Chapter 420 Frankness(1/5)
On the last weekend of January, which is the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, "Modu Daily" published a letter from a reader.
The letter was written by a worker named Zhang Renxing from the Modou Glass Machinery Factory.
For the first time, he proposed the idea of "not going home during the Spring Festival" and commented: "What does the Spring Festival mean? Our biggest festival is here!"
When Li Xuewu saw this news, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. What was supposed to come had come.
It's coming~ It's coming!
The no-holiday rule for the Spring Festival, which has lasted for more than ten years, is coming.
I don’t know how many people will scold this guy in the next ten years or so, but looking at it now, there is really a group of people who are really trying to do something.
The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night?
It's just annoying people.
In the backyard of the club, a greenhouse has been converted into a tennis court that has been recently renovated.
It's not very big, with two venues side by side, which can accommodate up to eight people playing together.
Of course, if you are just exercising, it is best to play two-on-two on the same court, otherwise tennis will still be very tiring.
It is especially unfriendly to novices, and tennis elbow is really uncomfortable.
"Is it cold?"
"It's okay~"
Hearing Li Xuewu ask her with a smile, Zhou Xiaobai responded with a smile.
She was only wearing a white shirt and a sweater.
With a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, he pointed to the glass above his head and around him and said, "It's all glass, so it's pretty good to be like this."
In the early days, the Ding family was also a big family. Although they were working in the martial arts world, they still had the pedigree of elite nobles.
The glass greenhouse has ground dragons running underneath it, and hired gardeners work here all year round to cultivate flowers and green plants.
On the one hand, it satisfies the needs of flowers and plants for all houses in the house, and on the other hand, it is used as gifts for friends.
The ancients said that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.
It's okay for you to give money and valuable things and entrust people to do things. But if it's about visiting relatives and having daily interactions, it's a bit overwhelming and it doesn't look good on your face.
The flower hall at the entrance is decorated with these flowers and bonsais for entertaining guests.
In winter, white snow is falling outside, but indoors is warm as spring, with lush vegetation and a lively atmosphere.
Wouldn't it be nice for a few close friends to sit together, drink tea, talk about Taoism, and comment on flowers and birds?
If you don't like flowers and birds, you can also comment on the maid and talk about the romance.
If your friends are envious, you can also ask your servants to select good quality flowers with pots and flowers, seal them in boxes, and load them into the car.
Give someone a rose, and the fragrance will linger in your hands.
Economical and unconventional.
Of course, when Li Xuewu took over Dongcheng No. 1 Courtyard from Ding Wanqiu, the place was already dilapidated.
Not to mention the exotic flowers and plants, even the glass in the greenhouse is gone.
I don’t know if it was damaged by nature or if Ding Wanqiu, who had settled down in the city, was asked to unload it and sell it.
Don't overestimate that old boy. He's too hungry and anxious to sell it.
It's just that he himself is worthless, otherwise he would have stood on the street and thrown away his handkerchief.
When Dou Yaozu was redesigning the surveying and mapping compound, he asked Li Xuewu whether a flower garden should be built here.
Li Xuewu didn't have the leisure and elegance to raise flowers and grass, so it was okay to mess with flowers and grass.
Since the sign here is a sports club, I selected a few sports for him to choose from and let him arrange them.
After Dou Yaozu saw the structure and framework of the greenhouse, he almost cursed Ding Wanqiu's mother.
The original owner of this old house had good intentions when building it. Not only did he use the best wood for the house, he also chose the best wood for the greenhouse.
The usage environment of the greenhouse is special. On the basis of supplementing the masonry structure, a large number of wooden structures are used.
If the glass is in good condition and you take care of it, there will be no problems for three to five hundred years.
But look at what this bastard Ding Wanqiu does, he doesn't care if the wood peels off or cracks, even if it's weathered by wind and water, it's still okay?
Basically, all the wooden structures had to be replaced, and even the masonry structures had to be rebuilt.
So the current tennis training hall and the original greenhouse only have the same location.
Of course, Dou Yaozu is a professional, and he does not rush into brand new materials when selecting them.
Since May last year, there have been countless "demolition teams" in these forty-nine cities. Those brats are really ruthless.
It doesn't matter if you demolish a temple. You dare to demolish the Temple of Heaven for worship. If the Forbidden City hadn't been so careful, it would have been demolished.
Dou Yaozu had a lot of these ancient building materials in his hands. He used them as soon as they were needed here. He didn't dare to play tricks on Li Xuewu.
Although it is made of old wood, after renovation and painting, the overall layout looks antique again.
Especially through Shen Guodong's relationship, some tempered glass was obtained from Jing'er Glass Factory, and this tennis hall immediately became Western-style.
There are underground heating pipes and radiators embedded in the masonry walls. It may be a little cold at night, but when there is sunshine during the day, you will still feel warm.
Otherwise, the green plants in the corner will not grow so vigorously.
As for why tempered glass is used, we have to talk about the power of tennis balls.
Most people play this thing with skill. The initial speed of the ball is fast, but when it reaches the opposite side, the force is almost gone.
But there are always newcomers who are powerful and have strong hands. When a ball is hit, it will leave a green patch on someone's body.
Zhou Xiaobai has just started learning, and has never played much before. The club in their compound also has this kind of thing.
But that club was attended by senior officials like her father, so naturally she wouldn't go there due to her shy personality.
Today, she finally caught Li Xuewu and finished work early. She also took advantage of it and took the initiative to ask him to play after finding a tennis racket.
Li Xuewu was really no stranger to this sport. The tennis hall had just been built and few people came, so he became the coach.
Zhou Xiaobai shoots one at a time, first teaching her how to hold the racket, how to stand, how to move, how to hit the ball and how to exert force.
As for rules and other matters, they are generally not taken seriously on the training ground.
It's not easy to get started with this thing. If you're doing competitions, I'd probably just pick up the balls and play with them.
Zhou Xiaobai didn't know if it was intentional or not. She just learned it and asked Li Xuewu to teach her step by step.
Either he can't swing the racket, or he can't control the angle and strength well.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When the tennis ball hits the wall, it bounces back, and then moves and hits. It is hard for the two to teach and hard to learn.
After a while, Zhou Xiaobai finally learned it to his satisfaction, and then he tried to fight with him.
However, Li Xuewu picks up a lot of balls, and no newbie ball is fair.
While they were playing, Zuo Jie came in with Luo Yun, first greeted Li Xuewu with a smile, and then went to find a racket in the cabinet.
"Hey~ I haven't played for a long time~"
He held the racket in his hand and waved it, and said to Li Xuewu with a smile: "When I was a child in our hospital, I was the one who played well. Even my father's leader praised me."
Luo Yun followed behind, also holding a racket in his hand, but he was not very interested and did not look at Zhou Xiaobai over there.
Li Xuewu didn't notice anything strange about the girls, and was talking to Zuo Jie at the moment.
"Why haven't you ever thought about becoming an athlete?"
"Forget it, my dad won't let me"
Zuo Jie curled his lips and smiled bitterly at Li Xuewu: "What about Zhu Zhenhua, who won the men's singles and men's doubles championships at the International Tennis Open the year before last?"
After saying that, he casually hit Li Xuewu with a serve, as if he wanted to test him.
Li Xuewu glanced at him, swung his racket casually, and hit the ball back lightly.
Zuo Jie's eyes lit up, he didn't expect that Li Xuewu, who was born in a hutong, also had this skill.
He was really interested. He pointed to the opposite side with a smile and said to Li Xuewu: "Would you like to play a game? Luo Yun and I will team up."
Otherwise, Zuo Jie's emotional intelligence has become higher since he came here, and now he has even found a partner.
Luo Yun doesn't know how to play, and he can also see that Zhou Xiaobai doesn't know how to play.
If you are a straight man, just ask the two girls to play together, they will get serious.
But look at Zuo Jie, not only does he speak nicely, but he also takes care of his girlfriend's interests. How can such a person be so unlucky as a woman?
Li Xuewu didn't care. He looked sideways at Zhou Xiaobai and then at Luo Yun, who was lowering his head and playing with the racket. Only then did he realize that the two of them had not spoken.
"Let's play a game. Xiaobai will team up with me."
"Oh, okay"
Zhou Xiaobai was still looking at Luo Yun, looking for an opportunity to talk to her.
To be continued...