The Great Era of Siheyuan

When the two men returned to the yard, a man happened to rush out from the door. When Li Wenqiang saw his face clearly, he couldn't help but feel sympathy. It turned out that the man with a bruised face and nose was Liu Guangtian, whom he hadn't seen for a few days.

Liu Guangtian didn't expect that someone would come out at this time. He was so hungry that he had to come out to find something to eat.

When he saw Li Wenqiang, whose attire was very different from before, and Liu Yuhua, whom he had never seen before, his brain froze and he stood stupidly at the door.

Li Wenqiang has become accustomed to his wife's beauty, and this situation may continue for a long time.

"Wife, you are so beautiful, how come I didn't know you were around before? It shouldn't be possible!"

After opening the door, Li Wenqiang asked curiously.

"I've only taken over the bookstore for half a year. I used to eat and live in the bookstore, so of course you don't know. I basically don't go out. Apart from the people in the store, few people outside know me!"

Liu Yuhua said embarrassedly.

Without any entertainment activities, she likes to quietly read books, newspapers, and interesting stories about other places and the world in books. This is her only pleasure. If she goes out, people will come to harass her every day. If she doesn't go out, there will be fewer people harassing her. It's very annoying!

"No wonder I never see you when I go out every day! Come in and take a look. Do you like it?"

Li Wenqiang pushed open the door and the bookshelf behind it was exposed. Three yellow bookshelves and a wardrobe were placed side by side against the wall, covered with all kinds of books. To be honest, he didn't read any of them, he just laid them out.

"Where did you get this? You and Ergou just went out to do this!"

There was some surprise in Liu Yuhua's eyes, and she walked forward quickly to take a look.

"That's about right. I met an old man who had too much stuff at home to store, so he sold it to me at a low price. I thought you like reading, and I don't know what kind of books you like, so I took them all back."

"Thank you, I like it very much!"

Liu Yuhua was very touched. She didn't expect that he still remembered her hobby.

"You stay home and read a book. I'll go out for a walk!"

Seeing that she liked it, Li Wenqiang didn't say anything.

"Yeah~! Come back soon!"

Liu Yuhua instructed with a smile.

After leaving the courtyard, Li Wenqiang rode his bicycle directly to the outside of Dongzhimen. There were many factories there, and he wanted to see if he could find another way to make money.

The only way for me to make money now is to sell food, but this thing attracts too much attention.

But he has another way, which is to find a factory as a buyer and use supplies to open the way. I believe that no factory will refuse a buyer who can get food, so his risk will be smaller.

I don’t know what the situation is with Xu Damao now. If he can’t handle it, I will have to go back to work.

Turning from Jiaodaokou Street to Dongzhimen, the pedestrians I met along the way were all exhausted, with slightly swollen faces. There were endless bicycles coming and going on the road, trams passing by quickly, and traffic police were directing traffic at the intersection.

The common people privately called Dongzhimen the Ghost Gate. Three miles away from Dongzhimen there was a Ghost King Temple. Anyone who held a funeral had to come here first to "report" the deceased. Therefore, funeral processions often came and went in Dongzhimen at that time.

There are many coffin shops and coffin houses on both sides of the streets inside and outside Dongzhimen. Jia Dongxu's coffin was ordered from here by Jia Zhangshi. But this is not the main reason why Dongzhimen is called Ghost Gate. The main reason is that the cemetery and Guiwang Temple outside Dongzhimen have become the so-called "gathering place of dead souls".

The local people are superstitious about the legend. It is said that these ghosts enter the city from Dongzhimen every night, so there is the saying of Ghost Gate, and later on, Guigui Street emerged inside Dongzhimen.

Not far from Dongzhimen there is an Iron Pagoda Temple, which houses many flesh-and-blood Buddhas.

It is said that there are five great objects to guard the city: the golden nanmu wood in Shenmuchang outside Guangqumen, the big bell in Juesheng Temple, also known as Dazhong Temple, Yandun outside Yongdingmen, the bronze ox by Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace, and Jingshan Hill to the north of the Forbidden City.

However, there is a folk legend that there are five other major town objects: Yandun outside Yongdingmen, Shatan Yinzha inside Dong'anmen, Tongjing at Xinjiekou, Tieyingbi outside Deshengmen, and Iron Tower outside Dongzhimen.

It is said that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, five talismans were set up in the east, west, south, north and center of the city according to the Taoist theory of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. These objects were used to deter demons and ensure the safety of the capital. No one knows whether this is true or not.

There is a flesh-and-blood Buddha enshrined in the Iron Pagoda Temple. There is also a statue of Hu Toutuo enshrined in the temple, which is said to be the statue of Prince Jianwen.

The incense is so popular that Li Wenqiang is jealous. He wishes he could open one of his own. What’s the point of doing business? It’s enough to have the Buddha to support him.

Further back is a densely populated factory area. There is a machine tool factory in front of Beixiao Street, a stuffed candy factory at the intersection, and to the north are the lacquer factory, the artillery bureau, and the copper smelting factory. To the east is a valve factory, and outside the city is the paper mill. Next to it are the steel mill and the Beimo factory. In addition to these, there are various small factories whose names I cannot tell.

The paper mill, Beimo mill and steel mill are known as the three largest state-owned factories outside Dongzhimen, and are the three largest factories in the vicinity. Each factory occupies a large area, and there are many five- or six-story factories. If you ignore the clothes of the workers around and some characteristics of the times, it is no problem to say that this is a large industrial area of ​​the new century.

Most people dream of working in these big factories because the benefits and wages are much better than other places. Every day, people are looking for opportunities here. If they happen to come across a job opening, it will change the lives of their entire family. But they are obviously overthinking. This possibility does exist, but it is similar to winning the lottery.

There were also some middle-aged people who had fled from the famine lying on the roadside, some men and some women, some with children. They were wrapped up thickly, their clothes were tattered, and they looked very pitiful.

Li Wenqiang walked around and finally found a shady place to sit down and started watching.

At the wide factory gate, a number of Liberation trucks kept entering the steel mill, then leaving with the rolled steel. Some went to the distance, while others went to the nearby Beimo Factory.

Li Wenqiang watched silently, thinking in his mind how he should insert himself.

In fact, if we start with technology, I can go back to the villa and find a lot of technical information on the Internet and upgrade them directly.

But only the smart ones would do this. If they really do this, they will die without knowing how. A rag picker doing research and development cannot pass the political review and investigation.

If the technology doesn't work, then we can only start from other aspects. There is not much food and vegetables in the field now, and it all depends on the pumpkin. I started ripening today, and I estimate that I can harvest a few hundred kilograms at most tomorrow, which is barely enough for cooperation.

But he was still a little hesitant, because food was too sensitive at this time, and he didn't want to cause trouble unless it was necessary, so it was better to be safe than sorry.

After looking at it for a long time, I finally decided to go back and wait for Xu Damao to come back and see what he said. If he couldn't handle it, I would have to do it myself.