The bell in the hall rang three times. Zhou Wenzhong turned over suddenly while lying on the bed and woke up instantly.
"Wori! There's a horse race! It's definitely the bastard Ma Erbao who led me astray!"
Shen De touched it with his right hand, and found that the soaked areas on his shorts had formed scum, and there were even some clumps.
"What should have happened when I was 13 or 4 years old happened to me today as a 16-year-old. I developed too late. It shows how poor my body is! After the horse race, my head will grow by 10 centimeters. That's it."
The most I can live with in my life is 1.75 meters."
"The ancients said: When a man reaches the age of 28 (16 years old) when the sunflower arrives, his vitality will overflow, so he can have a son. From today on, I, Zhou Wenzhong, have grown up!"
Zhou Wenzhong put on brand new trousers, walked to the window and took a look outside. It was getting dark.
I touched the old clothes on the exhaust pipe and found that they were dry on the outside but still a little damp on the inside.
"No matter what, just wear it. Save the new clothes for the road."
After neatly folding the new clothes he wore yesterday and putting them away in the space, Zhou Wenzhong gently opened the window, stood on the desk and jumped out.
"Hiss...the ground here is so frozen that it's shaking my feet."
He grinned and rubbed his ankles, then walked softly to the central courtyard. The moonlight was not too bright, and relying on his memory, he groped his way to the corner of the main room of Shazhu's house, stretched out his hand and touched the wall.
He tightened his shoelaces and rushed over with both legs. He pushed his left and right feet against the wall at the corner of each other. He twisted his waist upwards and clasped his hands on the 3.3-meter courtyard wall. Then he pushed down with both arms.
, stepping up on the wall with both feet, Zhou Wenzhong gasped and finally climbed up the wall.
"Huh...huh...fortunately people these days don't stick glass on the courtyard walls."
After taking a few breaths, Zhou Wenzhong stepped on the tiles to the roof of Shazhu's house with tiles. He was very nervous because he was afraid that the tiles would break and make a sound, which would wake up Shazhu.
Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the capital has been laid out with wealth in the east and wealth in the west. From the tile style of the courtyard, you can tell where the main family is from, and most of them can be divided into two categories.
One is: Tongwa. This belongs to the old school in Beijing.
The other is: combined tiles. This is a commonly used style in Huizhou courtyard houses.
He touched the tube tiles with his fingers and counted them in his mind. The tiles on the roof were definitely in an odd number. The middle tile was called: [Helongmen] [Helongkou]. The same is true for all the halls of the Forbidden City. Zhou Wenzhong is here today.
Come try your luck.
Treasure boxes are placed in the [Helongmen] in each main hall of the Forbidden City.
There are five kinds of gold, silver, copper, iron and tin ingots inside. Or 12 or 24 gold coins with the words "Peace in the World" printed on them.
The treasure box also contains: five-color gems, five-color brocade, five medicines, five grains, five incense, five-color silk threads, and scriptures.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, a large number of courtyard houses in the capital changed owners. Some things that were exclusive to the royal family in the past were also imitated by wealthy people. Especially large courtyards like this have a high chance of being sold.
Ordinary people only focus on the money and ignore [Helongkou].
Relevant departments have focused their attention on cellars, side walls, and dark rooms.
"Heh~ I touched it."
Zhou Wenzhong held a small knife in his hand, used a little force to open the gap in the roof tiles, pinched a handful of sand, rubbed it, put it under his nose and smelled it.
"Lime and egg white, even a ten thousand year prison can't withstand so many years of wind and sun. Everything is crispy."
He gently removed the covering tile and took out a small wooden box from inside with his right hand.
"Trash, people use gilt tin boxes to store things. You use a wooden box, no wonder you have lost popularity."
Zhou Wenzhong restored the tiles, lay on the wall of the courtyard, grabbed the top of the wall with his hands and slipped down again.
I walked to the sink and turned the faucet to the minimum to avoid making any noise. I washed my hands first, then my pants, and quickly ran back to the house to count the harvest.
"Wow...brush..."
"What kind of junk are these? This wooden box has definitely been filled with water. Most of the things inside have been soaked by the water."
Zhou Wenzhong opened the wooden box and dumped the contents on the ground, bringing up a burst of dust. Holding the coal tongs in his hand, he squatted on the ground and covered his nose to pick and pick.
"[Ten Yuan Gold] 1 Yuan Bao. Not very valuable."
(Ten yuan gold is a unique gold ingot from the Qing Dynasty. The gold content is not very high, it is considered to be 16K gold. It is the predecessor of the large yellow croaker, with more than 316 grams. In this year, the price is only half of the ordinary pure gold in the Republic of China.)
"A silver ingot filled with green embroidery. The appearance and size are similar to the gold ingot, but the density is half the difference, which is 160 grams. It is not valuable."
"One copper ingot. Even less valuable."
"This... this green stone is made of glass!"
Zhou Wenzhong held three stones with small holes in his hand, opened one eye and looked around at the electric light above his head.
"This yellow stone is also made of glass, garbage!"
"Huh? This purple stone is made of crystal! Nowadays it can be worth at most 10 pounds of white flour. It's still worthless! It's really disappointing. It seems that the original owner had a dream of becoming a prince. The Forbidden City has five colors. How dare you
Using three colors is really arrogant."
Zhou Wenzhong picked up the broom in the corner, swept up all the debris on the floor and poured it into the coal stove.
"Sigh... As of the second half of 1960, the national gold price has hit new lows. Today's income is estimated to be worth only about 600 yuan. If it drags on for another year, it will only be worth 300 yuan."
"Close your eyes and take a nap..."
It’s 10 o’clock in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar calendar.
Zhou Wenzhong overslept on the bed and walked into the grain station with the roasted sweet potatoes given to him for today's sign-in in his hand.
"Hey, why don't you work?"
Ma Erbao stood in front of the operating table as if standing still, and there was no sack on the ground.
"I'm asking you something!"
"You didn't come to work. Scorekeeper Zhang said that working alone would be a safety risk. He asked me to stand here and wait for you."
"Isn't she just looking for trouble?"
"What do you think?"
"Come on, I've already come to work, let's get to work quickly."
Ma Erbao nodded vigorously and said: "I'll be fine once you're here. Because it's time for her to punish you, so be careful. Hehe..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Just keep walking."
"No! I'll go pull the sack myself. Just wait here! You'll save yourself a while and hurt innocent people."
Ma Erbao pulled up the cart and ran away, while Zhou Wenzhong ate the sweet potatoes one bite at a time.
"Zhou Wenzhong, you still know how to come to work!"
"Well, I'm here right now."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Zhang Xiufang circled around Zhou Wenzhong and looked at him twice.
"Where's your new cotton coat?"
"I'm keeping it at home. I'll wear it when I get married."
"Wild boars can't eat fine chaff, so you look like this! Tsk tsk...I almost didn't recognize you."
"This is a personal attack!"
"Stop it! If this is a personal attack, I have been attacked by you so many times! Tell me, why are you late today?"
After Zhang Xiufang finished speaking, she opened her record book and prepared to write down unexcused absences from work.
Zhou Wenzhong chuckled, took out 8 pieces of writing paper from his arms and handed them over.
"Didn't I help you write materials last night? I forgot the time. So I came late. Take a look."
"Material?"
Zhang Xiufang put the record book under her arm, took the information and took a look at it.
"You wrote this?"
"OK!"
"Okay, thanks."
"You're welcome. On the 28th day of the lunar calendar, I'll treat you and Ma Erbao to a meal and a photo shoot. Be sure to appreciate it then."
Zhang Xiufang folded the materials and put them in her pocket and said, "I don't have any money."
"When I go out with my brothers, do you need to bring money with you? I'll be leaving in a few days. You two are my few friends in this world. It's not in vain for me to take a photo as a thought.
Come on this trip.”
"Are you going to the countryside?"
"That's about right. Oh, by the way. One more thing, you can help me buy some food at the station."
"I knew you had ulterior motives and other motives."
Zhou Wenzhong handed over 80 kilograms of food stamps, along with his own food purchase book and 18 yuan.
"Where did you get so many food stamps? You can't go..."
"Don't think blindly. Please help me exchange the remaining 55 kilograms of food stamps for national food stamps. The oil in them belongs to you. I only want food, which is 18 yuan. Even if I buy it all as fine grains, it will be enough. The extra few
Give us two cents more cloth bags."
"Hey, you are rich enough. If I help you with this, then I am guilty of destroying the ticket? This matter is difficult to handle."
"I'll also give you the non-staple food. This year's peanut and melon seed sesame sauce is yours."
"This is not to say it can't be done."
"Don't forget, I will treat you to dinner the day after tomorrow!"
"Oh...I'll make an exception for you. Just this once. Don't make it difficult for me."
Zhang Xiufang put away her check book and turned around to leave. From her cheerful steps, it could be seen that she was in a happy mood at the moment.
Seeing Zhang Xiufang leaving, Ma Erbao, who had been waiting for a long time, came over pulling a cart.
"Erbao, will the Spring Festival holiday this year still be three days?"
"Well, apparently it's three days, New Year's Eve and the first and second day of the Lunar New Year. In fact, on the 29th of the lunar calendar, I have to go to work for a half day, and I can leave by clicking the 卯. What's wrong?"
"It's okay. I was just asking."
"Buzzing..."
Ma Erbao opened the grinder and began to pour bark and corn cobs into it.
"On the 28th of the lunar calendar, I will invite you to dinner at noon."
"Hey, why did you remember to eat?"
"I'm leaving after the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. When did your brother arrange to leave? How?"
"It's also the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. On that day, the joint defense team from the neighborhood office and the militiamen will send people to the train station and watch them get on the train. At that time, we will arrange for someone to accompany the train. After all, we have to change trains in the middle. If the place to jump in line is far away,
Very close, there will be special trucks delivering it directly to the place.”
"I see."
Zhou Wenzhong looked at Ma Erbao's hesitant expression and couldn't help but ask: "What do you want to say?"
"It's okay, I just didn't expect you to leave too, and I'm quite reluctant to do so. In fact, I didn't expect you to really go to the countryside! I thought you had a way to escape."
"Hey, hey~ stop talking and get to work!"
The two of them stopped continuing the topic and just kept their heads down working. The atmosphere seemed a bit silent for a while.