Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 1271: The end is also another beginning

The next day, at a test flight field somewhere in the northwest, thousands of miles away, Jiang Yan followed the staff to where he was going to sit. At this time, there were many people sitting in the test flight field, and it could be seen that everyone was very excited, even Jiang Yan, who had been running all night, was no exception.

Looking at the crowd in the venue, Jiang Yan couldn't help but recall the past.

Since he was young, he helped research the Z-6 aircraft, and later the Liuye, and the Z-7 aircraft. The researchers overcame the numerous difficulties one by one, and no one could understand how easy it was at that time.

From the Zhan-10 in the past few years, Jiang Yan realized that the era he had been looking forward to was coming towards him step by step. We no longer need to use eight to one ratios, and we no longer need to use road guns on ships. All the things in between cannot be understood or described in detail. Thinking of this, Jiang Yan couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.

Jiang Yan was awakened by the roar of a huge airplane. Looking up at the fourth-generation aircraft that was not much different from the one in his own world, everyone cheered happily.

Many people surrounded their son, just like those people surrounded themselves back then.

"Dad, how is it?"

"It's quite spectacular, very spectacular." Jiang Yan said repeatedly.

"Dad has a huge surprise. It'll be here in a minute."

As they were talking, another roar was heard, and an elegant plane like a white swan appeared in front of Jiang Yan in the sky. Seeing this plane, Jiang Yan was quite surprised.

"This, this, this is our plane." Jiang Yan said a little uncertainly.

"Yes, this is our latest H-7 aircraft, its prototype is the Russian Tu-160 bomber." Jiang Zihan said.

"How is it, Dad? Is this surprise okay?" Jiang Zihan said.

"Okay, okay, very good." Jiang Yan said as he looked at the plane flying away.

"But this aircraft is stronger than the original Tu-160. First of all, its layout has been reasonably optimized by us, and its strength is much stronger than the original one. The Russian bear's electronics are not very good, so we have made a joint layout of the electronics and installed our own avionics system, which is much more powerful than the original one, and it uses a lot of new technologies. "

Jiang Yan nodded as he listened. He not only watched the two planes fly, but also looked at them up close. When he saw the two planes in the hangar, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Then the relevant leaders of the base also met with Jiang Yan. Some of the older leaders still miss Jiang Yan to this day. Recalling the past years, several people couldn't help sighing.

After returning from the base, Jiang Yan was extremely excited, and this lasted for a very long time.

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Time passed year after year, and now it has been 18 years. Ten years ago, He Yuzhu left this world, and Xu Damao was the only one left among his old brothers.

Lou Xiao'e also passed away a few years ago. After Lou Xiao'e passed away, Xu Damao simply moved in with Jiang Yan.

In the past few years, the two of them can be said to be inseparable. Wherever Jiang Yan goes, Xu Damao follows him. In the past few years, they have completely let go and played around. The two of them have also traveled all over the world. Wherever they go, as long as the scenery is good, they will stay there for a few days. Jiang Yan even took Xu Damao to live in Jiaobenji for a while.

Now there are more and more people in Beijing, especially those who come to Beijing with dreams. When I got home, all the TV shows were monsters and ghosts. There was no choice but to play games again.

This year, IG's championship has given the domestic league a new lease of life, and the game still maintains its popularity. After the version change, Jiang Yan now likes to play the death-seeking Sion, which is particularly tolerant to him as an old man.

The failure of TV dramas has also led to the rapid rise of short videos, which have taken over this wave of traffic. Major anchors are working hard to showcase their talents.

It's the Chinese New Year again, 2019 is coming soon, and what's coming will come. Jiang Yan spent a good Chinese New Year at home. The Chinese New Year atmosphere is getting weaker and weaker now. Except for the two days of the th and the first day of the lunar month, there is no Chinese New Year atmosphere.

Jiang Yan knew that it would become less and less popular in the future. After the Chinese New Year, the younger generations began to go their separate ways and everyone was busy.

Jiang Zihan left after the 15th, just like he did in the past.

To this day, Jiang Yan feels that his body is getting heavier and heavier, and his energy is not as good as before. Now he even rarely drinks alcohol. However, compared to Xu Damao, Jiang Yan is still much better.

Now Jiang Yan doesn't do any other exercise except practicing Tai Chi every morning, but he is still in good health.
However, Xu Damao is not doing well this year. He is 81 years old and his life has been very fulfilling. He told himself a long time ago that he is very content to live to this age.

"Brother, I called for a home service, please get ready!"

"Da Mao! You are full of energy! You are still as vigorous as ever!"

"What are you thinking about? It's a massage! I've been feeling heavier and heavier lately, so I want to relax. Why not spend all that money?"

"Okay! It's a good opportunity for us to experience it together!"

Two young girls came to my house, their techniques were not very professional, and I paid them and sent them away.

The next day, Xu Damao traveled around the capital. When he came back in the afternoon, he said to Jiang Yan.

"Brother, I found an authentic Chinese medicine massage. Shall we go try it?"

"Sure! I have nothing to do anyway!"

In the following days, Jiang Yan and Xu Damao would go for massage every week, and then come back to continue playing mahjong and playing the suicide-style Saen.

Two people, one playing Garen and the other playing Sion, were rampaging in the silver game.

They only come back when it rains in May, just like other empty-nesters. This is also a Chinese tradition.

Jiang Yan and Xu Damao have been in Beijing this year. They are Beijing natives and grew up in Beijing. Although Beijing has changed dramatically now, it is still their hometown.

Xu Damao's back is no longer as straight as before, age spots have begun to appear on his face, and his energy is really declining. Jiang Yan is still relatively good, with no age spots on his body.

Jiang Xinmo did as she said when she was a child. She went to medical university and studied both Chinese and Western medicine. Anyway, Jiang Yan had plenty of resources, so she could study whatever she wanted.

In October, he was transferred to the military hospital. After Xinmo came back, Jiang Yan and his friends began to have hard times. They controlled his drinking, smoking, and food, which made Jiang Yan very uncomfortable, but he couldn't show it.

In December, what was supposed to come finally came.

Xu Damao brought back a lot of alcohol and masks from Shenzhen, and prepared a lot of food, livestock, and vegetables from his farm, and then waited for the lockdown. Everything that needed to be prepared was prepared, and Jiang Yan also called his son and others to remind them to pay attention, be sure to pay attention to safety, and come back early.

Yixi was still very obedient. The company had already given a holiday in advance, and all employees were working from home. She had also returned in advance. This time was different. We couldn't just close the school like in 04. People's hearts were fickle, and everyone was asking for autonomy.

Just like many climbers who are stubborn than ducks, always thinking about how great they are, and then calling the firefighters to carry her down, because it doesn't cost any money anyway.

People are the same. Before they are infected, they clamor for freedom every day, thinking that it is not a big problem and they will not die.

Most of the natives of Beijing are rich people. Even if their house is only 20 square meters, it can be worth a lot of money. The richer you are, the more afraid of death you are; the more ignorant you are, the more fearless you are. This has been the truth from ancient times to the present.

Don’t be fooled by those people who are cheering all day on the Internet. If a case really happens in their community, they will weld their doors shut!

The epidemic has not had much impact on people's survival, except that their range of activities has become smaller.

Jiang Yan told them not to get the vaccine unless necessary, and not to do any nucleic acid tests unless necessary. Those who understand will understand. Then he and Damao continued to live at home.

Three meals a day are provided by the food department, and the two of them play games and get massages. Their retirement life is pretty good.

There are always various nutritional supplements at home, but there is no way to stop the aging of the body.

Mr. Jiang is 85 years old this year, and Damao is 83 years old.

As time passes mercilessly, the green leaves on the trees slowly turn yellow. Xu Damao now has difficulty standing up and needs Jiang Yan's support to eat every day. Getting old is a very scary thing, and Xu Damao feels deeply about it.

Sometimes he often said that without Jiang Yan, he didn't know what he would do. Sometimes he was very afraid that one day he would not wake up.

The epidemic outside is still going on, but masks are still there.

The two continued to support each other and walked together.

The autumn leaves turn yellow again and slowly wither, accompanied by the red setting sun in the sky. The two old men walk slowly forward, heading towards the direction of the setting sun. The days go on, and the weather is getting colder.

Jiang Yan, who had just sent Yiyi and her family away, slowly walked back to the house. Now he no longer played games and rarely watched TV.

Jiang Yan took out the old gramophone that He Yuzhu left for him, plugged it in, and played the Symphony of Fate. Jiang Yan slowly lay down in the rocking chair, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.

The next day, there was no rising sun and the sky was gray and gloomy.

Jiang Yan got up early, as he couldn't sleep anymore and felt a little more energetic.

I opened the door, went to have breakfast, and found Xu Damao was there too.

"Da Mao, you look pretty good today!"

"Yeah, I feel okay today."

"Hahahahaha! Come and eat!"

"it is good!"

After the two of them had dinner, Xu Damao spoke first.
"Boss! Let's go back and take a look today. I suddenly miss home! We haven't been back for many years!"

"Sure! Me too! I wonder if anything has changed over there!"

After dinner, Xinmo, who was resting, drove them to the Nanluoguxiang courtyard.

As soon as the two got off the car, they felt as if they had returned to the past, and even their bodies felt much lighter. When they entered the gate, they found that a lot of changes had occurred. Each house looked a little different, and the yard was even more messy, even messier than when each family occupied the land to build houses after the earthquake.

Jiang Yan and Xu Damao walked forward on their own, and Xin Mo followed behind.

Many houses in the middle courtyard had long been dilapidated, and there were fewer people living in them. The two stood there for a while and went to the backyard. Their houses were basically in the backyard, but when Jiang Yan saw everything here, he felt the old lady's voice and the voices of his brothers ringing in his ears again, and he missed them a little.

They didn't know any of the people living in the courtyard. They revisited the old place, and finally sighed and went back.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yan called to order some dishes. Jiang Yan and Xu Damao sat opposite each other, but also put a few empty wine glasses.

"Boss, I feel like I don't have much time left. To be honest, when I was young, I never thought that we would end up together today!"

"Yes! In the end it's just the two of us, but thank you for your company along the way, I'm very satisfied."

"Yeah! Without you, Boss, I wouldn't be able to stand at that height!"

"Okay! It's time to stop being so pretentious! Here, I still have one last bottle of 62-year-old Fenjiu. Let's share it today! It's been nearly 60 years!"

"Indeed! It's almost old enough!"

"Let's have a good drink. If Xinmo knew, she wouldn't know how to say it!"

"Yes, let's enjoy it quickly."

The two of them took advantage of the food and the bottle of wine to talk about the past. They have known each other for nearly 60 years. The past 60 years have been full of ups and downs, and it is impossible to describe them all.

Finally, after eating and drinking their fill, the two stood up, smiled at each other, and then went back to their rooms.

At night, suddenly two roosters crowed from somewhere, and then it quickly became quiet. The sky was gray and snowflakes were falling.

The next day, the sky and the earth were covered in white and it was very quiet.

(End of this chapter)