and the father and son either caught crickets, raised grasshoppers, tethered grasshoppers, copied dragonflies, stuck to knowledge, or played with fireflies, caught beetle races, and occasionally rode two or eight bars to the countryside to catch some partial food.

This day made Zhou Xiaozheng look so envious. When he came back from work that day, he waited until dinner to see a little fool riding on the big fool's neck and coming back covered in mud.

The little fool grabbed the little bamboo hat, saw Zhou Xiaozheng, and happily showed: "Grandpa, I went with my dad to help people herd cattle, and also helped collect big watermelons, you see this is given by the captain of the family." ”

The big fool happily handed the net bag to Aunt Chen, "I took Ping'an to the village today, it is the harvest season, and I see all the happy smiles, which is much better than the previous two years." ”

Zhou Xiaozheng quipped: "Yes, love the people like a son." After speaking, he glanced at the watermelon, "Your Uncle Zhou sent me a letter a few days ago and will send the watermelon over in a few days, and there will be no shortage of melons in the future." ”

Zhang Guoqing knew who he said Uncle Zhou, the captain of the village on the outskirts of Beijing, and he still had a yard over there. It's a pity that it's too far, except for the Qingming New Year, I rarely go to the mountain to worship and pass by.

"Dad, why haven't you set off this year?"

Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head, "I'm waiting for a few days, and there are still things to deal with here." ”

Zhang Guoqing nodded, and didn't try to puncture his mind. It is estimated that he wants to wait for Zhou Jiao to come back before leaving. He pointed to his body and said, "Then I'll take the child to take a bath first." ”

"Well, washed and ate. By the way, did you forget one thing? ”

Zhang Guoqing looked at him with a confused expression.

"Have you been to that little courtyard along the north side?"

Zhang Guoqing slapped his head and smiled happily, "I really forgot." Ming'er, I'll take Ping'an over to have a look first, and I'll talk about it when Jiaojiao comes back. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng heard the implication, he nodded, "Don't worry, I'll look at it when I have time." After saying that, he waved his hand and asked them to go to the bath quickly.

After dinner, the family moved to the stone table in the courtyard to enjoy the coolness, lit the fire rope or was infested by mosquitoes, and finally felt sorry for his grandmother, ran to the room to take the medicine powder prepared by his mother to the yard to burn, and brought her sachets.

Lin Lishan happily enjoyed the child's filial piety, followed him and held a pu fan to shake at him, and was happy to the old lady Cheng who came to visit the door.

Zhang Guoqing saw the old lady and the old couple coming together, and hurriedly went up to the house and brought out the rocking chair for her. It is said that this is the old lady's favorite rattan chair, which was bought in the sea market and consigned, and there were two at home before, and one has been given to the Cheng family.

"Don't be busy, sit down and rest."

"It's okay, you always lie down and look at the stars."

On the stone table, Cheng Lao and Zhou Xiaozheng had already put on a chess game, and started to fight with the faint light, and suddenly several people went their separate ways, the old lady chatted with Lin Lishan, and ran safely to inform Aunt Chen to cut watermelons.

After a while, the watermelon here was just served, and Cheng Sijin and his wife also came over with a bucket of mung bean soup to cool off, which was even more lively.

Zhang Guoqing took a sip of soup and raised his eyebrows, could it be that the supply of sugar tickets has increased this month? How did he not know? The family supplies are still in his hands.

“…… Drink less, with saccharin added to it. ”

Ping An blinked his eyes, "Grandma, this is not much to add, it's not in the way." ”

Zhang Guoqing suddenly came to his senses, looked up at the sky, and didn't know when his daughter-in-law would come back, his heart and stomach were thinking about her.

“…… I exchanged the cloth ticket for some sugar tickets, and my sister-in-law will bring some back later. ”

"Okay, I'm not polite to you."

"That's right, otherwise I'd be embarrassed to run your."

The cool breeze, the homely home, the laughter in the yard, and the lights out horn sounded, and everyone was still ready to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, seeing off Zhou Xiaozheng and his wife who went to work, Zhang Guoqing looked up at the sky, worried that the sky would change when he went out, so he abandoned the 28 bars.

After getting off the bus, Zhang Guoqing put down the son in his arms and led him, and the father and son walked slowly on the street, intending to sneak into the small courtyard and take a look at the surrounding environment by the way.

Along the house number, standing at the mouth of an alley, Zhang Guoqing looked at the front with satisfaction. Unlike other narrow alleys, alleys are as noisy as a large courtyard.

There is an old locust tree at the mouth of the alley here, there is a small bookstall nearby, the whole alley is 7~8 meters wide, and you can park at the door. The whole alley is neat and spacious, and the neighbors have gentle smiles on their faces.

The sound of birds and pigeon whistles is melodious. Coupled with the sound of children chatting on small bookstalls reading villain books and children's newspapers, the whole alley exudes a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

Zhang Guoqing looked down at Ping'an and saw him with a smile on his face. It can be seen that this small yard has not yet been seen, but the surrounding environment has satisfied the children.

"Dad, look at the numbers, it should be a left turn in front."

Zhang Guoqing smiled and nodded. As Mrs. Cheng said, walk less than 200 meters, turn left, and the last yard is your own courtyard.

Small courtyards next to each other open their gates, even if some of them are covered by shadow walls. Stone tables, stone benches, grape trellises, occasionally crawling loofah trellises......

Father and son stood at the door of the courtyard of the last blue brick house. I saw two doors, decorated with red lacquer and oil, and there were traces of a pair of door cymbals on the door.

Zhang Guoqing took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, chose one of them, opened the lock, clicked, and then pushed with both hands, and opened the door with a creak.

After entering the door, there is a shadow wall in front of you, and the shadow wall wall is engraved with a rare Manchu character "Fu". Entering the courtyard, you can see that this was once a courtyard house in the Qing Dynasty.

The courtyard sits on the north and faces south. There are three rooms in the north room, two bright and one dark, two rooms in the east and west wings, and three rooms in the south room. Lying brick to the top, ridged tile house. The courtyard is paved with brick roads to connect the doors of various houses, and there are steps in front of each house.

Nowadays, in addition to the main house, the east and west wings, and the ear room, there is no major damage, and the brick carvings and stone carvings inlaid in other heads and corners have all been removed.

From the lifting beams, bucket arches, wooden frame structures, blue bricks and small tiles, through the vicissitudes of time, even if the whole building is old, it can still be seen that the past is elegant, simple and sophisticated.

The father and son stood in the study room of the south room, pushed open the window of the wooden edge, and the scenery of the lake in the distance was unobstructed, and the breeze blew away the summer heat, which was really an ideal place for health and residence.

"Dad, are we going to live here in the future?"

Zhang Guoqing smiled and shook his head, "We still have to live with grandpa." You can usually come and stay for two nights, and your grandparents can come and stay with them. ”

"That's a good idea, I still like to live in the compound, my buddies are there."

Zhang Guoqing smiled dumbly. It seems that he was right not to tell the child the truth. In the future, if the child's grandfather moves to the new compound, and the two of them are too far away from work, this is the rest point.

After closing the window, Zhang Guoqing took his son's little hand and took one last look at the wall before going out.

In the end, he didn't open the dark room. It's not that he is worried that his son will not be able to keep secrets, but that he is worried that the exposure of gold and silver belongings in front of the child will make him lose his mind and passion for struggle.

He never wanted his children to know the huge wealth in his hands early. If a person has an endless amount of money to spend and is from a prominent background, what does he ask for?

Sometimes a life that is too comfortable does not wear down people's fighting spirit. Especially when facing an imminent stormy wave, there is no room for such a peaceful state of mind.

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