Chapter 634: Educated youth return to the city, family background
"Chunming, I think even if all the classmates are hit, you will not be hit. Among us, you have the best mentality."
Yang Huajian laughed.
The reason why they had no scruples just now was because they knew Han Chunming's character very well and would never be hit by something like this.
Han Chunming shouted dissatisfied: "How can I have a good attitude? I'm used to being poor and used to being hit, okay."
Zhou Chen also smiled. Judging from the memories he got, Han Chunming was indeed a very good friend, generous and loyal, smart and humorous.
Although Han Chunming also wanted to find a job, he did not ask Zhou Chen or the others for help.
Because he knows that in this era, it is not easy for everyone.
Although Zhou Chen and the three of them have cadres and seniors, even cadres can't help whoever they want at a time like this.
What's more important is that they are friends, equal friends, and he is not at the end of his rope and doesn't want to owe anyone a favor.
Yang Huajian suggested: "When everyone returns to the city and stabilizes, we must get together and have a good drink. It has been killing me these past few years."
Because they were jumping in line, even though they were very close to Sijiu City, as educated youth, they had no way to return to the city.
Life in rural areas today is really difficult, otherwise Yang Huajian wouldn't have been able to resist and steal chickens to eat during the Chinese New Year. This was really a helpless situation.
Mao Tu was the first to agree: "I have no objection. You will organize it when the time comes."
Zhou Chen thought for a moment and didn't refuse: "I have no objection either, Yang Huajian, you can find me at my house. When the time comes, go directly to my place and I will entertain you."
"That's a good feeling."
Yang Huajian agreed with a smile, and then looked at Han Chunming: "Chunming, you kid won't spoil the fun, right?"
"Am I disappointed? Yang Huajian, with your drinking capacity, can you drink better than me?" Han Chunyan looked disdainful.
Not to be outdone, Yang Huajian counterattacked: "Han Chunming, please stop bragging. We will see the truth at the wine table then."
The few of them chatted for a while, and suddenly Mao Tutu changed his voice and asked Yang Huajian slyly: "Yang Huajian, I heard you say before that after you go back this time, your family will arrange a blind date for you?"
As soon as he said this, Yang Huajian's face suddenly darkened.
"Don't talk about it. I am a young man in the new era. I value free love and have no interest in arranged marriages. What's more, I have finally returned to the city and I don't want to get married unless I spend a few years enjoying myself."
The past few years of jumping in the queue have stifled him so much that he finally escaped from the misery. How could he be willing to get married and be controlled by his wife again?
"You kid, you are so blessed that you don't know how blessed you are."
Mao Tu Tu said bitterly, Yang Huajian didn't want to have sex, but he did.
But because of his natural big brain and somewhat vulgar appearance, he really has no luck with women at all.
Speaking of this, he was particularly jealous of Han Chunming. This guy was very eloquent. The female educated youth who jumped in the queue together had a good relationship with him, and his popularity with women was even better than that of Yang Huajian.
Zhou Chen arrived at Han Chunming and said: "Chunming, we live not far away from each other. Come and sit at my place when you have time. I heard you say before that you have done research on ancient objects, and I happen to be very good at it."
If you are interested, you can communicate together at that time.”
As soon as Han Chunming heard Zhou Chen talking about this, his eyes immediately lit up.
"Zhou Chen, you are also interested in period objects. Why haven't I heard you say that before?"
Zhou Chen said angrily: "In the past few years of joining the queue, I haven't had enough to eat. Who has time to talk about this? It's just you, a heartless kid, walking around the streets looking for things."
"Hehe, yes, yes."
Han Chunming's love for antiques is really to the point of obsession. Even in the past few years, he would often go to the homes of fellow villagers to look around, just to find good things.
It's a pity that due to what happened in Xiaoqinghe over the years, those ancient objects have been basically destroyed, so there is no chance for him to pick them up.
When Zhou Chen said these words to Han Chunming, his purpose was naturally very clear.
His side mission is to collect antiques, but he has a bad eye for antiques. If he wants to complete the mission, he naturally needs help.
Throughout the TV series Under the Zhengyangmen, Han Chunming's ability to identify antiques is the best.
If he can get help from Han Chunming, it will definitely be of great benefit to him in collecting antiques.
But we also have to be wary of Han Chunming, because this kid is very slippery and has an extraordinary obsession with antiques. If this kid finds something good, the possibility of giving it to him is very low.
After talking for so long, Zhou Chen felt that his body had recovered. He knew that this was the power of the system, which slowly changed his physical fitness. It would not be long before he could return to his best condition.
The tractor carried Zhou Chen and a group of educated youths to Sijiu City, but instead of sending them to the city, they dropped them off when they were about to reach Zhengyang Gate.
Zhengyangmen!
Commonly known as Qianmen, Qianmen Louzi, or Daqianmen, formerly known as Lizhengmen, it was the south gate of the inner city of Yanjing during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Located at the southernmost end of Tiananmen Square on the north-south central axis of Yanjing City, it is one of the "Nine Gates of the Capital" of old Yanjing. It integrates Zhengyangmen Tower, Arrow Tower and Wengcheng into one, and is a complete ancient defensive building system.
The Zhengyang Gate has higher specifications than the other eight gates and is known as "four gates, three bridges and five archways".
The four gates refer to the four gates in Zhengyang Gate, namely the gate tower gate, the arrow tower gate, and one gate each on the east and west gates on both sides of the urn city.
The third bridge refers to the Zhengyang Bridge on the moat in front of the archery tower. It is actually a stone arch bridge, but the wide bridge deck is divided into three passages by railings. The middle passage is facing the entrance of the archery tower, which is called the Royal Road. Only the emperor can pass it.
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The five archways refer to the "six pillars and five bays" cross-street archway in front of the Zhengyang Gate. In the Ming Dynasty, all nine gates of the capital had archways, but the Zhengyang Gate archway had the highest specification, with five bays.
The TV series "Under the Zhengyang Gate" takes Zhengyang Gate as its theme, which is enough to show that this is a story that takes place around Zhengyang Gate.
A group of educated youths got off the tractor, said goodbye to the fellow villagers who sent them here, and then walked into Zhengyang Gate in twos and threes.
We were all acquaintances who had been together for many years, and they were all very reluctant to part ways suddenly. We talked a lot together, and then slowly dispersed, each going back to his own home.
Zhou Chen and Han Chunming were staying together. Yang Huajian said: "Chunming, Mao Tu, Zhou Chen, remember what we just said, we will get together more often in the future."
We are all adults, and we all understand that it is better to work together as a group than to fight alone, not to mention that classmates and friends for so many years still have deep feelings for each other.
Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu left first, Zhou Chen and Han Chunming stopped by, and Cheng Jianjun, who lived in the same compound as Han Chunming, was also with them.
Cheng Jianjun said to Zhou Chen very rudely: "Zhou Chen, I heard them say that your uncle and your brother-in-law are quite capable. When you get rich in the future, don't forget us."
Zhou Chen, who has watched the TV series, naturally knows who Cheng Jianjun is. He is very disdainful of this kind of guy who only plays tricks on people behind their backs.
"You are so sinister and eccentric, even if I want to forget you, I can't."
The smile on Cheng Jianjun's face stopped suddenly, his expression became stiff, and his eyes were filled with anger and embarrassment for a moment.
But Zhou Chen didn't look at him again, but said to Han Chunming: "Chunming, we separated here. You know where I live. Remember to come to my place in a few days and bring your baby over.
Give me long eyes."
"What treasure do I have?"
Han Chunming instinctively remained vigilant. He felt that Zhou Chen might be plotting against his baby.
Because he judged others by himself, if someone else had a good antique, he would definitely try his best to get it. He felt that Zhou Chen might have the same idea as him.
"Look at the way you are picking at you, that's all you have."
Zhou Chen didn't expect to snatch anything from Han Chunming. Anyway, he still had a long time to collect antiques, so he wouldn't be in a hurry at this moment.
Han Chunming laughed a few times and felt quite embarrassed. Now, he was not as brave as he would be in the future. What's more, Zhou Chen was his good friend. He felt that he was really sorry for his friend by rejecting him so simply.
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you, I'm leaving."
Waving his hand at Han Chunming, Zhou Chenli ignored Cheng Jianjun, turned around and left.
He didn't even bother to talk to people like Cheng Jianjun, who could even trick those he grew up with. He was the kind of person who was bad to the core.
Zhou Chen ignored Cheng Jianjun, and Cheng Jianjun was very angry. He pointed at Zhou Chen's back and cursed: "Who is this person? Look at him, he will definitely not end well in the future."
Although Cheng Jianjun is not very capable, he is a proud and arrogant person, and he is most unhappy with others looking down on him.
Compared with Zhou Chen and Yang Huajian, their family is far behind, but he thinks he is no worse than Zhou Chen and the others. He also wanted to integrate into their circle before, but they didn't let him play with him at all, so he resented Zhou Chen.
With Yang Huajian and others.
"Jianjun, what are you talking about? Zhou Chen is our classmate, so it hurts our feelings to say this."
Han Chunming couldn't bear to see Cheng Jianjun swearing behind his back. He and Cheng Jianjun grew up together, but he and Zhou Chen had known each other for many years and had similar interests. In terms of relationship, they were actually better than Cheng Jianjun.
Cheng Jianjun originally wanted to curse a few more times, but when he saw Han Chunming excusing Zhou Chen, his eyes rolled and an idea came to his mind.
He put his arms around Han Chunming's shoulders and said in a pretense of affection: "Chunming, let me tell you, don't look at Zhou Chen and others as your brothers, but in fact, they have their own way out, who thought of you? And I
It's different. We grew up in the same compound. Don't worry, I will let my dad pay attention when I get back. As long as I can find a job, I will definitely take you with me."
Han Chunming's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked: "Jianjun, are you serious?"
Cheng Jianjun raised his head and said proudly: "Of course it's true. I'm much more reliable than Zhou Chen, Yang Huajian and others."
Han Chunming ignored what he said next, jumped up excitedly, hugged Cheng Jianjun hard, and slapped Cheng Jianjun on the back.
"Jianjun, thank you, you are such a brother."
Cheng Jianjun was very proud to see that Han Chunming was moved by his few words. He and Han Chunming grew up in the same compound. Han Chunming had always been secretive and pushy since he was a child, so he was obsessed with figuring out how to manipulate Han Chunming.
"walk home."
Zhou Chen carried his bag and strolled on the street, following the path in his memory and heading towards his alley.
It is now 1975, not long after the Chinese New Year. Spring couplets are still posted on the doors of the houses on both sides of the alley, and lanterns and signs are hung on the eaves...
Zhou Chen experienced Yanjing in the 1970s, but at that time he mostly lived in apartment complexes. He had never lived in a courtyard like this in an alley.
There are still certain differences between the current Hutong courtyard houses and the later courtyard houses. Nowadays, basically every household is connected together, and the courtyard houses vary in size.
There are those with one entrance, those with two entrances and two exits, and those with three entrances and three exits, and there are even larger ones. After all, Zhengyang Gate is one of the nine gates of Yanjing, and countless dignitaries have lived here in the past.
Just like Mr. Guan and Hou Popohou in Zhengyangmen, they were all former nobles. There are many people like them, but most of them fell into trouble in the past few years.
Not everyone is as wise as Mr. Guan. Even the rag Hou was in trouble at the beginning. After he came out, he only dared to pick up rags and did not dare to keep a high profile.
Zhou Chen soon came to a separate courtyard. This was a set of courtyards with one entrance, which was his home in this world.
Zhou Chen's status in this world is that although his parents are no longer here, they still left him a house, which is this antique courtyard house in front of him.
The gate of the courtyard is in the southeast corner and is in the style of Ruyi Gate.
Standing in front of the courtyard gate, Zhou Chen stretched out his hand to push the gate open, but before his hand touched the gate, he saw the gate in front of him being opened from the inside.
"Xiaochen."
A voice full of surprise sounded, and a woman with a ponytail appeared in front of Zhou Chen. This woman was somewhat similar to him.
Seeing this woman, Zhou Chen couldn't help but shout: "Sister."
That's right, this woman is his biological sister in this world.
This time he traveled through time, but his age was advanced by a few years, but his appearance did not change at all. This biological sister was actually somewhat similar to him, which really surprised him.
Zhou Yi took Zhou Chen's hands with excitement on her face and kept looking at Zhou Chen.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back. Xiaochen, you have lost weight and you must have suffered when you jumped in line. My poor little brother, I am sorry for you."
As she spoke, Zhou Yi shed tears, her face full of distress and sadness.
Zhou Chen was very moved when he saw Zhou Yi's true feelings. He didn't know whether Zhou Yi really had deep feelings for him or whether Voldemort's skills played a role. It seemed that this biological sister was probably a Voldemort.
"Sister, please stop crying. I'm back well. Please be happy."
This "sister" call was very natural. He himself has a sister. Although he only met Zhou Yi for the first time today, he could feel Zhou Yi's deep feelings for him. This could not be faked.
Zhou Yi wiped her tears, but they still couldn't stop flowing.
"Yes, Xiaochen, you are right. My sister should be happy that you are back. My sister is so happy that she sheds tears."
When Zhou Yi's hand touched his cheek, Zhou Chen felt a little uncomfortable and quickly said: "Sister, there are people coming and going outside, let's go in quickly."
Only then did Zhou Yi realize that her brother was back, but she hadn't let him in yet.
"I'm sorry, it's my sister, isn't it? Xiaochen, come in quickly. My sister knows that you are coming back today. She has already tidied up the yard and boiled hot water for you. Come on, go in and I will pour some water for you to drink."
Zhou Chen followed Zhou Yi into the courtyard, and faced a screen wall. He bypassed the screen wall before entering the courtyard.
After careful inspection, although this courtyard is just a courtyard, it seems to be quite large in area, especially since the courtyard is very large, at least thirty or forty square meters.
There are some green plants planted in the yard, and you can tell at a glance that someone has carefully taken care of them and they are growing very well.
There are five rooms in the courtyard. The main room is the largest, with east and west wing rooms on both sides. The east wing room and the west wing room are on both sides. The east wing room is used as a kitchen, and the west wing room is used for storing sundries.
Although this house existed in his memory, Zhou Chen was still very surprised when he saw it.
Because this courtyard house is a very orthodox courtyard house and it is also very well maintained.
You must know that this is the 49th City of Yanjing. If it were placed a few decades later, the courtyard houses in the second ring road would definitely be worth tens of millions.
Although Zhou Chen felt that living in a courtyard house was not as comfortable as a villa, he was still very satisfied when he saw this courtyard house.
Walking into the room, Zhou Chen sat at the table and watched Zhou Yi busy serving him tea and water. He wanted to stop him, but he didn't know how to speak.
After being busy for a long time, Zhou Yi sat down next to Zhou Chen.
"Xiao Chen, my second uncle and my second aunt knew that you were coming back today. Originally my second aunt wanted to come, but she had something to do at her work unit, so she didn't come. But they asked me to let us go to their place for dinner together in the evening.
Let me catch the wind and wash away the dust for you."
"OK."
Zhou Chen did not refuse. In his memory, his second uncle and his second aunt were very kind to their siblings. This courtyard house was originally owned by his second uncle and his father. But later, after his second uncle moved out, the house was transferred directly to them.
The ownership was transferred to him.
So now he is the owner of this courtyard house.
Speaking of his unmasked father and his second uncle, they were both fighting heroes.
The three brothers of the Zhou family once participated in the great war in the 1950s. In that battle, the eldest brother of the Zhou family, the father of Zhou Chen and Zhou Yi, and the third eldest brother of the Zhou family were all sacrificed. In the end, only Zhou survived.
The second oldest child in the family.
When the eldest son of the Zhou family died, Zhou Chen was not yet born, so he had no impression of that 'father' in his memory.
Even though he had no impression at all, he knew a lot of stories about his father from his second uncle Zhou Liangping. Zhou Chen admired this fallen fighting hero from the bottom of his heart.
It is because of heroes like this that our country can have a stable life in the future.
"Xiaochen, my second uncle said that after you come back, you should rest for a while. Once you have rested, he will find a way to arrange work for you. If there is no good unit there, I will let your brother-in-law think about it.
There is no way, so don’t worry.”
Zhou Yi whispered, she knew that her younger brother must have suffered a lot when he jumped in line, so she wanted her younger brother to take good care of himself first and take good care of his body.
As for life, she is not worried at all. Not to mention the second uncle and second aunt, even they can give Zhou Chen a good living condition.
Zhou Chen did not refuse, but just replied with a smile: "I know, sister, you don't have to worry about me. I'm very fine. Although Xiaoqinghe is poor, they can still have enough to eat. I'm really fine; but you
You wrote to me before, saying that my little niece was born, why didn’t you bring her here today?”
Zhou Yi: "She is too young. I'm afraid that her coming will delay my work, so I asked my neighbor to help take care of her for a day. Your brother-in-law will take her to my second uncle's house in the evening, and you can see her then."
"oh."
Zhou Chen nodded, and then asked with a slight hesitation: "Sister, didn't I tell you before that you and your brother-in-law can live here, but I see that you don't live here at all."
Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Yes, we lived here for a while. Later, wasn't it because your brother-in-law divided the house? It was close to his work, so we moved there."
Zhou Chen knew that Zhou Yi was telling the truth. In his memory, he also knew about the brother-in-law, but he and his sister were not married at that time.
His brother-in-law's surname is Sun. He has a grand name, Sun Dapeng. He is relatively honest. The reason why he became a cadre in a large state-owned enterprise at a young age is because of the connections among the elders in the family.