In 2000, the city of Beijing was not as big as it is today. There were no 5th or 6th ring roads, and even the 4th ring road was only less than half open to traffic. It is said that Wangjing, the largest residential complex in Asia, has just begun construction, and the subway has also just begun.
There are only Line 1 and Line 2, unlike the more than 10 lines now, which are almost hollowing out the ground.
As the capital of the country, the only characteristic of Beijing is that there are so many people. There are people everywhere you go. Behind the daily commute, there are traffic jams from the Second Ring Road to the Chang'an Street extension. Several business districts are even more crowded. If there are no special
In order to meet the demand, locals generally rarely go to these places, and the time spent shopping is not as much time spent in traffic jams or looking for products.
However, as an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, there are many good places in this city that are unknown to outsiders, where you can find peace and quiet in the bustle, such as Sanhai, located on the north side of Xicheng District.
Sanhai is the general name of a region, which includes the three artificial lakes Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai (also known as Jishuitan). The approximate location is from the north gate of Beihai Park to the north, then west along Gulou West Street, all the way
Go to the vicinity of Xinjiekou. This large area is estimated to cover an area of 3 square kilometers. It is basically composed of bungalows. Surrounding these three large lakes, there is neither a commercial area, a tourist area, nor an office area. Most of the residents are
native.
In fact, the real Three Seas in Beijing do not refer to these three artificial lakes, but the North Sea, the Zhonghai Sea and the South China Sea. Now the North Sea is a park, while the Zhonghai Sea and the South China Sea are collectively called Zhongnanhai. They have become the offices of the State Council and the Central Secretariat. Most people visit them.
But the common people stayed in Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai to the north of them. They also became the Three Seas, which can be regarded as the new Three Seas.
Since there are no tourist areas or commercial areas here, and they are all bungalows, the pace of life is relatively slow. In the morning, nearby residents will do morning exercises on the shore of Sanhai; when the weather is hot,
The adults and children nearby jumped into the clear lake and swam a few laps in groups of three and five, taking full advantage of the heat. In the evening, this is a good place for walking and falling in love after meals. The chairs in the grove are basically
They are all in pairs, so if you are alone, you will be embarrassed where to sit.
In addition, it is also an important place for nearby residents to engage in sports and leisure activities. When winter comes, Sanhai is covered by thick ice. Adults put on skates and go skating on the ice, while children use homemade ice carts.
Use two iron rods (usually used to poke coal stoves at home) to move forward on the ice. In fact, there is not even an ice truck, so it doesn't matter. Wear Beijing's unique white plastic-soled cotton shoes to go to the ice.
When squatting, one child pulls in front and the other child pushes behind, and you become an ice truck.
If there are any movies or TV series that show Beijing in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, especially when they talk about the lives of young people at that time, most of them will choose a very famous venue, the Qianhai Ice Rink. This place was famous in that era.
It is equivalent to JJ Disco in the 1990s, Houhai Bar Street in the 2000s, and Sanlitun Bar Street in the 10s. It is a specific place for young people who are at the forefront of the times.
When spring comes and flowers bloom, you will see people fishing along the Three Seas. The water flows continuously all year round, and the water is covered with aquatic plants. The fish resources are very rich, and most of them are wild fish and artificially released fry.
There are not many people fishing here, including old people, middle-aged people, young people, and small children. They are all kinds of people. Some use very sophisticated commercial fishing rods, which are often more than ten meters long. They use a homemade steel fishing rod from the shore.
The rack is erected and stretches straight towards the water. It is commonly known as "Cannon" in Beijing.
There are also those who are not fastidious and use thin bamboo branches to cut off the branches themselves, which are 2 or 3 meters long, which is also a good fishing rod; while those children just poke out a willow tree branch, tie it with some cotton thread, and burn the sewing needle.
Bend it softly into a hook shape, add some white dough, some sesame oil or something, and you can also catch some small fish for fun.
And on the north bank of Houhai, in the small coastal garden in front of Soong Ching Ling's former residence (Prince Chun's Mansion of Qing Dynasty), a young man is sitting on the railing of Houhai, staring blankly at the lake. In fact, the young man taking a nap and wandering here is
There are a lot of people, and it’s not new to stare at the lake in a daze, but this young man has been sitting here for several hours. Even the old man fishing on the lakeshore not far in front of him has noticed the young man behind him and keeps talking to him from time to time.
I looked back at him, fearing that this man would lose his mind and jump into the lake again.
This young man is wearing a pair of jeans, a green short T-shirt, short hair, and his face is a bit thin. Although he is sitting, he is not short. His age is about eighteen or nineteen, and he is in his mid-twenties. Everything about him looks the same.
There is no difference between ordinary people, except that his small eyes staring at the lake make people a little cautious. How to describe that look? There is hope in the despair, and there is connotation in the emptiness. It is dull.
There is still a trace of clarity in it, but it is a type that is lacking in energy anyway.
If you have seen the unlucky "death by thunder" Hong Tao, you will find that this young man looks exactly like Hong Tao. Except for being thinner and without a beard, he is basically a replica of Hong Tao. Could he be Hong Tao's son? No.
, Hong Tao and his wife have no children, and even if they did, they would not have grown up in such a backward manner. The father was born in the 1970s, and the son was also born in the 1970s.
In fact, this is the Hong Tao who was struck by lightning. In the common saying, he was struck by lightning and went back to N years ago. In technical terms, he traveled through time. When the unlucky Hong Tao woke up from his coma, the first thing he saw was
It was the big black circle that popped out of the roof when he was so annoying when he was in junior high school.
Then he turned his head and before finishing the second glance, he jumped out of bed as if he had seen a ghost. There was his college graduation photo on the bedside table. This photo was carelessly thrown away when he moved.
Where did it go? But now, together with the photo frame given by KFC, it is rightly placed in front of my eyes.
We can't panic, let alone shout, and we don't have to run out of the house and ask people around. Hong Tao, who was already in his 40s in his previous life, already had basic experience. You can understand this kind of thing by yourself. There are only 2 reasons.
One is that he has burped and is now in the underworld; the other is that he was struck by that thick lightning many years ago. Looking at all the furnishings in the room, just look at this big head monitor, it is probably in the underworld.
Not long after he graduated from college, there were still traces of cigarette burns on the monitor. The traces were made in the university dormitory, and this computer was moved back home from the dormitory after graduation. It was not long after he used it.
Just replace it with a new one, and the time in between will be a year at most.
Hong Tao graduated from the University of Science and Technology in 2000 and moved a year later, so it is probably 2000 or early 2001. I wiped the sweat off my head again and felt the temperature. Let alone the beginning of 2001.
This temperature must be summer. In the original history, he had moved long ago.
Although I have roughly determined what is going on in my mind, I still need to confirm my thoughts. Hong Tao's parents died in a car accident, half a year before his graduation, so the current small courtyard belonging to Hong Tao should
There are only two families, one is Hong Tao's family, who lives in 2 north rooms and one south room, and the other family is a pair of foreign teachers who teach in Beijing, and they occupy the remaining 3 north rooms and 2 east rooms.
This was a tenant introduced to him by his neighbor after his parents left. Since his parents left early, they did not leave any large inheritance, and the driver who caused the accident was not found. Commercial insurance was not popular at that time, so Hong Tao except the
A small courtyard and an old house in Dongcheng District were completely destitute.
Fortunately, Beijing is short of everything except housing. For a city with a permanent population of 13 million and a registered population of 10 million, finding a suitable temporary residence is crucial for everyone who comes to Beijing to start a business and live in Beijing.
People's top priority. Therefore, Hong Tao would not starve to death, nor would he be too poor. His two houses could be rented for 3,000 yuan a month, which was basically equal to the wages of two people at that time.
Pushing the door open and walking out of the house, the sun was shining brightly outside. It was almost noon, and the yard was very quiet. This was why Hong Tao's father did not want to move to the building assigned by the work unit, but chose to give up the building in the Asian Games Village.
For a colleague, he only requested a simple apartment in Dongcheng for a nominal fee. His father is a university teacher. Since he needs to prepare lessons, he especially likes the cleanliness and tranquility of the small courtyard.
