Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 754 Wang Zhan's Memories

Wang Zhan was watching with great interest on the wall. When he saw that everyone had dispersed, he jumped down.

Qi Dasheng smoked a cigarette, frowned and asked, "Is it interesting? They are just trivial matters between neighbors."

"Nothing. By the way, when can I go to school?" Wang Zhan asked without explaining, changing the subject. After watching the children fighting, Wang Zhan was looking forward to going to school.

Qi Dasheng said: "Don't worry about this, someone has contacted you."

Wang Zhan nodded and continued, "That guy called Shazhu is a little interesting. It looks like he has practiced before."

"What's the point? His father ran off with someone, and he's such a poor kid." Qi Dasheng replied with some pity.

Wang Zhan suddenly became interested, ran to where the master was sitting, squatted beside him and asked: "Come on, Master, tell me something, you have nothing to do anyway."

"Why do I find you so gossipy after coming back this time?" Qi Dasheng took a puff of cigarette and asked with a frown.

Wang Zhan squatted on the ground, holding a branch, scratching the ground randomly, and said calmly: "Out there, you are either deceiving each other or fleeing. That kind of life makes you unable to stop at all, and you don't even have the chance to see the scenery on the roadside. This time when I returned home, I think it is still precious to have a peaceful life. Look at the people living in the city. Although they stumble and fall, they are full of fireworks and make people feel that they are quite real. I kind of like this kind of life."

Qi Dasheng always felt that he was a little sorry for Wang Zhan in this matter. In order to make him transform fundamentally, Wang Zhan had really suffered a lot in the past two years, and was deceived and suffered a lot. No wonder he didn't want to go out when he came back this time, so he said to Wang Zhan: "Go pour me a cup of tea, I'll tell you something interesting about this area."

Wang Zhan suddenly became happy and went to make tea for his master. After a while, he came back with the tea and put the teacup in front of his master.

While drinking tea, Qi Dasheng told Wang Zhan many interesting things happening nearby, mostly about family matters.

The one who was talked about the most was that idiot Sha Zhu. His father ran off with a pretty widow the year Wang Zhan left. This matter caused a lot of uproar. No matter who it was, they all thought that He Daqing was just stupid and didn't even want to be the canteen director.

The most hateful thing was that when his father ran away, he brought the brother and sister to a steel rolling mill. The brother and sister had no source of income, so Sha Zhu had no choice but to quit his apprenticeship job at Fengzeyuan and go to work in the steel rolling mill canteen. Otherwise, he and his sister would have to beg for food.

Speaking of Kung Fu, actually some years ago, this Sha Zhu learned from several wrestling masters on the overpass for several years, but it cannot be said that he really knows Kung Fu.

Another powerful figure in Nanluoguxiang was also from that courtyard. She was a fierce woman named Jia Zhang. She was so powerful that she had never lost a quarrel in the entire Nanluoguxiang. Qi Dasheng said that he was frightened when he saw her and always stayed away from her.

There was another influential figure, who lived in Zhima Hutong. It was said that he ran a pickle restaurant. He had two wives, and they lived in peace with each other, which gave the Military Control Commission a headache. Wang Zhan saw a hint of envy in Qi Dasheng's eyes.

Wang Zhan suddenly asked: "Master, when are you going to get married?"

Qi Dasheng took a sip of tea, sighed and said, "Alas, I, your master, am too ugly, no one wants me."

"Master, how old are you now? I have never asked you before." Wang Zhan asked.

"As for me, I don't know the exact year. My master said it was the year when Puyi abdicated, which should be 2017," Qi Dasheng replied.

Wang Zhan said jokingly: "You are amazing. When you were born, you ended a feudal dynasty."

Qi Dasheng laughed and said, "Why did you say exactly the same thing as my master?"

At this time, Wang Zhan moved his ears and heard some noise in the main room. He thought it should be his sister who woke up, so he stood up and ran to the main room. When he got there, he saw that it was really his sister who woke up. When Wang Li saw her brother coming, she acted coquettishly and asked her brother to put on her clothes.

As Wang Zhan put on his clothes, he said, "Come with me and Master and go out for a while, okay?"

Wang Li nodded, blinked her big eyes and asked, "Okay, are you taking me out to play?"

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "I guess so. By the way, do you want to wear the scarf I bought for you?" "No, it's a bit prickly." Wang Li replied, shaking her head.

Wang Zhan said, "Okay, I'll wash it for you when we get back, and then I won't prick you."

When Wang Zhan led Wang Li out, Qi Dasheng said, "Shall we go now? I'll ride that tricycle."

Wang Zhan thought for a moment and said, "No, Master. If we take a lot this time, we'll have to hire someone to deliver it to our home."

Qi Dasheng said, "That's fine. When I get there, I'll contact my comrades there. There's a phone there anyway."

Qi Dasheng took the brother and sister, locked the door, and went out to the Xizhimen freight warehouse.

When we arrived at the warehouse at Xizhimen, we saw a man in military uniform looking around at the door. He immediately saw Qi Dasheng and his two children walking towards us. The man in military uniform ran over and gave Qi Dasheng a hug, saying, "Brother Dasheng, I heard you were coming, and I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Oh, you little monkey, you have been promoted to platoon leader. Not bad. If you work hard, you can become a general in the future." Qi Dasheng said.

"Brother Dasheng, look at what you said. If I don't get promoted, I won't have any battles to fight in, and I'll have to retire." said the man in military uniform.

"Come, let me introduce you. This is my apprentice Wang Zhan, this is his sister Wang Li, and this is my former comrade-in-arms, you have to call him Uncle Hou." Qi Dasheng introduced them to each other.

Wang Zhan called out respectfully, "Hello Uncle Hou!" Wang Li also followed suit.

"Hello, hello, come in quickly. Do you want to take a break first or go and pick directly?" asked Uncle Hou.

Wang Zhan said, "My sister and I can just go over and take a look. You and my master haven't seen each other for a long time. You two can catch up."

Qi Dasheng nodded and said, "Okay, you two go ahead. I can't tell anything anyway, so it's useless for you to go."

Uncle Hou called a soldier over and said a few words to him. Then the soldier took the brother and sister to the warehouse.

As soon as Wang Zhan and his sister entered the warehouse, Wang Zhan's mouth began to water. There were so many good things. The ancient rare books were piled up randomly in several large boxes. In the back were some porcelain, wood, lacquer and bronze wares, and then all kinds of furniture, but there was no jade, gold or silver wares here. They were probably all confiscated.

As the soldier walked in, he introduced: "Those people's houses were confiscated and turned into offices for various departments. Now these things are a bit of an eyesore, so they are piled up here. After all, an office only needs tables and chairs, etc. These are of no use."

When Wang Zhan heard this, he knew that these people were not interested in these things. As for whether they were antiques or not, they didn't care at all. As long as they took up space, they would be cleared here.

Wang Zhan made up his mind to take all the books with him. He also picked out a lot of sandalwood and huanghuali furniture, as long as they were of these two types. He also picked out a few pieces of nanmu furniture, but he didn't know if they were from the palace. No ordinary person would dare to use nanmu to make furniture. He didn't know where they came from. As for porcelain and the like, he would take them all as long as they were not from the Republic of China.

When Qi Dasheng and Uncle Hou arrived at the warehouse, they saw what Wang Zhan wanted, which was almost one-third of the entire warehouse. Qi Dasheng opened his mouth wide and said, "You want so much, can we put it all in our house?"

"Don't worry, I can put it down. Is it okay for me to have so much, Uncle Hou?" Wang Zhan asked with a smile.

Uncle Hou was also surprised, but he still said, "No problem, it's said above, it's okay for you to take them all, I'll find someone to load them up and send them back to you."

Wang Zhan quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you, Uncle Hou. Thank you for your trouble."

When Uncle Hou saw that the child liked old things, he casually said, "Why bother? I'll notify your master when more things are shipped over."

After a while, a team of soldiers came and helped put the things on a Dodge truck and transported them directly back to Maoer Hutong. The soldiers also helped move them to the central courtyard. Wang Zhan told Qi Dasheng that he would sort them out slowly, but he should carry the books to the study first, as these things could not be left outside.

(End of this chapter)