In May 1980, Yuan Longping, a researcher at the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, was ordered to lead a team to the United States to teach hybrid rice seed production technology.

Before setting off, he said to his wife expectantly: "It seems that our life of poverty is about to end.

I worked in the United States for 4 months, and my domestic salary was paid as usual. The American company also gave me a monthly salary of 3,000 US dollars.

With this trip to the United States, we will have a household worth tens of thousands of dollars!"

In early September, Yuan Longping returned to Yanjing after completing his mission.

All the wages I brought back were handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture, and I only received a living allowance of 20 yuan per day, totaling more than 2,000 yuan.

But even so, Yuan Longping is still as happy as the Chinese New Year.

"Thousand Yuan Household" is also good!

He immediately took his salary and went into the department store in Wangfujing the night before returning to Hunan and bought some beautiful clothes for his wife.

At this moment, Jiang Shan and Chen Peisi were carrying luggage and machines, happily getting into a sea view villa.

"There are so many rooms in this building, maybe the two of you can live there too."

As soon as he walked in and looked around, Jiang Shan was polite to the comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade like an old lady.

"Oh no no no,"

Unexpectedly, he is a rule-abiding person and would not dare to violate the rules:

"This building is the resting place specially designated for you by the Li Department. We have our own designated residence."

"This little thing about us has already alarmed the organization?"

Jiang Shan and Chen Peisi looked at each other: "That's so embarrassing."

The smiles on the two people's faces never faded for a moment, not to mention how embarrassed they were.

…

After waving vigorously at the butt of the van, Jiangshan and Chen Peisi rushed back to the small building.

In the small building at this time, Huang Yongyu, Wang Shixiang, Wang Fulin, and Ren Dahui had already disappeared.

"Wang Shixiang, please go up to the second floor and take a look. This room is hexagonal."

"My house is amazing, it actually has 8 windows."

"Fu Lin, come and take a look here. The sea is right out of the window!"

"Look, the furniture here is actually from the Republic of China."

"This room on the second floor belongs to me, don't take it from me!"

"Who are you?"

"I'm Huang Yongyu!"

"..."

The lights in the whole villa were turned on one by one, comrades rushed up and down to visit, and good news came frequently.

"Jiang Shan, come up quickly!"

Until a woman's scream came from top to bottom.

Jiang Shan and Chen Peisi hurriedly rushed up the spiral staircase.

"I go!"

"Oh my God!"

Pushing open a wooden door on the third floor, an oversized platform immediately came into view.

The sea, the beach, the evening breeze, the ferry... you can see everything at a glance.

"Hey, this place is nice!"

“It makes you feel comfortable looking at it!”

At this moment, everyone came up.

A few people lay on the fence of the platform to enjoy the evening breeze and watch the blue sea.

“It’s so beautiful,”

After watching the last drop of the setting sun sink into the sea level, Wang Fulin couldn't help but admire: "Fortunately, I came with you this time."

Ren Dahui: "Fortunately you took me with you."

"I want to paint," Huang Yongyu shouted to the sea breeze: "Set up a stall tomorrow morning!"

"Xiaojiang,"

The more Wang Shixiang looked at it, the more he liked it: "I feel like living here is more comfortable than Diaoyutai!"

The rooftop platform at this moment faces the sea, which makes me feel uncomfortable.

As far as the eye can see, there is tranquility.

It seems that the whole world is centered on this.

"This was originally the Diaoyutai of Qingdao."

Jiang Shan looked at the sea in the distance, baring his teeth and smiling happily.

I remember that in my previous life, I paid for a ticket to visit this building. Was it five yuan or eight yuan?

"Do you know who has lived in this building?" Jiang Shan said.

"Has anyone lived there?"

"Ye Shuai, Mr. Chen," Jiang Shan counted one by one:

"Before liberation, this was the refuge of the old Chiang Kai-shek and his wife. It is said that this building was funded by a newspaper tycoon from the Belarusian period."

Some say it was built by the Germans.

The Cultural Heritage Bureau and the Tourism Bureau each have their own reasons, and no one agrees with the other.

Therefore, both of them erected two historical explanations with different contents in front of the Huashi Building in later generations.

It was quite lively to look at it.

But regardless of who paid for it, the building is really well built.

…

The residence that Li Bu arranged for Jiangshan's location team this time was Qingdao Badaguan, which is known as one of the "five most beautiful areas" in the country.

The so-called "Eight Passes" refer to the dozens of roads named after famous passes in the south of Qingdao City.

Such as: Shanhaiguan Road, Jiayuguan Road...

The building where Jiang Shan and the others are staying is a small ancient Roman-style building on the southernmost promontory of the "Badaguan" area.

It is also one of the more distinctive buildings among the more than 300 buildings in the "Badaguan".

Because the outer wall is made of granite, it is simply called "Huashi Building".

This building, including the basement, has five floors.

When the war in Northeast China was tense, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife hid here.

The locals also call it Chiang Kai-shek's mansion.

Until it was confiscated after liberation, the furniture inside was never moved.

"No wonder it looks different," Chen Peisi said, "It's built like a castle."

"I seem to have seen photos of this house in your Teacher Shen's home,"

Huang Yongyu remembered now: "A long time ago, comrades from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles invited him to come to Qingdao to engage in creation. It seems that he lived in this area at that time."

"I was just going to say something," Yu Sigui looked in the direction he was coming from:

"Where on earth are we coming this way? Have you noticed? The small buildings here are more beautiful than the others. I can hardly see them with my eyes!"

“You’re right, it’s a very unique place.”

"We must take a walk around during the day tomorrow."

…

Because the city of Qingdao has an unusual history.

So there are many extraordinary traces left here.

For example, the German-built Laoshan Soda Drink Factory, Tsingtao Brewery... and the "Eight Great Pass", a unique "architecture from all over the world".

In 1898, the Qing government signed the "Jiaoao Lend Treaty" with Germany.

The following year, Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the seaside "Jiao'ao" ​​to be renamed Qingdao.

After arriving in Qingdao, the Germans immediately formulated a series of Qingdao city plans.

One of the bays surrounded by mountains was given a very familiar name: Victoria Harbor.

And designated that as his "comfort zone".

To put it bluntly, it is the seaside resort of later generations.

Since then, nobles from Germany, Russia, Britain, and China have carried out extensive construction projects here and built a number of exotic beachfront villas.

In 1922, after the Beiyang government took back Qingdao, they took a look and said, "Hey, it's really beautiful!"

So he ordered that this area be renamed Taiping Mountain and Taiping Bay.

Then it was stipulated: continue to build and continue to be beautiful.

However, buildings of the same style may not be built on the same road.

Not only that, but there are also detailed regulations on the building height, density, green space... in this area.
To be continued...